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THE CHARITON COfflHEB.
C. P. VASDIVZa.Ed.and Prop. '
KEYTESTLLE, - MISSOURI.
Not Our False God a. .
11. M la a letter published In
last week issue o! the Liberty Ad
vance, says:
"If the silver men think there aw
tut few sound money men in the
Hate or nation, the sooner they are
undeceived the better. To use a
common expression, the woods is
lull of them, and they are of the
moit Intelligent, enterprising and
eucceeslul part ot the Democratic
party.'
It is marvelous how some
people alter turning aside to wor
ship the golden calf become infatu
ated with the idea tb at tbey have a
cornsronall the intelligence in the
Democratic party. They arrogate
to themselves about all the intelli
gence, boneety and patriotism found
In this country, common to mor
tals here below. We admit, that ol
intelligence they hare their full
hare, and, perbape, this is one rea
' eon why tbey are eo dangerous as
political factors.
When a wise man goes wrong he
is more dangerous to the country
than the ignoramu?, for the reason
that his capabilities are so much
greater, llud John Sherman and
those who voted with him in lb73
not been men'ot intelligence they
could never bare dulled the intel
lectual perceptions of other congress
men in order to influence them in
the support of the measure demone
tizing silfer.
Yes, gentlemen, you are intelligent
enough, but your intelligence, en
temrisd and success" are mostly of
the John Sherman kind, that neTer
was palatable to true Democrats.
JJeeides John Sherman intel
ligence you buve also some ot the
Collins ram sort. You are men of
your own bead, but look out when
jou undertake to butt the bull oil
the bridge that you don't get the
worst ol the butting business.
Acain, IL 11. M." says: "The
Democratic party should run after
no Strang gods if it expects victory
to prcb upon its banner next year."
We endorse the Idea, but it is rath
er strange to us that "It. 11. M.
wiihhisextra amount ot intelligence,
has not been abla to see that it is
not the silver element of the Demo
cratic party that is "running alter
fd!egode,M and eo far ae we are
coscerncd b might hate saved his
wattod breath In dispensing that
sorto! adfice. The silver portion
ot the party etands upon the same
plajk the Democratic party has al
ways stood, and we beliero will con
tinue to stand, notwithstanding
tome ot her pretended votaries that
are possessed of this extra amount
of ictelligence are doing ail they can
to lead her astray, and after fafco
gods. Call silver men fools if jou
will, but the major part ot their fool
ishness, duplicity and want ot under
standing has cropped out in their
lytns supiuely upon their backs
while the chains were being forged
to make them subservient slaves to
the money power o! thia country.
They have been fooled heretofore,
but will be fooled no more.
The bniWrog has. it is said, about
concluded that he and 'bis paper"
have outliveJ their usefulness (?) in
Kejtesville. Now, it he would only
move out he would confer on Keytes
ville merchants and the community
generallj a great favor, notwith
standing hie Marceline advertisers
mhrht kick. The bull-frog's paper
has never been any advantage to
Kevttevil! merchants, and they are
beginning to realize this fact more
and more. But the old frog threat
ens that if our merchants don't ad
vertise with him more liberally be Is
coins to fill up bis paper wlth4,ad."
from wherever be can get them and
that he will certainly "do up" K.ey
tesville'e merchants. It is evident
that the old bellower Is getting 'des
perate," and if he carries out his
'threat" there will not (?) be a firm
left in business in Ueytesville in six
months.
Ubs UelksCStkwart, olSpring
fMJ, was appointed sherifl by the
county eourt, ot Greene county, vice
her husband. Dan It. Stewart, de
ri -!. Sh is to bold tbi office till
Sept. 9tb, at which time there will be
a epecial election held to elect a sher
iff Mrs. Stewart is the flret female
sheriH ot this country of which his
tory gives any account.
It is enough to make a brass
monkey smile, turn the stomach
of an Egyptian mummy or pol
lute a sewer, to observe the
present editor of the Keytes
ville Signal in his attempt to
belittle another man's char
acter. Politically, he has re
peatedly bolted the Democrat
ic ticket, in part at least, yet he
is now endeavoring to "direct
the destinies" of that party, but,
judging the future by the past,
he would again refuse to sup
port the nominee or nominees
who do not reach the high (f)
standard of excellence this
political nondescript has set up
for others, but falls so far short
of himself. Morally well, his
numerous drunken debauches
in Keytesville tell more of his
degradation than would look
well in print. But if you have
any desire to obtain further
"history" of his past life before
he came to Keytesville, write
to any reliable citizen, of Ful
ton, Mo., and you will learn
many points of interest (?) in
this despicable wretch's
motley career. We believe it
was the Fulton Sun that only a
few months ago voluntarily im
parted the information to the
public that "Charlie" Singleton,
now editor of the Keytesville
Signal, had the "cuter" held
over him on a certain occasion
by a certain Fulton negro,
whose name we cannot now re
call. Singleton subsequently
admitted the truth of this
charge in the columns of the
Signal during a newspaper con
troversy with the Huntsville
JIcraUL
The late massacre of mission
aries, in China, and the slaugh
ter of Christians, in Armenia,
by the Turks, is attracting con
siderable attention and arous
ing intense feeling among the
people of all the civilized coun
tries of the world, and the uni
versal verdict is that the per
petrators of such atrocious
deeds ought to be punished;
that we are too far advanced in
a civilized and enlightened age
of the world to permit the
wholesale murder of adherents
to the Christian religion, be
cause of their creed or faith.
One writer says these outrage
should be stopped, not only are
their crimes against humanity,
but against the business inter
ests of all nations, and we
quite agree with him.
So far as the Signal's desire
to appoint a committee to de
termine whether the Signal has
the circulation it claims more
than the Courier in the county,
we are entirely willing that the
Signal name every member of
a committee of three to make
the investigation, provided the
committee consists of three
reputable advertising mer
chants, of Keytesville. If the
result does not prove the Sig
nal to have a circulation liar
ol the deepest dye, the bacha
nalian editor of that "measley"
sheet will be at liberty to draw
on us for just one very plain
drunk and a night's lodging in
the calaboose.
Joseph Zimmerman and Ed
ward Gallagher, employes of
Thompson & Gray's Pipe works,
in St. Louis, wound up a drunk
en spree last Sunday by going
to sleep on the coping of a
stone culvert over a creek near
the house in which they lived.
While asleep, they rolled ofT
the culvert and tumbled 20 feet
onto the rocky bed of the creek.
Zimmerman had his brains
dashed out on the rocks and
Gallagher was saved from in
stant death by falling on top
of Zimmerman. Gallagher
was not fatally hurt.
BOUNTIES ON EXPORTS.
David Lubin, ot California, writes
Secretary ot agriculture Morton an
open letter in which be advocates a
bounty on exports as a means of
protection to Iarmre.
The writer takej the position that
a tariff on imported goods, though
a protection to manufacturer?, is no
protection to laroiere; and that
epuity and justice demand an equal
measure ot effectual protection for
agricultural staples. The writer
eajs a moderate export bounty
oue-hrtlf cent on cottou per pound,
and 5 to 10 cts a bushel on wheat,
1 cent per pound oa hope, based on
the world's price being at a certain
figure no as to give our producers an
advantage of from 10 to 20 percent,
above the world's price would be
sufficient enhancement to the pro
ducer to enable him to continue on
his farm and prevent bis foreclosure
and ruin.
Secretary Morton, who is opposed
to this plan ot giving bounties to
farm product export?, quotes sec
tion 9, paregraph 5, ot the constitu
tion, which eaye that "no tax or
duty eball be laid on articles export
ed from any state," and add?, "1
think that should end the matter."
But Lubin says: "So it would if a
duty were a bounty, but it is not."
A duty is a tax charged by the gov
ernment for the privilege of export
ing. A duty is a toll, a bounty is a
reward. The question of paying a
bounty on exports is not a new idea
in this country. It is paid that the
United States, in 1813, passed a
etatute authorizicg the payment of
a bounty on the exports ot pickled
fish, and in 181G the etatute was ex
tended to some other articles of ex
port. We do not know how the proposed
plan would work. It seems feasible,
and it may be that a much-needed
protection to agricultural interests
could be brought around through
the channel named. Farmers have
been complaining for years of the
discrimination against them in pret
ty much all of the legislation by con
gress, and if this measure will afford
tbera the needed relief, wo eay by all
means let us have it.
Judge Jackson Dead.
11 o well Edmond Jackson, associ
ate justice of the United States su
preme court, died at his home, near
Nashville, Tenn , on the 9th inst.
Until four years ago Judge Jack
son was a strong, robust man. Since
then that fell destroyer, consump
tion, has been making inroads upon
bis manly physique.
lie was a native of Paris, Tenn.,
and was born in 1832. lie graduat
ed from the West Tennessee college in
1848, and from the Lebanon law
school in 18oG and practiced law in
Jackson for three years, then moved
to Memphis, lie sat on the eupreme
bench, ot Tcnneesee, by appointment,
twice, and was elected to the legisla
ture in 1880 and to the U. S. senate
in 1&81 and served till 188G, when
President Cleveland appointed him
circuit judge. lie was nominated
for justice of the eupreme bench by
President Harrison, and was con
firmed Feb. 18tb, 1893, and entered
upon the duties of hi of Ike March
4th of that year.
It will be remembered that Judge
Jackson favored the income-tax law
and held it to be constitutional, hence
be was popular with the great mass
of the people who favored that
measure.
"When the present "editor"
of the Signal "took charge" of
that paper, among other things
he denounced and foreswore
personal journalism. But, it
seems, from the last issue of
that journal, so called, he has
"ilopped'and now finds person
al vituperation and abuse in
the columns of the Signal a
sweet morsel. "What right has
Singleton to howl about Kiley
HalFs inconsistency? lie
should first cast the beam out
of his own eye before worrying
about the gold-bug that is in
Riley's eye.
"With this week's issue of the
Courier we have "said our last
say" so far as the Signal is
concerned, and we, henceforth,
shall leave the drunken editor
of that sheet to his wine cup,
and the bull-frog and possum
to their miseries, as we have
troubles and misfortunes of our
own that demand and must
have our attention.
The Outlook Bright.
The monometallism of Democratic
tendencies, proudly point to the
rapid Improvement in business and
increase of wages, as a sure indicator
of the benefits arising from a gold
standard, and the folly of attributing
our late financial distress in any
way to the demonetization of sil
ver. The thoroughbred Republican, the
high protection eort, shakes his head
when yon talk of the return of pros
perity,ashe is a"doubting Thomas"
in every sense of the word, lie will
never admit the advent of a return of
prosperity till McKinleyiem is again
enthroned. He is a calamity how
ler ot the worst sort, and proudly
points you to the deficit in the na
tional treasury, as a result of Dem
ocratic tampering with the tariff and
sighs for a return of "protection to
American industries and to Amer
ican labor," that Uncle Sam may
have a plethoric poeket-book as in
days of yore.
The real state of the case is about
this: Many of the. manufacturers that
had closed their doors under the
McKinley regime, have started their
factories again, and with more for
eign orders for their products than
they ever had before are cheerfully
advancing the wages ot their em
ployee. In most every state there
are fine crops of almost everything
the farmers raise, and while the pros
pects for remunerative prices for all
their products are not first-class,
still the very fact of an abundance
of plenty to eat makes the people
cheerful, and belpj to stop the wail
of the calamity bowler.
Still there is something wanting
to give fusther prosperitj that will
furnish assurance to every man of a
reasonable return for bis invest
ment whether that be in mcney, la
bor or brains. This eomething, we
believe, consists very largely in the
needed revision of our financial sys
tem which is too shaky.
Under its workings it is
entirely too easy to create panics
and cause a loes oi confidence,
which always results in financial
wreck and ruin to more or less of
our business men. Let up have a
settled financial policy that will
furnish a sufficient volume of money
to meet the commercial wants of
the country and one. that is impar
tial in its workings.
Having used both gold and silver
coin as redemption money for nearly
100 yearp, under which we grew and
prospered, we believe it can be done
again. Bimetallism will never prove
a panacea lor all our financial ills,
but we believe it will largely curtail
the money power, which has ot late
years manifested such insatiable
greed.
Again, we need to have a settled
policy on the tariff question. Since
operating under thenew law, greatly
reducing tariff duties on a great
man articles, the fallacy of ''pro
tection for protection's sake" has
been exposed. When the new law
shall have had a fair trial, and its
merits made manifest, the people
will want "tariff for revenue only,"
rather than for protection. There
were many arguments against the
idea of tariff for revenue only, and its
advocates were well aware that
many obstacles had to be over
come before it could be made a suc
cess. Since its inauguration, foreign
countries have boycotted our eur
plus of beef and pork, on account of
which the balance ot trade, for a
time, was against us when it ought
to have been in our favor. The
scaler, however, are turning and
much of our surplus products ot
wheat, corn, beef, pork, etc., this year
will be taken by foreign nations
with which we have commercial in
tercourse, and considering every
thing, the outlook for a prosperous
future is brighter than it has been
for several years, and we believe that
prospects will continue to brighten
as the probabilities for the remon
etization of silver the world over, or
even in the United States, increase.
Few men have ever lived who
could not have avoided many mis
takes had they been permitted to
live their lives over again, but cer
tainly C. U. Singleton, of the Keytes
ville Signal, is one of the last pots
that should call a kettle black.
The circulation liar of the
Keytesville Signal is still "do
ing business," at the old stand,
but declines an opportunity to
make $B0 or $100.
Sailor straw bats at Mrs. C. P.
Tandivsr's only 25 cts.
More About ths Tulart of the B&nk o!
Salisbury.
The clouds that have enveloped
the details of the failure of the Dank
of Salisbury have begun to clear
away, and it is now believed, or at
least hoped, that the failure is not
as bad as was at first supposed.
The depositors' t meeting, held at
the city ball, in Salisbury, last Fri
day afternoon for the purpose of
devising plans for the depositors to
get their money, was called to order
by W. A. Thomas. Dr. J. U. P.
Baker was elected chairman and J.
O. Gallemore secretary.
Several epeechen were ma-fe by dif
fertnt parties, but it was finally
agteed that the chairoppoint a com
mittee of three to call on the board
of directors and learn what steps
tbey proposed to take in regard to
paying depositors. Messrs. A. L.
Welch, G. W. Tillotson and F. M.
Meyer were appointed on this com
mittee, and after conferring with the
directors, four of them, E. M. Wil
liams, the assignee of the bank, Pres
ident T. H. Walton, W. It. Slaughter
and J. Hardin Sims, came to the
hall, and upon being called upon to
make statements, all of them show
ed their true manhood by saying
they wished to evade no responsibili
ty for which the law made them lia
ble, and that they would make no
attempt to dispose of their property,
end that their property was good
for their legal obligations.
On motion of Dr. J. F. Welch the
board of directors was invited to re
main and attend the masting.
A. L. Welch wanted to know
whether or not Assignee Williams
could be deposed, hen Mr. Sims
aru6 and assured the depositors
that Mr. Williams did not want to
act as aesignee, and that they could
appoint some one else if they saw tit.
and that Mr. Williams would be glad
if they would do o. No further ac
tion was taken on Mr. Welch's
query.
On motion ot Dr. Welch a commit
tee of five was appointed by the
chair, composed of W. U. C. Paws',
F. M. Meyer, O. F. Wayland, G. W.
Tillotson and George Friesz to con
sult with the board of directors and
keep the depositors posted, and Dr.
Welch suggested that another meet
ing ot the depositors be held on the
ID th or 20th of September.
The meeting, in the main, seemed
to be satisfactory, but some were
still disgruntled and the following
additional suits were filed against
the board of directors in the circuit
clerk's office last Monday, making a
total ot 20 suits that havn been filed
amounting, in all, to $5,334.48.
Monday's suits.
John W. Reynolds for $G32 00
J.Ii. Kiley 44 48 00
Jos. D.Blake 44 229 00
W. W. James 44 205 7G
Clifton Gray 44 150 00
Total $1.2G4.7G
Messrs. T. J. Martin and M. W.
Anderson, both ot Keytesville, the
appraisers appointed to determine
the amount of and appraise the as
sets of the bank at their actual cash
value, filed their report with Circuit
Clerk Itichardson Wednesday morn
ing last.
Their report shows the inventory
of the bank's property, consisting of
money, notes, the bank buildingand
fixtures, to be f 78, 414. 14, which they
appraised at $55,000. This, togeth
er with the $50,000 now on deposit
in the bank, makes a much better
showing than was at first thought
to be possible, and goes to prove
what injustice is often done by giv
ing credence to wild ruufors.
It looks now as though the assets
ot the bank would pay depositors in
full, and their may possibly be eome
thing left for the stock-holders.
Maj. Walton will be by far the
heaviest loser ai he had endorsed
largely for Maj. Finks.
The assets, as returned by the ap
praisers, does not include the prop
erty amounting to $10,000 or $12,
000, belonging to Maj. Finks, and
which he has deeded to the directors
of the bank.
The report of Appraisers Martin
and Anderson is complete in all its
details, and they are deserving of the
highest compliments for their full,
thorough and explicit report.
Killed by a Pitchfork.
While loading oats on a wagon in
a field, near Kirksville, last week the
15-year-old son of Kev. B. Horton
was accidentally killed. The man
loading the wagon, thinking the boy
was at the rear end of the load,
threw the pitchfork up in front, one
of the tines pierced the boy's brain, re
sulting in death shortly afterwards.
V
JUDGE RUCKER.
The handsome souvenir edition
of the Salisbury Press-Spectator has
the following to sy ot one of Key
tesville's mose distinguished citizens,,
as well as the most popular judge
the Twellth judicial circuit evor had:
"No man has risen fasterdnringthe
last ten years in the estimation of
the people than has Judge Ilucker,.
who so ably preeides over the Twelfth
judicial circuit of Miesonri. Though
young in years and appearance, ho
is old and ripe in experience, and
stands to-day among the ablest
juriat in the state. For six success
ive years he held the office of prose
cuting attorney, of Cbaiiton county,
and it was hi fearteiM discharge of
the dati-H of this ctfice that paved
the way to the position he now
bol.Jrt. H fiid not teek the place,,
but when it cumo to hioi without so
licitation and against hit protest, he
could not refuse, but took bold of
the duties with a vim that charac
terized lrim hh couuty attorney. His
name has often beea oientioned in
connection with congress, and while
be may have no special aspirations
in that direction, his friends are lia
ble to cU ou him to gird himself for
the fray at any time. His character
is all that a man could wish, his in
tegrity unquestioned, his ability ad
mitted, his patriotism and devotion
to duty everywhere attested, and his
standing among his fellowmen the
very best. We regard him as one of
the coming men of Missouri, and are
proud of him an a citizen of our
county."
Chariton Band Picnic.
The annual picnic given by the Forks of
Chariton Eras band was held in the Wal
lace pasture, near the German Lutheran,
church, in the Korku oi Chariton, last Wed
nesday and was altogether a pleasant af
fair. There was u large crowd of well-behaved
people in attendance. Tha dinner
was abundant and served in first-class style.
Everybody, old. and young, seemed on the
hunt for a pleasant day 6 outing from the
busy cares of life, and so far as we could see
they were quite successful.
The announcement had been made that
Don. U. 8. flail, Capt. Benecke, Capt. Wal
lace and perhaps others would address the
people. None of these, however, a ppeared till
the dinner hour, and even then Mr. Hall and
Capt. Wallace were conspicuous for their ab
sence. Dinner being over, Capt. Benecke, by re
quest, took the chair and introduced the
ppeakere, the first of whom was Mr. Roberts,
of Salisbury, whose remarks were timely,
and consisted largely in a plea for an intelli
gent ballot, goiDg so far as to doubt the
propriety in any rase of extending the fran
chise to people who were ignorant of the
principles of our government. The next
speaker was A. C. Yocutn, esq., the Populist
orator of Salisbury. In talking and read
ing together, he consumed about an hour.
The mast remarkable statement he made
was that he was at war with the old par
ties, that he intended to fight them all along
the journey of life and into h I. We thought
we were strong enough for Democracy, but
we are not going to fight for it on lines that
lead to the bad place of which Mr. Yocam
spoke. Besides, Democrats are aot trav- '
eling in that direction. We have
an account given us in holy
writ of one fellow, we think he must have
been a cold-bug, as he was robed in fine linen
and fared sumptoously every day, who got
into that place. lie never discussed politics
there it was another matter that engaged
his attention altogether. He wanted to get
out, or at least be wanted warning sent to'
his b ret hern to keep out of that place of tor
ment. Then he was informed that theie was
a deep gulf fixed between him and the other
world; that the travel across that gulf was
all one way; it could be crossed to go in, but
could not be crossed to get out. We propose
to fight shy of that place.
The speaker accused the Democratic party
of creating more tariff instead of reforming
the tariff, as they had promised. AlmoBt in
voluntarily we made the inquiry why then
were we not getting more money? He prom
ised to answer that question later on but
never did so. Copt. Benecke generously pro
poped to give us a fe minutes to respond to
Mr. locum, and we accepted the offer. Our
remarks were altogether an extemporaneous
character. We denied the "more tariS" idea.
It was merely the placing of a tariff upon a
few articles tbat belong to the luxury class.
such a diamonds, etc., upon which there was
no tariff under the McKinley law. I'apt.
Benecke followed in a plea for Republicanism
and spoke for about an hour. We bad to 1
leave beiwr his speeeh was concluded, but so '
fares e Luurd Liin he was not offetisu ly
partisan in lict, was conservative, a iter
the captain's speech thei e was more music
by the band, after which the people re
paired to their homes. In reference to the
music, we would be unjust were we to close
this article without speaking a word in its
praiae and in praise of the young men that
compose the bai-d. The Imnd is composed
of promising t ;-m wo. i-u-l their mmsic is
first-cla. ir i- -. ,. - :- j ju.Jer obligations
to our old iri.'ii-ii., Jura: rs. Ueorge Watson.
and Andrew W right aud their families for an
excellent dinner, also to several other parties
who invited us to their respective feasts.