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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-03-20
FANCY GROCERIES
KENNEDY BROS. & BARRON.
"MOVe q Button J"

YEs, the Merchant ' ..s, Tsilors S9soia from I'm
customers wanting reliable clothing, will
actually move button for you without
cost, so anxious are they to satisfy and
please their customers. You know they
guarantee to fit and please you and they
won't allow their words to 60 empty Of
meaning" KENNEDY BROTHERS
q BARRON take your measure and their
merchant tailors "moves the button and
does ALL THE REST" Call and ex-
anime our book Of samples and let US take
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-03-20
100 DOZEN CANS

OF FINE TOMATOES in. stock that
must be sold-3-pound cans at three for
25 cents.
BUTTER BEANS, Pease, Prunes,
Buckwheat, Oatflakes, Milk Biscuits and
many such goods at extra low prices now.
w. B. MOORE u co.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-03-20
CLAUSS' SHEARS

ARE EACH AND EVERY PAIR
WARRANTED, and with warrant
THAI means something. We guarantee
satisfaction, and in the event that we fail
to satisfy you, will cheerfully refund the
money.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-03-20
WATCH
THE
PENNIES !.

The frugal person always watch
es the pennies /; as dollars are
credited with having "cents"
enough to take care of them
selves. At any rate they do it
at Strauss, where the purchas-
ing power of dollar is great
er than ever before. Test the
above statement and be con-
vinced.
WE ARE DAILY
RECEIVING
Our new Spring Stock, which
1or variety, quallty, Style,
beauty and quantity will sur
pass all our previous efforts.
OUR
SPECIALTIES WILL
Be ladies' Fine Dress Goods,
: Trimmings, Shoes and Notions
and mems Ready-made Cloth
ing, Shoes and Hats. Give us
"a call. We will be glad to see
you. H. c. STRAUSS,
Corner of Fountain Square.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-03-20
Our Entire Stock Must
Be Converted Into
CASH By the
18TH OF MARCH!

s and 6 cents Calicoes reduced
to 4 cents.
Indigo Blue Clalicoes at a cents.
The Best Indigo Blue Calico
reduced to S cents.
The 81 cents Outing reduced
to 6A cents.
Dress Ginghams reduced to s
cents.
Crown Suitings reduced to AZ
cents.
The IS cents Black Sateen re-
duced to 10 cents. The 10 cents
reduced to 8 cents.
The 10 cents Chambrays re-
duced to 6A cents.
1900 yards Tela Vela Ducks
in neat pin stripes and polkadots
and black and blue ground with
white stripes and figures, good
12H cents value reduced to 7
cents.
I2H cents Domestic Flannels
reduced to 8 cents.
IS cents Double Width Black
Henriettas reduced to IS cents.
The IS cents grade to 10 cents.
Double Width Goods in colors,
| 6, 8 and Is cents. ,
All Wool Tricots reduced to 20
cents.
4o-inch Sea Island, only S
cents.
"A Sheeting 4 and S cents.
4-4 Bleaching s.. E, 7 and 8
cents.
1914 Sheeting ID, II, 19 and
22 cents.
5o-inch Pillow Casing at 10
cents.
200 yards 6 Cord Machine
Thread, 2 cents spool.
Basting Thread, I cent spool.
7 Spools Coats's Thread for rs
cents.
Misses Wool Hose, 10 cents.
Ladies' Wool Hose, IL cents.
Our Immense
Shoe Trade !!
The Robertson Racket stock
furnished Shoe values. Thou
sands have been shod for little
money and still we have hun
dreds left for this sacrifice. Who
ever saw Ladies' 81 genuine Don
COLA Button Shoes sold at $1.I5?
Gents nice ST. Dress Shoes at
81. The $1.25 Dress Shoes at
Us cents.
Where on earth, but here, can
you find mans frst-class quality
Creedmore worth $I.38 for IS
cents?
Ladies' Glove Grain Shoes,
lace and button, reduced from o8
cents to s. cents.
There is no lodging Our prices,
they strike like sledge hammers
the minds of bargain seekers and
they fairly paralize competition.
Wonderful Bargains
In Clothing!
From the Raleigh failure, 275
Suits of Mems Clothing.
PRICE. PRICE.
Mems Wool Cashmere
Suits, $2.9S Sl.9o
Mems Wool Cheviot
Suits, Black and Blue, 4.9S 3.4S
Mems Wool Chevoit
Suits Black and Blue, 5.25 3.75
Mems Fine All Wool Clay
Suits, 1870 go
BOYS SUITS from 65 Cents Up.
1900 pairs Mems Fine Cassi-
mere Pants, made expressly for
the FINE TRADE.
rH
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-03-20
FIRE INSURANCE.

EOR reliable FIRE, CYCLONE, AC-
Il CIDENT or LIFE INSURANCE
call on SAM M. & l.. GEO. GRlST.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-03-20
CHE aJurkritle Gnqa1irer.
EITHER EDITION AT THE SAME PRICE.

Published Weekly and Semi-W Weekly.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-03-20
AT THE CHURCHES.

Wednesday.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-09-17

Last Saturday q. s. Allen again took
charge of the popular ''Allen's corner"
The Allen Drug Company bought the
business from Frank Wilson and a. S.
is established as manager. Great Bend
will seem like herself again Since the
organization of the town A. S. Allen
and his popular drug store has been
the center of business, and $50 many
blocks from Aliens corner" has been
the most natural and easily understood
description of any locality. Being one
of our oldest and most enterprising
citizens. always liberal, patriotic and
open handed in any public enterprise,
Mr. Allen has endeared himself to al
most every citizen in the county, and
all will wish him success and prosper
ify
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-09-17

Remember the dates for the cours-
ing meeting at Great Bend-October
21st to 23d exclusive. It will be under
the auspices of the Altgar Coursing
Club, of Colorado. The drawing of
dogs for the races will occur on the
evening of October 10th at the Hotel
Greene. Anyone desiring entry blanks
or information concerning the meet
ing, should address T. W. Dartels,
Secretary, Denver.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-09-17


To prove that this is untrue give Sec
Tetary Carlisle's letter to Mr. PETER on
this subject, which explains itself.
Here it is:
TREASURY DEF ARTMENT,
OBFkE THE SECRETARY,
Washington, d. C. June s, 1896
Hen w. A PEFFER, United States Senate:
Ny Dear Sir:-Your favor of the 1st instant is
received and, in response have the honor to say
u} That there is no law of the United States
which requires, provides. for the redemption of
silver.dollars or silver certificates. in gold.
i2) That the parity between the two metals is
not ma;ntained by redeemng silver osan and silver
certificates with gold. but 1t has been far main
tanned by receiving silver dollars and silver eertif
Gates in payment of all dues and demands to the
gayernmaat, and by paying to the holders of the
frect obligations of the govcrsnent either gold
silver as may be demanded. thus making dis
criminatioR whatever between the coins Of the two
metals. (Signed) Very Truly Yours,
JOHN G. CAkIEsLE.
Now, does rot Mr.. Carlisle's letter
prove Mr.. Sberman's statement un-
true? It will be noticed that the pEin-
cipal reason the coins are maintained
at parity is because the government
receives both gold and silver dollars ia
payment of ANY OBLIGATION DUE 1T,
and NOT because it redeems one with
another The fact that the govern
ment does this is what makes the sil-
yer dollar as good as a gold dollar.
Any full legal tender dollar the govern
ment accepts in payment of any debt
due it will be worth one hundred cents.
This IS not only true of the silver dol
lar, the bullion value Of which, when
compared with gold, is only aboat half
what is was prior to 1873. but the same
thing applied to the first issue of green
backs during the war. These green
backs were full legal tender for all
debts, public and private, and were re-
ceivable in payment of duties on inn
ports and interest on the public debt.
There never was time that this issue
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-09-17

Great Bend Lodge No. ia, National
Reserve Association, was duly organ
lied Thursday night by Organizer C.
E. Basington with an enrolment of 80
members. The following officers were
elected for ensuing term ending De-
cember 31st, 1886: President, w. Z.
Coles, Vice President, ". r. Arm
strong, Secretary, I'll. j. Klein, Chap
lain, Dick Glissman Treasurer, j. Geo
Brinkman, Conductor, j. III. Norris,
Out Side Sentinel, r. K. Putnam,
Past President, g. A. Hooper. The
lodge will hereafter meet on the 1st.
and 3rd Tuesday nights Of each month
at I. o. 0. F. hall and it is earnestly
hoped that every member will make it
a point to be in attendance if possible.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-09-17
PERSONAL POINTS.

Joe Boyer visited Larned Tuesday
T. G. Brown was down from Gala.
tia, Friday.
Mrs. Sarah G. Hopkins. west of
town, is still very sick.
Misses. Elise, Mary and Alice Moss
left for the east Friday.
L. L. Walker returned from Ok
iahoma the last of the week.
w. G. Smith returned to his home :
in Altoona, Kansas, Monday.
Mrs. John Byers visited with John
Weltmer's. at Clafiin, last week.
Prof. E. B. Smith went to Law.
renee. Kansas, the first of the week.
Jack Haege left Sunday morning
to see his boy who is visiting in Ills.
Miss Jennie Laidlaw is now work
ing on the DEAIoCRAr force as compos-
itor.
T Mrs. ]. S. Morrison returned to
her home in Davenport, Iowa, last
week.
Miss hattie Follmer visited with
the Misses Wildgen at Hoisington,
last week.
Mrs. Nellie Wilson and son, Dill
Ion, returned from visit to Oklahoma,
last week.
Mrs. S. S. Shattuck, of north
Homestead, is enjoying visit from
her mother.
Geo. Nimocks, Jr.. left on Sunday
morning to attend the State University
at Lawrence.
Edward Buler, OF Ness county,
will locate in Great Bend this fall, and
go into business
Mrs. Sam MaheF and daughter re.
turned home to Kansas City, Kansas,
Saturday morning.
Charlie Comstock, OF Stanton coun-
ty, went home from the c. n. c., sick
last Monday evening.
Joe Degan and Conductor Pat
O'Donneil, of Hoisington. were county
seat visitors last week.
Miss Ethel Trullender, of Hutch
D inson. came up last week. to visit with
the family of a B. Miller.
{ = Jim Townsley returned from Kan
{ sas City Saturday night, where he has
been visiting fer a few weeks.
Miss Florence Townsley left Mon
: day for Topeka, where she is an in
z structor in music at Washbnrn College.
, Mrs. Thos. Stone and Mrs. Josie
DuMont returned last week from
visit of several months in Missouri.
Johnnie Barth. w. H. Slower and
NJ. G. Elmore were Clafiin business
men doing business in Great Bend,
Monday.
W. P. FEEDER returned from attend
ing the national encampment of the S.
, of v, at Louisville, KY. last week; re-
porting having had a splendid meeling.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-09-17

Thousands OF German papers,
preaching in the interest of the eastern
bond holders, are being sent to German
farmers in Barton county who favor
free silver. As these farmers know
Hanna's corruption fund foots the bill,
the gold bug literature does not make
converts.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-09-17

W. W. Hickman, of Stafford county,
one of the staunchest old democrats Of
the west, called on the DEMOCRAT last
Monday with some very encouraging
words. He says Stafford coupty will
go for Bryan and Silver from 800 TO
400 majority, beyond any doubt.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-09-17
sHERMAN's sOPHIsTRIES.
A Plain Exposition of Some of the Gold
Bugs key Notes"


~ = Wv ~ a. -
Sherman in his
speech at Colum-
bus. Ohio, T e.
Gently, "a a d e
two statements
that he knows
are untrue. One
was that silver
dollars are a S
good as gold be-
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-09-17

cause they were redeemable in gold.
To prove that this is untrue I give Sec
Tetary Carlisle's letter TO Mr. PETER on
this subject, which explains itself.
Here il is.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1896-07-01

ured, and it is Important that its Size
should never be Changed. If it should
be made Bigger or Smaller at any time,
People who buy Grain would not Know
How Much they were getting.
See the Smart Man coming. If you
Listen, you can hear the Wheals Buzz.
He is Small Bushel man and objects
to the Great Holding Power of the $3.50
inch measure. He has 1915 inch
Bushel which he is Trying to get the
Farmer to use by telling him that if his
Wheat is Measured in it he will have
Twice as Many Bushels.
Will the Farmer be go Simple as to
Think that the Quantity Of Wheat in
his Heap will be Doubled by measuring
it in the Small Bushel, which is Really
only Half Bushel? Maybe 50, for a
good many People believe that their
Property con be made Worth Twice as
much as it is now by Measuring it in a
Cheap Dollar, worth half rs much a.
the Gold Dollar.
It is certain that a Change in the
Size of the "Bushel' would not make
more Wheat. Neither would Change
in the value of the DOLLAR" make the
people Richer. The Smart Man is Big
Humbug, just like the Sixteen-To- One
Shoutcrs, who say that Everybody would
be Rich if a Dollar worth Fifty Gents
was used instead of one worth One Hun.
dred Gents.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1896-07-01
Poor. Stricken Silver.

Every good silverite knows that the
crime of 1878 struck down the white
metal and made gold the only money Of
the country. At least that is what the
free coinage agitators say, and they may
be supposed to have some regard for the
truth.
In view of the alleged characterization
Of silver it is important to note that
during the month of May Of this yea1
the coinage of silver at the United
States minis amounted to 81, 826, 400,
Of which $1,000, 900 was in standard
silver dollars of full legal tender This
is very curious kind Of 'demonetiza.
tion. -
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1896-07-01
Can All Ba Milliona,ras,

The Popuists discount the silverites
by claiming that greenback dollar,
which only costs cent, is just as good
and just as honest money as the 55 cent
silver dollar or the 100 cent gold dollar
and although they join the silver miners
in supplanting the 100 cent gold dollar
with So cent silver dollar, it is only
for the purpose Of little later sup
planting the So cent silver dollar with
the l cent paper dollar.
Now, if the silver men are right on
silver, are not the Populists right on
paper? But if irredeemable paper
money, made legal tender for debt, is
sound constitutional money, why should
the government ever tax the people for
any purpose whatever2 Why not issue
legal tender paper money to pay the
current expenses of the government in
stead Of raising funds by taxes? And
why not go still farther and let the gov
eminent issue 81, 900, 900 for every adult
person in the United States, and thus
make every citizen millionaire?
Is there not something radically
wrong in all these theories? Should not
the legal tenders for debt be made Of
some material that contains a value
that is m equivalent for the debt it
pays?-Dr. E. P. Miller.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1896-07-01
Where the People Arc Most Prospsrous,

" ACAo WAC OoPAC <AAU AAOsC EOnP0IONHs
If free silver will bring prosperity, is
it not very strange that all the great
commercial nations of the world have,
after long experience with both metals,
deliberately adopted the gold standard?
The most enlightened and progressive
countries, such as the United States,
Great Britain and her Canadian and
Australian colonies, France, Germany,
Austria, Switzerland, Holland, Bel
GUM, Sweden, Norway and Denmark,
are all on gold basis. The people of
these countries get higher wages, enjoy
more comforts and Injuries, and are
more intelligent and better educated
than those of the rest of the world.
No sound money advocate believes
that this superiority is due to the use Of
the gold standard. But since the highly
civilized countries have agreed in using
gold as measure of values it is certain
that there must be some good reason for
their action. This reason undoubtedly
is the many advantageswhich gold pos
sesses as a monetary standard.
The fact that the less enlightened and
much poorer peoples Of India. China
and other silver basis nations are so far
behind the gold using countries Is con-
elusive proof that cheap money docs
not make prosperity nor encourage prog
ross. Theories as to what will happen
in this country if we adopt free coinage
are worthless alongside the plain facts
Of far greater wealth and comfort in
gold standard nations, compared with
the almost universal poverty and misery
in nearly al the countries which are on
the silver bpsis
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1896-07-01
WHAT IS MONEY,
It Is No. Only Measure, but Repro.
sentative Of Values.

1t Is Not Only Measure, but Repre-
sentative Of Values.
Money Is not only measure Of val
ues. but a representative of values as
we'll In this it differs from a yardstick.
The latter measures, but does not repre-
sent. Two dollars measures. let US say,
the value Of day work. 1t also repre-
sents days work. At the close Of tho
day the workman gees up for his wage.
&c wants food and clothing. That Is
what he hus been working for But it
would be manifcstly inconvenient for
him to receive fresh meat, which might
spoil before he could carry it home, or
other things which he might not be just
then ready to receive, so the employer
gives him g. in money. That represents
his days work, and he can exchange it
at his convenience for such things as he
may require and as he requires them.
1t Is of great Importance to the work
man that the ~ he receives for his work
shall be good dollars, with the greatest
possible purchasing power. At one time
during the war two gold dollars would
buy as much as six greenback dollars.
No kind Of dollar will be of full pur.
chasing power unless it can be readily
exchanged for a gold dollar. The silver
in silver dollar is worth only little
more than half rs much as the gold in
a gold dollar. And yet at this time
silver dollar will buy as much as a gold
dollar. The reason Of this is that by the
act Of 1890 it is the declared policy Of
the United States to keep the silver dol
lar equal to the gold dollar. And the
government is ready at any time to give
gold dollar in exchange for the silver
dollar. As long as that continues the
two metals will be maintained at the
ratio Of 10 to l. The danger OF free
coinage is that so many silver dollars
would be coined that it would be i'm
possible to exchange them for gold. The
very instant that happens the silver dol
lar will depreciate-that is, it will buy
less than gold dollar, or only as much
as the bullion contained in it is worth
in gold. This is what has happened in
all free silver coinage countries. In
Panama, it is said. there is q hotel
where the rates are S. day. Recently
a traveller from the United States gave
a IS goldpiece at that hotel for days
board, and to his surprise. he received
IS silver dollars in change. The real
rate was $3.50 day, and the silver
pieces. called dollars, were, in fact, only
90 cents. Free coinage would have the
effect Of driving gold dollars out Of the
United States, and the only circulating
money would be dollars worth about 90
cents each. Sun.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1896-07-01
WHO WOULD GET THE BENEFIT,
The Real Gamers by FREQ Silver Would
BE the Mine Owners.

If al8 to l free coinage measure were
to become law next year, who would it
benefit the most? Certainly not the
farmers and wcrkingmen, who would
find that though it might increase the
number Of dollars they received in re-
turn for their labor or their products,
these dollars would be worth but half as
much Us those now in use.~ Neither
would the manufacturers and business
men be benefited by law which would
make goods Of all kinds far dearcr and
therefre lessen the demand for them
and rheck productive industry and
trade.
The real benefciaries of free silver
would be the owners of silver mines,
who would get higher price for their
products, and the debtors, who would
be enabled to pay off their obligations
in 80 cent dollars. Among those debtors
would be some farmers, but by far the
greater part of the debts Of the country
is owed by large firms, corporations,
banks, insurance companies, and SIM
liar organizations.
Thus the farmer, who has many years
been paying premiums on $1,000 fire
insurance on his house and barns, would
under free coinage receive, in case of
loss by Gre, only the equivalent of $500
in our present currency. The working
man, who has been paying for 81, 900
life insurance, would find that the adop-
ton of the oliver standard had cut in
two the provision he had been maihiins.
for his wife and family.
The millions of farmers and workers
who have little money in the bank
would be compelled, if the banks
wished, to take dollars worth half
Of those they had deposited. The
great corporations which have borrowed
large amounts from thousands Of small
investors, or from banks representing
thousands Of depcsitors, would have
half of their debts wiped ont.
These results would doubtless be a
good thing for the big insurance COM
panies, railway corporations. banks,
Wall street spectators, etc. But is that
any reason why the masses should favor
the 30 cent dollar policy?
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1896-07-01
NO FAVOR TO SILVER,
A Demand That Farm Products Shall b
Treated the Same rs the White Metal.

A Demand That Farm Products Shall BE
Treated the Same rs the Write Metal.
The following is a copy Of a letter
which it is said is being circulated ex-
tensively in the west and has also been
sent to the delegates to the national
Democratic convention:
June, 1893.
Farmers Financial and Industrial League:
GENTLEMEN-We respectfully request tho
delegates Of tho national Democratic conren-
ton to provide in their platform for tho cree.
ticn OF government storehouses for wheat,
corn and oats and the issue Of government
certificates for all grain deposited therein by
citizens Of the United States ut tho rate Of
ei.25 per busfel for wheat, IS cents per busicl
for corn and 60 cents pcr bushel for oats: such
certificates to be mado u legal tender for their
face value for duties taxes and all private and
public obligations.
The government shall sell the contents Of
these storehouses whenever tho market price
for grain will produce an amount equal to the
price at which certificates have been issued
such sales to DO made for gold and the pro.
ceeds used to retire certificates issued for grain
deposited. -" We ask the delegates to con.
slider law compelling farm laborcrs in this
country to accept tho same compensation for
their services MS paid in Russia, India and Ar
gentine Republic. TO enable the farmers Of this
country to compete with the products of tho
three countries named.
We also ask the delegates to consider the
benefit to the farmers Of this country should
war be declared against Russia, India ana Ar.
eentine Republic, with the idea of conquering
these countries AID then prchibitin; their
raising wheat and thus leave the markets Of
the world for the farmers of the United States.
We protest against the issuing of 50 cents in
silver bullion and calling 1t United States
dollar Silver mines arc owned by the favored
few, while farmers and their products are
owned by millions of our best and most intel
ligcnt citizens. Yours truly.
HONEST JOHN BARLEY, Chairman.