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The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-04-02

of some educator how it stands, and
he will refer to the list OF accredited
High schools. well knowing that II
the High school is of the required
standard the departments leading
up to it must necessarily come up to
requirements. as far as the course of
study Is concerned. The community
will be judged by its schools and its
schools will be judged by the High
school. People do not care to come to
a city, where their children Will not
secure the educational advantages
for which they pay taxes. In the name
of the fathers and mothers and tax
payers Of Paducah, we demand that
the school board apply the rule OF
qualifications for High school princi-
pal rigidly, and we are well aware
what applicants fall short of and
what applicants come up to the quail
ifcations.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-04-02

The department OF commerce and
labor, guesser of census, has raised
a scream from Maine to Oregon and
from the lakes to the gulf. Not a
city or hamlet in the United States,
but is prepared to prove errors rang
ing from two births to 100000 pop
ulation. Whatever else one may say
of the guessing bureau, system is
employed and discrimination Is not
chargeable. For instance every, Sec
ond class city in Kentucky increased
its population 5000 in seven years,
while Louisville's increase was pro-
portionately greater, and Owens
boro's proportionately less. Hender-
son seems to have made a so per
cent. increase. 1t will soon be bigger
than Cairo and greensboro together,
in Washington.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-04-02
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
For Mayor.


The Sun is authorized to announce
Charles Reed as a candidate for
mayor, subject to any action Of the
Democratic party.
The Sun is authorized to announce
Thomas B. Harrison as a candidate
for mayor subject t. the action Of the
Democratic primary May 2, 1907.
For City Assessor.
The Sun is authorized to announce
]. w. Orr as a candidate for the Of
flee of City Assessor, subject to the
action of the Democratic primary
May 2, 1907.
The Sun is authorized to announce
the candidacy of Stewart Dick for the
ONCE of city assessor, subject to the
action Of the Democratic party.
For City Treasurer.
The Sun is authorized to announce
]. w. Mcknight as a candidate for
the Office of City Treasurer subject
to the action of the Democratic party.
For City Attorney.
The Sun is authorized to announce
the candidacy of John G. Miller, Jr.,
as a candidate for city attorney sub
ject to the action of the Democratic
primary, May 2, 1907.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-04-02
CHICAGO ELECTION.

Republicans-Fo immediate set
Element of traction problems by &C
ceptance of ordinances approved by
the city council and Endorsed by the
Non Partisan Traction League. Fred
erick A. Busse, postmaster of Chicago
candidate.
Democrats-For rejection of trac-
ton ordinance on grounds they do
not safeguard the city's interests and
that they preclude municipal owner
ship. Mayor q. F. Dunno, candidate
for reelection.
Prohlbitionists-For acceptance OF
traction ordinances and reform in po-
lice and school board. William H.
Brubaker, candidate.
SociaMsts-For rejection of ordi-
nances. George Kopp, candidate.
Republicans also stand for radical
reforms in the school board and the
elimination of William Randolph
Hearst as dictator of Chicago affnirs
Registered VoterS-In excess oil
$50 900.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-04-02
HOTEL ARRIVALS.

Palmer-E. II. Rutherford, St
Louis; j. A. Alexander, Cleveland, o.;
j. D. Jones, waverly, Tenn; G. A
Ware, Dayton, o.; George S. Schlink
Evansville; w. ]. Gallon, Milwaukee;
]. A. Gazzole, st. Louis; c. w. Price
New York: ]. G. Daniel, Paris, Tenn.
d. e. Hunt. Cincinnati; J. w. Klyce
Dyersburg, Tenn; G. P. Gourley
Fulton.
Belvedere-H. L. Clifford, Chicago;
C. Farris, Evansville; william Leyhel
Alton, ILL.,; VIII Harris, Murray; C
w. Dandram, Smithland; G. r. Bar
ton, Jackson, Miss; John Langston
ST. Louis.
New Richmond-O. r. Foley, Men
phis; II. G. Smith, Eddyville; Roy
Butler, Grand Rivers; N. @. Swezey
Andover, o.; c. c. Case. Chattanooga
Tenn; Writ Lane, Los Angeles. Cal.
G. Oakley, Smyrna; D. w. Hudson
Paris, Tenn; II. Cox, Metropolis; c
II. Dyer, Hampton ]. w. Reason
Mayfield; l.. NJ. Robinson. Milan
Tenn; J. D. Franklin, Lexington
Tenn.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-04-02
OUR SCHOOLS AT STAKE.

Grave responsibility rests on the
school trustees, who tonight proba-
bly, will elect principal of the High
school 10 succeed Professor George
Payne. II IS up to them whether the
standard established by the present
administration is maintained or low
cred. There is a rule, governing the
selection of a High school principal,
which provides that he shall have
been graduated by an institution of
learning, recognized by the standard
of the college union. To abrogate that
rule now, or disregard it, would be
most unfortunate. not TO say a ca
lamity. The rule was adopted three
years ago. At that time Professor
Payne had not fully come up to the
new qualifications, and specific ex-
ception was made of the incumbent,
It being generally known that he
would complete the qualifications.
This he did and this year for the
first time Paducah has a High school
principal duly qualified by the high
est standards recognized in any Of
the public schools Of the country.
This year, too, the High school has
three university graduates in its fac
ulty, where formerly there were
none, and now the High schools GER
tlfcate is accepted for entrance re-
quirements by all the institutions Of
higher education in the country.
These are essential considerations in
a High school. The standard for a
High school is not fixed by the Pa
ducah school board. II is fixed by
the colleges OF the country. Poor
boys, VINO expect to work their way
through college. expect to qualify for
entrance in our public schools They
can not afford private tutors. Boys.
who do not expect to go to college.
are entitled to a well rounded edu-
cation in the pubic schools. People
Of other cities in studying the Padu-
cab pubic school system, win ask
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-04-02

This is Miss Minnie Pruitt. of Fourth
and JEFFERSON streets. Miss Pruitt
declares that young Mckay danced
with her just before he went outside
the cabin near Metropolis. saying he
would be gone but a short time, and
to save the next dance for him. After
that he failed to show up again.
The body was prepared for burial
at Guy Nance's undertaking parlors,
and the funeral win take place this
afternoon at $3.50 O'Clock at the res
idence. the Rev. C. w. Banks. of the
Trimble street Methodist Episcopal
church, officiating. The burial VIII
be in Oak Grove cemetery.
Coroner Frank Eaker summoned
his jury this morning and had the
members inspect the body. He win
hold the inquest tomorrow when the
father can have his witnesses present,
and witnesses from the boat can also
be in attendance.
Capt. Coles Statement.
Captain Mark Cole, of the steamer
Dick Fowler, stated this morning that
Mckay was drunk on the boat ON
March II.
81 do not remember much about
the young man." he explained, but
Mate Pete Welton stated that he re-
members putting him out of the cabin
just below Metropolis because he was
kicking against the cabin door dam
aging the varnish. The engineer in
formed me that the young man came
down into the engine room soon after
Metropolis was reached, and he warn
ed Mckay to keep away from the en-
gines, fearing he would fall against
one. Later he elected Mckay from
the engine room. This is the last the
crew saw of him.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-04-02
THIRD BISHOP DIES.
Ranks of College of Southern Meth
odist Depleted.

Richmond, Va, April a. Bishop
John Cowper Granbery, &c years of
age. for a number OF years one of the
most prominent and beloved members
of the virginian conference, dropped
dead in his chair at his home in Ash
land after returning from the post
Office yesterday. Death was due To
heart failure. The death Of Boshop
Granbery is the third since the ad-
journment of the general conference
less than year ago.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-04-02
BODY IN RIVER IS
FRANK M'KAY, JR.
Paducah Young Man Who Met
Death March IL.
Fell From Dick Fowler While Re
turning From Cairo on Excur-
sion 10 See Wasp.
BROUGHT BACK IN A sKrFF-

Papers on the body, the finding of
which in the Ohio river. near Metrop-
ldas was exclusively mentioned IN
The Sun, prove that Frank Mckay,
Jr., 21 years old. of 1872 North
Sixth street, a ''finisher" ait the
Hardy Buggy company plant, met
death in the Ohio river between Pa
ducaIh and Metropolis on the night
of March II, while returning from
Cairo, H., after viewing the gunboat
Wasp. His body was taken from the
river yesterday at noon near Metrop-
oils, and papers in his pockets fully
identified him. Coroner Frank Eaker
of Paducah, was notified, and the
body being found within the juris-
diction of Kentucky, he took charge.
The Dick Fowler officers last night
refused to carry the body here be-
cause of its not being i'm good conda-
ton and because legal complications
might result from carrying corpse
from Illinois into Kentucky without
an inquest or proper form. The Off
GERS of the Cowling wanted $25, and
Coroner Frank Eaker sent the body
here in a skiff. 1t arrived early this
morning.
Frank Mckay, Jr., was the son OF
Frank Mckay, a collector for the
Central Coal and Iron company. On
the morning of Sunday, March ~
he left Paducah on the steamer
Dick Fowler for Cairo with a large
crowd to see the gunboat Wasp. He
was seen among the passengers on
the return trip. No one reported a
man overheard and NO fights were
reported. The natural conclusion is
that he fell overheard unseen. His
parents several days after his disap
pearance notified the police depart
ment but a search proved fruitless
His family concluded he had gone
somewhere to visit relatives for SOW
eral weeks, and were not greatly
alarmed. the young man being sober
industrious and of the best habits.
Father Says Foul Play.
Frank Mckay, sr., thinks that his
son, who was drowned in the Ohio
river, met foul play, and will attempt
to bring it out in evidence in the
coronor's inquest he declares. Nc
Kay says that his son was behaving
on the boat. He viii attempt to prove
that his son was kicked down the
steps leading from the cabin to the
lower deck, kicked again on the deck
and taken into the life preserver
room and later thrown into the
river.
There are two young women who
will figure prominently in the mys-
terry. One came to the father several
days after young McKay's disappear
ance and tod him she had seen HIS
son assaulted The second is q
young woman with whom he danced
the last set before he disappeared
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-04-02

If Paducah's grocers, merchants
and business men of all kinds would
take as much interest in the welfare
of the city aside from personal in
terests, as do the doctors, this city
would be ten years ahead of her pres
ent status, and Paducah is not of
backward growth, either, Serving
without a cent of remuneration, Civ
ing up their time to the pubiic's in
interest. well knowing that every
move they make will meet with bit
ter denunciation from some one who
Is disconnected, and will win no APP
probation from those who are bene-
fitted, the members OF the hoard of
health are among the most active
officials of the city. They are untir-
ing and unselfish in their efforts. and
they should receive encouragement in
the good work they are doing. Their
objects are slow Of accomplishment.
but they are gradually winning. The
health and possibly the life of every
citizen OF Padueah Is directly affected
by the success or failure Of the work
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-04-02

Kaiser Wilhelm wishes one Of his
boys to be educated at Harvard, from
which President Roosevelt was grad
uated, and to associate with the
boys. That's not the Sc
cret, Wilhelm. Harvard graduated a
lot of boys, who have never been
heard from since.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-04-02

March Is Trying Month.
"Nor love, nor honor, wealth nor
power,
Can give the heart cheerful hour,
When health is lost. Be timely wise.
With health all taste of pleasure
flies"
Marcn is conceded by local ply
sicians to be the worst month in the
year in Paducah. in the point of the
extent of sickness. The quick changes
in tne temperature, warm one day,
chilly, with penetrating winds the
next affect the physical condition
probably more than any season of the
year.
The only safeguard therefore is to
get yourself in good condition. The
liver. the blood, the kidneys, the
skin should be ir first class order or
you can not stand the trying month.
osteopatny, quickly naturally re-
store any disarrangement to any Of
these essentials OF good health. The
torpid liver, the disordered kidneys,
the poor blood supply OF circulation
readily yield to It's health giving
methods
The trei tment is simplicity itself.
sane, rational, without the use OF
harmful drugs. 1t cures by scientif
ic manipulation to restore the normal
functions to each organ. It recog-
nizes, appreciates and uses proper
diet, air. water, exercise and other
natural hygienic measures. too.
A trite saying is Seeing is believ-
Ing" so I snail be pleased to refer
you. If you are interested. to any mum
Der of people you know well who can
attest to the virtues OF the treatment
in liver, stomach, bowels, rheumatic,
asthma, malaria. neuralgia and
nervous condition.
Call me at 1407 or call at my once.
SIG Broadway. at any time between
. and ~ a. m. or and p. In. DR..
G. B. Froags. t.s
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-04-02

Mott Ayres. state fire commissioner
left this morning for Princeton. Mr..
Ayres has been to Daniasco to in
ests5ate the work of the night riders
there in burning barn. He said
the investigation at Princeton and
other points where outrages have oc-
CURED, is advancing and that he exr
pected to get several convictions in
the next few weeks.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-04-02
ODD SITUATION.

Columbus, o., April p Six
ty men employed by the Frank
lin Brewery company went on a
strike today. The general strike,
involving 600 men, and revoca-
ton of the Brewery Workers
charter by the American Fedora
ton of Labor looks like the
American Federation of Labor
is backing the breweries as
against brewery workers.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-04-02
Mrs. John GhoIson Dies.

Magistrate F. f. Gholson while
sitting in fiscal court this morning.
received a telegram announcing the
sudden death of his sister-in-law,
Mrs. John Ghotson, at Cairo. No de-
tails of the death were given. John
Gholson Is we'll known here.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-04-02

Chancellor Day, of Syracuse Uni
versity, again opens wide his mouth
to illuminate the financial situation.
The shadows he casts on the admin
istration are attributable to the fact
that it is standard oil that makes
this Day.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-04-02

You know your calling cards
are correct when they come from the
Sun Office. Script cards and plate.
$3.50 a hundred; the Old English at
$1,000. ....a-
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-04-02

THE UNWRITTEN LAW.
Virginia proposes to enact the
"unwritten law into a statute, thus
making new departure in criminal
gislation-adopting a law legalizing
instead of limiting and de-
fning crime. The proposed bill con-
sists OF one brief paragraph:
"That in all criminal trials in
volving a charge of assault and
battery, assault with intent to
MAIN, disable, disfigure, and
kill, or homicide, in which 1t is
proven that the person upon
whom such assault was
committed had been gull
ty of wrong to
the person of the wife, mother,
sister, or daughter of the ac-
cused, the jury shall be the
judges of whether such provoca-
ton was sufficient to justify
such punishment"
The general effect OF this, of
course is to make every man the
Judge, jury and executioner in the
first place of offenses against him.
self, with a reviewing court of his
own peers to pass upon his conduct
and decide whether he shall be pun
ished for the undue exercise of dis
erection with which the law vests
him.
Virginia has other laws now on
her statute books, providing punish
ment for wrongs against the family.
This will afford two remedies for the
same offense. The man may kill the
person guilty of wrong against his
wife, or the person may be tried and
punished in court for the offense.
This new law provides capital pun
ishment, If the wronged husband is
of a murderous disposition. But, II
the wronged husband happens to be
more civilized than the proposed
law, If enacted, would indicate as the
condition of society in the Old Do
minion, the punishment will be OF
less degree.
If the laws now existing are abro-
gated, there will be no specific pun
ishment prescribed for wrongs
against the family. unless the wrong
ed husband is willing to take chances
with his temper.
Not only will complications result
in this way, but injustice will be
done to the wronged husband. Minds
of men vary in degrees of reasoning
power, and reasoning power is to a
greater or less extent abrogated by
the presence of intense passion. The
wronged husband must be actuated
by intense passion to kill
the offending party. He is
in no condition to determine,
whether or not he is justified in kill
ing the offender. Until some prece-
dent is established he will be In the
dark as to how far he dares to go,
and after the establishment of pre-
cedent, he viii have to adopt one OF
two courses: either acquaint him
self with the law before attacking;
or see a lawyer first and a dealer in
fire arms afterward. Neither course
Is consistent with binding passion.
After all, the jury under this broad
latitude is only to determine whether
or not the husband acted in Sudden
heat and passion" We think there
are quite enough homicides and
quite enough acquittals in this coun-
try now, and we pay Virginia the
tribute of predicting that the Gun
written law" statute will retain the
significance Of its name, and take
its place in the legislative museum
with Iowa's ordinance OF marriage
Missouri's bachelor tax, and Illinois
statute, limiting a woman to two
~,
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-04-02

of the board of health and the citi-
zens should get behind the board and
help its members.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-04-02
100000 SOLDIERS.

Bucharest, April 2.-Nearly
100000 soldiers are under arms
in Roumania to suppress the
peasant uprisings.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-04-02

YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAIT
Every dose makes you feel better. Lax-Pos
keeps your whole insides right Sold on the
money-back plan everywhere Price so cents.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-04-02
Daily Thought.

Mlsfortunes to which we are used
affect us less severely.-Juvenal.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-04-02

Increase ............. o4
Personally appeared before me,
this April 1, 1907, E. J. Paxton, gem
erai manager of The Sun, who af-
firms that the above statement of
the circulation of The Sun for the
month OF march, 1907, is true to the
best of his knowledge ana belief.
PETER PURYEAR,
Notary Public
My commission expires January
%. 1908.
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-08-14

my trees are growing we'll while his
are not. The Berckman's Everbear-
in is the only peach in his orchard
that has fruit this year. My Ever
bearing is also full as were quite
number of other kinds. His Burbank,
Gonzales, Botan, Wild Goose and
other plums are nearly as full as
mine, but his are much inferior in
size to mine. But when it comes
to worms, have never had but one
crop totally free from them, and did
so many things that spring thatI have
never found out exactly what kept
them off until this season, of which
more at a future time. Every other
orchard around Lampasas, as we'll as
trees in yards, have suffered every
year more Or less seriously from
worms, but though I have been in
that cultivated orchard frequently
every season I have never found as
many as one dozen wormy peaches
or plums. Where the cultivation does
not reach the ground under the trees
it is thoroughly stirred, every inch,
during the summer quite deeply with
a sharp hoe. Of course, one stirring
in August or early September would
suffice.
The third proof is the fact that
while California is infested with every
variety of scale and other insect, in
c1uding the codling moth, the cur
culio and plum gouger are totally un-
known. Why? Because her orchards
are deeply and thoroughly cultivated,
a treatment successful in her rainless
climate, but ruinous in ours, with its
frequent and successive floods. Hav-
ing lately taken so much of your
space, Mr.. Editor, I will at future
time prove that blight will disappear
entirely under the new treatment if
applied to the pear and apple. The
whole theory Of that disease, verified
by subsequent facts, is explained in
The New Horticulture, which, with
additional light shed Upon it by those
new facts, justihes the declaration
that this most important branch of
fruit growing can now be entered
upon on the most expensive scale
with absolute certainty of permanent
success.
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-08-14
Use Judgment.

Do not do your work haphazard.
Know what you are doing and why
you are doing it, and then you will
know better how to do it. # you
are cu1tivating crop you should have
in mind the thing you want to &C
comp1ish. To kill weeds requires one
kind of cultivation, and the conserva-
ton of moisture another kind; but
this is not all there is to cultivation.
The nature and habits of the crop
must also be taken into consideration.
Some plants are deep-rooted and get
their nourishment deep down in the
soil, while others get it near the sur
face. Some plants make the crop
above the soil, some in the soil out
of sight, while others, like the turnip
and onion, grow on top Of the soil
and feed from below All of these
things should modify the cultivation
more or less, and the man who culti-
Yates without any reference to the
why of things need not expect to
secure the best results.-Modern
Farmer.