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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-23
LOCAL.

Special grand jury indicates it's purpose
TO examine all the members of the old
Street Committee. Investigation to ex-
tend to street railway and telephone fran
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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-12-16

ness for beverage purposes? Christian
name should stand shoulder to should
er and say, we will not cast another
ballot for any political party that up
holds any foIm of tax or license for
the saloons. Learn wisdom from the
liquor men. Not one of them in the
state or nation will vote for any party
unless that party upholds some sys-
TEN Of tax or license for their ruinous
traffic. Now let all good citizens be
just as firm and say we will not vote
foI my political party as long as it
upholds any system of tax or license
for the saloon.
Inc various churches throughout The
country have declared against all Tax
and license laws for the traffic. Now
let the voters cast their ballots on the
same side as their resolutions and vic.
tory will uphold the banner of trutl,
and righteousness and verify the sa-
loon must 60"
1t is no worse to keep saloon than
1t is to vote that somebody else may
keep saloon. Then, friends and fel~
low citizens, stop voting with the sa-
Icon crowd 10 keep any tax or license
arty in power.
To be accessory TO crime is held
by law both human and divine to be
equally guilty with the party that
commits z crime. All voters who cast
their ballots for any political party
that npholds tax or license laws fol
the saloons becomes accessory to the
crime of opening out saloons where in
toxicating liquors are sold for bever:
age purposes.
There is no evading this conclusion
nare to be a man and vote for what
you know is right, even if you are
alone The Bible warns us in these
words. "Go not with the multitude to
do evil" There can be no compromise
on this question.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-12-16

in Ohio by the enactment of tax laws
that city became Republican city and
George u. Cox and the liquor inter
ests OF the city have controlled the
party in Ohio from that day to this,
and will thus continue until The
church voters and temperance men in
the party open their eyes to these un.
deniable facts and forsake the party
that is ruled by George B. Cox and the
rum power of Ohio.
The very fact that the anti-saloon
league of Ohio had to work hard and
spend much money to obtain as mild
a local option law as the Beal law,
shows that the Republican party in
Ohio is under the lash of the liquor
power and the sooner all voters who
love home more than they love, the
saloons, forsake the party, the bet.
ter for the country and safer for
peaceful living.
One thing is quite evident to all care
the Republican party has been court
ING the liquor vote and at the same
time nretends to church people and
Temperance voters that 1t is the ten.
pcraIce party and the Democratic par
ty is the whisky party. Such double
dealing cannot prosper much longer
and it is time to publish facts that
will open the eyes of the blind.
IN the state of Texas The Republi-
con party has shown its true colors
and openly takes a position against
prohibition and firmly advocates the
legalization of the saloon by license
laws. Any political party that advo-
Gates the legalization of the saloon in
some states, and local option o. pro-
hili,ion in other states is not worthy
the support of truly patriotic voters
in any state. A truly national pollt-
ical party should know no north, no
sorth, no sectionalism of any kind.
hut stand ty what it knows to be for
the best interests of all the people
of this great nation.
All olT churches, through ,ut the ma
tiou, iNtobilLS tlt W Dt tHe
greatest foe and hindrance to a Chris
tirn civilization, and as we are all un
tied as churches on this question in
our church councils and declarations,
so we should all be united at the bal
lot box against all political parties
that propose by any system of tax
or license to give legal protection
to this unholy and ruinous busi-
ness.
II is quite singular that the two great
national political parties that have
been fighting each other for nearly
halt century on every conceivable
question, should both be tax and IL
cense parties today. Is 1t not time that
one or the other of these old national
political parties should stop courting
the saloon vote and come out .nlanfully
for the defcnse of our homes and the
utter destruction Of the liquor busi-
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-12-16

pointed, consisting of two members
from each state, including the stale
superintendent; the national board Is
to apportion the expenses of the ma
tional league among the state leagues;
a headquarters committee is created
10 direct the movement and expendi-
tnIes of the general and legislative su-
pcrintendents and a literary committee
of five is provided to consider the es-
tablishment of national organ of the
league and other publications
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-12-16
An Instrument Framed For and BY
Liquor Dealers, Says Mr.
Danner.
CHRISTIAN PEOPLE DO NOT Want IT
LEGALIZED EVILS--N0. II.
(Written for the News-Democrat.)
BY JOHN DANNER

In Missouri during the last session
of the state legislature, law was en-
acted fixing tax of tenscents per gal
lon on all distilled liquors manufac.
tured and sold in that state, Now, tht
supreme court OF Missouri has just
handed down a decision which declares
the law to be unconstitutional. The
law makers tried to palm off the pro-
ject as a revenue measure but at the
same time tried to make the people be-
lieve 1t was a law against the evils
produced by the liquor traffic. But the
supreme court of Missouri was not de-
ceived, as was the supreme court OF
Ohio. when the Dow tax law was en-
acted by the Republicans in order to
keep such men as George b. Cox ant
the brewers of Cincinnati in the Re-
publican ranks. The Missouri supreme
court held such tax law as one for
revenue only and not one of restraint
on the liquor traffic
The brewers and liquor sellers of al.
grades in Ohio were the only parties
that demanded such an unholy law as
the Dow tax law. 1t was not asked
for by the temperance worker or Chris
tian men, the demand and pressure for
such law came only from the liquor
side of the people. The leaders in the
Republican party thought it fine op-
portuaity to capture the liquor vote ny
the enactment of such an unholy law
and In this they We're right for UP to
that time the city of Cincinnati was
locked upon as a solid Democratic
city, but when the Republicans cham
pioned the legahzation Of the saloons
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-12-16
Probate Records Show
That Little God Has
Worked Overtime
NUMBER OF MARRIAGE LICENSES
may Reach The THOUSAND mark
Over 900 Matrimonial Con-
tracts Have Been Consum-
mated-- Good Times the
Reason.

-HE LITTLE nude rascal who
u makes it his business to hurl
tingling darts of love into the hearts
of susceptible humanity, has exhaust.
ed his quiver several times this year
and has had to wait upon the ammuni-
ton wagon TO come up from the rear
so that he could secure more shafts
Already the number Of marriage Ii
ccnses issued in 1902 exceeds all other
years and the holiday season, the most
productive of all the year. is yet tC
be heard from.
While Probate Judge Aungst is not
offering any free chromos or wedding
outfits as au inducement, he has toues
that by the close of the year the num-
bor will reach one thousand. Up un-
I'll Friday evening 931 had been issued
The year Of 1901 was record breaL er
itself. compared with previous years,
the number of licenses issued reaching
850. But this has been exceeded by
81 this year and there are still little
over two weeks more to run.
Stark county is one of the mosl
prolific counties In the state in the
rnattor of Weddings Since its organ
ization in the year 1909 there have
been issued all told 3s.CS7 licenses.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-12-16
CLOSER UNION IN
ANTI-ShL00N LEAGUE
Convention Adjourns at Wash.
ington After Transacting
lmporta nj Business.

Washington, D. c., Dec. 12 - The
American anti-saloon league held its
closing sessions Thursday. The next
convention will be held in this city In
December, 1908. The convention ad-
opted report of the committee of t3
providing plans for closer union be-
tween the national and state leagues.
According to these plans, the gener
al superintendent of the national Or
ganization is made an ex-ofhcio mem
ber of the state board of trustees; /;
state or national officers are to be tried
for incompetency or misconduct; ma.
ttonal board of trustees is to be ap-
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-12-16

| The magnitude of this total can be
better understood by comparison.
Stark county's population Is q little
over $4,000. That of Cuyahoga coun-
! ty IL $4,000. The numDcr of licenses
issued in the big county on the lake
for the same period. according to fig
ures recently published was $4,000. IL
proportion to the number of inhabi.
tants the ratio should be nearly five
to one. 1t is not two to one. accord
in gto the figures obtained FROM tbs
records on file in the probate Office.
The first year that Stark was a coun-
ty independent of the territory or land
district, but seven licenses were grant
ed by the clerk of courts. The first
Clary and Catharine Harter, Judge
James r. Leonard performing the
ceremony. This was February 4,
1909.
The second year there were IL per-
mits issued and the year following H.
From this time on they multiplied
rapidly as the population increased
! At that time Stark county was COM
posed of great deal more territory
than at present.
UP until 1851 the county clerk was
the ally of Cupid, but upon the es-
tablishment of the Office of probate
judge under the new constitution, the
duty was turned over to the new Of
ficial, whose principle duties are to
look after marriages. births. deaths
and the controversies over estates.
lie greater number of marriages
were performed by justices of the
peace, Samuel Coulter seeming ia be
the most popular among the condi-
dates for the matrimonial halter. In
1851 and from that time on the name
of Rev. IT. E. Welshimer appeared
frequently and the next year Rev. +.
Herbruck came on the scene as a tier
of knots and was prominent for many
years.
During the years OF the war cent
revenue license was attached to IL
censes and the number was diminished
perceptibly. Not because of the rev.
enue that bad to be paid, but for the
reason that the marriageable young
men were nearly all out at the front
flirting with singing bullets or dark
eyed southern lassies.
Tie principal reason given for the
increase in the number of licenses
granted within the last year or two
are the good times and the increased
population of the county. Yet in spite
of the fact that money seems to be
plentiful, according to the generally
accepted theory, plethoric pocket
hook is not always necessary ii order
to get married.
L.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-12-16
Correspondence

Navarro. Dec. IL. - Rev. ID. w.
Sprinkle will nold communion and
preach at the United Brethren church.
Quarterly conference will be held On
Saturday afternoon.
A new tool house and waiting ~oJm
is being built at Union Lawn GENE.
terry.
The deputy county treasurer was al
the Navarro bank Thursday collecting
taxes for Bethlehem and Sugar Creek
townships. Taxes for these townships
will be received at the same place or
December "a.
a number Of high school students
spent last Thursday evening at Boil
ivar.
Miss Clara Perl of Mansfield is Wis.
iting Navarro friends,
Pleasant Grove, Dec. II. - Mrs. Johr
Festerly and Miss Clementine Wack.
erly spent Sunday as the guests OF
Paul Fisher and wife.
ID. II. Willaman and family attended
the funeral of Mrs. Sarah Petry, Sun
day. Mrs. Petry died at the home OF
her son, Joel Petry.
The heating apparatus for tie new
car barns is not yet completed.
Harvey SuIbey and Miss Elva
Schrantz spent Sunday at the home of
Harvey Moore.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-12-16
BRITISH ADMIRAL
Exonerste d Fro m Re . o nsIbIIlty

London, Dec. 10. = In the house OF
commons today Vicount Cranberne
parliamentary secretary for foreign af-
fairs. made a statement relative to
the sinking of the captured Venezuelan
war ships.
He denied that the British admiral
WAS responsible for The sinking of the
ships.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-12-16
POETIC ACTIVITY.

POETIC ACTIVITY.
Hauling logs and shipping hogs Is
the order of the day about here
Lemert Index.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-12-16

Bargains in slippers at Roses.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-12-16

Felt slippers at Roses.
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1902-12-25

TrondIiem. the northernmost town
y amy slze IN Norway. 4 Is far from
nerIin as Rome Il.
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1902-12-25
WEAKNESS OF WEALTH.
"cedless Magnineenee ana selfish
Productivity of Some Rich
New Workers.

The very, -lch men of the world are
growing e .ceedingly tired of the vast
wealth accumulated. IN New York
scores and hundreds OF men to-day are
paying anywhere from $4,000 TO si6.-
600 a month rent for suites Of rooms
not homes which they have built for
their families, but simply apartments
which they have rented for awhile
saysa writer in Homilitic Review. The
goddess magnihcenee. the selfish prodi-
gality. the overwhelming ostentation
Of the wealth Of New York In certain
circles cannot be described: but Il Is
all an indication Of the fact that the
climax has well-nigh been reached in
the display Of what wealth can get.
The world Is waiting now to knw
what wealth can give. II Is the ne
mesis of vast wealth that II brings
its own retribution. and that retribu-
tion Is the weariness Of being unable
70 find happiness IN merely having
things.
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1902-12-25
CHINA MAKING PROGRESS.
Industrial aud commerciai Growth
of Assa's Greatest Country IL
an Assured T'hlng.

Europeans and Americans who have
lived long La China are quite unani-
nous in the opinion that the greatest
country of Asia. taking account OF
area, population and natural resources,
is making steady progress industrial
ly and commercially. and the general
belief Is that more rapid gains are as
sured for the next few years. Stats.
tics of exports and imports tell the
same story. SO does the development
Of railways and telegraph lines. The
worldwide Importance of this progress
Is not easily exaggerated. IL promises
TO insure the existence Of the Chinese
empire as an immense independent
state, for II lessons the force OF such
pretexts as might have been discovered
OF invented for dividing or seizing the
country. II also makes the interna-
tional Importance Of China SO evident
ipd so great that no one European
hower Is likely 10 find the way open Tor
he absorption Of so rich an empire.
while the more progressive the Chi
nese become the less chance there will
be for an agreement between the lead
ing nations Of the west as 20 the terms
OF a possible partitloning Of the MIL
die kingdom.
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1902-12-25
AMERICAN MANNERS.
Are Much nctter Than the Average
Britinher OF London Has
Any Idea OF.

The ordinary Londoner who has
not had the good fortune to cross
the Atlantic is won't to picture his
American cousin wearing a goatee
and victim TO the constant chewing
OF tobacco and liberal expectoration.
On arriving in New York he Is
amazed to discover that the goatee
Is conspicuous by It's absence. tobac-
co chewing unnoticeable and ex-
pectoration practically unknown. In
this respect he finds the New Yorker
far more cleanly in his habits than
the Londoner, more especially on
public cars and In public places, says
an eastern exchange. The unre-
strained indulgence of splitting on
and off the tops Of buses and In rail-
way trains, and the random chewing
and smoking of tobacco in and
around London are simply odious,
and make travelling intolerable and
ofttimes disgusting even to smok-
er. Here the strange prohibition
against splitting in public places and
the sensible regulation as TO smok-
ing are SO thoroughly observed that
travelling becomes o pleasure. II
London would only copy the most ad-
mirable example existing In New
York In this respect the English
metropolis would soon be rid OF a
most unwarrantable and filthy habit.
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1902-12-25
THE LITTLE FINcERNAIL.
n Was Worn Long Many Years Ago.
Hat Now II rs Carefully
Manieured.

Forty years ago IN certain parts OF
the United States II was the custom "a
grow long nails. well remember
some Of the swellA and buffers who de-
voted more attention 20 their little
fingcr nails than they did 70 their
teeth, and often have seen the flfth
digit with claw on II au inch and a
quarter in length. The nail was car
ried In a stall. and on occasion was
split after the manner Of a steel or
quill pen, so that its wearer could sigr.
his name 10 check with II. says a
writer In the New York Press. The
trimming Of nails to-day Il On art
which gives employment tc many pref
~ women who style themselves mani
cures. Nearly every hrst-class. up-fo.
date barber shop has Its manicure
who delights the man needing shave
or hair cut with an innocent flirtation.
She dresses farishly and has a strut
on her TINT would arouse the envy on q
sRddle-astFide fox chaseress.
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1902-12-25
ANT HYPNOTIsTs.
SEINE of the Iaseets Witnessed
by = student.

That ants doctor their sick by hypno.
tism and magnetism Is proved BY OBJ.
servation. An ardent student tells
how he witnessed what may he termed
aseance IN medical science among ants
lie saw several of these little creatures
emerge from the hills and noticed that
there were some among them which
were weak and emaciated-invalids in
fact. They were accompanied BY
healthy members of the community,
and al made their way toward = dis
tant mound.
On following their movements
through a glass the observer saw on
this mound a big and sturdy ant which
made some motions In the direction OF
the advancing inyalids, The latter
went up the mound one by one. and
submitted themselves 20 treatment.
This consisted in the physician ant
passing his feelers over the head ard
body Of the patient in q manner dis
llnetly suggestive Of the hypnolizlne
OF nerves and muscles practiced BY
human doctors Every one went
through the treatment. then the IA
sIents went back. and the doctor
marched on In the opposite directIon
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1902-12-25
THE STUDY OF CHINESE.
Advocated by United states Consular
Agent In the Interests sf
American Trade.

Mr. Charles Neuer, United s4Aaea
consular agent at Gera, in an Official
communication to the state depart
ment advocates the study Of the Chi
nese language as means Of extending
American trade in the Chinese empire,
says the Washington Star. "While
China Is considered the land of prom
iEe for our farmers and manufacture
ers,' says he, "the importance OF the
knowledge OF the Chinese language Is
greatly undervaluee. submit the de-
tails Of o recent interview with lin
gnist who has given special attention
to this subject. 1t Is well understood
that in order to enter into perman-
ent commercial relations with for
eign country it Is indispensable TO
know its language. When Russian an
dustries Began TO develop the Germans
recognized that In order 10 engage In
profitable trade in that country It was
necessary to learn Russian, and there
Is now no country where the Russian
language is so much taught as in Ger
many.
"The Chinese language is ideograph-
ic. II conveys the idea and not the
word for the thing, as the figure .s' rep
resents the idea and not thcword. The
Chinese have invented more than 40,-
600 marks for their writing. In the
opinion Of my informant 10 win require
only about 5000 marks for mercantile
correspondence, and II will be easier
to learn them than tho words Of an
ordinary foreign language.
"Russian is more difficult for Amer
leans than Chinese. II takes much
longer TO learn the spoken language,
because Of the variety OF dialects; but
any one who can learn enough Of the
writings TO answer ordinary purposes
In few months and have his knowl-
edge perfected by a linguist within
about year. An exact instruction in
one Of the Chinese languages can only
be given by a Chinaman.
'This method has been adopted in
Germany. Besides the professor for
the theory Of language there are four
Chinese linguists in the Oriental SEM
mary Of Berlin teaching the business
style and the language Of Peking,
Shanghai and Canton. tits not intend
ed TO III pupils for the diplomatic serv-
ice but for commercial work"
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1902-12-25

There Is scarcely any condition OF III
health that Is not benefited by the occas-
sonal use Of R-i-r-A-N-s Tahule Fug
sale by druggists. The hve-cent packe
+ enough for an ordinary occasion The
fadiily bottly 90 cents. contains sap.
ply for : wear. du
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1902-12-25

The proverblnl sbull IN china shop''
would find rich field for exercising
his procllvities could he gain entrance
10 King Edwards closets. The value Of
the china at Buckingham palace and
Windsor Is sald to exceed $4,000. 600.
reports the St. Louis Star. The savres
dessert service IN the green drawing
room At Windsor Is valued at $500 900.
and the Rose du Harri vases IL seao. 600
a Buckingham palace there are zlx
setrsA vasen which are valued It ss6.-
na1 each.
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1902-12-25
HOMICIDE IN AMERICA.
Statistics Of Crime in This couatry
Furnish Evidences OF Terrible
Tide of Murder.

Comparative statistics OF murder
should teach ue some lessons of ma
tional b-sAility. because. blink II
as we may crime. and especially that
Of homicide, Is pretty accurate
measure Of the attainment of eiyili-
zation. There are about 10000 MUIR
ders a year In the United States.
Mr.. Robert Anderson, Of London, has
lately astonished his readers by
stating that IN the 100000 inhabI-
tents OF London there are annually
on the average only about IS mur-
ders. in a sermon on crime a clergy
man OF one of our smaller American
cities recently stated that In his city
(of about 100000 inhabitantsl there
were in the last five years an aver
age Of nearly 30 homicides year,
says American Medicine. Supponing,
therefore, that these people would
not become far more criminal when
massed together by millions. Il fol-
lows that II the clergyman's city
were as large as london there would
be nearly 900 murders year In II,
Instead OF is. but. worse Is yet to
come; Out of the l45 murders In Ave
years there were only 2s convictions.
and the very worst Is the fact that
not one Of theSe convicted murder
ers suffered the death peEaltyl
Upon enc side. surely. the retort no
longer holds that the doctors put
their bad work beneath the ground
and the lawyers hang II up above Il.
so much hemp grown, so little used"
may be pertinently quoted.
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1902-12-25
New chaaee Tor naehelors,

The National Dressmalsers' associa.
tlon will hereafter endearor TO find
husbands for worthy seamstresses
who are unable TO conclude matrimon.
ial negotiations without help. This IA
q pralseworthy enterprise, says the
Chicago neeord-Hcrald. and should
be looked into Ny All bachelors who
are charitably disposed.