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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-09-29

The jjewelcs of Freedom as baubes are
tossed
Where the rattle of thieves curses lib
crty's sod,
And the voice OF the Patriot Fathers is
lost
In the clatter of dice ou the altars of
God.
The prophets of truth are derided and
jeercd;
The priesthood OF mammon betrays and
deceivcs,
1t has torn down the temple OF jtstice
and reared
On the ruins den tor it's outlaws and
thieves
The revels of gamblers and harlots de.
fame
The councils OF state, and the fac of the
brave
Is an cmblem of fraud and n symbol of
shame
Its stars for the tyrant-its stripes for
the slave.
The cry of n ration is drowned in the
din
Where statesmen cast lots for unhoiest
gains,
And the ermine of justice is blacker within
Than the heart of the fclon who grovels
in chains.
Lo, manhood in beggary-vaults full of
gold;
Lo, childhood in rags-precious gems tor
tiste
While virtue is outraged or bartered and
sold
Within touch of the cross Of the cruci-
fled Christ,
Lo, labor dishonored, cast down, over
thrown,
Sees dimly, feels dumbly its terrible need;
Starts up, a blind giant, then stumbling.
falls prone
In the poisonous folds of the dragon of
greed.
The great common people bewildcred,
misled,
Drift hlther and thither as tide,beaten
sands,
And priestcraft and states-craft but Of
fer them bread
That turns to the serpent or stone in
their hands.
1t is murk on the mountains-'tis dusk
on the hills;
No chant from the forest, no song on
the lea;
The river. is dumb, and the laughter of
r1lls
Is mute as the lips Of the shuddering sea.
Dusk deepens and silence; the hills hold
their breath,
And awed ranges lift palld faces on
high;
The valley is hushed as the chamber of
death,
And the voice of the cataract sinks to a
sigh.
iii
There's flash from the zenith, moan
from the main,
crash on the submits, cry from the
void.
wall in the forest, a sob on the plain,
And the tempest is on that the prophets
foretold
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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-09-29
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

a lover of tlowcrs-u lover OF the beauti-
thl-could see beauty where many 9th
ers could not, and this decoration of the
grave was fitting tribute to his tastes
while living among MS. Many and beau
tiful were the floral tokens with which
the caskct was laden by friends.
William II. Mcllen was born at Gerry,
Chautauqua county, y. y, IN 1910. He
lived in New York till 1868, when he and
his wife came to Franklin county, Kan
sas. settling on n farm near Lane, Here
two daughters-Lillian and Luna-were
horn. In 1871 they moved to Greeley
where Mr. Mellen taught the village
school, Here his daughter Bertha was
born. In 1873, he was elected register
of deeds of Anderson county, which Of
flee he filed during one term. A little
later. he was chosen To fill an uncxpircd
term as county treasurer. He filled both
positions with credit to himself and
with satisfaction to the people. He
afterward moved to farm west of Gar
nett, where he lvcd about q year. He
then moved hack 10 Garnett and en-
gagged in the real estate business, in
which he succeeded unusually well. He
also engaged in merchandising. and was
very successful. He built one of the fin
est business blocks i'll Garnett. Owing
to the decline in the price of real estate,
he lost the greater part OF his accumula-
tions. However, he continued in the
real estate business until his last sick
ness,
Mrs. Mellcn died in June, 1889, since
which time his daughter Lillian has
been his helpmeet and almost constant
companion. And right here we want to
say that she has exhibited most lovely
traits Of character She has scarcely
left his bedside since March, and has
done all that loving daughter could do
to relieve her fathers suffering. Luna
(uow Mrs. Harber) lives in Topeka, and
Bertha is teacher in the deaf and dumb
institute at Olathe.
Mr. Mellen and his daughters were
intimate "chums," Tn.
like many parents, he did not teach his
children to fear him, but they always
obeyed him through love.
Mr.. Mellen was crippled when mere
lad, while out hunting with friend,
and he never recovered-was unable to
walk without the aid of crutches. What
he lacked physically, however, he fully
made up in mental faculties. and he was
possessed of an unusually bright mind.
As writer of verses, he ranked with
the best He did not court nortoriety,
so did not win a "name" as a poet, but
judges of verses pronounce his efforts
surpassed by few. The AGTAToR has, at
various times, published some of his
brightest poems, and this week we pub
lish his last one, which has never been in
print. 1t is as follows:
THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
The watch-6res of civilization have
burned
Too low on the evergreen hilltops of
time.
The gifts of the gods have been trans
pied and spurncd,
And their temples profaned by injustice
and crime. ~
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-09-29
Pingree On Trusts.

The trust creates conditions more serious
than any of our people have ever faced, slavery
and secession alone excepted. 1t is fraught
with more consequences to the nation than the
question of expansion and the foreign policy
arising out of the recent Spanish American
war;
1t may suit the plans of some people to push
the trust into the background and treat the
problem Of imperialism and expansion as the
only issues of the day. But ignoring the in
dustri.l evil means either shielding the trust
or planning to profit politically by an artificial
enthusiasm oyer war ard new possessions.
1t is ustru tive to note how useless the anti
trust laws have heen, They have been en-
acted in twenty-five states. Twenty states
have 10 antitrust laws. But only in four
states have serious attempts been made to en-
force them-that is in Ohio, Missouri, New
York aid Texas.
These are three evils of the trust-namely:
Increase of prices, cheapening of the quality
Of the product, and lowering of wages. IT is
often represented by the advocates Of trusts
and combines that the prices for which the
ueeessaries of life afe sold have been greatly
reduced as result of ecouomy in production,
manufacture and handling. 1t is no doubt
true that the cost of such production can
be lower. That prices to the consumer will be
reduced is, to say the least, unlikely.
Until monopoly has furnished an example of
SUCH reduction the world is not likely to be-
-, he Eno &c hat
the cost of production Is reduced the price is
lowered sufficiently to preserve the monopoly.
Then the saving of production IS divided
am ,ng the share holders in the monopoly.
rhe consumer who has lost his means Of
iye ihood through the establishment of the
monopoly pays the price hat makes his de-
stro,ers rich May add that there is limit
to low prices? They may be SO low as to
make everyone poor. The farmer cannot re-
ceive prices that will enable him to liye i !he
buyer OF his produce is working foF starvation
wages "cheap goods make cheap men,"
The trust drives the small manufacturer aud
merchant, whether individual firm or corpora
ton, out Of business.
BY swallowing up SMALLER CONCERNS, IT throws
travelling salesmen, clerks, toremen, aud nan
ayers out Of employment For the purpose ot
reducing expenses and limiting production it
shuts up factories and adds to the army oi un,
employed artisans, mechanics, and aborerS.
Thus it is that the class of consumers is less
eped in numbers. in other We rds the market
Is narrowed,
The forcing Of watered securities upon the
market is not the least of the evils OF trusts
Let me illustrate how trust OF to-day is or
eanized and you will appreciate The force Of
the statement.
Take the tobacco trust. Suppose there are
f,,ty large tobacco factories in the conniiy.
The promoter OF the trust visits most of them
aud pictures in glowing terms to each company
the benefits of forming trust. They con-
clude 10 organize large amount of stock and
bonds Of the trust. Each company sends in
an inventory and appraisal of its property,
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-09-29

William H. Melen passed "over the
river" last Sunday at five minutes after
| O'Clock p. M, lie had been suffering
intensely for months, and had been very
low for several weeks, and his death
was no surprise to the people of Car
nett. He had not been down to his Of
flee since lust March. He had suffered
cxcruciating pain until 10 O'Clock Sun
day morning, when his pain left him, and
he begun sinking, gradually, until the
Death Angel touched his eyclids, and he
slept the sleep that knows no awaking.
He passed away with sigh,
The funeral service took place Tues
day afternoon, at 3 O'Clock, at the FAM
jy residence Rev. Henderson conducted
the service, and those who were present
speak of it as a most beautiful and ap-
propriatc SERVICE, He read one OF Mr.,
Alellcn's poems, which was published in
the Kansas City Star year or two
since. This poem expresses MIR. Mel
lens religious views more nearly than
they could be expressed by any other
tongue or pen. Here is the poem:
THE soRRowING.
Il will gather them that are sorrowiul'
10 we eyer stop to- ponder
When we lose that still we gain
That our crosses
Arc not losses
That our suffering and pain
Lift US higher
Yet and higher
To the Fathers blest domain:
When our eastles arc dismantled
And our idols turn to dust;
When our pleasures
And our treasures
Are consumed by blight and rust
Lo, the Father
Then will gather
In our sheayes Of love and trHsti
Ne may win Gods starrcrowned sum
nits
Ofapproval through defeat.
The possessing
Of His blessing
Through disaster and retreat,
When the measure
t,i each tFeeasugea
Lies in ashes at our fect,
L. ,t,,t ,x.. ,hnr;Sh
Vanish from the longing sight.
And the lowly
soul, so slowly,
Turns it's face toward the light
Then the lessan
Of transgreasinn
BECOMES knowledge of the right,
4hsn "Thy will not niue, oh Master"
Is the burden Of each PRAYER
As the dawning
of Truths morning
Breaks the hlackness of dispnir
And the Father
Stoops to gather
An who sorrow To His care,
The remains were taken to the Car
nett cemetery and placed beside his wife.
The grave had been lined with white
and loving hands had fastened pine
boughs and other evergreens, sprinkled
with bright flowers, all over the lining'
and when the casket wasloweredinto the
little house where the body of our friend
now rests, it seemed like he had only
gone to rest in a beautiful bed He was
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-09-30

The Vicksburg Dispatch Join:
the Sclmitar in warning the col
ored people against the ex-sIaye
relief, bounty and pension fraud,
which some designing persons are
trying to impose upon them, The
Postotfice Department has barred
from the mails the matter sent out
by the concern, but it appears
that it contrlves to victImize the
ignorant blacks in the bottoms to
some extent, Just the same. The
Dispatch says;
Both the Memphis Scimitar
and the Vicksburg Dispatch have
referred to this matter before, but
it is hard to inform the great mass
of ignorant colored people, who
are to be persuaded into contrlbu-
ting each a small sum. But with
hundreds of thousands contribu-
ting, the managers soon secure a
large sum each. and then all they
have to do is to present petition
to Congress, which will never be
heard of afterward, and pocket all
the money collected from the poor
negroes.
''We trust that honorable white
and colored persons who have the
will expose this fake
SO thoroughly that it will be i'm
possible for the promoters to
cheat the negroes. The colored
ministers should in their churches
clearly explain that it can be
nothing else than a downright at
empt to swindle. And if these
should not be effective.
he magistrates and grand juries
hould take the matter in hand
-ScImitar.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-09-30
The NirlSsburg rlan.

The following plan is that adop
ted by the N.eksburg Cotton Mill,
which Is now almost an assured
fact. Its simplicity is commend
ed to the projectors Of similar
enterprise in GrrcnyiIle:
Owing TO the fact that il is a
new form OF industry, SO far as
this section Is concerned, and our
people know nothing of it, it Is
impossible to secure sufficient sub
scriptions in large sums to hope
tor the establishment of such an
Industry. For tins reason 1t is
proposed to raise sufficient capital
by monthly payments, of II mum
Der Of people until sufficient
sum has been raised to proceed
with the building and operation OF
a cotton mill.
1t Is proposed to raise.
at least, 1926, 900, in cash,
as the capital for this
mill. The shares of the capital
stock will be S25 each, and com
mencing on October lst, 1899,
each subscriber will pay II per
share, per month, said payments
to be made on or before the 9TH Of
each month. On this plan, if the
stock is subscribed and payments
regularly made, there should be
on hand, in actual cash, by the
first day Of October, 1900. the
sum OF 100000 and it is reason
able to suppose that those who
have subscribed to the stock and
paid twelve monthly payments,
will not then hesitate to make the
other thirteen payments, and the
sum of S25, 600 cash, will then be
practically assured. With S60,-
0O0 in cash, the construction of
the plant, to cost not over 500, !
600 can, with reasonable prudence, |
be commenced, and by the time
the mill is constructed, the re- !
mainder of the capital will have I
been paid in, and by the first day |
Of October, 1901, the operation OF
the mill can be commenced, with I
the plant paid for, and a working
capital of S25, 900.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-09-30
A Public Duty.

On Wednesday next, October
ltb. will be held an election whicl
is Of so much Importance t.
Greenville, not only for the pres
ent. but for the future, that II
should be a matter of persona
concern to every property owner
and every voter in the city; and
not only to them, but to theil
families and to every resident,
irrespective of age or sex or fnan-
cial standing. We refer to the
election to determine public senti-
ment in regard to the issuance of
bonds for a system of sewerage.
In matter of this kind, and of so
much moment, public sentiment
can generally be ascertalned with
out the formality of an election.
Very few men could be found in
tireenville who would deny that
the great preponderance of public
opinion is warmly in favor of the
project, and the purpose of this
article is not so much to urge the
advantages, (Which are already
generally acknowledged as to i'm
press upon the individual voters
the necessity for individual action.
Every voter who wants the town
properly severed must 90 to the
polls. 1t is a public duty, and
neglect of it, except for urgent |
reason, is to default in duty as 4
citizen. Greenyille, while an ex-
ceptionally healthy town, is stu
ated in q region which, however,
undeservedly, has a reputation
abroad for unhealthfulness. This,
more than any other consideration,
is drawback to the city's prog
ress and growth. Greenviile is
really perfectly healthy, but the
fact is not believed abroad. The
only thing to be feared in this re-
spect is the introduction of con-
tagious disease from other places,
and its development here because
Of unsanitary conditions. Once
theworld that the absolute
cleanliness of the town is assured
BY a good system of sewerage,
and all doubts of its heaIthfulness
will disappear. 1t will be impos-
,ble for yellow fever or other
,pidemic disease to find lodge
nent; and the consequence will be
hat confidence will be established,
immigration will pour IN, and the
BUSINESS and commercial gam will
n a yery'short time far more than
,ay for the expense of establish
ng the sewerage system.
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Some of "Our" Troubles

BTo OUR FRIENDS AND SUBSCRIBERS.
After q short suspension which
was almost imperative and I'M
#avoidable on account of perfect
collapse in the way of health, we
sgain greet our patrons and sub
scribers, feeling much refreshed
by our rest, and imbUed with ro-
newed energy. Our health had
completely broken down. For
some time we, the Junior, had
been doing the entire work on the
Apaper-editorial, composing, press
work, distributing, mailing, and
every thing connected with Office
work, and in the meantime doing
b considerable amount of job
work. Those who know the
amount of work it requires to get
|Out a weekly paper regularly, and
'at the same time attend to the job
department, will not wonder at
Iour breaking down. Besides all
|thls, we were a candidate for
county office with a campaign on
band, in which, of course, we
came out at the "little end of the
morn" with feelings somewhat
|futfied, sore and Respondent,
causing us to give expression to
sentiments we really did not en-
Pertain and say things wo did not
feally mean. But that has all
passed. We are at our post again,
EEIe,ellng EI, all right, and from now on
The Quill will greet its readers
regularly every week as of yore.
we would, however, like to re-
II4lnd our subscribers of the fact
Ihat it requires money to run a
newspaper, To say that county
IN this, or any other State, cannot
support or sustain one home pa
Per Is to say that the citizens of
mat county are lacking in intelli-
genee, enterprise and county
PRIDE. We do not think that that |
y y the case with the people Of
Qultman, but that the lack OF sup |
port to their paper is more
through carelessness than other
:. As A. you market your crops this
psli and gather in the shekels, |
llOnt forgot the printer who H.
poFs day in and day out to furnish
you your home paper, but come
OFWard and hand him the dollar
'ad , make his heart glad.-Quit-
nan Quill.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-09-30
The Coming Election.

Everybody wants sewerage, and
wants everybody else to vote for
it; but we know from experience
that there are many men who will
neglect their duty in this respect,
and leave it to others. In order
to insure a full vote on Wednes-
day active and well organized eff
fort should at once be taken. A
meeting should be held not later
than Monday night, and a ''Steer-
ing Committee" Ito adopt a rather
distasteful phrase) appointed to
steer indifferent citizens to the
polls. Arrangements should be
made for carriages, public enthusi-
asm worked up, and men who ex-
pect others to do their work
awakened to a sense of their re-
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-09-30

Victims to stomach, liver and kidney
troubles as well as women, and all fee
the results in loss of appetite, poison,
in the blood, backache, nervousness,
headache and tired, listless. rundown
feeling. But there no need to feel
like that Listen to J. W. Gardner,
Idaville, Ind. He says; Electric
Bitters are just the thing for a man
when he is all run down, and don t
care whether he lives or dies. 1t did
more to give me new strength and
good appetite than anything | could
take. | can now eat anything and
have a new lease on life. Only so cts
at b. D. Finlay's drug store. Every
bottle guaranteed.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-09-30

sponsibilities. Let the.Mayor call
a meeting for Monday night, if he
thinks it advisable to do 50, and
then let regular organization be
entered into to make the election
as nearly unanimous as possible
The Board of Trade meets tonight
and the opportunity to discuss
plans for conducting the election
will be an excellent one.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-09-30

Bishop Sessums, of Louisiana,
who is well known and held in
high honor in Greenville, submit
ted to a serious surgical operation
in Louisville, KY, on Tuesday of
this week, and is not yet free from
danger as result of it. The
many friends of the distinguished
patient here and elsewhere will
await the issue of his illness with
much anxiety.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-09-30

The St LOUIS Republic Of -.u-
day last contains admirable pic
lures of Miss Jennie King, 1G
= + McCutchen and Miss Nary
Wort hIngton, eff GrgenvUIe. Ilzs
hng, 1t is true, Is now a. resi- mt
Of St, Louis, Lut 1gr He
OF friends and relatives ID
vile will continue TO e'# u
a representative Of this ei.E.
pictures were published
Mrs. McCutchCp aud Miss SIS .H-
lnCtun We're Visiting I-I-4 r
at her st. Louis home.
pGges of the Republic a.ge a..r
contained three tairer faces.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-09-30
southern Railway in Mississippi

Meeting Trotting Horse Breeders
Association, Lexington, Ky, October
srd-I4th, 1899. Account of this occa-
sion, tickets will be sold to Lexington,
Ky, and return, at rate of one first
class fare. Selling October lst-2nd;
final limit, October 18TH, 1899; contin-
uous passage in both directions.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-09-30

National Reunion of the Blue and
Gray, Evansville Ind, Oct l0th-l4th,
1899, Tickets to Evansville, Ind, aud
return at rate Of one frst-class limited
fare. Selling October eth-loth, final
limit, October 18th, 1899; continuous
passage in both directions,
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-09-30

Our people are becoming more
and more imbued with a progress
siye spirit, the fact having dawn
ed upon them that something be-
sides cotton can be proftabIy
grown here. Thee price of land
is steadily advancing, and there is
less discomfort and seeking for
homes in the West among the
farming class of people than has
been known for years. Every
thing indicates that there is a
brighter day in store for the
South. Forest Register.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-09-30

weakness and
sickness pecu-
liar to the sex
If the Egypt
ian customp pre-
vailed in this
country many
sufferers would
be glad to
cover their
pre- IN a ture
wrinkles, their
sunkenCheeks,
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-09-30

Three years ago the Times
opened q subscription list to build
\ cotton factory. Almost enough
" pay for a small one was already
',aaooSScrlbed, aoS when the overflow Of
to'' and subsequent fever panic
The same men are
6Eeaay N. to subscribe again, The
.st .ss can easily be made out agsiI,
,a1 tuu the town aud county are bet
M N, able TO build one now than
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-09-30
SreenvWo.
Hidden aauty

In Egypt the custom is for Princesses
to hide their beauty by covering
the lower part of the face with a veil.
In America the beauty of many of
our women is hidden because of the
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-09-30

Let every planter in Washing
ton county put the proceeds of
one bale of cotton into factory
stock, and in a year we will turn
five cent cotton into twenty cent
cloth.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-09-30

Dewey Celebratioa, Washington. D
c., October 2nd-3rd, 1899. Ticket or
sale September 29Jh-50th, 1899, EnaI
limit returning October Sth. 1899, at
lrate of one and one-third fpre for the
round trip. z. S. Claggett, Agent.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-09-30
SITUATION WANTED.

PRINTER wants situatl on any
where; jobbing, straight; run Job
presses. Work reasonably.
GEORGE S. PAGE,
Care of Times, Greenville, Miss.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-09-30
BradfieId's
Female Regulator

brings ont woman's true beauty.
1t makes her strong and we'll in those
organs upon which her whole general
health depends. 1t corrects all men
strual disorders. 1t stops the drains
Of Leucorrhna Itrestores the womb
to its proper place, II removes the
causes of headache, backache and
nervousness. 1t takes the poor, de-
OilItated, weak, haggard, fading
woman and puts her on her feet
again, making her face beautiful by
making her body well
Druggists sell it for 81 bottle.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-09-30

Advertise 10 The Tunes.
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Send for our free illustrated book for women.
The Bradfleld Regulator Co., Atlanta, Ga.
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their unhealthy