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The Crittenden record. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1904-1907, 1905-11-03
Notice.

Persons having claims against J, c,
James, deceased. will present then
prnpsrly proven on or before the frsl
day II November. 1905. or he forcvcI
]. W. wiGGtNroS. kdm'r.,
lost Tribune. Ny.
The Crittenden record. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1904-1907, 1905-11-03

How Msnsheid, Mass, HAS been Get
tiaE Abou, $1,000 worth Of Public
Lighting on q Yearly Appropris-
tios 81 $4,000.
Much has been written by students
OF economies and social conditions on
municipal ownership OF public utilities
abroad, but very little IL heard about
such ownership at home.
While the government or states do
not attempt to control telegraphs, tele-
phones or traffic lines In the United
States, there are several examples OF
municipal ownership q other utilities
In various states, says the Boston
Globe. Waterworhs probably are more
generally owned by communities than
any other public utility. and. 30 far
as appears, their ownership by cities
and towns has proved successful, has
long since passed beyond the expert
mental stage and has become accepted
~ proper thing beyond question.
Mansfield il one Of two hassachu.
sets towns to establish n lighting plant
little ever year ago. the other being
Ipswich.
For purposes OF illustration OF the
workings OF . small municipal plant
established under favorable conditions
that az Mansfield Ia worthy OF study
IL had n clear field In which TO bcgir
business, aud II represents a type OF
plant unknown until recently. having
petroleum motors 10 supply Il viii
power A. model for towns embark
ing on municipal ownership the Mans
field plant offers a number Of interest
ing points Management Of the plan
rests with a commission OF two mem
beers. who serve without pay.
We started without any handicap
said member Of the board Their
was no electric light plant In tow
We wanted electric light and believe
We could manufacture II for less tina
We should he obliged 10 pay = privai
company Tor IT, ~ We started In la'
winter 1894 with our plant "
; control all the poles anil wires, have
: new. efficient plant. not yet runnln
y TO half H. capacity. and are making
n pay already. You can't beat that an
p where for public ownership, r.
}. sur.
= The success. % our plant has be-,
greater than We had frrseen. and eve
it, opponents sckDovledge that II IL
success Mansfield IL getting abo'
5000 worth Of pubic lighting on q
annual appropriated Of S1oCo. sr
private consumers are getting o.
J. service Of very low co~t
y "Mansheld's Investment has be-
v $4,000 for station. equipment. pole
N wires lamps aud all apparatus niece
e sary for private aud public liEhtin
10 We bought the land on which our ~
ton stands Tor $500 our cngin
and electrical apparatus cost abo
$500.
our power IL derived from a ne
and economical type of peirolcu
drlvcu motor. using rvfuse oil. VIII
,e costs Ne little more than 2 cents
"A gallon We have two motors, Viii
!, consume about iUD gallons % oil ia
The machinery runs without a bit
: aud provide. steady, reliable power
The Crittenden record. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1904-1907, 1905-11-03

Our motto: it's our desire to please
our patrons TO the letter II We don't
do that. tell us. but u we do, tell your
ncirhbors and lc, them try our shop.
MTrz a SEpRERRY.
The Crittenden record. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1904-1907, 1905-11-03

After owning H. own electric light
plant for over nine years Detroit
Mich. has provcd that municipal own
erahlp q correct hrht system IL sue.
cr-s. says the Nuplclpal Journal and
Engineer. where formerly the town
Paid a private corporation siaz per
are light per year the yearly Goa, per
arr lIsht now IL scicc, or more than
~ per cent le-s In ne plant there
are seven double decs tubular b.llcrS,
Fiv. ~ these boilers are ls constant
use TIE other two are held In re-
serve. Every ain week. the BOILERS are
changed when q boiler rces on, q
commission n l. given . complete over.
hauling and cleaning one Of the re-
ser,s boilers iatcs Ne place. The
nlsnt ). 10 situated that a switch has
been laid and the ccal ran be unlcasei
ilrec,ly from the ca- 10 the blns. a
track scale hns bsvn put In. aud al
cal that /. bought I, weighed on H.
The Crittenden record. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1904-1907, 1905-11-03
For HOmeseekers.7

Cheapest rates yet-less than opro
way fare for the round trip TO points !,
the Southwest, via Cairo or Memphis
and Cotton Belt Route.
Dates Of cheap rates Oct. 3 and IL,
Nov. Z and q. Dec. 5 and 10.
Finest time 60 visit the Southwest
see the crops and locate home.
Write for maps, literature and cost
Of ticket to any point
l.. o. SCHAEFER, T. r. A.,
Cincinnati. Ohio.
r. w. LABEAUME, q. T. a 7. A.
Sc. Louis, Mo.
Cotton Belt Route.l
> - l. Ill
The Crittenden record. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1904-1907, 1905-11-03

S.,crtuu. colo. a village of 20J
rcoplc. j. popularity known throughout
the country as the town that runs
Itself says o. dispatch to the ~ Louis
star Chronicle IT, citizens have paid
np city taxes Cor more than a dozen
years. yet the town l. one u the most
prosperous 10 Colorado. nnd last year
had an Income ~ more than $1,000
above nll ruIuiug expenses.
it, entire revenues cumv from liquor
Licenses uuf water aud llrht rentals,
and the sucrrss ~ municipal owner
ship herr IL such that the cliltcus
wouh not 81 back q the IRA n private
public service corporations under any
| ylrrumiianc,-. Two years ago The
local lighting plant was purchased
| from the corporation which owned w.
Last year II showed gross Income
n siT.NS %. Including SiSOn which
The town charged itself for street light
Ing It, operating expenses wvre sli,.
gSS2s The towns Income Tor water
rruials during the same period was
SiuOnf and from saloon llccn>cs
siLis2 The total receipts from all
sar-cs wrrr SinSnlp an actual sur
plus over the towns running expenses
Of Sia.h5Oa2 Practically all u this
surplus was expended In additions 70
the towns water system, which Is
valued NJ approximately Ssaoo Tho
lighting plant Is appraised At Sia."o
The latter u now furnishing four times
the amount u currcu, prciucri a. The
time q ~ purchase by the city I've
years sgn the abnormal Increase beinl
due 10 the exceptionally low pfice Of
currvut tirht rvuisls ana water rcn
tals arr lower than In any other cts
IN the west the minimum charecs b.
ing stSO per month, with meter scrv
Ice. subject 10 q discount o. ~ pcl
cent n paid when due. The discount
on water rentals IL rs per cent
The Crittenden record. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1904-1907, 1905-11-03

Call on II. =. Morris & Son for fresh
bread.
The Adair County news., 1905-05-10
Kentucky State News Items
AGAIN ON THE STAND.
Judge HargIs contradicts Some Of Fe.
Tx FeItners Story.

Lexington.-Judge James Hargis, Of
Jackson, was again placed on the wiz
ness stand in his own behalf He was
cross-examined by G. ]. Bronston for
the commonwealth. Hargis failed to
explain why he. had given Felix Felt.
ner a check for $500, to be deposited
in the Winchester bank, or why he had
written the rate of interest at in the
note given him by Felix Feltner and
then changed it to 6. Judge Hargis
was carried over the testimony given
by his friend, Felix Feltner, and in
many places he contradicted Feltner,
one of these instances being the date
OF his first acquaintance with the for
mer circuit court clerk of Henry coun.
ty. Feltner said he was called to Jack.
son by Judge Hargis for the purpose OF
arranging matters so that Nose Feltner
could not testify against him and here
was introduced by B. F. French, but
Hargis says he knew Feltner long be-
fore this. He denied that the note for
$1,000 was secured from Felix Feltner
in Cincinnati by B. F. French, as
sworn to by Sam Fields, Nose Feltner.
Ruck Cottingame and others.
The Adair County news., 1905-05-10
AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT.
One Man Fatally Hurt and Two 9th.
ere Seriously Injured.

Frankfort-A heavy auto car driv-
en- by Emerson Cochran, of Lexington,
ut speed exceeding 40 miles an hour,
crashed into telephone pole on the
Frankfort and Lexington turnpike.
The car had five occupants. Lewis
Combs, who occupied a seat with
Cochran, sustained fracture of the
skull and received internal injuries
which will prove fatal James Doyle,
state register of lands, was knocked
unconscious and severely cut about
the face and head Ed Kearney was
rendered unconscious and severely
bruised. Cochran, John Combs and
Frank Jaubert were uninjured, except
for severe shaking up, being thrown
some distance into field. The acct
dent was the result of race with an.
other car driven by Will F. Kuir. also
of Lexington, and a well-knOwn racing
autOmObiliSt
The Adair County news., 1905-05-10
RETIRED PRESIDENTS
ONLY TEN HAVE SURVIVED
LONGER THAN CLEVELAND.
Brief Outline Of the Lives of Heads
of the Nation from Washing
toms Time to the
Present.

| Only ten men who have held the Office
of president reached or surpassed Mr..
Cleveland's present age or 60; only six
exceeded it by so much as ten years, and
none exceeded it by quite 20 years. Only
ten presidents have survived their re-
tirement from Office longer than Mr..
Cleveland, and four of these lived to a
great age, says the New York Sun.
Washington, who survived his retire
ment less than three years. thought him
self an old man when he was first made
president at the age of 81. John Adams
survived his retirement a quarter of a
century. and his son, John Quincy, who
Outlived his retirement nearly 20 years,
was the only president who had nearly
as conspicuous public career after oc-
cupying the presidency as before.
MOnrOe's six years after his retirement
from office were passed in comparative
Obscurity as a resicent of this city, and
his dying hours we're embittered by
scandalOus accusations in connection
with JacksOn's seizure of Spanish forts
in Florida during the first Seminole war.
Polk Outlived his retirement less than
a year, and there is every reason to sup
pose that had Arthur comprised his am
bition OF an election to the presidency in
1884 he would have died early in his
term, for he outlived his retirement less
than two years.
Tyler, who outlived his retirement 20
years, emerged from obscurity near the
end of his life to preside over the vain
peace convention on the eve of the civil
war. He afterward served in the con-
gress of the confederate states.
Buchanan lived more than seven years
after his retirement and took the oppor-
tunity to write what was in effect de-
Tense of his administration.
Jefferson and Jackson were the only
presidents who exercised really power
full influence over party councils after
their permanent retirement from public
Office. though Van Buren, was an active
politician as long as he had hope of re-
nomination at the hands of any party.
Johnson was the only retired presi-
dent to enter the United States senate,
and the younger Adams was the only one
to serve in the house OF representatives.
Cleveland and Harrison have been the
only retired presidents to be conspicu-
Ousely successful in private business. 1t
is not generally known that Mr. Cleve-
land still serves as consulting counsel in
law cases. in which his experience in the
Office of president may be supposed to
have given him special qualifications as
an adviser. His fees in such cases are
large, as were those of MIR. Harrison as
a legal adviser and lecturer of consti-
tutiOnal law.
The Adair County news., 1905-05-10
A DRAMATIC SCENE.
"I'm Not Guilty." Says Judge HargIs
To the Jury.

Lexington.-At the close Of Judge
Hargis' testimony he asked the court
to allow him to make statement to
the jury. His counsel objected, but
the court allowed the statement. Rails
ing himself to full length Hargis faced
the Jury and dramatically exclaimed,
as he pointed to his wife and daughter
sitting near. Il just want to say to
these IL men that I am not guilty OF
this charge, and if were ! would new
er again ask that woman to call me
husband or that child to call me Ia
ther." Attorneys for the state instant
ly objected, and the court excluded the
statement from the jury, except that
part in which he said he was not
guilty.
The Adair County news., 1905-05-10
what a Change!

During the past 100 years
steam transportation has rev.
olutionized the carrying trade of
the world, but it is destined to
become the power of the future
and the thousands Of water pow
ers that are now running to waste
will yet furnish power for the
driving Of electric cars all over
the country. The telegraph is a
recent invention. The telephone,
now so necessary to the business
of the country was an undream-
ed of luxury only a few years
ago. We are now dispensing
with wires in the telegraph bust
ness and ships at sea can COM
municate with the land and with
each otheI. What the future will
bring forth we are unable to say
but it is safe to predict that our
grandchildren will look back upon
our age of seemingly such won
derful achievements as one of
very primitive methods. We fee:
that we are reaching the limit,
but 100 years hence we will be
considered about on a par with
our grandfathers who rode across
the country in thoroughbred
stage coaches and went to mill
with a stone in one end of the
bag of grist. What a change 100
years makes in the methods and
customs of a people. Elizabeth
town Mirror.
The Adair County news., 1905-05-10
Food Courses in Ireland.

The etiquette of the fashionable hotels
has not yet penetrated into the hinter-
land of Ireland. "A correspondent, who
with his wife, put up at an inn in the
darkest interior, was served the first
night with an elaborate dinner of five
or six courses. Unwilling to give trouble
they begged the landlady not to cook SO
much, as a single dish would generally
do. They were takenat their word; next
evening, the soup, fish, entrees, joint
and sweets were served in a chaotic mass
in the same dish.--London Globe.
The Adair County news., 1905-05-10
CLERKS ARE NOT OWNERS.
Therefore the Cash Customers "Kick''
Is Registered to No
Effect.

II should think they'd show more con-
sideration to good cash customer" ex-
claimed the shopper, who had just had a
wOrdy encounter over an exchange slip
with the foorwalker, relates the New
York Press. IF they would take the
trouble to look the matter up, they'd find
my name regularly on the delivery
books"
That's just the trouble-it's only on
The delivery books and not among their
charge customers"
But should think the firm would
want big cash trade
1T does, but firm and employees look
at 1t differently. When a woman says,
Charge, please the clerk sits up and
takes notice. The woman who has an
account is the woman who can most
easily complain of discourtesy and mat
tention on the part of a clerk The
value of her trade is known to the firm.
She prefaces her complaint with the
words: AS you know, I've had an ac-
count here ever since the store was
opened The cash customer represents
single sale. She cannot prove how
valuable her trade is to the house, and
the clerk knows it. I've watched the
rule work again and again. 1t almost
discourages one in the self-imposed task
of paying cash."
But on the other hand" objected the
tired shopper, If woman pays cash,
she buys more carefully, more provi-
IDENTIFY"
THAT is just the point" smiled her
wise companion. 1T is the woman who
buys improvidently. sometimes foolish
ly, who commands the respect and, Incl
dentally, the attention of the clerks"
The Adair County news., 1905-05-10
WHITECAPS.
Badly Use Timer Smith
i'm Washington
County.
riUCH EXCITEMENT IN COMMUNITY.

The people in the neighborhood
of Maud, Washington c o u n t y,
have been considerably excited
and doing good deal of talking
about the death of an old m a n
known as Timer" Smith last
Friday, says the Springfield Lead
er. The immediate cause of his
death was pneumonia, but some
ugly rumors have been af1oat
since concerning an alleged at
tack on the old man a few days
before his death which m az or
may not have had something to
do with the old fellows taking
off. Timer" Smith was rather
an odd character. He was born
in a little town near L o n d o n I,
England, 1910 and had no relative
in this country, although he Oft
en- spoke of a son and daughter
living at his old home in England.
He came into the Maud neighbor-
hood several years ago as a trav-
cling timer. He stayed about
the place and opened a little tin
shop where he did little odd jobs
of repairing. He seemed a quiet
unassuming old fellow, but had
the one weakness Of getting on
sprees. He would have these pc
riodical sprees at drinking, but
even then did not seem to harm
Any one but himself. He lived
to himself in his little tin shop.
A few days before Smith d i e d
his house was entered, it is said,
by some men, three white and
two negroes, so the report goes,
and the old fellow was given a
severe beating. He had been on
a protracted spree is the on y
known cause for the attack. The
next morning he was able to
tell of the attack which had been
made on him and exhibited nu-
merous bruises about the body,
some broken clubs and switches
and other evidence of the visit of
his alleged assailants. The old
fellow, suffering from the effects
of his spree and from the beat
ing and probably from want of
proper affection, took to his bed
and never rallied. There were
and still are ugly rumors about
the unfortunate occurance but no
inquest was held nor investiga-
ton into the matter made. The
remains were buried at Camp
Ground Saturday.
The Adair County news., 1905-05-10
The Maidstone Applied.

Louisville.-W. G. Pruitt, who was
bitten on the hand by a 14-year-old
shepherd dog, and VIM. M. Ferguson.
of Bullitt county, who was bitten by
a horse, called on Charles Hall. Of
Ninth and Magazine streets, to apply
his maidstone to their wounds. In each
case there was relief from the inaam-
nation and pains.
The Adair County news., 1905-05-10
THE EQUITABLE SOCIETY.
Insurance Commissioner Prewitt Will
Go To New York To Investigate.

Mt. acknowledgements Commits
sloners Prewitt, Of Kentucky, and K.
E. Folk, Of Missouri. will go to New
York in few days to investigate the
affairs of tbe Equitable Life Assurance
society. The Commissioners believe
the company solvent, but with other
commissioners from VARIOUS stated It
is hoped decision may be reached
whereby the trouble now breying in
the Company may be stopped. THREATS
OF suits are being made by naHXy bor
icy holders in this state and the bust
ness OF the company is at a stand
still.
The Adair County news., 1905-05-10
LOWERED THE WIRES.
A Boy Wanted To See Some Unfortun
%~ ate EIsctreeuted. ,,~

Louisville-Eugene Fisher. boy,
was arraigned In the police court for
lowering and extinguishing an arc
lamp in the street with the expectation
that some one, in the darkness, would
come in contact with it and he cleo
trocuted. He was fined $40 and placed
under 500 bond for three months.
Young Fisher acknowledged that he
and several companions waited to see
some one run into the lamp.
The Adair County news., 1905-05-10
The Suit Dismissed.

Frankfort.-The court of appeals dis
missed the suit Of the city of Coving-
ton against Craig, from Kenton, be-
cause the amount involved on an ap-
portionment warrant was less than
5000. The court says that the title to
the property was only collaterally in
VOlVed.
The Adair County news., 1905-05-10
Maud Brouuht Good Price.

Newport-"Maud No. g." the mule
which has become famous because of
bitter war that has been engendered
between Mayor Helmbold and the city
council, was sold for $145. Mayor
Helmbold vigorously criticised the lat
ter body for declining to pay for the
mule, and other things.
The Adair County news., 1905-05-10
Will Address Kentucky State Bar.

Louisville.-Gov. Joseph W. Folk, OF
Missouri, will be the principal orator
at the annual meeting of the State Bar
association, to be held June %, in Cow
ingtOn. R. A. Mcdowell, secretary OF
the association, received telegram
from the private secretary of Gov
Folk accepting the invitation.
The Adair County news., 1905-05-10
Berea College Case CONTINUED

Frankfort.-On request of Attorney
John G. Carlisle, of New York, the ap-
pellate court continued to the next
September term the Berea college
case, involving the constitutionality
of the Day legislative act prohibiting
cO-educatiOn of the races.
The Adair County news., 1905-05-10
New Freight Depot at Ashland.

Ashland.-The Chesapeake & Ohio
will construct a new 100000 freight
depot The company has options on
considerable property here and will
shortly close the deal. The depot will
be accessible to the Ashland Coal and
Iron railroad and the Ashland & Tug
River Co.
The Adair County news., 1905-05-10
An Excess of Assets.

Bowling Green. flames E. and Will
liam ]. Porter, owners of the recently
assigned bank of P. JEotter's Sons,
reported their assets ct $1,010, 400.
The debts of the institution will not
amount to more than - 200, princi7
pally due depositOrs.
The Adair County news., 1905-05-10
With One Hand.

Louisville. John M. Mccain, a
bricklayer, fell four stories as the re-
suit of the collapse Of a scaffOld. With
one hand he grasped a dangling rope
and descended nearly to the ground.
He alighted in a pile of rubbish and
was unhurt
The Adair County news., 1905-05-10
Death of M. r. Rankston,

Paducah.-M. r. Bankston died Of
cancer of the stomach. Realizing that
he was failing, Mr.. Bankston attempt
ed suicide recently by cutting his
throat, but was too weak for the eff
fort to be successful, and succeeded
only in INJECTING two slight flesh
wounds on either side of his throat.
The Adair County news., 1905-05-10
Married BY Telegraph.

Bowling Green.-Mary c. Slaughter.
of this city, and James Murrell. an Of
ficer at Fl. Mackenzie, Wyo., although
separated by several thousand miles.
were married through the medium OF
the Western Union telegraph. A min
lister was at each end of the line.
The Adair County news., 1905-05-10
Postmaster Dropped Dead.

Paducah.-B F. Gilbert, postmaster
at Blandville, dropped dead in the post
disease. Mr.. Gilbert was IA years Of
age. He was appointed postmaster
during McKinley's administration and
had held the position ever since.
The Adair County news., 1905-05-10
Mrs. Lena Clark.

Louisville.-Mrs. Lena Clark, widow
of Charles Jefferson Clark, and niece
of the late Mayor Charles D. Jacobs.
of this city, died in New York city.
Her husband made fortune in South
African mines and died several years
ago. The body of Mrs. Clark will be
buried here.
The Adair County news., 1905-05-10
Suit Against Coal Companies.

Madisonville.-AM M. Harrison, agent
for the Kentucky state auditor, enter
ed suit here against the St. Bernard,
Rennicke, Oakhill and Crabtree coal
companies for failing to correctly list
their mine properties. The value Of
the property is estimated at 100000
600 and taxes due the state are claim.
ed at $4,000.
The Adair County news., 1905-05-10
Post Office Robbed.

jacksonville post Office at An
ton, six miles east Of here, was robbed.
the robbers securing about $40 worth
of stamps, a few dollars in cash and
some merchandise. No arrests have
been made.
The Adair County news., 1905-05-10
Sued For Back Taxes.

London.-Suit was fled here in the
county court by State Revenue Agent
A. M. Harrison, of Louisville, against
the First National bank for back taxes
on $4,000 for the three years, 1901.
1902 and 1903.
The Adair County news., 1905-05-10
A Unique "StiII" DESTROYED.

MISUNDERSTANDING q raid byreve-
nue. officers in the m6onshine district
of Eastern Kentucky Deputy United
States Marshal William Mayes and
posse captured and destroyed unique
STILL" The still was located at the
head of Buck creek, in Owsley county,
and the furnace and fixtures were con-
cealed beneath the floors of dwelling
house
The Adair County news., 1905-05-10
Ereitao Is Committee.

Newport.-Albert Freitag, who shot
and killed his sister, Mrs. Anna Peters,
at her home in Bellevue, and who was
adjudged of unsound mind, was taken
to Lakeland asylum.
The Adair County news., 1905-05-10

Mrs. Pitzeroodle-Mein son, can you
told me der name of dot great Japan
csc field marshal?
Hann-Oh, yah. ma.
Dots right; you are shmart poy."
IN. z. Times.
The Adair County news., 1905-05-10
severe DAMAGE By Storm.

Carlisle.-A heavy rain and hail
storm visited this section, doing much
damage to tobacco beds, gardens and
truck patches.
The Adair County news., 1905-05-10
Grief KilIed Her,

Louisville.-Mrs. Mary e. NilRnd
died at the home Of her sister, 1904
Duncan street, as the result Of Grie3
over the death Of her husband. John