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The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1906-06-06
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wondrous possibilities. and to, sea-
the intense interest with whirsh
they hang on the speakers wog1
ls rare treat. = This hanging O
The speakers words is, heMeve
altogether, dependent N wha, tn
sneaker is. ANY one who hassege n
seen a.Rchlldren's meeting knDa~s
this. Mr.. Arrick never had aa.v
trouble in ho,ding their attention
Simple in his manner and speech
quick to catch every opportunity
for d living home thought, nns.
ability TO hJld the interest OF IN,
audiet ce of children is natural
result.
Mr. Arrick is descended trom ~,
long line of minister, being a.
great grandson of Rev. James
Powers, d d ole of the pioneer
ministers of western Pennsylvs In
mighty man OF God. who ORGAN -
q d Jefferson College which ar
tel wards became a part or what iis.
TO-DAY known as Washing o. -Jei--
ferson College. Not bit of the
intense zeal and esrnestness which
characterized his ancestors has.
ben I's in Mr.. Arrick. He is an.
in lefaUig4ble work, man who
DIES ihing> and usually ao+s whas
n undrr axes.
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Drug STORES
Will Net be sllOWed to Make illS.
gal Sales OF Y hiskY.

Information has been lodged
with Mayor COmus to the = 4 cs
th't >ome of the loGai drug. stOrea'
are suspect d Of havIng sold whis--
~ last sunday over their counters
without any Prescriptions from
regular practieing physicians and
that such practices are being re.
sorted IT, AS means ct evAtin.
the Sunday closing law.
Mayor c mhs OF Lexington.
determined to prevent the sale Of.
whisky by drug stores and TO stric
ly, rlgldIy an 1 imp artiallY. enfOrc
the sunday cosji g aw in bOsi
etter and spirit. What Com bs
will do tor aw violators Will De =
plenty.
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take to enforce these laws. / cal
your attention to subdivision 2
Chapter los, of the Kentucky
Statutes, wherein by Section 4,2O4
1t is declared unlawful for any ltq-
our dealer holding State license
"to sell liquor on Sunday" aud
wherein by Sections 4,20S and
4 ,2lO it is made your duty to in
stitute proceedings to cancel the
license of any such offender. With
assurances of great respect, / am,
very since ely you's,
j. C. W. BECKHAM,
Governor of Kentucky.
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WHAT OTHERS THINK OF REV.
ANDREW JU1S0N'S ARTICLE.
Former Pastor of The FIRST Pres
bVterian Church Of Mt.
Sterling, KY.

This world always has gr.At
big place in its hear f,r ag u
inc man. Over IL HoOsierdOm in
the county of Whi'e, about n
years ago young MN then abou,
sixteen years of age organic d "
prayer meeting among the bo :
and girls Of the church out ot
which was to gro y in days to , III
a Young Peoples Soci' ty, which
tor all the years since has ht n
one among the t"remOst 81 the
powers for Righteousness In tn.
town of Monticr l". TITUS you .
man is today thu R A. J A
rick, who so sue, e.sfu ly nduct
ed the meeting rnr bows amt y,rl.
Ia the Coliseum nee ing nurir .
the last days OF thr reviv Il b .ru
in 1862, he graduated IRON W
bash College IN 1888, and after q
course in theology in the McCor.
mick Seminary at Chicago he en-.
tered upon the work of the active
ministry in Hartford Civ. lao
He has been in the pastorate evel
since, but from mis- earliest days oil
interest in religious work he ha:
been the special friend of boys ano
girls and you 9 people in general
During a pastOrate of twelve
years in the State of Kentucky he
was a mem Der of the State Exc, u
tive Com mittee of the ChrI, j 81
Endeavor Unon. and fer d time
was president of the union A pas.
tOrate in the city of Louisville,
Ky brought hip into touch with
Industrial School of Refo m and
the Orphanage which is situa ed
there. The writer of this article
has been privileged to he present
at some of the services of the
boys and girls Of these places and
it is a sight of lifetime To STE
them file into the great auditorium
small youth o; splendid locks, ev
cry one of them with a soul Of
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LETTERS TO BINGHAM AMI
HUFFAKER.
Governor Beckham, After Confer
ence With Mayor, Calls On
Them To Aid In ERforc-
ing The Law.

x After his conference with May
Grand .JurJ City Attorney Rich
closing and ali blouse this after
enforced if the Beckham prepared
mupity honesv he following letters:
7l9O6.-Hon. Joseph
Lawrence mmonwealth' Attor-
MiddletoYviIle, Ky.-My Dear
tion wlt9 time ago large num-
father I'D citizens Of Louisville
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1906-06-06
Order 70 The Chief.

Lexington, Ky, Nav -, 1906
J J. Reagan, Esq, Chief of Police
City:
Dear Sir lit has been reported
to me that certain drug st, res sold
and dispensed whisky last Sunday.
l request that you investigate
these rumors and that you viii
take such steps as will prevent the
illegal sale of whisky in any drug
store on every future Sunday
Yours truly.
THOMAS A. COMBS, Mayer.
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mitted above, be shall be fined not
less than two nor more than fifty
dollars for each otfeuse. Every
person or apprentice so employed
shall be deemed separate offense,
Persons who are members of re-
ligious society, who observe as a
Sabbath any other day in the
week than Sunday, shall not be
liable to the penalty prescribed in
this section, if they observe as a
Sabbath one day in each seven, ss
herein provided"
1t has recently been represented
tome by a considerable number of
prominent citizens of Louisville
that these statistics are constantly
violated in that city by saloons
and theaters being allowed to re-
main open for business on Sun
days. The information given me
lie such that it cannot be disre-
gaIdrd, and l tiust that the cause
of the complaint may soon be re-
moved by effective action upon
your part. May | not hepe, there
tote, that If such things be true,
you will as MAYOR of the city, take
immediate steps to see that these
statutes are not again violatedp In
such event allow me to assure you
OF my hearty and prompt support
in every possible way. sm sure
you will not consider this advice
as an unwarranted intrusion upon
your autL GRITTY when you remem-
Der the obligation placed upon the
Governor in Section 81 of the Con.
stitution above referred to. My
sincere and high regard for you
both as man and a. an official
would forbid me from rejecting
in the leas' upon your fidelity to
duty and honesty of purpose in
discharglng the responsible duties
of Mayor of our metropolis. | am
sure that no official could be more
conscientious in such matters than
yourself. Permit me. then, TO
1rge you that the laws against the
open saloon and open theater in
the city of Louisville on Sundays
be rigidly enforced through your
power as Mayor. In such action l
guarantee there will be back OF
you, applauding your work, and
assisting you, not only a large ma
jority of the best people of your
city, but an overwhelming voice
of approval from the people of the
entire Commonwealth. Crime and
misery have no more fertile fields
in which to spread and increase
than in the discreatioa of the Sab
bath by the violation of these
laws, and no more honorable or
worthy achievement could be
made by your excellent admins
tration than by their Fl and rig
id enforcement. My attention was
never officially called to this mat
ter nor my aid invoked until with
in the last month, and the COM
plants are of such high character
and standing. their cause is 80
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PROCLAMATION 81 TIE MAYOR
OF LOUISVILLE.
Pledges to Use All ais Power TO
Prevent Violations Of the
sunday Law.
no. lhe Citizens Of LouisvIlIe

To the Citizens of Louisville:
On the 18th day of May, 1895, l
received the following letter from
the Governor of Kentucky:
Commonwealth of Kentucky, Ex-
ecutiye d partment, Frankfort,
May IL. I9O6.-Hon Paul Barth,
Mayor, Louisville, Ky-My Dear
Sir; In addressing you this com
mnnication. must explain that
my reason for doing so is to be
found in Section 81 of the Con-
stitution of Kentucky, which
reeds as follows: "He 1.-THE Gov
ernor) shall take care that the
laws are faithfully executed 1t
is therefore. unquestionabIy the
duty Of the Governor whenever
his attention is seriously called
TO the violotiOn of any law in the
Commonwealth, ard especially
when there 10 a persistence in such
Z violation. to take all steps which
the Constitution and laws may
authorize hi a to do, in seeing
''tnSt the laws be faithfully ex
ecnted." His powers in such a
case may not be specifically de-
scrib bed by law, but in the end
seem adequate to accomplish the
purpose. However, with the ac-
tive and cordial co operation OF the
locS. or municipal authorities,
there can ne no delay or difficulty
in The successful enforcement of
any law. wish now to call your
attention to Section 1903 of the
Kentucky Statutes, which reads as
follows:
"SUNDAY-KEEPING PLACE
FOR SALE OPEN ON. Any per
son who shall, on Sunday. keep
open a barroom or other place for
the sale of spirituous. vlnous, or
malt liquors, or who shall sell or
otherwise dispose of such liquors.
or any OF them, on Sunday, shall
be fined not less than ten nor more
fifty dollars for each offense."
And also to Section 1921 of the
Statutes which reads as follows;
SUNDAY = WORK OTHER
THAN WORK OF CHARITY
PROHIBITED. No work or bust
ness shall be done on the Sabbath
day, except the ordinary house
hold offices, or other work of neces-
sity or charity. or work required
in the maintenance or operation
of ferrv, skif' or steamboat, or
steam or street railroads. If any
person on the SABBATH day shall
himself be found at his own, or
any ether trade or calling, or shall
employ his apprentices, or other
person, in labor or other business,
whether the same be for profit or
amusement. unless such as is per.
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Governor Of Kentucky.

Governor of Kentucky.
To this letter | replied as follows :
Executive Offite, City of Louis
VILE, May Is, 19O6.-Hon. j. C.
w. Beckham, Governor of Ken
lucky, Frankfort, Ky, Dear Sir:
Your letter of May IL, in re-
gard to the enforcement of the law
requiring the closing of saloons
and theaters on Sunday is received
l have given this subject much
thought during the few months ]
have been Mayor Of Louisville.
am advised that the Criminal Di-
vision of the Jefferson Circuit
Court on several occasions prior
to the incumbency of the present
Judge, held the Statue which you
quote against the sunday saloons
neing Section 1909 ro be M
constitutional la March last the
present Board OF Public Safety OIL
dered the arrest of those engaged
IN operating Sunday theaters
Warrants were issued against
them under the other Statue you
quote Section (l,32l) and the Po-
lice Court discharged all of the
prisoners
stand ready in this and in all
other matters. to do what can to
en- force the law and l thank you
vety much for your assurance OF
st early and prompt support in ev.
cry possible way" With the CO.
operation of the State, county and
city officials. there should be some
wav devised to secure an obser-
vance of these Statutes. l will be
pleased to have your views as t.
the proper course 10 be pursued
and in what way the State aatho-
rites will assist. Judge Richards
the City Attorney, will be in
Frankfort cd Thursday, May II,
at which time l would be glad If
you would permit him to confer
with you on this whole subject.
With the highest appreciation
of your expressions of regard and
confidence, which are most cor
daily reciprocated, l am sincerely
yours, PAUL C. BARTH,
Mayor.
[Copy,l
If hereafter there are any viola
tions of either of the statutes the
Board of Public Safety, through
the Police Department, will see
that the offenders are presented
either in Police Court or In the
Circuit Court for prosecution. The
witnesses will also be presented to
the License Board and to the
County Court for the purpose of
procuring a cancellation of the
city and State license OF such
dealers as may have violated the
law with respect to the sale o.
liquor on Sunday. II the courts
decide these statutes are valid and
should be enforced l will use ALL
THE POWER vested to me as
Mayor 10 PREVENT ANY
FUR TIER LATIO
THEREOF.
PAUL C. BARTH, Mayor ]
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Resigned.

United States senator Burton
Of Kansas has placed his resigna-
ton in the hands OF the Governor.
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just and righteous, that they de-
serve our promp. and favorable re-
spouse. In any way possible that
l might be of service to oou In the
matter command me.
With assurances of great respect
l am, uery sincerely yours,
&c W. BECKHAM,
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1906-06-06

'sr. discs furniSlIoo,,nr uoissioners
/ F ,ss tbe, 4 the Chicago
.r.,.,e .,;thouses declares that
o,gis1 3ards and packing
s,M ed6ot kept even reAsona-
IN Z He urges the enact
,es.of rigid laws.
The Colorado statesman., 1906-06-30
IT'S HE'LL
In America for the Negro Says the
Nashville Clarion.

He'll lies near us, all around us.
This world is the hardest for every
man whose liberties are ruthlessly
stolen from him. To be slave
means hell to every courageous
man, and deliverance from bondage
of any kind is the beginning of
mans heaven upon earth. With
his right to vote taken away and
the statute books full of untest
laws, to be executed by prejudlced
jurors the Negro does not sit down
in heavenly places anywhere in
this American country. He has
as much of hell here as he can
stand. 1t is to be hoped, there
fore that he will have no more of
it when he leaves these mundane
shores.
The Colorado statesman., 1906-06-30

Negro he has had with him for 25
years and in whose charge he
leaves his family and all his inter
ests when he goes to Washington
to legislate against him and his
race.
Personally he appears to be the
friend of the black man but polit-
ically he is his worst enemy
Austin Watchman.
The Colorado statesman., 1906-06-30

The man who dares to send forth
out of the depths of his soul, "The
One Woman" and so far forget
his manhood and Christianity as
to belch forth these last two novels,
is one who deserves only literary
and social ostracism. If your ma
ture will not rest until you have
"blood," if you must get up a
'necktie party to satisfy the long
ings of your soul, you will do
more to promote the peace of So
ciety and the progress of the hui
man race if you will take Tom
Dixon out, than as though you
strung up a hundred ignorant Ne
groes.
"He is immoral" This is the
truest indictment which has been
brought against the Negro. He is
immoral, fearfully and degradingly
immoral, and it is the lament both
of the leaders of the South and of
his own race. He was stolen near
ly three hundred years ago from
the wilds of Africa and after three
hundred years contract with the
white man he is still immoral
You denied him the possession of
a soul and you called him beast
and in all the years he was with
you you treated him as one. The
charge that he is immoral is the
worst Indictment that can be
brought against slavery and the
slaves late master, for it took less
than year for Robert Moffat to
tame the beast and make a moral
man out of an Africaper in the
jungles of Africa and if slavery
was such a beneficient institution
it ought to have more to show for
the three hundred years in which
the slave was in daily contact with
the Christian white man.
But morality is not a growth of
a day and cannot be tied into life
in night. 1t took 1900 years of
civilization and Christianity to
eyolute out of barbarism Tillman
and a Dixon and still they have
the molars, the claws and the
blood. thirst of the beast of prey,
and it took forty years to solve
from slavery Booker Washington
who could say. II will never allow
any man to drag me down by max
ing me hate him." l have heard
it rumored that there are white
thieves, white murderers, white
rapists, white bribers of legisla-
lures, and it has been whispered
lately that there have been white
looters of life insurance funds
first pluck out the beam out of
thy white eye and then shalt thou
see clearly to pluck out the note
out of thy brothers eye," and in
The Colorado statesman., 1906-06-30

sight of God it can only be a mote
when we consider our superior ad-
vantages and from what he so re-
Gently has come.
But the impression that seems
to prevail and to watch Tom Dix
on SO effectively appeals to the
galleries, that the antipathy to the
Negro rises from his crime against
womanhood, is simply not true.
Lawlessness is never right and
lynching is always a crime. But
if the death penalty was ever to
be defended better as punish
ment for this most devlish of all
crimes than for any other. No
punishment is too severe for such
a fiend and l would have less and
almost nothing t., say if lynching
parties were confined to those who
have been guilty of this astrocious
crime against womanhood. But
what are the facts? Between the
years of 1896 and 1900 there were
504 lynchings and of these only 96
were for rape, 179 for murder and
224 have to be put down for mere
race prejudice. But what is the
difference to the girl or the woman
whether it be black man or a
white man who takes from her the
most precious possession of her
life? And yet if it be a white
man what do you do?
Why you let the law take its
course or you do often just what
was done with the young man who
made such an attempt last year in
Dubuque-get together and sign
petitions and move heaven and
earth to get him free and even try
to get him from the clutches of
justice after he is landed in the
penitentiary, whereas if he had
been Negro he would have been
strung up to the first telegraph
pole. I do not complain so much
about the punishment meted out
l complain only about the discrim-
ination as to whether black or
white man commits the crime and
as to whether it is committed
against white or a black woman.
The Colorado statesman., 1906-06-30
Two Faces Under One Hat.

Senator Tillman of South Caro-
lima, assails the Negro more vic
iously than any man in public life.
He passed a bill DISTINGUISHING
them when he was governor. He
held up the nomination of Crum
for Collector of Customs at Char
lesion for four years because Crum
is a Negro. Yet the superintend-
ent of his plantation is Ben" a
The Colorado statesman., 1906-06-30
A Good Sermon.
ais the Negro Man. was the text of Sermon By Dr.
Cady of Dubuque, la. He LaShes Dixon, Timan
and Other Race AgitatOrS.

A recent issue of the Globe
Journal, of Dubuque, Ia., contain
ed the following:
"The Clansman or is the Negro
a Man?" was the subject of a rath.
er sensational sermon by DIR. Geo.
L. Cady at the First Congregation
al church on Sunday evening. The
sermon was brought about by the
recent production at the Grand of
''Ehe Clansman," a play founded
on novel of the same name from
the pen of Rev. Thomas Dixon.
DIR. Cady lashed the author in no
kuncertain terms, saying in part:
~ The race problem is not to be
solved by race hatred but by real
izing that the destiny of the South
is as much in the hands of the Ne
gro as of the whites and they will
both rise or fall together, for no
man ever yet rose on the neck of
another and no race ever built a
kingdom out of the ruins of anoth-
er. The solvent is not to be found
with Tillman by sending few
more niggers to helr' for the man
who sends another man to hell
here or beyond goes with him.
1t is not to be solved by the
lurid and despisable sentiments of
"The Leopard Spots" and "The
Clansman,' for, unless rilce hatred
is tllayed and not aroused, there
will be a race war and it is not at
all sure as to yet that it will be the
Negro who goes tc hell any more
than the white man-it is more
than likely in such conflict that
both will get more of it than they
want. Nothing could be more un-
fortunate Just now when the best
men of the South are putting their
brains and hearts to solve the Ne
gro question, not by extinguishing
him, but by uplifting him, and
when the whole teachings of Chris
tianity and progress is crying for
less race prejudice, than that Tom
Dixon should have launched his
novels upon the public and should
go about with his play funning all
that is worst in us to new life and
create murder in our hearts.
At the play. l heard lady say,
I'D like to kill that nigger," and
another said, "When l came out L
Wanted to kill every niger l saw"
Anything that creates that feeling
is dangerous and criminal and the
man who is guilty of it is traitor
to the commonwealth. A play that
<sends men out as it was in the
~South and North alike crying
kill Kill! We want blood,
blood!' is play which deserves
your unadulterated contempt and
it's author your unalloyed loathing.
The Colorado statesman., 1906-06-30
Grand Junction Notes.

Arthur Newman has accepted
position in Montrcse.
j. M. Price who has been very
sick is somewhat improved.
George Kinney of Glenwood
Springs, is visiting here this week.
Marcus Hines is much improved
from severe case of typhoid few
er.
Joseah Davis of Montrose. spent
very pleasantly, few days in our
city last week.
Mr.. Pitts of Montrose spent a
few days in the city this week Wis
iting friends.
The last of August will be the
end of the narrow guage road in
Grand Junction.
The Carnation Art Club has de-
cided to meet every two weeks dur
ing the heated term.
Quite few of our citizens en-
joyed the berries, beach and bath
at Glenwood, Strawberry Day.
Mrs. John Mapps is visiting her
mother. Mrs. Reed, of Colorado
Springs, who is seriously ill.
Mrs. Jennie McGruder has re-
Gently bought three lots on the
corner of 7th and Ute streets.
James Martin has option on a
choice piece of land and will close
the deal as soon as his brother ar
rives from Tennessee.
Grand Master F. T. Bruce of
Denver, spent few very pleasant
days in our city the guest of Mr..
and Mrs. Lee Williams.
The probability of the govern
ment highline ditch has greatly
enhanced the valuation of land
that will be watered by it.
Mrs. w. H. Hayden who has
been visiting relatives and friends
in Gunnison, returned home last
Friday and reports having a pleas
ant trip.
The merry peals of the wedding
bells has promised to ring forth
loud and clear As rumor has it,
cupid has penetrated some of the
most stubborn hearts.
Rev. j. H. @. Redd, our pastor,
preached the Masonic annual ser
mon last Sunday Ii was replete
with good and wholesome instruc-
tions which must be of great
benefit to the craft.
Pinon Mesa Lodge No. 20, A.
F. & A NJ, feels very highly hon
ored at having our most eminent
Grand Master to visit the lodge
and install her newly elected Off
GERS as follows: j. HI. Harris, w.
M; John HI. Hines, S. W.;
w. I'll. Hayden, S. W; w. M.
Sheldon, Secy.; Clark Hines, IT,;
Jas. Martin, S. D; T.. P. Langon,
j. D.; Frank Boiler, Tyler.