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The progressive farmer., 1900-09-18
Editorial.
EDITORIAL NOTES.

In the article BRIBERY and Cor
ruption, - copied elsewhere from the
North Carolina Presbyterian, DR..
McKelway strikes from the shoulder.
Wonder what he would say of the
American Cotton Company's adver-
tising methods?
That's first-class North Carolina
poem, with slight Omar Khayyam
flavor, copied on page Sit was writ
ten for the Charlotte Observer by
go. H." We learn that this writer
has recently issued volume of
poems.
We believe that no attempt should
be made by any politician to "drag
the Alliance or it's name into parti-
san work" but the suggestion that
this statement has been made by us
with view of injuring or giving
offence to any candidate is unjust
and unfair
A great many of our farmers have
lost heavily by this summer drOuth.
We hope that all farmers of this
class will carefully read Secretary
Wilson's address on page 1, in which
the problem of conserving soil moist
ture receives special attention.
There's also a suggestion for them
in the excellent letter of Mr.. Daniel
Lane, on page 8.
."It's an i'll wind that blows no.
body good" and the terrible storm
in Texas that, among other things,
did so much damage to the Texas
cotton crop, means by reason of in
creased prices some thousands more
to our Tar Heel cotton farmers.
They ought therefore to give the
more cheerfully to their brethren of
the Lone Star State in this hour of
their sore affliction.
Joel Chandler Harris, our beloved
''Uncle Remus," has retired from
active editorial work on the Atlanta
Constitution and will hereafter de-
vote most of his time to strictly lit
erary work. A year or more ago we
published the report that he was to
write great story of life among the
best element of the people of the
t'Old South" with it's peculiar civil
ization and its romantic atmosphere.
No one is better qualified for the
task, and we hope that Mr.. Harris
will now begin the work.
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The Thinkers.
BRIBERY AND CORRUPTION.

We got letter not long ago from
one of the advertising agencies en-
closing an article by the Rev Sam
Jones in favor of the trusts. It was
first published in the Manufacturers
Record, and has since been put in
pamphlet form and scattered widely
over the country. It took some
body's money to do this of course
and it is commonly reported that
some of the trusts have a little of
that commodity. However a presi-
Dental election is at hand and pub
lie opinion needs to berightly guided
in these trying times. We express
the hope at the beginning that the
Rev. Sam Jones was not bribed to
write the article and that his opin-
ions are not for sale to the highest
bidder The article was sent to US
by the advertising agency accom-
panied by letter. The letter said
that the ''great corporation" we're
going to do a lot of advertising these
days, that Mr.. Jones article was a
pleasing one to them, that they
might be induced to look with pecu-
liar favor upon d paper that would
publish the article, and that if a
marked copy of the paper were sent
to the advertising agency it's inlu-
ence would be exerted in order to
procure the corporation advertising
FOR the Standard. It looked to US
like bribery and corruption and we
declined. We have since been sur
prised to note how widely the article
has been published, though we are
aware that the business Office of
paper does not always confide every
thing to the editorial department.. It
has seemed to us that people ought
to know how public opinion is some
times manufactured at so much a
yard. Some time ago we got a letter
from the same advertising agency
enclosing an article from another
paper on the dangers of acetylene
gas. We have no doubt that the
article was purchased in the first in
stance. 1t looked to us like black
mail
Do not these great corporations
and companies recognize this thing
as bribery and blackmail? Is it not
sin? Is the business of our coun-
try degenerating, and has it already
departed from the rules of strict in
tegrity so far?
There is one corrective principle
that gives us hope. Money is not
all powerful. The brains that can
make money in unlimited quantities
are not the most highly organized
gray matter. Unless the money and
the brains are ruled by conscience,
sooner or later they invite over
whelming overthrow by arraying
against them the conscience of the
people. He and he only that walketh
uprightly, wa1keth surely
God rules not only in heaven but
in the hearts of men. He makes
men love right and hate wrong, and
therefore the wrong shall perish and
the right prevail.-North Carolina
Presbyterian.
The progressive farmer., 1900-09-18
THE SENATORIAL PRIMARY.

We are glad that the managers of
the Democratic party in this State
have arranged for the Senatorial
primary to be held in November. 1t
is step in the right direction, the
next best thing to the election of
Senators by popular vote. But it
would be amusing, were it not so
serious a matter, to read the pleas of
some of the candidates. A majority
of those who have announced them
selves-or their friends, at any rate
seem to think the Office should go to
the highest bidder. The friends of
one claim that good management of
party machinery entities their can
didate to the place, while the friends
of another urge the philanthropic
nature of their man as good reason
for his election. But neither philan-
thropy nor machine trickery count
for anything in the Senate. What
we need is a man who loves our
State, devoted to her agricultural
and industrial interests. This is the
test of fitness that appeals to think
ing people.
The progressive farmer., 1900-09-18

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An excellent article on alfalfa, by
Mr.. J. B. Hunnicutt, of Georgia,
crowded out of this issue, will APP
pear in our next. ...
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-12-05
ENGLAND'S
NOBILITY
How to Address Them
Socially.
THE AVERSION TO TITLES
High Sounding Applications are Al
ways Reserved for Formal or
official intercourse.
Especial Cerrespondence.l

LONDON, Nov. S.-There is a play
st present drawing large audiences in
London which Is credited with being
the work, not of the playwright whose
name 1t bears on the programs, but OF
q brilliant writer now living in exile
and disgrace on the continent, where
he was in fair way of being forgot
ten until this drama at the Royalty
Theater recalled him to popular mem
DRY. That people insist upon asso-
Chatting his name with the play Is not
90 much because Of the brilliancy OF
the epigrams with which the piece
Abounds as by reason Of the fact that
its lines indicate an acquaintance with
the usages Of fashionable society-the
society composed of the titled and un-
titled aristocracy Of Great Britain
and are entirely free from those ride
ulous solecisms which, coupled with
the lamentable efforts of actors-with-
out breeding or refinement, sometimes
even without education-to portray
gentlemen and great mobiles, create ar
altogether false impression as to what
constitutes good form. Playwrights
and with rare exceptions novelists, In
England belong to what are known a.
the middle classes. Inasmuch as tht
caste distinctions are strictly drawn
and strongly defined In the Old World
II naturally follows that when writer!
start out tooportray the life. usage
and social ethics of aristocracy. the.
either draw upon their imaginations
or depend upon mere hearsay, havinl
no personal or direct knowledge of thu
class which they undertake to picture
Playwrigbts and novelists in Englan,
are not the rule in the Fashionable
drawing rooms and among the hous
parties gathered at the great countr.
seats of the nobility, and there are 81
few points of contact between tn
world of letters and what is known a
the Great World that the light Il
which the latter is represented by tn
former lis many times untrue to life
'Ouida. Marie Corelli and Hall Cain
are among the worst sinners in thi
respect. The works of the ostracize
playwright to whom the new piece a
the Royalty Theater is credited by SO
ciety were conspicuously free fror
mistakes OF this kind, and that is VIII
the authorship of Mr.. and Mrs. Day
entry" Is ladd at his door rather tina
ut that of Mr.. Harris, whose nam
figures on the play bills.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-12-05
Sisters for Moioksf.

SYRACUSE, N. Y, Nov. 19.-Three
more sisters of the Order Of S. Fran.
CHS nave gone from this city to the
leper colony in the Hawaiian Islands
or the three one was a FORMER Svra.
cuse girl, Miss Anna Schillinger
daughter of Louis Schillinger
Inc party goes direct to San Fran
cisco, sailing December for Hawaii
from there the sisters go to Molokai
to institute great work.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-12-05
BEACH LOT
FOR SALE.

The undersigned offers for sale an
ELEGANT BEACH LOT at Kaaiawai,
on the east side Of Diamond Head.
The property is between the resi-
dences Of Mrs. A. Rosa and Mrs. s. C.
Dwight.
Lot has a frontage Of ITO feet on the
beach. and a depth of from 221 to 22S
feet.
Contains $4,000 square feet.
The scarcity OF seaside property Of
fered for sale makes this q very valua-
BILE chance. which intending purchasers
should early avail themselves Of.
For further particulars, apply to
JAS. F. MORGAN,
50 Queen Street
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-02-23
szow Arc Your HidneysI
DR., Hobbs Sparagus Pills cure all kidney Ills Sam
ple free. Add. Sterling Remedy Co. Chicago 0r NJ Y
Natural Gas in a Tree.

"A strange story of a find of natural
gas comes from Dunnstable township.
j. C. Stewart, a prosperous farmer
of that township, was engaged with
several men in cutting trees in the
woods today, they chopped into a hol-
low tree which they were about to fell,
and as the AK cut through the outer
rim of wood a strange kissing sound
as of escaping steam was heard. The
men soon found that either air or gas
was escaping from the hollow tree. A
lighted match was supplied, when the
fact was established that the kissing
was made by natural gas. The ignitel
gas burned to a height of several feet,
and continues to burn. The people of
the section are excited over the find,
and believe that a great quantity of
gas exists there which can be struck
drilling down a few hundred yards.
1t is probable that oil exists in the
vicinity.-Philadelphia Times.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-02-23
Not Attempted Suicide.

On Friday evning last it was dis
covered chat Nick Wooley, one of the
stralghtest men in town, was lying in
a comatose condition at his home in
the Mrs. Biddle property on Main
street. The alarm was given and ply
sfcians summoned and upon eXamina-
tion it was found that Mr.. Wooley was
suffering from an overdose of prep
aration Of opium Knowing that
prompt action alone could prevail, the
sufferer was taken to the Armory and
until the next morning he was put
through course OF "gymnastlc exer-
cises" that not one man in thousand
could endure. The physicians stood
to their work all night, ably assisted
by several of "Our Boys" and the life
of the suffering man was saved and a
very sore and sleepy crowd left the
Armory knowing that their labor had
not been in vain.
Mr. Wooley is ahie to be out and
says he desires no more of such eX-
perlence. ce.-Matamoras Mail.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-02-23
Seven Golden Weddings Cele-
brated By One Family.

Toledo, O., Feb. 21.-History does
not record in any of its many pages
such an event as seven golden we'd
ding in one family. Neither does it
record the fact thet father having
witnessed his own golden wedding
lives to witness that of his daughter
Nevertheless. should providence see fit
to allow William c Bond to live until
the light of today passes away, he will
see his daughter, Mis-. Elias H. Wright
of Bellevue, O., celebrate her fiftieth
anniversary. His son-in-law. Mr.,
Locke, formerly lived in Toledo, but is
now with the Wright banking comp
any of Bellevue. Mrs. Wright is the
daughter OF William Collins Bond,
whose golden wedding she and her
husband attended Sept. 80, 1880. On
that occasion they presented a gold
headed cane to Mr.. Bond, who in a
joking way said that on their golden
wedding he would present Mr.. Wright
with the cane. He has lived to make
good his promise, and will be 92
years old Aug. %, 1900. His wife,
Hannah Locke Bond, died in 1888,
eight years after their golden we'd
ding.
Nathan Bond, a brother of w. c.
Bond, and his wife, lamar Ken
worthy Bond, celebrated their golden
wedding in 1874. He lived until 1888
and she died in 1884
Oliver H. Mendenhall and his wife
Lydia who was also a sister of Will
liam and Nathan Bond, celebrated
their golden wedding in 1890 and are
still living.
Aaron Mills Locke, brother of Mrs.
W. C. Bond, and his wife, Charity
Mills Locke, held their golden wedding
in 1877, and they are both living.
Frederick V. Snider and his wife,
Mary Smith snider, whose son. Samuel
G. Snider, married sister of Mrs.
Wright, celebrated their golden we'd
ding in 1876, He lived until 1885 and
she lived until 1894 Oliver B. and
Frederick w. snider of this city are
sons OF Samuel G. Snider, of Lafay-
cite, Ind, and nephews of Mrs Wright
Oliver S. Bond of this city is her
brother, and on the occasion of her
wedding was best man. Martha e.
Ringo, of Greencastle, Ind. was
bridesmaid on this occasion and is still
living
All Of the golden weddings referred
to were celebrated at Richmond,
Wayne county, and Newcastle, Henry
county, Ind.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-02-23
Convict Confesses To Murder
After Six Years.

Leopold Rowe, who is now serving
a sentence in che Reading Penitentiary
for threatening arson, confessed this
afternoon that he murdered a man
near Campbellstown, Lebanon County,
Penn, about six years ago. Rowe, who
is Sc years of age, and foreigner, re-
Gently showed that something was
worrying him.
The phantom of his victim was
haunting him during his lonely con-
finement and today when asked what
was troubling him Rowe confessed to
Warden Newcomet and Prison Watch
man Edwin Koch that he and COM
panion named Yackey had waylaid a
handsomely dressed stranger near
Campbellstown and asked him for
money. The stranger refused, and
Rowe shot him, and then the pair drag
ged the body into a field. The shot
had not killed their victim so Rowe
beat him to death with a club They
searched the body, finding $50 in cash,
and hid it under a rye shock.
Inquiry at Lebanon this afternoon
showed that on July 10, 1898, Edward
Fl. Bachman, harvester employed on
The farm of S. f. Mengle, near Camp
bellstown, found the body of a man un-
der a rye shock. The features were
distorted and the hndv had evidentIv
lain there for three days. The dead
man had on pair of trousers, a vest
and shirt His coat was found two
miles away. There were two bullet
holes in the head, and the scalp was
badly lacerated. The man was about
80 years of age and fully six feet tall.
The remains were buried at the Coun-
ty Home.-New York Times.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-02-23
and on lhe persanal prop-

provements and off the personal prop
erty on 1t.
Would this be discrimination
against one kind OF property? Yes;
against private property in land
Property in land has no just title. 1t
is based on force and fraud. Private
property in other things, that is, in
things produced by man has the best
Of titles. The man made it. No man
made land. IL was lent us by the
Creator The value given certain To-
cations was made by the whole com
munity. Town lots, for example, are
made valuable by the presence of the
people near them. Tax the owners of
these valued spots until they use or
drop them. Use the tax for the COM
munity. In this way we do not dl-
vide UP the land, but we do divide up
the rent. We do not leave it in the
hands of those who do not produce it..
1t goes to benefit those who are the
real owners of it, the people.
That is the kind of Socialism, an
archy, communsion or Organism l be-
lieve in. The land is lent to all the
people by the Creator and no other
remedy will suffice but to restore the
value of 1t to them by yearly tax on
the value of it, and the using of the
proceeds fer all the people in public
benefits.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-02-23
Fred Grant For Vice President

A boom has been started for Gen
eral Frederick Dent Grant, son of the
illustrious warrior, to whom Lee sur
rendered, for the Republican vice
presidential nomination and as Pres
ident McKinley's second on the ticket.
This would make the ticket almost an
Ohio one, because the proposed nomi-
nee's father was born in Ohio but is
a resident of New York City. General
Fred Grant is a true-bue Republican
and has made a grand record in his
military career in the Philippines. 1t
is reported that Senator Thomas c.
Platt and Governor Roosevelt are both
for the generals nomination. He has
some schoolmates and two relatives in
Columbus and more than score of
cousins in Brown, Hamilton and Cler-
mont counties, some of whom are
strong Democrats. Judge John NJ
Markley, of Georgetown, common pleas
judge OF the First subdivision OF the
Fifth Judicial district, is a cousin of
the General, and is a Democrat So
are DR.. Percy M. Ashburn, surgeon in
the regular army. in the Philippines
with his brother, Captain Tom O.
Ashburn, in another regiment, the
latter a graduate of West Point and
The former a graduate of jefferson
Medical College of Philadelphia, where
ne won the first honors. They are
both from Clermont county. George B..
Johnson, a Republican and Manager Of
the Methodist Book Concern, in Gill;
clnnati, married a first cousin of
Ulysses Simpson Grant, and his sons
and daughters are second cousins OF
the general fightihg in the Philippines.
The children OF Judge j. II. Marshall,
Republican OF Brown county. are also
cousins of the General Grant who is
looming up for the vice presidency
Ohio State Journal
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-02-23
They Met Again.

At banquet in Washington the
other day, Senator Depew told an in
teresting little story of three young
men who, having graduated from Yale
about 40 years ago, started for their
homes in Michigan Kansas and New
York to begin the battle of life, with
the agreement that if they were snc-
cessful, they would hold a reunion ut
the college ten years later. 1t was not,
however, till the other night that they
met at his house in Washington. They
were Justices Brown and Brewer, Of
the Supreme Court, and Mr.. Depow
himself. Dispatch.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-02-23
ANNOUNCEMENTS.

Editor Leader-Please announce 10
the voters of the city of Marietta that
will be candidate for the office of
City Solicitor, at the coming spring
election. j. d. AHLBORN.
Editor Leader-Please announce,
that l will be candidate at the April
election for the Office of City Civil
Engineer. w. p. MASON.
Editor Leader-Please announce MY
name as candidate for Assessor in
tho Second Ward, and oblige.
w. H. GRIGGS.
Please announce TO the voters that l
will be a candidate fer the Office of
Township Trustee at the spring elec-
tion. JOHN BURCHETT.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-02-23
Missourf's Mines.

Mr. H. A. SeeverS, OF our neighbor-
ing city Of Delaware, who has just re-
turned from the lead and zinc mines
OF Missouri, makes some interesting
statements, which will be of interest
to Columbus friends who were think
ing of going there TO invest. He says:
"The lead ore is on top and often Is
found Just under the grass. The zinc
ore Is called Jack and Is found in
veins from two feet to $50 feet thick.
1t is worth from SIS to $50 ton at
the mines. 1t would be foolish for any
one to go there with the idea that they
can buy land with paying deposits
of ore on it. For thirty years this
territory has been we'll known and
capital in millions flowed into it, and
companies were formed which pros
pected the whole territory; they
know every vein and pocket, its
thickness and value. Seldom is the ore
over one hundred feet from the surface
and horse power drilling outfits are as
thick as fees on a dog, SO that these
large and rich companies, for compar-
atively small outlay, took perpetual
options on all the territory and much
more, determined the ore veins, and
gave up all options where ore was not
found over two or three feet in thick
ness, because it is not profitable to
work such veins Such territory is
known as sucker territory That is
it is put by the owner into brokers'
hands--and Carthage and Joplin is
| full of them-who unload it if possible
on the 'tenderfoot' new corners, who
are elated when the drill shows a two
foot vein of zinc ore, which in such
thin veins is usually mixed with
sulphur and iron, thus further reduc'
ing its value The newcomer hurrieE
to secure an option, under great Sc
crecy, fearing someone else will ge
onto his find, and so is not enlighten
ed. Sooner or later, he finds he has {
worthless option and abandCns 1t
Many farmer land owners make more
OFF Of options from 'tenderfeet' thar
they do from farming the land.
mo land worth anything for its orr
is for sale. A man stands as mucl
chance in Kfondike. But he can rem
al the good zinc land he wants, anC
moreover know how far down the zint
Is and its value. The controlling com
pany tells him that. AS pay he give!
the company one-fifth of the ore. Bu
unless a man has considerable capital
practical knowledge of mining, etc.
he had better stay away-there arr
over $4,000 people there now. Tht
territory is the southwest corner o.
Missouri, the southwest county o.
Kansas and the two northern anC
abutting counties of Arkansas. A maj
is foolish, however, to suppose he cal
buy land that has paying bodies ofleat
or zinc ore on 1.-THE territory is no
large enough, it has been known TOT
long, and there are too many million
aires in Carthage, ETC., to give out
siders a chance '-Columbus Dis
patch.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-02-23
REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL CON-
VENTION, FIFTEENTH DISTRICT.

The Republican Congressional Con-
ventfon of the Fifteenth District Of
y Ohio, will be held Tuesday, April 10TH
1900 at 10:30 O'Clock a. m.
To nominate one candidate for Con-
gress, one Presidential electoT and to
select two delegates and two alter
mates to the Republican National Con-
vention.
The ratio of representation in said
convention has been fixed at one dele
gate for each hundred votes and frac-
tion of fifty or more cast for Hon.
George X. Nash, at the general cleo
tiCn held in the state of Ohio in the
1 4. Ec.llc....s.