Evening star., 1947-11-16
Fifty Years Ago

1aO" SIShtAy S1ciIy ScOtSS uAAic1cO Will AhIA
Marx was illustrated In . quotation from the
formers writings which
Constructive appeared in The Star on
Socio PHILOSOPHY November 8, 1897, as fol-
lows: Nor should it be
forgotten that the investigator, the philosopher
the teacher, the artist, the poet the priest
though not engaged in the production of
wealth, are not only engaged in the production
of utilities and satsfactions to which the pro-
duction of wealth is only means but, by &C
quiring and diffusing knowledge stimulating
mental powers and elevating the moral sense
may greatly increase the ability to produce
wealth. For man does not live by bread alone
He is not an engine, in which so much fuel
gives SO much power. On a capstan bar or
topsail halyard good song tells like music, and
q Marseillaise or Battle Hymn of the Repub-
lie counts for bayonets. A hearty laugh, q
noble thought, a perception of harmony, may
add to the power Of dealing even with material
things. He who by any exertion of mind or
body adds to the aggregate of enjoyable wealth.
increases the sum of human knowledge or gives
to human life higher elevation or greater full
ness-he is, in the larger meaning OF the words,
a producer, working man, laborer,' and
is honestly earning honest wages"
1.-The first legal blow against the trading
stamp scheme carried on in this city," declared
The Star of November 8, 1897,
Irodino StomDs was struck in the Dis
To Court trict branch of the Police
Court when Judge (Charles
F) Scott ruled that" two local businessmen
were guilty of conducting gift enterprise busi-
ness in violation Of Section 1177 of the Revised
Statutes having raIotiop fo ho otrio ef
Columbia" Both individuals charged were
fined 500, with 80 days in Jail in default"
The defendants furnished real estate bonds in
the sum of $500 each, pending further hear
ing Of the ca e before the Court of Appeals
Of the District" and 1t was understood that
IAN effort is to be made to have the matter
made special in the higher court, SO that
final determination Of the issue may be ex-
pected" soon. Other communities were inter-
ested In the proceedings If trading stamps
were held to be unlawful in the Nations Capt.
tai, they would be under cloud in the 48
States even If the laws Of those States did not
specifically forbid gift enterprises"
The Star for November 6, 1897, carried
death notice for James Edward Mcfarland, a
former sugar planter who once
Lost or the had been an actor in . drama
r-a,+ +p.-tv Of international significance
When James M. Mason and
John Slidel were appointed agents for the
Confederacy in England, he was q secretary
attached to them on their voyage in the British
mail steamer Trent With his principals he
was captured by Capt. Charles Wilkes of the
United States Navy and carried to Fort Warren
in Boston Harbor, where the whole group was
confined until January l. 1862. Meanwhile, the
incident nearly brought about war with Britain
Both Mason and Slideu died in 1871 George
Eustis. son-in-law Of w. w. Corooran and also
associated with them In their mission, died in
1872. Mr.. Mcfarland thus was the last sur
viving member OF the Trent ensemble.
This sudden demise Of Henry George single
tax advocate and candidate of the JefYersonian
Democracy for Mayor Of
Dsoth of New York. vas featured In
u..c the front page Of The Star
on October 20, 1897. Siren
uous campaigning killed him. He collapsed and
died in the night following the delivery OF
series Of speeches. The name Of his son, Henry.
IT,, was offered ~ write In" nominee, but
the substitution could not be put into effect
promptly enough. Robert A. Van Wyck, the
Tammany protese, was Raeeess4td IN the ballot
ing q Novsmbsg 4