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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-03-26
Cairo & Norfolk Line Will
Pass Through Hopkins
vile.
MR.. MEALS PET PROJECT
Road Will Extend From Fl.
Jefferson, KY, To Bris-
toll, Va.

1t now seem probable that we are
to have another railroad, sure
enough.
Articles Of incorporation of the
Cairo & Norfolk Railroad Company,
with a capital stock of $500, 900,
have been filed at Frankfort, The
original articles were filed first at
Mayfeld. Graves county. The in
corporators are L. W. Goode and E.
E. Weston, of New York, and M.
w. Kelly, of Madison, Wis, D. A.
Usher, k. E. Lockridge B. A. Neal,
H. c. Neal, E. s. Beaumont, Arthur
E. Thomas. F. r. Allen and C. B..
Goode, all of whom live at Mayfeld,
Ballard and other Western Kentucky
cities.
The railroad when completed will
extend from Fit. Jefferson, in Ball
ard county, which is on the Missis-
slppl river, to Bristol, Va, which is
near the junction Of the Virginia
North Carolina, Georgia, Kentucky
and Tennessee lines. 1t will be SOC
miles in length and will be a trunk
line extending through the follow
ing counties in Kentucky: Wick
life, Ballard, Lyon, Trigg, Chris
tian, Todd, Logan, Warren, Simp
son, Barren, Allen, Metcalf, Mon,
roe, Cumberland, Adair, Russell,
Clinton, Wayne, Pulaski, Whitley,
Laurel, Knox. Bell. Leslie, Harlem,
Letcher and Pike.
The highest indebtedness that can
be incurred in the construction of
this road is $12,5OO.OOO. but when
the road is completed it will be
worth many millions more. The
road will pass through several coun-
ties in the State that are not now
touched by railroads and will there
fore develop and open up an entire
new territory.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-03-26
NEGRO TAKEN OUT AND MURDERED
BY NIGHT RIDERS AT GOLDEN POND.
Second Killing That Has Occurred by Night
Riders Within Week.
REIGN OF CRIME STILL UNCHECKED

were from the Whitesburg company.
The troops have been ordered here
at the requests of County Judge w
L. Crumbaugh and other peace Off
GERS.
Though the tobacco war is regard
ed as over and the planters belong
ing to the association have practical
ly won the victory, the lawless ele-
ment has been left in control, and
night after night armed bodies of
men ride over the county, shooting
up homes, whipping farmers who
have incurred their displeasure, driv-
ing out negroes, and leaving their
commands to be obeyed under
threats of violence. Apparently they
have no fear of the authorities, and
the situation is one that has aroused
the gravest anxiety among those cit
liens who hope to see the power Of
the law restored in Lyon county.
Judge Crumbaugh said that as an
evidence of the fear that has taken
hold Of the citizens of Eddyville he
was unable to rent either of two
buildings here which could be con-
verified into suitable quarters for the
militia, and as a'xesult he will be
compelled to lodge the soldiers in
the county courthouse.
IF / knew l had but two hours
to live" said Judge Crumbaugh, II
would devote those two hours to
trying to restore law and order to
this county. Conditions here are
uncomfortable and something must be
done to check the outbreaks of these
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-03-26
ROB WOOD
CONVICTED
Jury Fixed His Punishment
at Fine And Imprison-
ment.
GRAND JURY ADJOURNED
Batch of Indictments Return
ed Against Alleged Night
Riders.

The jury in the case Of Robert
Wood, the young Church Hill farm
err. charged with sending a threat
ening letter to Lewis Dawson, COL,
was argued Monday afternoon and
given to the jury Tuesday morning
and at 11:30 yesterday morning the
jury brought in verdict of guilty
and fixed the punishment at a fine
of 500 and Imprisonment for three
months in the county jail.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-03-26
Grand Jury's Work.

The grand jury adjourn ed Tues
day afternoon after returning a total
of 76 indictments in 26 days. One of
the important indictments was un-
signed and Judge Cook ordered the
jury to re-assemble to-day to correct
the defect. The jury returned in all
seven indictments for alleged might
rider" offenses, as follows:
Rob Wood, sending threatening
letter.
Mat Gholson, col. ,confederating to
destroy property.
Herman R. Crenshaw, same offense.
DR.. Wallace Durham, confedera-
ting to injure another.
One other Indictment for completely
in the Hopkinsville raid and two for
sending threatening letters have not
been made public, as the parties
have not yet been arrested.
Herman Crenshaw is prominent
and highly connected young farmer
of Roaring Spring.
Mat Gholston is half-bree Indian
who lives just north of town. These
two were indicted for completely in
the raid of Dec. 7th. DR.. Durham
is young physician of North Christ
ian, who is cha ged with being in
the party that whipped Press Rogers.
Evidence against him was given by
half dozen or more witnesses.
Gholston is in Jail. Crenshaw has
been under bond since Jan
uary and Durham appeared yes
terday and executed bond. Geo. B.
Powell. the one man indicted in
January, is under bond and his case
has been continued until June.
The injunction suit of Sheriff Da-
vid Smith vs. Jno. M. Renshaw and
Judge c. 0. Prowse was called Tues
day morning and an amended petit
ton filed by the attorneys for Mr..
Smith, which was objected to by the
defendants and the objection sus-
tanned. The plaintiff was granted
time to prepare an answer, setting
up the facts eliminated from the pc
tition, and the case will be heard
one day this week. No definite time
was set by the court.
The suit of Marion Russell's ad-
ministrator against the Louisville &
Nashville Railroad Co. was begun
Tuesday. Russell was a negro who
was killed while sitting on the rail-
road near the crossing of the Brad
shaw road. The suit is for SIC, 900
damages. The negro was probably |
asleep and it is charged that the ac-
cident was due to the failure of the
train men to blow the whistle and |
arouse him.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-03-26
Hail independence!
ACME HARVESTERS

Have Stood the Test, and
ARE NOT I'm The TRUST.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-03-26
First to Be Given.

The Rummage Sale to be given by
the D. A. R. is the first of the kind
to be given in this city. In other
PLACES it has been given with great
success. The articles asked for are
such as any housekeeper will be
glad to dispose of at this time of the
year.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-03-26
SOLDIERS AT EDDYvILLE
Whitesburg Company Sends
30Men There at Request
of County Judge.

Eddyville, KY, March 25.-The
troops from Hopkinsville arrived
here at s o'clock yesterday morning.
They were in citizens clothes and
reported to the County Judge. There
we're thirty in the detachment. They
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-03-26
MRS. OLDHAM
Dies at Home of Daughter F.,
Near Garrettsburg.

Mrs. Knox Oldham died Monday
at the home of her daughter. Mrs.
Louis Meacham, near Garrettsburg.
She was 81 years old and is survived
BY two daughters, Mrs. Meacham
and Mrs Nallit ia rfhr and one son
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-03-26

Hardware, Garden Seed, Paints, Oils,
Ranges, Fertilizers, Woven Wire Fence,
Harness and Saddles.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-29
A Little to One Side.

"You think you have unusual pres
ence of mind?' said Mrs. jerks to her
husband, in a tone which was some
what tinged by the recollection Of her
recent wrongs connected with a forgot
ten basket of kindlings. Il do, in rea-
son." said Mr.. jerks, boldly, turning
his back to the wood box.
"Humph," said Mrs. jerks. well,
while you've been two hours and half
at the store getting me yeast cake
I've been reading the paper few min
utes to rest my back after doing a lot
of work no woman ought TO have put
on her; and I've been reading of man
that really had presence of mind. What
should you do first off if you saw a
man falk out of a balloon way up in
the air."
First off," said Mr.. jerks, turning
a calm gaze on his inquisitor, 81 should
wait to STE where he landed, meanwhile
standing from under, if possible"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-29
SKIN SORE EIGHT YEARS.

Spent $500 on Doctors and Renee
dies, but Got No ReIief-CutIcuPs
Cures In a Week.
upon the limbs and between the
toes my skin was rough and sore, and
also sore under the arms, and had to
stay at home several times because OF
this affection. Up to a week or so ago
I had tried many other remedies and
several doctors, and spent about three
hundred dollars, without any success,
but this is to-day the seventh day that
have been using the Cuticura Rene
dies Costing a dollar and half),
which have cured me completely, SO
that I can again attend to my business.
went to work again tonight. l had
been suffering for eight years and have
now been cured by the Cuticura Rene
dies within a week. Fritz Herschlaft,
a Columbus Ave, New York, n. Y.
March % and April 6. 1906"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-29
LETTING 60 OF A GRUDGE

To writer for the New York Times
a French soldier expresses his amaze
ment at the ability Of the British sol
der to shake hands with his enemy
after a fight, whether he is conquered
or q conQueror. He declares that the
Latin races have so little of this virtue
that they hardly understand It's exist
ence.
One day the Frenchman, who was in
South Africa during the Boer war, saw
two British officers walking through the
camp with a Borr, all three engaged in
earnest conversation He turned aside
so as not to have to salute one who, he
supposed, had come to give information
in regard to the Boer outposts. Pres
emily he met one Of the two officers.
BE sure to be on time for luncheon -
said the Englishman. We're going to
make noble spread for the Boer you
saw with u.s."
The Frenchman's anger broke out.
He declared that he would not sit at
meat with a traitor.
w uO lIdIlOI IelOIlSu Tie O1l-
Ger. much amazed. 1.-THE poor mans
captured, and he's had such beastly bad
luck, we thought a lunch would cheer
him up"
From that day." remarked the
Frenchman afterward, IL saw what
made the British great. The Boer war
was carried on with the bitterest feel
ings between the two nations. To see
the English now, building up the coun-
try in the same spirit that moved the
officers of that regiment, is a wonder
to us Latins.
1--WE do not forget and forgive easily.
When my italian friends are annoyed
with me, they still reproach me with
the murder of Conrad of Hohenstaufen
by Charles of AnjOu IN eleven hundred
and something"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-29
THE HEALTHY NATIVE.
.N~~~


"That the world is not so big, after
ALL is a truism which has been num-
bered among the commonplaces. New
ertheless, condemned as it thus is for
lack of originality or brilliancy, 1t is a
reflection which is constantly impressed
upon the tourist. The Washington Star
tells a story illustrative Of this fact.
The traveller from Washington was
sitting on the upper deck Of a Rhine
steamer. AS the little paddle wheel
f1oated near the city of Cologne he
gazed at the vine-clad hills with a rapt
expression.
Think of tt" he unused. "What a
Joy it must be to have this splendor at
ones very elbow. Living in 10th street
may be luxurious in it's way, but tell
you there is an air Of peace about this
place that we haven't got.
His gaze was fastened upon a tall
man in plaid ulster who was sitting
near by. Remarking upon his appear
ance, he said
Zone thing the men know over here,
they know how to live. Look at that
middle-aged fellow. The very picture
Of rugged health! No pale-faced ner-
vousness about him. His every line be-
tokens a tranquility of life that is way
beyond riches Take me, for instance;
a nervous wreck at 40. This is my first
vacation in eighteen years. Dare say
he takes one three times year. Catch
one of my fellow citizens doing that!
Find me an American Of his age look
Ing like thatw
At that moment the stranger turned
and nodded pleasantly. The tourist re.
turned the salutation and opened con-
versation.
"Das list sehr-'' he began, in his
word-book dialect.
"Why not speak English?" asked the
other, with a smile.
"You speak it?''
"Why shouldn't II" With that he
brought forth his card case and pre-.
sented his card, and when the two COM
pared notes they found they had both
been living in Washington for more
than five years.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-29
COFFEE EYES.
1t Acts Slowly but Frequently Fro
duces Blindness.

1t Acts Slowly but Frequently Fro
duces Blindness.
The curious effect Of slow daily poi
soning and the gradual building in Of
disease as a result, is shown liz num-
5ers of cases where the eyes are af-
fected by coffee.
A case in point will illustrate:
A lady in Oswego, Mont, expert
enced q slow but sure disease settling
upon her eyes in the form Of increas-
ing weakness and shooting pains with
wavy, dancing lines of light, so vivid
that nothing else could be seen for
minutes at time.
She says:
This gradual failure CT sight alarm
ed me and l naturally began a very
earnest quest for the cause About
this time l was told that coffee poison
ing sometimes took that form, and
while | didn't believe that coffee was
the cause of my trouble, 1 concluded
to quit it and see.
Il took up Postum Food Coffee in
spite of the jokes of Husband whose
experience with one cup at neighbours
was unsatisfactory. Well, I made
Postum strictly according to directions,
boiling it a little longer, because OF,
our high altitude. The result was
charming. l have now used Postum
in place of coffee for about months
and my eyes are well, never paining
me or showing any weakness. / know
to a certainty that the cause Of the
trouble was coffee and the cure was in
quitting it and building up the nervous
system on Postum, for that was abso-
!utely the only change 1 made in diet
and l took no medicine.
my nursing baby has been kept in a
perfectly healthy state since l have
used Postum.
Mr.. , a friend, discarded cof-
fee and took on Postum to see if he
could be rid of his dyspepsia and fire.
quent headaches. The change pro-
duced most remarkable improvement
quickly"
There's a Reason" Name given by
Postum Co.. Battle Greek, Mich.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-29
5zzy zzS y 4 zzzzzs.
~~~~N~0~O~

"I've gotter stay right on this block"
said the little boy with the scarlet
stocking cap, firmly.
'Why v gotter?'' asked the boy with
the skates dangling from his shoulder.
"NIy mother said l gotter,"
CAV! She won't care. Come on"
81 ainter goin' to-
"She won't know whether you're on
the block or not"
THAT makes no difference" said the
little boy with the scarlet stocking cap.
you're 'fraid to-"
II amt either"
you are, too
81 amt either; but l amt a-goin'."
"'Fraid you'd get lickin'," tainted
the tempter with the skates.
"Ain't either. My mother don't never
whip me. But feliers at don't mind
what their mothers say have bad luck"
cav. She's jest tellin' you that"
swell, It's so, too"
az don't mind what my mother says
an l don't have no bad luck"
"You will, though. You see. My
Uncle Jimmy had bad luck once when
he was a kid lie told me about It,"
They're allus tellin' them fairy
tales said the boy with the skates, de-
risively.
"This amt a fairy tale" said the 1T
tie boy with the scarlet stocking cap.
Its so. He went one time with a fell
Ter that his mother told him he wasn't
to go with. He was always asl1in' If
he couldn't 60 with him an his mother
said no, he wasn't to. An one evenin
the teller come along an whistled for
him an he snook out the back way an
went with him."
WAS they goin' on the ice?" asked
the boy with the skates.
"My Uncle Jimmy says they was goin
to a branch meetin'," explained the
little boy with the stocking cap. Gle
says they was investigator the higher
branches with a view to cholrer nor
bis"
Rats" commented the boy with the
skates. whats that?'
'I d'knOw."
"He's jest stringin' you"
al bet he wasn't"
At bet he was. What'n you bet?"
"How you goin' to prove it? Any
way, they went out an stayed out till
1t was late an when he got back home
he found they'd been fire an their
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-29
The Time for Disappearing.

The seamy side of modern inventions
is touched upon in the Toronto Globe
story below:
An old fisherman was rowing in his
boat one day when an automobile canoe
sprung leak near him, and immediate
~ sank.
| To the indignation of the canoes oc-
cupants, the old man paid no heed to
them, but rowed calmly on his way.
However, the wrecked canoeists man.
aged to swim to him, and as they clam
bered into his boat, one of them splut-
tered:
"Confound II, why didn't you lend us
a hand? Couldn't you see that we were
sinkingT
The fisherman stared hard at them.
BLESSED If 1 didn't think We was one
O. them new-fangled submarines" said
he, gravely.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-29

barn had burned down. There was
twelve tons Of hay in the barn an It
Just made the dandiest blaze an there
was a mule burned up in it, too, an the
hired man burned off his whiskers try
in to get the mule out an they thought
Uncle Jimmy had been burned up in 1t,
too. If he'd stayed at home, like
his mother'd told him to, he'd
have seen all the fun an the firemen
couldn't have sent him home COS he'd
have been home right them -
The boy with the skates looked i'm
pressed. Presently he asked, Did they
grow on again?"
"Uncle Jimmy didn't say" replied tie
little boy with the stocking cap.
Did they give him a lickin'?"
mo, but he missed all the fun"
"You amt got no barn, anyway" said
the boy with the skates.
81 know" said the little boy with the
stocking cap, "but there might be suth-
in else"
can If you was around when tie
house ketched fire they might thiuk
you'd done it an give you a liczin' Cor
It," urged the boy with the skates.
II amt goin' skatin', anyway said
the little boy with the stocking cap.
'9The ice is too thin" Chicago Daily
News
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-29

A1RSHIP READY FOR HOME.
ut is in the active mood of thought
while the former Is in the passive; it
Is the mind most manifest among the
Western nations; while the other is
the mind of age-the mind Of the ORR
entail
Things have been, says the legal
mind, and so we are here"
''But the world" says Mr.. Wells, "is
a huge workshop and the present is no
more than material for the future, for
the thing that is destined to be"
Continuing he declares we live in
hope-not in the certainty-that our
world will outlast us because we know
the danger of total destruction Is al-
ways near. He adds:
at is conceivable, for example, that
some great unsupported mass of matter
should presently rush upon us out of
space, whirl sun and planets aside
like dead leaves before the breeze aud
collide with and utterly destroy every
spark Of life upon this earth. So far
as positive human knowledge goes this
is a conceivable, possible thing. There
Is nothing in science to show why such
thing should not be.
"And yet one doesn't believe It," he
says. "At least, I do not And do not
believe in these things because l have
come to believe in certain other things
i'm the coherency and purpose in the
world and In the greatness of human
destiny. Worlds may freeze and suns
may perish, but 1 believe that there
stirs something within us now that can
never die again."
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-29

Judge Whitman declares that In his
judicial experience he never knew n
hardened criminal to reform, and he
cites the chaplain of one Of the great
State prisons as admitting that all eff
forts to save habitual criminals ara
wasted. Judge Whitman even fixes 80
as the age after which the hope of re-
formation is groundless, and any extern
sion Of mercy a mistake. He insists
that our treatment of hardened crimi-
mails is far too easy for the protection
Of the public from them, and for the
mistaken good nature of our jurors he
blames the system which allows SC
long a time to elapse between the COM
mission OF a crime and the trial Of the
men arrested for 1t. His illustration
q the overcrowded Tombs prison In
Manhattan. but he exempts the District
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-29
Newton,s Telescope.

Newton's telescope is a clumsy look
Ing instrument, nine inches in length,
two inches in aperture and capable Of
magnifying thirty weight times. Tt was
entirely made by Newton himself, who
first exhibited it before the Royal so
ciety in 1871, and more than 100 years
later his successor in the presidency Of
the society laid before George III. Sir
William Herschel's- scheme for making
a telescope on Newton's plan, to be
forty feet in length and four feet in
aperture.-Pall Mall Gazette.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-29
VIOLET FIELDS OF CALIFORNIA.
Sweet-Scented Purple Flowers at
Their Best i'm February.

Sweet-Scented Purple Flowers at
Their Best i'm February.
February is the height Of San Fran
cisco's flower season, according to the
Chronicle Of that city.
Just outside The city, near the Hills
Of Eternity" are acres and acres Of
yiolets. One is led aside from the GEM
etery road by the fresh sweet breath
Of the violets, and following this de-
lightful guide up the winding hill path,
comes suddenly in sight of the violet
farms, Here is one Of the largest violet
fields In the United States-sixteen and
a half acres Of rolling hill slopes, all
rich green foliage buried in purple
bloom. Men are at work all the time
picking the flowers and making them
into punches which lie scattered on the
ground behind them. Here the street
vendors come early each morning for
their supply. An average Of 1,2OO
punches is sold daily from this one
farm alone and there are dozens Of
small growers between San Francisco
and San Mateo.
The fields are divided into plots Of
about five acres each by rows of shrubs
and small trees for protection from the
winds-here a line of silvery artichokes
and next a row of marshmallow trees
with their dainty pink flowers making
striking contrast with the violets.
From the middle of August until May
the violets bloom, but in January and
February the punches increase in size
as the season reaches its height. The
fields are picked over every two days.
The culture demands a great deal Of
attention, as the plants must be irri-
gated anti cultivated carefully and the
field kept perfectly free from weeds.
All about Berkeley, Oakland, Ala
media and the ether bay towns, with
their suburbs, are extensive flower gar
dens and beds Of vari-colOred dahlias,
snow white Gala lilies and the pale
narcissus make vivid dashes of color
on the landscape. There, too, are in
Vulnerable hothouses. Coming In from
Elmhurst the other day I counted just
from my side of the car ,ffty-two hot
houses between Elmhurst and Melrose.
The hothouses furnish to the San Fran
cisco flower market roses, carnations,
fuchsias, rare orchids and all the ten
der flowers seen IN such prOfusion In
the florists windows. Each grower has
one house devoted to greens, principally
the dainty fernlike asparagus we get
with nearly all Towers we buy.
On both sides of the bay the Japanese
are the most extensive and successful
growers of chrysanthemums and carna-
lions. They are natural gardeners, and
certain flowers seem to respond more
readily to their work than to others.
The flower industry brings an astonish-
ingly large number of japanese to this
country. There are a good many Chi
nese growers as well, who bring to the
market rare foliage plants, Alpine VIC
lets, lilies and the flowers peculiar to
China. They furnish the Jerusalem
berries, curious member Of the pep
per family. The largest grower of car
nations on the coast is a japanese near
Oakland