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The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-03-02
follower or friend among the represen-
tatives of the people

follower or a friend among the represent
tatives of the people
Pleased more by the fattery of his enc
mics than by the respect and confidence
Of his friends, be pursued II policy moro
in conformance with that of the former
thnn with the wishes OF the latter, and
found when it WINS too late that he could
count upon the support of neither. Au'
tocratic in disposition and despotic in his
instincts he was deaf to the aspirations of
the American people and in the Hawaiian
middle and Cuban imbroglio drove that
his sympathies were far more with mon
archiyal than with republican institu.
tiOns.
Anomalies, however, must always he
respected in the characters of men as in
divihuals or in the estimates which are
placed upon their public services, and in
both of these cases Grover Cleveland was
an anomaly of the most pronounced type,
and so eXactng was his disposition, so
arbitrary his rulings in all matters relat-
ing to the government that not II few Of
his couutrymeu believed he would have
usurppd despotic powers had the time or
the occasion presented itself. Fortu-
nately, however, such IL day has not yet
arrived. The sound, common sense of
the American people, and that deep love
of liberty which they have inherited from
the forefathers of the republic still sur
vive, and not all the seiishness and am.
bition of II Catalina backed 10y the mill
tary genius and ability of Caesar would
be able to allure them from thei: attach
ment to their country and their respect
for its institutions.
So it will happen that Grover |. will 20
down to posterty as civilian President
with military instincts and as a man who
preferred monarchical methods to the lib.
eral rule of the people; while his example
SHOULD serve ms IA warning to others in
after years who would subvert the pop.
ulnr will to their own preferences and de
sires. Fortunately for Democracy the
party will not be called upon to bear the
odium of Cleveland's last administration:
otherwise it's political destruction would
he certain. Its own sins are grevious
enough: but the fact that the people have
made several changes in the past twelve
years proves that they are not satisfied
in any respect, and that the party just
going into power may be retired at the
end of McKinley's first term; but how.
ever this may be. Clevelandism is dead
beyond resurrection and with it will 20
in due time all the humbugs with which
the name is associated.
The personality of II President is Il good
thing when the man himself would not
overshudow all his SURROUNDINGS This
was the case with the present occupant
of the White House, and while his wife
and little ones will carry with them the
good wishes of all true Americans the
head of the family will 20 back to the
shades of private life without sigh of
regret from any save the large army of
Office holders who have profted by his
abuse of theories which are entirely out
of harmony with American institutions
and true American progress.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-03-02
w. X. ANDREWS X Cn

Coai dealers, 30 Salem avenue. can
furnish you PINE, OAK AND HICK-
DRY WOOD.
You may know their teams by the
bells.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-03-02
RHEUMATISM QUICKLY CURED.

After having been continch.to the house
for eleven days and paying ont $25 in
doctor bills without benefit, Mr.. Frank
Doison, of Sault Ste. Marie, Mich, was
cured by one bottle OF Chambcrlain's
Pain Balm costing % cents and has not
since been troubled with that complaint
For sale by II. c. Barnes, ole Puts up
Prescriptions
Sharp County record. (Evening Shade, Ark.) 1877-1976, 1897-01-29

nently INTO the campaign and "The
Gazette" received many answers to
the lnterrogatories, not enough,
however. for 1t to furnish ITS readers
with a definite idea as to how the
General Assembly stood on any
one of the issues. As soon az the
members commenced to arrive in
town dozen or more Gazette
men began poll of the Legislature
with the view of ascertalning the
attitude of each senator and repre-
sentative toward each of the eight
important questions which must be
disposed of IN one way or another
within the next two months.
There are 1872 members of the
Thirty first General Assembly,
every one of whom has been ap-
preached within the past ten days
by some one commissioned by "The
Gazette' to obtain his answer to the
above questions. Several declined
to say how they would vote on any
OF the propositions, number had
not made up their minds, two
thought they would vote in the af>
fimalive, all of whom were put
down as on-committal. In fact,
every one who expressed the
slightest hesitation IN furnishing an
answer was so classified.
The railroad commission bill has
safe majority IN both houses,
over three.fourths Of the represent
ta,ives beng IN favor of it, The
Legislature is also in favor of
uniform system of text books for
use IN the public schools of the
State. The proposition to provide
for the payment of the debt which
the state owes the school fund, and
the enactMeut of laws to secure
better highways, will, 1t appears,
be favorable disposed Of. There ls
strong opposition to the measure
providing for the use of convict in
building railroads; also to the pro-
posed amendment to the Constitution
authorizing cities, towns, counties
and school districts to issue bonds
for public improvements: to the
calling of a Constitutional conven>
ton and to the proposition to amend
the election laws. All of these
measures are worthy of the most
careful consideration, and there is no
doubt but that a majority of the
people of Arkansas are in favor of
all of them.
Sharp County record. (Evening Shade, Ark.) 1877-1976, 1897-01-29
Very Important Questions
Legislators Polled by
1.-The Gazette" on
Eight Subjects
Which
Will Be Be.
fore Them Dur
ing This Session.

In July last" The Gazette mailed
to each candidate for the Senate and
House Of Representatives and to
each hold-over senator a circular
letter continuing the following ques-
tons:
|. Are you in favor OF the control
OF railroad corporations, through a
commission created for that purpose,
aud the amendment of the constitu,
ton, If necessary, to the effective
working Of such board?
2, Are you in favor ola uniform
system Of text books for use in tie
public schools Of the StateY
8. Are you in favor of amending
the election laws Of The State no AZ
to secure absolutely fair elections AZ
promised by Gen. Jones in his
speech accepting the Democratic
nomination for GOVERNOR
4 Are you in favor Of providing
for the payment Of the debt which
the State owes to the public school
tund2
D. Are you in favor of utilizing
the convict labor of the State in the
construction of rallroadsp
8. Are you in favor of amending
the road laws so as to secure better
highways?
I. Are you IN favor Of amending
the constitution 80 that cities, towns,
counties and school districts may
issue bonds, with the consent Of the
people, for the construction of
bridges, court houses, school houses
and other public improvemestSS
8. Are You IN favor OF calling o
constitutional oonventionp
All these questions entered promi'
Sharp County record. (Evening Shade, Ark.) 1877-1976, 1897-01-29

We need more manufacturing en-,
terprlses all over Arxansas-big
ones when we can get them, and
little ones that will grow to be big
ones. Whatever legislation can do
to encourage them, ought to be
done freely and promptly. We
have professional men to spare,
merchants IN abundance, and more
farmers than can find the business
profitable under present conditions.
But we do need active and enters
prislng men who will engage IN the
business of manufacturing our
native products, men who will work
ap the raw material which nature
has given us in such boundess
proiusion. We need the man who
will create wealth from raw pro.
ducts, who will put the bucket
brigade to work, and thus give
new impetus to the business Of the
county. More mills and factories
and few more railroads will make
Arkansas blossom as the rose Let
us all work together with might
and main to get them. Let us
utilize our own capital as far as it
will 60, and above all things see to
it that we give all possible encour.
agement and security to outside
capital.-Arkansas Democrat.
Sharp County record. (Evening Shade, Ark.) 1877-1976, 1897-01-29
The DruInmer's Story.

A drummer and a drummer, you
know, never tells he told me Of
how preacher tested the effect Of
hard times on his congregation, at
the conclusi N of one Of his sermons
he said:
"Let everybody IN the house who
are paying their debts stand up"
Instantly every man, woman and
child, with but one exception, rose
to their feet. The preacher seated
the crowd, and then said: .nr.
"Let every man who is not pays
ing his debts stand up
The exception noted, careworn,
hungry looking clothed.ln.h ls-last
summers suit individual, slowly
assumed a perpendicular position
and leaned upon tho back of tho
bench.
GLOW IS II, my friend,' asked the
minister, "tha3 you are the only
man in the congregation that Is
unable to meet his obligations"
vi run a newspaper" he meekly
replied, "and nv brethren here, who
have just stood up, are oil subscrlb-
era, and"
"Iet us pray" exclaimed the
minister.-Ex,
Sharp County record. (Evening Shade, Ark.) 1877-1976, 1897-01-29

rupt owners have been com
PEELED to abandon them,
1t would seem, from this,
that one of the first pre-
requisites to the develop
ment of our material in
terests in the right direction
Gf that is really what we
desire) would be the making
of just laws and the faithful
execution and enforcement
of the same, under which
every community in this or
any other southern state may
have full redress and a sure
and quick remedy against all
unjust imposition made by
those whose repacity and
greed, in the pursuit o f
wealth, lead them to ignore
the rights and interests of
community at large.
In order to carry into ef-
feet these theories and con-
victions relative to a desir-
able future for our beloved
south, l am aware that the
ideas of many, in certain To-
calities, where they have
had a taste of what they
are pleased to call modern
progress" will have to be
corrected. l do not think
that they, after considering
fully what l suggest, will
seriously take issue with me.
Consider for a moment our
farming industries through
out the entire country from
ocean to ocean PROSTATE,
with thousands of our
farmers reduced from a
state of comparative indie
pendence and ease of a gen.
Grafton ago, to their present
deplorable anG bankrupt
condition. 1t is a w
known fact that the manu-
featuring establishments
north and east already SO
glut the market as TO make
them Improbable unless
sustained by the formation
of trusts and powerful com
binations, in direct and
fragrant violation of all law,
and rendering them an in
tolerable burden upon the
already bankrupt consumer.
Continued next week.
Sharp County record. (Evening Shade, Ark.) 1877-1976, 1897-01-29
OFFICIAL.

Jongressman, First Distlict-P d. McCulloch
Hence Marianna, Lee County.
enator, Second Dist-A' witt Pocahontas
udge, 18th Judicial Dist-John y. McCaleD,
ming Shade.
Eos Atty 18th DIst-R. B. Maxey, Mann
Nh Spring.
HARP CoyNTy-Representatlve-T. |, Herrn'
Murphy
'lerk-Jasper Justus,
sherifl-J. T. wilkins Hardy.
Assessor-Thos H. McCaleb.
reasurer-C.fW Shaver.
N, Examner-D u, Spurlock.
THE COURTS,
'|fcuit Court, N.'Dist-First Monday In Jan.
NJ and July. In s. Dlst--Second Monday In
bfuary and August.
;ountY Court-lst Monday in January, April,
II and october.
fDbate Court, s, Dist-lst Monday'in Febru'
:. May, August and November.
Sharp County record. (Evening Shade, Ark.) 1877-1976, 1897-01-29
Our Industrial Progress.
Great Cities and Powerful
Money Combinations are
Not Desirable, Says
Gov. Dan. W.
Jones.

IN IAOiiiioNb 81 tiSiN SOh
TAXING reflections on the
industrial prospects of the
south generally, and more
especially of t h is state,
from an idustrial standpoint,
has been delayed on account
of press of other engage
ments.
First, as to my own state,
| think, with the temporary
cessation of the agitation
incident to the recent cam
paign relative to the over
showering money ques-
ton" that there is a desire
on the part Of the people to
make the best of the stu
atoms, however bad, and
to pursue all lines of develop
ment practically within our
reach, l question whether
there is anywhere the same
area Of earth's surface
which, in material resour-
ces of every kind, is ST.
perlor to our own state; but,
after all that has been said
and written on that subject,
Arkansas is and must be,
in its development, if fol-
lowed out upon the wlsest
lines4 an agricultural state .t.
I question whether it is
wise for this state, or, in
fact, any other state in the
south, to become interested
in those lines of policy
which have been unwisely
followed out by our people
in other sections of the
country, which have re-
sulting in the building up
of great fortunes, powerful
corporations and great and
wealthy cities Boosting
their wonderful industries,
while seeking to hide the
poverty, squalor and crime
of the large majority of
their citizens, who, if other
lines of development had
been encouraged, would have
been happy inmates of happy
homes, connected with
smaller industries, scat.
tered throughout the length
of the land in small, pros
porous towns and villages
aud upon farms proftably
worked and unencumbered
with debt and mortgages,
| am aware that this is
contrary to the ideas of a
large proportion of our fel,
low-citizens; who, doubt
less, without mature con-
sideration and looking to the
immediate present and not
to the future Of the country,
have fallen into the habit Of
considering that the proper
course to pursue in develop
ing what is called generally
"our material interests" is
to advocate the building Of
factories and cities,
With this as a general
guide l lay it down as my
advice to my fellow.citizens
in this state and the south
generally that our best
Sharp County record. (Evening Shade, Ark.) 1877-1976, 1897-01-29

influence and force that will
render the following of farm
ing, the foundation of our
industrial future, profitable
to those who may with in
dustry and economy engage
therein; and, as a necessary
incident to such a course of
conduct, the building up of
many small towns and cities
of urban industries, rather
than the building of great
cities and the encourage
ment of powerful corpo-
rations to destroy and rem
der Improbable the weaker
and more generally dis
tributed industries.
My highest ambition and
hope for my beloved state
and the south is that by
looking under the surface OF
things we may profit by the
mistakes of those who, in
common parlance, have out
stripped us in what they are
pleased to call modern pro-
gress," Ourselves and our
chilren may escape thus the
intolerable curse which has
overtaken others.
No progress is desirable
for us except that which
tends to a distribution of
wealth, and the benefits
that should accrue to the
millions who toll among the
multitude.
1t is my deliberate judg-
ment that, however desir-
able, what is called the
"diversifcation of indus
tries" in the south as we'll
as in other sections, should
not and does not mean that
Investigation should be at
the expense of tie underly-
ing and noblest calling, the
agricultural industry, My
convictions are very strong
and deep that, taking our
country as a whole, our pres
ent condition may be traced
to the fact that policies
have been followed tending
to building up great manu-
featuring and mining centers,
and the concentration o t
masses of humanity, bound
to those industries, until
they have become financial
slaves and unfit to act the
part Of independent citizens
of a great republic,
Great cites and powerful
money com binations are, in
my Judgment, the worst and
last expression Of a character
of progress not to be desired,
They are evidence of the
concentration of wealth and
power into the hands of the
few, instead Of its distribu.
ton into the hands Of the
many, and it may be an open
question as to whether in.
dustrial development in that
direction, in so far as the
happiness and comfort of
the plain people is concerned,
is not proving to be worse
than no development at
all.
In this state, | do not
lo,,l+ 4b,+ +ba ;daae 7 baro
Sharp County record. (Evening Shade, Ark.) 1877-1976, 1897-01-29
SOCIETIES.

a iFvENING SHADE LODGE No. l43, f. &
"a al A., holds regular communications on
Xtbe SATURDAY before LIST Sunday IN each
IA month. IL D. bAooN' W NJ
R Metcalf. Sec'y'
4. XEyENIYG SHADE CHAPTER, No. II, y
A-IS,, meets at Masonic Hall LIST thurs
n INV In each month, ut clock p. M.
M MRS. KATEHUDDLESTt n, W. NJ
Il "a. WILLIE AULT, Sec'ty.
- RuRAL CHAPTER No. SO, R. A. NJ.
w held; regular conv0cations at Masonic
Ak Han in Evening Shade, the I'D SATURDAY
- In each month.
M JNO B. MoCALEB, Ii. T.
lam H, Davidson, See.
BERpAp LODGE, No. 81, I. 0. Q
ff&WNes f nolds regular meetings every IL
k,ESsES new l.. T. MEDLEY, N q,
mo. y. Collins. sec'y' @--'
>SNSMMlyH.lzl;/X EVENING SHADE LoDGE
SS4N4lNsGS}- No. 249O, X. Of IL
SZIsNfyss sISs= meets first Tues
@sAskf kAE4,sss= day nights n every
ns'H'iVz S S "; ' x.... ', a, D
Sharp County record. (Evening Shade, Ark.) 1877-1976, 1897-01-29

COnpl1Sh THIS, every pollCy
will be encouraged tending
to reverse the order of things
and make that industry once
more profitable to those who
engage in it, and thereby,
create influences tending to
draw our young men away
from The cities and towns
and Identifying the farm and
the smaller industries and
commerce of our less i'm
portant towns and villages.
To this end, | would sug-
gest, aside from the money
question" involved in the
last campaign (and as to my
view il regard to that quest
lou yol are familiar) one of
the most important, if not
the most important, next
to the question of a money
measure" is the question of
transportation and freight
charges by the transportation
companies, which, under pub
lie charter, undertake to
perform the service of not
only transporting the pro-
ducts of our farms, but such
of our mines and manufaC-
tories, as we MAINTAIN, to
market.
Railroads and other trans
portation lines should be
built and encouraged for
the benefit, convenience and
profit of the country at
large, but we should never
forget that these roads, in
this country at least, have
and will be built solely on
the credit and the property
of the public, which has
furnished t h e foundation
there for b y magnificent
doraH;ons nd chatered
privileges. II he servant
should never be allowed to
become the master. With
III just and reasonable limits
and in a proper and con-
sentative spirit, but with a
determination to make no
compromise when the in
terests of the public are in
volyed, these public carriers
should be supervised and
proper machinery provided,
so that both sides to this
complicated and / m =
portant interest may have
an appeal and redress,
rather than that the whole
question should be referred
to the conscience and judg'
ment of one Of the parties,
which, I suspect, may be
rendered elastic by self
interests.
The question of freight
charges, in view of the
rapid decline in the market
of the value Of all our pro-
ducts, especially those on
the farm, l look upon as one
of prime Importance in con,
sidering W h a t nj ay b e
distractions to be removed
in the way of the material
progress of this state and
section and the real and
desirable prosperity and
happiness Of the body of the
people.
There can be no question,
that in very many instances
and localities in this state,
and l presume in other
parts of the south, farms
that have, heretofore, been
profitable to their owners,
have ceased to be profitable
and have become of little
value in the market, largely
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Sharp County record. (Evening Shade, Ark.) 1877-1976, 1897-01-29
Directory.
RELIGIOUS.

saohing at Methodist church first and third
I<vs IN each month Rev. W. S, South
IN pastor. Everybody is invited to attend.
day-school every Sunday morning st
|isck At the Methodist church. Everybody Is
|Ited to come. y. D. WiLSONi
;iss Ella Craig, Secretary. superintendent
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-03-29
BUILDING NOTES.

J. E. Kelley has commenced the roof ing on the new Osterweis block on Church street, and also has the contract for roofing the new Pagan block on Sheldon street, Hartford
 J. N. Leonard & Go. have the contract for the mason work on the $7,500 resi- dence to be built on St. Roman street by Charles McFeeters for J. s. Landon Other contracts not let.
 Architect c. w. Hem has just com pleted plans for two-story frame building to be erected by Andrew Pick en on Howard avenue, near Washing ton street.
 Architects Brown & Berger have just completed plans for three-story frame block for Mrs. Ellen McGovern, to be erected at the corner of Fillmore and Lombard streets.
 John s. Osborn has the contract to make extensive alterations and addi- tions to Dr. Charles F. Tuttle's resi- dence on Whaliey avenue The office is to be enlarged and the interior of the house refitted.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-03-29
-------------------- --------------------- Popularity of Ceylon and India Teas

The New York Journal of Com merce" of March IS says of India and Ceylon teas: "The statistics of the trade in Great Britain and Australia are conclusive as to the strides sanita- tion and the desire to use only pure beverages are making in substituting clean, machine-made teas for the tainted hand-twisted teas of China and Japan. Within fifteen years the con- sumption of the pure article in Britain has risen from 40,000,000 pounds to 210,- 000,000, while China tea, which practi- cally held the field twenty years ago, has almost entirely disappeared. Tn Australia ten years ago China teas were exclusively used, whereas this year it would appear as If 20,000, 900 out of the 27,0O0,000 pounds annually con- stunned in that country are to be the product of Ceylon and India. To coun- tries other than Britain and Australia the shipments of pure tea from Ceylon and India were 14.000, 900 pounds in 1891, but 4, ,0O0, 900 in 1896. The output of those pure teas increases rapidly and fears were entertained some months ago that the publication of the esti- mates of the crop for 1897 would be fol- lowed by a fall in prices. These esti- mates have been known in Calcutta, Colombo and London-the three chief markets-for over a month; yet the price of the teas has risen steadily each week since this publication.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-03-29
VARIOUS ITEMS.

Miss Essie Mathews of Torrington Is visiting friends in this city.
 Dr, Henry Church of New Haven is the guest of MT. and Mrs, David Riggs at their home on the Oxford road, in Seymour, for few days.
 Carrie Lawson of West Haven, who has been spending few days with her aunt, Mrs. L. saner, in Unionviile, has returned home.
 The new and very readable novel, "A Modern Corsair," by Richard Henry Savage, is just issued and for sale by T. H. Pease & Son.
 John F. Searles, the Sugar Trust magnate, formerly of this city, is in Colorado trying to interest capitalists in the sugar beet industry. He has in mind an undertaking involving $4,000,- 900 capital, to be used in constructing irrigation canals, planting an immense acreage in sugar beets and establishing plant in the town of Trinidad. The main canal to reach the tract he has in view will have to be 100 miles long. Nelson Morris of Chicago is doing the same thing in Indiana.
 John R. Nalon, the trick violinist, whose home is in Groton, has secured a position with the Bigelow Speciality company of New Haven. He will joint the company in a week or so in Yer mont. MT. Nalon has also a summer engagement with J. w. Gorham of Bos- ton to join variety company. This compaf,N will play in the various sum- mer resorts during the coming season throughout New England. Mir. Nalon is son of Sergeant Nalon of Fort Gris- wold.