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The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-10-21
ASK YOURSELVES.

Secretary Of the Treasury Leslie NJ.
Shaw, who is speaking for the Repub-
lican ticket in Kentucky, has devoted
himself principally to national issues.
He has referred only indirectly to the
conditions that prevail in Kentucky,
but did say ct Lexington, that some
how it seemed to him that the people
Of Kentuok, were not getting their
share Of the good things Of this coun-
try.
You have the land" said Mr..
Shaw, you have the climate, you
have the people, you have the blood.
you have the history, you have all,
but have you been getting your share
of what these things should bring? l
don't know. Look about you at the
other states. Ask yourselves. "
|: The same thing is largely true Of
Paducah. We have everything Il
make Paducah the best CITY IN tine
state outside of Louisville, but some
how we have not made the progress
possible. The citizens of Paducat
know who has been holding Office hsr'
for many years, with the exception o.
the two years Of progressive admins
tration they had under Republican
council which built the sanitary sow
erage and made other public improve
ments. II you want to know why tn,
Democratic officials in past years hav'
ri zen Paducah so little, you should d,
as Secretary Shaw says, ASK your
selves.
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STILL UNANSWERED.

Great things were expected Of Gov
ernor Beckham when he made his
speech at Mayfield Monday, but only
great disappointment resulted. 1t has
been charged. and is still charged, that
citizens of Mayfield contributed $500
to the Democratic campaign fund in
consid Iteration for the pardoning Of Sam
CLARK. convicted of killing Mr.. 8. r.
Carney, then o resident of Paducah.
CLARK was paroled, thus securing his
freedom. but has never been pardoned.
This seems to have been the rock on
which those who put mp the cash and
the Democratic administration split.
Those who paid their good money for
pardon wanted . pardon, and not q
parole, hence the scandal.
Governor Beckham's denial is sim
ply that he didn't promise to pardon
CLARK for political reasons. He GER
tainly has not pardoned him at all.
In the absence of any proof that he did
make any promise to pardon CLARK il
$500 were paid into the campaign
fund, grant that he didn't This does
not disprove the charge that it Wal
understood by those who made mp the
$500. from representations made BY
those protesting to have authority to
make the contract, that CLARK was te
be pardoned. The whole thing was .
Democratic agreement, and Democrats
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MR.. READ A WINNER.

1t should now be plain to every citi-
zen Of Paduoah that Mr.. JeR ]. Read,
the Republican nominee for mayor.
and the entire Republican ticket, will
win easily in November. While the
Democratic registration shows Q few
hundred more votes for Democrats
than Republicans, it does not signify
that the voters will vote the Demo
cratic ticket. or that the Republicans
are beaten, for the Republicans always
cut down the Democratic majority sew!
eral hundred votes, as shown In every
election, and this year many Demo
Gratis are going to vote the independ-
emit ticket, and some are going to stay
at home.
Every voter in Paducah should vote
for Mr.. Read. All good citizens
should get in the band wagon and join
the procession, for if they do not, they
will be sorry when they see what a
rousipg victory Mr.. Read will have.
Mr.. Read is a young and progressive
man. He will give Paducah a. eco
nomical but clean and progressive i'd
ministratiop. Mr.. Read is . young
man Just entering politics. He is well
educated, intelligent and energetic,
with the progressive ideas Of . mod
ern young man. He will give Padu-
cab an administration of which he, his
party and the people will be proud.
A young man like Mr.. Read. with q
future before him-a young man of
standing, esteemed by everybody, and
with a long life before him to be
affected by his record as mayor-he
cannot 90 anything else, II he would,
but give the people progressive, de-
cent administration which will be q
credit to him and reproach to his
predecessors.
The way to win for Mr.. Read and
defeat the present clique is to go te
the polls and vote the Republican tick
ct. He is the man we want and is the
man who is going to be elected. Ev
cry man in favor of better and more
progressive city should vote for Mr.
Read. A vote for anyone else is ,
vote thrown away.
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THE WAY TO GET AT 1T.

1t il reported that the mayor and
board Of police commissioners are to
the charges Of Wholesale
gambling in Psducah. in order to
move that they and the police did not
know what was going on. The public
viii doubtless readily admit that they
did not know what was going on. The
public 10 ready to ooncede that Mayor
Yeiser end the commissioners do not
know of Q single place where gambling
has been going on, or Of . single So
loon that has been open in violation Of
law. The public 10 ready to admit
that the police did not know of it. In
fact. the public is ready to grant thai
the whole city hall crowd is blind
and 1t 10 for this reason, among 9th
ers, that they want them laid on thu
shelf. A progressive city has no ps'
for blind men. The point that is made
and has always been made is that thu
pablo officials did not try to see
these things; there are none so blip'
~ those who Will not see.
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THE SAME OLD DODGE.

The Republicans Of Paducah do not
desire any Republican not entitled to
vote to register. and the attempts OF
the Dem ocratic press to create the i'm
preston that there is any desire to do
anything unfair or illegal by Republic
cans in Paduoah is only another cam
paign scheme. AZ The Sun stated
some time ago. the Republicans want
fair elections and free ballot, and de-
sire no unfair advantage over their OPP
ponents.
The claim that men have illegally
registered is false ON its face. If city
officials know of 35 men, more or less,
who have registered illegally, why
don't they arrest them? The Demo
crats, especially the city hall crowd,
have taken particular pains to keeI
Republicans from registering not emit
tied to register, and probably . few
who were entitled to register. They
have had police officers at some Of th'
polls on registration day to bully
voters, with the evident purpose OF In
timidsting them into not registering
II they really thought there was an
desire ON the part Of voters to registe'
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VETERAN MASON
DIR. j. ID. Landrum Attending
the Grand Lodge
Was Detailed for the Hospital ut Pa
ducah During the War.

The Courier Journal Of yesterday
contained the following article about
popular west Kentucky man, which
will be Of interest In Psduoah;
Many prominent Masons have
reached Louisville for the meeting Of
the grand lodge, which will open to-
day, and among them ere many inter-
esting characters, who tell Of the days
when even the state OF KENTUCKY was
young and little of tho proud common
wealth was In its present stage Of de-
veiopment. One Of the most interest
ing Of the long list 10 Or. James ID.
Landrum OF MayHeld. He 10 in his 80
year. and has taken every degree Of
the order which is accessible to q man
OF his years. He has been n member Of
the church for SO years, and his allie
glance to christianity IL even older
than his first Masonic pledge. DR.
Landrum is one of the few Survivors
who made half dozen attempts TO en-
list in the volunteer army during the
war with Mexico and failed to go out
because the companies filled so rapid
ly that enough men who had applied
in advance OF him were taken to fiil
the enrolment. After six trials 10
get in, DIR. Landrum gave mp the task
Just before the CLOSE Of the war. He
purs ued the profession of his choice,
and ran drug store In Mayneld until
the outbreak Of the Civil war. May
field then became the ping pong ball
of the two armies and after having
two and . half horses stolen by the
Confederate and Union forces he moved
his effects 10 Padueah and took ser
vice under General u. s. Grant Dr..
I.andrum explained the manner In
which the Confederates stole half
horse from him by saying thbt 1t was
a partnership animal, and the other
fellow lost rs much rs he. He enlist
ed at Fort Henry, and was with the
Union army until the close OF the war
but was not on the field during the
last six months Of the time, beng de-
tailed to the Paducah hospital DR..
Landrum, though an ootogeuarisn,
talked with animation, and he 10 rev.
eronced by all the members Of the Ma.
sonic order.
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MR.. MAYOR, SHOW YOUR HAND

NJ Nv. M YIN, ohOW AOOn hAND
IL has been claimed for months past
that the Yeiser administration had
the Endorsement of the saloons and II.
quor men. II was so asserted when
Mayor Yeiser and Colonel Joe Potter
were fighting for the Democratic NOM
nation. The saloon men openly
fought Mr.. Potter. Why? The Sun
does not undertake to say. but 1t 10
generally reported and understood that
Mayor Yeiser has the Enforcement Of
the saloon men, and il he has, there
must be some reason for their indors-
ing him, just as there was reason
for their united opposition 70 Colonel
Potter.
II he is not the saloon candidate, he
owes IL to himself and to tbs saloon
men to say 90. II he 10 not Endorsed
BY the saloons, he ought TO disabuse
the minds Of the people Of the belief
that he 10. II be 10, he should have
the courage to let the people know
where he stands. We want HIM 70
show his hand.
And for the purpose Of having him
show his hand, we repeat that it 10 re.
ported that Sabbath violators and gam
blers are for Mayor Yeiser. That the
whiskey element 10 strong for him. Ia
this true, Mr.. Mayor?
Have you. Mr.. Mayor, directly or in.
directly yourself or through those pro-
Tossing TO represent you. made, - ia
currently reported, any promises to
whiskey men or their representatives
II you have not. say 20. Thousands
Of people in Paducah will read this
and want to know where you stand.
We call on you to show them. You
are a candidate for the highest office
in the gift of the people Of Paducah.
No matter what their individual senti
ments in these matters may be the pee
pie have right to know whore yor
stand.
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ter, Miss Onie, went to Oak Grove
church. After services Mr.. Wyatt
started for his conveyance and told
Miss Onie to be ready.
While Mr. Wyatt was gone after the
team Mr.. Terry Stewart drove mp and
the young lady neglected to wait but
left with Mr.. Stewart to Tennessee
where they were married.
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A WOMAN'S COMPLEXION.

II is rank foolishness to attempt to
remove sallowness or greaisness OF the
skin by the use Of cosmetics, or
"locar' treatment a. advocated by
the "bea uty doctors" The only safe
and sure way that . womsn can i'm
prove her complexion IL by purifying
and enriching the blood, which can
only be accomplished by keeping the
liver healthy and active. The liver IL
the seat of disease and blood pollution.
Green's August Flowss acts directly
on the liver, oleanses and enriohes the
blood. purifies the complexion. 1t
also cures constipation, biliousnsss,
nervousness, end induces refreshing
sleep. A single bottle Of August
Flower has been known to cure the
most pronounced and distressing cases
of dyspepsia and indigestion. New
trial size bottle, 20 cents; regular
size, 70 cents. At all druggists.
Dubois, Kolb & 90.
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ago, let them simply call on
the police department for list Of
names of those who are reputed to be
gamblers-those who do nothing else
forl a hvelinood-and summon gil
on the list to answer questions. Unless
they get tip to leave town and dis
appear to keep from telling what they
know, when they are brought before
the proper authorities and sworn, they
will be compelled to tell who has been
running games, whom they have seen
gambling, and anything else asked
them, except in 90 far 90 IL incriminates
themselves. They must do this,swear
Q lie, or 90 to jail for refusing to an.
swer questions. Few men in game
of chance where several were engaged,
are going to risk the penitensiary BY
swearing ls.not knowing how many
of the others will tell the truth.
Therefore the mayor and police COM
missionsrs II they follow the above
course, will be in q fair way to learn
who has been gambling and where it
took place. They can then say to the
people that they didn't know this bus
mess wss going on, and tell the peo-
pie why they didn't know it was 60
ing on. The police are doubtless inno-
cert. They work twelve hours o day
and their job is always more or less
uncertain. If the police commissioner
had said to them, go around here to
these saloons and break mp the games
they say are going Cd, there wouldn't
have been q game left in three hours.
There might have been few private
games sprinkled around the city in
back rooms, but there wouldn't have
been from q dozen to fifteen at all
hours of the day and night in public
places.
This is the way to get at the bottom
of this gambling business. First find
out where. the gambling was, and then
find out why the police didn't know
where it was-what motive they had
in being blind.
Here is what the rules Of the police
departments, as issued last year, pre-.
scribe:
"Patrolmen: 1.-The prevention OF
crime being the most important OBJ
ject in view, the patrolmen's exertion'
must be constantly used to accomplish
that end; he must examine and make
himself perfectly familiar with ever,
part of his beat, and vigilantly watci
every description of persons passing
his way.
Q. The absence of crime shall b
the best proof of the efficiency of tn
patrolman. and when on any bes
offenses frequently occur, there shal
be good reason to suppose that Their
is negligence or want OF ability o.
part of the patrolman in charge.
Page and Z.
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MARRIED AT MAYFIELD.

Fulton, KY, Oct al Mr.. Waiter
Ellis, Of this city, will at q p. IN. to-
day be married TO Miss Gregory. The
wedding will take place at Mayield
ct tho Gregory home. The couple
will go TO Bardwell to reside.
Mr.. Ellis is salesman for W. x.
Turk at Bardwell, Ky.
Miss Gregory is the pretty daughter
of Mr.. W. J. Gregory,a prominent cit
izen Of Mayfield.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-10-21

Former Governor Brsdley's many
friends throughout the state regret the
attack Of illness which has made 1t i'm
possible for him to take the stump for
the Republican ticket. Governor
Bradley would have doubtless done
effective work for the ticket, and 1t IL
hoped may yet sufficiently recover to
make few speeches.
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THINGS TO REMEMBER


Tax rate for the first year of
Mayor Yeiser's present
term. & 1.S6
Tax rate for the second year
of Mayor Yeiser's present
term, 1.6t
Amount Of taxes raised the
first year on an assessed
valuation of 3a,096,S30, 149, 79l.35
Amount raised the second
year, on assessed valua-
ton Of $s,sl1,49o. 147.o3s.5s
Total amount Of taxes rails
ed in the two years, 296, S30.9
Revenue from licenses,
etc., (estimated) 100000
Total money at disposal Of
administration during
the two years, 346.S30.ss
What have the people Of Paducah t.
show for the expenditure of thi'
amount Of money during the past twt
years?
Do the people Of Paducah want tn
same thing to occur during the mex
two, or four years?
If they do not, let them vote tn
Republican ticket in November.
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THE SAME OLD CROWD.

Jackson, KY, Oct. 2l-kd OAlla-
han and william Spencer were noni-
mated Saturday night by the Demo
crats Of Breathitt county for rc-elec-
ton to the Offices Of sheriff sad jailer.
They were the Democratic nominees
for these offices two years ago. but the
election was contested by the Republi-
can eau iidates. through James b.
Msrcum, for whose murder Curtis Jett
and Tom White were cow ioted. Such
gross frauds were proven against both
sides that the courts decided that no
election was held for these two Offices.
The vacancies in the offices were filed
by Judge Hargis who appointed the
Democratic claimants.
The nominations were made late
Saturday evening and wore so quiet
that 1t was not generally known that
a convention had been hold in town.
The same men who were candidates
against them at the last election,
Charles Terry and Sylvester Howard
have been again nominated by the Re-
publicans. Both were former Demo.
Gratis. Spencer Is Curtis Jett's uncle
and Callahan il one Of Judge Hargis
maiustaye
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Tried to Draw a Gun. and Was
Shot in Graves.
Injunction Suit at Bowling Green
Triple Wedding to Occur in
Graves Soon.
AN ELoPEMENT IN GRAVES
KILLING AT MAYFIELD.

Mayfield, Ky, Oct. 2i--John Hob
son yesterday shot and killed Ira
Holmes, colored, on Hobson's farm
near Sedalia. Hobson shot twice, both
balls taking effect within an inch OF
each other over the right eye and pro-
duced instant death Hobson imme-
diately came to the city and gave him
self up to Judge Webb and was re-
leased upon q bond Of $4,000. He
claims self.defense.
Monday morning the negro, who
was q cropper on Hobson's farm, want
ed some rails to build q corn pen and
Hobson told him to 20 to . certain
place in the woods whore some rails
were stacked and get what were need
cd. The negro replied he was going 70
get them OF the fence TO which Hob
son objected. The conversation be-
came hotter when the negro jerked a
wagon standard and threatened 70 kill
Hobson. Hobson turned and went on
TO the hopse.
Yesterday the negro came to the
field where Hobson and two negroes
were at work and attempted 10 pull .
gun when Hobson shot him.
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ible for a state Of affairs

N1Uie lOr u Utoto VI ou0lf9
convict to obtain his
money consideration.
,izsSS 49, Beck ham, at the most, only
NJ <>rrlI7 self. II Governor Beckham
it, what Democrats did?
J. O. Speight, who made
"a es in the Clark pardon mat.
VIA Md to possess documents of i'm
S'lExl>SYb bearing on the case, which
produce at the proper time.
since Governor Be CD hams de-
-Aade this additional statement:
have never stated that could
any fact connected with the
K pardon by S. A. Norman. He
ark's close personal friend and l
not been disposed to have him
| for any purpose any efforts or
\ DDS he may have employed to Sc
Nthe release of his friend.
f'But since the governor and his
friends have seen fit to force Mr.. Nor.
man into this matter l do state as a
fact that he (Norman) paid 800 into
the Dem ocratio campaign fund Of 1900
with the expectation and understand.
ing from parties claiming to represent
the governor that he would pardon
CLARK.
II further state as fact that when
the governor was Q candidate in the
primary for the nomination for Cover.
nor he. while in Mayfield this year,
had q conversation with Mr.. Norman
and claimed his support TOR the reason
that he (the governor) had secured the
release of CLARK. And I call ON the
governor to deny that he had ct the
time and place mentioned substantial.
~ the conversation ss above stated.
furthermore call on Mr.. Norman ia
deny, il IL 10 not true, the statement
that he. paid 900 in the Democratic
campaign fund upon the conditions ~
above stated"
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Rev. T. o. Gabauer. field worker
fer the Kentucky State Sunday school
association, win arrive in the CITY FRI
day, to sttsnd to some business In con-
uectiou with the association.
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APPOINTED DEPUTY

Bowling Greon, Ky. Oct. 2I-Elihu
Floyd, . prominent Republican, Of
Oakland. this county has been appoint
ed deputy United States marshal for
Southern Kentucky. He will make his
eadauArters in this city.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-10-21

Dowie went to New York to oon-
quer the city, but Gotham has the
better Of it thus far. The healer hal
had nothing but trouble since he ar
rived, and is finding the metropolis q
tough proposition.
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A MAYoRALTY CONTEST.

Bowling Green, KY, Oct. Ala
mandamus suit has been hled to re-
quire the county clerk to place the
name of Esquire 4. II. Porter under
the Democratic devise, instead OF
George 7. Wilson, the party nominee
for mayor. The primary in which
Mr.. Wilson secured the nomination
was held September 20. 1t will be a.
legged in the mandamus suit the proper
notices of the primary were not post
ed.
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Mr.. Pete Seay, an attorney Of May
field, was in the city today en- route to
Msxon Mills to appear In . case In
magistrates court.
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STATEMENT.

DAILY AVERAGE, 7I97.
Personally appeared before me this
day E. ]. Paxton, general manager Of
The Sun, who affirms that the above
statement of the circulation of The
Sun for the month of Sept, 1908, is true
20 the best Of his knowledge and belief.
PETER PURyEAR,
Notary Public McCracken County.
Oct. I. 1908.
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THE WEATHER.

Fair tonight and Thursday with
warmer Thursday.
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ELECTION OF 1899: W. S. TAY-
LOR, 1874 WIN. GOEBEL. 1871, 33l
JOHN YOUNG BROWN, 1910. !,
DAILY THOUGHT.

1t is Q good thing to think; it 10 .
better thing to work. 1t is better
thing to do good.
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ELOPED AND WE'D.

Mayfield. KY, Oct. 2i-Sunday
morning Mr.. Rol Wyatt and his daugh.
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nainstay
DIED OF YELLOW FEVER.

Bowling Green, KY, Oct. 2i-Pres
l.. Fotter, formerly OF this city, q
member Of one Of the largest and most
prominent families in Warren county,
died today at Monterey, Mexico, OF
yellow fever.
He had been there four years and
was agent Of the Mexican Pacific rail
way company ct that place. His wife
and children only recently left Mon
terey to visit Mrs. Potter's former
home ct Sedslis, Mo.
The burial is bound TO take place In
Mexico, AZ the laws forbid the remov-
al Of the corpse Of person who dies
OF contagious disease.
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TRIPLE WEDDING IN GRAVES.

Mayfeld, KY, Oct. 2i-Tuesday
morning at 8 q. m. November al
st. Jerome church, at Fancy Farm,
there will be . triple wedding, Rev.
Charles Haesley officiating.
The contracting parties are Of the
best and most popular young people
Mr.. Hayden, SOD Of Mr.. Richard Hay
den, and Miss Vivian CArrioo, daugh
ter of Mrs. Josephine Carrico; Emo
Curtsinger, son Of Mr.. Gregory CURT
singer, and Miss Lula Stinson; Law
renee Ellegood, son Of Mr.. Sam Ellie
good, and Miss Hobbs, the daughter o
Martin Hobbs. deceased.
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