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The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-03-04
TAFT PRAISES
HIS PREDECESSOR IN ARTICLE
IN COLIIER'S.
Declares Roosevelt VIII Take Place
In History With Washington
and Lincoln.

New York. March An It's issue
OF March 4 Golfers Weekly will pub
fish an article by President-elect Taft
under the caption Of my Predeces-
sor."
In the article Taft reviews the ca
reer OF President Roosevelt from the
time he first became acquainted with
him in 1890 when Roosevelt was
chairman OF the civil service COM
mission and Taft was solicitor gen.
eral, until the final days of Roose-
velt's administration as president.
Throughout the article Taft praises
Roosevelts high character. his stand
for right and never tagging fight for
reform. In concluding his article
Taft SAYS:
"When the friction of the last few
months shall be forgotten, when the
mists of monetary irritation shall
have disappeared. the greatness OF
Theodore Roosevelt as president and
leader of men in one of the great
moral movements Of the country's
history will become clear to every
one. and he will take his place In his
tory with Washington and Lincoln"
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-03-04

impression on that body, and they
agreed that II, he would first solicit
among his own race, then come TO
the members of the association that
they would contribute literally. An
institution Of this character would De
of inestimable value to a community
and to the colored people, as a race.
IL teaches the domestic sciences TO
the young girls and manual training
to the youths, and also has the nor
NAL feature for those who wish to
teach school. 1t is a general com
plant of housekeepers that thu young,
generations of colored people know
but little OF the domestic sciences,
and they would welcome such 4
school. Then, the manual feature, as
well as the normal, will fit the young
people accepting the benefits to be
derived therefrom for the higher pur-
pose in life toward which the race is
gradually coming. Let us do what
we can to encourage the school and
to bring it to Paducah.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-03-04
LOCAL OPTION WAVE GAINING.
Four More Indiana Counties 90 Hold
Elections This Month.

indianapolis, Ind, March with
the opening of the March terms OF
commissioners courts In many coun-
ties of Indiana, the local option move
ment. which Is spreading broadcast
over the state. is given new impetus
and the result is that four counties
yesterday fixed dates for option cleo
tons. while in many others petitions
for elections are on file and will Ge
acted on during the present session
OF the commissioners.
The counties in which election
dates were set are
Montgomery, March 30: Ohio,
March "a; Elkhart. March %; Jen-
nings, March 80.
In addition II Is estimated that
during the week elections will be or
dered in perhaps a dozen other
counties, to be held during the month
Of March.
Elections will be held in six coun-
ties this week, beginning in Sullivan
and Jay counties.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-03-04
WOULD DIVIDE HoNoRs.

Roosevelt has been charged with
wanting all the glory for any work
done by his administration, but the
following excerpt from his address 10
the members of his tennis cabinet, "
the men with whom he has played,
as he terms II, during his admins
tration, show him eager TO give credit
10 his assistants:
mo administration has ever had
finer or more loyal service than you
have given, and | do not believe this
country has ever had an ADLER or
more devoted set of public servants.
II is through you and those like you
that / have done the major part Of
what has been accomplished unds,
this administration. Moreover, in a
vast number of cases the doing OF the
work itself has been your only re-
ward.
1.-THE credit has come to me--to
the chief of the administration. For
exactly as men like to symbolic a
battle by the name Of the COM
mander. so they Ike to symbolic an
administration by the man at the
head. forgetting that the immense
majority Of his acts can be done only
through others and that a really
successful administration. successful
from the standpoint OF advancing the
honor AMI the interests of the coun-
try, must be managed, as ours has
hoon m q cpfrff Of hn
association and partnership"
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-03-04
IN METROPOLIS

Delma Inman. of Danville, Is visit.
ing his mother, Mrs. Jennie Inman.
Garman Lovery took a car load OF
hogs TO st. Louis this week.
John Hutchinson has returned from
Mound City, where he has been en-
ployed.
Mr.. and Mrs John Rock, of Padu.
cab. visited friends here this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Braun have re-
turned to their home in Silver City
Okla. They we're accompanied by
little Miss Robert Dawson, who will
make her home with them.
Mrs. w. c. Under died the early
part OF the week. Mrs. Under was
very old and had been an invalid for
three years.
Mrs. Otis Cummins has returned
from a business trip to St. Louis.
James Porteous. of Paducah, visit
ed friends here this week.
Curt Roby has returned from a
land selling trip to Texas.
The colored militia turned out In
their uniforms Friday to the funera
Of Chester Reed. one of their mum.
Der, who was killed in Paducah.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-03-04

Memphis and way landings and will
|arr!ve here next Monday.
Steamer Clyde will return next
Monday from the Tennessee 40. 80, d
The City OF Saltille-s.l- BE- -paEt
again Saturday night or Sunday morn
ing from St Louis ON her way up the
Tennessee.
Capt. r. Await left on the Saltlllo
this morning for st. Louis and from
there he will go to New Boston, 200
miles above ST. Louis, on the Mis-
sissippi. Capt. Await will purchase
a fast motor boat 81 feet long and
ca feet wide. accommodating 80
passengers. Henry +. Kath is the
name of the new boat. but she will
be christened the Getaway III here.
A 24-horse power, cylinder, Lamb
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-03-04
AN IMPORTANT DECISION

The decision in the supreme court
this week on the Equitable Life In
eurance company case is of great i'm
portance. The case is one OF Brown,
and others,-he claimed to represent
over half million policy holders,
and was brought to have receiver
appointed and to compel the insur-
ance company to distribute its sur
plus to the policy holders, to whom
they eontended il properly belonged.
in the decision, which is written by
Justice Peck. there has been no un-
just distribution OF the surplus, no
waste in administration and 40
fraudulent conduct on part of the
officers. He says:
ITO place the Institution in the
hands OF a receiver while 1t Is paylng
promptly all OF its obligations and
with unioubted resources to continue
to pay them would be a premature
and wholly unnecessary ending OF th'
defendant and one which ii would b,
mild TO characterize as ruinous TO th'
Interests OF hundreds OF thousand
OF persons and really beneficial L
none"
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-03-04
COLoRED NORMAL AND INDUS
TRIAL SCHOOL.

The announcement OF the effort o.
the founders OF the colored norma
and industrial school at Mayfeld tC
move the institution to Paducaf
should meet with an interested re-
Spouse from the people OF Paiucah
The school has been in operation ons
few years. but II has demonstrated
that there is a big field for such al
institute in west Kentucky and tina
the man behind IL is capable OF mar
aging ii as 1t should be. professor
Anderson. Its founder and head. is il
the city. and last night addressed The
members Of the Retail Merchants as
.soclatiop, he made very favorable
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-03-04

Fountain Avenue Methodist church.
The service will commence at 8
o'clock D.. m They will be ably as
sisted by Adjutant Wldgery, the
Young Peoples society. and by the
Stanton family. officers In charge of
the local work at Paducah. All are
cordially invited to attend. Seats
are all free. Open air services will
be held at p. m. sharp. corner OF
Fourth street and Broadway, and in
the afternoon at p. m. corner OF
Third street and Broadway. Don't
fail to hear them.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-03-04
LEAVES ESTATE OF $780, 900.
Hermit Who Dies in Charity Ward
Proves 20 Be Rich Man.

Danville, ILL.,, March After liv-
ing here eighteen years as poverty
stricken bachelor hermit. Daniel Sher
idan, aged sixty-five years. died In the
charity ward of local hospital, leav-
ing 100000.
A nurse found $4,000 in bills and
coins sewed in the lining of his vest
as she was about to burn II.
Sheridan told later where to find
certain papers. which showed he pos
sessed landsfof great value. including
a 4OO-acre farm -nearlJ Joliet. ILL.,, and
200 acres near Wash nton. Ind. He
left no, will His'relatives buried him
in a 81 500 coffin.
Robert Lynch, his cousin, from
Monrovia, says a love affair caused
Sheridan to ceb moea recluse.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-03-04

The weather man certainly had fun
with everybody today, at Washing
ton. The Bradley hats no doubt were
frost bitten, and the hosts of boys
and men in the advance news dis
patches had in the trees and on tele-
graph poles frozen stiff. One news
dispatch sent out early, a day before
the festivities, told how the birds
were singing in the tree tops-but
then probably the reporter meant
the snow birds.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-03-04
River Stages.


River stage at : clock this morn
ing 44.3. rise OF z since yesterday
morning. The river here will prob
ably reach its highest stage tonight
and will then be on a stand for "a
hours before falling. A stage of 44lk
to as feet is expected. The strong
wind that made the river so rough
yesterday died down late yesterday
afternoon and steamship travel was
again resumed. q
Arrivals-John S. Hopkins from
Evansville and way landings yester-
day afternoon at $40 with a big
cargo of general merchandise and
number OF passengers, j. b. Rich
ardsOn from GAINESVILLE this morning
"a hours late on account of a big
trip into ClarksYille and being wind
bound for hours at Dover. She
brought 10 hogsheads and two wag-
ons of tobacco and good freight and
passenger list. Richardson had 161
hogsheads of tobacco into Clarksville
on this last trip. Chattanooga IN
from Joppa last night. where she had
been receiving freight and was wind
bound yesterday. She received freight
this morning at the wharf. Cowling
in this morning and this afternoon
from Metropolis doing a good bust
ness. Dick Fowler in tonight at 8
O'Clock from Cairo and way landings.
| Royal ia on time this morning from
Golconda with a number of passen-
gers and a good freight list. Ken
lucky in tonight from Riverton. Ala,
and all way landings with a big cargo
OF lumber for Brookport and a good
passenger list. City of Saltillo in
early this morning from Waterloo,
Ala, and way landings with 5000
ties. 1000 sacks OF PEANUTS. 400 head
OF hogs, IL head Of cattle, cars of
lumber, poultry and eggs and 10 pas
sengers all for st. Louis. Reaper
from mines at Caseyville with a tow
OF coal for the West Kentucky Coal
company. American from Cairo,
where she delivered a tow of ties.
Pavonia from the Cumberland with
tow of several barges of ties for the
Aver & Lord Tie company.
Departures-Dick Fowler for Cairo
and way landings after tying up yes
terday on account OF the wind, on
time this morning with a large pas
senger and freight list. Cowling for
Metropolis this morning at II and
this afternoon at 1870. Royal for
Golconda this afternoon at 2 o'clock.
j. b. Richardson for Nashville and
way landings at 10 o'clock this morn
ing with a good business trip. John
5. Hopkins for Evansville last night
at s o'clock with the largest cargo
she has had out Of this port this sea-
son. City of Saltillo for st. Louis at
$3.50 this morning with big cargo.
Chattanooga for Chattanooga and way
landings tomorrow with a large
teargo of freight and a number of
passengers. Clyde for Waterloo and
way landings last night at 10 O'Clock.
Russell Lord for the Mississippi this
morning with empty barges after a
tow of ties for the Aver & Lord Tie
company Jim Duffy for White river
with empties this afternoon after
ties for the Aver & Lord Tie COM
pany.
Hugh Grouse went out on the
Duffy as pilot today.
The Richardson will return next
Monday morning from Nashville.
| The Hopkins will be in port again
tomorrow evening from Evansville.
| Steamer Peters Lee is due to leave
lCincinnat tomorrow evening for
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-03-04

Prosperity is here. From figures
just made public by the appraisers
of the port Or New YNk, the value
OF az diamPeds. pearbsi and other
gemsA imported during last month ag-
gregated s2lsSs, 900, an increase of
over 100000 over last year. The
total value of all imports was a little
over $66.OO0,OOO, an increase of
SIS, 100000. His friends have al
ways said that prosperity would come
in with Taft.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-03-04
SALVATION ARMY
Officers win Conduct Service at Fonn
tain Avenue Church.

Major and Mrs. William Andrews.
divisional officers in command OF the
southern Ohio, Kentucky and Tennes-
see division Of the great Salvation
Army work. will visit the city OF Pa
dueah on next Tuesday, March 8. and
VII conduct special service at the
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-03-04

engine with an automobile control
does the work. Tho boat will be the
fastest and best equipped In the local
harbor. She has made i3% miles
AGAINST the Mississippi current In one
hour, which Is an excellent record.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-03-04
THURSDAY, MARCH 4.
CIRCULATION STATEMENT.

Total .......s". 121 ,ll4
Average for February, 1909. e. 1922
Average for February, 1905. 1875
Increase $500. .......'... l'f%@
Personally appeared before me
this March /, 1899, r. d. MacMillen,
business manager Of The Sun, who
afirms that the above statement of
the circulation of The Sun for the
month of February, 1909, is true to
the best Of his knowledge and belief.
My commission expires February
16, 1912.
W. +. PAXTON,
Notary Public, McCracken Co.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-03-04

Taft wore pair of trousers today,
the gift of Texas admirers, made from
angora goat mohair. The dispatches
did not state how many goats contrib
uted. .,
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-03-04

It is time now for Taft to an
nounce his golf cabinet. There has
been no intimation as to who will
constitute its membership.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-03-04

Wonder II the seismograph at
Washington registered shock when
Taft sat in the presidents chair.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-03-04

What is the use of being a
Johnny-on-the-Spot IL the Washing
ton weather man cannot control his
own brand of It?
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-03-04

BE Johnny-on-the-spot when there
is an opportunity to be grasped. 9th
erwise you may find It missing.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-03-04
YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAIT.

Every dose makes you feel better. Lax-Po
keeps your whole iusides right. Sold on tn
Money back plan everywhere. Price SO cents
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-03-04

Nothing so cheap for a good,
wholesome, hearty breakfast, as Mrs.
Austin's pancake -four. At all grocefs.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-03-04
Daily Thought.

It is now President Taft, if you
please.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-03-04

A NEW ADMINISTRATION.
OF with the old: on with the new.
Amer'sA naazes long enough today
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-03-04

IF IT'S ONLY A HEADACHE
why corneiison's Headshce Liver Pills will
cure that 10 cents, All Druggists,
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-11-04
AS UNDERSTOOD IN BOSTON
The Traditional Episode of Little
Miss Muffet" Brought Into
Everyday Cognizance.

A diminutive specimen of juvenile
femininity yclept Miss Muffet had
placed herself in sitting posture
upon an article of household furniture
ordinarily termed an ottoman or has
sock
Miniaturing to the qualification Of
her gustatory organs by ingurgitating
the coagulated portion of bovine lac
teal fluid mingled with the watery
serum of the same which remains
after the coagulated portion has been
segregated and withdrawn.
Happening to glance downward she
observed that specimen of the genus
Aranea. class Arachnida, remarkable
for its ability to produce filaments Of
extraordinary tenuity from it's own in
terror had taken a position upon the
ottoman or hassock in immediate prox-
unity.
Which totally unexpected incident
aroused her apprehension to such an
extent that she Immediately, not to
say precipitately, arose from her sit
ting posture and departed from the To-
cality, leaving the intruder in undis-
puted possession of the apartment.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-11-04
PINEAPPLE AS A CURATIVE.

It has long been known that the pineapple Is
one of the healthiest of fruits but its real medci-
nal qualities probably have never been realized. In
Hawaii experiments have been made to determine
something of these properties 1t has been found
that the fruit of the pineapple contains digestive
principle closely resembling pepsin in its action,
and to this is probably due the beneficial results
of the use of the fruit in certain forms of dyspep-
STA. On the casen of milk pineapple Juice acts
digestive in almost the same manner rem
net and the action is also well illustrated by plac-
ing thin piece of uncooked beef between two
slices of fresh pineapple, where in the course of
few hours its character is completely changed.
In dphtheTitic sore throat and Group pineapple
Juice has come to be very largely relied upon in
countries where the fruit is common The false
membranes which cause the closing of the throat
to be dissolved by the fruit acids and relief
is almost immediate.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-11-04

table. L Will never be Without This
medicine in the house. Mrs. SAM'L
LEE, 1923 Fourth ST., Louisville, Ky.
Another Operation Avoided.
Adrian, CAT suffered untold
misery from female troubles, and my
doctor said an operation was my only
much as death. Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound completely cured
me without an operation. LENA v.
HENRY, r. f. d. 8.
Thirty years Of unparalleled sue
cess confirms the power of Lydia K.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to
cure female diseases. The great vol
ume of unsolicited testimony constant
ly pouring in proves conclusively that
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound is a remarkable remedy for those
distressing feminine ills from which
30 many women suffer.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-11-04
FINE RECIPE FOR COLDS.

Any druggist can supply these In
gradients or will get them from his
wholesale house.
Mix half pint of good whiskey. two
ounces of glycerine; half ounce OF
Concentrated pine compound. Shake
the bottle well each time and use in
doses of a teaspoonful TO tablespoon.
full four times day" This prescrip-
ton Is said to work wonders.
The Concentrated pine is a special
pine product and comes only in half
ounce bottles, each enclosed in an air
tight case, but be sure it is labeled
Concentrated"
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-11-04
ADDED TO THE MISFORTUNE
Discarded Auto Simply Acted as De-
coy to Bring other Unde-
sirabIes.

Asa Paine, vice-president of the
American Automobile association, said
in st. Augustine of the automobile
industry:
Cars are now made to last. The
rich man no longer finds his 1907 car
questionable, like his 1907 coat, in
1909.
AT the beginning of the industry
car was antiquated in no time-so
antiquated that people laughed at it.
"They tell story in Detront about
a dealer who had, in 1900, an anti
quated 1895 car. He tried vainly to
sell this car. He put lower and lower
price tags on it-$100, $50, $10-and
finally he put on tag to the effect
that the car was to be given away
Even then there were no takers.
so one evening, desperate, the
dealer left the 1895 car in a vacant
lot beside his shop, hoping that some
one would steal it in the night. But
when he came down to work the next
morning, not only was the old car
still there, but another one of similar
pattern had been placed beside It,"
Somehow the majority Of our habits
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-11-04

made the train hard to manage and keep in line;
one pony especially tried to buck the elk head off
that was packed him. He did manage to get
it twisted around so the prongs of the antlers
stuck him in the side, and such capers he cut
then have seen, besides delaying the out
fit for nearly an hour. The divide had to be
crossed by daylight but on reaching it a dense
fog settled over the whole country, which, added
to the snow, made 1t impossible to more than
10 feet in front of one. Thompson as usual led
the train, and after going the narrow ridge
that formed the divide, stopped to call and If
all were following, when there great scram-
bling and crashing of branches and one of the
horses disappeared over the precipice, which was
anywhere from 600 to a thousand feet deep
either side and only about so feet on top. After
counting noses we found he unruly fellow
that we had not been able to pack, but was fol-
lowing the others all right until he started to do
little accommodating on his own account. I'm
doubtedly he was dead long before he reached
the bottom of the precipce, felt way
along very cautiously and anxiously until sud
denly the cloud were in lifted, when the go
ing was moderately fair until we made camp for
the night, all very thankful that had not
encountered more serious disaster
Later, several short excursions were made
from the ranchhouse, on one of which l shot
good blaektail deer and another time a young
bull elk. with only spikes. The blacktail was
standing in the snow with three does sheltered
behind clump of scrub pines, and he had evil
IDENTITY seen me nrst, for was then attracted by
the does running off. took quick shot and the
buck made tremendous leap of at least 80 feet
but it was his last, as my first softnosed bullet
had mushroomed considerably on going through
the shoulder and completely torn his lungs away.
The spike elk much harder to kill, or our
craftsmanship was poor. owing to our having
to run across valley and up the side of noun
tain to head him on. At any rate it took four
of my guides 45-70s and three of my 5000 bull
let's to bring him down. Every ball had hit him.
but none in vital spot until the last
Sage hen shooting and coursing jack rabbits
with greyhound and collie dog offer good
sport for the hunter In this country.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-11-04

what he had to say, the squire listening, but watch
ing. Presently he thought it was time for him to
say something.
Hold on, Mr. McCipher" he began.
"My name is Mcknight" the lawyer stfly cor
rected him.
Excuse me- excuse me-, apoogized the squire
and finished his remarks.
1t was not long until the squire again felt called
upon to speak
WELL now, Mr.. McZero," he started in.
II said my name was Mcknight" the lawyer in
terrupted sharply.
Again the squire apologzed apologized pro
fusely, and the lawyer concluded his consultation
He was not feeling very kindly toward the squire
but he thought 1t wise not to manifest his feel
ings and said goodby with fair degree of po-
likeness.
"Goodby, Mr. McNothing," said the squire as in
nocent as lamb and as the visitor walked POM
pously out of the Office the squire chuckled.