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piles Cured In 9 to IA DAYS.

The reason a girl likes to have
chaperon is SO 1t won't be her mother
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Thousands Of American women
In our homes are daily sacrificing
their lives to duty.
In order to keep the home neat
and pretty, the children well dressed
and tidy, women overdo. A female
weakness or displacement is often
brought on and they suffer in silence,
drifting along from bad to worse,
knowing well that they ought to
have help to overcome the pains and
aches which daily make lfea burden.
II is to these faithful women that
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Nothing is well that doesn't EN-
well.
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Pazo Ointment is guaranteed to cure any
case OF Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protrudinc
piles IN 6 to ID days or money refunded. SOC.
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WORN OUT WOMEN
win Find Encouragement in Mrs.
Merrittss Advice.

Mrs. w. L. Merritt. 2o7 s. First
Ave-, Anoka, Mimi. says; Last win.
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comes as boon and a blessing,
as it did to Mrs. f. Ellsworth, Of
Mayville, N. ", and to Mrs. w. p.
Boyd, of Beaver Falls, Pa, who say !:
Il was not able to do my own work,
owing to the female trouble from which
suffered. Lydia e. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound helped me wonderfully,
and am SO well that can do as big q
days work as ever did. wish every
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-05-14
A North Carolina Case.
IGovernor Glenn of North Carolina. !

Go with me to CASTOR county Twelve years
ago when I a solicitor there eighteen
places in that county where liquor was sold and
twenty-five government distilleries. There were
only two small cotton factories, not one good
road, only a few schools and not many steeples
were raised to God Ten years ago CASTOR coun-
tv voted whisky out, and today there is not
place in the county where liquor is sold not
single distllery Instead of the stills and saloons
there are ffty-two cotton and woolen mills giving
employment to 5000 persons There are good
macadam roads, splendid school houses and com
Portable churches, all telling how much better
are God, education and soberness than whisky
and destruction
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-05-14
ANOTHER ruin" STORY
How Fell Blow Struck Huntingdon, Tenn,
When the Saloon Door Closed

HUNTINGDON, TENN, May s-(Special CORE
spondence)-This little city, when it got rid of its
Saloons was confronted with appalling predictions
of the awful results that would follow Our town
was to become dead; drunkenness and crime
were to increase; our tax rate was to run UP out
of sight and countless awful calamities were to fall
upon us.
Not of the awful things has come to pass.
The merchants all report better trade than ever
before in the history of the town, and it is very
evident that the money heretofore spent for
whisky is being used in supplying the wants
Of the women and children An arrest in the city
causes considerable excitement, so seldom does
one occur. When saloons were doing business
they came so often as to create no attention.
Drunkenness has almost disappeared
Since the abolition of saloons the city has put
down three miles of graveed streets, large
canning factory has been erected, an immense box
- factory is now in course of construction and the
ground has been broken for an ice factory. Four
beautiful parks have taken place of heaps of rub
bsh. concrete fence is being built around the
court yard, brick pavements are being placed all
the city, and the municipality has acquired
the Southern Normal University property, which
alone is worth $4,000. A county fair has been
inaugurated commercial club organized, and
many similar enterprises too numerous to men
ton put on foot
The financial condition of the city is better than
ever before, and many bonds have been cancelled.
The tax rate has not been increased, but instead
it is very probable that it will be decreased next
year. This could have been done this year and
all obligations promptly met, but the board
thought best to let the rate remain the same for
another year. Hundreds of dollars have been
spent on street work, and there is about $500 now
in the treasury for that purpose Huntingdon has
not only not missed the saloons but her people are
for statewide Prohibition
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throws valuable light upon the whole subject at n
With almost periodical regularity the repre-
sentaves of the liquor business revert to the pre-
tended argument which they draw from the
Report of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue
and send out few carloads of leaflets in which,
by sk1lltul comparison of the number of retail
liquor dealers certificates issued by the United
States government in the Prohibition states and
IN certain few of the license states, it is made
to appear that the Prohibition policy results in
an increase of the number of saloonkeepers For
the purpose of studying this question carefully
and exhaustvely and arriving at any information
which may be had therefrom, The National Pro-
hibitioniSt presents here a table, carefully pre-
pared from the latest Report of the Commissioner
of Internal Revenue-that for the fiscal year
1907 showing the number of retail liquor GER
tificates issued by the government in the whole
United States and in each state and territory, and
the number of inhabitants to each license in the
whole United States and in each state and terri
tory.
1t must be remembered in reading this table
that applies to the year before the state of Okla
homa was formed by the joining of Oklahoma
and Indian Territories, and of course antedates
the passage of the Prohibition law in that new
State ana, as well, in the southern STATES.
For convenience of reference this system has
been followed, viz: Prohibition states are printed
in itaHc. States in which large amount of
territory is under Prohibition by local Prohibition
laws, are printed in SMALL CAPITALS States in
which the local option theory, as distinguished
from local Prohibition, fourishes are printed in
black face letters. These states, it may be
noted are also high license states
1t must be remembered in studying this table
that no state in the Union has Prohibition in the
sense of that term in which it is used by the
Prohibition party, and in state of the Union
where a prohibitory law is in force, or was in
force in the period covered by this table, is such
law administered by any other than its political
enemies
1t must be remembered also that the issuance
of United States liquor dealers certificate
means one thing in Prohibition states and very
different thing in license states. For example,
the elegant drunk factory of the Auditorium
hotel of Chicago counts one in the list of retail
liquor dealers and opens its palatia barroom be-
fore the eyes of all the world seven days of every
week. and none may "let or hinder" Some
hiding, skulking rascal in Kansas or North Da-
kota, thinking perhaps he may be able to violate
the prohibitory law successfully pays the United
States government its share of the prospective
bood-money, hides his stock-in-trade in dirty
cellar or under a manure pile peddles it by the
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-05-14

TokS Nrn % p an this article simply dsproo of the
subject a many points
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-05-14

Ministers of the Gospel have nearly as much
right to take part in politics the saoonkeepers
the brewers and the distillers-Bishob E. E. Hoss
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glassful drawn from hollow walking stick or a
bottle hidden in his bootleg; and he also counts
one In the list of retail liquor dealers
1t needs to be considered too. that a CON
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-05-14

siderable part of the "reta liquor dealers in any
state are druggists who are not strictly liquor
Dealers in any sense of the word some of them
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-05-14
THE NATIONS GIN MILLERS

Study of Government Official
in the Different Sates-Where Uncle
Blood
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-12-05

the Generals Legetime and Hippolite,
who we're rival candidates for tn,
presidency. The latter was finally
victorious and ruled with unlimited
authority until his death in 1896.
He was succeeded by Gen. Simon
Sam, who was president until May.
1902. when he was forced to resign.
Civil war ensued between Bots
rond-Canal. head of the provisional
government. and NJ. Firmin, Haitien
ambassador at Paris, who established
a rival government at Gonaives, in
the northern part of the island In
October, 1902. Firmin was finally
overthrown and in December Gen.
Nord Alexis was proclaimed presi-
dent by the army. President Nord
Alexis has frequently been pointed
out as the most grotesquely impossi-
be ruler in all the world, not even
excepting Dictator Castro, of vene-
zuela.
Alexis is described as a typical
Ethiopian. between 80 and 100 years
old. blood-thirsty and apparently
only half-civilized. a dea.er of death
to political enemies and believer
in voodooism.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-12-05
THE PIONEER SPIRIT.

The Christmas stamp sale for the
benefit of the tuberculosis fund will
begin next week. You may feel hard
pressed by Christmas demands; but
remember we are all pioneers in a
sense, and each generation is great,
according to its performance for the
benefit of the generations that come
after. When a generation can say
1--WE don't care what happens after
We are dead" civilization is stagnant,
and retrogression is about to set in
toward savagery. A little change to
augment the fund with which to fight
the white plague is nothing com
pared with what former generations
of Kentuckians sacrificed that We
might enjoy the comforts OF civiliza-
ton in Paducah. II the comforts
they made possible are to be the
cause Of our degeneration. those from
tieTsmen must have lived and strug-
gled and died IN vain.
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at Benton-Rev. J. o. colley. of Ala
bama.
AZ Lone Oak-Rev. r. s. Bucklng-
ham, superintendent OF the Lexing-
ton district
Night services as follows:
Broadway Methodist-Re p. A.
Baker. ID. ID.
Fountain Avenue Methodlst-Rev
BROOKS Lawrence.
First Baptist-Rev j. w. West.
Second Baptist--Rev. j. w. Bru-
ner. pastor, ana the Second Christian
church will join In union meeting,
when Rev +. s. buckingham win
preach.
The Baptist church and the Meth
odlst church at Mechanicsburg VIII
also hold a union service. when Re,
}. O. Cooley will preach.
Thini Baptist. North Twelfth
Street Rev. J. A. Hardy.
Dr.. =. A. Baker Is justly regarded
as the preachef-statesman Of America
aud al saou'd hear him who can.
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ton OF the trusts. the rest OF them
go after him with a club. There is
more individuality among writer's,
lawyers, doctors and teachers, voca-
tons in which cooperation, rather
than competition. enters. than there
is in commercial lines.
Mr.. Bryan says: THE Socialist Is
as much mistaken in seeking to de
stroy competition as is the parent who
imagines that his child can be made
stronger and better by relieving him
of the struggle that has developed
the father. In the careers Of the
sons of the rich we find one of the
strongest arguments against the elm
nation OF competition"
Take Mr.. Bryan's case. With
whom does he compete? Why is he
not a weakling. like the rich mans
son? Because he has his work to do
We give the Socialist credit for in
tending to make everybody work.
The Socialist would answer Mr.. Bry-
an by saying he intends to put the
rich mans son to work and make
something of him. There are other
rivalries besides that of mere money
getting, that stimulates and de-
velops the best that is in a man. It
is the greedy, commercial spirit in
us that kills the best in life. Emula-
tion and rivalry to excel in doing
what is best for a common cause;
the kind Of rivalry that sends soldiers
into the most dangerous place: that
makes heroes of college athletes;
that sends missionaries into the
wilds: the pioneer into the forest.
the settlement worker into the slums
are developers of individual
ity
The Socialist is harboring a dream
that does not comprehend human
nature in its scheme; but to hold up
the worst feature in our modern life
as essential TO its well being and the
of individualism, is
worse than the Socialists dream.
which is harmless. at least.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-12-05
THE VOTE IN KENTUCKY.

The official statement of the vote
of Kentucky in the recent election
shows by far the largest vote ever
cast nthe history of the state. says
the Kentucky Gazette. The total in
the presidential race is 4SO,677. of
which Mr.. Bryan received pa. 092. or
nearly 10000 more votes than he
had ever received in Kentucky before
and about 10000 mere votes than
were given to the Democratic candi-
date for governor a year ago.
A close study Of the figures. how
ever brings out the fact that while
Kentucky is Democratic it is not so
overwhelmingly so as TO be be consid-
cred under all circumstances perfect
ly safe for the Democratic party. The
truth is the big vote for Mr.. Bryan
is 1000 votes short of a majority of
the whole vote cast. the combined
Prohibition and Socialist vote being
the balance Of power.
The Prohibitionists polled 5.SS7
ballots, while the ersult shows 1900
Socialists The Socialist-Labor party
has practically disappeared with only
404 votes, and the Peoples party,
which once was a strong factor in
Kentucky politics, has dwindled TO
1923. Mr.. Hearst's Independent party
brings up the rear with only 200
votes.
The election of Representative
Sherley by more than 1000 in the
Fifth district, despite the fact that
Taft carried the district by nearly
that amount indicates that Mr.. Bryan
was weak in Louisville because of the
antagonlsm of the business interests,
but he. made a much better showing
in that city than in either one of his
previous races. The big Bryan vote
shows that, except for the opposition
among business men, Mr.. Bryan
united the Democracy, polling the
biggest vote ever cast for a Demo-
cratic candidate in this state for any
Office.
With decisive Republican MAORI
ties in two congressional districts,
the Third, Fifth and Ninth always
ground and the Democratic
plurality in the state, under reason
ably favorable conditions, only a lit
tie more than 5000. II is evident that
the Democracy can no longer hope to
win on a mere party name. If Ken
lucky is to be Democratic, If the De
is to be restored to power at
and to maintain control of
the states affairs, there must be har-
mony and such leadership and such
policies AS will command the respect
and confidence of the people.
Kentucky is sufficiently uncertain
to put both parties on their
god behavior, and there must be
radically wrong with the
great body Of the people If the result
is not a vast improvement in the
whole public administration and the
whole public policy within the next
few years.
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Sophy Of
kravOnia.
BY ANTHONY HOPE.
Author of "The Prisoner OF zenda'
Copyright. 1905. Anthony Hope
Hawkins.


Continued from Last Issue)
For n moment after the big man ;
taunt the prince stood motionless' men
be drew his scimlter II looked poor
weak weapon against the sword "ni.h
sprang in answer from MIST s scap
bard.
a. duel between gentlemen" the cap
tain cried.
The prince gave short laugh. You
shall have no such plea at the court
martial" he said Gentlemen don
waylay one another in the streets.
Stand asidev'
Mistitch laughed and In an instant
the prince sprang at him. Sophy heard
the blades meet. Strong as death was
the fascination for her eyes-aye. for
her ears. too. for she heard the quick
moving feet and the quicker breathing
Of a mortal combat. But she would not
look-she tried not even 10 listen. Her
eyes We're for a man she could not see.
her ears for man she could not hear.
She remembered the lean fellow hid
den in the porch. straight under her
window she dared not call TO warn
the prince Of him 4 turn OF the head,
4 moment of inattention. would cost
either combatant his life. She took the
man IN the porch for her own adver-
sary. his undoing for her share In the
fight
Very cautiously. making no sound,
she took the heavy lamp-the massive
bronze figure of the girl-raised II
painfully in both her hands and poised
II halfway over the window sill. Then
she turned her eyes down again To
watch the mouth Of the porch Her
rat was in that hole, Yet suddenly the
prince came into her view. He circlcd
halfway around MiStitch. then sank on
one knee She heard him guard the
captains lunges with lightning quick
movements Of his nlmble sclmlter. He
was trying the old trick they had prac-
ticed for hundreds Of years at Nolseni
to follow his parry with an upward
ripping stroke under the adversary's
sword. 20 strike the inner side OF his
forearm and cut the tendons Of the
wrist. This trick big Captain Mistitch,
a man OF the plains did not know.
A jangle-a slither-a below OF pain.
OF rage, The prince had made his
stroke; the HUI men Of Volseni were
justified Of their pupil. Mistitch's big
sword clattered on the flags. Facing
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MS i''~ OF the window
Yes. a lean hand. with n long knife, a
narrow head. a spare. long back. crept
out of the darkness OF the porch
crept silently. The body drew itself
together for a fatal spring on the un-
conscious prince for a fatal thrust IL
would be death-and 20 Mistitch saliva
ton torn from the jaws OF ruin.
surrender yourself. Captain Mis-
itch" said the prince.
Mistitch's eyes went by his conquer
or aud saw a shadow ON the path be
side the porch.
II surrender. sir" he said.
Then walk before me 20 the bar.
racks" Mistitch did not turn. AT
once sir,'
Now Mistltch reared.
The crouching figure sprang and
with a hideous cry. fell stricken Oh
the flags. Just below the neck. full on
the spine. had crashed the virgin with
the lamp. Sterkoff lay very still save
that his fingers scratched the flags
Turning. the prince saw a bronze fg
ure at his feet-a bronze figure holding
broken lamp. Looking Up. he saw
dlmly a womans white face at win.
dow.
Then the street was on sudden fun
OF men. Rastatz had burst into the
Golden Lion. all undone-neTves. cour-
age. almost senses gone. lie could
stammer no more than. They'll nghtr'
and could not say who. But BE- had
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CURRENT EVENTS.
An Impossible Republic.

New York, Dec. 5.-The history Of
Haiti since the day of its first revo-
lutionary movement under ToussainN
POuverture, has been a troub.ous
one. Toussaint ruled as dictator for
only brief time. when he was
hurried OF to die in a French prison
His successor. the Emperor Dessat
lines. was assassinated and gave place
to Christophe. negro. The whole
island was ruled Tor some time with
wisdom and frmness by Rover, az
president, until his overthrow in
1S43.
In 1914 the eastern part set up
for itself as the republic OF Santo
Domingo. In the west the republic
Of Taiti--a series of struggles begaI,
between the blacks and mu,attoss
for political ascendaney. President
Sou.onouque became the Empero.
Faustin l.. and ruled despotically
from 1S49 to 1859. Then the mu-
latto Geffrard held power for nearly
a decade.
fXL.ooc a .~s-.f. IN
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D. Rowlett, Downs & Swami, Palmer.
Brown 4 Co.
Mnyneld, Ky.
Gardner. Walker Tobacco Co.,
Lyon Bros. Emerson q Co. Ballew
q Co.. Sheriff. 4 Co, Blalock Bros.
Wright a Co.
Fulton. Ky.
Browder 4 Co., Fields. Hamlet &
Co.
Martin, Tenn.
Lewis & Moss, Tobacco Co, Bald
ridge 4 Co.
NJ. f. Fakes 4 Co. John Blake q
Co.
OwensbOro, Ky.
j. c. Englehardt. ]. NJ. Vaughan
a Co. II. Il. o'Flynn, Felix Bennett
a Son, +. e. B.rk & Co., J. w. Cheat
ham A. b. Coat,
Louisville. Ky.
Louisville Tobacco Works. Monarch
Tobacco Co., Nall & Williams Tobacco
CO.. stratcr Bros, Tobacco Co. Henry
Andersen. T. NJ. Averitt q Co., ]. ID,
Baldridge. l.. NJ. Buford, ]. NJ. Buck.
ner, Jr., J. +. Galloway. c. ID. Camp
bell, j. T. Dannehold. S. De Ridder
W. T. Grant 4 Co.. Hall a Cotton
Rucker and Hampton. Abner Harris
j. w. Hopkins. A. A. Kaiser a Co,
kremelberg 4 CO., l.. =. y. Landrum
II NJ. Lewis Louisville Spirit Cured
Co, w. ID. Major. G. IT. Miles. Il. J
O'Brien 4 Co, Schroeder & witchell
Richmond. Va.
+ ID. Williams & Co.. Il. X. vieteI
a CO., John A. Hutcheson.
Lynchburg. Va.
Smiling a Co.. Cunningham g. Co
Farmvillc, Va.
W. G. Huntington.
Paducah, Ky.
VIM. BOrneman. Luther Graham &
Co, z. c. Graham a Co. W. Il. Ken
nedy W 4. Martin a. Co. Smith 4
Scott Tobacco Co. Western District
Warehouse Co. j. r. Wright. Oscar
Hank. T. J. stahl a Co. Vernon Nor
rift. w. T. Grant q Co. NJ. II. Nash
u. NJ Potts. G. X. Hall. VI. r. Grim
NJ. NJ. Tucker.
Ciarlsville, Tenn.
Adams a Brown. n. W. Bogard. W
r. Bradley. W. ~. CaSey A Co.
Cashier. nm a Co. NJ. II. Clark a
Bro, Crouch & Walker. II. T. Drane
& Co. H. NJ Dunlop & Bro. r. l.
Harvie. Kendrick q Runyon, Ken.
lucky Tobacco Product Co. Luckett,
Wake Tobacco Co. T.. c. Morrow a
Bro. Il. G. Pickering. n. l.. Rudolph
r. s Rudolph 4 Co. Smith & Ander-
ron. Tennessee-Ke Kentucky Tob. Co.
Edward r. Turnlcy. G. A. warneken,
'B. X Gold. Theodore Gibon. r y.
smith. Imperial Tobacco Co. II. A.
Walker 4 Co.
Henderson, by.
VIM. Elliott Gallaher. Ltd. Hen
ierson Extract Works. John H. Hodge
The Imperial Tobacco CO.. A. Il. Jar
SIS. Chas +. Noteworthy. o. W. Rash,
d. ]. Reeves. Durr a Co.
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ANTI-siLooN LEAGUE
To Conduct Field Day Service IN
Pnducah Sunday.

~ NNHnhat EttNAft
Pnducah Sunday.
Next sunday the Anti-Saloon
eague OF Kentucky viii hold Geld
Jay IN the churches OF Padueah and
neighboging towns. The morning
services ana preachers NIL be:
First Christian-Re Rev. =. A. Baker.
d. D.. national superintendent.
First Preshy terian-Rey. Brooks
Lawrence. state superintendent %
Alabama.
Kentucky Avenue Presbyterian
Rev. J. W West. state superintend-
ent OF Kentucky.
Grace Episcopal - Rev. ID. z.
Wright, the rector.
Third Street Metho iist-Rev. J. A.
Hardy. OF Louisville.
Union services Of all the churches
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his enemy. with
his back 90 the
porch. thcprince
crouched mo
tioniess on his
knee. hut Il
was death 20
Misti;ch 20 try
10 reach the
sword with his
u II M "A I m c d
hand.
lt was Soqhy's
minute. The
message that
had come ran
fierce through
all her veins
Straining 10 the
weight. she
raised the Gg
ure In her hands
and leaned out