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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-05-25
A National and Not a Sectional Evil

A National and Not Sectional Evil.
ally denounce lynch law as a sectional
evil-a southern custom-and when
brought to book, and compelled to note
the lynchings in their own region they
say that such lawlessness is cond
demned by northern public opinion,
whereas it is passively tolerated in the
south.
This is as far from the truth as any
thing could be. The lynchers of the
negro at Port Jervis, N. Y, last year
were not punished, and no active steps
have been taken to punish them. How
is that for passive federation, and what
sort of public opinion does it indicate?
This evil is not sectional, it is thor
oughly American. The other day a
guilty negro was lynched near Kings
free, S. c.; white man shared the
same fate near Duluth, Mimi, and
lynchings were threatened at Knoxville,
Tenn, and at Seymour. Ind. So it will
be seen that there is nothing sectional
nor racial about this peculiar form of
lawlessness.
We believe that the south will keep
pace with the other sections in sup
pressing lynch law and will not lag be-
hind. Our law and order loving people
are overwhelmingly in the majority,
and their educated intelligence makes
them fully aware of the fact that when
mob violence is tolerated it is equiva-
lent to serving notice upon the igno-
rant and dangerous classes that our
civilization is failure; that we cannot
look to courts for justice; that every
man may judge and avenge his own
wrongs, and that in the hands of men
entirely desperate the shotgun is
mightier than the law.
Our good people, home owners, tax
payers, industrious citizens and their
governors, judges and sheriffs all take
this view Of the situation, and their
complete triumph over small turbu-
lent and reckless element is already in
sight. We are going to uphold the law
at any cost, but great reform cannot
be accomplished all at once. Rome was
not built in a day.-Atlanta Constitu-
ton,
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-05-25

WHEN we were in Washington re
Gently we became acquainted with E
newspaper correspondent who ''stood
inn with the Overmyer, Crouch and
Mitchell gang. He told us that they had
collected enough money from ''stal.
wart" Office seekers in Kansas to pay
all their expenses and that they were
having HI of time. We know that
S25 was put up by the annex in Man.
haitian and sent TO this molly crowd
Manhattan Mercury.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-05-25

PRESIDENT CLEVELAND will, it is
reported, recommend the imposition of
an income tax. This in in the line of
democratic reform. To relieve the
burdens of labor and compel capital to
pay its share of the expenses of gov,
ernment is what the people put the
democrats in power for; and if the
party does its duty in this respect there
will be no question about its keeping
what it has got. Give the millionaires
a turn at the wheel and '.spell'' the
laboring man a while, and all will be
ell.-Independence Kansan.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-05-25
An Income Tay.

Mr.. Dana, of the New York Sun, OBJ
jects to an income tax. one of his rea-
sons being that such measure would
not agree with the democratic doctrine
of taxation for revenue only. The st.
Louis Republic disputes this point and
says:
mo democrat would think of levying
an income tax if it were not demanded
by the necessities of government econ
omically administered. This is now
the case; in the effort to keep up the
tariff, people of large incomes dictated
the policy under which the republican
party squandered the surplus and i'm
posed on the people an immense burden
for pensions. AT the same time and
under the same dictation the expenses
of the navy were enormously increased,
and it is proposed to continue the ap-
preparations on this basis rather than
interfere with ''the great steel indus
tries" which are indirectly subsidized
by the naval appropriation.
An income tax is necessary, there
fore, in order that the pensions may be
paid, the naval appropriations contin-
ued, and a sufficient reserve accumu-
lated to convince panicky plutocrats in
, New York that the credit of the gov
ernment will be maintained. Every
cent of the tax will be levied for
revenue only. If several thousands Of
dollars year are thus contributed by
Doctor Dana which he would other
wise spend in ighting-roosters and
peachblow vases of the Hu Sang
dynasty, he will have the satisfaction
of knowing that he is contributing to
the welfare of his country and saving
the treasury the humiliation OF going
around as mendicant trying to find
charitable or patriotic persons who
will give it gold for greenbacks.
No tax will be levied by democrats
that is not needed for revenue only, and
every patriotic plutocrat ought to be
willing to pay tax on his abnormal
income rather than see the tariff tax
put back ON sugar. Doctor Dana must
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-05-25

WITH all of the racket that is made
every year in Kansas about frosts and
hot winds and dry weather and floods
and chinch bugs and grasshoppers and
Texas fever and hog cholera, the value
of farm products in this state last year
was double the entire output of gold
and silver in the United States for the
same period. Whenever you hear any
body taking on" about Kansas just
shoot this record at them and 1t will
shut them up.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-05-25
NEIGHB0RHOOD HAPPENINGS.
ELLINwOoD.

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From the Advocate.
Mrs. Peter Klein was stricken with
paralysis on her left side last week.
Ellinwood has measles enough to
give them to the whole world and to
spare.
Matt Dicks new implement ware
house is going to be the largest of its
kind in the city.
Miss Dott Webb, of Holton, has ac-
cepted position with V. S. Musil as
telegrapher and clerk.
A Catholic Bishop from Wichita con-
firmed about fifty children at the Catho-
lie church in this city Tuesday.
a. c. Terrence this week purchased
the property in which he now lives and
which formerly belonged to G. d.
Horner.
II. j. Retzel has begun the construc-
tion of a large hardware store in
Claflin. Ellinwood enterprise is begin
ing to branch out.
A few more late seasons like this and
decoration day-that is the decorating
part of it-could be more appropriately
observed the Both day of June.
Several rains, some light and some
heavy, have visited this vicinity during
the past week aud as a consequence
both the wheat and the farmers feel
much better.
Ellinwood is undoubtedly the biggest
town of its size in the state. Every
body in Ellinwood is prosperous and
such thing as business failure is
unknown in its history.
The first mosquito of the season
visited the editors home this week. It
was miserably. hungry looking speci-
men, and we suppose it was seeking
company was the reason it stumbled in
on US.
Senator John Armstrong was in the
city Tuesday. Mr.. Armstrong says the
wheat is reviving wonderfully under
the benefcent effects of the late rains,
but he has 100 acres which the rains
came too late to save, and which he is
now planting in corn.
The following are the names of the
Ellinwood public school students who
passed the examination for honorary or
common grade graduation certificates
at an examination held in the public
school building in this city sometime
since: Lucinda Breuer, Mary Breuer,
Maggie Dawson, Bertha Bourchart and
Tonic Voigt.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-05-25
FIGURES DO NOT LIE.

The United States agricultural de-
partment, in its report of the product
of wheat. corn and oats for 1892, credits
Kansas with
70,831 900 bushels of wheat,
las, 1925, 900 bushels of corn,
44,OS4, 900 bushels of oats.
Kansas exceeded every state in the
Union in her production of wheat by
over $4,000, 900 bushels. She leads
every state in corn except Illinois, Mis-
souri,, Iowa and Nebraska. She also
leads allstates in oats, except Illinois,
Iowa and Wisconsin.
The combined wheat crop of Maine,
New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachu-
setts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New
York, New jersey. Pennsylvania, Della
ware, Maryland, Virginia, North Caro-
lima, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida,
Alabama, Arkansas and West Virginia
did not equal that of Kansas. The
combined output of Illinois, Missouri,
Nebraska and Colorado was less than
Kansas.
And when we compare Kansas with
the states and territories west of here
wa find that she exceeds the combined
crop Of Montana, Wyoming, Colorado.
New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Nevada,
Idaho, Washington, Oregon and Cali
fornia. or, in other words, she raised
States west of her.
Reducing the area of Kansas to eight
counties we find production equally
as startling, they raising 1892 1926
bushels of corn, which was a greater
yield than North and South Dakota,
more than either New York, Maryland,
South Carolina, West Virginia or
Louisiana, and onefourth as much as
the state of Texas.
These same counties raised 13, ,459 900
bushels of wheat, or half as much as
either Michigan or Missouri; one-thlrd
as much as either California, Ohio or
Indiana; more than twice as much as
Texas, and as much as Iowa and Texas
combined.
Hase you been guilty of grumbling
about Kansas? Stop and reflect that
you live in young commonwealth that
in the marvellous strides of its farms
and fields, it's shopes and homes, stands
without peer upon the map of the
world. Have you ever allowed your
self to fret and fume because dollars
do not grow upon the weeds and real
diamonds do not glisten in the dew
upon the prairie flowers? Pause and
reflect that no soil upon the continent
has responded more promptly and
cheerfully to the call of intelligent
labor. Kansas is all right. Her soil,
her climate, her people, are the best OF
earth. You live in the golden belt of
the earth. From Atchison to Goodland;
from the rugged bluffs of Wyandotte
to the high plateau at Wallace; from
the classic land of Bourbon and Paint
Creek to Syracuse, you are in the realm
where more than $4,000 square miles of
arabel land de6es the world to itch
it for corn, wheat, oats, tame grasses,
sugar cane, and fruits of the orchard
and the vine. If you do not succeed it
is not the fault of Kansas. -Atchison
Champion.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-05-25
Has No Fear.

Commander in Chief Weissert of the
G.. A. R., said yesterday to a Capital
reporter that he bad no reason to be-
lieve that the old soldiers would not
be fairly treated by the new admins
tration. Judge Lochron, the new
commissioner, is splendid man., said
the commander in chief. ''He has been
judge advocate of the G.. A. R., and he
is thoroughly in sympathy with the old
soldiers. My impression is he will do
about what is right. The G.. A. R. has
no desire to cover up frauds on the
pension list. Not long ago 1 issued a
general order asking our members to
give any information in their posses
sion about fraudulent pension
transactions. If there are people on
the pension list who ought not to be
there, we want them taken off,
Topeka Capital.
And yet in spite of such interviews
the demagogues still continue to howl
about the democratic party being the
enemy of the old soldier. The deserv-
ing pensioner never has had anything
to fear from democratic administra-
tion land intact he has not complained
1t is the coffee cooling element who
have been rewarded with pensions for
political services rendered since the
war closed that is afraid of a demo-
cratic administration. This class
should be weeded off the pension list
as rapidly as possible.-Hiawatha
Democrat.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-05-25

CLEVELAND came in to find de-
pleted treasury deficit instead of a
surplus. Things have gone on for
nearly three months and still no bonds
are issued nor is the country's credit
run down. Silver still holds its own
and republicans and populists are
standing back grittirg their teeth and
bowling with rage. Howl on. sisters
apd brethren, howli-Paola Spirit.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-05-25
HOISINGTON.

HOISINGTON.
From the Dispatch.
The farm products of Barton county
amount to nearly three million dollars
annually.
Two safes were blown open at Fred.
erick Sunday night. But little of value
was obtained.
The EllInwood Advocate has started
out on its sixth year and gets better as
it grows older.
Sam Quinlan left Monday for north
western Indiana and may remain there
permanently. Sam is fine young man
and we are sorry to lose him.
Clay near Great Bend has been tested
and found to be first-class in every re-
spect and arrangements are being made
to start a pressed brick plant.
The Galatia and Russell ball teams
played game of base ball one day last
week which resulted in a victory for
the Galatias by score of 1S to 3.
Mrs. Nellie Crocker and three young
est children left Monday morning for
near Shenandoah. Iowa, to make a
visit, and will perhaps remain al
summer.
VIM. T. Bannister says his three
hundred acres of wheat in the north
west part Of the county has never come
up, but then he has four thousand
bushels Of old wusat In the bin aud
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-05-25

Down in North Carolina the popu.
lists and republicans are going to fuse
this year again to beat the democrats
How many Kansas republican papers
will comment upon this fact?
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-05-25

Down in Missouri a literary society
is arguing the question: (which is the
most desirable, death by degrees or in
stap.aneous?" We respectfully refer
the question to the ex-boss of the re-
publican party in Barton county-he
OF the great facial opening.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-05-25

will no doubt realize handsome price
for it.
A. II. Baker, whose judgment on the
condition of crops is not questioned,
says he was through Union and a part
of Beaver townships Friday and says
the wheat in that part of the county
will yield less than 25 per cent. of a
crop. Other fields lear town will make
a good half crop.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-05-25
EDITORIAL COMMENT.

THE great. Worlds Fair will be open
to visitors on Sunday. Let us now
have no more misdirected sentimental
sIush about the matter
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-05-25

IT BEGINS to look as though the
straight OUTS were doing the dog in
the manger'' act to perfection. How
long will their nonsense last?
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-05-25

will no doubt realize handsome price
for it.
A. II. Baker, whose judgment on the
condition of crops is not questioned,
says he was through Union and a part
of Beaver townships Friday and says
the wheat in that part of the county
will yield less than 25 per cent. of
crop. Other fields lear town will make
a good half crop.
From the Blade.
'TwouId be a much easier task to
give the names of those not attending
the circus Tuesday than to give list
of those who did attend.
c. 81. Boyle was over from Great
Bend yesterday on business. We are
pleased to know that he is doing good
BUSINESS with his cigar factory.
The fruit is not as badly damaged
by the recent freezes as was at first
supposed, and it is probable that a
fair crop of all kinds will be raised this
year.
We are pleased to see Dick Jones
around again, after severe attack of
spinal meningitis. He had a tough
time for about two weeks, but is now
improving rapidly.
REDwINGsRED-TAPE
From 'tN un-ure -bizniz"
Miss May Klug is at Olmitz for a
time.
A. Cornisher has left the place of A.
Getzel.
Mr.. Carson made trip to Clafiin on
Saturday last.
Alois Klug has employed Mr..
Preiszle for time.
A. FL. Baker was over from Hoising-
ton last Thursday.
Jos. Czermak is working for VIM.
Kestir at this time.
Levi Clifford is staying with his bro
ther Al. for time.
Frank Stefan left for his home for a
short visit on Sunday last.
II. C.. Benke still continues under
the influence of bad cold.
H. Garretzan is speaking of making
trip to Oklahoma in the fall.
The Messrs. Tincher have been break
ing prairie south of here for Mr.. Very
Several families have arrived from
Moravia and will locate in the neigh
borhood.
Chas. Morowitz has removed his
stallion from Christ BUTTS place to
Redwing.
John Deutsch has purchased some
hay of Lucas Hipp, and is busy haul
ing the same here.
A. Honisch has found gold ring of
about So value, of which he would like
10 find the owner
A dance held at Stephens place on
Sunday week ago, was a success and
everyone had good time.
Mr.. PrensZle has been digging a cellar
for III. Drews, and is now engaged in
helping F. Kessler on his new residence.
julius Brockle, who clerked for Jos.
Habiger while, has left for Salina.
near which city he is staying with
farmer.
Some of the pipe for road purposes
for this township is to come to EIlin-
wood and some to Hoisington by action
of the county commissioners.
The Redwing road is to be extended
east, and petition praying the county
commissioners to take action to that
effect is receiving numerous signatures.
81. Drews has completed a large
granary, and large barn 35x4O feet in
size is nearly finished The lower half
was built of rocks and Mr.. Stockwell
was the mason. Messrs. Staeber and
Beck, of Claflin, are engaged upon the
wood work which is nearing compile
tion. The same carpenters are also en-
gagged to build large addition to his
house, which also is under progress.
These improvements add immensely to
the appearance of the already beautiful
place.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-05-25
CLAFLIN

From the Banner
A Baptist church organization was
completed here Saturday last.
A good rain is badly needed, and we
predict it will be here inside of the
next two days.
Last week we unintentionally forgot
to mention the social surprise party at
the residence of Mr.. w. L. Stewart.
A number of fields of wheat ale be-
ing plowed up and replanted to corn
and other spring crops. A big corn crop
will be gathered next fall.
A number of friends of Mr.. and Mrs.
German gave them surprise Friday
last. Mrs. G. was gotten up town on
some pretense, and when she returned
home the ladies had the table spread
and dinner all ready.
In making a drive to Great Bend
Tuesday, we noticed that after crossing
the Cheyenne bottoms there was no
wheat to speak of that would ever pay
the cost of harvesting. The farmers
in this vicinity should feel thankful if
they get half crop.
AS soon as the Claflin Hardware &
Implement Co., have their new building
completed, the Odd Fellows will give a
grand ball. The boys never do things
by halves, so they will have neat invi-
tations and programs struck, and only
those holding invitations will be admit
ted.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-05-25

Mr.. Cobun advises Kansas people not
to visit the Worlds Fair before the
middle of June, as the Kansas building
will be in no Shape to see before then.
If the Kansas display were the only at
traction, this advice would do, but who
cares for it? It is the world exhibits.
arts, science, literature, machines. ETC..
that people go there to see, and to this
extent the fair is in full bloom. with
enough to interest one for month. So
far as the Kansas exhibit goes, nobody
expected it to amount to anything. Too
many cooks have spoilt the broth.
Swapping off men and women who
knew what they were doing for a new
and inexperienced set who had to learn
everything put an end to the Kansas
exhibit.-Tribuue.
WHAT'S the matter with ssStandIng
up for Kansas" Judge? If you repub-
licans did really mean to s.Stand up for
Kansas" you should not let your
chagrin at political defeat knock all
your professed 10y atty out OF you The
success of the pops did not change the
climate, or the soil, or the products
thereof, did It? Are not our pumpkins
as big, or corn as tall, our schools as
numerous and our wheat as valuable as
if the management of their exhibit
had been placed in the hands of repub-
licans? lie you keep on in your little.
picayunish filings at the state you will
present yourself in the light that others
have presented you. that of being moth
ing but disgruntled, disappointed,
soured. embittered old granny. 'sSland
up for Kansag."
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-05-25

YOUNG man, Jisbelieve the faultfind-
er who insists that money fixes a man s
social status. Believe, rather, that in
the estimation of an overwhelming ma
jority of people, rich and poor, true
merit, genius, mental and moral worth
receive just appreciation. For every
wealthy and ariStocratic Snob who at
tempts to draw social deadline against
genuine worth, thousand men and
women possessed of nothing but per-
sonal merit to recommend them, receive
generous recognition at the hands of
other thousands who are rich and
powerful. Do not confound the pre-
sumptuous- snobs with sensible rich
folks.-St. Joseph Gazette.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-05-25

think better of it. He is mistaken
about the income tax. 1t will be levied
for revenue only and it will do.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1893-01-05

On the subject Of ice and ice houses,
Poi ID. A Kent said: The are four
es entails 10 eonsider-drainsge, ven ial
tion, insulation and sir circu alton. There
should be dead air spaces in the walls
and no sawdust put in these spaces. Air
is better han sawdus'. Asbesos COM
mends ! sc as a lining for these dead air
spaces. Ice shou d be packed solid, set
on edge, foot ST ace left between the ice
and The walls of he bui ding and the
space packed full with sawdus'. Go
around occasionally and watch out for air
holes which form as ice settles DO no
cover deep on top. Too much sswdust
on the top generates heat and was es
ice.
A four inch blanket Of sawdust en- top
TO project from draughts Of air is the right
depth. To secure drainage, cover the
bottom wi h two by fours set on edge
about six inches apart. Fl between with
sawdnst and cove. about two inches above
the top Of the two by tours. Then the
wa er will drain into The ground as it mel's
and if The ground GU side is lower Than
the in erior Of tie ice house, the drainage
will lie all ijgh'.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1893-01-05

On judging butter for awards of premi'
ums, G. I. Dex'er Of Chicago, one Of The
very les experts in the Wes', said: II is
q difiicnlI or impossible task to ava p e
miums on dairy p oduc,s, wi h certain y
Of jus ice 10 all. A, a yey large exhibi-
lion of daily products, The los taking
first end second premium in different
c asses wee entered for sweeps axes. The
lot which took second p emium in he
class won the sweeps axes sgains, the lot
which took first premium in the same
class that is, the sweepstakes judges Ie
velsed the dec sion OF the class judges on
the re a i've mel OF The same two los
Good judges wi way Two 10 five poin $
in the 100 point sea e IN scoring tie same
entry, acco ding to he cuaoms and de
mands OF the local. or market in which
they were educa ed In large exhibit
there may be found five or mo entries of
fine quail y. so near equal in al essen
tias that, under different judges, any one
of them might e awarded sweeps axes, or
any three of them frs, second and third
premium
All experienced judges know that
the foregoing sa'emens are true, and
some exhibitors have acquired the same
knowledge through unmeri ed humilial
ton and loss