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The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-04-08
WHAT HI PAID TO WIN
Kansas Candidate Reports the Cost
Of His CafnpaiQn.


The candidates In Kansas refuse TO
take seriously the law which requires
them 10 Gle an ltomlzed statement OF
the expenses OF their campaigns AZ
Winfield. J. f. florence. elected eoun.
" attorney. flCs an elaborate expense
account. declaring that q Is Ia re-.
Spouse 10 the Intensely moral provi
sioLs OF the fool legislature Of Kan
sas." Here are some OF his items:
TO cards announcing TO the eager
public that | was a candidate for TO
eleJtlos, IS.
TO circulars printed to head on
the n.rsst> En- ~ tnrned loose
by my saG1'1a Ia
TO the ubiquitous solicitors for
Charitable purposes who called on mo
Just before election, and while SUI.
fering from intense agony. and there
fore at time when was afraid to re.
fuse. $3.50
TO the colored editor OF a newspa-
per at Topeka. which seemed 10 be
exertlng its entire influence TO save
me from the avalanche Of democratic
votes which apparently hung In the
balance. SO.
TO stationary used by me In ex-
posing tho Infamous fake circular
gotten out by Rev. Smith aud others,
2 cents.
Il wish TO further state that any
Inaccuracies or omissions which may
be found in this statement Involving
total Of about 5000 are duo 10 the
str<nuous condition OF things. and TO
the break-neck rate Of speed at which
was compelled TO run TO be able 70
look back at my opponent as I came
,nder the wire.''-Kansas City Jour
nal
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-04-08

1t is very amusing to watch the
Democrats scrap. There is one argu-
ment that is used against Beckham,
however. which is absolutely silly.
That is the war claim" argument.
The Republicans naturally for excel
lent reasons have no use, politically
speaking, for any of the crowd. either
machine or anti-machine. but they be-
lieve in giving even tine devil his dues.
II there is a man in Kentucky who
would not have been willing TO take
over a million dollars for the state in
exchange for s71, 900 we'd like to see
what he looks like. II the state could
have collected the money without
paying that much for it, why didn't
the state do itl The Democrats have
controlled this state almost incessant-
ly for years. The Republicans had one
term and were elected for another,
but the Offices were stolen from them
the last time. II this war claim
could have been collected before. and
at less cost. why wasn't 1t done? II
it couldn't have been done, why raise
a kick when the state and the taxpay-
ers came out long way in the fore
front? II Mr.. Hendrick and his sup.
porters think there was nothing but
clerical work in the job, and that it
could have been done by any congress-
man or anyone else, why didn't Mr..
Hendrick collect the war claim when
he was in congress?
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-04-08

President Roosevelt is covering
much ground and variety Of sub
jects in his Western tour. The sound.
sensible and pointed words of the pres
ident show the stuff Of which he is
made, and will no doubt make him
many new friends. His advice to
boys is something they should all read
and follow. He says: 81 believe in
work, and | believe in play. would
be sorry not to see you enjoy your
selves, but do not let play interfere
with work. Do things quickly and
cbeerfully. Boys, remember, the
maulicr you wish to be the nicer you
can afford to be at h1me. Iwould be
ashamed of q boy who was bully to
the weak When you play be fair, but
play hard, and then work hard at your
studies. II you get hurt keep on play
ing. Work with your whole heart in
all things"
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-04-08
TRANSFERRED BACK
DR.. G.. W. Briggs Sent to Mem
phis Conference Again
And He Has Signed, 1t Is Understood,
for Years Lecture Course.

DIR. @. W. Briggs, who was trans.
ferred to the Baltimore conference at
the session of the Memphis conference
held at Paris, Tenn, last November,
has been transferred by that confer.
ence, at its recent session, back to the
Memphis conference.
DIR. Briggs is now living in Louis.
Vile, however, which is in the Louis
VILE conference, and yesterdays pa.
pers announced that he had signed
with the Southern Lyceum bureau /,
lecture for year. NJ ia
1t is not understood here what DIR.
Briggs intends to do anles it isto re
tire fgPm the pulpifisnd devote hi
time 10 lecturing.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-04-08
GETS DISCHARGE.
FIRST LIEUTENANT sHEARER
RECEIVES HIS PAPERS.

Lieutenant william Shearer, who
lately resigned from the Wheeler
Guards here, this morning received the
following honorable discharge from
the sdjutant general;
State Of Kentucrky,
AdJutant Generals Office,
Frankfort. April 3, 1908.
Special Orders, No. l2.
Par. 1. william O. shearer, first
lieutenant Paducah company, unas-
signed, having rendered his resigna-
ton, the same is hereby accepted, and
he is this date honofalby discharged
from the Kentucky state guard. BY
command Of ]. @. W. Beckhsm. Gov.
ern or and Commander in. Chief.
David r. Murray, Adjutant General.
His successor is to be elected April 16.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-04-08
A HISTORIC APRIL
The Month Has Been a Good
One in History.
Many Great Achievements Accredited
TO the Most Tickle Month of
the Year.
1T Is A FIGHTING MONTH
New Orleans Times. Democrat. }

New Orleans Times Democrat.
Ibid you know that the month Of
April has played more, conspicuous
part in American history than any
other month Of the year? ?" asked q
man who is fond Of things historical.
From the way look at the events
involved April Is the most important
Of all the months aud have often
wondered why the Am erican people
show so much indifference to the fact.
Why, when you come TO think of II,
the Fourth Of july. while, OF course,
important enough, is yet not quite so
momentous in the annals OF American
history as some other days one might
mention. April has been the one
month Of the year which has really
settled the great problems with which
the American people have had to deal.
Suppose we glance at the record for
moment.
"The War of the Revolution began
April 10. 1878. and ended April n.
1888. Coming ON down we find the
Sabine disturbance, involving the
southwestern frontier. Louisiana. Ar.
kansas and Texas and which began in
April, 1885. running through to June
OF the next year. The Mexican war
began April "a, 1886. The Yuma ex.
petition into California ended IN April
1889, having begun in December the
year previous. The Gils expedition
into New Mexico was launched April
/, 1887. The Colorado river expedI.
tion in California ended April 2s. 1889
The Pecos expedition into Texas was
launched April 10. 1859. There was
the War of the Rebellion which start
ed April 10. 1851. Hostilities actual
ly began when Fort sumter was fired
upon April ~, 1861.
The Ute expedition in Colorado he
gan April 3, 1873. 1t is rather Gu
rious coincidence that the late war
with Spain began April 81, in the same
month and but two days later, with
respect to the day Of the month, than
the war Of the rebellion. which began |
April 10 The Spanish.American war
began April 81, 1898, and ended April |
IL. 1893. These are some of the inn
portant things which have taken place
in the month of April, and many of
the events have been OF deep import
from the viewpoint Of Americans.
What reason can you assign for the
part April has played in
the history Of America Do men feel
more like lighting in April than in the
other months Of the year? Is the
'pirit Of war and revolution influ-
anced by the rising Of the sapl | do
not know, but there must be some
rood reason for the happening Of these
great things-wars, explorations, adj.
ana events of this sort in the
month Of April At any rate they
nave happened IN April, and IL would
DO unreasonable and altogether absurd
10 assume that these things are due to
haphazard that they are mere coinci.
fences. April cannot be explained
put Of its rightful inheritance among
he more important months In Ameri.
can history.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-04-08


1t is sheer nonsense to talk of not
being able to get an attorney to take
the city attorneyship of Paducah I'M
der the second class charter for $50 a
month. There are plenty of young
attorneys here who would be glad to
have 1t. 1t is a good pickup. Most
Of the time all the work required of
the attorney is a few minutes in po-
lice court every morning. Usually the
average is fifteen or twenty minutes a
day the week around. There are few
days that these duties interfere with
the attorneys practice in other courts.
The city has been paying the attorney
who looks after all suits for and
against the city aud advises the boards
only slightly more. s75, end his work
is much more important and Of a
much higher class than that Of prose-
cutting in the police court, and yet
there has never been any trouble IN
finding 3 man for that place. Those
who know anything about the Office
know that see is good pay for tho po'
lice court attorney Of Paducah.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-04-08
THE WEATHER.
Fair tonight and Thursday
KENTUCKY DEMOCRACY.

The Courier-Journal. the leading
Democratic paper Of Kentucky, which
has been censured by the nti-mschine
men for not taking sides in the three
cornered gubernatorial controversy,
fired a double-leaded broadside in
three sections into the anti Beckham
camp yesterday, showing'up in clear,
unmistakable manner the condition of
the Democratic party in Kentucky.
In speaking Of an attack of the 0w-
ensboro Messenger on the Courier
journal, it states that Mr.. Woodson,
national committeeman from Ken
tucky, is evidently against Beokham
and talks like loser" 1t signif-
cantly adds:
"Only some sense of discontinue
and defeat could account for such an
excess of unreasoning spleen. Win
ners are generally good humored. -
1t quotes from letter to the editor
Of the Courier Journal from Mr.. J. NJ.
Mclean, Mr.. Hendricks campaign
manager, the following in regard to
Beckham's campaign:
1.-THE opportunity is before you to
be Of inestimable service to the party
by calling on him in your great paper
to withdraw. He owes it to himself
and to his party to do so. You owe it
to the great Democracy to ask him ed
itorially to do it. before he disrupts
this party which has so signaily honor
ed him. AS certain as God reigns and
the man on horseback rough rides at
Washington this man will never be
governor of Kentucky again, by the
voice of the people,"
Says the Courier Journal in regard
to this demand:
"In answer to this Mr.. Meloan's at
tention was directed to an editorial
which appeared in these columns last
December in which the relations Of
the paper to the various Democratic
aspirants for preferment were stated,
10 wit, that we play no favorites, and
that, in advance of the party sction,
ali Democrats look alike to us. At the
time this article appeared it was being
industriously promulgated by our enc
mics that the Courier Journal was hos
tile to Governor Beckham. of course,
there was no more foundation for that
report than there is for the present re-
port that IL is being worked in his in
terest."
In discussing why the Courier'Jour-
ma. is not for any particular candidate
and explaining why it might be il it
cared to be, for or against some of
them, it adds:
without regard to such considera-
lions, we wish them all well; which
over is nominated shall receive our
support, and, that We may make this
support the more effectual, we must
decline sir. Meloan's invitation to
handicap ourselves in advance by OPP
posing Mr.. Beckham ON grounds which
would make our support, in case Mr..
Mclean be mistaken in his forecast,
worse than worthless.
Farther on the Courier-Journal de-
clsres:
"Not one line or word unfavorable
either to Mr.. Breckenridge or Mr..
H,ndrIck-not one suggestion Of the
withdra val of either of them--hss at
any time appeared in these COLUMNS.
AND that much 4 the foregoI Sc
- -,
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-04-08
A SHOOTING Incident.

A correspondent writes from Bel
lingham. England "A friend of mine
was out shooting and shot an old
blackjack. She lowered to fifty yards
bigh and then fell on to grouse
which hust have beeA lying in the
heather. The grouse seemed quite
stunned at first. and went round and
round. Tapping its wings, and then
few away. apparently none the
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-04-08

A New England girl, Miss Prudence
Clark, is principal Of the Chimayo
school, New Mexico. All Of her pupils
are Mexlcans or Indians and their
home life Is very primitive. Miss
Clark has succeeded so well that from
a handful of pupils the number has
now increased to ninety. and a new
schoolhouse has been built, and Miss
Clark's sister, Jeanette, has boen en-
gagged as assistant
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-04-08
SMALL BLAZE.
HOUSE ON JACKSON STREET
SLIGHTLY DAMAGED.

The fire department was this after
noon called to the home of Joe Lam
bert, on Jackson street between Sec.
ond and Third to extinguish small
blaze in the roof discovered when the
family were away. Mr.. Henry Ran
kin owns the house, and the damage
was not great The blaze is sup
posed to have originated from sparb
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-04-08

up. All this wrangle over sanitary
officers could and should have been
held last winter instead of now.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-04-08
A pIaerdered sxstem.

Il don't know what there Is about
betting on horse races that should bo
so delsterious to health" said young
Mrs. Torkins. pensivcly. ~
Il never heard of such thing" an
swered the visitor. .l. a.1sl.l
Neither did 4 until heard Cbarley
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-04-08

The Lexington Leader contains an
account of map's breaking his leg
dancing a "poker-step" This is
something new on us. We call 1t
~ down here.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-04-08
PAY TRAIN THE 10Th
Date of the Illinois Central's
Next Pay Day.
Steel wrecker Repaired-other Rail
road Notes.

All the Central City Illinois Central
yards have been placed under Train
master 7. A. Banks, who now has the
superintendency Of all territory be-
tween the southern limits of Paducah
yards and the northern limits OF the
Central City yards. Trainmsster Lin
ton of Louisville. whose territory did
embrace the Central City yards, now
has from the northern limits Of Cen
trail City to the northern limits Of the
Louisville yards.
The big steel wrecking outfit, which
was turned over several weeks ago on
the Evansville division Of the |. O.,
has been thoroughly overnauled and
repaired ana Is now ready for service
again. The wrecker was reprinted
and looks like a new one.
DIR. d. G. Murrell, chief surgeon OF
the Illinois Central road, returned
from Boaz Station this morning,
where he had been on business.
Notice was this afternoon received
that the Illinois Central pay train will
arrive in Psducah at 3;5 pm. April 90
and pay off all hands.
Mr.. j. MoNamara has been appoint
ed supervisor of the Louisville divi-
sion to succeed Mr.. ]. W. Shaw, re-
signed.
? Mr.. Il. V. Williams Of the l. O.
yard office here is better today, his
many friends will be pleased to learn.
Illinois Central stock is this month
quoted to employees and officials at
sl37 per share.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-04-08

2 Mr.. r. V. Williams of the l. O.
yard office here is better today, his
many friends will be pleased to learn.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-04-08

Illinois Central stock is this month
quoted to employees and officials at
sl37 per share.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-04-08
WEDNESDAY, APRIL, 1908.
DAILY THOUGHT.

DAILY THOU0hI.
"You cannot dream yourself into a
character; you must hammer and forge
yourself into one"
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-04-08

Mr.. j. McNamsra has been appoint.
ed supervisor of the Louisville divi-
sion to succeed Mr.. J. W. Shaw, re-
signed.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-04-08

Notice was this afternoon received
that the Illinois Central pay train will
arrive in Psducah at 9;5 pm. April 90
and pay off all hands.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-01-16
AN INDEPENDENT VICTORY.

The directors Of the Michigan Inde
pendent Telephone Construction Co
met in Alma Monday for the first time
since the company was organized last
fall. Reports were read from the mem
bers Of the company who are now in
Springfield. Mo-, installing an indie.
pendent telephone system, showing that
the work of the company was progress.
ing satisfactorily at that place. In the
report there was statement to the effect
that the independent company had won
out in the fight on there between them
and the Bell company. A public meet
ing was held by the citizens OF Spring.
field and II was decided e. exclude the
Bill people from the fold. Previous to
this meeting the Bell )mpany has been
working t. keep the independent com.
pany from gaining foothol1. but it is
evident that they were not aware OF the
fighting qualities of O. o. Trask, the
manager Of the Michigan Independent
Telephone Construction Co., when
they entered the c0ntroversy. The
report from Springfield also stated
that it was almost impossible to meet
the demand for the independent tele.
phones wanted by the subscribers.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-01-16
Subscribe for the 1908 RECORD
WEATHER SUMMARY.

following is the report for Dec
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-01-16

1907:
TEMpERATURE
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-07-24
Didn't Recognize Himself.

Col. Mcclure is said to have been
the narrator of the tale of the
travelling Celt who, stopping for night
at a Harrisburg hotel, found the
rooms all engaged. The best the
landlord could do for him was to put
him in the same bed with one of the
negro employees of the hostelry. The
Irishman rebelled at first, but finally
consented, leaving explicit directions
that he was to be called early in the
morning. A party of politicians who
had heard the arrangement between
landlord and guest paid the waiter
to black up his roommate before
going to sleep. In the morning when
the Celt was called, he arose, made a
hasty toilet, descended to the bar
room, sent in his order for break
fast, and asked for drink as an
appetizer. AS he raised the glass he
caught his reflection in the mirror be-
hind the bar, and rushing wildly back
to the landlords room cried out:
Faith, an yez huv woke up tn
wrong mon! Twas the Oirishmon-
not tn naygur-r-that wanted to be
called ear-rly!''-Philadelp Times.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-07-24

I thought I heard some movement
within, and gave a gentle tap at the
panel. There was no answer. ]
tapped again. Still silencei
I turned the knob gently, and
thought, as I did so, ''What if she
has gone away as she threatened"
Ny heart gave great throb at this,
for could not bear the idea of hav-
ing her leave me. There was some
thing about her which drew me to-
wards her, and was she not, after all,
little Amaranthe? No matter what
she had done. or seemed to have
done, she was still little Amaranthe,
the daughter of Eugene Darlington,
my old friend, and the niece of the
dear ladies at the Hall.
I pushed open the door. The room
was dark, the blinds closed, the green
shades drawn closely. There was a
sickening odor in the room, at which
my heart sank way, way down.
What if she were dead?. What if my
attitude towards her had been too Sc
we're? What if she, poor, lonely, un-
protected creature, had taken her
life, here, under my roof, where, in
stead of suspicion and injustice, she
should OF all places have found Sc
clusion, confidence and the kindest
of care? We send missionaries to
the heather; shall we not minister
to our own?
I CROPPED my way cautiously in,
and now, with the streak of light
from the open door, began to see
more clearly. 1 looked, fearful of
looking, towards the bed. No, she
had not left me. Her slight body
was there. Was her spirit there
also? She was pale and still; a
white cloth lay across her eyes and
brow. My dress made slight
rustling sound. How glad I was to
hear her voice say, weak though it
was:-
''What is it?'
The odors in the room were nau-
seating. I ran to the window and
mild summer breeze and shining sun
into the room. She cried out at this
and clasped her hands over her eyes.
"Ohi Obi" she said. ST cannot
bear it'll" I wondered what it was
she could not bear, whether the sun
shine or her thoughts.
what is it?' cried. ''What have
you taken? What is this dreadful
odor? Are you i'll? Amaranthe! lit
tie Amaranthe! are you ill?" She
YEARLY dragged the cloth from her
forehead, and opened her eyes stu
pidly.
"What was it," she muttered, "that
they gave e-those-men?
1t made me stupid, sleepy. The room
is full of it. Ahi''-she snuffed at tho
fresh, sweet air-''how good!"
ITO Be Continued
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-07-24
Barton County Democrat.
STOKE. AND FEEDER, PUBS. AND PROPS.
WILL E. STOKE, sDITOR AND f1ANA0ER.
GREAT BEND, KANSAS
THE sERRY-PickERS.

I won the heart of Mary Anne
1t happened in this way:
I'd often watched the girl in church,
And thought I'd like to go
Picking berries in the meadow
On a summers day.
Yes, often when the preacher rose
And shut his eyes to pray,
Then Mary Anne she'd peep at me
Till I was in a glow
] won the heart of Mary Anne
It happened in this way:
Upon a sunny afternoon,
When we had mown the hay,
''Now, Mary, would 1t not be nice"
I whispered sort of low,
picking berries in the meadow
On a summers day."
Then Mary Anne. she took her pail
And came without delay,
I rather kind O. think she guessed
For girls do guess-but oh!
I won the heart of Mary Anne
It happened in this way:
] don't care much for berries,
But I'd some'h'n sweet to say.
o HemlocE, how ISfrembled
Would sh>- answer YES" or NO."
Picking berries in the meadow
On a summers day?
80 Mary Anne stammered,
She dropped her eyes of gray;
But soon I saw a dimple flash
I kissed 1t auckland 10,
I won the heart of Mary Annei
It happened in this way.
Picking berries in the meadow
On a summers day.
Samuel Minturn Peck. in Boston Tran
MT
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-07-24
4 Toast in Taste.

GA man usually makes a fool of
himself when he responds to a toast, ,"
said the old gentleman in gray, ''but
the other night, at a little farewell
dinner given in honor of two Ole
friends of mine who were about to
take a golden wedding honeymoon
trip, I heard the neatest toast that
ever blessed my ears.
1.-THE toast was to The Bride Mrs.
King was fine old lady, gentle and
lovable. The speaker we all knew to
have been an old lover of hers. In
fact, he is yet.
HE simply arose, cleared his
throat, looked around, while we wait
ed expectantly and the bride
blushed, and then said. The Bride
Mrs. King-the Queen!-God Bless
Heri'
''Then we clinked our glasses, drank
our wine, laughed and cheered, while
the bride blushed roster than ever
like a school girl. Free
Press.