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The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1895-10-09
JUDGE THOMAS sELECTEDt
AS Temporary Commissioners to Sue
ceed Mr.. Finley. Il

AS Temporary Commissioners to Sue
cecd Mr.. Finley. fs
Judge William Bailey Thomas has
been appointed temporary commits
sioner ofthe Southern Passenger Assoc
citation to succeed Mr.. w. w. Finley,
who was recently elected third Woe
president Of the Southern Railway
Company. When asked about tho ap-
pointment Mr.. Finley said: II }, AL
'"The executive board Of the South.
ern Passenger Association, at its
meeting in New York, Saturday, ap-,
pointed Judge M. Bailey Thomas to
fill tho Office of commissioner tempo
rarily, or until permanent choice can
bo made The meeting adjourned
Saturday without setting date for the
selection of @ permanent commits
sioner, and it is impossible ut present
to gain my definite idea OF what will
be done in tho matter. judge Thomas
will not as commissioner until such
timo as the executive board OF the as
ISOLATION may mako another change
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1895-10-09
SoyontoentI, Dny,

At Saturdays session tho first final
action on any one article of the new
constitution was takon The article
on tho executive department., after
having gone all through the tearing
process Of three readings, was adopt
Cd at exactly 1912 o'clock p. m, and
was sent to tho committee on style
and revision, becoming thereby part
of tho now document.
Another important feature Of tho
days work was tho adoption Of an
amendment with tho parliamentary
olinchor attached, changing tho time
of holding the sessions of tho logisla-
turo from November to January, and
after tho first four sessions havo boon
held, limiting tho duration Of the pay
mombcrs to forty days. This is q very
radical change in the organic law Of
tho state, but Judging from tho OK
pressions made hy many members on
the floor, it will meet with much favor
among tho people. An effort was
made by Mr.. Patton to pass rosolu-
ton sympathizing with tho Cuban pa
triots in their efforts for independence,
but it failod to got through, and was
laid over for consideration on Mon
day. Tho resolution read thus:
Hesolyed, That wc. tho delegates OF the
pooplo Of South Carolina, assembled In con
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1895-10-09
DIRECTORS INDICTED.

Chattanooga Grand Jury After Nom
bors of Underwriters Association.
The indictment brought by tho grand
Jury now in session at Chattanooga
against tho Kentucky and Tennessee
Underwriters Association for main.
tanning trust is still something Of a
sonsa zion. It has boon impossible to
learn tho names Of the gentlemon in
dicted, but one Of tho members of the
grand jury said that overy man on tho
executive committee Of tho association
would bo pulled up before tho court
at Its January term.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1895-10-09
silvor Meeting at MuntsvIIlo.

A largo, enthusiastic and intelligent
mass meeting Of democrats from all
portions Of Madison county, Ala, was
held at Huntsville few days ago.
Speeches were made by Judge William
Richardson, ex-Congressman w. w.
Garth and Captain Milton Humes.
RESOLUTIONS were adopted ratifying tho
tho action of tho Birmingham confer
ence Of September 10th and favoring
tho free and unlimited coinage Of sill
yor with equal mintago rights of gold
at the ratio of 1G to l, without consul
tation or agrcement with any foreign
nation. A strong central campaign
committee of tho Madison County BIZ
metallic league, with authority to or
ganize clubs in every precinot of the
county, was appointed
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1895-10-09

members were sick, a number of law
yers would absent themselves for sales
day whether they were excused or not
ana that tho businets Of many farmers
at this particular timo demanded their
presence at home. Tho convention
devoted tho remainder Of tho night
session to herring arguments for and
against eliminating the right Of dover
IN my and all lands alioned by the
husband during the ooyorturo.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1895-10-09
JOHN q. NEW INTERVIEWED.
Says Harrison Is in No Sense a Cantii-
date for Presi dent. ,9s3

date for President. @,3s {{9 I,
. Colonel John O, New, who. managed
Harrisor's campaigns for the nomine-
tions to tho presidency and who was
consul general for the United Statea
to London during his administration,
has authorized nm. interview The gem
eral, he, says, does not desire to run
again for the presidency.
clio is in no sense candidate"
gaid tho colonel, "and thu stories. that
he has withdrawn in the interest Sof
anyone arc without foundation. In
fact, were his advice solicited,"' con-.
finuod Mr.. New, emphatically, 4" ho
you'd seloot neither Reed nor McIlin-3
10y as the republican candidate. 3 .
Colonel Now positively declined to-
ssato, however, who the general would
fayog. K, q
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1895-10-09
THE WHITE METAL.
PROGRESS OF THE GREAT Sill
YER MOVEMENT OUTLINED.
Some Of tho LOegne Committees An
nouncod---Bo ITonest---Meeting
In Huntsville, Etc.

The Meriwether Yindicator says:
According to tho democratic plat
forms silver was honest money in
1884 and standard money that should
not'be Disseminated against in 1802.
L. honest money md STANDARD mon
ey, money against which mo discrimi-
nation must be used, sound money
Ii 30, silver fills tho BILL"
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1895-10-09
Indiana's Silver Men.

The executive committee OF the In
diana State Democratic Silver League
mot ut indianapolis q few days ago.
In an interview President Clark de-
clared that while the movomont is bo-
ing kept wholly within tho democratic
party it is rapidly spreading over the
state. He says:
Among the district members arc
members and ex-mombers Of the state
committee. In many instances the
county chairmen named are county
chairmcn of the regular democratic or
ganization. Tho mon who ore at the
head Of the movement believe they
will have such perfect organization
early in the year that they can name
at least ten of tho state committeeman;
can control majority of tho district
conventions That select delegates to tho
national convention, aud will DO able
to control the state nominating CON
vention and exact from it FREQ silvor
resolution"
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1895-10-09

vontion for tho purpose Of forming constitu-
tion for FREQ and independent people, cxtond
our hearty sympathy to tho Cuban patriots
now contcnding for tho same precious right"
Mr.. w. D. Evans could SEQ no rea-
son why tho convention should ut
tempt to spread itself over land md
sea. He thought that tho Cuban
question was something with which
they had nothing whatever to do. Flo
asked the convention to decline to
consider tho resolution. Tho nom
bors thcroupon objected to the imme-
diato consideration of the resolution
aud it wont to the committee on mis-
lcellAneous matters, despite Mr.. Pat
toms earnest remonstranco.
The mntter Of putting tho dispense
ry into tho constitution was callcd up
and Senator Tillman was about to
present tho following provision when
the matter went over:
"Tho general assembly shall never,
however, lioenso any person or corpo-
ration to soil Intoxicating liquors or
beverages by the drink, or except in
unbroken packages Of less than pint,
which shall not bo opened or drank on
tho premises whore s0ld, and not to
bo sold between the hours Of in tho
evening and o'clock III tho morning,
and not except in house that has no
door or other method Of communities
tion with any other house and in
which no other merchandise is kept
for sale"
It was decided that tho Legislature
meet on tho second Tuesday in Janua-
ry instead Of tho fourth Tuesday in
November. Tho following also was
passed:
"Mlembers Of tho general assembly
shnll not receive my compensation for
more than forty days of any ono SEES
sion.
provided, That this limitation shall
not affect tho first four sessions of the
general assembly under the constitu-
ton"
Pending tho settlement of the ques-
ton rs to whether tho per dion of leg
islntion bo 50 or 81, tho convention ad-
journed until Monday.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1895-10-09
AN ELECTRIC PLANT.

chattanooga PARTIES Get tho Contract
for q Street Railway.
at meeting Of the board Of aldor-
mon OF Meridian, Miss, resolution
to award tho franchise for tho opera
tlon Of an electric street railway on tho
streets Of tho city and the maintenance
OF an electric light plant to furnish
lights for the city and motive power
for the railway to w. r. Hall and as.
sociatcs, Of Chattanooga, Tonn., was
unanimously passed. Tho board of
council has concurrod with tho alder
manic board in the adoption Of tho
resolutions.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1895-10-09
Eighteenth Day.

Monday was the first day since tho
commencement Of tho constitutional
convention that tho calendar was even
nearly through. It was distinctly q
routine day in every sense Of tho word
Two more articles, those on tho i'm
peachments and amendments, neither
loaded with any dynamite, passed. to n
third reading. Tho rost of tho day
was devoted to sections of the report
Of the committee on miscellaneous
matters. Everything calculated to
bring about fight was pnssed over.
The convention camo dangerously
near passing womnn's suffrage clause
before realizing what it meant, but
tho trou bic was seen in time
When the convention met in tho
evening matter that had been brew
ing all day was presented 1t camo in
the shape Of this resolution, offered
by Mr. j. d. Ellerbe: .'rhat tho con-
vcntion shall adjourn on Friday, o.
stober 4th, to- meot Oh Tuesday, Janu-
5ary Il, 1896" #
There was a long debate and a hard
fight upon the adoption Of a provision
putting married woman's property
rights on idon ntically the samo footing
with those of m unmarried woman.
Then the divorce problem was takcn
up, and when the convention adjourn
ed at 11:15 O'Clock p. IN. the heated
debate was scarcely moro than half
completed. There are threo PROPOSE
tion pending, ono absolutely against
any divorce, as South Carolina stands
today; another to allow no divorces
except for conviction Of adultery in q
court, md not allowing the guilty par-
ty to romarry. The third is to allow
divorce "by the judgment of court,
as shall be prescribed by law"
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1895-10-09
Silver league Committees.

silver League Committees.
The executive committee OF tho M.
tional Silver league, which met in
Memphis on Septemb, 18th, did not
choose all it's national committeomen,
and its work has not yot been com-
pleted. Some thirty-Aye committee.
mon have been chosen. Senator Isham
G. Harris is not now in Memphis, and
ho is tho possessor Of information, but
from another source somo of, the ap-
pointments have boen ascertained, ns
follows:
Tennossoe--J. NJ. Head, Nashville.
Mississippi-Col. r. II. Taylor, OF
Sardis.
Texas Senator Horace @. Hilton.
Arkansas-Carrol Armstrong, chair
man of the state democratic executive
committee.
Georgia Hon. Patrick Walsh, of
Augusta.
Alahama-J. w. Tomlinson, of Bir-
mingham.
Louisiana ATTORNEY General NJ. j.
Cunningham.
North Oarolina-E Senator and
Governor Jarvis.
South Carolina State Superintend.
ent Of Eduontion Mayfiold.
Illinois-W. 81. Hinrichsen.
Prosperous With silver Bonds.
Tho Chicago Inter Ocean calls atten-
tion to the following leoent dispatch
from the City of Mexico:
For tho prcsens the banks hore havo moro
European exchange 10 offer than the market
can absorb. This is duo to tho gratifying and
constant demand for tho now silver five per
oent bonds in tho principal trans Atlantic
money markets.
While our next door noighbor 10
happy and prosperous with the free
and unlimited coinage OF silver and
! with an lssue of silver bonds, what are
| we doing? Tho Inter Ocean says:
The issuing OF bonds calling specifically for
| gold is now familiar in this country. tits be-
Ing dono by states, counties, oitles and all
sorts and combinations Of longtime borrowers.
| Even farm mortgages are. mado payable
| many oasos in gold. 1t 10 purely matter OF
business, which concerns only the borrowcr and
| the lender. When, however, It WAS proposed
| to mako tho United States bonds payable In
| gold, instead OF coin, protest was enterod.
and yory properly. too. Tho government Of
| tho United States alono has tho power OF max.
! ing money. aud bond determination In favor
! Of ono particular money mo;al would greatly
| embarrass tho maintenance OF bimetalsm.
| and, perhaps, ronder it impracticablo withou,
! financial revolution. Congro.s was wiser horein
than the president.
The Mexicans have not been 80 weak
as to follow the example OF foreign
powor over tho sen. They have cs
caped England'e financial domination
At no time in the history Of the coun
try has Mexico enjoyed such general
prosperity. Homo manufactures are
increasing and wealth is aocumulating.
Within tho past ten years tho deposits
of tho banks of tho City OF Mexico
have increased from 81, 900, 900 to over
$35, 600, 900. 4.
This object lesson is plain ongotigh
for oven tho wayfaring man. 7-Atlanta
Constitution. g, +;
a*%
Be Honest. y,
| From tho Atlanta Constiyntion1 a. 4.
Tho gold standafd organs Of tho
\ south md west are not pulling COM
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1895-10-09

Be Honest. t5,
From tho Atlanta Constitntion.1 q. r
Tho gold standafd organs Of tho
south md west are not pulling COM
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-02-14
Legislative Notes.

W. S. COrbett of Wichita has been
appointed by Governor Morrill, as
brigadier general Of second brigade
X. n. G. vice general Hettinger,
resigned.
The Shearer fee and salary bill, as
it was left Yesterday, would fix the
salary of the county treasurer of this
county at $500 instead OF $1,000 as
heretofore.
The nomination Of Ex-Governor
George T. Anthony as superintend-
ent of insurance was confirmed by
the senate yesterday by vote of 20
to IA. Twelve Republicans, seven
PopulistS and O'Brian, Democrat
from Wichita voted for confirmation.
Last Friday Governor Morrill, ap-
pointed Col. ]. W. Forney of Belle
Plaine as one Of the regents of the
state university to succeed Hon. C. r.
Mitchell of Geuda Springs; Senator
Chas. f. Scott, of lola, is appointed
to succeed himself and Frank G..
CrOwell, Of AtchisOn, succeeds Del
Valentine, of Clay Center.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-02-14
Where our Money Goes.

Argonia Clipper.
The wheat stealing case against e.
mer Malone will cost Kingman county
fully twice as much money as it
shOnld cost. Instead Of trying the
case before a justice at Norwich, as
should have been done, it was taken
to Kingman, requiring the witnesses
to travel more than twice as far as
they would have Travelled, if the trial
had been at Norwich. There are
eight witnesses from ArgOnia and vi
cinity attending the trial. The dis
lance to Kingman is about 45 miles,
the distance to Norwich Is miles, the
mileage allowed the witnesses and
constable is ten cents per mile, each
way. The difference in the cost on
these eight witnesses, between a trial
at Norwich, the nearest point in
Kingman county, and at Kingman
city, will be about S45 or $50. There
are many cases ike this from all parts
of Sumner county. Trials before
justices of the peace that ought to be
held in Argonia, Conway Springs
Mulvane, Oxford, Caldwell and Other
remote points are taken to yelling.
ton, for the benefit of cOnstabies,
sheriffs and justices at the county seat
This is one of,the rat holes into which
our money is being carried, and there
are great many others that can be
found by lOOkiOg for them. We ought
to have law requiring these trials
to be held before the nearest Justice
Our law makers can find things to dc
for our benefit if they will search fOl
them.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-02-14

rep to reduce the rate of interest
from 8 to 10 per cent came up in
the house. Mr.. Lambert stated that
the banks Of this state last year
loaned s5O,OOO,OOO and this bill
would mean saving to the people
Of 81, 100000. He said further, we
quote from the Journals report:
Whenever anything of this kind
comes up there is always a hue and
cry about capital leaving the state,
that it will ruin the bankers. | ap-
prehend that if we look out for the
people the bankers will take care Of
themselves. Why this tender sJlic:-
itude for a few? Why this cry about
iniuring the interests of the b,nk n,
when the great masses of the Peep lie
are to be benefited? Now after What
| have said l am ready to have the
bankers friends jump astraddle Of
this bill. They are ,bloOdthirsty and
want to please a banking cOnstitu-
uency. In my judgment the bill is
reasonable and fair and ought TO
pass.
Mr.. Lambert's talk made Mr.. War
ner, of Cherokee, who is a banker.
very warm. He said he thought the
house was wasting time thraShing
over the questions which had teen
discussed on the stump.
Wouldn't it be a good thing to
enact into law some Of the promises
made on the slump," asked Mr.. Lam
bert.
A motion to strike out the enact
ing clause was sustained by a vote
Of 60 to So. Spicknall voted aye
and Simons nay.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-02-14
Pau Off the Bonds.

By reference to the quarterly re-
port of the county treasurer pub
lished elsewhere it will be seen that
a large number of school districts
have a considerable amount of
money on hand in their sinking fund.
This money lies in the banks of
Wellington and the county draws in
terest on it.
1t may not be generally known
that Paragraph 1928 Rev. Stat. 'S9,
provides that the state treasurer
holding bonds of any school district
shall allow them to be fully re-
deemed and Cancelled at any interest
payment. 1t is possible that the
boards of many of these districts
could liquidate some of these bonds
and stop the interest thereby. The
VOICE gives this pointer in order
that school boards may be inau.
enced to look the matter up in theil
individual cases, and perhaps profit
the taxpayers of their district.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-02-14

The Chicago Times Of last Satur-
day says: "Millions were represent
ed in abundance last night at the
Bankers club held at Kingsley's;
the whole wealth Of Chicago was
present in posse" We are unable
to state advisedly whether the edi-
tor of the Mail Ward McAlister II)
was present or not but G. B. Farwell,
the great dry goods merchant and
banker was, and he relieved himself
Of the following weIghty financial
wisdom:
The government should not be in
the banking business. The banks
should be in the banking business.
Nobody eveI heard Of greenbacks un-
til the war. He would abolish the
treasury and let the government 90
out of business, where it had no right
to be. The law requiring banks to
keep reserve was an impertinence:
We have no doubt Mr.. Farwell
would deem any financial logic COM
ing from any one but banker as
''impertinence." 1t doubtless seems
''impertinent" to him for common
people to lnhabit the earth.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-02-14

We are indebted to the Mail for
the information that the preliminary
canvass for Republican nomina-
tons next fall "may be regarded as
fairly started" 1t says, "there are
several avowed candidates now in
the field; one of them has already
addressed circular letter to a large
number of prominent Republicans
throughout the county" Again it
says: "The prospects are good for
a long list of excellent men being
candidates before the county con-
vention." Then the editor proceeds
at this early stage to caution and
admonish them to be true to the
party regardless Of consequences at
the convention. He might have
said that the prospect for a tremen-
dous hair pulling time is good also.
There are certain elements of the
party who are justly indignant al
the high handed trickery and trad
ing that has been INDUCED in here.
tofOre. There is some truth in the
rumor, also, that all the fellows who
want office have not gone into the
Peoples party yet.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-02-14

Quite considerable profit is real
lied by the national banks in issuing
the governments currency in the
fact that much of it is lost and de-
stroyed, therefore never presented
for redemption. Were the govern
ment to issue it, this loss would in
ure to the benefit of the whole peo-
pie. Bankers know which side of
their bread is buttered.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-02-14

Republican politicians are nothing
if not full of bombast and buncombe.
Governor Morrills message recon-
mending the repeal Of all laws that
in any way hinder the collection Of
debts has been sent far and wide to
the money-loaning fraternity of the
East, but no representative in the
Legislature has yet developed the
nerve to introduce any law to repeal
the new redemption law, or in any
way looking in the direction of car.
rYing out the Governors message.
However, the Governor has been
able 10 prevent any further injustice
to his brother bankers by the defeat
of the bill reducing the legal rate o.
interest from 10 to 8 per cent.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-02-14

There never has been such for
midable lobby Of county officials at
Topeka before. The Wichita Eagle
says representatives of thu lobby are
there from every county in the State
and that the result will be that the
discussion OF the bill will absorb a
good deal Of valuable time and when
the crisis comes an excuse of some
kind will be given to the consclen.
tious members to slide out and let
the bill die or allow it to be passed
in some shape that it will hurt no.
body.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-02-14

England is agitated by the cur
rency question also. The leading
article in the current Westminster
Review, by Robert Even, processes
to voice the sentiment Of that emf
nent statesman, Gladstone, advocat-
ing the idea that the government
should issue the currency instead Of
the banks. So Gladstone, the most
eminent statesman in the world is a
Populist. Now we shall expect to
hear Republican editorial nincom-
poops say that the old man has a
"wheel in his head"
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-02-14

The new apportionment bill is
charged by the Topeka Journal with
being a gerrymander in the interest
of certain Republican politicians
who do not want to conflict with
each other in getting nominations.
And indeed it looks that way. For
instance, the fifth district as propes-
ed will make "shoestring district
25 miles wide and almost 400 miles
long, in the north part Of the state.
The sixth district, Immediately south
of the fifth, is almost as bad.
"Statesmen"(out of job) must be
accommodated, and when two Of
them chance to be born in the same
district it requires the wit of a polit-
ical genius to circumvent the law Of
fate.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-02-14

Kansas City, February ia speci-
al from TT. Scott, Kan, says: The
new Republican police commissioner
appointed by Governor Morrill, for
this city took the oath for Office today.
Their first official act was to instruct
the marshal to notify saloon men and
gamblers to close up their places next
Saturday aud open no more during
their term of office.
We are waiting with breathless
suspense to hear from Leavenworth,
Wichita and Atchison, where the
new police officers took the oath Of
office two or three weeks since.