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Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-05-02
Officers of Election.

The following are the officers Sc
lected to hold the Democratic pri-
mary May IL, from I a. m. to 1 p.
M:
Marion-R. E. Fowler, w &.
Carnahan, judges; L. w. Cruce.
clerk.
Francisco. ). jackson, j. II.
Stephenson, judges; w. 0. Wick
or, clerk.
Dycusburg-Henrv Bennett,
Henry Owen, judges; Owen Boaz,
clerk.
Union-Fred Clement, q. Il.
Taylor, judges; Jim Carter, clerk,
Sheridan-Chas Donaky, Felix
G. Cox, judges; John II, Foley,
clerk.
Tolu-Luther Hardesty, Foster
Threlkeld, Judges; ", Y. Craw-
ford, clerk.
Fords Ferry-T. N. Bracey, G.
G. Wathen, judges; r. l.. Flanary,
clerk.
Bells Mines--W. G.. Hamilton,
E. L. Num-, judges; jeff Asher,
clerk.
Rosebud. $. Newcom, Ben
Thurman, judges; w. F. Summer
vile, clerk.
Piney-Tom Mcconnell, Hugh
Mckee, judges; Ed Lean, clerk.
Shady Grove-Marion Ford, AL
bert Mcconnell, judges; Fred Cas-
ner, clerk.
p. 5. Maxwell,
Chm Dem. Co. Com.
@. 5, Num-, Sec'y.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-05-02
THE REPUBLICANS
Meet in Convention Saturday to
Make Nominations.

Saturday is the day appointed
for the Republican county com
mittee to convene in Marion and
make the party's nominations fol
the various county Offices. The
fifty-fve men constituting the
committee have had plenty to dc
the past few weeks listening to the
score or more aspirants and doubt.
less they will welcome the rest
that will come when they have
completed their Saturdays task. n
The candidates and their frien9
and the committeeman and their
advisers will all be here Saturday,
and there will be plenty of politics
on tap. The leading candidates in
the fight, as they are now lined up
and as we have been able to gather
their names, are as follows:
County Judge-W. d. Haynes,
Aaron Towery, the present county
surveyor, and Geo. H. Williams,
who has served as magistrate.
County Attorney-There are
only two entries in this race Carl
Henderson and John d. Gregory
County Clerk-John q. Asher,
of Shady Grove, and G. Ed. We'll
don, of Tolu. This is said to be
a pretty race, with chances about
equal.
Sheritf-Much interest and
plenty of life has been instilled
into this contest. MIR. John n.
Flanks, who has served the coun-
ty as sheriff; Julian Ainsworth,
the present deputy, and j. w.
Lamb, a popular young teacher,
are coming down the home stretch
about neck and neck, if reports be
correct.
Assessor-Jesse McCaslin, an
old assessor, Anthony Davidson,
who has been the assistant for two
years, and Geo. w. Belt, a popular
young farmer of Flatlick, are said
to be keeping pretty close compa-
ny as they near the wire.
Jailer-John Gilbert, Albert
Travis, Newton Thomas, A. j.
Chittenden and l.. H. Fritts are
facing castle de Hard and riding
with spurs,
School Experimentation
b. Travis has no tight for the no
mination; he is moving leisurely
along, keeping his eyes skinned
for the appearance of any probable
Democratic opponent. The chan
ces are that he ia wondering whe-
Their it will be woman or not.
Coroner-Nobody seems to be
hankering for an opportunity to
hold an inquest or two; the nomi-
nation for this Office usually goes
begging for awhile, but some
Dlushlng youth will finally be pre-
vailed upon to accept the toga.
1t will probably be 10 O'clock
when the chairman calls FOR order,
and then a couple of hours will be
devoted to hearing the speeches
In the afternoon the committee
will go iuto executive session.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-05-02
B. M. A.
An Enthusiastic Gathering Of Ma
rion's Business Men.

On Thursday evening O; last
week an enthusiastic meeting fair
ly representing the business men
of Marion was held at the court
house for the purpose Of organic
ing an association for the develop
ment and promotion Of the mi
ming, agricultural and mercantile
interests of Marion and Crittenden
county. Mr.. j. w. Blue WAS call
ed to the chair. He stated the OBJ
ject of the meeting and Hriehy
pointed out the work it could and
should accomplish. Those inter
ested sufficiently to pledge IN ear
nest effort to obtain the object
sought were asked to enroll their
names. Twenty-six were enrolled.
and after many pertinent sugHcs-
tons offic Frs were elected as fol-
lows: j. w. Blue, president; DIR.
II. A. Fraser, vice president: X. G.
Walker, Secretary; p. =. Maxwell,
treasurer. a committee on orga-
nization was appointed and direc-
ted to report April 30.
Messrs. j. w. Blue, II. II Coch-
ran, j. p. Pierce, p. =. MnEwell
and 5. Gugenheim were appointed
as committee to confer with II
like committee from the salem
commercial club in reference to
the proposed railroad from the /.
G. to Salem, The meeting adjour-
ed to convene April 30, to com
plete the organization.
On Tuesday evening the com
mittee on organization reported,
and the report was unanimously
adopted. The main features Of the
report were:
Name of the organization-Bus-
mess Mems Association. Amy cit
izen of the town or county eIigi-
bic to membership. Mem bership
fee So
Officers to be elected annually,
second Tuesday i'll April
Time of meeting first Monday
evening of each month
Six standing committees are
provided for, and they were APP
pointed as follows:
Advertising, Publicity and Pro-
motion-D. g. Roberts, II. II,
Cochran, G. s. Num-.
Good Roads-R. G. Walker, Jno
w. Wilson, G. j. Pierce.
Merchants and Manufacturer
$. Gugenheim, Tom Clifton, d. B.
Kevil
Finance-T. j. Yandell, Il. j.
Hayward, M. E. Fohs.
Brief addresses were made by
Col. A. N. Clark, of Chicago, j
w. Blue and j. p. Pierce.
The first regular meeting Of the
club will be held next Monday
night, and every citizen of the
town. and especially the business
men, are earnestly requested to be
present, as m alters of Importance
will be discussed.
The conference committee re-
ported that meeting with the Sa-
EN- committee had been arranged
Tor We lnesday, May /, and that it
proposed to give the Salem people
Q hearty welcome to the city.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-05-02

We are n little prone to boast Of
the variety Of our county's pro-
duets, yet while this is fine fruit
section we send north for our APP
pies: while the Irish potato, one
of the most popular items in the
menu of every we'll regulated
household, grows finely here, we
have to import the tubor for win
ter and early spring use; the cab
bage, though of Dutch progeni-
tors, is at home in our soil aud oc-
cnpies a front seat on our tables,
but to get the succulent leaf we
must pay the freight, besides Civ
ing our northern neighborS good
price to raise it; hay grows to per-
lection on our hillsides and in our
valleys, but there are few years it
is not hauled in by the railroad.
Our farmers should look to their
laurels, or the mining industries
will get the ascendency.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-05-02

The annual school festivities are
at hand, and serve to emphasize
the fact that Marion never made a
more profitable investment than
when she laid out her shekels for
the graded public school. The
school has filled all our vac ant
houses and it has built new ones;
it has improved the moral atmos-
phere of the community; it has
given our young people higher as
pirations and will augment the
pleasures of life for them when
they are old; it has furnished a
common ground upon which the
citizenship meets, lays aside diff
ferences and cultivates that adhe-
siveness so necessary in the build
ing up of a town.
Here's TO the commencement
days. May they always come on
schedule time, bringing the lovely
flowers of May, the still higher
type of Gods handiwork, the
bright, CHEEKY, cheerful faces of
the girls and boys, that we may
catch glimpse of the youth that
has been, and faded, and dream of
the youth that is to be, and will
not fade.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-05-02

We go to press too early TO re-
port the result of the conference
between the Salem and Marion
committees. We are convinced,
however, that the mayor of Salem
d id not have to call the attention
of the mayor Of Marion 10 the ia
nous remark made by the govern
or of North Carolina to the COVER
nor Of South Carolina.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-05-02
FOR JAILER.
We are authorized to announce
Z. L. DOLES

as candidate for the Democratic nomi-
nation for Jailer OF Crittenden county,
subject to the action of the Democratic
party,
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-05-02

Morganfeld, April 29.-Mrs.
Laura Bell, the widow of Senator
Bell. of Union county has announ-
ced as candidate for Enrolling
clerk of the Senate. Her husband
WAS very prominent in the coun-
ellis of the Democratic party.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-05-02
Ube 1ars=z.
K. G. WALKER, Publisher.
WALTER WALKER, Manager.

We already have a commercial
club, will soon have electric lights.
an ice plant and Bob Taylor. Well
put on long dresses.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-05-02

And next week the Democrats
will begin to show up in the work
OF getting their armor on for the
November "shindy."
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-05-02
Marriage Licenses.

William Henry Adamson to
Fannie THOMAS Adalnson, April
Goth.
W. M. Agent to Rhoda E, Chit.
tenden, April 24th
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-05-02
We are authorized to announce
GEORGE ID. KEMP

as candidate for the Democratic nom
inatiou for Jailer of Crittenden county,
subject to the action Of the Democratic
party.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-05-02
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
FOR REPRESENTATIVE.
We are authorized to announces

Nj. f. POGUE
as a candidate for the Democratic nom
nation for Representative Of Critten-
den and Livingston counties in the next
general assembly, subject to the action
VI the Democratic primary.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-05-02
We are authorized to announce
. SAMUEL STONE

a candidate for Jailer of Crittenden
county, subject to the action Of the
Democratic party.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-05-02
FOR ASSESSOR.
We are author ICED to announce
ID. G. BELTS

candidate for assessor OF Crittenden
county, subject to the action of the
Democratic party.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-05-02
We are authorized to announce
Al. BENNETT,

candidate to represent Crittenden and
Livingston counties in the next General
A ssembly of Kentucky, subject to the
action of the Democratic party.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-05-11

enced relatives or favorites of influen tial stockholders can be advanced to responsible managerial positions in the great railway systems Promotion in all the big systems is now based upon absolute demonstrated knowledge of every important detail of the trans portation business. Mir. Harris, the new President, and General Manager William c. Brown are splendid types of "the twentieth century railroad man" Each worked his way up from the bot tom. There is no detail in the entire range of railroad management from track building to motive power and equipment with which they are not ia mlliar. The railway career of the new President of the Burlington" began at the age of Is as office boy for the Hannibal and St. Joseph Road, now a part of the Burlington" From this he gradually climbed to the top through successive promotions embracing near ly every branch of the operating de partment.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-05-11
The G,JOlIy-Er 70

I'm alIus kind O glad to see the ''iOIly-er'
 come along; The feller that kin tell a joke or msbbe
 sing a song; The man that puts up ightnin' rods you
 really didn't heed Or sells you ground that isn't wuth the
 paper in the deed. He has way O shakin' hands an sayin
 "HOw-dy do?' That jes' cOnvinces you he thinks the
 world an all O you. He dOesn' keer fur money; he is sech a
 generous elf An purity soon he has you feelin' ies'
 that way yourself! But I don't bear him any grudge; jes'
 take off my hat, He's made this or world brighter, an Pm
 'bliged to him fur that. I listen to his stories tan at some I'm
 laughing yit), An try to git off jes' as cheap as reason will permit. Fur it's wuth a little sOmethin' to have
 some one cOmin' out To make you feel that you're the real
 thing without a doubt; A regular steppin', thOrOughbred-nueh
 swifter than the thrOng- You feel that you're right in it when the
 jolly-er comes along. Star.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-05-11

Students of social conditions in En- gland are tending toward the conclu- sion that the humane sentiment of modern society is productive of harm iii some of its phases. The Spectator recently showed that the comfortable housing of paupers in London, with all its great benefits, has had bad effect in increasing pauperism. During the Boer war and the prosperity of the last year it was impossible to get enough men in London to do all the work of fered, yet the almshouse population showed no falling off. There were thousands of new occupants. In the same way the too lenient treatment of habitual criminals seems to be having bad effect, as shown by Robert An dersOn, Assistant Commissioner of Po- lice in London, in an article in the Nineteenth Century. MT. Anderson shows by official statistics that crimes by professional offenders have steadily increased in London since the trans portation of such criminals was abol-
 
 of felonies has shown a gratifying de crease. the number of offenses by pro- feSsional criminals has grown each year. Within the last half century the burglaries in London have increased fifteen-fold, and professional offenses of other kinds have shown similar in crease. Mr. Anderson believes this is due to the milder punishments 'ch the general decrease of crime has ha., , possible Men who deliberately choose a life of crime are taking advantage of the humane sentiment which permits them to escape with short terms. They should be treated more stringently than the ordinary law breaker. The point MT. Anderson makes is valid. He says the practice of sentencing a habitual criminal merely for his latest Offense is unjust to the community. Such a criminal after serving his sentence, at once returns to his profession" To set such a public enemy at liberty, says MT. Anderson, is as stupid and wicked as to allow a smallpox patient to go at large in the community. He urges life imprisonment for such cases. When a man is seen to belong irrevocably to the class of incOrrigibles he should no longer be released to prey upon the public. If all the well-knOwn criminals of this kind were so treated, says Sir James Stephen, an eminent English jurist, ''the really bad offenders might in a few years be made as rare as wolves"
The St. Johns herald., 1901-05-11
@HE table was charming. Tn

@ HE table was charming. The
 pearly expanse of damask thai
 = enfolded it was one of the Misses Dormond's most treasured possesslols' saved out of a general wreck of family 1 fortunes.
 The old-fashioned silver. of those Ill., 1 imitable patterns which no mouern shop can supply, gleamed like lrregu- larly shaped planets at intervals across | the cloth.
 Moreover, a daffodil bulb cherlshed in windowsill warmth, had oDhglnsly thrown out handful of blossoms HIS pot, sheathed in yellow tissue paper made a thoroughly attractive center piece.
 Tt is simply lovely" said Winltreu' with little sigh of relief and satls1ac- ton. 'I shan't be in the least afraid to have Mrs. Caulkington's eagle eye turned upon it, even though you are candidate for her secretaryship, lsaOel' and so much does depend upon making a good impression"
 "The house couldn't fail to make good impression" Isabel broke i'll. lt is clean and sweet and Old-fashoned from top to toe. One can't say that house has a toe? There's just one thing lacking-I do wish we had good mald to wait on the table. hate those em- barrassing breaks in a home luncheon, where the hostess is obliged to cut off in the middle of a sentence and bolt into the kitchen to bring the broiled squab course to table.
 "Yes. That's always wretchedly em- barrassing," Isabel agreed. ''It's harder on the guests than the hostess, too. However, there's no help for it. We don't keep a maid, and this suburb isn't place where you can find a girl to call in for day at time It's pity, but it can't be helped"
 What is pity but can't be helped?" demanded the youngest Miss DormOnd, who piroutted into the room just in time to hear the last half of the sen tence.
 Isabel and I were just lamenting that we didn't have a maid to serve the luncheon, Gertrude We were saying how desperately embarrassing it is for a hostess to jump up to remove the plates after a course and to bring the next course to table,"
 q never thought of that" Gertrude acquiesced in disappointed tone. Our
The St. Johns herald., 1901-05-11
Be Like Pana.

A local gentleman of prominence has become famous for his wonderful self conceit. He thinks Mir. - is a little bit nicer and brighter and mere moral than any other man in the city. His wife has circulated story about him that almost breaks his heart.
 He was teaching his little boy to pray, and the little fellow, pursuant tc his fathers words, had requested the blessing for everyone.
 "Pray for little boys like yourself,r said the parent. "Ask that they may grow up like your papa"
 And the little boy prayed that all boys should grow up to be great men like his father.-Louisville Commercial
The St. Johns herald., 1901-05-11
DIPLOMACY IN A RESTAURANT.
One Way of Getting Rid of an Unde'
 sirable Guest Without Fuss.

One Way of Getting Rid of an Unde.
 sirable Guest Without a Fuss.
 'T know now why one restaurant keeper is successful" remarked brok- CT the other day. "I was in the main dining-room at s o'clock one evening with a party of men. We noticed a little commotion near the entrance, and saw that it was caused by the ar rival of a well-dressed, good-natured- looking man, whose bearing showed that he had been out with the Doys. He wasn't noisy or offensive, but he couldn't have walked a chalk line if his life depended upon it.
 "Hecame down the room in an uncer- tain way, shelled off his overcoat, put 1t with his hat on a chair, sat down, folded his arms on the table, and went to sleep. The walters looked at him and ran after the head waiter. The latter W;..;-;G ( uI 10 lie sleeping man as though he intended to awaken him. Then he stopped and called a waiter
 " Go for the proprietor he said.
 1ue proprietor came.
 That's so-and-so, said the head waiter. He's a good customer, but he's very drunk, and he's gone fast asleep. What shall do? Shall wake him up?
 " We mustn't offend him. said the proprietor. I'll tell you what to do." Then he whispered to the head waiter and went away. The head waiter call ed waiter and in turn whispered to him. Then he went away.
 "The waiter went to the china pant ry and came back with a finger bowl. This he put on the table where the sleeping man was. In doing so he rub bed the fingers of the sleeper The man strengthened up and opened his eyes. The boy was not looking at him but had picked up the water bottle and was filling the finger bowl In doing so he knocked the bowl with the bottle so that it rang like bell.
 ''The drunken man looked at it with frightening eyes. The boy paid no at tention to him, but shook out a napkin which he laid beside the finger bowl. By this time the drunken man was full ly awake. The boy took up his over coat and stood respectfully at one side as if waiting for the man to rise
 'The drunken man put his fingers in the finger bowl, dried his fingers on the napkin, and rose. The boy was be- hind him in moment, and in another the overcoat was on the mans back, his hat was in his hand, and be was headed for the door. He put his hand into his pocket, slipped coin to the boy, and walked out.
 ''Now that restaurant-keeper is great man. He's a diplomat No trouble, no noise, no row, every one satisfied and happy. That fellow ought to be an ambassador He'd make success of anything"
The St. Johns herald., 1901-05-11
The Isle Gets Smaller.

With regard to the east coast a sorry story has to be told. The county of Yorkshire, for instance, from Bridling- ton to Spurn Head, has been disappear ing, it is calculated, at an average rate of six feet year. It is said that care full observation of a certain twelve mile stretch shows that the cliffs forty feet high have been eaten away by the waves for 132 feet in forty years, says Good Words. It is, however, at Spurn Head that the greatest ravages have taken place.
 In Edward Is time the village of Ravenspur, seaport near Spurn Head, sent more than one member to parlia- ment; in 1899 and 1471 Henry ". and Edward ", respectively, landed there, but very soon after the latter's visit the entire town was swept away by the sea. To-day the village of Kilnsea alone stands upon the head; the old site of the village-once fair place on a hill, with a fine old church, destroyed by the waves, in 1S26-is now some hundreds of yards below high-water mark, and when New Kilnsea joins it the sea and the Humber will not take long to destroy the entire promontory and make things very unpleasant at Grimsby. The Blue Bell inn, halfway between the sea and the river, bears a stone upon which is inscribed, Built in the year 1S47, 534 yards from the sea- When measured early last spring the distance was 334 yards.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-05-11
LAW AS INTERPRETED.

A dangerous practice of mail agents of throwing the mail from a moving train so as to endanger persons on the railroad premises is held, in Shaw Vs Chicago and G. T. R. Co (Mich.), 49 l.. R. A. 30S, to make the railroad company liable to an intending pas senger who was on the railroad plat form and who was injured by a mail bag thrown against him, if the car rier had knowledge of the dangerous practice and had allowed it to continue.
 Duty of care to avoid injury to tres paSSerS on railroad track is held. in Cleveland, c. c. x St. l.. R. Go. ys. Tartt co. c. App. 7th O., 49 l.. R. A. 98, not to arise until those in charge of train have discovered the presence of such trespassers on or dangerously near the track and have reasonable cause to believe that injury to them will result unless the train is arrested. Liability does not arise merely because their presence might have been sooner discovered and the train is running at an unlawful speed.
 Judgment for money and for the fore closure of mortgage upon real estate against a deceased defendant who had heretofore been duly served with pro- cess is held, in Kager vs. Vickery Kan.), 40 l.. R. A. 154, to be void, al though the fact of death does not ap pear upon the record, and to be col laterally impeachable by heirs who were not parties to the foreclosure and who sue for the land. With this case the great number of authorities on the effect of judgment entered against a dead person are collected and analysed, showing the conclusions at which the courts have arrived.