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The Mena weekly star., 1908-02-06
GEO ApE's "AFFlNlTY."s
Huge Joke Perpetrated On the Author and Playwright by Indiana
 Friends In Chicago.

Chicago, Jan. 30.-Dramatist George Ade's alleged affinity fashionably attired but with voice filled with bitterness, tears of woe streaming down her cheeks, and with a dramatic air which carried conviction. entered the Auditorium annex Tuesday night, where the members of the Indiana So eiety of Chicago were gathered for spread. She claimed Ade as her own, caused bushes of the brightest crim- son to mantle his cheeks, and then led him away to one side, where she tried to converse amicably with him. The stranger claimed to be from France.
 The members of the Indiana society were ali deeply chagrined for the time being by the unlooked-for intrusion, and especially as Ade was one of the guests of honor. Chagrin changed to hilarity when the feminine treble of ths supposed affinity" changed to a deep bass. and the fact became ap. parent that the stranger wasn't a woman af all: just plain member of Ehe society with false hair and other hxinga~-lt vas all a joke anyhow.
 The occasion was the Indiana aocictyls third anniversary. the cele- hration starting with a reception at Che Press club. where President Rich ard Henry Little toasted the 300 mem bern. and concluded early Wednesday morning ln the bah room of the annex sfth an address by Wilbur Nesbit on
 Indiana as a state oi Mind"
The Mena weekly star., 1908-02-06
Birds Sacrificed to Fashion,

The sayageries of fashion were il. frustrated afresh by the visit of bird lover to colony of egrets after havoc had been wrought by party of plume hunters. The bird lover made his visit during the height of the breeding season. On his arrival at the colony he found the painful evidences of the recent raid in some 50 carcasses of adult birds floating in the water
 These 90 birds had been ruthlessly shot while breeding their young. The young were left remorselessly to die a lingering death from hunger. Many had already succumbed. Others from time to time fell from the nests to share the same fate. while others again died from exhaustion as they sat in the nests. Perhaps the most pitt. able sight of all was to watch those which still had sufficient strength tc move and cry attempting vainly to at
 tract the attention of old birds flying heedlessly by with food in their peaks
The Mena weekly star., 1908-02-06
TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING.
Street urchin Drew the Line at Hash
 Twice In One Day.

MT. George Marshall, philanthro. pist who always kept a sharp lookout never to be wasteful. decided to so for a weeks camping. taking as his guests some ragged street urchins. One morning he used the bits of meat lef, from the evening before and made hash for breakfast. There was some left over. which he concluded to re heat and serve again at noon.
 Johnnie. will you have some hash ?" he asked one lad.
 Bet your life." replied the lad. who was constitutionally hungry.
 Peter. pass your plate for some hash to another freckled-nosed lad
 Not If I knows it." was the unex. pected reply.
 Il thought you liked hash, from the way you ate it this morning" replied Mir. Marshall
 T did like 1t for breakfast" replied the lad. but none of yer review of re views for me for nner."-Lippin cott's Magazine.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-02-06


 New York. Jan. 31.--Bank examin. CTS took active charge Thursday of the affairs of the New Amsterdam Ma, tionai bank and the Mechanics and Traders bank state institution, both of which closed their doors Wednes day. Both of these banks were in. cluded in the Morse -HeinzeT Thomas chain of banks, and, after the closing of the National Bank of North Amer. ica a few days there had been wha. practically amounted to runs upoa them. Both of them were still unable to take up their allotment of the cer tiflcates which the clearing house is sued during the stringency beginning in October, and when the renewel drain upon their resources began tho clearing house authorities declined to further extend their credit. Fearing heavier withdrawals Thursday, the Of. flclais of both banks decided We,lnes. day night to close their doors Thurs day.
 Although this action was not un sapected among the bankers and well informed men in the financial world 1t found many Of the deposltors ;Il Iyslared and ca,lstd them mucn Iii convenience. As result of the c'cs ing cf these banks several others not in the important class. however, net heavy withdrawals of deposits Thurs- day morning.
 Depositors thronged the offices of the Oriental Da7f aui ing the loren ,cn The banking rooms are comparatively small. and before 1 o'clock the line before the teller's window could no longer be accommodated within doors but extended out on the roadway and around the corner into John street About 25 depositors stood in line in the street at o'clock shivering in the cold.
 It was stated Thursday that friends of President Hugh Kelly, of the Orien- tai bank have subscribed about $l,000,- 900 to meet the run on that institution and that he will be able to secure fur ther assistance if needed. from inter ests not connected with the clearing house.
 At the Canal street branch of the Oriental bank about 100 depositors made withdrawals and this seemed to satisfy the demand at the branch for thereafter there were as many waiting to make deposits as to withdraw.
 Money was carried to the Oriental bank in automobiles and carriages. The depositors were paid on rapidly and at 2:S0 p. m. the line of those waiting to make withdrawals was con siderably reduced.
 The Oriental bank withstood the run successfully. When its doors were closed for the day at the usual hour 3 p. m. the line of waiting depositors had diminished. wa had disappeared.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-02-06
Might Almost Claim Charmed Life.

A five-year-old boy, the son of Fred erick William Shepherd, of the Sol diers' Institute, Frimley. England, had remarkable double escape from death while travelling by train be- tween Reading and Maidenhead, re- gently. The boy was looking out of the window, when the door opened and he fell out. When the train was brought to standstIll the boy was seen walking along the opposite metals on which an express was approaching at a high speed The boy was dashed to the ground by the express before his father could reach him, but when the express passed he rose to his feet and ran toward his father with his head and face covered with blood. His free was badly cut. but he was in the streets the next day
The Mena weekly star., 1908-02-06
A Miehiaan Girl Acquitted.

CadiiSc, Mich, Jan. 3l.-It took a jury Wednesday evening just ten min utes 'to find a verdict of acquittal in favor of Pearl Harper 15-year.old charged with killing her father, Mel win Thompson. Thompson had come home intoxicated in the night and had threatened 10 kill the girl and her mother, the girl breaking his skull with a stove poker when he attempted to carry out his threat.
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The Mena weekly star., 1908-02-06
NEN YORK EXCITED AGAIN
Closing of Two Banks Causes Small Fiurry Among Depositors in
 Other Institutions.
TIE ORIENTAL BANK wITHsTAHDs \ RUN

When the New Amsterdam National and Mechanics' and Trsders' Failed to Open, Deposltors in Other Banks Became Scared and Began to With. draw Their Money.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-02-06
Oklahoma Jail Delivery.

Ft- Smith, Ark. Jan. 30--Will Robin. son, under sentence for murder, Jack Williams. Jesse Morgan. John Amb and George Mosier. the latter four convicted horse thieves and cattle rustlers, broke jail at Atibler, Okla. homa. Tuesday night and escaped to the mountains. They battered down the jail wall with an iron sleeping cot. Bloodhounds are being used in the search for the fugitives
The Mena weekly star., 1908-02-06
swssn, gslmsslg Rlrh..

~Here is the Eaar. ycrr honor. who vas caught stesiing thc hcg." Caught ia the acffa @Yes. cir" "Jedge, !" said the prisoner. "de. msa is lyin' to yon ls wu= ia de fence ccsner whaY hs kotched ns"--Atlanta Constitu ton An. q.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-02-06

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The Mena weekly star., 1908-02-06
HIS TRIBUTE ID AKNL[Y.
Secretary Taft Eulogized the Late President in an Address ai
 Cleveland, Ohio.
EXPANSION HIS GREATEST lcHIEVEKEHT

Mr. Taft Declared His Belief That This Policy Would Ever Be Remembered as the Great and Distinguishing Characteristic of Mekinlsy's Admin tratlon--some of the Benefits.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-02-06
Slater. Mo, Also Dry.

Slater Mo, Jan. 30.--A local op- ton election here Tuesday resulted in majority of IA votes for prohibition in total vote of e39.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-01-07
How's This?

We offer one hundred dollars re-
ward for any case of catarrh that
connot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure.
F. ]. CHENEY & Co., Toledo. o.
We, the undersigned, have known
f. j. Cheney for the last fifteen
years, and believe him perfectly
honorable in all business transactions
and financially able to carry out any
obligations made by his firm.
WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter-
nally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces Of the system.
Testimonials sent free. Price 75c.
per bottle. Sold by all druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for con-
stipation.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-01-07
Trade at Home.

Patronage of the big mail order
houses is founded largely on short
sightedness. In one way it is akin to
patronage of the get-rich-quick
schemes The buyer believes he is
getting something for his money that
is really not given, and fails to realize
either where his money goes or what
he gets for it.
No one would think of telephoning
to furniture store and asking the
dealer to send up dozen dining room
chairs, without having previously ex-
amined the chairs, or of ordering a
dress or pair of shoes, or a stove in
this way. Yet that is practically
what the patron of the mail order
house does. He orders by mail without
having seen the goods or having any
idea of their appearance or character.
lie is taking a long chance. Two
things on which he has to base his
conception of the articles ordered is a
description in the catalogue and the
cut given there. In other words, the
attractiyeness of the offer made de-
ponds on the promises Of the firm and
the engraver's art. 1t is possible to
make a very creditable cut from a
(limsy and worthless model. 1t is
possible to describe an atrocity in a
way that makes it appear most desir-
able. Incidentally it seems to be al
ways possible to find some one who
viii accept the promise and cut at
their face value, without properly dis
counting them, and on the credibllity
Of these people the mail order bust
ness thrives. A little investigation
and conn arson will convince the
average person that his money will go
further and yield greater returns IL
invested right here in Beverly, despite
the fictitious values offered by the
outside houses. But the articles sold
by the mail order houses must be
compared as they really are, and not
as they are reputed to be in the cata-
ogues.-Beverly (Mass) Times.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-01-07
HELPS THE TRUSTS
ERROR roo FREQUENTLY MADE
BY raE FARMER.
BUYS THROUGH MAIL ORDER
And In Doing So Contributes To.
ward Capital Concentration In
the Big Financial centers, TO
His Great Injury.

Lord bless the American farmer.
He is one of the nabobs of creation
and he hardly knows it. In a single
year his work adds to the wealth OF
the nation more by hundredfold than
all the mines of the country. He gives
to the world twice the value in crops
and produce than the output all the
factories and mills of the nation pro-
duce. He supplies the lubricant to
keep the wheels of progress in mo-
ton, and IL he only knew 1t could buy
and sell a few hundred Rockefellers,
and still have enough left to purchase
a few kingdoms as large as Spain.
Yet 1t must be admitted that this great
American farmer needs some enlight-
eminent as to common economics.
While he is the king of wealth produc-
ers, and a lot of 1t sticks to his fingers,
ne is also a philanthropist and doesn't
know It. He works hard to produce
his wealth and then patronizes the
machinery that lands a goodly portion
of it in the Golfers of the Captains of
Finance who dictate things in Wall
street and elsewhere; in fact he as
sists the trust magnates to the money
required to build up combinations that
the good philanthropic farmer is COM
PEELED to support. He does it and he
knows not that he doeth so. Every
time the good tiller Of the soil sends
away to the big mail order house for
his supplies, he does his mite toward
capital concentration in the great
financial centers, and his little mite
seeks a resting place among the
money held in reserve to feed the
wants of the trusts. 1t is about time
western farmers take a tumble to cold
facts, and come to realization that
their interests are best subserved by
keeping their earnings as close to
their homes as possible.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-01-07
CONFEDERATE VETERAN
Dies at His Home Near Penn
broke.

Mr.. Geo. w. Morris died Saturday
night at his home a few miles east
of Pembroke, after an illness of sew
eral months of a complication of dis
ease. He was about 65 years old, a
we'll known farmer and a Confeder-
ate Veteran. He is survived by his
widow, who is sister of Mr.. Ed
Brown, of this city, and six children,
all grown. The interment took place
in Riverside cemetery, this city, yes
terday.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-01-07

The Cadiz Record thus condemns
the interference with negro labor:
1.-THE Record wants to stamp its
disapproval of the anonymous letter
writing over the country warning
the farmers not to employ negro Ia
Dor during the coming year. We feel
that this is more the work of lot of
frivolous and thoughtless boys thar
it is an attempt in reality to prevent
the farmers from employing negro
labor, but it is a serious matter and
should be stopped. The negro in a
great measure is dependent upon his
labor for his living. The land owner
needs the labor. Theirs is a mutual
interest, and he who would bring
about trouble along this line is doing
himself and his neighbors a great ir-
justice. This thing has gone too far
already, and the earlier it is stopped
the better it will be for those who
have engaged in it. We make these
suggestions in the spirit of love and
friendship for the laborer and the
farmer, and trust they will be ac-
cepted as the advice of friend"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-01-07
HERE AND THERE.

Drs. Oldham, Osteopaths, 705 S.
Clay St., Hopkinsville, KY.
Advertise in The Kentuckian and
watch your business expand.
For social, medical or household
uses l w. Harper whiskeyis the best
and the safest. The most popular
high grade whiskey on the market.
Sold by w. r. Long, Hopkinsville,
KY.
WANTED-Bright boy IL to Is
years of age to learn railroad office
work. Address in own writing, Box
261, Hopkinsville, KY.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-01-07

George A. Pettlbone and Charles
H. Meyer, president of the Western
Federation of Miners, charged with
completely in the murder of former
Gov. Frank Steunenberg, of Idaho,
were set free Saturday. Pettibone
was acquitted by the jury and the
charge against Meyer was dismissed
on motion of the State. 49,,
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-01-07
Miss Katie Wallace has returned
from Frankfort.

No need to fear coughs and colds
this year as you can obtain Bees Lax
alive Cough Syrup now from your
dealer. This is good news to moth
ers vino fear Group and whooping
cough. 1t is a gentle laxative that
expells the poison from the system
in the natural way. Cuts the phlegm
and clears the head. Guaranteed.
Sold by Anderson Fowler Drug Co.,
Incorporated.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-01-07
Health Board $ Report.

To the Honorable Board Of Council
Of Hopkinsvllle
Gentlemen-W We hereby submit a
Ireport Of the work done by the
health board during 1907 and beg to
make some suggestions and recon-
mendations to the council for their
consideration during the year 1908.
During the year there were reported
to the board 81 births. divided as
follows: White males, &c; white fe.
males, "a; colored males, 5; colored
females, 6. AS is usual there were
few colored births reported, for the
reason that there are no physicians
in attendance on these cases, there
fore no report is received. There
was reported 124 deaths, as follows:
Male white, "a; female white, 16;
male coIored, 38; female colsred, as.
Contagious diseases reported: Ty-
phoid fever, 33; scarlet fever, IL;
measles, IL; tuberculosis, IA; diph-
iberia, a. There were 295 nuisance
notices served and the nuisances
abated; "a houses were placarded
and Sc houses fumigated and disin-
fected.
There has been so much scarlet |
fever and is so widely different dis
tricts that wehave made strenuous
effort to find the origin of the infec- |
ton but have been unable to find |
any connection these cases have with |
each other. IN view of the fact |
that during 1906 we had the same
condition of affairs we are forced to |
the conclusion that the disease had |
it's origin in unsanitary conditions
which are known to produce this
trouble. The typhoid cases are due
to the carelessness of people who |
have the disease in their homes, to
eating unclean food and drinking i
polluted water, and bad drainage.
When we look at the above list of |
contagious and infectious diseases
and remember that they are prevent
able, it is enough to stagger us and
should be enough to awaken the
people to the Importance of these
matters and cause them to give the
health board their hearty co-opera-
ton and support for be it known, !
that health board be it ever so dill
igent cannot do effective work un-
aided and alone. 1t must have the
support of the people it would bene-
fit.
In this connection | would call the
attention of the council to the i'm
portance of looking closely into the
question of drainage. Some Of the
surface sewers are entirely too small
and new ones are badly needed in
several places. In our report last
year we suggested public market
house and again we make the sug-
gestion as being the best method of !
giving our citizens a pure food sup
ply. The inspection of the meat
shops should not be overlooked, the
clean meat shops will give us its
hearty support and cooperation, and
the filthy man is the one we are af-
ter. Expectorating on the sidewalk
is unsightly, unsanitary, tends to
spread disease and is otherwise OBJ
jectionable, and we would endorse
an ordinance prohibiting this dis
gushing practice. All of which is
most respectfully submitted,
r. l.. WOQDARD. Sec.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-01-07

Circuit Judge j. w. Sandidge, of
Russellville, says if it is necessary he
will call a special term of the Logan
Circuit Court to investigate the night
riders raid on Russellville, but he
hardly thinks this is necessary, as the
regular term of court convenes the
first week in February.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-01-07

= The second trial of Harry K
Thaw for the murder of Stanford
White began in New York yesterday
There will be different judge pre-
siding, Justice Victor Downing
Women will be excluded from the
court room and the trial will he up
y on much less sensational lines than
before. Mrs. Thaw will again he
the chief witness.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-01-07
Farmers g. Merchants Bank

The statement of the Farmers
and Merchants Bank. of Pembroke,
at the close of business Dec. 81,
1907, appears in this issue of The
Kentuckian and the attention of the
public is invited to same. This fnan-
cial institution makes most excel
lent showing.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-01-07

Muncie, Ind. has been placed I'M
der martial law owing to the street
car strike. Twelve infantry COM
panies and one battery of the State
Guard are now on duty there.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-01-07
JAN. 4. 1908.

Former Governor Horace Boies, of
Iowa, is critically i'll at Ell Paso,
Texas. He was taken from a train
en- route to California, having devel-
oped pneumonia.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-01-07

Former Adj, Gen. Henry R: Law
renee has bought the interest of
Geo. S. Smith in the Cadiz Record,
and he and his brother, John Law
renee, Twill continue the publication
under the firm, name of Lawrence
Bros.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-01-07
Mr.. Aliens Loss.

Mr.. G. w. Allen, whose store and
dwelling at Garrettsburg were de-
stroyed by fire Ca few nights ago,
estimates his loss at $4,000. He had
only $1,000 insurance.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-01-07

Miss Marjorie Conley, of Louis
vile, telephone operator in New
York, was last week married to d.
Perry Wilson, who rescued her from
drowning at Atlantic City last sum
mer.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-01-07
Towns Win Famous Names.

There are u cities and towns
named Troy in the United States, 10
named Athens, IL Uticas, 16 Alexan-
drias, 10 Romes and IL Ccrthages, not
to speak of 7 Atticas and SYRIA
cuses. Only two states, Indiana and
New York, contain t0wns hearing all
eight of the names Ohio and Missouri
contain seven each.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-01-07
For Sale or Rent.

Two story dwelling on West Sew
enteenth st. Apply to
MRS. AMELIA LINDSAY,
Cumb. Phone GAG.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-01-07
Always the Case.

You can never be perfectly certain
of anything except that, when you are
alone in the fiat and are taking a
bath, some one is sure to ring the
bell.-Judge
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-01-07
Not In CHICAGO. -

Putting good money into a wife Is
often worse than into a gold mine; It
is so much harder to saddle her off
onto some one else.-Life.