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The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1908-11-19
BUYING UP AN ELECTION

Whenever signs that election going close
there talk that side another both sides will
aud whkey it, Oit they do but often they used
for coming understand better than they did what
Of harm from trying to win by bribery
The evils that from trying buy elections need hardly be
told II election be bought il that poor
Office If office holder has paid for his Office be be
blamed much be sells TO the highest bidder he sells
the interests the people to some man that viii pay him man
has had help from his friends aud has through them bought
election he will feel that he his Office them and the
people and will the friends and moi The people Whenever
candidate trying buy election he should
Of who will beay the interests of the people and that the
Of and wbe that the candidate not fit to
hold Office OF honor under the franchise of the people
No honest doubts that is wrong give take
brides good who used to do it have studied
and quit This happening everywhere and the time is coming
when will be known that man tries to buy election he will
be beaten That time has not and good
that il money is not used man will be beaten.
Ii often happens that in the heat OF campaign get anxious
that forget things and laugh little when
corruption On the other hand there
precinct almost, who bought who will
money gets while who
win additional support from the best people the
district people candidate
win, aud that the coruptionis will get the Offices.
We going have Of this in the Judicial the
9th District The pretty say
be will by putting the money and wbiskey primary
day He does deny it, and while he he will
to all the other men concerned in the primary will
make agreement he does deny his intention
less there agreement In other words he admits the evil
but he viii be bad the rest On the other hand Judge
this time He has the evil Of bribery has preached it from
the bench and practcng what he preached He has declared
from every stump that he will and has pledged himself
every way There doubt where he stands Some of his
friends haye offered put but be has refused H. and there
is doubt that his campaign will he clean
Now what will be the RESULT Lewis saying that he believes
Faulkner will the end but be does not really
eve this and counting being able because of Faux
ner honesty eau he do s The Citizen does not believe he
1t believes that there houest citizens to allow IT, and
that when the good Lewis workers trying buy votes
they will turn against him even on eeei day The 2h District
does judge who gets his place by law violation and will
turn man that tries il,
Mr. Lewis has not yet sent to those questions
asked him last week
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1908-11-19
COUNTRY LIFE HEARING

A party OF about fourteen 9erea
teachers ard workers went last Sat
urday 70 Lexington TO attend ses-
sion there OF the Country Life Com
mission appointed by Pres. Roosevelt.
This Commission is doing work which
win be of great Importance to all
people living in the country, and it
Is more tnan likely that some govern
ment action of special value 10 the
mountains may grow out OF their work
Il was to see that the Commission had
fun Information bearing on the points
az issue that the Berea people went
TO the hearing. y An the information
which was given to the Commission
win be laid before President Roose-
Welt, and 1t Is expected that he VIII
send il in special message to Con-
gress.
The chief recommendation made
to the Commission wer for Govern
ment aid In building good roads thru
the mountains, and for aid In educa-
ional matters. not oniy for ths public
schools but for the farmers Il was
recommended that the Government es.
tabllsh an experiment station which
would make a special study of noun
tain conditions and show farmers
what could lie done. Such experiment
stations have done a great deal for
farmers elsewhere. and almost GER
tainly would help the mountains
One amusing feature of the hearing
was the suggestion by Walter II. Page
member OF the Commission. that
It might be best to help all the noun
tain people move TO places where
lands arc better. il was funny to
see his face as man after man got up
and told how well Kentuckians Ike
their country and their people, and
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1908-11-19
An EDUCATIONAL REVIVAL

Frankfort. Ky. Nov. liza weeks
educational revival, such as have been
held so successfully in a number of
Southern States, is being arranged
for Kentucky by State Superintendent
]. J. Crabbe. Six prominent educa-
tors from other States and about 20
interested in the cause from this
State win take the stump in a whirl-
wind campaign which viii begin No
vember 20. and wind up December
s. This move is part of the plan of
the Southern Educational Board,
headed by r. c. Ogden, OF New
York, for the awakening of renewed
interest in the cause OF education in
the Southern States 1t Is expected
that this win be the biggest thing
along educational lines ever attempt
ed in Kentucky. The cost IS esti-
mated at about 81 800.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1908-11-19
IN OUR OWN STATE
Monticello Bank Closed, Cashier Ac-
cused. Missionary Rally.

MONTICELLO BANK CLOsED:-A
sensation was caused at Somerset and
in Monticello Tuesday by the arrest of
Judge Charles McConnaghy. cashier
of the Citizens National Bank, on a
charge Of forgery and mlsappropria-
ton of the banks funds. He gave
bond for 5000 1t is charged that
there is shortage of over $4,000
and the bank has been closed by the
government.
MISSIONARY RALLY:-A foreign
missionary rally was held in Lexing-
ton last Tuesday. Several interesting
addresses were given by men from
Kentucky and from foreign fields.
Stereoptican views were shown.
RUNAWAY ACCIDENT Mrs.
Mary Elliott and Mrs. Mamie Powers
were seriously injured in runaway
at Gravel Switch in Boyle County
The accident was caused by the horse
taking fright at an auto which dashed
by them at a high rate of speed.
STATE WINS:--In football game
between Kentucky State University
and Rose Polytechnic Institute Of
Terre Haute, Ind, State won by a
score of u to 10.
TOBACCO DEAL NOT LIKELY
A good deal Of fuss has been made
over another attempt to arrange with
tbs Tobacco Trust for the sale OF the
entire Burnley pool. but there now
seems little chance that the deal will
go thru Anyhow, there win be a
crop Of tobacco raised next year, and
It is likely that the night riding is
over for the time being.
MILL DISASTER:-In a boiler ex-
plosion Of a mill near Pound Gap, in
Lefcher County four men were killed
and four more seriously injured. The
accident was due to carelessness on
the part of the engineer who was one
of the victims. The property loss is
several thousand dollars.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1908-11-19
CUBA TRIES AGAIN

When Secretary Taft Went to Cuba
in 1906 to o9t things to rights after
Palma's notable failure. he promised
tho people IL the name OF President
Roosevelt that they should have an
other chance to run their cwn govern
ment. The opportunity is now given
them and on Saturday Nov. p, they
win eloc. their new PRESIDENT and
members of congress. The result Of
the election IS well understood in
advance. jose Minguel Gomez viii
have an overwhelming majority Of
the popular vote for president As
soon as the governmental machinery
is in running order the United States
viii abandon all authority and Cuba
win be free to work out her own sal
vation-if she can. 1t is prophesied
by those who know that the govern
ment won't last more than months
at the longest this being caused for
the great part by the new president
himself He is said to be inferior
In education. In intellectual attain
ments, and in capacity for government
but he is the peoples choice. II the
new administration fails the u s. will
again take matters in her own hands
and Independence for Cuba will be
postponed Indefinitely If not absolute
In DESTROYED
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1908-11-19
DISCUSS JUDGES
Leading Men Write to Newspapers
Concerning Race in the 9th. II
Strong Arguments for Faulkner Put
Up.
DaA Roek. Ky. Nov. 9. 1905

b'2N AeJCi-, n.y. NoN. ., lJuo
Ed.Jcr Echo:
What l an about 10 say have
desired TO say ele ,his, but reailz-
Lis the high pitch to w1-ch the COIN
try had Deen brought by the Presi-
dental campaign, have held my
peace, not thinking it exactly right
that the Judicial primary race saould
be injected into national campaign.
But now that Judge TAFT is eieceed
President, W. naturally turn our az
tention TO the race for Judge of the
Twenty Judicial District AS
citizen Of the district believe have
the riglt--a right guaranteed every
other citizen OF expressing my pref
erence of candidates for the high
honor, and while it is a God-given
privilege Of every man to choose for
himself the officials under whom he
must serve, yet in this race l would
try to Influence, by argument as best
can, the people 70 vote for the
candidate who viii continue and per-
petuate the almost ideal conditions
which OBTAIN in our district today.
Many of our younger men can read
lily call to mind the time when crimes
ana misdemeanors OF all sorts swept
over the district, ana when it was
unsafe for person to go unarmed
upon our Public highways; when the
liquor traffic flourished untsrrifled
enl unmolested; when this depior-
able condition was fast bringing about
a condition far more dep,orable, and
Which would bring infary and re-
pIoach upon the fair name Of South
eastern Kentucky. l refer to the
mob spirit. which fer a tine threat
encd to take possession OF and con-
sumo chic section. But. az in every
great crises, there was ono at hand
to take control of affairs and yuide
tho district into safety and greater
paths OF peace and virtue That'man
VS. JUDGE Faulkner. who assumed
office some soven years ago under
the most trying circumstencea. find
ing the docl;ets consosted 10 an APP
FALLING degree many cases OF murders
ana homicides. and it is my candid be-
lief that a man less able. less qualifi-
ed. less ready to cope with the Sc
rious problems confronting him would
have faltered and flinched and perhaps
been found wanting in the qualities
necessary to the making of good
Judge.
But Judge Falkner never fall
tered. lie took up the duties and in
stitu,sd new departure He held
his courts tl,men the day and
far into the night. He kept this up
FIR weeks at tine, until finally his
efforts were rewarded. and gradually
the doclSets were relieved and cases
could be tried without being continued
for several terms. And while he was
doing all ills good work, he was also
bending his efforts in another dlrec-
tom the instructing OF grand juries
as 10 their duties and powers. so
plainly that there was no installing,
and within a short time after assum-
ing his office great change for the
better was noted all over the district
@ ines and all forms OF law viola
Continued on fOarth page
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1908-11-19
MADISON PRIMARY

The Democratic primary Madison County which started of
with such u promise Of dscency clean work aud bribery,
TO have fallen down pretty badly The pledges against corruption
solemn could make and yet they violated by
many Of the candidates in the As result
several who fit the representatives of the
people of this county nominated
This is the oppo tuDty Of the Republicans With the present
Democratic ticket fight they will good chance Of sweeping
the county list Of clear, high grade such the Republican
party nominate backed 10y hard campaign would win easily
National and elections have shown that this be
ried for the right the prove that
thing county election Let's all together for hard clean
fight aud teach the Democrats that they have
clean they want to keep this county under their thumbs
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1908-11-19
PICKS UP CREW AT SEA

A British steamer. enroute to Mes
sina. Italy. picked up the crew of an
American schooner. the Henry Clau-
sen, jr. and landed them at St.
Michaels. Azores whittier they were
bound. The schooner had caught fire
in mid-ocean and had been abandoned.
Capt. Hudson of the Clausen, is a
brother TO the Rev. Howard Hudson.
OF Berea.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1908-11-19

how well satisfied they are to stay
where they are, even if the land Is
not the best. He was pretty we'll
shown that the mounain people have
no desire 70 be anything else. and
have nothing TO be ashamed Of Be
fore the hearing was over he said that
he only made the suggestion to find
out how people felt about 1t ana that
he had round out.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1908-11-19
IN WASHINGTON

Letter from Capitol Tells Of Doings
There. - interest In Presidents
Message and Tsft's Cabinet. TAFT
Expected to be Friendly and Popu-
lar as President.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1908-11-19

This will be the first of our regu-
lar Washington letters. The Citizen
has employed a regular correspon-
dent TO watch Washington news Tor
us. This letter is not sent out free
by some bureau which sends some
news and some advertising to. fool
voters. but Is written for The Citi
zen and printed nowhere else. II viii
be accurate. newsy. up-to-date and
Just what you want 20 read.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-31

startled by voice calling to them from above
Hello. Sergeant Gray!' it said. On looking up
they horse and rider showing against the
sky side above the opposite side of the canon. The
horse.nan gravely sauted: it Corporal Grant
of the mounted police
Hello, corpora!' shouted the sergeant in reply.
81 he old girls certainly Tuning called out the
constable the other bank pointing to the river.
ANY news of one-eyed frend?"
Yes, replied the sergeant. Don't you see
he's acting as my nurse just now?'
The devil you say" exclaimed the amazed cor
poral. But what's the matter with your"
"A broken leg" the sergeant answered
Then I'll be in jiffy,' cried the corporal
as he reined his horses head in the direction of
where the ford used to be-
"Stop!" yelled the sergeant. You can't make
it and live! You'll just have to do DOING
wait till the flood goes down."
Seeing the horseman pause, he continued, Smith
brought me down this raft, instead of leaving
me in the woods to die. By noon tomorrow hope
to be in the doctors at Fort Mackenzie"
Ash spoke he looked toward the raft and cried out
in alarm, Quick, the raft! She's getting away!
The rising river had lifted the raft the little
rocky barrier, and at that very moment, as Smith
made rush for it, it swung clear. Leaping aboard,
he seized pole, and showed desperately to bring
it around; but the current had SO strong grip of
it that his efforts in vain. For instant he
hesitated about eaping back to shore; then, seeing
that another chance offering for saving the
raft, as it began to pass between rock and the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-31

shore, he planted his pole firmly a rainst the rock
and strove with all his might to drive the raft in
shore; but the pole snapped in two. and he u
headlong into the flood. When he rose, he clutched
at the raft, and drew himself up it. But
by that time the river had swept him beyond the
help of man.
As the doomed outlaw stood up, the sergeant
yelled, Jump, man. you'll drown"
Smith called back. It's too late! can't SWIM"
May God be with you'll cried Sergeant Gray.
Just before the raft dived into the seething foam
Smith to lie down the largest log and
grasp it firmly with his arms and legs. moment
later he vanished from the sight of Sergeant Gray.
who felt of contentment come his
heart he realized that the outlaw was passing
beyond the grasp of Corporal Grant; for
tain range intervening prevented him from follow
ing down the southern bank to pick up the body,
even should it rise again.
IT was useless now for the sergeant to the
RAPIDS for he could nothing but the 1eapng
foam; he watched his comrade the cliff
above. The corporal straining forward in his
saddle gazing intently the boiling caldron below.
AS the sergeant anxiously observed his motionless
figure, seconds seemed long minutes. After
what he felt to be endless interval, he saw Cor
poral Grant rise in his stirrups and wave his hat
wildly above his head.
Did he make it?' yelled Sergeant Gray.
Yes" the corporal shouted back, land. by
Heaven! he lives!"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-31

dream directions, with the very best results. He
deciphered the inscription at once, long he had
labored over it in vain.
Agassiz, Sir Richard Owen, and other great
naturasts and biologists have gained strange knowl
edge in sleep to how to put together the scattered
bones of extinct creatures; all previous efforts
having been without success.
Missing Check Discovered
Of cases in which people have discovered missing
- articles by dream revelation there appear to be
end; their number and variety entirely preclude
mere coincidence. Here is interesting example:
A wealthy New York lawyer sat up late night
writing letters he had not been able to finish during
the day. 1t past midnight when he went out
to mail them, and when he returned and was un-
dressing he paused in dismay, missing check for
a large received during the day and taken home
with him. In vain the house ransacked at that
late hour. He went to bed, convinced that the
lost check must be in the house. An hour later he
fell into uneasy slumber and beheld as with eyes
of the flesh the pink check curled about an area
railing four or five doors from his own house.
So real the dream that the troubled man
woke up, dressed, and, slipping noiselessly down
the stairs into the street, walked along the sidewalk
to spot still seen wildly in his mind. And there,
sure enough, standing edge upward and partly
cuTled about the iron, the missing check. Il
think, he reported to the Psychcal Research So
clety, my subconsciousness must have noticed it
fall from my pocket walked to the mail box;
and my sublimina self pointed it out in Sleep.
Saw the Accident in Sleep
A N uncanny instance of what the scientists call
4 "DrecOpnitive dream comes from WarrentoUn
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-31

VIHO has not been troubled, inspired, cheered,
" or warned by dreams, those mystic shadow
pictures of the sleeping soul, older than Babylon
Egypt? 1t was dream voices that made Xerxes
invade Greece, and Cambyses kill his brother. You
remember Coleridge's unfinished masterpiece, 'Ku-
bla Khan? Every line of that poem
posed in dream by some subtler ego than the
poets mind In dreams too Stevenson found
his plots, and Tartini his diabolical sonatas.
What are they? No one knows. 1t is strange
indeed to ponder the narrow limits of our knowledge
one-thrd of whole existence yet what scientist
can come forward and explain so familiar phenom-
enon? Are there really two selves in working in
dependently, below the other, as it were. The
question is PERTINENT for the psychcal research
cieties of the world numbering among their workers
of the greatest of living intelects have amassed
astounding evidence that in dreams may master
difficult tasks, lost articles and generally
receive knowledge of things beyond normal
consciousness. To call such cases condolences or
presentiments will by no means explain them away;
for the facts of each have been vigorously investi
gated by these scientific bodies.
Solved While He Slept
sylvania University He had worked long over
most difficult geometric problem and to his amaze
ment awoke one morning and saw the answer, abso-
lutely accurate the wall directly in front of him
Oddly enough, his colleague DR.. Hprecht, professor
of Assyrian, had similar experience. He dreamed
that a tall, gaunt priest of the ancient god Bel
stopped over him and explained how two pieces
of precious stone taken from his temple at
Nippur might be put together that the mysterious
inscription upon them could be made ineligible.
Next morning the fam-us scientist carried out the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-31

Alabama. There the little daughter
Of farmer named John King was
lying sick unto death Only the
mother was by her bedside, King
himself being out in the fields
blowing. A storm rolled up, and
soon the sick room was filled with
flash after flash of binding light
ming. Mrs. King was startled; but
the feeling changed to positive
terror when the sick child awoke
out of sleep, and sat bolt upright
in bed with a sharp scream, oh,
papa is killed." At that moment
the man had been struck dead to-
gether with his two horses, while
taking refuge under a big pine
Continued on page 10
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-06-26
SURVIVOR THROUGH
THREE BIG TW1sTERs

Armour, S. D.. June 24.--Douelas
county is the home of a citizen who
has passed through no less than three
cyclones and lives to tell the tale. The
hero of a hundred fights in this case
is Joseph Becker, aged about 65. He
moved to this county this spring, pur-
chasing a farm a few miles west Of
town, where he was comfortably
~ensconced before the terrific storm Of
May 26. When 1t passed by and he
took an inventory of what it had done
to him, he found that a new addition
to his house, built this spring, was
gone also barn, chicken house and
windmill. He was also stripped of all
his earthly possessions in the memor
able cyclone which struck Pomeroy,
Ia, in the early sos and again four
years later in the same place he made
the unwilling acquaintance with an
other monster of the air. He was
lucky enough to keep his property in
sured at all times after the first vista
ton. He is probably the only man in
TIL state of South Dakota today with
q record of having passed through
three cyclones. Naturally he is not
over burdened with this worlds goods
after such a swift career.
License to wed was issued to Archie
C.. Wheeler and Miss Alice C. Doyle.
both of Mitchell. The groom is block
man for the j. I. Case Co.. and re-
Gently secured q divorce from his wife
at Sioux Falls.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-06-26
KNIGHTS OF PYTH1As
r.. CONCLUDE SESSION

Hot Springs. S. D.. June 23.-Friday
the 18th annual session OF this
Knights Of Pythias grand lodge OF
South Dakota concluded its work.
There were 900 or more members Of the
order present from all parts Of the
state, many of whom were accompa-
MED by their wives. A large delegation
of knights Of Pythias came from Aber-
deem and we're accompanied by the
State band of % pieces. The session
opened Wednesday and closed last
night with a grand ball at the Evans
Minnekahta lodge, knights of Pythias.
gave the visiting brethren a free ride
about town in tallahos and carriages
In the afternoon.
The next annual meeting Of the
knights of Pythias grand lodge will be
held at Pierre. The membership of this
order numbers 1000 in South Dakota.
The following is the list of grand Of
i1cers elected for the year:
6. c., T. w. LaFleische. Belle
Fourche; G.. v. c.. G. c. Bras Mitch
ell; G. P. H. F. Bright. White Lake:
G.. K. r. S., w. A. Roberts. Huron: G..
NJ. E., G. A.. Fountain. Clark: G. NJ. A..
A. F. Chase. Geddes: G. 1. c.. H. e.
Cutting, Pierre: G. o. g.. M. e. Sloan,
Vermillion: G.. T., E. Mcdonald. Dead
wood.
Forty candidates were given the d.
o. X. K. degree Wednesday evening.
A big crowd is expected in Hot
Springs from all parts Of the state at
the G. A. r. encampmeut and w. r..
G. meeting next week.