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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-08-06
HAVE YOU
Free Coinage Would Take Halt 0g All.
Act BEFORE 1t IL Ton Late.

Free Coinage Would Take Half q All.
Act before IL IL Ton Late.
At the annual meeting Of the Savings
Banks association Of the state Of New
York the following resolutions were
adopted:
Resolved, That this association, representing
the interests Of 100000 depositors. with de-
posits aggregating over $7OO. 000. 600. solemnly
protests against any and all efforts to change
the gold standard now existing OF the currency
OF the country and afirms its conviction that
any departure from this standard will not only
impair the prosperity Of the labOring classes.
but that the only classes or individuals TO be
benefited would bo the capitalist and foreign
investor. who would bs quick to take advan.
tage Of the rise and ultimate fall in prices
sure to follow n premium on gold.
Resolved. That in our judgment the future
prosperity Of the country and the welfare Of
the people demand not only that the gold
standard shall be maintained, but the cur
rency system now in use shall be 20 changed
and rcmodeled a. t. meet and adapt 1t to the
increasing needs Of and equal In s-
curity and credit with the best In circulation
by any Of tho civilized nations OF the earth.
Every dollar in these savings banks
is worth 100 cents in gold and represents
labor measured in gold. Free coinage ut
16 to l will shrink these dollars to about
so cents. Instead of getting back $780,
600, 600 these 1, 700, 900 depositors
would get back $3.50, 600. 600 in dollars
of present value. Perhaps they have
worked and saved for years to see one
half Of their earnings wiped out by the
destructive free silver tornado-more
awful than all of the tornadoes and
earthquakes that have visited this coun-
try since Columbus discovered it.
The free silver cyclone will not strike
us unless we invite it to come our way.
In fact the 4,s75. 900 depositors, who
have 81. 800, 600, 900 in the 1,Ol7 saw
ings banks Of this country, have it in
their power to prevent the invitation.
They have but to vote solidly against
any party and any candidate that sup
ports the free silver robber scheme and
their savings will be spared. They can
easily obtain the assistance Of the l. $780,
600 stockholders who have $3.50, 900, 600
invested in the g. 900 building and loan
associations of this country.
Let the 8, 900, 900 or 10, 600, 600 who
have savings. in one form or another,
clearly understand what l6 to / means
to them and the jig is up with the cheap
dollar agitation. The 5000, 600 or
6, 900, 600 holders Of life insurance poll
cies also have much at stake. They have
paid their premiums in gold and are en-
titled to have their policies paid in gold.
All such investors should study this sill
yer question and learn on which side
their interests lie before it is toe late
to save themselves. If they ran see no
moral reason why they should not vote
for a fraudulent change Of standards Of
value, perhaps they can see a selfish rea-
son that will cause them to vote for
honest money.-B. W. H.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-08-06
Going Back to Their Grandfather.

SsOln8 BACK 20 1ne1f 0fAn0totnofH
The ~silverites who want the American
people to give up the stable money
standard under which they have pros
pered, in order to go back to the silver
dollars Of their ancestors, are the kind
Of men who are afraid Of everything
that il new. They are like the boy who
went to the mill with a big bag across
his horses back. In one end Of the bag
was two bushels Of corn and in the
other end q big stone. When the miller
asked the boy why he did not divide the
corn and put half Of it ON each side Of
the horse the bright youth replied:
Father and grandfather allus took
their corn to mill this-a-way. / amt no
better than them. What was good
enough for grandfather is good enough
for me
The idea that because the men who
lived in this country 100 years ago
adopted q free coinage law we should
be satisfied with the same system, is not
suited to progressive, go ahead Ameri-
cans. The latter want the very best of
everything and just as soon M a better
way Of doing things is discovered. the
old way is dropped and the new taken
up. The question as to what was the
best money system 100 years ago has
nothing OF earth to do with the practi-
cal affairs of today. To talk Of going
back to free silver merely because it was
an old system ia on a level with trying
to establish a monarchy in this country
because we were once ruled by the Brit
ism kings. When the people got tired Of
kings they kicked them out and lstab-
lished the republic. When they got tired
of trying to use the double standard
they made gold the unit Of value. and
they intend to keep it. Out Of date sys.
TENS don't count for much with live
Americans.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-08-06

want free coinage at 10 to l, 80 that.
instead of coming silver at its COM
mercial value, which ia all that is
done for gold, the government would
declare that 371L grains Of pure silver
is worth a. much a. q .22 grains
Of pure gold. Since the market ratio Of
the two metals il about TAO grains Of
silver to 20. - Of gold it can easily be
seen that free coinage would be the
rankest kind Of favoritism to silver.
Instead Of asking for equal privileges
the silver mine owners and their agents
are trying to secure class legislation
such a. il given no other industry in the
world.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-08-06

Hambletnn q Co. Of Baltimore, in
their weekly letter of May 30, offer the
following explanation of why capital is
being Withdrawn from business enter
prises:
"Let us put ourselves in the place of
our European creditors and consider il
we would not act as they have acted.
Would we buy British securities or in
vest in British industries and enterprises
If we thought there was danger of our
being paid in currency worth only half
a. much az the money which we loaned?
Suppose our financial journals and news
papers generally should daily warn u,
against investing our money in Eng
land and intimate that we run \ great
risk Of getting back only SO cents for
every dollar already SO invested, would
we not only not buy British securities,
bat would we not. before the threatened
disaster came, draw home every dollar
we could obtain? This is what Europe
has been doing in regard to the United
States for five years past
Ever since the passage of the Sher-
man silver act Of 1890 Europe has fore
seen the danger, sold our securities and
Withdrawn capital from this country.
This has resulted in our paying of hun
dreds Of millions Of dollars of what we
owed Europe, and we are ut least to this
extent the gamer. But we cannot afford
to be independent Of the European mar
kets and European capital, and we IAN
not enjoy full prosperity until we satisfy
other countries-what we are fully con-
WINGED of-that free silver coinage is q
dead issue, and that every dollar Of our
currency and every other obligation
will be maintained ON a parity with
gold"
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-08-06
First publication July 30.
Last publication October 20.
PROPOSED AMENDMENT
To the Constitution Of the State Of
South Dakota.

To the people of the state Of South Dakota:
The fourth legislature of said state Of South
Dakota, ut the session thereof begun and held
1T Pierre, the capital on January 8, ls.w,, and
concluded March s. 1895, proposed the following
amendment to the constitution of The state
a Joint resolution proposing amend
ments to Sections 5 and 4 Of Article
IA of the constitution, entitled
state Institutions, AMI submitting
the SAINT to II vote Of the people.
Bel resolved by the Senate the house of Rep
reScntativeS cOncurring:
5. /. Amendment. That section three (3) of
article fourteen "a Of the constitution be
amended $" rs tn read AS follows:
5 3. The state university, the agricultural
tional institutions that may be sustained
either wholly or In part hy the state shall he I'M
der the control of Il board Of five members ap-
pointed by the governor and confirmed by the
senate under such rules and restrictions rs the
legislature shall provide. The legislature may
Increase the number t. nine.
?, Amendment. That Article fourteen "a,
of the constitution be amended by striking out
section fHtlr a, of the same.
! ;. Term of oilice.l From the time of the
taking effect of this amendment the terms Of
Office Of AL trustees heretofore appointed shall
cease and determine.
The above proposed amendment will be voted
upon by the people at the general election to be
A. -. 1896.
The proposed amendment will be printed u,,-
on each ballot followed by the words: 'Shail
the above amendment to the constitution be Az
proved and ratiied?" Immediately to the lett
of which shall be printed the words yes and
No." each preceted by a square In which the
elect"r ran place a cross to indicate his vote.
Electors desiring to vote ''ies" will place a
cross before the word ''Yes" and those desiring
to VOTE NO will place a cross before the word
No"
Dated at Pierre, the capital OF SOutl, Dakota.
this 3rd day Of August, 1876.
THOMAS THORsON, !.
Secretary of state
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-08-06

healthy, vigorous constitution.
A mother who wants to bequeath her baby
a good store of strength and hardihood
ought to keep herself in the best physical
condition during the time her little one Is
expected. DIR. Pierce's Favorite Prcscrip.
ton has been a wonderful blessing to moth.
ers and their children. 1t gives strength to
the special organism concerned in lnatern-
ity; 4 purifes the system and imparts
hcalthful vitality to the ncrvc-ccntres 1t
makes the coming Of baby safe and COM
paratively painless.
1t is the only medicine in the world de-
signed by a regularly graduated physician
and skilled specialist to cure all weaknesses
and diseases of the feminine organism.
w. K. Malcolm, Esq, Of X nobel, Clay Co, Ark,
writes: my wife for perhaps four months pre-
vious to the birth Of our child took the Favorite
Prescription This strengthened her entire sys-
tern, aud childbirth, to her, was very easy, be-
ing attended with little pain. Our baby Ruth is
"a months old and she had never been sick a day,
not so much as had the collie; she is hearty and
stout. and pretty as a picture-pretty because she
family medicines for il.
We keep DIR. Picrce's Golden Medical Discov-
cry, the 'FavOrite Prescription and the Pleas
ant Pellets in our home and use them. We have
been married most three years and l have called
a physician into my family but one time-at
birth Of our baby"
If all the maladies due to constipation
were taken out Of medical books, there
would be little left but the covers. Con
stipation is positively, permanently cured
oy DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. Never
grippe. Druggists sell them. Nothing is
"just as good"
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-08-06
EQUAL a,onrs AND PRIVILEGES.

yreo Coinage Would Uujustly Favor silver
IOr the Beneft Of . Few.
The Democratic state convention OF
South Carolina adopted a platform
drawn by Senator Pitchfork Tillman
which declared hat "A sound and inst
system Of finance ia the most potent fac
tor in . nations prosperity, and W. de-
mand the restoration of the q Of
tho constitution by giving silver the
aame rights and privileges given to gold.
We demand the free and unlimited
coinage Of silver at q ratio of Is to L."
Il II true that the nations prosperity
depends on . sound and just system Of
finance. II ID also true that silver should
receive the same rights and privileges
given to gold But it is not true that
these desirable ends would be attained
b. free silver at 16 to /. On the con-
trary. that scheme violates every prin-
oiple Of sound and just finance. and is
directly opposed to the great JeffersoniAn
doctrine Of equal right to all and special
privileges to none.
Il would be q waste of time to show
that the free and unlimited coinage Of
silver dollars the commercial value Of
which il only 81 cents, would be to give
the country q most unsound currency.
Nor Ia IL needful to discuss the justice
Of = scheme for robbing creditors Of one
half a the property they have loaned.
These things are self evident But for
the benefit OF those persons who believe
that our currency laws favor gold by
giving Il privileges denied to silver, it
II necessary TO state just what the gov
eminent does for the two metals.
In stamping %. 8 grains Of gold, 0. 900
nne. lone dollar the United States
simply cartifes to the weight and fine
ueas az the coin. The mint stamp does
not Az the value q the gold nor does it
add TO II in any way. Gold is coined at
IT. market or bullion value.
With silver the government in more
liberal. Over 422. 600, 900 silver dollars
have been coined, in none of which is
tho metal o6 which they are composed
worth their face value. The United
States takes silver bullion now worth SO
cents per ounce and coins it into dollars
at . ratio which implies that it is worth
u. 20 mar ounce That such coins circu-
late at par IL due to the governments
declared policy ct maintaining the par
ity q the two metals. nearly one-half
u the value II the silver being thus fiat,
u depending I'm the ~country's credit.
Ih0 silverites do not want equal
;StghIaS Tor the white and yellow metal.
~ a1peciAl privileges Tor silver. They
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-08-06

GREETING:
TO Andrew VerZani, Jr,. Defendant.
You are summoned t. appear before inc. at
my office, in the city Of Elk point, In said county,
on the 3lst day of August, I'D. 1896, ut ~ o'clock
n. m. to answer to the complaint Of the above
named plaintiff J. Grimm Comfy who claims t.
recover of you the sum of ($22I twenty-five dol
lars tor medical services and visits rendered In
June lsSO, amounting to tS2) twenty four dol
lars, 1T which amount you have paid two dollars
june ~, lSS5.
Aud you are hereby notified that II you fail to
appear and answer rs above required. said
~plaintif will take judgment against you for the
sum of twenty-five t$2l2t dollars and interest from
June 10. 1885. making the whole amount forty
dollars and ninety-fnur cents( 5000 besides the
cost Of this action.
To the sheriff or any constable of said Union
county. greeting:
Make legal service hereof and due return.
Given under my hand this 18th day Of july, A.
d., 1896.
+. W SMyTHE,
Justice Of the peace In and for Union county,
South Dakota.
To the Defendant:
Please take notice that the summons and
complaint herein were flied In the Office of +.
W. Smytll-. justice ~ the peace ut Elk point
South Dakota. on July M, 1886.
A. K. JAMESON.
6w Plaintiffs Attorney.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-08-06

My little boy when two years of age
was taken very i'll with bloody ilux. |
was advised to use Chamherlain's Collie.
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, and
luckily procured part OF a bottle. /
carefully read The directions and gave
it accordingly. He was very low, but
slowly and surely began to improve,
gradually recovered, and is now rs
stout and strong as ever feel sure il
saved his life. | can never praise the
remedy half its worth. | am sorr,
everyone in the world does not know
how gN d it Is AS | do.-Mrs. Lima S
Hinton, GrahamsviIle. Marion county
Florida. For sale by J. S. Talcott.
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Dates: Aug. 4 and IS, September !,
10, and %, October q and 20.
The above is OF Importance to parties
VIII" contemplate II trip. We sell to
points in Alabama, Georgia, Arkansas.
Florida, Kansas, Mississippi, etc
twen,y-seven states in all-ata uniform
rate of one fare for the round trip plus
-. Good p days, stop over privileges
allowed. First class both ways.
Call at depot and get full particulars,
rates. time OF trains, and all necessar,
Information. W. use Sioux City rates
and offer all advantages to be had
elsewhere. F. l. Cummins.
Agt. G. NJ. Il st. p.
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where Boies Would He Strong.

Horace Boies Of Iowa is the leading
free silver candidate for the Democratic
presidential nomination. Boies is the
bighearted patriot who declared not
long ago that wages are too high in this
country, and that the best way to re-
duce them is to adopt the free coinage
of silver. He would poll an immense
workingman's vote.
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whas nssss Are p.id with.

Our Populist brethren say there isn't
gold enough in existence to pay what
VIC owe. We don't pay debts with gold.
We use gold as a measure Of services,
and we pay debts with our cotton and
our wheat and our corn and our cattle
and our manufactured products. Bel
ton TEX. ; Journal.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-08-06

Mr.. G. ID. Yonkcr, n welI-known
druggist of Bowling Green, Ohio, in
speaking of Chamb' rlain's Cough Rem
''dy says: 81 take pleasure in
mendlnS it to my customers, for | am
certain that it will always please them.
| sell more OF il imam all other kinds
put together" For sale by j, S. Tai
colt.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-08-06

My feed mill grinds on Thursdays.
Customers a bring their CRISIS at
any time during the week, but should
remember that until further notice W.,
grind on Thursdays. A. II. WESTON.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-08-06

Sooner or later, and probably very
soon, oar workingmen will put to both
parties this question, do You intend to
refuse to Ms the best dollar there is,
which il the gold dollar. and compel MS
BY legal tender laws to take for our Ia
Dor an inferior dOllar?''
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-08-06

First publication july 30.
SUMMONS.
State Of South Dakota.
First Judicial Circuit.
In Circuit Court within and for Union county.
Lucinda l.at;rO.
EDenezer Le(srO,
Plaintiffs.
Lorenzo Wood,
August friedman, and
Johanna Frohman,
Defendants.
TIE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA SENDS
GREETING:
To Lorenzo Wood. August Trohman and
johanna FrnllIman, defendants
You II HEHEHy SUMMONED INC required
70 answer the complaint Of the above named
ilaintsh, u copy Ut which Is herewith served In
the subscriber Mt their office. III Elk Point. with.
III thirty days after the service OF this SummnI,s
on You: exclusive 0f the day " such service: and
y you fail T. answer this complaint within that
time. the Plaintiff win apply to the Court for the
relief demanded In the complaint.
Dated ut Elk Point. South Dakota. this aOth
day Of july, A. ID. 1896.
MILLER Il MILLER.
Plaintiffs Attorney,
To the Defendant:
Please Take Notice: That the snmmo,.s and
Clerk of Courts for Union county, State az Nn,,th
Dakota, at Elk Point, 5. D., on July "a. issi.
Plaintiffs Attorney.
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PARTNER
WANTED.

For millinery and dressmaking bus.
mess To assist in conducting one of my
stores. A good chance for AN amhi-
tlous lady. Experience not necessary.
Inquire Of N. f. smith.
ST. PAUL MILLINERY STORE.
Eikpoint, S. ID.
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Your Portrait Free,

Enlarged from any picture you de
sire. either in +. rayon and ink or water
cOlors. Ask for II ticket at Ringsrud s
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Ii you want II nobby new hat or cay,
look YER KELLEY'S stock.
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First Pub. July e }
SUMMONS.

THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA
GREETING:
To Andrew Vcrzani, Dr., Defendant.
You are hereby summoned to appear before
me. ut my office, in the city Of Ekpoint IN S;lid
county, on the 31st day Of August, A. d lSG.
1T O'Clock y. M , to answer tn the complaint OF
the above named plaintiff Vim. j. Comfy who
claims To recover of you the sum Of nine dollars
and seventy five cents (&9,75) for merchandise
sold and delivered t. You between the 1St day ~
September 1885 and October 3. 1885.
And yon are hereby notified thai II you fail To-
appear and answer As above required, SAID
p@iaintitl will take judgment against you for the
sun of nine dollars and seventy five cents (SD sD
ana interest thereon from January ], lSSG,
amounting t" 81 ~ making this whole claim
seventeen daliarS and twenty-five cents t$l1 2)
besides the cost Of this action.
To the sheriff or any constable OF Union
county. greeting.
Make legal service hereof and due return.
Given under my hand this 18th day OF july, A.
ID. 1896.
r. W. SMyTHE,
Justice OF the peace in and for Union county,
South Dakota.
To the defendant;
Please take. notice that the summons and
complaint herein were filed In the Office Of +.
W. Smythe justice 0f the peace, 1T Elk point,
South Dakota july ~. 1896.
A.. Il. JAMESON.
Plaintiffs Attorney.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-08-06

h . baby comes
into this world he is
going to have a struggle
to keep his foothold in
the difficult places Of
life, and battle against
the misfortunes that
will probably beset him.
No matter how we'll of
his parents may be, they
can't insure him against
misfortune. The best
they can do is to start
him with a good,
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-08-06
Adrian Jr. 1883
Black Horse FOaled In 1900.
RECORD $3.50 IL.

has paced one-eighth mile at a 2:Os gait, and
Ha,. pace - 2:lb with proper handling. Full
three years., 2:27; Nathan r, 2:2s. and Miss
1 r,Ln1sy II years. trial 2:ls; also full brother to
T'"na wilkes the dam Of Jennie wilkes, 2:l2l;
dam 81 Axle q years. 2:i5t.
,he ~ q y y 70; was sired by Adrian wilkes,
2:io; Prairie Lily, 2:lil; and Is others viii, rec,
vrMs Iroin ia To- 2 go. Adrian wilkes by l;eorge
family. +" - s''a' "'~es
me dam OF Adrian Jr. was sired by
MaInbrlno Patchen, the greatest brood
mare SIRE that ever lived; second dam
~ Huwln Forest 40; third dam by
Grey Eagle, thoroughbred.
Adrian Jr. is Is hands and q inches
nign, and weighs nearly I,lOO mounds.
TIC Is = pure gated PAGER and a race
morse. Will stand at my barn In Elk
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First Pub. july 23.)
SUM MONS.

SUMMONS.
State Of South Dakota,
County of Union
In jnstic. court. Before +. W. Smythe, Justice
nf the peace.
J. Griffin Comfy,
Plaintiff. I
vs. Summons.
Andrew Ner2ani, Jr,
Defendant.
THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA SENDS
GREETING:
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For Sale.

have the agency for the O. | G
redigreed hogs. Any farmer desiring
u" improve the breed of his hogs should
buy IA pair OF these, and so far AS price
is concerned they are held at a reason
able figure. JAMES MCVEE.
Inquire at depot.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-08-06

PLEASE NOTE TERMS.
20 SasS or good S0fc time OF Service.
MS 1uil brother. Theron, stands ut $50,
q his sire at 800 spot cash.
-. -. BOVees : Blk Point.
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EA1RA FANCY I-LDIYR.
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