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The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-09-22
BANKERS OF KENTUCKY.
INVITED BY EXHIBIT ASSOCIA-
TION TO HOLD TIE 1904
MEETING AT KENTUCKY
BUILDING ON WORLDS
FAIR GROUNDS.

During the eleventh annual meet
ing Of the Kentucky Bankers associa-
tion held at Hopkinsville last week.
an invitation was extended to the
organization by the Kentucky Exhibit
association, through its secretary. to
hold the meeting next year in the
Kentucky State Building at the
Worlds Fair in st. Louis.
As the next place of meeting IL al
ways settled by the executive COM
mittee the invitation was referred to
1t. The sentiment of the bankers
present favored the acceptance Of the
invitation by the committee, so the
next meeting Of Kentucky's heads of
financial institutions will most likely
be held at the exposition grounds in
the Mound City.
The Kentucky Bankers association
was the first organization in the state
to endorse the movement inaugursted
by the Kentucky exhibit association,
looking to the erection of a Kentucky
Building and full display of the state S
products and resources at the great
Worlds Fair in 1904.
The railroad rates in effect during
the Worlds Fair will be so low from
Kentucky points that the trip can be
made cheaper to st. Louis than to any
city or town In the state where the
1904 meeting might be held. The
visit to st. Louis will also have many
inducements to offer, for everyone
wants to see the exposition. There
is hardly any doubt about the attend
snce being the largest in the history
Of the ASSOCIATION ON this account
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-09-22
SCHOOL NEWS
Important Meeting of Princi-
pals Friday.
The Matter OF Having Musical Pro-
gram in High School Undecided.

The principals Of the different
schools will meet Friday afternoon to
outline program for the season Q
work in literature and history, the
course adopted last week for the teach
ers' literary association.
The program for the entire year
will be made out and each teacher as
signed a subject for discussion. Last
year a program was arranged for the
entire year and every teacher came to
the monthly meetings fully prepared,
having known from the program just
what was expected. 1t is thought the
course adopted this season will be
much better than that of last year and
the teachers have gone into the work
with much interest and think the
work will be successful in every par
ticular.
1t is undecided whether the High
school will continue the musical pro
gram given monthly last year or not,
but there will be entertainments given
monthly for several during the course
Of the season for the benefit of the
library. In this way the library will
be steadily enlarged. Already it is
very near complete and is source OF
much pride 10 the teachers and pupils
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-09-22
LETTER TO ROOSEVELT.
CHICAGO FEDERATION OF
LABOR ADDRESSES HIM.

Chicago, Sept. 22.-President
Roosevelt has been voted by the Chi
cago Federation of Labor 9,00O-word
letter Of advice, in which fault ia
found with the Presidents attitude on
the question Of open shops. The letter
was prompted by the decision in the
Miller case, In which the President
said that Miller or any other man must
not DO discharged from the Govern
msnt Printing Office on account of
non membership in union.
"Deliciously unaware Of the by
pocrisy Of the world of finance, f."
"Ionest and humane, but uniform
cd" were some of the ella uses used to
describe the President in the long let
ter OF the open shop committee. The
President was told that he fell into
error in his view Of the question "be.
cause Of that impetuosity for which
We love you" A copy of this com .
munication will be forwarded to Oys-
ter Bay at once under date of Labor
Day, September 2.
The reading of the letter before the
Federation meeting today occupied
over an hour. and excited applause
from the crowd Of delegaes.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-09-22
PIRATE PLUMBER.
BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN LO.
GATED AFTER MANY
YEARS.

Austin, Tex, Sept. 22.-Martin
Ledder. who has been member of the
United States dredge boat crew en-
ployed in deepening the channel in
Galveston bay under Capt. George Mel
son. is visiting here and tells an inter-
esting story of the discovery of strong
evidences that the famous pirate treas
ure which was hidden by Latitte, the
pirate chief, lies at the bottom of Gal
weston bay instead of being buried on
Galveston Island, as has been lorg
supposed. He says that the dredge
boat George Sealy has been pumping
up old Spanish coins and other rare
relics of ancient times from the
bottom of the bay for several days
past, and that the boat crew believed
that the bulk of the treasure. which is
said to amount to hundreds of thous-
andsof dollars in gold, which will be
recovered. In addition to the coins
several hundred pounds of copper bolts
have been pumped up from the same
locality. These bolts were used in
the construction of ancient sea.going
craft. The latest date on the coins is
1919. Huge stones have also been en-
countered in the bottom of the bay and
it is thought that they were placed
there by LATTE to mark the location
OF the sunken treasure. A rusty she'll
of ancient type has been recovered in
the same manner, LATTE and his
crew Of pirates lived on Galveston
island from 1916 until about 1873.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-09-22
A HEARTLEss PROCEEDING.

The action Of Judge Robbins in re-
fusing to allow Caleb Powers an appeal
unless he pays for transcript of the
record, which will cost about $500, is
all right if he knows that Powers has
the money with which to pay, but it
is heartless proceeding if he has not
the money, whether Judge Robbins
knows the fact or not. II is equiva-
lent to saying to man that he shall
DO hanged because he is poor.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-09-22
NAIL SERVICE.

Any person desiring to submit a
proposal for the performance of screen
wagon service at this city for the con-
tract term Of four years beginning
July 1, 1904, and ending June 80, can
obtain from the postmaster upon ap-
plicstion copy of the advertisement
and a blank form for proposal. Pro.
possls considered must be delivered at
the Office of the second assistant post
master general, postoffice department,
Washington, d. O., by 4 p. m, Decem-
Der /, 1908.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-09-22
PREACHER NOMINATED
FOR REPRESENTATIVE FROM
MARSHALL AND LYON.

The Democratic convention to NOM
mate a candidate for representative
from those two counties was held yes
terday afternoon at Kuttaws, and
Rev. j. W. Oliver, of Lyon county, a
Baptist preacher, was nominated. J.
b. Wyatt of Marshall county, is the
present representative and was a can
didate for the nomination. J. II.
Vinson was also a candidate. The con-
tested delegation from Marshall coun-
ty was divided and half of each fac
tion seated.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-09-22
GROUP.

Usually begins with the symptoms
of oommon cold; there is chillness,
sneezing, sore throat, hot SKIN, quick
pulse, hoarsness and impeded respira-
tion. Give frequent small doses of
Billiards. Horehound Syrup, the child
will cry for 1t. and at the trst sign Of
. oroupy cough, apply frequently Bal.
lard's Snow Eminent externally to
the throat. SOC at Dubois, Kolb aud
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-09-22
SPECIAL EXCURSION TO ST
LOUIS, OCT. 9TH, ACCOUNT
OF YELLED PROPHET AND
ST LOUIS FAIR.

On account Of the above, the Illinois
Central will run special train Mon
DAY, Oct. 9th, to st. Louis, Mo-, at
SO. 90 for the round trip
Tickets will be good for return on
all trains leaving st. Louis mp to and
including Friday, Oct. 9th.
For further information, apply to
J. 7. Donovan, Agent, ". II. Mus
tain, Ticket Agent. Union Depot.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-09-22
DEvOURED BY WORMS.

Children often cry, not from pain,
but from hunger, although fed abund-
antly. The entire trouble arises from
inanition, their food is not assimilat-
ed, but devoured by wtrm A few
doses of Whites Cream Vermifuge
will cause them to cease crying ana
begin to thrive at once. very much to
the surprise and JOY Of the mother.
25c at DBuois. Kolb and Co.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-09-22
THB CARNIVAL
More Work to be Assigned Com
mittees Tonight.
Miss May Davis Leads in the Princess
Contest.

The various committees appointed
by the Red Mems Amusement ssso.
citation will hold meeting this even.
ing for the purpose of assigning more
work 20 various members.
Reports from everywhere show that
the carnival company is doing a big
business everywhere and pleasing cv-
erybody.
The vote in the princess contest is
~ follows;
Miss Mae Davis 1875
Miss Bertha Hill 1913
Miss Jessie Rocks %
Miss Louise Detzel SO
Miss Florence Ye:ser "a
Miss Nanoye Baker 30
Miss Myrtle Decker 40
Miss Laura Sanders 10
Miss Maggie williams 10
Miss Lillian Rudy 10
Miss Emma Niehaus 10
Miss Lizzie Sinnott
Miss Hannah Peter 3
Miss May V. Patterson
Miss Milliken 9
Miss Ethyle Bailey /
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-09-22

Mr.. Frank Potts, the ball player,
has returned home to Nashville for the
winter.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-09-22

Mr.. Al winfrey went to Nashville
this incoming on businsss.
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following
Almond Oil
Bleach receive articles abo
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-09-22

Bow sat sweeping upon side of we'll Thief happening &c
come by time, asked him why he wept The Boy
signing and sobbng showed bit of cord and said that silver
tankard and the bottom OF the well
The Thief pulled clothes and down into the well meaning
keep himself Having CROPPED about for time
finding and found not only the Boy gone
clothes also the assembling having made Oft will
them.
he but
in the course
II
in
The Savannah morning news., 1903-07-19

branch. When 1 had finished, there
were twenty vines hanging down so
that the nooses touched the ground.
l was going to try a little trick on
the lions. 1 could not tell the gorillas
my idea. but 1 am sure they under
stood. When the nooses had been
prepared and darkness was at hand,
l rolled over and over on the ground
so as to leave my scent. No sooner
had l begun to roll than the gorillas
did likewise, and we had quite a frolic
at it. Then we all climbed up into
the same tree and kept very quiet as
we waited.
In about an hour we heard a lion
roaring, and fifteen minutes later he
was under the tree shifting about and
growing. He was angered as he got
our scent on the leaves, and as he
moved about the vines swung against
him and bothered him. He kept sniff
ffng and growing and prowllng
around, and finally something hap
pened. He put his head into one of
the nooses. just as 1 hoped he would.
When the knot frightened on him and
he was caught fast there was such a
roaring of rage and fright as that
of the forest had never heard before.
The gorillas knew that the lion had
been caught as well as. did, and they
We're so excited that they almost fell
to the ground
In my next adventure I will tell you
ali about our captive and some other
things of interest.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-07-19

denly awoke to find a monstrous ser
pent in the tree with me. His head
was not ten feet away when I sat up,
and in another moment he would
have bitten me. 1 had seen all Kinds
of snakes, and knew this one to be an
anaconda. 1 did not call out or rise
to me feet but simply threw myself
over the edge of the nest and went
tumbling to the ground, twenty feet
below. The serpent darted at me as
1 fell, but 1 was too quick for him.
The noise of my fall awoke the
gorillas, and as soon as they saw the
snake th> re was the greatest excite
ment. Their scolding and chattering
and screaming could have been heard
a mile away. Each beast armed him
self with a club. and they began to
close in on the anaconda. I stood at
a safe distance and locked on. The
serpent at first tried to get away, but
when he found he could not he took
two or three turns around a big limb
and made ready to fight The goril-
las did not rush in on him at once,
but got above and below and all around
him. When he struck at one, others
would be ready to hit him.
The fight lasted half an hour. The
serpent was kissing and striking and
keeping the gorillas Off when they
suddenly bounded in with screams and
shrieks and battered him with their
clubs until he fell to the ground a
helpless mass. Then they came down
to me to see If L was hurt, and when
The Savannah morning news., 1903-07-19

the Venezuelans, IF we only had a
lamp and some books"
why, I've got Don Quixote' in the
sack" said 1.
Yes, but what's the good of that
without a light for the lamp?" he re-
piled.
I'm soon have a light" said, as I
jumped from my hammock and went
outside to catch the first FREELY that
my fingers, and soon, with Don
Quixote" open, 1 was lying in the
hammock reading aloud in such dark
ness that none Of us could see the
faces of the others
l had only one FREELY, yet it was
quite sufficient. because I used 1t
properly l held the little creature be-
tween finger and thumb close to the
page, and as l passed it along the lines
of print, word after word became sue
cessively visible and passed from my
lips as freely as if / had had the
whole page plainly before me, instead
of a little circle Of light Illuminating
word after word as it moved steadily
along the paper.
My hearers were amused and de-
lighted, for 1 read without the slight
est interruption or hesitation for two
or three hours. until sleep dulled our
est anu TIE DOCK WAS ldlu dSluG
and the FREELY allowed to go free.
On another occasion. as l was re-
turning from my day in the forest,
night overlook me, and it soon grew
so dark that l could barely make out
the old wagon road, which led me to-
ward home. / was not far from the
house where l slept, which lay close
by the edge OF the woods.
While walking softly along depend
N...r 81.
eyes-for eyes were here all but use
less-I heard a swish in the bushes
close by me, accompanied by the
squeak of some creature in distress
Then all was silent again, except for
slight rustic in the leaves in the
same spot. Then this also ceased, and
all was quiet as before
Some tragedy of the forest is go
ing on there" I thought "A snake
may be eating his dinner.
l Ionged to catch him, and resolved
to do so. Accordingly, l determined to
mark the spot and return Immediate
ly with lantern. To mark the spot,
however, in such darkness was diff
cult; so | stopped for a moment to
think how to do it. Fireflies We're
passing quite near me. l was smok-
ing a cigarette and had some fine cop
per wire in my pocket. / waved the
glowing point of the cigarette about
my head with one hand. and held my
hat in the other. Soon a FREELY sailed
near me, attracted by the light.
knocked it down with the hat and Sc
cured il.
In the same manner I got two 9TH
ers, tied them all together with the
bit of copper wire, hung them on a
branch over the pathway close by
where the snake was, and then hur-
ried home for a lantern.
When / returned my FREELY beacon
was still there, glowing as brightly as
The Savannah morning news., 1903-07-19

wet to the skin. tired and hungry as
wolves we arrived just as night was
coming in, at the place where the trees
were being felled. In the middle of
the clearing there was the usual
"ayupa," or shed of palm-leaves rest
ing upon upright posts. Beneath this
we swung our hammocks, and then
proceeded to make supper.
We had not a dry match left, and
there was no one there but ourselves;
so that the best we could do was to
eat our cassava bread in the dark and
wash it down with some water. which
we luckily found in a caEabash.
Our hammocks and the spare suits
of clothes we had brought rolled
up in them were fairly dry, so that
we lay comfortably enough But sleep
was long in coming. We tried to talk
entertainingly, but my story telling
energy was gone; and the most we
could do was to keep up an intermit-
tent conversation.
At this time the moon had not risen
but the rain had stopped and the night
was warm and sultry. Looking out
could see nothing whatever, on Ac-
count of the high wall of dark forest
surrounding the clearing on every
side; but every few moments the
large "cucujos," or firefies, would fly
in and out, like pale phosphorescent
stars carried down into our clearing
by the hands of compassionate angels,
to cheer the obscurity of our resting
place.
How jolly it would be" said one Of
The Savannah morning news., 1903-07-19

they found that I was all right they
frisked around and appeared to be
highly pleased. II was we'll for me
that l awoke when 1 did The ana
conda had fangs over an inch long.
and would have killed me If he had
bitten me-
After the serpent had been killed,
the gorillas armed themselves with
fresh clubs and we went prowling
through the forest for a mile around
to see if the anaconda had a mate in
hiding anywhere. We looked up
among the trees and into the thickets
and vines, and kept up the search for
two hours, but nothing came of it.
The serpent they had killed had prob
ably come a long distance, and alone.
Every night we could hear lions
roaring, and sometimes the beasts
came walking under the trees in which
we slept. This made the gorillas very
angry, and they would Shrek and
scream and break off branches and
throw them down. They were not
afraid of the lions but they would not
descend to the ground to battle in the
darkness.
After the lions had bothered us for
many nights l determined to do. some
thing to frighten them away. One
afternoon / set out to gather a lot
of Llama vines. These vines are as
stout as ropes, and some of them are
hundreds of feet long. The gorillas
watched me with great curiosity at
first, and then turned in and helped
me. When we had twenty long pieces
/ made slip-nooses in one end of each
and made the other end fast to
The Savannah morning news., 1903-07-19

the water. The Lakerimmers tried to
call him out, but he would not give in.
He was woefully exhausted when ne
finally made the last lap, and they had
to lift him from the pool. He was too
tagged out to crawl out with his own
muscles.
The next event was a short swim
ming sprint. Three Keokukians enter
ed, and three Lakerimmers. These
were Pretty Quiz and Boobies. They
all lined up at the waters edge, and at
a pistol shot plunged in. Pretty took
a shallow dive; the others went in deep.
So when Pretty rose he was well to the
fore. The race to the opposite. end of
the pool was swift and close, the two
Keokukians, Pretty and Boobies crawl
ed out of the water at almost exactly
the same time, and turning dived in
again for the race back to the starting
place. This was hard swimming. Pret-
ty SWAN low and deep with hardly
more than his right arm showing. But
gouge at the water as he would, he
The Savannah morning news., 1903-07-19

guess as to the number of people who
would attend were anywhere near
right, and the winner took three-quar-
tiers of the gate receipts as he proposed
after he had taken out his percentage
there would be just enough to get
them home-on one condition. That
condition was that they should win and
secure the three-quarters. If they lost
and got only one-quarter, they would
have the pleasure of a long walk part
Of the way.
They decided to accept Mr.. Way
burns offer, and as their time was
very short, it was decided to have the
first set of games the next day.
The rain was over some time before
the conference was over, and the Lake
rimmers started back for camp.
On the way there they passed a tele-
graph Office. 1t reminded several of
them that they were long way from
home without knowledge of their par
ents. Sawed-off suggested that they
would better telegraph home for mon
ey. But this looked like so poor a fin
ish to their vacation, that he was voted
down unanimously. He even voted
against his own motion.
AS they moved on, Tug stopped again
and said:
There is one thing that we must
telegraph home. 1t is a shame we have
forgotten it so long"
'What?" said the eleven.
Why, they'll be simply dying of
worry without reason" said Tug.
Who?" exclaimed the eleven.
Why, B. US poor father and moth
er'' said Tug. I'VE must telegraph
that we have found B. j., and he is
coming home with us in few days"
There We're ten enthusiastic voices In
approval of this long neglected step.
hut there was one voice that was not
so enthusiastic.
Oh, no you don't" said B. ]. Il was
not coming home till came home rlch,
and wild horses couldn't drag me
back"
Maybe wild horses couldn't drag you
pack, said Tug, but there are eleven
tame Lakerimmers who can"
3. j. made a dash down a side
street, but after an exciting game or
mare and hounds, the hounds won, as
ihey usually do. B. ]. was taken pris-
oher with twenty-five hands stretched
out TO hold him. After some desperate
struggling, he gave in and said:
You can't expect me to lick the
Mnole crowd of you. Let me loose ana
IL go along with you" So they re-
leased him and went on to camp. They
11orgot the telegram completely until
mere was the river between them and
1le telegraph Office. So they decided to
Postpone the good news till the next
eaE That night they all slept the
SOUND sleep which they had earned by
uler hard work in a game they had
t iot played for sometime. Did l say
not.
Az breakfast the next morning the
..gpoks fried twenty-four eggs. When
icy came to distribute them, they
aSunu there we're two extra. This caus-
$50 so much surprise that although
hpy claimed them for his own, they
p san TO count noses. They found that
- a. ~ nose was missing. Also the rest
il'in' When they looked round for