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PUBLIC OWNERSHIP,
Discussed by Prof. Charles II. Par
sons. of st. Louis.

Discussed by Prof. Charles II. Par
sons. of st. Louis.
OF all the questions within the pur-
view of political economy or socialism,
that of collective ownership Of public
utilities is of greatest Importance to
the working classes. In discussing the
subject in Public Welfare, Prof. Chas.
*. Parsons, of st. Louis, one Of the
ablest educators and grandest schol-
ars Of the west. writes as follows:
From the dawn of civilization to the
present day, with a wave like motion
at times, but with ever increasing VOL
umes, the movement toward public CO.
operation has grown and gathered
force, till more than 300 different var
ieties of national and municipal un-
dertakings in the principal countries
of the world are now enumerated, and
the list is still expanding.
The primitive man was entirely an
individualist. He wandered in the
primeval forests attending to his own
wants and entirely unconscious about
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THE FIREMAN'S DANCE.
1t Was n Thoroughly EnjOyabl,
-'.s~' Affair.

:, Agate lodge, No. $40, Brotherhood of
Locomotive Firemen gave its second
annual ball Monday in the Armory
There was a large attendance. Flaaten's
orchestra played. The decorations were
very neat. Switchmen's lanterns were
hung about the gallery and in one
corner of the room was a front end
of life size engine sketched with
charcoal on a large piece of canvas. A
head light was put in the proper place
which gave the engine a realistic ap-
pearance. A special train left at 2:3O
for West Duluth and West Superior.
Following are the committees who
were in charge Of the: affair: Arrange
ment-C.; A. Brewer, George Lester.
Charles :Steindahl, Archie Flood, A.: A.
Brewer. G. b. Cunliff, j. A. Luding
ham, Roy Leonard. Transportation-H.
g. Smith, G. B. Cunliff, w. S. Kerns.
.. p. ~ Black, Floor n. B. spith, "A. IA.
Brewer, W S. Kerns, Frank o'Con-
nell, J ~. o 'Donnell, George Dingwall. /.
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s The trade unionist who shouts for
high wages and short hours and fails
to subscribe for his local paper, is. a.
reformer and a union man in the same
way that the old lady kept tavern.
Exchange. p @
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years before any good would come from
it. We cannot afford to place Our hope
on such an uncertain proposition.
This is no time for dreams or theories.
Some practical work must be done, and
done sOOn A few prominent men may
get together in some sort of all organ
ization and do much good, but no real
lasting good can be accomplished until
the men of every walk of life put their
shoulder to the wheel and aid in the
upbuilding of Duluth.
There is golden opportunity for
some person who is interested in the
growth of Duluth to make a record for
himself. The right man is wanted for
this work. He must lie an organizer,
and person in whom the people have
confidence.
Our plan of the organization is simply
this: Let some person who is willing
to devote the time to it, visit the vari-
Gus organizations of the city, the
Board of Trade, the business men, the
Jobbers' union, the Trades Assembly,
the Bar association, tine We iical society
and any others who should be interest-
ed in the growth of the city. Let t be
Il federation of the organiza lions of the
people Of all walks of life. Have each
| organization send, say, three represent
;,tives and let them NEE ana organize
u movement for he purpose OF pro-
noting the public welfare. Some will
say that this is the Home Consumers
league again, but it will be better than
! that, in so much that he business of
the organization will be transacted by
the whole BODY, rather than by an eX-
ecutiVe commits! tee. The Home Con
sumers' league was all right. and its
abandonment should never be charged
! to the people. ...~ ..s~..-
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order for hearing Petition.
STATE OF MINNESOTA. COUNTY
= Of st. Louis, Probate Court.
n the Matter of the Estate Of David

STATE ,e Or. MlNN,ESOTGA;, ~. - COUNTY ~
Of tbs St. Ma}as h4G Of fa state Of David
FSs FStsr'yt Ssti9iea Rsseasf0R sf Robert F. Esterly
having been duly made and, daIssa,,4 fiied IN
ing Ing a%Gns Sfhss thtnES; hin 81 fhst ; a. : al aSoxss V
t6e County Of Goigm6ianai state eSy e
s ss}sea s e certan @ .s Real Sststs sitaatsS' +
ST. Louis county. Mlnnesota 11l soIa.;ha Ma'Gn Il,
said petition, and that more than Ave S3
and that ;% ad%inistratiGn up?
state has not been had that sad ne
said deceased: that the names of the
ferth in said 1etition. De @ IS and prayiag that M
the descent Of the. said lands lie. .by
this Court: determined. and the Same
assigned and distributed to such. per-
law. !. 1-,'.",l -. 49,:
1t is. therefore. ordered that the said
petition be heard at a special tcr1i1.>Cf
the Court. to: be held at the Court
House. in the. City of Duluth. in the
County of St: Louis. on Wednesday. the
18th day OF March:-l9Ol; at ten o'clock
such hearing be given TO all persons
interested by 49, publishing this order
once in each week tor. three successive
weeks prior TO SAID: daY OF nearing IN
:Ihe Lapor word "a. neWspaper printed
~ Dated Pate at od} Duluth this 18th day of
fepruarv. 1sg5;. 80,
/sao, of p,ob5 bBX,tHS yo1 se,1r21 Court. :
toeal Oh ErooatSt r. yGur11 % G1'PoN11A,1
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$4,000 to buy corn with. An agreement
was reached whereby Mr.. Schnukle
was to pay 5 per cent interest and al
low them a commission of $3.50 per ton
on the corn. Mr.. Schnukle then went
away and purchased ten ear loads of I
broom corn, he having been promised
the money on his return. When the
time came to sign the notes he no-
ticed that they had not scratched e,lt
the words 10 per cent and placed, as
per their agreement the S per cent
clause. When reminded Of it the
bankers positively denied ever making
an agreement to- that effect. 4 Mr..
Schnukle being at their mercy, the cars
on the track subject to demurrage, he
was obliged. to accept their arbitrary
terms.
Last fall they came to him again
with an offer Of $4,000 at 10 per cent
| interest, with commission of SO on
! each ton of corn. There We're about.
so tons in last years consignment. The
corn theft cost $50 per ton. At last
years figures their interest on their
last proposition would amount to
| about 60 per cent per annum.
! Mr.. Schnukle would not stand any.
such proposition and offered them "a
straight 10 per cent rate on their loan.
| No agreement could be reached, so Mr..
Schnukle succeeded in finding the
ready money from another source at
the regular rate. He also ceased dO-
ing business with this firm of modern
! shylocks. This so enraged the bankers
i that they Immediately ordered from out
of the city a car load of brooms sto
endeavor to drive Mr. sSchnukle Into
:EsubInissipn They have not ssueceedad.
i [heNeaIsr ThsIg actlaI..
land man Mnktn thing are beinl 9id
about them annons the west end bila-
mess men. u should be said in pass-
i ing that their efforts to unload their
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Dor, granted as an iducementS to the
men to refrain from joining unions.
This reduces the thing to an absurdity,.
for employers would not consent to
pay SO high a price to be rid of the
occasional embarrassment of strikes.
They could be rid Of them at a far less
cost by granting the demands of their
men for higher pay. The striking
molders at Cleveland demanded only
rs cents a day at first, and this demand
was finally reduced to 10 cents. The
founders are paying $1.90 more than the
| union men asked. Even If the employ
ers of labor are willing to pay such a
price to break the unions they will be
unable to find money enough in the
country to keep the plan in operation.
The industries of the United States
could bear no such burden. X
"The plan is immoral because it is
bribery, pure and simple. The employ
ing founders pay the men now at work
a bribe of 81 a day for. the purpose of
inducing them not to join the union.
! That is the essence of the contract, for
if, the men should join the union they
| would be compelled to stop work,
and they would then receive neither
wages nor bonus.
"These men accept payment Of
81 a day to refrain from doing some
thing that it might be much to
their interest. They sell their lib
erty of action for 81 a day. That
Is mandfestly against public policy.
The offer and the acceptance of such
a bribe are both immotal'
| When organized labor resorts to a
sympathetic strike or a general boy
| colt, there is much frowning, head
shaking and reprobation. Here is a
conspiracy to bribe and to undermine a
legitimate union by such bribery! But
| without pressing this grave, charge,
how does the episode exemplify the
| sweet reasonableness Of powerful or
ganizations of capital and their desire
to apply "sound economic principles"
| of which we hear so much? What it
does enforce is the great lesson that
that the war upon labor organization
is not over as yet, that better and more
efficient cooperation among wage
workers is as imperative as ever, and
| that they must go on increasing their
power of defense and offense, so as to
be able to meet and welcome even as
sociations representing $200,00oooo of
capital, and determined to go to any
length in a stupid, Bourbon and suici-
dal campaign against combinations and
mutualism in the ranks of the pro-
| ducers.
And we venture to further assert that
| in spite of the unholy and immoral
course of the National Founders AS
| sociation, the strike Of the molders will
not be broken, nor the Iron Molders'
Union of America or it's Cleveland
local either weakened or destroyed.
To the honor of the union molders be
it said that in their seven months con-
test not one has been lured by bribery
or coerced by brute force from his feal.
ty and loyalty to his brother molders !.
i In Cleveland every union mol q us is g
b hero. "A mexican Federati MIST. 81
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TWO MODERN SHYIOClkS
That Want the Earth, Where Usury IS
Practiced and Pawnbrokers' Methods
.".. Pale to 1nsignificance.

Duluth has one or two Industries that
are making a heroic effort to place
themselves on the top notch in the
world Of production, particularly in
these parts. If they do not succeed, it
will not be on account. of a lack of
enterprise or thrift. The concerns are
the Zenith broom factory and C. j..
Petruschke, manufacturer of boxes,
Shocks and crates. Mr.. Petruschke has
neat plant at 50th avenue west and
Main street, where he mas about Is
men steadily employed. His special
ties are white pine boxes, shocks, beer
and egg cases. 4
His factory is capable of employing
no less than so men, and there would
be that number working for him if Du-
luth dealers were loyal to the CITY, The
buyers of his products are such con-
Germs as liquor houses, breweries, COM
mission houses, and wholesale houses
in general. -s z.
Egg cases can be made in this city
as cheap as in any other city. This is
also true with boxes, crates and other
things. Mr.. Petruschke has the same
complaint to offer as the other manu-
facturers in the city relative to the
lack of patronage of the home people.
He says that the average person in the
city imagines that-.he can get better
goods outside than they can at home.
But this should not be SO. He supplies
such concerns as the Minnesota Soap
company, of st. Paul, with boxes, and
they say that they never had had the
l l. 1Sr-
which is put in by NIP Petruschke
Outside people after receiving the first
Isorder#of boxes can always be counted
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CHICKASHA POSTf OFFICE.

JH MILLER. POSTMASTER.
en- sundass to 2 am 80 to 800 p
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S2RE ADS LIKE WILD
FIRE

When things are "the best"
they become 'the best selling. I"
Abraham Hare, a leading druggist,
of BelleviIle, o., writes: "EIec
trict Bitters are the best selling
bitters | have handled in 20
years. You know why? Most
diseases begins in DISORDER of dis
orders of Stomach, liver, kidney,
bowels. blood and nerves. Elec-
trio Bltters tones up the stomach,
regulates liver, kidneys and bow
els, purifiss tho hlosd, strength
ems the nerves, hence cures muI-
titudes of maladies. 1t builds up
the entire system. Puts new life
and vlgor into any weak, sickly,
rundown man or woman. Price
so cents.
Sold by Crawford Bros and j. +.
Mackey & Co, druggist.
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Her Celluloid Collar Catches on
Fire.

Quite an exciting incident oc-
CURED during the services at
Providence church Yesterday.
While sitting close to \ hot stove
Mrs. John McKinnsy's cellar,
which was Of cslIuIiod, suddenly
became ignited. But for the pres
encs of mind of the pastor. Rev.
W. II. Davis,, who quickly snoth-
cred the flames, she would have
bssn seriously, if set fatally
burned. While Mrs. McKinnsy's
injuries are quite painful they are
not considered serious. -Chsrlotts
Observer.
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Nv r,nt.nasnt Of Epworth
- Orphnnass. !:
- ,>ists. 27,h lnaart.

u
~ Ep""r'h orphanags has
re, ,uc H,,srr,snd.s who has
'"sr - chs's ss "incs thv establish
NOS rf the iu,'itu,,on 10 1895,
se Rev. q. rye ii Naddsll, whs
s;s. - the Hlh4dist Conference
1895 Mr Nsdd.Il has besn
forced to eai-a m account of I'll
health C,e little children at the
rrphapag. as thu lost . true and
tr'ed f'nsnd, one ~ho hss hs~n q
!",arr 10 tEcm and one whom ,hsv
ali love Gevotsdy.
Lvst My ut the annual meeting
OF sa~ III worth board va. held
ard ia, boAy .lscted Mr. Wsd
"si financial manager Of the
."'phanagS. To succA4d him y.
superintendent tho Rnv Whitfield
Brooks Wharton, now serving the
church =, Prosperity, in the
tnk"sbnrv district, wss elected.
Tns h.arG rec-iveA tho snnua! re-
p"r'- o. he institution, which
ware yratrt, i0g, and Yt'~aden TO
r,r 'dzra' l. business.
rh~ p,v Snrsriaieudsnt WAS
horn !" Laur"ns county, near
Waterloo, in 1858 He graduate d
from Wexford College in 1899
A 1u'l-!" ne vss known Aa
.'Uncl- Whit" which title will
liksle frlIor him t. the erp.uags
He joined thu South Caroliua con
ferenco in November, 1892, and
served in the Green wood circuit
for vears, going thsacs to tn.
DonsIds circuit, and lastly ta tho
charge hs n" serves. His friends
predict for him q successful career
ss the head Of the crowning chari-
table institution of tho Mathsdists
OF the State. He has quite q
reputation as = careful, earnest
man OF business. ~ we'll as piety.
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Mr.. F. p. Boushs, special agent
of the government, was here last
Thursday and Friday and inspected
the proposed rural free delivery
mail route through the territory
lying south and west of town. The
route, as approved by Mr Roushse
goes cut the Providence road 70
Mr.. G. Broom's old place and
along the Monroe and Cureton'.
store road to the James Heath
place, thence by DR.. Houston's
place to the Walkup school house.
Here it turns westward and fol
lows the Landsford road to what
is known as the ''corner. stone"
and from that point follows the
Steel Creek road, and thoncc on
the Waxhaw road back to town.
A diagram of the route may he
seen at the postoffics. Mr.. S S.
Dunlap is to be carrier and Mr..
Lester II. Riner assistant. 1t il
hopad to have it in operation at
least by the first of January. This
route will do away with the post
office at Cureton's Store.
haw Enterprise.
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For a long time a swarm of bees
has had it's abode between the
wsatherDoarding and ceiling of
Tirzah Presbyterian church. Last
week Mr.. j. S. Plyler, while
painting the church, investigated
this swarm Of bees with a view to
ascertaining the wealth of their
stores. He soon decided that they
had plenty and to spare. So in
view of the fact that it is going to
be hard winter Mr.. Plyler took
from them about fifty pounds of
nice honey. Waxhaw Enterprise.
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Attempt at Highway Robbery.


Last night, sbsut an hour after
dark, Mr.. Henry ". Fundsrhurk,'
who lives nine miles south Of
Monroe, was held up by four
masked mon on tho public road
three aud . half miles south of
town on. the Chsrsw road, and his
money demanded Of him. Before
any money had, been, taken frsm
him, the men were frightened
away, presumably by the noise of
an approaching wagon, or lost
their nerve and gave up the at
tempt. -rt., -. -
Mr.. Fupdsrhurk brought seed
cotton to yShute's gin Yesterday
and sold = b 10 of cotton. He left
tswn about dusk With such of the
mousy as he had not spent, and
when ia = dark section of the road
just over the Butsrd line, he SAW
fur men in the road, whs halted
him as be drove up, told him to
drive to one side of the road, and
they then demanded MS ponsy.
81 have nsne,'' he said. "Yss
you have" was the reply, "you
sold bale Of cotton today, hand
over the money" The mon were
all masked, and Mr.. Fundsrburk
thinks, from what hs could find
out, that they were negroes. One
Of them remarked that "this il the
man that Henry Dsstsr lived with
last year.
About this time Of tho parlsy,
the men either lest their nerve or
heard = wagon coming down the
bill bskind, a.d gave up their at
tempt. Two of the men had shot
guns No one was with Mr.. Fun
dsrburk, but in the wagon behind
was his son and a son of Mr.. w.
A. Eabsnks, Monroe Journal.
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There are lets Of stories about
the way masons saved each Others
lives during the war. A regiment
Of Confederate infantry was charg-
ing Yankee battery. The Blue
coats turned tail 40 the Jsh.niss
came near. One solitary Yak
remained. He fred and fred ~
unsoncsrnsdly Y ~ if he were backed
mp by = thousand capnoa. As the
Confsdsrstss approached within
few yards Of the lsns Yankee, he
fired full int the breast of one of
his foes. The poor fellow fell
dead. 1t appeared to bs murder
this Yankee selling his own life
merely for the pleasure of murder.
Hislsst cartridge gone the Yankee
looked around. His comrades
had left him Not until that
moment was he aware of it. He
thought they wsre all with him.
On rushed the infuriatsd Con-
fedsratss; with muskets upliftsd
they ssught to brain this Yankee.
Suddenly Confederate lisuten-
ant dashed up to the Yankee and
stood between him and death.
Boys" said the lieutenant, this
is my prisoner l know it looks
like murder, but We must give
him . chance" The Johnniss
didn't know it then, but that Kan
kss was = massa and - was tho
lieutenant who understood some
mystic sign. The prisoner de-
clared that he was astsundsd whom
he found himself alone, that he
would not have been so foolhardy
and 80 nurdsrously inclined to
face regiment Just to kill on.
man.-Ths State.
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Special to The State.

Special to The State.
Cha, lstts, N c., Nov. %. -
Tho football team Of the Univer-
sity of North Carolina went down
in defeat this afternoon before the
Glenn son college aggregation by
the score of % to 10. The game
was played at Latta park before
= crowd of about 1000 spscta-
tors,
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1T is often that the profits from
the two dispsnsariss in Lancaster
county are reported at 5000 to $3.50
a week. And yet it is hard times!
Many of tho people are bound to
starve. No wonder. .-Waxhaw
Enterprise.
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els anybody waiting on yous"
said shopwalker to a girl from
the country. eyes sir, said the
blnshing damssl, "that's my young
man outside. He would not come
in. Tit Bit.
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Rev. II. Ii. Jordan Thinks tic
Cherry Tree Scheme a Fraud.

To tho Editor Of rhs Observer
am in receipt OF large num-
Der ef letters If inquiry concern
ing the reliability nt tho Amos
Chsrrv Tre- COMPANY, of Hon
rie,'a, \. c take this method
to state that they have been using
IN came without my consent AS
r"fersnc., and after promising to
dc>iet. do not end )rse the bust
ness, and my opinion is TINT it is
a fraud, pure and simple. | hope
this will suffice.
Very rcspe ctfully,
Il. H. JORDAN.
Henrietta, n. G Nov. %, 1901.
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Notice Of Municipal Election.


Notice is hereby given that n
municipal election will be held at
Council Chambers on Tuesday,
Dec. 10 1901, for the election of a
MAJOR and six Aldermen to serve
for the ensuing torn sf two years,
and the following board of Mana
gers arc appointed to conduct said
election, viz, j. G.. Foster, j. T.
Amos and J. n. Crockett.
'v order of the Council, Nov.
1901.
T. X. Cunningham, Mayor.
Geo. w. Williams, Clerk.
SEAL
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All persons indie bted to me by
note, account, or otherwise, must
come forward and settle, for |
need the money.
j. E. Rutledge.