The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-03-25
PADUCAH
GETS A GOOD START

The members of the Commercial!
club are vastly pleased with the sue
cess of their big parade and rally Al
ready a movement is on foot which
has as its object the speedy upbuild-
ing OF the entire county. The plans
are not fully matured, but a promi-
nent member said today.
I'VE intend to organize every pre-
cinct In McCracken county at once.
having regular chairmen for each
precinct and regular meeting times
We will make every effort to i'm
prove every part of the county, as
we'll as the city, and believe that we
shall have the hearty cooperation Of
all the best farmers in the county
Since railroads, telephones and rural
free delivery have come in. II makes
the county almost a part OF the town.
and the farmers are getting to feel
more like town folks every day.
1--WE intend TO advertise far and
wide for good. hardy settlers. We
intend to send tidings of Paducah
everywhere, and have an agency in
New York City. We want some new
stock IN the county. and will try to
get II. Our first effort will be made
TO get few car loads of honest i'm
migrants and we expect to pay their
fare here. There should not be much
trouble. and after we get thoroughly
organized in the county. we will
start the organized effort for more
people, better farms. and a general
prosperity that will mean great
deal to town and county alike"
The club is encouraged to do this
ty the success of yesterdays affairs.
The Parade.
Seldom was there ever larger
crowd than lined up on the streets
Yesterday an hour or more before
the parade started. No circus, car
nival or labor day crowd ever had
any advantage over 1t in size.
The Illinois Central ran a special
train around to First and Broadway,
and there the hundreds of men for
the shops prepared to join the pro-
cession. The line of march was from
First and Washington to Ninth,
thence to Broadway and down TO the
1 river.
The procession was led by Grand
Marshal Kraus and assistants, and
then followed Deals band, the fire
and police commissioners, fire and
police departments, the mayor and
city officials, as escorts to the visit
ors, members of the Commercial
club, and the corpse of the knocker
on Ben Boyd's dray.
The inscriptions on the banners
were very appropriate and one Of
the most amusing features was the
C. shipments Panhandle Pete"
with his goat, and the hobo band. :"
They also had the "shop knocker."
who was dumped into the river
with the town knocker.
Vehicles representing the follow
ing concerns came next:
Belvedere beer. Old Terrell whis-
ky, Rex Manufacturing company.
Cooks Brewery, Paducah Furniture
company. King Mill & Lumber COM
pany, Ed. Jones Commission house,
United States Gas, Coal & Coke COM
pany, Paducah Peanut factory, City
Transfer company. Contractors Rob-
ertson & Gardner, Farley Coal COM
pany. Paducah Transfer company,
Western District Tobacco Warehouse
company, Observation-Disclosures Bas-
ket factory. Givens-Clark wholesale
grocery, J. F. Jones, Powell Rogers
Implement company. Frank Black,
e. Farley & Son, Ed. Hannah. J. w.
Orr.
Naturally some of the candidates
had to be on hand, and they brought
up the rear. Chief Wood and the
fremen OF Paducah at Fourth and
Broadway burned the Kicker in the
presence of a large and enthusiastic
crowd. When the procession reach
ed the river front the obsequles OF
the Knocker took place. The coffin
was taken to the ferryboat Bette
Owen, carried out to the middle of
the river. and weighed down with
stones sufficient to keep II at the bot
tom, and dumped overheard amid
the cheers from hundreds of throats
on the river bank.
The Smoker.
The mass meeting. or Smoker" at
the Kentucky theater was more than
the success predicted. As early as
p. m. the people began to arrive,
and by there was hardly a vacant