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Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-03-04

RE avenue, and quietly married her
sedate young fiance. with namma-in-
law as chaperon-
Philip Armour and his wife. notwith-
standing all his wealth, live the quiet
est Of domestic lives.
The younger boy. John Ogden
Armour, who married . pretty eastern
girl, is q bright young man, and much
il expected of him in business way.
His wife is growing light in society,
and has more aspirations that way than
her sister-in-law.
These boys had . good mother, ono Of
those unknown wives of famous mon. I"
She came from the good old Ogden FAM
lily Of Cincinnati. and therefore her hus-
bands increasing wealth never turned
her head.
How they iosxed her when she became
engaged so Mr. Armour. because her
initials spelled so unusual a word
Boa-Bella Ogden Armour-that IL q
sure prophecy Of great riches before one
dies. TO have the initials spell q word.
Mrs. William Armour, who was a
Miss Cobb, Is delightful She knows
everybody. goes everywhere and 10
called one OF the most charming host
esses Chicago has.
She IL a blonde nearing her thirties.
and with charmingiy gracious manner
Is complete woman of the world.
SometS1es new element comes into
place and carries everything By storm,
and so it was when Mrs. Henderson
married Mr.. McAvoy. rich ex brewer.
of Chicago. and brought her two daugh-
ters 10 live in his home
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-03-04
PRIZES IN SOCIETY
What Girls Have Won in the
Matrimonial Field.
HUSBANDS or NOTED BELLIES
Elrs- Planners SuprenAey-Mss peksvsn
Now a New yorx-dr4 H. c. Tzyios,
Mrs- =. Witnesses and oshers.

Who ara the lsadkng vory young
nasrons Ia Chtcsge7
No one qassssoas tis social supesmAcy
Of Mr< PosseT Palmers whoss Fennsd
and culttvsted mind. beautiful fAce and
gracious manner haze dons "a much to
place her IN her prsssns prominent posi-
t.oa before the world - her husbands
groas wealth
Sstn- MrA PAlmsr hes . son Of ssvsn-
teen. and fos thss rDason alone can
hardly be chased smoag The young
matronA
A year ago. although sAs Wa then In
Europe with her young and talented
husband, pursuing his life study. which
s~s already produced Robin Hood"
md Tho Begun" MrA Reginald Do
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-03-04
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CASE OF CATARRH that ever heard
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the bone sloaghed 81. No sort a treat.
Hent benefited me. and physicians aid 4
would never be any better" As last
resort ,oek swifts Specific. snd n entire
b cured re sud restored my hearing I
have hesa vel fas years. with 10 sign Of
return Of the disease Mrs. JossPHIss
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The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1892-09-07
MONETARY COMMISSION.


Report OF the United States Monetary
Commission, Appointed by Act OF Con-
greSs August 10, 1875.
NO. XII.
There have long existed two opposing
theories In respect to money.
Vievs of the metallic school,
One school advocates continuance Of
the generally prevailing system OF money
made by the two commodities, gold and
silver. The especial merits claimed for
this system are, that its workings are en-
tirely automatic, that the money value OF
the commodities upon which It Is based
depends upon their useful intrinsic quail
tiles and Is measured by the average
cost Of their production, and that their
volume depends upon the yield Of the
mines and not upon the caprice OF legis-
Iatlon. They claim that the province OF
the government Is not to create money,
but to coin 1t, and thereby give to IL the
best Authorization Of purity and weight
Very many OF this school claim that the
investiture of such money with the func-
tlon Of legal tender is merely deslgna-
tlon Of a coined commodity for which
judgment shall be rendered In civil &C
tions, and that the value Of the COM
modify Is not affected by it, while others
who concede that the use Of such COM
modlties as money adds something to
their value, claim that the law, In con-
ferring the legal tender function, only
ratified what long usage had established.
They all maintain that there should be no
restrictions on the tonnage Of any or
all Of both metals which the mines yield,
and that when coined their legal tender
functions should be unlimited. They
claim that every conceivable system Of
money had been tested for scores Of CEN
turtles in the cruclble Of experience, and
that the fittest, the metallic system, has
alone practically survived. They admit
the unsteadlness in the value and con-
sequently the imperfectlon, Of metallic
money caused by variations In the con-
sumption, yield, and cost Of producing
the metals, and by many other unavOld-
able circumstances and conditions. They
admit that at certain periods these causes
may increase the value Of the money
unit to the advantage Of the creditor, but
they claim that at other periods opposite
conditions would be sure to operate in
the interest Of the debtor, and that In
the long run it would be "as fair for one
as for the other" and that whatever
might be the injustice inflicted on indi-
vlduals, and whatever the fluctuations In
individual fortune, the general equitable
balance between debtor and creditor
would be maintained. They claim that
the use Of metallic money Is spread over
so vast an area that changes In
the current metallic supply would be
slow In making themselves felt, and that
the elastic qualities Of credit expedients
would prevent temporary changes from
being felt at all. They claim that any
decided increase or decrease In the value
Of metallic money would 80 stimulate or
discourage mining as to restore the squl-
librium sooner or later.
They admit that there is no remedy
for the perturbatlons in the value Of me-
tallic money arising from fluctuations In
the supply ofthe metals. But they claim
that experience demonstrates that there
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1892-09-07

gain in this security, as Il must have
been purchased at the outset by the COM
munlty, including the holders Of money,
at It's full value, and that there would re-
main incorporated the great losses to
the community, including such holders
which arise from vicious money. That
when paper money depreciates, or even
breaks down entirely, the process is Ordi-
narily so gradual that the losses Of In
dividual holders are inappreoiable. That
the money Of all countries, whatever may
be its material, is nothing but the sum
of the integrant parts into which the
money value is divided. That the
value of each these integrsnt parts,
or units, will depend upon the number of
parts into which this value ls subdivlded.
That In case this value is subdiVided
through the use of the precious metals,
these units, or integrsnt parts, are sub
jected to variations in their value through
an increase Of their number from un-
known and accidental supplies from the
miAes, and through decrease by the un-
known number Of such units which may
be consumed In other uses. That while
the cost of producing such units adds
nothing to their money value, the un-
certainty Of producing them, and the un-
certain quantity destroyed after being
produced, render 1t impossible to regu-
late the number, and consequently the
value Of, such units. They maintain that
the aggregate Of the money value can
only be increased or diminished by an in
crease or diminution of the productive
forces and wealth which it measures and
which govern 1t. That the increase or
decrease of the number of the units Of
money can have no effect upon the IS"
gregate Of the money value, but that the
number of such units simply determines
the fractional part of the whole value be-
longing to each unit; that tss Itnsy
value will inhere In any material sub
stance whatever upon which the
sovereign authority may confer the money
function. That whenever the law de-
clares that paper in certain form, upon
being stamped with authoritative and
distinguishing marks and devices, shall
be invested with the money function,
each piece Ct such paper so stamped be-
comes not a debt, nor a credit, nor q
promise, dlshonored OF otherwise, nor
representative Of gold or silver, nor Of
any one thing, but of all things; that 1t
becomes the thing signiAed, not sign,
and TO all intents and purposes lacking
no quality, but possessing sll, becomes
money, pure, simple and unadulterated,
with q value not less real because not
mixed with an intrinsic value, than the
money value conferred In the same
manner and by the same authority on
gold and silver, nor less real than the In
trlnsic value of those commodities. They
claim that money can be maintained
steadler and more uniform In purchasing
power, and made toperform Its true func-
tionS with greater exactnesS, when COM
posed of some material substance always
attainsble and not possessing utility or
value for other purposes, than when COM
posed Of such substances as gold and sill
yer, possessing such values, and difficult
and uncertain of attainment, and subject
to other than money demands. That the
commlngllng Of money value and COM
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1892-09-07

bAob VA 6VFOAaW0AHs WOAAN D1 y NO1bb0A'
temptation to its abuse.
They claim, finally, that whatever may
be the faults Of metallic money, those oi
paper money are worse; that nothing but
intrinsic value can measure value, and
that paper money has no other than
representative value, and therefore can
not measure intrinsic value, but that the
precious metals possess intrinsic value,
and for this reason are fitted TO serve as
It's measure; that value inheres In the
quality Of q material thing, and not In
mental estimation, and hence that moth
Ing but material thing possessing 1t in
trinslcally can serve as its true standard;
that the danger Of paper money 10 illus
trated by precept, philosophy, and ex-
ample, and that the financial, political,
and social wrecks Of states and people,
with which 1t has punctusted history,
should serve as warnings against it.
VSescs of the incOnVertibIe paper, or fiat
money school.
The other school advocates an exclu-
Slvely fat paper money, to be issued by
the government, which should possess
no value on account Of the intrinsic quail
ties Of the material of which It is COM
posed, but whose value should be extrin-
sic and derived from the useful functions
with which the government invested it,
and whose each unit should be kept
steady In value through legal limitations
and regulations Of the number of such
units issued.
The views Of this school are that utility,
accompanied by limitation of quantity,
Is the basis of exchsngeable value. That
this utility may either depend upon such
intrinsic qualities as would render the
thing possessing them valuable to man
in isolation as we'll Rs to man In society,
or upon eYtrinsic, artificial qualities
which society may confer upon any
article, however intrinslcalIy valuelesS,
by endowing 1t with the power Of per
forming the money function. That the
evident fRct that this function does not
inhere in and cannot be conferred on any
article 30 as to make il either valuable
or useful to man In isolation, while 1t Is
essential TO the very existence Of society,
demonstrates that money value Is not de-
rived from the useful, intrinsic qualities
of the material upon which the money
function may be conferred. They also
call attention to the facts that, the useful
ness to the individual of any article de-
pends solely upon the intrinsic qualities
which 1t may possess, and It Is not at all
diminished by Its existence In unlimited
quantity, but that money, on the con-
trary, becomes entirely useless unless its
quantity be limited. They conclude from
these facts that the money value Of the
material of which money Is composed
rests solely upon the purely artificial
and intrinsic qualities conferred upon IL;
that this value Is lnsepArable from sos-
clsty, and grows out Of its need Of and
demand for an instrument Of valuation
and exchange.
They maintain that money is not in
itself wealth, but q set Of counters for
computing and exchanging wealth, or,
as was said by Bishop Berkeley, "a ticket
emitting to posOer and fitted to record
and transfer thiS poUer;;" and that ut
Is of little consequence OhGt materials
the tickets are made Of" that there are
The Forrest City times., 1892-03-11

tions of learning that would be 8 credit to any community. Tho Evans sch oolhouse, under the man. agement and superiDtendsDce of Miss Clara Webb, and the Poplar Grove academy, in charge of Mrs. c. R. Ross, are convincing evi- dences of the fact that our people are fully alive to the importance of careful and proper training for their young.
 The MiIlbrook Methodist church, beautifully situated on a slight ole vation east of the village is largely attended at every appointment. We can boast of moral and social advantages scarcely to be found elsewhere.
 The most important feature to to be mentioned Tn favor of ad join ing country is tho wonderful pro. ductiveness of our farming lands. Excepting, perhaps, the fertile re- gions of the Nile valley, Q moro
The Forrest City times., 1892-03-11
CEPHAS F. HINTON,

A prominent druggist of Forrest City, has been 8 resident of St. Francis county all of his life. His father, A. G. Hinton, . native of North Carolina, came to what was then considered the wilds of St. Francis county in 1850, whore he died in 1874 at the age of Al years. He had a family oftwelve children, six of whom are still living. 0. F. remained on the farm until his eighteenth year, whom he came to Forrest City and embarked in gen. eral merchandising with T. K. Haskins, with whom he was con nected as partner until 1874. Then selling out to his associate he embarked in the drug business, but was unfortunate Tn having all of his stock destroyed by fire, on which there was no insurance. Later he entered the employ of Russell, Pollock < Co.,, and three years afterward embarked in the grocery business, continuing it about two years, whom he made up his mind to study medicine and re- embark in the drug business, which he did. His stock was laid over at Marisnna on account of high water, and there being no tsains, he loaded his stock on . push car and pushed it by hand to Forrest City, a distance of twenty-five miles. He has by strict attention to business built up . large patron age. He was married in 1874 to Miss Mary A. Brown, a daughter of John Brown and a native of Mississippi. They are tho fond parents of four child. ren, Robert Emmet, Arthur Cor don, William w., and Mary Bertha. Mir. Hinton owns several hundred acres of fine farming land, a beau tiful residence in Forrest City, and is otherwise well-to-do. He has held the position of mayor of this city seven years in succession and one since. He is a member of the K. of H., and in politics a demo- crat.
The Forrest City times., 1892-03-11

firms doing a lucrative business are w. H. Mcdaniel, Scott X Co., T. c. Folbre & Co.,, and T. l.. Smith & Go. Among other enter prises are two fully equipped cotton gins, and two grist and saw mills of unusual ca pacity, owned and operated by w. H. and s. P. McDaniel. From these mills vast quantities of lum- Der are shipped to all points of the globe.
 The mammoth stave factory of Beck & Dickerson, just east of here, is especially deserving of mention, turning out as they do several car loads of slaves weekly.
 Much may be said in praise of our schools. Our people, reaiiz- ing the importance of educating their children, support two institu.
The Forrest City times., 1892-03-11
MCDANIEL.

McDaniel, an unpretending vil- lage of sixty inhabitants, IS situ- ated four miles south of Forrest City on the Helena branch of the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern road. Its railroad and express office is Bonair, its postof-
 fee McDaniel, while it is more commonly known to the people throughout the country as Mill brook, and is very justly termed the metropolis of Frank township.
 Half hidden in a grove of stately oaks and swaying elms that would grace kings forest, and sur rounded as it is on every hand by beauties of nature, it would be hard indeed to conceive of lov-
The Forrest City times., 1892-03-11

Was born at Brownsville, Hay wood county, Tenn, October l, 1867, and is the third son of w. B. and V. V. (Wilson) Mann. He was educated at Brownsville. At the age of fourteen years he entered tho store of J. B. Phillips & Go. as clerk, remaining with this firm for five years. He then entered the employ of Ragland, Collin ( Co.,, where he remained for two years, at the expiration of which time he went to Pine Bluff, Ark, and entered business under the firm name of Mann & Walker. He then organized the Pine Bluff Mer- cantile company. of which he was president. He came to Forrest City in October. 1891, and estab- lishod the firm of s. H. Mann & Co.,, which was reorgan.xed under the name of Mann X Oliver. Mir. Mann was married to Miss Mary E. Ramsey. of Humboldt, Tenn, a daughter of Rev. N. P. Ramsey. Although his residence in this community has been brief, Mir. Mann has established a splendid record for probity and fair dealing.
The Forrest City times., 1892-03-11
J. T. FONDREN

As TONDnhN
 Is 6 son of R. s. and N. l.. Cray. lor) Fondren, and was born near Oxford, Miss, November 26, 1850. His education was acquired in the schools of Oxford, where his youth and early manhood was passed. On October 5, 1875, he was married to Miss Jessie K. lizard of Forrest City, and Q year later he moved to Arkansas, to mako St. Francis county his permanent home. With the beginning of the year 1880, he entered the service of V. B. lizard & Co. as bookkeeper, which posi- ton he ably filled until 1891, whom he was elected bookkeeper of the Bank of Eastern ArkansHs, . posi- ton in which he gives entire satls- faction. MT. Fondren has for many years been reporter for the Knights of Honor and secretary of the K nights and Ladies of Honor. He was recorder of the city for seve veral terms. He is e consistent member of the Baptist church, in which he..is a deacon, and served several years as superintendent of the Sunday school. Mr. and Mrs. FoLdron have three living children-Rufus, aged II years, and Nannie l.. and James l., twins, aged about 2 years. No man stands highor in the estima- ton of our people, either as citi- zen or gentleman, than "Tom" FOndren,
The Forrest City times., 1892-03-11

reach extends the hundreds of broad acres comprising the lm- mense cotton plantation of Capt. w. Fl. McDaniel.
 As Q business point probably no place of twice its size in the South can equal it. Tho annual cotton shipments range from fifteen hun dred to twenty-five hundred bales, while the aggregate sales of the four leading mercantile establish ments amount to from one hundred thousand to one hundred and fifty thousand dollars per year. The
The Forrest City times., 1892-03-11

Benjamin F. McCrary is . son of Milus and Isabel (CarmichaeD Mo. Crary, and was born near Hunts. vile, Ala, February IF, 1857. His parents moved to Arkansas m 1859, locating within about two miles of tho present site of Forrest City. His carly opportunities for acquir- ing an education were extremely limited. being only such as the schools of . sparsely settled coun- try afforded, and his Attendance upon these was brief. His youth was spcnt in farm work, at which he labored until 1886, when he em- parked in the family grocery busi- ness in this city, in which he has been very successful. On January 23, 1878. Mr. McCrary was married to Miss Jennie McClendon, ofCoosa county, Ala. He is regarded as ono of tho most successful of our young business men.
The Forrest City times., 1892-03-11
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The Forrest City times., 1892-03-11

John Fitxsimmons was born at Warsaw, Ky, in 1888, and was ed uoated in the public schools of Cincinnati, o. He was married in 1862 to Miss Mattic Eubanks, ,and to this union was born John, now manager of tho Western Union Telegraph company's office at Brinkley, Ark. MT. Fitzsimmons came to Arkansas in 1869, locating at Jacxsonport, whore he engaged in the restaurant and bakery busi- ness until 1873, when his posses sions were swept away by fire. He then entered the service of the Western Union company as line- man, and constructed telegraph lines through Texas and Arkansas. In the meantime his wife died. In 1877 he was located at Forrest City as linemsn, and has since re- sided hero. In 1878, he was mar ried to Mrs. Sarah Grogan, and two children have blessed this union Louise, aged 10, and Frank, aged s years. Mr. Fitzsimmons is . prominent Mason and one of the very best citizens of the commun- ;ty
The Forrest City times., 1892-03-11

Tier spot than the present site of McDanial. A milo and 2 half to the cast is Crowley's Ridge, which, viewed from tho station at evcn. tide as the setting sun casts its parting rays over rugged hills, presents to tho onlooker a spec tacle most sublime and awe-inspir- ing. Immediately to tho north can be seen Lake View, @ small though picturesque body of water in which abounds trout, perch and striped bass without number.
 Through the western suburbs, hemmed in by moss covered banks runs the little stream Carey, winding and twisting in it's circuit ous route until it plungos into tho forest and looses itself to view. To the south as far as the eye can