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The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-08-07
FIRST MILLIONAIRE
John ID. Rockefeller Easily the
Richest Man in the World.
Millionaires Are Now Getting to Be
Quite Common.

John ID. Rockefeller is now classed
as a Millionaire, and reported to be the
richest man in the world. says the
Chicago Inter Ocean. Before the
South African war Albert Belt of
Kimberley was, according to an Eng
lish list published in 1900, the worlds
only Millionaire. Lii Hung Chang of
China stood second in the list with
$500, 900, 900, and John d. Rockefel-
Ter third with $3.50, 100000. Only
seven others were given fortunes of
over 800, 900, 900. Prince Elm Dem
idoff Of Russia, 5000, 900, 900; Cor
nelius Vanderbilt of New York, sl25,-
600, 900; Andrew Carnegie. $40, 000,-
600, and william X. Vanderbilt, John
Jacob Astor, william Rockefeller and
william Waldorf Astor, each $780,
900. 900.
Lord Rothschild of England was
credited with s75, O00. 900, and AL
phonse Rothschild of Paris and Baron
Albert Rothschild Of Vienna $40, 000,-
900 each. The English dukes of Dew
onshire. Bedford, Norfolk and Buc-
cleugh each had $50, 900. 900. Alfred
Krupp. gunmafer, had s45, 900, 900;
Claus Spreckles and p. ID. Armour,
each $40, 900, 600; Collis U. Hunting
ton, George j. Gould and j. Pierpont
Morgan, each $50, 900, 900, and Nor
shall Field, Harold Mccormick, W. l..
Elkins and James J. Hill each S25, =
900, 600. all of them ranking in wealth
with Russian and Austrian princes.
Fifty years ago the millionaires
were confined mainly to the princes
and dukes and bankers Of Europe.
The American millionaire came with
the era Of development Of railways
and the mineral and manufacturing
resources of the country. Since the
census year of 1900 there have been
great changes, Mr.. Rockefeller having
quadrupled his wealth and the South
African millionaires having lost
ground. Many Americans who were
simply hard workers twenty and
thirty years ago have advanced to
the rank Of m'l'ionsires,
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-08-07

dues, instead of spending his surplus
cash for q harmful luxury. He has
quit the companions with whom he
used to spend his Saturday nights, and
now prefers the company Of his wife
and children.
The United States League of Build
ing association has for its motto. 1.-THE
American Home, the Safeguard of
American Liberties. shall not take
time to show that this motto is well
chosen and appropriate, but ask leave
20 point out briefly some of the reasons
why the league is entitled to bear it
The family is the unit of society.
The home is the training school of the
citizen ana the soldier, and these are
the guardians of liberty. If every
man had home that he could call his
ewn, liberty would be secure, and the
work of the building association would
be nearing completion. But unfortu-
nately this is not the case, and the
good work must go on.
The influence the building associa.
tion exercises on good government is
indirect, but none the less important,
as will appear to any close observer.
The home is the guardian Of liberty.
Through the agency of the building
association the man of limited means
is enabled to acquire q home, and in
this way many have become property
owners ana good citizens, interested
in the affairs Of state and IN the pros
perity of the city or town in which
they live.
The American home is the product
of the building association, and the
shareholders will be loyal defenders Of
the flag under whose protection they
enjoy life and the pursuit of happi.
ness.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-08-07
Cured PARALYSIS.

W. 5. Baily, p. o. True, Texas,
writes: my wife had been suffering
five years with paralysis in her arm,
when l was persuaded to use Ballard S
Snow Liniment, which cured her all
right. ] have also used it for old
sores, frost bites and skin eruptions.
1t does the work. " csc, SOC and 81
bottles at Dubois. Kolb & Co.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-08-07
The Building Associations It's Influence on the Community
RI REV ODoNAcHUE D.. Bishop of Ponaro, Auxliar
Indianapolis Indiana.

Perhaps shall not be able to say
anything new on this subject, but
oven the repetition of the good things
said by others will not be waste Of
time. My purpose is to show that the
influence Of the building association
on the community tends TO make the
shareholder an economical worker, a
temperate man, and loyal citizen.
The great mass of humanity is now,
and always will be. made up of those
who subsist by manual labor. This IL
the very law Of human existence, writ
ten in the oldest chronicles that we
have, and told by the experiences OF
mankind in ali ages. Poverty is not
a crime and 10 possess wealth is Meth
or wrong nor harmful 10 those who
are without IL. That some are TO be-
rich and others poor seems TO be the
normal condidtion OF civilized man as
far back rs we have any knowlede Of
his movements, and any other condi.
tion would not be healthy for the
whole community or progressive for
any part of it. As conditions now ex.
list, money is condensed labor, and it's
possession is desirable chiefly on ac-
count of the conveniences It procures,
and its pursuit is made energetic by
the inequality of the distribution.
The man who labors, and il is he
who is spoken of here, should be paid
something more fer his work than
what is necessary for the support Of
himself and family. The farmer ex-
poets more than living from his
crops; the manufacturer looks for
profits beyond what is necessary for
the maintenance of his household (.
the jobber or middleman lays by
something for "A rainy day; the oler-
gyman desires little more for salary
than he has to spend for clothes and
books and bread. Then the.man who
works for wages IN the mine, in the
shop or in the field, should also be
able to save something ont OF his
earnings. Now il he does this,
where is he to find place to deposit
his surplus with safety and profit?
His pocket will not do, not perhaps
on account of its size, but because il
is too accessible TO allow the accumu-
lations to grow. The temptation to
zRend is too close. He can hardly get
>ugh money together to loan it to
Advantage, and If he did the security
might not be good. IL is his friend
who would borrow, and he is the
slowest to repay But il might be
said that he has the banks to go to.
Yes, but banks he has come to tbint,
are for the well.dressed men engaged
in commercial dealings and hand
ling large money, while his clothes
and appearance unfit him to stand
near them AT the receiving teller's
window. He might put his surplus in
o stocking where the thieves would
dig through and steal, or leave it in
the bottom drawer till the house burns
down; but the better plan is for him
to take stock in his local building as
sociation.
The need of safe and convenient
method of laying aside small sums OF
money was recognized by observant
men, and the building association was
born. IL grew in strength and favor
year by year, passed Though the expe-
riences common to all new enterprises,
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-08-07

surmounted obstacles that beset its
pathway, until today when its colossal
form is measured by the boundaries of
this republic 1t has taught the la
boring man economy, and has made
him a better man; it has shown him
the value of money and offered him
chance to save what he could spare; it
has led him 20 look on his position as
honorable and his place among men as
respectable.
IL is not claimed that the building
association has brought about the mil
lenium or inanguated the reign of I'M
iverssl benevolence. But beyond all
question il has been an important fac
tor in the uplifting of the wage work
err, and has exerted moral influence
on the community that is marked and
far reaching in its consequences.
IL was not the intention OF the orig
instors of the building association idea
to make it an agency for tle suppress
sion of vice IN any form, or TO use it
n a moral force directed against
crime. No appeal for patronage or
support was ever made on any other
than purely business grounds. He was
asked only to pay what he promised,
and to pay it at the right time, and
the board of directors would do the
rest. Notwithstanding the fact then
that the building association was or.
Rsnized and is conducted entirely as q
business concern, it has none the less
exerted influences in another direction
that are well worthy of consideration.
propose to call attention here to only
one, namely, the lessening of imtem-
perance among the laboring classes.
II is the theme of the clergyman in
his pulpit; its ruinous work is set
forth in fiery eloquence by the orator
on the street corner; both church and
state have fought it. and still the de-
structive work goes on, counting its
victims in appalling numbers. Every
body sees this; everybody regrets it
but the remedy has not yet been found,
or if found, has not been applied.
Now it would seem at first sight
rather extravagant to assert that build
ing associations play an important part
in the cause of temperance; but am
prepared to make the statement. and /
think on close observation it will not
be questioned. A we'll known worker
in the temperance cause once said in
my hearing at q public meeting, that
he believed the building associations
had done more to promote sobriety
among men than all other agencies
combined.
You may prove to man by argu-
ment that he is doing wrong, without
being able to induce him to do right.
You may show him the harm he does
himself by intemperance he is con-
WINGED, promises amendment, but ap-
petite Is stronger than words, and he
is soon back to his old habits again.
Now the building association makes
no argument in favor of temperance,
but 1t gives the man addicted to drink
an object lesson which is likely not
only to convince him that he ia doing
but to induce him to change
his ways. IL shows him practically
the way to check his extravaganza and
points to results that are evident and
tangible. His neighbor has taken stock
in an association, and he now pays his
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-17
College Slang.

In the classic precincts of Cambridge,
where the literary tradition of educa-
tion survives. the students have a
richer slang than in American uni
versities, says the New York Tribune.
A student is never Sin" Cambridge
but always up" If he is leaving
college for a day or two he will tell
bis friends that he is going down"
The first person you encounter on en-
tering your rooms is not your land
lady. She is your "bedder," which is an
Authorization of ''bedmaker" The Gus
tom of abbreviating words and adding
the affiX "er" is universal at Cam
bridge. One does not go to ones lee
ture," but ones "lecker." Football
(Rugby or association" is, of course,
as elsewhere, 'footer' (rugger or
socker). The early meal is always
'brekker." But there is also a purely
varsity meal known as brunch" This
takes place on Sunday. It is a COM
bination of breakfast and luncheon
end does duty for both. 1t is well to
know that you do not Give" at Cam
bridge-you keep" You will be ask
ed, Where are you keeping?" when
friends inquire your address. If in
side your college, you tell them that
you keep in coll" You don't inquire
if any one is dining in hail." but if
they will keep hall" You keep a
chapel" and if you attend that of
Kings College you say you are going
to keep a Kings" Do not smoke a
pipe, but keep" one. If they are go
ing TO theater, concert or meeting,
it is case of keeping" A "stinks
man" is one who is taking the natural
science tripos.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-17
CURRENT COMMENT.

The Chicago Chronicle (Dem.) says:
to rejoice and hallelujahize so rap
turously over the Northern Securities
decision that we are forced to be-
lieve that the finding in some way
bears upon the fourth-class postmas-
terships in Illinois. Nothing else could
so work up the venerable Mr.. Gull
lom."
The Columbia Is. c. Record Oem)
says: Grover Cleveland may not be
popular with politicians, but that
doesn't keep him from having a large
share of hard, common sense. He
made a speech on the negro question
last night and talked about it with as
much sense and with as much appre-
citation of the difficulties of the situa-
ton as if he We're a southern man."
The Charleston Post (Dem.) says:
That was very refreshing discussion
of the negro question last night in Madi-
son Square Garden, New York, at
which Grover Cleveland was the chief
speaker. Leave the matter to the peo-
pie of the South, was the keynote
struck by Cleveland and played by the
other speakers. 1t is pretty safe to
toiAON &AONcldiiu Oh questions.
President Roosevelt's finely drawn
academic views seem vapid in COMPARE
son with the sturdy common sense ex-
pressed by the former President"
The Brooklyn Eagle (Dem.) says:
"The discordant notes in all the JET
ferson elebrations-appear to have
been those sounded in the words of
Mr.. Hill at Aabany, and in the tele-
gram of Mr.. Bryan to the dinner in
Manhattan. Each of them talked
about 'plutocracy' in a way to suggest
that the possession or the desire of
property is anti-Democratie and that
he who desires it or possesses it is
not only no Democrats but should
be regarded by that party as an
enemy. Mr. Hill is in aff1uent circum-
stances, and the financial condition of
Mr.. Bryan is one of comfort. AS a
lawyer, Mr.. Hin, last week, argued the
protest of corporations against a tax
law. before the Court of Appeals. and
his retainer is said TO have been over
$4,000. MIR. Bryan makes a good living
out OF poor newspaper and can COM
mand $500 a night by his lectures
We state these personal facts to show
mat neither man is hostile to prosper
Aty' when IL comes his way"
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-17
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Personal.

j. Frank Alice, one of the new SEN
ators from Delaware, has made a dis
tinctly favorable impression among his
colleagues in Washington. A pleasant
faced man of rather chunky build, he
does not pose in any way and good
humoredly declares that he does not
expect to win fame as either orator or
statesman. He impresses new ac-
quaintances as man gifted with a
generous allowance of common sense.
Senator Alice operates a jewerry store
in his home town, Dover.
Senator Dillingham; of Vermont is a
close student of meteorology, finding
much amusement in watching the
changing temperature lines on the big
weather map at the Senate and of the
Capitol. THAT pond fascinates me, I"
said the Senator, pointing to the Gulf
of Mexico. 1T gives up most of the
water carried overland and falls as
rain in the Eastern and Middle states.
What should we do We're it not for the
Gulf of Mexico?" he asked with the
enthusiasm of a teacher instructing a
geography class.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-17
THE ISTHMIAN CANAL AND THE
SOUTH.

In recent interview published in
the Times-Democrat of New Orleans
Col. r. M. Johnston, the well-known ed
itor of the Houston, Tex, Post, discussed
at considerable length the progress the
South was making and the effect the
opening of the Panama canal would
have upon the development of her le-
sources. He expressed the opinion
that the canal would stimulate the de-
velopment of the South's resources to
an extent not yet thought of by the
great majority of her people, for the
reason that she is nearer to the canal
than any other section of the United
ducts will be in demand in the coun-
tries which the canal will force into
much greater prominence than they
now have.
For this reason Col. johnson ex-
pressed the opinion that the newspa-
pers of the South ought to hold a con-
vention at some central point at an
early day for the purpose of getting
policy they ought to adopt in their
efforts to impress upon the Southern
people the importance the canal is
going to be to their section of the
country.
There is no doubt wisdom in this
suggestion. No one will seriously ques-
ton the opinion that the canal is going
to be of inestimable value to the South.
Not only will it enlarge the market for
Southern products, but the products
of the West that will flow to the coun-
tries which the canal will assist in de-
veloping will have to pass through the
Gulf and South Atlantic ports OFF their
way to their destination.
1t is none too early for the Southern
papers to begin campaign of educa-
ton in regard to the benefits which
the canal will confer upon the South,
and in order that this campaign may
be conducted intelligently and along
harmonious lines the newspapers of
the South ought to have an under
standing with each other. The only
way for them TO reach such an under
standing is to have a convention and
talk the matter over.
OF course it will be years before the
canal will be ready to be opened 10
the commerce of the world, but there
isn't any reason to doubt that It will
be opened, and the South ought to be
prepared for the conditions that will
prevail when the canal is ready for
business.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-17
Active Remedies.
From the London Chronicl

From the London Chronicle.
"a Paris doctor declares that the
cakewalk, freely INDUCED in, will kill
the hardest microbe.)
The waltz is not without its charm,
The polka has it's points.
The barn dance need not cause alarm
To those who've supple joints
The cellar flap with joy is seen
(Though seldom at a BALD.
But when it comes to hygiene
The cakewalk beats them all.
There was a time in days gone by,
When, if I felt unwell,
Unto by doctor / would fly,
In haste my symptoms tell,
And pay the varlet humping fees.
It seemed my only chance.
But now NJ. DIS no longer please,
It's cheaper far to dance.
Should limb or Uranium throb and
ache,
I don my lightest shoe,
And hired menials music make.
It's what they're paid to do.
Down South's" exhilarating strains
Burst from the gay banjo.
Quaint ragtime steps dispel my pain.
And urge a healthy glow
We invalids, though old and stout.
Accept the proffered boon,
FORGETTING govt, step boldly out
To emulate the coon.
Attempt the measures / suggest
Scorn not what l advise
The plan, believe me. is the best
This way salvation lies.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-17
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

Meetings-Stockhol Savannah
Gas Light Co.; Landrum Lodge No
As. F. & A. NJ.
Special Naturalization Notice,
City of Savannah: Ship Notice,
Strachan & Co., Agents.
Business Notices-At Groot's New
Market.
The Cadillac-R. V. Connerat.
To-day at Public Auction-A. L.
Desbouillons.
Every Department of This Store
Complete-Daniel Hogan.
Some Elegant Selections-Allen Bros.
You May Thinlf-Falk Clothing Co.
Bed Bug Poison-Shuptrine' Drug
Store.
Summer Goods-At Lattimore's.
1t Stands Wear-M. Wilensky.
Proposals Wanted-For Furnishing
Fuel, Lights, Etc. to Court House and
Postoffiee Building, Savannah, Ga
Mineral Waters-The Delmonico Co.
We Will Buy or Build You a Home
National Improvement Co, Inc. At
lanta, Ga
As Good as Currency-Humboldt
Cigars.
Silver Polish-The Gorham Co.
Medical-Vinol; Paraeamph; Hyo-
mel; Cuticura: Swamp Root.
Cheap Column Advertisements-He Help
Wanted Employment Wanted, For
Rent For Sale ost Personal, Mis-
cellaneous.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-17

A good story is told on Secretary
Moody while he was visiting San Juan
in Porto Rico, says the New York
Times. While the Dolphin was in the
Harbor of San Juan, she was visited
daily by the natives. One of them,
feeling thirsty, turned to a man in
white and wearing a sort of naval
cap and said: "I'll have a drink of
water" The man hurried away with
out a word. and soon returned with
the water, which the native drank.
The man in white then took the glass
back to the cabin. While he was gone
an American, who had seen the whole
procedure, said to the native: you
ought to have tipped that fellow" The
native fumbled in his pocket for a
coin, but mildly protested: "Why
should II" and the American said:
Because that was Mr.. Moody. the
Secretary of the Navy" 1t was true,
and when the Secretary emerged from
the cabin the natives profuse apologies
were made as only one of the Latin
race can make them, while the Secre-
tary laughing, tried to put the Porto
Rican at his ease.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-17
A Wedding.

The wedding was solemnized in a
floating chapel built for the occasion,
says Life. This clever ruse was made
necessary by the bride having only
limited divorces which did not permit
her to marry again anywhere except
on the high seas, and also by the
groom not daring to come within the
jurisdiction of the courts of New York.
His effulgenee, the extremely right
reverend bishop of the diocese, con-
Quoted the ceremony and was never
more felicitous. When he pronounced
the benediction on the kneeIing pair
the aristocratic congregation were
deeply affected, and cheered loudly.
The bishop thanked them feelingly in
behalf of himself and Jehovah.
During the ceremony the ushers
passed highballs and cigarettes, a chic
innovation especially welcomed by the
younger women present, who were not
accustomed to sitting so long without
drinking or smoking.
Another new feature was the cake
walk occasional. When it was seen to
what advantage this enabled the bride
to display her exquisite lingerie, great
surprise was expressed that nobody
had thought of it before.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-17
SUNDAY LAWS IN JACKSONVILLE.

The ministers of Jacksonville and
the sheriff of Duval county have lock-
ed horns, and the outlook is that the
people of Jacksonville on Sundays will
suffer a great many inconvenience
while the war lasts. The ministers
protested against bicycle races on
Sundays, and threatened to have the
sheriff removed if the law against
them were not enforced. OF course,
the sheriff did not like the idea of
having to make a fight for his office,
and so he consulted the Governor. 1t
seems the result of such consultation
was that the Sunday laws are to be
enforced in Jacksonville. Just what
these laws are we do not know, but it
is said they are sweeping, being pref
ty nearly as severe as the famous blue
laws of Connecticut. If the sheriff
carries out his purpose Jacksonville
will be closed as tight as a drum next
Sunday. The newspapers will not be
distributed, the street cars will not be
permitted to run and the soda water
fountain will not accommodate its US
ual thirsty throngs. 1t will not be
possible to get a shave, drink or a
cigar. Jacksonville will look as If she
were attending a funeral.
OF course there is reason in all
things. Public sentiment and common
sense ought to settle the question as
to what things should be prohibited
and what permitted on Sundays. We
don't undertake to say where the line
should be drawn, but the sheriff of
Duyal county ought to know where to
draw it. If the better sentiment in
Jacksonville wants bicycle races pro-
hibited there on Sundays it is obvious
ly the duty of the sheriff to prohibit
them, and there is no reason why he
should undertake to punish the whole
population by enforcing laws long out
of date simply to bring about
the repeal of these laws. There
must be pretty strong pub
lie sentiment behind the demand
for the prohibition of Sunday
bicycle races or else the threat to have
the sheriff removed if he did not pre-
vent such races would not have had a
disturbing effect upon that official.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-17
BRIGHT BITS.

-"She-.'I noticed every time they
cheered or yelled, the speaker took a
long drink of water" He-"Yes, he
was trying to help them drown his
voice. ~ onkers Statesman.
Fumer-"Gee whizz! What sort of
a cigar is this?" Givver-"Oh! bought
it for q nickel l don't just recall the
brand, but l think it was named after
some bum actor" Fumer-"Ah! no
wonder it won't draw."-Philadelph
Press.
II always had my suspicious of
that man." said Senator Sorghum, re-
sentfully. I'm afraid he is willing to
accept pecuniary considerations for
his influence" Worse than that. He
always wants three or four times as
much as his influence is WORTH
Washington Star