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The Holly chieftain., 1907-12-13

pairs as good as jacks up must be
at least twenty to one.
AZ Wherever and whenever child
rem or grown people play their
money against the machine the
machine is going to win. That's
what it is there for. Most people
know this, in a general way, no
doubt, but they do not calculate
the precise chances against them.
If they did they would be less
likely to play, because figures and
mathematical reasoning are great
dampeners for the spirit of spec
ulation. OF course some men lose
their heads entirely. They be-
come 6ends for the poker table
or the pool room and play when
they know they are bound to lose.
But even these might have been
saved in the beginning by cal
culation Of the probabilities. If
they had been taught when child
rem to figure the chances before
they took hazard they might
have drawn back before the habit
got fastened upon them.
If nobody gambled except for
amusement, and if everybody be-
forehand made a calculation as to
how much they were prepared to
pay for that amusement realizing
that the expectation in every case
was loss, the worst evil of gam
bling would be eliminated. The
only difficulty would be the psy-
Geological one of preventing a
man from being carried away by
his excitement. What people
should know is that to bet against
bank or syndicate, slot ma
chine, a bookmaker, a game of
poker or bridge, with "rakeoff",
is bad investment. OF course,
everybody knows that gambling
is immoral. They should know,
too. that it is Improbable.
Even where all the stakes are
distributed evenly and fairly
among the players = that is,
where there is no "rakeoff" or
percentage against the bettor-
gambling is poor investment on
the ground that a bird in the
hand is worth two in the BUSH"
The loss of the bird in the hand
means a definite loss of income.
The dollars you risk you could
save or invest in the saner pleas
ures and comfort of life. The
dollars you may win cannot be
regarded as income-and you
may not, probably will not, win
them.
The Holly chieftain., 1907-12-13
Compulsory Arbitration.

81 renew my previous recon-
mendation that the congress fav-
orably consider the matter of
creating the machinery for COM
pulsory investigation of such in
dustrial controversies as are of
sufficient magnitude to warrant
the federal government in taking
action"
Injunctions.
81 earnestly recommend to the
attention of the congress this
matter, SO that some way may be
devised which will limit the abuse
of injunction and protect those
rights which from time to time
it unwarrantably invades.'
Railroads and Interstate Com
"Only the national government
can in thoro-going fashion exer-
else the needed control. The
most vital need is in connection
with ther ailroads. There should
now be national incorporation
act or law licensing railroad
companies to engage in interstate
commerce under certain condi-
tions."
Railroad Accidents.
",The loss of life and limb from
railroad accidents in this country
has become appalling. 1t is
subject Of which the national
government should take supervis-
ion.'
Inland Waterways.
Our great river systems should
be developed as national water
highways; the Mississippi, with
its tributaries, standing first in
Importance"
The Holly chieftain., 1907-12-13

Mrs. Charles Wooden has gone
to Missouri to visit with friends,
leaving Charlie to hold down the
homestead.
The Holly chieftain., 1907-12-13
Buffalo

The Imperial Trio of lady sing
ers gave first-class entertain
ment at Buffalo recently and
drew large crowd.
The Holly chieftain., 1907-12-13

ing man who deliberately sup
ports corrupt demagogue and
agitator. whether head of un-
ion or head of municipality"
The Holly chieftain., 1907-12-13

west country. He has been at
Twin Falls, Portland, Seattle,
Yakima, Walla Walla and is still
on the wing.
The Holly chieftain., 1907-12-13

S. n. Garfield dropped in last
week from Arkansas, for a short
visit.
The Holly chieftain., 1907-12-13

Mrs. G.. B. Barnes is residing
near Los Angeles and writes
glowing accounts of that land of
oranges and roses.
The Holly chieftain., 1907-12-13

Miss Belle Haven who is teach
ing in the Lamar city schools is
taking vacation, owing to the
enforced closing of the same on
account of the prevalence of
small pox.
The Holly chieftain., 1907-12-13

Charlie Hinton, our efficient
agriculturist, took dinner with S.
w. Jones last Wednesday and
also Saturday.
The Holly chieftain., 1907-12-13

Buffalo prides itself on having
the finest rural schoolhouse in
the country, over fifty healthy,
progressive youngsters on its
study roster, a frst-class teacher
in the person of c. d. Stafford,
and a board of directors who are
able and willing to do things"
for the public good and are
broad-minded and tolerant i'll
their administration of the affairs
of their constituents, and who
would scorn to follow the hide
bound, narrow-minded, pusillani-
nous actions of the (?) honora
Bile board of directors of neigh
boring district who closed their
doors on their fellow-taxpayers
who wished to hold Socialist
meetings in order to discuss
measures looking to their moral,
mental and financial betterment.
We will wager a wad OF sugar
factory scrip that majority Of
their district taxpayers are busy
saving wood and by the next
annual election they'll saw out
Eew board and not pick up any
kind of stock which may bob
up.
We were surprised and delight
ed and disgusted with the Sunny
side correspondent, who so val
iantly comes to the rescue of the
beleaguered socialists and so gal
lantly defends them with his ia
cile, yet trenchant, pen and then
turns round and kicks over the
whole milking by declaring So
cialism impracticable. Now if as
he asserts it is impracticable,
then it follows that the board did
right in its refusal to let them oc-
cupy their schoolhouse. They,
too, want something practical SO
they bar these Missionaries and
open their schoolhouse, their
hearts, their pocketbooks and
their mouths to box social,
which is now on the tapis, and
which, unlike Socialism, appeals
not to their alleged minds, but to
their stomachs. And say, would
MT it be good idea to have that
crow banquet at the same time'
We will volunteer to act as toast
master and we'll allow any toast
to be offered barring two, viz:
The Sunnyside School Board and
the Sunnyside Correspondent.
We say to this aggregation: "The
devil toast them-we won't.
The Holly chieftain., 1907-12-13

r. Gordon is now domiciled
in his new stone house and bids
the wintry winds defiance.
The Holly chieftain., 1907-12-13

What's the matter with the
Parrish dump? Nearly the end
of the beet harvest and not sin
gle growl or kick looks to us a
little as if the personnel of the
dump crew had a whole lot to do
with the matter. This year we
have fine lot of young men who
are honest and capable. D. c.
Bays is weigher, Russell Wick
ersham tare man, Guy Maupin
dump man and Carl Nelson dirt
weigher.
The Holly chieftain., 1907-12-13

1t strikes us that SO excellent
a paper as The Chieftain, almost
perfect geographically, ably ed
tied and with a fair advertising
patronage, is not found in enough
of our rural homes and does not
enjoy the circulation among our
farmers, stockmen and laborers it
deserves, and as we know its ed
itor cannot do steen things at
one and the same time, we sug-
gest that the hustling citizens of
holly help to swell its subscrip-
ton list by word kindly drop
ped to their country cousins and
thus help their town, their paper
and themselves.
The Holly chieftain., 1907-12-13

Lansing Selfridge has been TAX
ing quite a whirl up in the north
The Holly chieftain., 1907-12-13

1t takes lots of sand to buck
the copper trust, the mutton mar
ket and the panicky bank bust
ness, but that's what one of our
leading citizens is doing all at
one and the same time. Kind of
a three-ring circus as it were.
The Holly chieftain., 1907-12-13

Mr.. Allen of Lincoln, Neb., Wis
tied for a few days with Thos.
Hickman, who lives on one OF
Mr.. Aliens places.
The Holly chieftain., 1907-12-13

"This country is definitely
committed to the protective sys-
tenn, and any effort to uproot
could not but cause widespread
industrial disaster"
The Holly chieftain., 1907-12-13
Presidents Message in Brief

The following brief and salient
recommendations of the presi-
dents message give one pretty
fair conception of the document
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1907-04-18
Mrs. MaU Grasty Dead.

A telegram received in the city
Monday morning contained the news
of the death of Mrs Mary Grasty,
mother of Mrs. X. G. Love, of this
city. who has been at her bedside
the past week.
Mr.. Grasty has made her home
recently with her daughter, Mrs. j..
W. Darwin. at Evansville. Tenu..
but Tor many years resided near
"Ililtmaus Rolling Mill in Lyon
conhts aud ater at Cadiz, where with
her daughters she kept Que of the
best hotels ia Western Kentucky.
Mrs. Grasty was a noble Christian
character aud wac much beloved and
respected by all with whom she came
in contact. She was seventy eight
years of age. BY her request her
remains were brought to EddyvillC
yesterday aud were laid TO rest at the
old family burying ground.
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1907-04-18
Mrs. J. ". Branson Dead.

Mrs. Nora Belle Howerton Bran
son, wife of j. W. Branson, Of Mat
toon vicinity, died Wednesday, April
10, Of consumption after a lingering
illness of twelve months duration.
She contracted malarial in Southeast
Missouri last year and soon after her
return here to her old homestead was
victim Of grippe which settled on
her lungs, and after that she contin-
ued to decline.
She was born Jan. 30, 1873 and
was the daughter of Richard l.. How
erton. a we'll known citizen of the
county. She was married to j. W.
Branson, who survives her, IN 1893
and leaves five children. Her sur
viving sisters are Miss Kittie How
er,op and Mrs. Una SHOEMAKER, and
brothers are James, Charles, Fred,
John, Coleman and Brownie.
She was a Christian since child
hood, being a member of the Reptor
Baptist church. The interment tool
place Thursday at the Repton GENE
terry Rev. L. &. Hughes officiating
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1907-04-18
SENATOR BLACKBURN SAILS
New Canal Commissioned took Kentucky
Horse on Isthmian Trip.

Washington ID. &. April IL
Senator Blackburn, who has received
his commission as a member of the
Panama Canal Commission, sailed for
the Isthmss on April 9TH, accom-
panied by his family. Included in
the family was Mrs. Blackburn, her
sister, Mrs. Kitch, and the Senators
granddaughter, little Teresa Lane.
The Blackburns will reside at Ancon,
which city ovcr-looks the Pacific
ocean. But the Senator will have to
be here great portion of the time
during the session of congress, as a
part of his duties will be to represent
the Secretary of War in hearings
before committees of Congress con-
sidering proposed canal legislation.
Senator Blackburn will have direct
charge of all matters relating to re-
lations OF the Canal Zone with ada
cent republics, and also, as far as
possible, represent the commission
before the public in this country,
delivering frequent addresses on
public occasions in various parts of
the country.
Senator Blackburn took his riding
horse to the lsthmus, but Ieft the
rest of his stable in Kentucky.
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1907-04-18

the great majority OF the plaiu, aud
'h0ncst Democrats Of the Empire
Southern State, from which | came,
believe that we should put the
party below the people, the princi.
pie above the man. We should re.
buke che spirit of spoils and the
hunger of faction We should at
frm our principles, confess our faith,
tecite the necessity of the reform of
corporate capital as the supreme and
I transeendeut issues of the times,
/ pay tribute to the great aud typical
I American who has proved himself
/ the dauntless aud conquering captain
Of the peoples cause, and then aud
there 10 thst great convention of our
own, William j. Bryan, the one un-
matched and incompatible eyangel
of our faith speaking for a pure
Democracy, and speaking for the
whole plain people of this republic,
should put ia nomination Theodore
Roosevelt for one more undisputed
term of power to finish the work that
he has 50 gloriously begun.
II would give this great country
of ours one millennial period in which
factions and psrtisans should be still,
aud the spirit of representative gov
ernmcnt should be given new birth
and a new conservation to it, great
ideals-to the glory of the people
and the admiration of the world.
And when this PEOPLE had won
their majestic aud enduring victory
in the great and transcendent eco.
nomlc problem of the times, then, at
its conclusion, parties, which are al
ways necessary and always helpful
in a republics life, might separate
} once more into their separate camp
behind real shibboleths, in which
every line of ,ectionalism should b,
J buried. every boyle of fogyism anC
of graft should be obliterated, and il
, which men who have followed FOL
twenty years IN slavish loyalty o.
faction behind platforms which they
did not indorse and leaders in which
they did not believe-might ahgr
! themselves once more and honestly
, behind theories of government which
carried their sincere convictions anC
4 enlisted their intelligence and thei
D. noble zeal.
II would mean a new birth 10
parties and a new start for the re
public. in mission and in history.
Mr Chairman, submit in hgl
4 and representative honesty this prop
e ositlon, which seems to be radical
but which | know to be right.
d have never been more loyal to tn
p life and fortunes of the great Neb
e raskan who is our honored guest to
. night | have never been a better ant
a truer Democrat than when sug
r. gest this sacrifice which will max
: our peace with history and establish
the prosperity of the people. Bur.
% me If you will with partisan scorI
4 tonight, but think of me tomorrow
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1907-04-18

anoo of seeking fayors where the
otbeF party Va, stronger than ny
own.
lit appeared to me that the only
fair and honest thing TO do was TO
speak my convictions IN full council
aud with open voice Ia this belief
my speech, upon the request Of the
Associated Press la. already been
sent out to the newspapers Of the
country.
II have not one particle of dog
natism. nor any more pride of per
sonal opinion in pressing thus mat
ter. but the publicity already givcu
to my speech commits me to 1t 30 FAR
that ! cannot in courage or in con
.istcncy suppress that part of my
speech around which the whole re
/ wolves
II recognize the full right of the
committee, when they have secured
from unrclcased copies Of my speech
/ the trend Of my remarks, to express
approval or disapproyal Of the utter
ance. aud since /. on the request OF
the committee tonight must yield
full obedience 20 their wishes IN the
matter. II Is my misfortune to have
misconstrucd the occasion a. TO find
a Bryan ratification meeting where
came to attend free and serious
party dchbcration.
There seems nothing left me
than. save to withhold the speech
from the Bryan banquet, although
cannot consistently ask the news
papers to which it has already beer
given. TO refrain from such use a.
they may see fit to make of 1t.
"Of course. this was only an IN
'dividuai conviction submitted e
Judgment of my party. | do no
need to say if Mr. Bryan shall be
nominated in the wisdom OF tn
Democratic party as our next eandl
date for President, that | shall giy'
him nv whole.heartcd and unquali
fed. enthusiastic support.
II thank the committee most cor
daily for the courtesy OF their lnVit
? alton aud regrctting to lind mysel
IN variance with that portion oil tn
club who have charge of the pro
81 gramme. | most sincerely wish then
a JOYOUS evening and profitable dis
81 cus.iou of the great issues OF lmpor
g lance to the party aud people
Very sincerely,
..JonN TEMPLE GRAVES.
Later Mr.. Graves was persuade
I to take his place at the banquet tabl
aud spoke in part as follows:
/ The times may change, and me
, may change as WE'LL before the cam
naiyn of 1905 begins. But If th
h conditions then are a, they are ia
4 day-if Roosevelt rides the storl
that is brewing in the realm OF ro'
g porate capital, then our way seem
g omen and our duty clear.
Sneakinp here deliberately for my
,. self, and, in my fair Judgment
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1907-04-18
CHAS. M'MICAN KILLED
Was Shot and MORALLY Wounded by
Louis SIlger, Saturday.

A most distressing tragedy occur
red a; the home Of James Kirk in
the Colon vicinity last Saturday af-
ternoon at FIVE o'clock, in which
Louis Sliger was shot and in turn
Shot and MORALLY wounded Charles
MEXICAN, of the same vicinity.
The full particulars arc not OBJ
tainable, but will all DE brought out
at the examining trial next Friday,
Apr. 26, and will be published in
full. Some of the incidents imme-
diately preceding aud following the
killing are as follows:
Sliger had gone to Kirk house to
see him about the purchase of some
hogs, and a. Kirk was In Tolu he
awaited his return. When he did
return MEXICAN was with him and
carried shot gun, which he pro-
ceeded to empty at Sliger, who car
rying a Colts revolver, emptIed it at
his antagonist. One of the bullets
from Sliger's pistol struck MEXICAN 5
horse and another struck the rider
in the abdomen penet ating TO the
backbone. He walked home three
hundred wards, but realized he had
received his death wound and so in
formed his family. DR.. Clement
was hastily summoned from Tolu,
but gave the dying man 5 family nc
encouragement after examining the
wound
Sliger was struck in the head by
one of the shots from McMican's gan
but his wound while painful is uot
dangerous.
MEXICAN leaves wife and fou
children. lie has been married three
times, his fast wife being Richard
Gass' daughter. His second Jas
Cleghorns daughter. His presen
wife was Miss Sallie Fry before he
marriage. MEXICAN was only thlrt.
wears of age and was a brother o
Henry Mexican, a WE'LL known--eiti
. zen OF this county.
The unfortunate affair is deplore
, by every one as both men have man
, friends aud stood well in their re
. spective neighborhoods where known
, Mr. Sliger has cm Logged Hon. A
> c. Moore to defend hum lie SUI
o rendered Sunday aud was put undo
. $1,000 bond. which was increased
$4,000 after MEXICAN death whic
occurred Monday morning at tie
O'Clock.
The intcrment took place Tuesda
i at the family burvIus 5rudnd on ii
: Fords Ferry road near Crooked Cree
?. and was attended by one of Il
, largest crowds ever seen al funer
4 in the country. Rev f. b. Blacl
. burn oficiated
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1907-04-18
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES
Springs Sensation By Asking Bryan 10
Name Roosevelt.

Chattanooga. Tenn. April lO. - \
..u.ational feature Of the banquet
l.,u here tonight by the Bryan
Nuapcrsary Club, at which William
D. Br,.u va. the guest Of honor. was
,t, letter aud subsequent speech Of
John Temple Graves, editor Of the
atlanta Georgian. who, pa his letter,
-.'u.cd 10 speak because the toast
master asked him not to talk about
t,. .uggcstiou that Bryan should
dominate Roosevelt for &C. election.
Later Mr.. Grave, was induced to go
goo thc banquet hall and deliver his
.peccb. Mr.. Graves IN hls letter
.ad
Ron +. \ Hood. President
Bryan Auui,orsary Club, thattanoo-
.a Tenn. Dear Sir ! came to
Chattanooga, yielding TO no one IN
my profound and afcctionate regard
'.r Nr. Bryan aud for the Democrat
party ard it, principles.
Ia the course Of my speech ]
red TO make that plain IN so warm
and glowing sentences a. my heart
could fashion. am profoundly con
..uecd that in this period OF trcmen
4.u. economic crisis the only man
who IAN carry To successful conclu'
..au the reform instituted in behalf
81 che people j. the man who u al
ready entrenchod in the power and
prestige of dauntlcss courage aud
conspicuous success IN the executive
.hrc
/ have endeayored in my spcecl
'o give my convictions, ana thes'
rouyictions are so earnest and sincer'
Chat cannot change them unles
better reasons are given than ha'
been presented TO me mp to the pres
emf time.
Wy reason Tor stating tins con
Ncuon at a Bryan banquet with VT
Bryan present, was because ! con
'acrcd IT the manly and Democra''
thing 10 do
The time to voice a sentiment =
mumcntous to the life, to the pros
pputy aud 10 the realization OF hes
Ideal, Of a Democracy, IS IN coun
". of the faithful and in the iul
presence of our great aud Shimn
leader who would be there to com
mcnt, to approve or to condemn VII
the full force of his influence an
'IoIucnce, as he might see fit.
If had made this speech ~ IN
North and with mixed audlenc
present it would have carried sus
sc,tlon of trucking or the appeal
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1907-04-18

with that high and patriotic consci-
euce which lifts the patriot above
the partisan aud blends the immor-
tai principle with the real welfare of
the people.
The Democratic party fronts to-
day an opportunity which comes not
often in human history to glorify its
principles and to perpetuate Its use
fulness among men.
May God and the better angels Of
our history help us to the patriot :
policy aud the peoples weal.-Cour-
Ter journal.
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1907-04-18
Beautiful Art Piano.

Manufactured by the famous Krell
Piano Co. in Cincinnati, Ohio was
sold through their representative, C..
II. Kieuer, here to Mr.. Felix Cox,
of Marion, who l. very proud of
possessing the finest piano ~ town.
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1907-04-18

Fire and tornado insurance. Bour-
land Il Haynes
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1907-04-18
Mrs. Woodson's Burial.

The interment of Mrs. Maggie
Franklin Woodson, the young wife
OF George WoOdson, took place at
Rosebud church ten miles East of
Marion Thursday morning. There
was no funeral service at the grave,
this being deferred, as many members
of the family were unable to attend,
song and prayer by the pastor, Rev.
h. c. Love, being the only observ-
ance. Besides her husband and two
little girls, May eight years and
Georgia four years Of age. She is
survived by her s}'rostsy--ps. and
Mrs. Ben Frank&k four sisters,
Madames Geo. DfSMy, F. Il. DAVIS,
of Miss. Frank Martin, of Union
county. and Miss Attha Franklin
also two brothers, Jr. and James.
She was born Feb. 22nd, 1881,
was married in 1893 and was con-
sistent christian woman much beloved
by all who knew her.
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1907-04-18

Monday morning Mr.. Rubie Hol-
der and Miss Pearl Hornback, of
Dycusbrug vicinity, came up and
were married at the court house by
Rev +. b. Blackburn.
They were accompanied by another
couple also from Dycusburg. Mad
dame rumor soon spread the news on
the street. and by the time the
licensed could be issued, quite good
crowd had gathered to witness the
marriage.
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1907-04-18

J. T. Hicklin will sell You -four
cheaper than any one.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-03-19
HUSBAND ACTS LIKE SNAKE.
Kisses In the Night, Says Wife, Who
Wins $1,438 AIimonY.

According to his wife's story in court
the other day, Lewis Sunderlin, a
Rochester jeweler, had all the plans
made for their deaths, cremation, flu
nerals and newspaper obituaries and
seemed to take a good deal of pleasure
in detailing them to her.
He had found out the cost of crema-
ton and told her at breakfast one
morning that he planned bringing a
coffin to the house, so that he could get
into it and see how he looked He Of
fered to do the same for her, she said,
and agreed to write two column obit-
uary notice for her, as he had done for
himself.
''In the middle of the night" she add
ed ''he would get up and scream and