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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-05-17
ChimI,oysso mn

10 As Editor Of he Dtspatca;
Anent your reply 20 the query a. 10 who
named this hill. and whom, have no bosi.
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Ladies' Russian Leather Tles in maroon ana
drab, Gas; Ladies' Dongola O1tcri lies, col,
ored cloth tops, at sl23: Patent. leather OAio.9
Ties. black, tan and gray tops, Sl.49, sl.9H, anu
80. 40: ladies' New Southern Ties from Sl.ee 20
a.. Children's Tan-Top Springfield Li's' sizes
TO IL, g9c Childrens Kid oxford Iles, DC;
and unwerts: Childrens Red and Tan OXtoFd
Tjea. I adies' Kid oxford Ties, 99s.-en ELEGANT,
solt, easy-weariug tie, different shapes; Boys
Iow-Ouarter Shoes In large variety; GenIe-
mems Calf Hand-Welt Shoes, IA styles, AZ
80 40, Gentlemen's Soft D0ngola Low shoes
from Al .qs 10 50. We have 80 many styles ana
AZ such low prices that It is impossible 70 give a
list OF ali. Cosle and see for yourself. Anythih!g
an footwear nom a baby's shoe to an old mans
size We study your foot, also look to your COM
fort. and our prices are way down low.
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HANOVER LIGHT ARTILLERY.
RICHMOND, Va, May Is, 1891,
WILLIAM f. HARRIS.
CONCEALED IN AN OVEN.
n, ,Jo E-,I;Io,. If tho DisD0fch.

10 me EutOT OF Utf DtSpOtCAs
In Company (Wetumpka Light Guard,
Third Alabama regiment, a boy about
thirteen years old enlisted in the spring of
1862. He was in the battles around Rich
mond, commencing at Seven Pines. In the
South Mountain or Boonesboro' fight the
company was left behind TO hold forlorn
position. They were strung outskirmisher-
fashion. behind q stone-fence and Cateo's
position-Eugene Cateo was his name. l
think-fell near the brick or stone bread
oven of farmhouse. The Federals failing
to carry the point by storm fanked and
closed in behind. Only three or four men
escaped, most of them being killed or
wounded. When Cateo got back to the
army no said that when he saw the Fede-
rails close up the gap in his rear he jumped
into the oven to hide and was captured.
He declared that on that eventful day he
was of more service to the COnfederacy
than any one man in ID. ii. Hills division,
because corporal and seven soldiers-all
with muskets-marched to the rear with
him as their prisoner.
GEORGE A. JONES,
Third Alabama
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GENERAL FITZuUGH LEE.
LEXINGTON, Va, January 10, 1890.

GENERAL FITZHUGH LEE.
LEXINGTON, Va, January 10, 1890.
Mr. A.. X. Hdlrkes:
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Ex-Governor of Virginia.
The recently elected United States senator OF
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Governor of state OF Georgia.
SUPREME JUDGE McENERY SAYS:
BATON ROUGE, La, January 23, 1850.
Mr.. A. K. Hdiekes:
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A BOLD pRrN[MER-BOY.
IBy John A. Whitman, author Of "Remem
the Rraye.n &c


rBy John A. Whitman, author Of "Remem
the Brave" &C.
was one Of the boys
Who wore the Confederate gray,
And II ! was able
| would wear IL to-day,
Because IL always gave me pleasure
And made my heart beat with 10y
To be in the Confederate army
A bold drummer-boy
When / enlisted
was not thirteen,
And many hard battle
| surely have seen;
But il always gave me pleasure
And made my heart beat with Joy
To DO in the Confederate army
A bold drummer-boy.
When the war was over
put my drum away,
But Ill not forget the time
When wore the Confederate gray,
For II always gave me pleasure
And made my heart beat with Joy,
To be In the Confederate army
A bold drummer boy.
Now all who are living
That wore the Confederate gray,
Remember your brave comrades
That sleep beneath the clay;
And may 10 always give you pleasure
And your heart beat with Joy
When you meet the little fellow
That was drummer-boy.
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Nav u, 1891.
ENLISTED BETWEEN FIFTEEN AND SIXTEEN.

ENLISTED BEIWELN FIFIELN AND SIXTEEN.
To he Editor Of The Dispatch:
Nv attention being called to your in
ouirv, "Who was the youngest soldier in
the Confederate armyE" and having seen
no response from any one as young as |
was. herewith give my age ct the time
lunteered-namely, fifteen years five
months and ten days.
Lam not sure as to the days, as / may be
wrong as to the day l enlisted.
NV command was Company Captain
C. ]. Clark, Fifty-sixth Virginia Colonel
William f. Green; both of Charlotte
county. Va. JOHN WESLEY POLLARD.
AspinlcdR, Va
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the action Of tho Council win be In the
matter Of division.
Nc division can go into effect, however,
until Isg9, after approval BY tho general
convention of tho Church OF the action ot
the Council In creating new diocese.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-03-26
The PEOPLES Demand,

That portion of the press that is fill
ing it's editorial columns day after day
with denunciation of free silver coin
age, uses all the sophistry that it can
command to prejudice the public mind
against the proposed measure. One
would suppose from the tenor of these
editorials-if he knew nothing to the
contrary-that the owners of the silver
mines were concocting a scheme to
swindle the people, and they we're for
the free coinage in order that they may
make their silver more valuable. The
fact is that it is the people themselves
who are demanding tfrat silver be ad-
mitted to free coinage. The people
are not particularly stuck on silver, it
is true. They had just as soon have
greenbacks, with the government behind
them, but as there appears to be power
enough behind the throne to prevent a
reasonable issue of greenbacks, the peo-
pie are demanding more silver as a
means of increasing the circulating
medium. 1t is more money that the
public wants and it will take it in any
sort of shape in which it can get it
Western Rural.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-03-26
THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.

Now that the legislature has wisely
arranged the preliminaries the people
of Kansas are to be congratulated upon
the prospect of an opportunity, in the
near future, of securing constitution
which BELTS the present dignity and
character of the state and which will be
better adapted to existing conditions
than is the constitution which was
framed at Wyandotte thirty years ago.
Since the adoption of the present con-
stitution Kansas has grown to be q
great commonwealth, conditions which
obtained thirty and twenty years ago
have entirely changed, the state having
in it's progress outgrOwn them, its mar
vellous developemeDt having created
new conditions of an almost entirely
different character demanding a new
charter as the warrant for its legisla-
tive enactments.
Among these new conditions are the
necessity for the better control of our
railway systems and other corporations.
provision for legislative representation
whereby each county may secure ade-
quate and equitable representation
upon the basis of actual population; a
thorough and radical revision of our
methods Of assessment and taxation.
together with number of other inn
provements of approximate import
ance.
The legislature has passed resolu-
ton for submission to the voters of
Kansas to call a constitutional conven
ton. 1t now rests with the people to
say whether there shall be such con-
vention or not. Ii a majority of the
voters favor this convention at the gen
eral election in November, 1892. they
will SO vote, and if they thus decide
the matter all that will remain to be
done will be the selection OF delegates
and the holding of the convention the
year following.
If the majority decide i'll favor of
this proposition, and men of brains,
prObity and jugement are elected dele
gates, a new constitution will be framed
which will command the approval of
the better minded people of the state
and which will be freer from perplex-
ing antiquities than the present one.
1t is to be hoped that cranks and
demagogues Will not be allowed to dis
suade the people from voting in favor
of constitutional convention. That
they will attempt this is foregone
but that they will succeed.
in misleading the people. in persuading
them to sacrifice their best interests, is
extremely doubtful. Every considera-
tion founded upon proper concern for
the highest welfare of Kansas demands
new constitution and at tine earliest
practicable moment. And this de-
mand rests upon no partisan basis, it is
supported by nothing but an imperative
need realized alike by citizens of all
parties and OF no party significance
whatever.-Atchison Champion.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-03-26
Why are Farmers Abandoned?

Nothing better illustrates the iniqui.
ties of system of high tariffs which
protect the large manufacturers and
mill owners, and impoverishes the
agriculturiStS, than the fact that in
many states of the east farms are aban.
farmers to make as good living OH
them as they can in the cities and
towns. The report of a special commits
sion On the abandoned farms of MaSsa-
chusetts gives figures which are start
ling, when it is considered that the
area Of the state is very small when
compared with others. The number of
abandoned farms is ,461, of which
$50 have been stripped of buildings.
The aggregate acreage is 126.5lO, and
the present assessed valuation $1,O76,
22S. Just think for a moment, why is
it that men abandon the farm in ANY
state? Is it not because of the fact
that farming is not profitable? And if
farming right at the door OF a market
is not profitable, how can it be pay
ing business where removed hundreds
of miles from the market center? Can
any explanation be given for the state
of affairs as illustrated in the condition
of Massachusetts. than that by the pro-
lection given manufacturers it not only
enables the towns to become more
prosperous than the country, but
makes agriculture so uuprofitable that
it has to be abandoned entirely. If
that be the case, then. why do the peo-
pie of any agricultural country insist on
continuing to protect those who already
have the advantage?
High protectionists of the Horr stipe,
defenders CT the iniqGities of the
Mckinley bill. talk very smoothly about
looking out for the people cover
here" and letting the people ''oyer--
there" look out for themselves;
intimating that people who cannot see
the use of burdening our country with
McKinleyism are looking out for the
interests of England The fact is we
who believe in the tariff reform and
tariff reduction set forth by the
message of Grover Cleveland, and as
now understood, and endorsed by the
great majority of the votes of the
United States at the elections last fall
care nor tinker'S darn what becomes
of the people '.over-t-h-e-re," so long
as the masses of the people cover
he re'' are fairly treated.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-03-26
"Optic" "-al Delusious.

From the Larned Optic.
Men who leave Kansas are like a bad
penny they always come back.
Pawnee Rock boasts of having a
chunk of steel that weighs 200 pounds.
He is u blacksmith.
We call it cool treatment to give ice
cream to company when the weather is
struggling with the zeros and things.
The weather during the last month
has made great effort to fill all the
appointments made by the many
great weather doctors.
There are not supposed to be foot pads
out on the prairies these nights but a
well regulated story has come to hand
of d young lady being held up while on
her way from a church social.
The trundle-bed sized children are
having quite time with hopping
cough. The boys will probably get
over it completely, but it is dollars
against doughnuts that sooner or later
the hoops will come back to nine out of
ten Of the girls.
Everyone who iuduIges in the time
worn custom of laying awake during
the silent watches of the night know
what companionship and company it is
to hear the clock strike. After fellow
has laid awake what seems to him to be
about thirty-six hours listening every
minute to hear the clock 60 Oh strike.
opd i finally rouardo6 l,v boor;.,,, ;t
warn only to go to sleep befoe it strikes.
then he has right to get up next NOR
ming and kick the cat, slap the baby
and find fault with the breakfast. And
yet an unfeelihg world knows not his
sorrow but say he got up wrong end to- .
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-03-26
The Shoe on the Other Foot.

The old gang that has run the rcpub-
lican end Of the politics of this county
for SO many years. will make second
attempt to permanently organize d
lodge of knights of reciprocity in the
G. A. r. hall this evening. This was to
have been completed last Thursday
evening, but owing to an entertain
ment, only five or six of the faithful
put in appearance. The following is a
partial list of the questions the appli-
cant has to subscribe to when he sends
in his petition accompanied by the initi-
alton fee OF 81:
l. Are you in favor of the perpet-
uity of Our Union?
2 Are you in favor of just and lib
eral pensions to all honorably dis
charged soldiers and sailors of the re-
public?
3. Are you in favor of the protec-
tiOn of American industries?
4. Are you in favor of fair and
equitable reciprocity between all
nations on the American continent?
5. Are you in favor of fair and
equitable reciprocity between all inter-
est of our nation?
6. Are you in favor of an intelligent
ballot honestly cast and counted?
Z. Are you III favor of DISTINGUISHING
every citizen who offers or accepts a
bribe to influence a ballot?''
This is the same old gang that stood
on the street corners and public places
during the late campaign, and, with a
loud voice hOwled against secret politi-
cal organizations, and are now forming
ole OF their own. ten times more secret
than any phase of peoples movement
has ever been. 1t is the same gang
that yelled for protection first, last and
all the time, and are now crawling
into free trade through the reciprocity
fOophOle. They seem to haye different
ideas as to the object of the organiZa-
ton. Says one of the republicans of
Ellsworth: The purpose of the organ
izatlon is to counterfeit the eual effects of the
McKialey''6ill, and bring about ultimate
free trade" Another says: The OBJ
ject of the organization is to ddrance
the principles OF republicaaisna as advo-
Gated in the national republican plat
FORM" a third one says: 1t is to en-
able US to get eUea tcith the alliance y
Another that is anxious to secure a
large membership says: Democrats
can Join rs well a. republicans, au yuu
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-03-26

ing the faith as it were, through the
instrumentality known as the farmers
alliance; and we rejoice that it is so.
We care not what the name they give
their movement. it is but the outgrowth
of democratic education. Men who
are in that movement for principles
sake and not for the vile purpose of
personal gain or aggrandiZement, will
understand our meaning when we say
that the education the people are get
ting through the organization known
as the farmers alliance or Industrial
union is but the fundamental teachings
of true democracy. The objects they
seek to attain are the same that have
ever been sOnght for by the party of
Jefferson and Jackson. They seek the
freedom of the people from the yoke of
oppression placed upon the necks of the
industrial classes by many years of mis-
rule of the republican party. They
seek to equaliZe the burden of taxation
and make all men tote fair;' they
seek to give every man the free born
right to the pursuit of health and hap
piness without his being compelled to
pay tribute to those who have. by acci-
dent. combination or trickery become
possessed of immense wealth.
All this the democratic party of to-
day has sought and will continue to
seek to the end of time.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-03-26

would have to do would be to answer
in the affirmative to the list of ques-
tions." We thanked him, and told him
it would be too lonesome crowd to suit
us. c. J. Evans has been appointed
deputy organizer. Ellsworth Demo-
crat.
Right you are, Brother Collett. 1t is
the same old crowd all around. The
thing was started at Garden City some
months ago. The originators were the
republican postmasters, land Office
officials and other pap-suckers of tho
central and western part of the state,
and they are the men who will make
money out of the thing. and who would
be benefited by having the "pull'
should it every become anyways strong
as political machine. This same ''old
gang" would tend the hopper of the
machine while the deluded lay-mem-
berS would turn the crank. Great
Bend has the distinguished honor (?)
of having the state organizer as a post
master, and he is so elated over the
soft snap he has that he very injudi-
ciously brags about how much money
he makes organizing new lodges, while
he at the same time leaves the post
Office here to run itself, with the assist
ance of a couple of boys.
The ruling passion of deluding the
people is strong in DEATH" and the
same fellows who were so loud and
bitter, so greatly outraged and horri-
fed that the alliance should go into
secret politics in order to Oust
them from their unearned positions are
just now the most prolific in words of
praise for the knights of reciprocity.
1t is but straw, but they hope it may
be log Of sufficient buoyancy to float
them through the dark waters that now
surround them; therefore they grab at
it as last resort.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-03-26
FARMERS generally are taking the

FARMERS generally are taking the
view of the tariff and its workings as
expressed by New York farmer in the
following: Il don't know much about
the tariff; [ never thought l did. May
be it has been a good thing for the
country. I'm afraid it hasn't, but L
hope it has. But I'll bet one thing
that it has been a good thing for the
fellow that got it. I don't grudge
them that either. but it seems to me
like this: [ know it don't help me. If
it's a good thing for the country
though, think we ought to stand it as
long AS we can afford to. But l don t
believe there is farmer in this town
that can afford just now to do more
than take care of himself, and L want
a Iet-up on this tariff That takes up con-
tributiOns from me to help somebody
else-God knows who-but l suspect"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-03-26

A COMMUNICATION to the Beacon or
last week, signed Alliance" and head
ed ''St. Stoke possessed all the ear
marks of having been written by one
of those scheming. insinuating ''side-
walk farmers who has showed himself
into the alliance movement for the sole
purpose of working out his own ad-
vancement: one of those erratic, vision
airy cranks who pose as reformers and
do business in their wives names or
attempt to repEdiate their just debts.
If the writer of the article possessed
the spirit of manhood he would have US
infer, be would not hide his identity
behind the name Alliance" but bold
" father his TRADE of nonsense and
Yituperative spleen against the editor
|6f t6e OExdGRAn Il be had any
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-03-26
HOISINGTON.


From the Dispatch
The fruit prospects are very'good IN
Kansas.
r. L. Harvey has purchased w. c.
Earley's residence property IN the
northern part of town and will rent it.
The A. o. U. w. lodge, which is one
of the most prominent In our city, in
tend giving socials every third Friday
NIT. J. Kennedy, of College Springs
Iowa, who owns considerable land In
Grant township, was In Hoisington sew
eral days during the past week. He is
having 200 acres of land broke on his
farm this spring.
An Indiana school teacher Is In
trouble. He kissed a number of the
larger girls that attended his school and
the girls objected. From membership
of fifty OF sixty pupils the school dwin-
died down to one small boy. That
school teacher has plenty of nerve and
should come west where the girls are
not SO easily frightened.
Mrs. Alex Dennis received the sad
news last week of the death of her
brother, Orison McNames, near Little
Shasta, California. The circumstances
surrounding the death are indeed sad.
Mr. McNames started for the mountains
and was overcome by a severe snow
storm. He was found but not until II
was too late to save his life. Mr.. Nc
Names had many acquaintance here
who viii all deplore his untimely death.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-03-26

BROTHER ARMSTRONG, of the Bea-
liking in a democratic paper recently
started at Galya. Kansas. As he ap-
pears to be so bitterly opposed to any
thing democratic, past, present, or in the
possible future, it may be of interest
to our readers to know what it was he
found that he could so heartily endorse.
Here is the part of the editorial he re-
produced which we think must have
struck him as exceptionally good:
My motto is run the paper for all
there is in it, / can't do all this by
myself but ask the friends and neigh
bors to step up gently and drop a dol
lar in the slot and I'll do the rest.''
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-03-26

NOTWITHSTANDING the protection
given him by the Mckinley law, An
drew Carnegie, the iron king, recently
made heavy cut in his workmen s
wages. Now he has made a cut into
the United States treasury by being
awarded a contract for S3 SOC. 900 worth
of armour plate for the new naval YES
sells. No wonder Carnegie believes in
protection" and no wonder that he is
a liberal contributor to the republican
campaign fund. He gets it all back
with compound interest added
Larned Eagle Optic.