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Weddings.

The marriage Of Miss Laura Wag-
ner, 42S South Third street, and Mr..
Lester Yates. 4il south Third street,
will take place on Wednesday at
Cairo. They will be accompanied by
Misses Ella Nichols and Mabel Lowry,
Messrs. Ed Wagner and Clarence
Goodman. They are popular young
people of the south side and will re-
side at Third and Jackson streets,
returning to Paducah Immediately
after the ceremony.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1907-07-10
The Issue Sharply Drawn.

Governor Bechham must b e
given credit for sincerity in his
temperance crusade. He seems
determined to shape the politics of
the State so that the fight will be
a conflict between the Democrats
and temperance element on one
side and the Republicans and the
whisky interests on the other. In
deed this is the situation as it
stands today. Whatever one may
think of the matter as a question
of public policy or party politics,
the Governors courage and con-
sistency command admiration. He
seems to be ready to stake his own
interests and the fortunes of his
party on the temperance issue.
On this issue he is reasonably GER
tain to lose Louisville. CovinotOn
and Newport. If the temperance
element in the Republican party
rebels against an alliance with the
whisky interests (Which seems to
be the logic of the situation) the
Democrats can lose all the cities
of the first and second classes and
still elect their State ticket and
the Legislature. &c. |. :. in Lex
inoton Herald.
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PRESIDENT
Of international Loan and Trust
Company Taken Into Gus
tOdy by POStOffiCe In
SpeCtOr.

Joseph p. Williams, president
of the International Loan and
Trust Company, offices in the
Kenyon building, Louisville, KY,
was arrested July 2 on complaint
of ). A. SusOng, postotfice inspec-
tor, and held to answer July - in
the Federal Court in the sum of
1000 on a charge of using the
mails to defraud.
1t is charged that Williams tried
to induce persons to subscribe for
debenture bonds of said company.
payments for the same to be made
each month with the intent on the
part of the accused that the per
sons so subscribing should not be
paid the amount agreed upon and
promised at the maturity.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1907-07-10
MntuCky'S Mineral Riches.

That is powerful presentment
of Kentucky's mineral wealt h
which the State Geologist makes
in his report. From an output of
3,1S3, AIS tons in 1896 the produc-
ton of coal in Kentucky has
grown to 1920, 615 tons in 1900,
an increase of 57.7l per cent: and
from that to 8, 59S, 529 tons in 1906,
an increase of 90.1S per cent. over
1900. Almost doubled in six
years.
The report shows a marked in
crea1T in the production of huor
spafand barytes, with their asso-
ciated lead and zinc ores. Ken
lucky is shown to be the largest
producer of huor spar in the Uni
ted States and one of the largest in
the world.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1907-07-10
The Wisdom of FrankneSS.

Mr.. Harriman's new policy of
giving to the press immediate. and
complete details of wrecks on the
lines under his control is both SER
sible and right. Wise, too, is the
plan to invite outsiders of local
reputation end standing to be
present and participate in the
hearings of the comp any's board of
inquiry into accidents.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1907-07-10
State Court Orders Brewery
Property Said.

At Topeka, Kan, on July 3.
judgment by default was rendered
in the State Supreme Court against
the Schlitz, Htile and Pabst
Brewing Companies, and their
property, now in the hands of the
Sat brewery receivers, ordered
stll. The same order applies
to the Anheusei Busch company.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1907-07-10
PRESENT STATUS.

Kentucky, far famed throughout
the world for her whisky pro-
ducts, is now rapidly approaching
entire prohibition. Allowing five
square miles for each town and
city legalizing the sale of liquor,
NINETY-SEVEN PER CENT. of
the territory of the State is under
prohibition. In this ninety seven
per cent. of territory dwell SEW
ENTY-FOUR PER CENT. of our
population. The entire Eleventh
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1907-07-10
THE NATIONAL LEAGUE.

This organization is bending
every energy to secure from Con-
gress Cd "A law which will deprive
liquor shipments of the protection
of the Interstate Commerce laws;
co one 70 prevent Government tax
receipts from protecting illegal
vendors of liquor in prohibition
territory. a bill comprising this
latter need was introduced last
session by Congressman Ollie
james. Of kentucky. Congress
man ID. ii. Smith. of our State
also, assisted greatly in measure
looking to the interstate commerce
amendment. The League urges
people all over the State to write
their representatives in Congress
urging them to vote for these
measures.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1907-07-10
Two New BattIeShip Contracts
Awarded.

Secretary Taft awarded contracts
for the construction of two twenty
thousand-ton battleships, one for
$4,000, 900, the other for S4,377,-
600.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1907-07-10
TEMPERANCE IN POLITICS.

The League avoids carefully in
lecting politics into temperance af-
fairs, but studies to thrust temper
ance issues into politics. As re-
suit of this policy all the political
parties of the State have given rec
ognition this year to their meas
ures.
The Prohibition party stands. of
course, for what we are ultimately
working to achieve. the destruc-
ton of the saloon business. though
proceeding by a different method.
The Republican Party in their
platform this year endorse the
principle of IA straight county unit
for the entire State.
The Democratic Party. through
It's candidates for Governor and
United States Senator. pledge
their hearty support to the Anti
Saloon League program. Judge
llager, the candidate for Gov
ernor, endorses the extension of
the unit law, the enactment of
other measures, and pledges, in
addition, the strict enforcement of
the Sunday closing laws in case he
becomes Governor.
There can he no more far reach
mo achievement in political life
than the dethroncmcnt of the sa-
loon power from the control of the
political parties. No candidate or
set of candidates ought to be sup
ported by temperance people, be
hind which are found the solid
ranks Of the liquor interests.
POLICY or THE KENTUCKY LEAGUE.
o. Wide and constant agita-
ton to avoid reaction, which in
other States has lost the fruits of
dearly bought victories. 70 this
end each church should have a
League speaker in its pulpit at
least once Il year.
o. All possible aid to every
part of the State in vigorous law
enforcement. This, in Kentucky.
is the great need of the hour. and
the Anti-Saloon League is equip
ped to fulfill all requirements for
aid in the enforcement of the
liquor laws.
(3D The concentration of the
energies of the people on the sa-
loon problem until it is solved.
Diffusion of effort on too many re-
forms may prove dangerous. Let
the one motto of Kentucky tenn
perance people be, The Saloon
Must Go"
a. State wide prohibition as
the ultimate aim. As soon as the
problem of law enforcement is
solved by sufficient legislation and
by the acquisition of enough expe-
rience and skill on the part of the
temperance people to hold the
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1907-07-10

Congressional District, except the
city of MiddleSboro. has no saloon.
The same Is true of the jackson
Purchase section of the State. eX-
cept the CITY of Paducah. AS
soon as the present licenses expire
In Bowling Green, where the
greatest victory of the year was
recently Won, one can ride from
Louisville to Nashville or Mem
phls on the Louisville d Nashville
Railroad Without passing through
a saloon ridden municipality. One
may ride over the same road from
Louisville TO Middlesboro and not
pass a saloon. In all the south
eastern section of the State. south
of an east and west line through
Nicholasyille, and east OF a north
and south line through Columbia.
territory of nearly FIFTEEN
THOUSAND square miles. or
about one-third of the State. Mid
dlesboro is the only whisky town.
We find it difficult to realize the
magnitude of our victories, even
by the aid Of such statistics and
comparisons as these.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1907-07-10

The dissipated, immoral man
who demands pure and virtuous
woman for his wife is moral
leper who should be branded be-
fore the public.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1907-07-10
PRICE OF COTTON JUMPS.
July Advances $3.50 a Bale,
Scoring About One-HdIf Cent
Per Pound Rise.

In New York on July 3, the
price of July cotton was advanced
81. 80 bale or about half cent
per pound in the New York Cot
ton Exchange at the Opening of
the market.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1907-07-10

THE OLD notion that it is not
good to paint in hot weather is IA
false one. Green Seal and good
painter can be trusted the hottest
weather. Thomas Kennedy.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1907-07-10
REPORT
OF COMMITTEE on TEMPERANCE
To the General Association of
Kentucky BaptiStS,
At Mayfield, Ky, June 1928,
1907.

Your Committee on Temper
ance" beg leave to report as fol-
lows:
The temperance work of this
body is done mainly through the
Kentucky Anti-Saloon League.
We have obtained from that or
ganilation an account of the pro-
gress of the anti-saloon movement
in the State during the past year,
and this report deals principally
in that information. The statis-
tics and comparisons have been
furnished by State Superintend-
ent, Chas. l.. Collins.
Since the last meeting of this
body such phenomenal advances
have been made in Kentucky as to
attract the attention of the entire
nation. All our fondest hopes of
past years have. been realized. and
the work has gone so far beyond
our expectations that we have been
amazed at the results.
THE YEARS PROGRESS.
On June II, 1906, when the
Cammack County Unit Law went
into operation, there were FIFTY
EIGHT counties in the State pro-
hibiting everywhere within their
territories the retail sale of liquor.
Since that date, under the terms of
the Cammack Law. and through
the impulse created by its passage,
THIRTY-TWO additional coun-
ties have voted prohibition, until
now there are NINETY out of one
hundred and nineteen counties of
the State in which liquor can not
be legally sold. OF the remaining
twenty mine counties, only four
are largely saloon territory. There
are now only about fifty towns and
cities in Kentucky where the sale
of liquors is legal.
In the last year we have lost but
two county and seven city cleo
tons. In these the saloon forces
succeeded by comparatively small
ma iorities only, mainly won by
bribery and other fragrant forms
of corruption.
In the thirty-two counties car
ried, TWO HUNDRED AND
THIRTY saloons were closed.
The area of these dry counties is
about TWELVE THOUSAND
square miles, containing a popula-
ton of over FIVE HUNDRED
THOUSAND. To emancipate in
one year half million people from
the saloon peril is an achievement
of so great magnitude as to cause
us to praise God for these days of
mighty moral victories.
Those who had the direction Of
the Cammack Bill in the last Leg
islature feel that results Justify
them in having submitted the orig
inal bill to its well known amend
ments in order to secure its pas
sage. Many insisted on going to
defeat rather than suffer thc> c
amendments. TO have done so
would have been to deny one-half |
million Kentuckians quick relief
from the retail liquor traffic and |
to have disheartened temperance
people by another defeat in the
Legislature.
PRESENT STATUS.
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too great care can not be taken by
the friends of temperance in the
selection of the members of the
next Legislature.
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THE NEXT LEGISLATURE.

The Anti-Saloon League have no
intention of abandoning the work
if they can receive the hearty
financial and moral support of the
people. They will take up the
FIGHT Just where they left off in
1906, and ask for II still stronger
county unit law than they did
then. Experience and study have
shown where the present statute
can be developed and improved.
Other legislation also will be
sought by the League. o. To
clear up any uncertainty in the
present statutes regulating the
sale of liquors on Sunday. o.
To separate the saloon from any
and all other kinds of business.
CD To require a revocation of
saloon licenses in thirty or sixty
days after vote prohibiting the
sale of liquor goes into effect. CD
Some legislation by which the en-
forcement of the liquor laws may
be made possible N case of local
failure or refusal to do it. The
need of such legislation is well il
Illustrated in the case of the city of
Louisville. The Governor of the
State has attempted for more than
a year past to have the Sunday
laws enforced there and has found
without adequate means in
law for the accomplishment of his
purpose. o. Such measures as
experience and study may show
are needed to enforce generally the
local option and liquor laws.
With such program outlined
by the League, it is evident that
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1907-07-10

Eycrybody'S friend DR.. Thorn
as Electric Oil Cures toothachc,
earache, sore throt. Heals cuts,
bruises, scalds. Stops amy pain,
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1907-07-10
VICTORIES IN THE COURTS.

Those who have followed the ca
reer Of the county unit agitation
through its ten years of struggle.
will recall the emphatic claims
made by its enemies as to its un-
constitutionality. The best ener-
gies of the Anti-Saloon League
were devoted. for months. not only
to campaigns. but to the defense
of this law in the courts of the
Commonwealth against the numer-
Gus attacks made upon it. Able
lawyers were secured, who gave
their services at great personal sac
riiice.
In due time the Court of APP
peals rendered decisions in the sew
eral cases, without a dissent. fully
sustaining the law as to its consti-
tutlOnallCy ana the effective opera
ton of all its provisions. In these
decisions, such Interpretation was
giyen to the Constitution and this
law under it as paves the way for
its development until it shall be-
come one of the most efficient local
option statutes in America. DR..
q. W. Young. our recent State
Superintendent, is entitled to the
credit of having developed the
legal principle upon which the law
is based and which has so well
stood the severe scrutiny of the
learned Judges of our highest
court.
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ground as it is won. the expert
ment of complete prohibition can
be safely attempted.
o. EVERY COUNTY IN
KENTUCKY DRY By CHRIST
MAS, 1905, EXCEPT POSSIBLY
HALF \ DOZEN.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-11-26

Washington, Nov. 26.-The battle OF the
alenists in the trial OF Annie NJ Brad
ley, charged with numbering former Unit
ed States Senator Arthur Brown in this
city, Dec. s. last. was well launched to-
day when the defense placed on the stand
DR.. Brtton d. Evans, the New Jersey
hospital for the insane superintendent, to
corroborate the statements made yester-
day by DR.. Barton OF this city. that Mrs.
Bradley was insane when she shot Brown.
The district attorney will be aided in his
questions by Drs Smith Ely Jelliffe of
New York, and Edward S. Brush Of Bal
tmore
The standing OF DIR. Evans as an ex-
pert, and the fact that he testified in ia
vor OF Harry X. Thaw, was a sufficient
reason for attracting to the court house
more than the usual crowd who began TO
assemble long before the doors to the
court room were opened
Drs. Jelliffe and Brush have prepared
copious notes OF the testimony and were
prepared today through District Attorney
Baker TO subject the alienists for the de-
fense TO a severe test.
Mrs. Bradley appeared to be in better
spirits than yesterday.
It was decided not to call DR.. Evans as
the first witness and DR.. Isaac Rich OF
New York was placed on the stand to tes-
tify in Mrs Bradley's behalf
DR. Rich testified that he was In Wash
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-11-26
BATTLE OF ALIENISTS
RAGING OVER MRS. IRADLEY

ington the day Of the tragedy and stopped
at the hotel where the shooting occurred.
He saw Mrs. Bradley that day and first
observed her In the ladies sitting room.
lie said: "She looked like ain intelligent
woman but said nothing TO me- She
bumped into first one person and then
another. She had n peculiar drawn face.
talked to herself muttering and wringing
her hands. All OF a sudden she began
laughing 1t was an idiotic laugh. look
ed at her and she stopped laughing and
appeared to cry and she went away
on cross-examination the witness said
Mrs. Bradley appeared on him later 10
be "looney" and that she had an idiot!c
laugh.
DR.. Charles c.. Hill OF Baltimore. an cx-
pert, was then called. DR. Hill positively
stated that on the day OF the shooting
OF Senator Brown Mrs. Bradley was in-
sane and incapable of choosing between
right and wrong.
on cross-examination DR. Hill said
that, I'm his opinion. Mrs. Bradley inten-
tionally shot Senator Brown. but her
state OF mind was such that i'm her aber-
ration she believed she was doing the
right thing as distinguished from the
wrong.
letters to Senator Brown many EVIL
dences OF insanity. although the rhetoric
and handwriting were good. Insane peo-
ple,-he said, frequently wrote wall
Continued on Page Two)
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Inspectors headquarters and Inspector
Caffrey went TO city hall and escorted the
would-be bride and groom to the presence
OF Chief Inspector Horton, minus a IT,
cense
The girl in the case is Ethel Dc Mar
AWHILE. IL years old daughter OF Daniel.
a business man, who is prosperous and
owns considerable property
The lover is Joseph Borgeois. 26 years
old ana OF Portuguese extraction He
drives an ice cart and is said to be a
good man.
At inspectors headquarters the couple
refused an Interview. The girl said that
she did not want newspaper notoriety
and that that this day and its events
would be one she would never forget
And loyalty silent remained the man OF
her choice.
The girl was dressed In a brown hat
with yellow rose. and brown suit com
plete.
The father had reported that the girl
had fled in hat trimmed with a red
rose. and a yellow coat The girl when
asked about the discrepancy in the de-
scription, and questioned where she
changed raiment denied that she had
changed. She admitted that she OWNED n
yellow coat. but left II TO be understood
that her father had Jumped at a conclu-
sion -
What the young people omitted 10 say
Chief Inspector Horton related later from
information they gave TO him. They told
him that the girl. is a Baptist and that
the man Is Catholic and that because
of this the father of the girl objected 10
the marriage. The two said that they arc
very sweet on each other. and Chief Hor-
ton believes Il, and he told the reporters
that he should try to persuade the father
TO let the girl marry the man OF her
choice
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-11-26
WESTON QUITTING
HIS 1867 RECORD
WALK T0CHICAGO
Only 40 Miles Away This Morning and Is Due at
p. M, Almost Day Ahead of Old Mark.-Oreat
Reception Ready for the 6o-Year- Old Pedestrian

Chicago. Nov. 2s.-Edward Payson wes-
Chicago at p. m. today. or thereabouts,
at the rate Of five miles an hour ana
complete at the steps of the new Illinois
Athletic club. a record breaking walk OF
1870 miles from Portland, Me. begun
oct 90
II Weston finishes his walk as arranged.
and there is every chance that he will,
for at two o'clock this morning he was
resting at Chesterton, Ind. which Is but
80 miles away, he will have done what he
set out to do and beaten the record es-
tablished by himself 40 years ago when
in his prime as a pedestrian he was one
of the champion walkers of the world.
His record for the distance. made when
he was % years of age. was 26 secular
days, for Weston never walks on Sunday.
III he finishes his present performance in
Chicago this afternoon he will have beat
en- the record of his young days by sew
eral hours
According to the dispatches sent out
from towns at which he has touched
along the route, Weston has been
getting faster. rather than slower. i'm his
promenade for many days past For some
time he was troubled with acute indiges-
tion which hampered his speed OF late.
however. he has been in perfect physical
condition and has been reeling off the
miles at the rate OF five per hour with as
little apparent trouble as the average
broker negotiates the distance between the
club and the motorcar at the club
AUiO RECEPTION
The new Illinois Athletic club will have
a reception committee In automobiles at
South Chicago TO greet Weston when he
hits that part of the route. There will all
so be a detachment OF the First regiment
as a guard OF honor and bugle corps.
Not the least interesting part of the
throng that will greet Weston will be the
old timers who cheered him when he en-
tered Chicago 40 years ago. There are
thousands of men still living who We're
present when Weston came down Michi-
gan avenue. Nov 2s 1867. whipping his
muscles TO further activity with a short
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-11-26

| ''swagger" stick which he carried. Among
the features OF the reception will be the
appearance OF Alderman Mangler at
Michigan avenue and end street driving
one-horse shay-exactly the same veh-
icle as was used in 1867 by 5. d. Mcclure
Sr.' when he drove out to welcome Wes-
ton.
The long hike OF Weston was begun on
Oct. %, when he left the postoffice at
Portland, Me, bearing a letter to be
delivered at the postofiice i'm Chicago 10
the postmaster or his representative.
Weston's schedule called for his arrival
here by Nov. q but he has consistently
kept ahead OF the schedule
ALMOST A DAY AHEAD.
If he reaches the city this afternoon he
will beat the record OF 1867 by almost "A
hours Weston has met with a good deal
of difficulty on the present trip because OF
muddy roads but In spite of that handi-
cap. he has steadily maintained his ad-
vantage over the demand OF his schedule
The only advantage he has In his present
attempt i'm comparison with the walk
when he was a younger man Is that the
roads on the average are much better
now than they were then over the route
he traversed
During the entire trip Weston has been
met with much enthusiasm along the
route, towns turning out en-masse TO
greet him.
IL is stated that Weston intends TO make
lecture tour out of his experience on the
present trip. He has already done a con-
siderable amount Of lecture work and is
declared TO have made a success of IT,
Weston is a most enthusiastic believer
I'm the virtues of walking which he pro-
nounces a cure-all for the ills of humanity
Weston's walk of 10 years ago ended on
Nov "a the date Of departure from
Portland being the same as on the present
attempt. He reached Chicago i'm the
morning and 1t was estimated that he was
welcomed by a throng of $4,000 persons.
who cheered his pluck and persistence 20
the echo. The occasion largely took on
the nature OF a holiday and many shops
closed that the employees might take part
in the reception. His arrival in Chicago
on that occasion was the final OF a walk
which had interested the whole country