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The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-02-29
THE FRONT LINES.
Echoes From Our Organiser.

DEAR W. C. T. q. EDITOR:
Had q medium sized audience at
Pennington, but slow TO organize
either a Union or Amendment
club. Finally organized with six
active and six honorary members.
They need encouragement; write
them and send them helps.
The men did not want q club
they thought the women would
better lead off. / take it they re-
gard the tariff issue Of more impor-
lance than the temperance ques-
ton, since they have Protection
Club"
Some gentlemen came to me at
the close of the meeting and asked
which party 1 sympathized with.
I asked them if they could not tell
from my talk; they answered, no,
but judged from my advocacy OF
the FREEMAN I was working for
the Prohibition Party. I told
them was working for the Amend
ment and the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union that the FREE
MAN was the organ of the State I'm
ion. I never 60 back on my con-
victions however, and left them in
no doubt as TO my political affilia.
tions.
The ladies who joined the Web
ster Union called on me yesterday.
I think Mrs. Walter is the right
woman in the right place.
My throat continues quite sore.
I don't know how / should have
gotten through if Mrs. Davidson
had not fed me on alum curd. She
knows how to care for wayfaring
workers.
Had large audience at Bridge
port. Organized with nine active
and nine honorary members others
promised to join later. am stop
ping with Mrs. johnson who is
great advocate of temperance and a
very sweet woman, but past the
time of life when she can do field
service.
Had good and attentive audi
ence at Clarksburg, but the friends
thought it best not to attempt re-
organization. was not certain of
this in my own mind. Secured
three shares of stock with a good
basket collection.
Weston gave me an encouraging
audience and collection. Re-organ.
lied with twenty-five active and
nine honorary members. DR.. Hat.
tie B, Jones was elected president
Editor J. M. Hayden of the World
was one of the honorary members.
hope the Union will work sue
cessfully.
My cold is better, but l encoun-
tered quite tragic episode that
evening after the meeting, in the
taking, by mistake, of aqua ammo
MA for cough mixture. Fortu-
nately I did not swallow it, but got
enough to take the skin off my
tongue and lips. My tongue was
so swollen 1 could neither speak
nor swallow solid food. Sweet oil
and cream put me in condition for
the appointment at Buckhannon,
though I spoke with much diff
Guilty. am so thankful I did not
swallow the whole of it.
1t rained hard about the time the
meeting began at Buckhannon but
was clear at "going home time"
AS it was the house was filed. Re-
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-02-29

Mrs. P. V. Hobson, President of
the Paint Pant Creek Union has remov.
Cd to Charleston. We congratulate
Charleston while we sympathize
vith Paint GGssek, She was one OF
thetwena who sought the work,
sndtheF lAbor #assAYe sin vain.
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The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-02-29
SEND FOR THEM.

We have at Headquarters Ine
following needed helps, and sup
plies for Uniens. Send for the en
Helping Hands. OK, OK
rhan.anonsns .10c.
Paa;.o1;oa PnoLs .10c.
Timely Talks, per 1OO......".'''o,eeoo'
Signal Lights, per 1OO........''''lo''
Send news to the FREEMAN OIL d.
meetings and all matters OF interest,"
along the Amendment line.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-02-29

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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-03-22

corn for sale, seven counties are buying
corn, forty-seven counties can spare an
average of 1s per cent of the crap-.--.
Minnesota--Thirty- y-tWGe6hnties have
no corn for sale, one county is buying
corn, nine counties can spare an aver
age of Is per cent of the crop. -
Kansas Twenty ty-HiifeeountieS. have
no corn for sale, four counties are buy
ing corn, thirteen. counties can spare an
average Of 25 rs per cent of the crop
Nebraska = Ten counties have no
corH.fer sale, twenty-four counties can
spare an average of 90 per cent of the
crop. 1t is stated There is sufficient
stock in Dodge county to consume
all the crop, yet two-thirds of he; crop
will be sold. l.. .-
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-03-22
Advertising Their Towns,

The following shows how the local
press and the benefits to be derived
from its daily and weekly "write ups''
is appreciated by live towns, and
strange to say, too, the towns thus
mentioned have been phenomenally
successful. The people of Tuscon,
Arizona, buy 5000 copies of their To-
cal paper every month for the purpose
of sending it abroad, and in addition
pay $500 a month for special "Write
up" The town of Lamar, Colo. re-
Gently paid the local paper $1,000 for a
"write up" and the citizens of Fort
Scott, Kansas, have just spent $1,000 in
advertising the town. Hutchinson,
Kansas, gives its local paper a bonus of
so, 900 year for remaining alive, and
kicking, while Newton, Kansas, pays
its paper $4,000 year. There is
nothing at all improper in this, as this
money is paid for legitimate advertis-
ing. On the contrary it is very credi-
BILE to the citizens of these towns that
they thus encourage their local papers,
and at the same time benefit them
selYes.-New York Tribune ,- ,A
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-03-22
HOISINGTON HASH.
From the Echo.

From the Echo.
a. NJ. McCauley has moved his scales
to the frontlof his building.
The stone pavement in front of the
Houck building is a great improvement
on the plank walks.
A grand ball will be given by the
Odd Fellows of Hoisington, in the
school building on Wednesday, March
28th. Everybody invited to attend.
A. II. Baker has leased the Johnston
House and will oped up first class
hotel next Monday. He has been re-
novating the building the past week
and getting it in shape.
Mrs. r. E. Ward and family accom-
panied by. Miss Edith Carr, left on
Thursday night for their new home in
Pueblo, Colo. We are sorry to lose
them as they had made many friends
while in Hoisington. Miss Carr will
remain with them for some time.
No paper can be published without
home patronage and every man in the
conntry is interested in keeping up a
paper. If a railroad or factory is
wanted the newspapers are expected to
work for it. If a public meeting is
wanted for any purpose the newspapers
are called on for free notice. If the
churches or charitable societies have a
supper or entertainment of any kind,
the newspaper is expected to give all
the necessary notices and then a puff
after it is over. The newspapers must
puff after the schools and do every
thing else to advance the interests of
the business men of the place and then
give them handsome send off when
they go to heaven, and yet some of
them do nothing toward supporting
their home paper.-EJ.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-03-22
Resolutions of Sympathy.

Whereas, it has pleased the supreme
commander of the universe, to call
from our midst. James q. Dawson, and
Whereas, i'll the death of comrade
Dawson. Pap Thomas Post No. 90, G.
4. r. lose a worthy member, and a
true friend of the soldier, one who was
at all times ready to lend helping
hand to the comrades, in time of need,
be it
RESOLVED: That Pap Thomas Post
tender to the bereaved family our
heartfelt sympathy i'll this their hour
of aff1iction.
RESOLVED: That this resolution
be entered upon the minutes of the
post and copy be sent to the family.
W. II. ODELL.
Z. l.. CHAPMAN.
IRA D. BROUGHER.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-03-22
ELLNWOOD EARMARKS..

From the Express
Our city came near experiencing a
coal famine the past week
The snow fall of Friday evening last
was as good or better than rain.
On our trip through tire: north part
of the county last week we noticed
some winter wheat was looking un-
usually well for this time of year.
A ride through the country Idiscloses
the fact that a large amount. of spring
grain is being sowed, and that the con-
dition of fall grain is excellent.
Mr.. Fred Sickle returned on Wed
nesday of last week from National
City, California, where he has been
experimenting the erection Of large
business building.
The new Christianhensen school
house in district number forty-seven is
now completed, and is one among the
finest of the country school houses
Mrs. Klueber has been engaged as
teacher and the school is now in fuk
blast.
A new farm is so easily made in
Kansas, and the work may be so quick.
ly done that an eastern farmer may
dispose of his things there in January
come to Kansas in February, and in
March have a large field ready fol
spring crops.
Mr.. Piper returned ON Monday even
ing from his trip to Old Missouri
where he had been visiting old rela-
tions. He says that mud, snow and
dissolution is all that can be seen back
there, and that he was glad to get back
to sunny Kansas. 1.-THE same old
story"
When a local paper happens to be
particularly wanting in news its read
ers should remember that in all proba-
bility every occurrence worthy of no.
tice has been chronicled, and the reason
the paper is not full of news is because
there is not enough news to fill it uI
with. A house cannot be built with
out foundation, and neither can a
paper be full of news where there is
none.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-03-22
We Need a Fire Alarm.

Our city council, and the citizens
generally, should see the necessity of a
system of fire alarm in order to handle
our water works efficiently. In case a
fire should break out at present the
only way word could be taken to the
engine house and the alarm whistle
blown would be by messenger; and,
although the members of our fire COM
pany are willing and ready at ali times
to turn out with the hose carts, there
is at present no way of giving general
alarm, other than through the whistle
at the engine house.
1t is understood that parties want a
franchise for a telephone system, and
in our mind the council would do a
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-03-22
Kansas and Her Neighbors.

A few weeks ago the Farmers Rerietc,
Chicago, published reports from eight
different States. as follows:
Illinois -Fifty-three counties report
no corn for sale, twenty-five counties
report that the farmers there are buy
ing corn, and thirty four counties re-
port that they have an average of 28I
per cent. of the 1887 crop to spare for
market.
Indiana-Twenty-six counties report
no corn for sale, five counties are buy
ing corn, and sixteen counties can
spare an average of 81 per cent. of the
crop.
Michigan Sixteen counties have no
corn for sale, eight counties are buy
ing corn, and five counties can spare
an average of IL per cent. of the crop.
Seventeen counties have
no corn for sale, eight counties are buy
ing corn, and three counties can spare
an average of Is per cent. of the crop.
Iowa-Twenty-six counties have no
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-03-22
To the Women Of Kansas.

AS National Superintendent of Franz
chise, 1 appeal to u,-the w. c. 7. u,
and through you to every woman of
this great and progressive State, to.
register at once, in order to. vote at the
next municipal and school elections.
Twenty-six thousand women voted
III Kansas last April, in two hundred
and fifty towns and cities. Here is
the result, as stated by Hon. F. S.
Adams, secretary of the State HistOr
ical Society:
women have voted with good
judgment, and for the common welfare"
If the question was as to better
school management, they voted for the
best. If it was for the change of an
administration notoriously involved
in spectulations with water works or
corporations, they voted to deliver the
city from such corrupt entanglements.
If political parties, controlled by saloon
influences, put up candidates with the
odor of whiskey on their garments,
the women rebuked the party maDag-
ers, and voted for the candidates who
would better promote the moral welfare
of the community. In every instance
they voted for the freeing of the COM
munity from these demOraliZing in
fluences and temptations from which
every good woman would deliver those
of her own household.
If twenty-six thousand women have
been able to do all this, how much
more may one hundred thousand wo-
men do at the next election? In cities
of the first and second class, you can
secure the election of a council of
temperate. honest, efficient, public
spirited men, who will suppress the
sale of liquor, close up dens of gam
bling and debauchery, reduce taxation,
relieve poverty, improve the schools,
and make the streets safe for men,
women and children, by day and by
night. In cities of the third class you
can elect I'LL the officers.
In the unorganized country towns,
you can attend the school meetings
and provide good, warm, dry, well
ventilated school-houses, efficient
teachers, libraries, apparatus, and tenn
perance textbooks. Let us begin at
once the work of preparation.
All the states of the Union and the
nations of Europe are watching the
experiment. For the establishment of
justice, for the elevation of woman-
hood, for the best intrests of humanity,
rally to the polls, bringing with you
every woman of your community to
vote for good government and tive
protection of your homes.
Yours for God and home and native
land. ANNIE E. SHAW.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-03-22
A COOP democrat has summed up Il

A GOOD democrat has summed up tie
difference in the two great par
ties of the day ON the leading issue be-
fore the people, in the following man
ner: 1.-The democratic party is address
ing itself to the task of reducingsthe
enormous surplus, which is such a
grievous burden to the people, in the
safest way possible, and restoring these
millions of the peoples money to the
peoples pockets, where it belongs. The
republican party on the other hand, is
addressing itself to the task of still
draining that enormous surplus from
the pockets of the peol, lie, and of in
venting means and ways of squander-
ing it upon all sorts of extravagant and
dishonest schemes and jobs
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-03-22

A SPECIAL to the Kansas. City Times
of the Sd inst, from Wichita, says:
The republican disgust at not getting
voice in the Garden City convention
for placing in the field candidate for
congress for the seventh congressional
district, seems to be incl easing. The
county central committee at meeting
to-day decided to send no delegates to
that convention. 1t was agreed that
Peters would be nominated and they
wanted to be i'll for position to sup
port Wichita man. The spirit of dis
content has been spreading rapidly, and
has taken in Summer and Harper 'coun-
ties and it is reported that nO..delegIates
will attend the convention from I'll eSe
counties
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-03-22
Shot his Wife.

On the 18th inst. man named
Edmonson, living about six miles west
of Sterling, accidentally shot and
killed his wife. 1t appears he was
loading a rife preparatory to going
goose hunting, when the gun became
accidentally discharged and the ball
struck his wife in the head, killing
her instantly. The affair is indeed a
sad one.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-03-22

STATE SENATOR VICKEiHS, OF Pitts
bury, Kansas, has been arrested on the
charge of violating the prohibitory law
by selling liquor without a license at a
place on the Kansas and Missouri line,
near Pittsburg, known as ''Hell OH the
Line" 1t is place where the Missou-
rians can gamble in Kansas, and
the KansaDs drink in Missouri
gambling being prohibited in Missouri,
and liquor selling in Kansas. The idea
of Kanse S state Senator being arrest
ed OH sucfl charge! 1t might do for
city like, New York, where they elect
brewers or saloon-keepers to the high
est Office it might even do in Missouri;
but in Kansas-it is unnatural and
scandalous.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-03-22

THE gayest castles i'll the air that
were ever piled are better far for COM
fort and for use than the deep dun
geous in the heart that are daily dug
and cayerned out by discontented,
grumbling mortals. To the grumbler
there is no cream like that which rises
on spilled milk; no opportunity like
those which have passed, and nothing
good and pure in which they cannot
find something bad and foul.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-03-22
After Many Years.

As the story is now told, it was
twelve years ago, on the plans OF Kan
saS, that two prisoners, manacled and
under the guard of two men, were en-
route to Texas. The prisoners were
shot and left for dead, but the wounds
of one were not fatal and he survived.
Twelve years rolled round, and the
survivor meets one of the alleged MUIR
derers in the San Juan country. He
| recognizes him and talks with him,
but he suspects not that the man is one
whom he years ago attempted to kill.
The man who was killed was Archi-
bald Douglass, but his partner and fell
low prisoners name, through whom
the alleged murderers will be arrested,
is still kept profound secret. The
men charged with the crime are A. G.
Myers and Frank West, of Durango,
| and well known in Colorado, who at
this writing are not cognizant
| of the terrible and avenging Nemesis
that is following them.-Kansas City
| Journal.
DOUBTLESS many of the oldest set
tiers of Great Bend and Barton county
will remember the murder above re-
ferred to as having occurred about the
middle of September in 1876, few
miles this side of Sterling.
The story in brief is, that while A.
c. Myers was coming from Wichita to
Great Bend, by wagon with two pris-
Oners, Archibald Douglas and E. C..
Patten, whom he had arrested in Wich-
ita for stealing stock i'll the Pan
Handle of Texas, Douglas was murder
ed and Patten wounded and left on the
prairie as dead. Patterns story was
that he had been connected with
Myers in recovering stolen cattle
from the MeXicans, that Myers refused
to let him have his share of the stock
and that he took the stock belonging to
him out of Myers herd and drove them
away, for which Myers pursued him
and had him arrested. He says Myers
got permission to bring himself and
the man Douglas (who had nothing to
do with the affair) to Great Bend for
trial; that when a few miles this side
of Sterling Myers rode up to the rear of
GIlS wagon III NIllCH IO d1u OOuSIdS
were lying chained together and shot
them both, threw them out of the
wagon and dragged them to one side
and left them for dead. Douglas was
killed but Patten only wounded, and
he eventually made his way to a farm
er's house and was taken to Sterling,
where he described the whole affair.
Myers had never been apprehended
for the affair until Patten met him at
Durango, as above described. Myers
and his accompllce, who was the man
who drove for him on the trip to Great
Bend, are probably now lying in Jail at
Lyons, and with the accumulation of
evidence against them it may go pretty
hard with them.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-03-22

SINCE the election of 1884 the demo-
cratic party has gained $4,000 votes.
And still some republican papers claim
that a revolution of sentiment is sweep
ing over the country in favor of the
g. o. p. Wichita Beacon.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-03-22

good thing by granting such a fran
chise, and arranging with such tele-
phone system for fire alarm whereby
immediate warning could be given
from all parts of the the city. We
have our water-works, are paying rent
for them, and we should Immediately
prepare ourselves to use them if the
occasion requires.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-03-22

How DO the old soldiers like the way
ingalls, scoffed at the wounds General
Black received while fighting for the
Union? How do the Grand Army vet
Grams like the way i'll which he stigma
tiZed Generals Mcclellan and Hancock
as 'allies of the Confederacy ?" Will
they swallow, f, ,r the sake OF the g. o. p,
the vomit of this vindictive maligner of
honorable and brave soldiers? We be-
lieye not.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-03-22

NUMEIsOUs articles have been writ
ten on why Kansas Grows!'' The
most corlcise reason for this fact is
because she is a sound, thrifty plant,
in rich soil, surrounded by all the
essential. conditions of healthy con-
tinuous notwithstanding Bulletin.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-03-22

SENATOR INGALLS, met, the other
day. with well merited rebuke at the
hands of Senator Blackburn. Ingalls,
was trying to solidify himself with the
soldier element and stopped over and
went wide of the mark. The eastern
press condemn his speech and even his
party organs speak regretfully of his
action. Ellsworth Democrat
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-03-22

THERE are a few Blaine clubs for
sale mighty cheap about now. AS they
have lost their usefulness in Il political
way. we don't know what they could be
done with unless the g. o. p. should use
them in steering the Sherman boomlets
up salt creek.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-03-22

THE MEN who go around telling
about ''the world owing them living
are somewhat incorrect in their state
ments. The world owes them nothing
but very rough coffin and retired
and otherwise useless piece. of ground
to put it in.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-03-22

DEMOCRATS, let us organize ''Cleve-
land Club" The foe is arming for the
fray and we want to be ready to meet
them at every turn.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-03-22

CREAArERIEs ought to pay in Kansas
if they do not. Last year the 100000
COWS of the state furnished milk for the
1 800, 900 people of the state, produced
q 900, 900 pounds of butter and 50O,O 900
pounds of cheese.-Ec.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-03-22

OUR information is that the McPher-
son smallpox scare has almost entirely
abated. Would it not be well to rails
the quarantine against that town?
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-03-22

A sYNIC says that a wedding and a
funeral are mathematically similar.
AT wedding two are made one and at
a funeral one is made nothing
less each time.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-03-22

A TEN INCH vein of coal has been
struck at Abilene, at depth of 40
feet. The vein was found while bor-
ing for natural gas.-Salina Journal.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-03-22

THE first of the railroad excursions
to Kansas will occur on the 21st inst,
(if the strike does not interfere.