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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-04-24
The Duty of MGSons to MaSons
Before the Law of the Land.

The following view of the duty of
Mason as a citizen is well placed 10y
o e OF the ablest Masous In America
IN the person of Frederic Speed, 33.
of Missippi, in expadating upon the
duties of the Mgson as citizen:
lit seems strange that any Mason
should he in doub, as to his ddty TO
wards his brother who is in arrest bv
the civil authorities. but the facs that
each year the question recurs seems
to show that there has been lack of
elementary instruction as to the duty
OF a Mason in the lodges. Masters
should spare no pains to impress up
on the minds of initiates the great
fact that there IS nothing taught or
required in the lodge which conflict d,
with our civil, moral Or religious da-
ties, and that within this qualigca
ton there is no shortened cabletow
III Masonry. A great crime is
alleged to have been committed in
the community, and it is but natural
that those most affected should feel
outraged thereby. The courts of
the country indict and try the &C
cused, the State emitting no effort
to prove the guilt. the accused and
his friends, rallying around him, seek
to show his innocence. AS Masous,
we take no part; as citizens we dis
charge our duty by upholding the
laws of the land Is brother &C
cased of crimeS The duty of Mason
begins and ends with seeing that he
has fair aud impartial trial, with
an opportunity and the means of
making his defense, and such other
assistance as he himself woald have
a right if in like distress. But be
yond this no mason has right to 60.
OF all the men in community, a
rreemason Is bound by the highest
considerations of duty 20 uphold the
law. The obligations he owes as
citizen to the State aud the eommu
nifty are reinforced and emphathized
by those which be owes TO the fra.
ternity. When the courts are through
with their investigation the lodge
must take up the matter and investi
gate it as if there had never been
court created BY its own process
and IN Its own way, regardless of
public on private censure, giving that
weight to the evidence to which it is
fairly entitled, it dispassionately
judges Of the guilt or innocence Of
ITS brother, as good Masons only
dare to do; 1t acts with justice; it
deli6erates with impartalty and de
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-04-24
The FARMERS InTEeesT.
How He Would BE Affected by Cheap
Dollars. Quantities aud Values.

How He Would BE Affected by Cheap
Dollars. Quantities aud Values.
The effect OF the free coinage of silver,
which is desired by nine-tenths of the
people who favor il. would be TO sub
stitutc for the present dollar dollar
worth half as much. II is alleged thai
this would substantially double prices.
wheat would be worth Si.44 instead of
Il cents, and on this ground the cheap
rooney scheme has good deal of fas-
cinetioB for farmers. " no have been suf-
fering seriously FROM the low prices at
which they have had TO sell their prod
uctS.
VIII the farmers take the trouble 10
ask themselves how they would he any
better or if they gottwice as many dol
lars for their wheat and corn. but each
dollar was, as il is proposed to make il,
worth just half If the present dollar?
IL an act of congress- made rs quarts n
LUshel the number Of bushels Of wheat
in the country would be doubled, but
the quantity of wheat would not be in
creased 10y single grain. nor the value
or the wheat in the country he increased
by n single cent. We take il that no
farmer needs TO have this explained to
him. Two bushels OF 1G quarts are ex-
actly equal TO one bushel of - quarts
Nothing is gained by changing the size
OF the measure of quantity. No more
would the value be changed by chang
ing the measure of valtle
Surprising that the silver dollar were
substituted for thegold dollarand prices
had doubled. All prices would be af-
t,nk nj 4 r
tUral products. All the money that the
farmer receives he spends in one way
or another, unless be hides il away i'm Il
stocking which he rarely does. In
every purchase he would have to spend
two dollars where he now spends one
dollar. Changing the value of the doll
lars cannot possibly change the num-
Der OF bushels of wheat that must be
paid for a suit of clothes or a moving
machine, because the same dollar meas
ures the value of each, and if wheat
doubles in price other things double.
Taxes might not double the first year.
hut as the town and county and state
would have to pay two prices for every
thing the tax levy would have to DO
doubled the next year.
a change i'm the dollar affects taxes
just as much as it-affects corn. It cam
not double the value of one without
doubling the burden of the other.
Debts would not be Immediately
doubled. existing debts could not be
changed in amount, and as they could
be settled with dollars half rs valuable
rs the present ones, those that were
borrowed, the debtor would shave half
his obligation. But with 4 reduction Of
one-half in the value of the dollar inn
pending. or in process, there would be
an energy in collecting old debts and n
refusal to renew loans that would crush
large portion of the debtors, who, il
no change be made or threatened, will
have plenty of time to take up their OBJ
legations without sacrificing their prop
crty. After The chan~e was effected
the farmer would have, il he borrowed,
TO borrow twice MS many dollars as now.
because each dollar would buy only half
as much.-N. y. Journal of Commerce.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-04-24

IN 1ay, 1891, the people of Vir-
ginia will be called upon TO vote
on tho question as To whether the
constitution of the State shall be
changed and made into something
more preSentable than it is at
present. There is no question as
TO the fact that the present con
stEtutlOn rs costing us hundreds of
thousands of dollars yearly that is
not necessary, and we all knOT, or
ought to know, that this condition
Will exist until some radical
changes are made in the conStitu-
ton. There is one thing certain.
the people are not to be brighten
EFT from voting for a constitutional
convention by the cry that a few
politicians started the movement
III their own interest and desire to
diSfranchiSe the ilIiterate voters
OF the State. The real reason roI
calling a constitutional convention
IS not for the purpose of disfran
chising any one, but for the pur
pose Of reducing expenses, thereby
reducing taxation and providing
money for the settlement Of the
State debt. Those papers that are
trying TO miSlead the people in
this matter might SIS we'll draw in
their horns and he done with it, as
the people will declare in favor OF
the measure when the time comes
Tor them TO vote on it. To make
the calling of the constitutional
convention certainty let the
Democratic convention, when il
meets in Stanton in June, come
ont ane endorse the action of the
Legislature in calling it, and tia,
battle will be more than half
wOn.-
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-04-24

In an interview at Richmond Sena.
tor Daniel intimidated that he was
in favor OF inatruciing the Virginia
delegation to the Democratic Nation
al Convention to vote for Che plat
form favoring the free coinage of
silver. Major Daniel said that it Is
hardly imaginable that tho Demo
cracy will be guilty of the crowniug
folly of nominating third tenn in
contraventiou of its whole history,
but tho uncertainty as to the action
of the administration has befogged
the situation.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-04-24
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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-04-24
Lopsided Arguments.

Silveritcs claim that a single stand
ard of value is as unnatural MS u one
legged man or n one-winged bird, and
that the use OF gold and silver to meas
uTe values would be consistent with
Ioan's use OF two hands, two eyes and
two ears. The attempt To rest an argu-
mcnt on such q fiimsy foundation is
characteristic of freC-coinage reason
ing. Yet il is for whimsical notions
like this that the voters are asked to
favor revolution in the country's
financial system. There is no analogy
between the illustrations given by the
silVerItes and the selection of single
form of wealth. by which to measure n II
other property. Nature has not made
all things IN pairs, else the free-coinage
advocates would have been supplied
with two heads, two noses, and, worst
Of all, two tongues. In that ease it
would have been impossible to estab-
fish parity between the volume of
circulating cheap-moncy talk and the
lung power of the average populist.
When farmer mows with two scythes.
chops with two axes, digs with two
spades and measures with two rules.
ench Of different material, size or
length, it will Ike time enough 10 try and
use two kinds of metal having different
values as n means of measuring the
value of all commodities.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-04-24

Ira King, a cOlored city prisoner
in Detroit, refused to shovel snow.
he said lie his defense: use q
Southern-born gemmen an Use a
free one. / objects to snow an 'sDe.
cially dc shoveln' of it. | ain gwine
to demean myself by no compulsory
wuk. No, sab; is not"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-04-24

be seen whether the paid eulisa-
ries of the Republican party can
hoOdwink the people and make
them blind as TO their own inser
eStS.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-04-24

Our free silver friends want
thing, if we are to Judge
nom some oftheir demands. They
desire to adopt the unit rule in
states where it has not been Gus.
tosnary, and some OF them declare
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-04-24

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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-04-24
County Chairman.

THE SpaniardS are having warm
time of it in Cuba if the press re.
ports are amy ways near correct.
1t wOuld seem that Capt. Gen.
Weyler is not meeting with the
success in putting down the re-
bellion as he expected and I! c
Cubans are more than holding
their own. May the day soon
come when S. ain will I've drive
from tie On el o the Ant Hes.
THE advocate Of free coinage of
silver in Virginia are advocating
the unit rule III the convention Ia
he held at Staun;on in June. In
this fight Senator John w. DAM,
Is the foremost leader with Major
Otey as "A trusted lieutenant. Scna-
tor D'n I'll seems 10 forget that
four years ago he WAS in the min
GRITTY when the Cleveland men con
trOlled the Democratic State Con
ventiOn, and shat instead of adop-
ting unit rule, they very gcncr
OuSly divided th drIeg with
the Hill men, and elected the
Senator as delegate at large when
they could just rs easily have cleo
ted solid delegation. But then
great men are apt to forget, a.
they have wcightereT matters ON
their mind. Those who are advO
eating the init rale i'm the Demo
cratic convention had better 90
slow, or we may run against a
snag that may sink the glorious
old party even fR the Democratic
State of old Virginia.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-04-24
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Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-02-06
TIE IDEAL Panacaa.

james l.. Francis, Alderman, Chicq.
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Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-02-06
FATHERS AWFUL WORK.
He Murders Eis Entire Family, Then Cor:
plctes Ills Bloody Work by Suicide.

He Murders His Entire Family, Then Corr
plotes Ills Bloody Work by Suicide.
CHICAGO, Feb. 5.-An entire family,
consisting OF seven persons, was found
dead Wednesday morning, the result
of the murderous work and suicide
Tuesday night OF Richard Kloettke, a
carpenter, residing at 2O7 Bcrteau ave-
nue.
The dead are: Richard Kloettke,
aged IS; Kate Kloc .tke, his wife; John
Kloettke, his father, aged 73; Nina
Kloettlse, his mo; her, agci II; Nina
Kloettlse, daughter, agei o. Anna
Kloettlse, daughter, aged s; Emma
Kloettke, daughter, aged :.
The discovery was made at 1880
o'clock Wednesday morning by n
neighbor who called at the Kloettl1c
residence to get some work done. The
victims were all killed by shots from a
revolver, which was found by Kloett-
Ee's side.
Klocttlse had been out OF work
since Christmas. A pathetic feature
of the tragedy is that two neigh bors
called at the ltlocttke cottage We'd.
nesday morning with the glad news of
employment FOR him. Each OF Kloctt-
ke's victims was shot through the
head, and death must nave been in
stantancous in each case. There was an
odor of chloroforiu in the house, ana
it is surnised that the murderer had
rendered his victims unconscious as
they slept before firing the fatal
shots The appearance of Mrs.
KloettiIe alone OF all the victims, pre-
sented any Indication OF a struggle
Her hands were scratched and her
clothing torn.
Little Emma and her mother were
found in the rear room, while in the
front room the aged grandparents lay
in one bed and the remaining two
children in another. Kloettkc's body
lay on the Aoor. Beside him, on a
chair, were milestone and two
sharpened knives. lie had emptied his
revolver and reloaded it.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-02-06
t!arper's Bazaar.

HARPER'S BAZAAR during January
will pgy its attention chiefly TO the
requirements of the gay season, and
pretty evening gowns and wraps, and
becoming toilettes, for the debutante
and the belle will appear in every
issue.
Miss Maria Louise Pools striking
story of New England life, involving
an interesting discussion of the mar
riage question, beginning this month,
will run through the first half of 1896.
There will also be stories by Octave
Thanet and Julian Ralph.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-02-06
A SUBS STiTUTE
Tor the Prcvinus Cuban Resolution Re-
ported in the Senate.

AoE tHe iFCViNuS CuD1D Resolution Re-
ported in the Senate.
WAsHINGToN, Jan. 5.-The senate
committee on foreign relations We'd
nesday morning ordered the following
substitute for the previous Cuban reso-
lutions reported to the senate:
Resolved, uy the senate Che house of
representatives concurring) that, in
the opinion of congress, a condition OF
public war'eXists between the govern
Inent OF Spain and the government
proclaimed and for some time main
tanned by force OF arms by the people
of Cuba; and that the United States Of
America SHOULD maintain strict neu-
trality between the contending pow
ers and accord to each all the rights of
beiligerents in the ports and territor-
les of the United states.
Mr. Morgan (dern., Ala.) subsequent
~ reported the resolutions to the sem
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-02-06
south American Races.
S. u. IL.

The deauncia tion of the South Amer
leans or the part of the English press
as mougrel and degenerate race is, to
say the least, extremely unbecoming.
In no part of the Western world is the
white ruco Welding so completely to
admiXture with the negro race as in
Jamaica and other of the British West
India islands: while the relative sprinlI-
ling of white population in British
Guiana becomes less and less, until it
may now be said without fear OF cen
tradiction that there is absolutely no
visible future for any considerable
white population in the Guianas.
Dutch Guiana recognizes that fact,
while French Guiana has sunk too low
even for its old uses as penal colony.
British Guiana has long admitted these
facts in its policy, but the British Gov
erRment viii not allow the trr tn to lie
told in words. The sltu2 tion is wholly
different in Venezuela. That republic
has total population Of two millions
and a half, The negro element is a
very small one and the same thing ia
true of the Indian tribes. The great
bulk of the population is of good Span
ish origin, and although there Is some
slight adwixture of Indian blood,
which in some cases is found even ia
leading families the result is not de-
grading. 1t is well known in the
United States that a limited admxture
of American Indian blood does not
vitiate the European stock. In mat
Sers of education, of art, music and
literature, of railways and telegraphs,
and OF general material and social
progress, Vene2uela's present condi-
ton is incomparably superior to that
of British Guiana.-Februar Review
of Reviews.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-02-06
City Affairs.

At the November election there were
cast in this city 2139 votes. On Mon
day last there were 1149 votes cast at
the special election.
Against new power house fer the
electric light plant there were found to
be SIC votes, but 900 voters of the city
did not go to the polls, and their will
in the matter was not shown. 1t re-
quired 76T votes TO make the two
thirds majority. The question is, how
would these 900 stay-at.home voters
haye voted. We'n dollors to dough-
nuts that they would have voted ives"
and carried the proposition. They
were probably the very fellows who
had figured it out that the city could
furnish them with ipcandescent lights
cheaper than private company could
do it, but We're too modest to go and
demand that the city do it. On the
other hand it may be that these 900
stay-at-homes might have swamped TIE
street paving proposition.
After all itwes a pretty exhibition of
the popular will and of the conserya-
tism of Maretta's citizens.
Its the only proper way to bond tae
city and should only be resorted to
when necessity of an an urgent kind
requires-such a necessity as two
thirds of voters would readily ack-
knowledge. We are, however, getting
into the notion that there is lots ot
merit in the new law some of the
states areenacting paoviding "A penalty
for voters who will not vote.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-02-06

Lizzie, daughter of Chas. Lafin, of
Watertown, died Tuesday evening at
six o'clock, after an illness of less than
a week. She was first attacked with
acute rheumatism of the right hip
which finally affected the pericardium
causing death. She was member of
the High School and would have grad
mated at the close Of the year. She
was good student kind sister and u
ioying daughter. She will be missed
by all. The family and friends have
the sympathy IF all in this their sad
bereavement. c. q S.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-02-06

y.urind Gold Coin unenrthed.

RALEIGH, NC, Feb 3. i. II. Parker,
of Highpoint, learned some time ago
that large amount OF gold coin was
buried near Sunbury station on the
Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley railway.
In some way he located the treasure,
and news now reaches here that he
has unearthed an amount aggregating
S1S,OOo The man who buried it is not
known. The find has caused great ex-
element in all that section Of the
country
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-02-06
Resolutions OF Respect.

To the memory of Comrade Frank
Sanford, of Constitution, late mem
Der of c. T. Gates Post No. 452 G. A. Il
Marietta, O.
WHEREAS; Death has again visited
us, and has taken member from our
Post and a eomrade from our fraternal
associations, Therefore be IL,
RESOLVED, That while we bow in
humble submission to the Divine will,
yet we deeply feel and realize that in
the death cf comrade, we have lost a
loyal mem ber of our Post, the family n
loving husband and father the ccm-
munity in which he liveda good citizen,
and neighbor, and an eX-soldier of the
late war; aud one of our Country's
heroes.
RESOLVED, That a copy of these re-
solutions be sent TO the family of the
deceased coarade, and thgt they be
published in the papers, aud that our
charter he draped in mourning for 80
days.
w. Ii. HART,
A. =. SANRE
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-02-06

The petition which has been circu-
lated requesting Mr.. McGill to intro
duce bill reducing the salaries of
county officials has been run down and
is discovered to have emanted from a
purely Democratic source at Pattins
Mills, in Palmer township. Letters
and copies of the petition were sent to
all the township clerks in the county.
Mr.. McGill will, of course, give his best
attention to the matter--nit.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-02-06
In IAE OIL FIELDS.

ATHENS, ONO February A solid
stream of oil shot out and above the
derrick when the drill entered the sand
in the Strauss Run we'll near here yes
terday. The well flowed for several
minutes but on account of the absence
of gas the we'll will have to be pumped,
and it is thought by experienced oil
men that it will be good for over forty
barrels day.
SrsTERsvrLLE, w. VA, February A.
The war on Indian creek over the Jack
man lease has subsidized, and the matter
will be litigated in the courts. Both
companies have employed eminent
counsel and are going to put up the
best fight possible.
The Jessie White No. 2 reached the
pay sand last night and is reported as
making $50 barrels day. This well
is at least two and half miles from
The Kyle we'll.
f. H. and M. V. Feshers, Of Wick,
yesterday sold one-half OF their royalty
in 200 acres of land at that place for
the snug sum of $1,000 cash. Clint
Moore, L. NJ. Gorham and the Henry
Oil Company were the purchasers.
G. L. johnson yesterday sold the
Cain and Tuel leases over the river to
A. c. Bradley, of Butler, Pa, who will
! move here and take charge of the wells
at once. The consideration is private.
The Oxford Oil Companys we'll on
the A. A. Taught farm, out on Middle
Island, was drilled to the top OF the
break yesterday evening and to-day
was reported to be a gasser second in
size only to the Big Moses. The tools
were blown out of the hole and on ac.
count of the heavy pressure it is I'M
possible to drill the we'll. The fact
that this we'll came in such heavy
gasser is taken by its owners as an in
dication that there is pool of oil in
the immediate vicinity and other wells
will be drilled at once.
The Kyle we'll on Friday last was
stirred up with the bit, and today il
flowing oil at the rate of 65 barrels al
hour, so the Registers special cores
pondent at Centerville wired at moor
today.
The Jap No. on Riley was sho
Wednesday,, with view to increasing
the production.
The we'll being drilled by the Johl
, Davidson Oil Co., of Charleston, on tn,
/, A. IL. McTaggart land near the Reec
. field is being, cased and will be drillct
in today.
The we'll on the Grosskloss farm thi
side of Stanleyville, about thre
miles from Marietta, came il
Tuesday night, reaching the sand a
!, 2aO feet, and is good producer Th
well is owned by j. Il. Dye, Henr.
&oeser, Morris Downing and others, o
this city.