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The Laclede blade., 1909-07-24
The Missouri Bee in Bio Business

Missouri bees were busy enough
during the year 1908 to produce
7,946,7 735 pounds Of honey and
20, 511 pounds of beeswax, accord
ing to advance figures from the
1909 Red Book" of the bureau of
labor statistics, made public by
DaUUr commissioner y. e.. A.
Hitler.
Turned into money this. vast
amount of honey and beeswax
represents a wholesale worth of
about $957, $40, an enormous trib-
ute, collected drop by drop as the
penalty of existing, from the
blooms of clover, buckwheat, alfal-
ia, willow and other plants, by
busy little bees. The honey, if
evenly divided among the inhabit-
ants of Missouri, would give each
man, woman, boy and girl two and
half pounds, with 1SO,O73 to
spare to those with an exceptional
ly sweet tooth, who need more than
their share. Turned into tons this
mass of sticky sweetness amounted
to 1878 tons, or enough to fill 227
freight cars-of $4,000 pounds ca
pacity, each-collected sip by sip
by many million bees.
The Laclede blade., 1909-07-24
BIO RAISE MADE IN ASSESSMENTS
Board Of Equalization Increases Value Of Cor.
poration Property Six to Eight Millions

The state board of equalization
has practically completed the as
sessment Of railroad, bridge, tele-
graph and telephone property of
the state for taxes for 1909, but it
will be some time yet before the
extensions can be made and the
work of the board officially an
nounced.
The board has made increases on
most of the trunk line railroads.
The increase on all the property
assessed is expected to be from
Sc, 100000 to $9,OOO,OOO.
The Santa Fe is raised the most,
the increase on it being from
81, 500 per mile for it's roadbed
and superstructure to $15, 900 per
mile. The roadbed and superstruc-
ture of the Chicago & Alton, the
Burlington and the Wabash are
equalized with that of the Missouri
Pacific for their main lines, each
being raised from 1925 to $13,-
900 per mile, which is the assess
ment of the Missouri Pacific main
line.
The assessment On locomotives
is increased from 81 900 to 5000
each; tourist sleeping cars from
So, 900 to So, 500; refrigerator cars
from 1850 to $500; coal cars from
5000 to $3.50 and oil tanks from
$400 to $500.
The terminal railroad of st.
Louis is increased about 5000, 600.
Most of the other property is left
at the same figures as last year, or
increased.
The increase in rolling stock
raises the assessment on every rail
road in the state.
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do this, there is no doubt of SAT-
isfactory revision of the tariff and
Of the early adoption Of the confer
encc report, followed by the imme-
diate adjournment of congress.
In entering the fight over the
tariff schedules, the president feels
that he is in no l7ay detracting
from the glory of congress. He
has maintained a hands off" pol
icy in all regards until the party
leaders have come to him and urged
him to take hand, but now that
he has put his shoulder to the
wheel he will not turn back. He
will exert all his influence to make
good the party pledges, confident
that in so doing he will earn the
gratitude and approval Of the whole
people, almost regardless OF party
affiliations.
So many erroneous reports re-
garding the tax on the net earnings
of corporations have found their
way into the public prints that,
even at the risk of repeating facts
which have been fully and accu-
rately stated in these letters from
the first, it seems wise again to
state the truth. The corporation
tax will be adopted by the confer
rees and only the failure Of the en-
tire tariff bill can prevent it's adop-
ton by both houses of congress.
There has never been any doubt
on this score among well informed
persons since that conference which
took place at the White House on
the evening of June %, with the
members of the finance committee,
the speaker and Representatives
Payne and Dwight present. These
men then assured the president that |
they would accomplish the accept
ance of the corporation tax by
their respective houses
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Where 10 Paw

This is to inform my friends that
my horse books are deposited with
the Allen-Benson Banking Compa-
ny for collection. Please behave
accordingly. C. B. DAGGER.
The Laclede blade., 1909-07-24
FROM THE NATIONAL CAPITOL
Our Special Correspondent Writes Entertainingl,
OF Things at Washington :

the duty on lumber to one-hal
the Dingley rate, that is, to on
dollar a thousand feet. He ha
won the support of the conferree
on the tariff bill for these reduc
tions and he is now engaged il
bringing into line those member
of the senate and the house who
for selfish and local reasons, hav,
opposed tariff revision downward
When the president made clear tc
the senate and house conferrees his
views on these schedules, they said
they would readily consent and
would report bill in accordance
with his wishes, but that they fear
ed the conference report containing
these reductions would be rejected
by the senate and possibly by the
house. The president told them he
could take care of those who would
reject the conference report because
it contained too much downward
revision and they expressed wish
that he do so.
1t had become known to the
members of both houses that the
president had taken a stand in
favor of these free raw materials
and number Of them proposed to
GO to the White House and enter a
protest. When they asked for an
interview it was promptly accorded
and twenty-five members of the
house, led by Representative Young
of Michigan, called to protest
against what they termed the un-
Ala II Fl -n n1l.A
delegation included Representatives
Young Of Michigan; Barchfeld,
Tener and Bates of Pennsylvania;
Gaines, Sturgiss, Hubbard and
woodward Of West Virginia; South
wick of New York; Kinkead of
New Jersey: Keiffer, johnson and
Kennedy Of Ohio; Cowles, Grant
and Thomas Of North Carolina;
Slemp of Virginia; Hayes Of Cali
fornia; Mondeli Of Wyoming; Aus
tin of Tennessee and Langley and
Edwards of Kentucky. They all
protested against one or more of
the reductions advocated by Mr..
Taft. He expressed his views in
no uncertain terms. He told them
that as titular head Of the republi-
can party and as president, with
the whole people for his constitu-
ents, he possessed a broader view
point than that of a single member
of congress with respect to articles
produced in his own district. The
president said. too, that he felt !
strongly the call of the country for
downward revision within the limits
of the protective principle, and he
hoped to be able to respond to that
call as he heard it, as well in the
of the party as of the
country. He assured his callers
that his influence would be exerted
in favor of free petroleum, free
coal, free iron ore and free hides.
The presidents declaration will
doubtless give rise to many unwar-
ranted reports regarding a veto of
The tariff bill, etc. The president
does not believe that there is the
slightest danger that he will be
,clfronted with a situation which
viii demand a veto. He is con-
yinced that the people are with him
n his demand for lower duties and
le believes that now that he has
made it clear that he favors these
ednctions, the voters all over the i
ountry will write their senators
nd representatives and urge them I
0 stand by the president. If they a
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Take Notice

Feed costs money. Ye delin-
quents pay me or Bob Wood will
get you. j. W. POWER.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-12-29
KENTUCKY KERNELS.

II. p. Martin, Larue county, dies.
Two Staples dies in Daviess county.
Edmund Gleason dies at Lexington.
John w. Watwood dies at Wickliffe.
James Hahn, 90, dies in Anderson county.
Presbyterian church at Versailles damaged
by fire.
Mrs. W. A. Bowles dies of heart failure at
Glasgow.
Miss Ollie Turned and Mr.. j. S. Birmingham
marry at Fulton
Three-year-old son of Will Lancaster fatally
burned at Mayfield.
Unknown fire destroys drug store of J. b.
Young at Owensboro.
Charles Barber, As, dies in asylum, from
worry Of losing office.
Foury ear-old son of Elijah Snyder burned
to death at Hawesvile.
Emmett Craycraft killed at Maysville by
pulling shot gun over fence.
Robert Walters, prominent Larue county
farmer, Killed while hunting.
Reported that Jean Audley, mysterious wo-
m found frozen to death at BardwelI.
Chief of Police Joseph Williams shoots and
kills negro resisting arrest at MiIlersburg.
Burglars enter residence of Frank Kennedy
at Carlisle, and beat negro servant nsensbe
Oscar Hinton son of Mayor Hinton, of Paris.
shot by negro highwayman at Louisville, not
wounded.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-12-29
THE TAIL OLE THE BEAST.

How many people, who read the double
loaded article in the News-Democrat Sunday
headed Republicans will look like thirty cents
soon', and purportng to be inside information
about plans of the Legislators to take all APP
pointments out of the hands of the governor
and vest them in commissions, thought of the
beast and the Jungle" the thrilling story of
graft and political corruption, written by Juve-
nile Judge Ben b. Lindsay for Everybody s!
One gentleman called our attention to the SINH
larity between what the News-Democrat said
and some things Judge Lindsay had written.
News. Democrat subscribers who have not read
the 'Beast and the Jungle, should make haste
to do so while the matter is fresh in their
minds. 1t will give them a view of Kentucky
politics from new angle.
What the News-Democrat says is not by way
of exposure. 1t is said boastfully, exultantly.
While it may not be Estates evidence" against
the organization, it may be accepted in the
nature of a declaration against interest, and
one or two incidental matters the News-Demo-
crat let drop in the same article, indicate that
the paper knows what it is talking about, when
it asserts that the legislature next month will
devote its attention mainly to stripping patron
age from the Republican state administration
and parceling it out among the district leaders.
No other thing contemplated by any member
of the incoming legislature has caught the full
flower of the Democrats head cases like
that one. For eight years this state has been
accommodating a deficit at the rate of 100000
annually, and the present administration found
warrants held up for months, more than suffi-
cient to exhaust the money in the state treas
ury when it assumed charge. Commissions
have been studying the tax system, the school
system, and the legislative districts of the state
These will be ready to report and the state
administration will lay the financial situation
squarey before the general assembly. Yet, we
hear one that might be expected to boast of all
the public projects contemplated by the genera
assembly, exulting only that the leaders are
studying way to get more offices out of the
hands of the Republicans to distribute among
the district leaders.
That's the jungle that surrounds every city
in Kentucky, and in that jungle lives the same
kind of beast that carried off some of the best
blood of Colorado. For the jungle is the politi-
cal system and the strange beast is the organiza
lion Of special interests that turks in the Jungle
With this metaphorical expression Judge Ben
Lindsay makes plain the helplessness Of the
man of talent, who is caught by the beast, given
honors and wealth, made a corporations coun-
sell paid retainer fees while occupying lRgisla-
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-12-29

Sixteenth district, f. NJ. Tracey &C..
C. u. 4 E.), NJ. l.. Harbeson, &C. l..
& E), Covington.
Seventeenth district, Charles w.
Youngbludt, Newport.
Eighteenth district, l.. p. Fryer,
Falmouth.
Nineteenth district, C. ID. Newell,
Maysville.
Twentieth district. w. c. Halbert,
vanceburs.
Twenty-first district. Allie w.
Young, Morehead.
Twenty-second district, Watts Par
ker, Lexington.
Twenty-third district. ID. d. Red
wine, jackson.
Twenty-fourth district, Andrew j
Kirk, Inez. A..
Twenty-flfth district, James NJ
Benton, Winchester.
Twenty-sixth district, w. T. Davis
Pineville.
Twenty-seventh district, William
Lewis, London.
Twenty-eighth district. b. J. Beth
urum, Somerset.
Twentg-nlnth district. J. c. Carter
rompkinsville.
Thirtieth district, Shaekelford MIL
er (chy. -, Louisville.
Thirtieth district. Samuel b. Kirby
(chy. %, Louisville.
Thirtieth district, William II. Field
(Com. Pleas -. Louisville.
Thirtieth district, Thomas r. Cor
don (Com. Pleas %. Louisville.
Thlrtieth district. Walter p. Lin
coin (Com. Pleas 81, Louisville.
Thirtieth district. James p. Greg
DRY (Crim. Div), Louisville.
Thirty-frst district, ID. w. Gardner
Sakersvi,le.
Thirty-second district, ]. d. Hanna
Sandy Hook.
Thirty-third district, l.. d. Lewis
Hyden.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-12-29
Indifference OF Stnrs.

The Indifference of the better
class of actors their work Is Just as
conspicuous as it Is in the case of
those in cheaper companies. They
work on their own parts and learn
their cues. but few of them have any
Interest in the rest OF the play or
the scenes OF their fellow workers.
Many of them go through season
with the vaguest notion of what the
play Is about, and there is an au-
thentic case of star who acted CON
tnuously for four seasons in the
same play. and because he did not
come on until the second act never
saw the first act of the play. To this
general rule there are several bril-
liant exceptions. For instance. L. II.
Sothern not only plays a repertoire
and makes several productions every
season, both OF which are OF greatest
advantage to the younger members
of the company but he has thor
ough system Of understudies and
constantly holds ehearsals.--C Charles
Belmont Davis IL Golfers.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-12-29
In Police Court.

Jim Offord was held TO answer 20
the circuit court grand jury this
morning on a charge OF malicious
cutting. his bond being fixed at $500.
onord ~ charged with slashing the
wrist OF Bob Ruoff, a coiored stable
hand al Hawley's livery stable. A
charge Of carrying weapons concea ed
Sas dismissed
Garland Williams. a young man Of
the country. Was hned s. for breach
OF the peace. lie was accused OF act
ing disorderly last Friday.
Charles Johnson. charged with
vagrancy. was fined $40.
The case against n. ]. Fllppo.
charged with stealing double-bar-
rel shotgun from Garner Bros. was
continued until tomorrow.
". d Morris. charged with steal
ing a beer case and several bottles
from the +. w Cook Brewing CON-
pany was given a continuance until
Friday
The case OF Henry johnson,
charged with obtaining money by
false pretenses, was continued until
Friday morning. He Is charged with
selling Luther Buckingham an over
coat for 81. the coat belonging 10
another
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-12-29
HOTEL ARRIVALS

PALMER-Ro Robert Ross, St Louis
n. l. Robinson. Shawneetown; l. Is.
Temple. Fulton: G.. W. Terry. Han
dana: c. Il. Dallam. Mayneld. A. A
Nelson and wife. Benton: Edward
Hank. Chicago; A. d. Knox, Nash
VILE; l.. r. Pace. iuka.
BELvEDERE-Dr. W Il. Sharp.
Madison. Ind; l.. sullivan. sikeston,
Mo-; George W. Downs. Murray; j.
II. Wall. Murray. NJ. Holland Pine
Bun: j Il. Brock. Ir.. Memphis W.
r. Loves and wife. Mayhed. " Nv
ans. Chicago.
NEW RICHMOND. +. Lester,
~. Louis: s. r Lomar. Elizabeth
town: NJ. NJ Hall. Harrisburg. H.;
c. W Conant smlthland: Il T Alex
audcr. Metropolis: ~. 5. MARLEY.
Joppa; $. J. Baldridgc. Ashley. H.;
Ben V. Vickers. Bayou
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-12-29
WILL BIZ OPEN INVESTIGATION
Taft Wants Ballingcr-Pinchot Row
barred To the Public.

Washington. Dec. 29.-The con-
gressional investigation into the 30
called Baillnger-Plnchot controversy
was the subject OF a conference be-
tween President Taft and Repnesen-
tative Dalzell, OF Pennsylvania. one
of the Republican house leaders.
Mr.. Dalzell said after the interview
that the investigation unquestionably
would be carried forward by a joint
committee composed OF five TO seven
members. President Taft has agreed
with the leaders OF the senate and
house that a JOINT investigation, open
to the public, will be the best means
OF thoroughly dealing with the mat
ter.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-12-29
MRS. DRUMMoND cor DIVORCE.
Daughter Of Millionaire stove Man
says lie Had Ca support Her.

81 Louis. Mo-, Dec. ga divorce
decree was railroaded az Clayton. 81
Louis county. this afternoon 60 MIS-
Maud Ringen DrummOnd. daughter
u John Ringen. millionaire stove
manufactures. from Charles II. Drum
mOnd. president Of realty and in
vss;ment company and onq % the
heirs Of the late John r. Drumma nj.
Millionaire tobacco manufacture.
one week after she filed the quit The
divorce sas granted at a special SEES
sion OF court lasting only forty min
utes. ste Vas givea custody OF
their three children. AlImony was
not mentioned.
Plaintiffs fsther testified he had
supported her almost wholly since
she eloped and wac married to Drum
mond ten years ago. Drummond
lost his $1,000 900 Legacy. II Is al
legged. In speculation Plaintiff tes-
tined he spent much OF his time In
bucket shops and on three occasions
he made suicide attempts or threats.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-12-29
MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR
BAPTIST DEAD TONIGHT

A memorial service for the depart.
ed members Of the congregation will
be held this evening at the regular
prayer meeting at the First Baptist
church. A program has not been ar
ranged. but eulogies of the deceased
members will be made by the con-
gregation. Il will be the last prayer
meeting OF the year and a large at
tendance OF the membership is ex-
pected. At the close OF the service
the building fund committee for a
new church will meet for the pur-
pose Of completing the organization
for canvas for funds for the new
building.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-12-29
Wisdom Of the Chinese.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES:

Old ginger Is the most pungent.
Men. not walls. make a city.
Money moves the gods.
The imperial sword. though sharp
II IL homely fare that feeds and
coarse cloth that warns.
To the believer Il is fact: 10 the
unbeliever n fiction.
A boy without ambition is blunt
iron without steel.
A kind word keeps warm for
three winters.
One piece OF bad meat makes the
whole pot smell
cannot shay an innocent man.
II YOU want to see anyone Ike
yourself. YOU must look In the glass
No grief so great as for a dead
heart.
Deep water runs slowly.
All human affairs are my affairs.
Happiness and misery are not
fated but self-sOught
Where there Is a cart ahead there
Is a track behind
A near neighbor Is better than a
distant relative.
The hairless lip in managing at
fairs is apt to slip.
without sorrow none become
saints.
Ice three feet thick Is not frozen
In a day
Obedience Is better than reverence
A teacher can lead us into the
porch. but culture depends on self
Il is the good swimmer that gets
drowned.
Soldiers may not be needed for a
hundred years. but cannot be dis
pensed with a single dag.
An image maker never worships
idols.
A crow Is black the world over.
Don't ask your guest II you may
kill fowl for him.
In beating a dog have regard for
it, master.
A good hearer Is better than a
good speaker.
When the mantls catches the oi-
cada he does not know that the orl-
ole is Just behind.
The ten fingers cannot be all one
length.
Murder can be condoned. but dis
courtesy never.
When no money Is spent here no
grace ~ gained.
The biggest hand cannot hide the
heavens.
Water may run in thousand
channels, but all returns to the sea
Better be alive and poor than rich
and dead.
a good general has no bad soldiers
We wed a wife for her virtues, a
concubine for her looks.
One cash may overthrow a hero.
Mems minds are not unlike their
faces.
Aims done openly will be repaid
secretly.
The cabbage grub dies In the cab.
bage.
Plant melons and you will get
MELONS; plant beans and you will
get beans.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-12-29

In the departure of Hon. E. Barry, editor OF
the Benton Tribune Democrat for Texas, the
Purchase loses a good citizen, and the state
press an editor, who always stood for right.
The good order of Marshall county before, dur
ing and since the night rider disturbances
around it, speaks volumes for the attitude of
the Tribune Democrat in always upholding the
law. The influence of the local press was never
better exemplifed. We wish Judge Barry
honors and success in his new home in the new
country, and long life and continued happiness
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-12-29
ANDREW MACK DIVORCE.
Wife Gets Custody Of Only son With
Separation.

New York, Dec 29.-Mrs Alice V.
McAloon obtained an interlocut jry
decree OF absolute divorce In the su
preme court today from William 4.
McAloon, who IL known on the sag
as Andrew Mack. The decree was
based on statutory grounds. nd IT,
granted 20 the wife the CUSTODY OF
their only son. Francis A. McAloon.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-12-29
Receiver for Southern Public Service

Camden, n. j., Dec. 29.-vice-
Chancellor Leaning today appointed
James w. Galloway OF Atlantic City.
receiver of the Southern Public Ser
vice corporation. Incorporated under
the laws OF New Jersey, to build rail
roads in South Carolina and Georgia.
The company is capitalized at ST.
500, 900.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-12-29
CITY TAX NOTICE.

All city taxes for the year 1000
should be paid this month, ms the
penalty Of ten (i0) per cent goes on
all deIinquents on January 4, 1910.
Come now and avoid the rush OF
the last few days Of the month.
GEO. w. WALTERS. Treas.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-12-29
Marriage Licenses.

Frat Stevens, colored. 10, OF Nc
Cracker county. farmer, and Lula
Killebru. colored. 25. OF McCracken
county.
William Crumbaugh, coiored. 81,
laborer. and Ezeil Galloway. colored.
is. OF Paducah.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-12-29

While approaching the moral of numerous
editorials in reference to the attempted corner
of Rock Island stock on the New York ex-
change, we protest against the confusion OF
watered stock and pyrotechnics
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-12-29

The Cincinnati Commercial Tribune Louis
vile correspondent mentions Colonel William
Haldeman as the probable successor of PaynIer
as United States senator. 1t has long been
Colonel Haldeman's ambition.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-12-29
MEMS OF COURTS
In bankruptcy.

4 petition to force u. Michael
21l Broadway into involuntary bank
ruptcy has been filed In federal
court. Several suits have been filed
against Michael in the state courts.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-12-29

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