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Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-11-20
Bell Telephone Buys Western unIo

Control of the Western Union Tele
graph Co. passed to the American
Telegraph and Telephone Co.. and a
long step was taken toward the merg
ing of the telephone and telegraph
companies into a corporation with a
capitalization of nearly $1,000. 900
The American Telephone and Tele'
graph company controls the Bell tele'
phone systems throughout the coun
try.
Announcement OF the requirement
Of the Western Union-for years
known as Gould property-by the
American Telephone and Telegraph
company came from Boston.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-11-20
President ProeIaims Day Of Thanks

Thursday. Nov. 25. has been off,
cially proclaimed by President Will
liam II. Taft as Thanksgiving day
The presidents proclamation was Is
sued. as usual. from the state depart
ment. where II received the Official
seal OF the United States.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-09-09

LYDIA May Gary, r. r. Z. 1915
Elizabeth Nance, Herndon,
K. l pee Dec ............3545
Mary Nuckols.. ..765
Naomi Johnson, Oak Grove,
II. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. .425
Helen Baker, r. F. D. 4......330
Eddie Jones, Herndon, R. ..220
Laurie Thurmond, Gracey. ..150
Claudio Brodie, r. R. s.. 25
Mabel Maddox, Julien 20
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-09-09
District No. 6.
MUSIC RECITAL
Introducing Misses Bird and
Wendemuth.

The recital given at Bethel College
Monday night was the first of a
series of delightful affairs President
Brownell promises to the lovers of
music. The music room was filled
to its full capacity and many were
grouped about the doors, unable to
get in. The recital was to introduce
Miss Pearl Bird and Miss Eloise
Wendemuth, of the faculty, both
gifted and accomplished musicians.
Miss Bird is a pianist of rarest ac-
cOmplishments and thorough cultiva-
ton at home and abroad. Miss Wen
demuth's vocal music has often been
enjoyed by the people of Hopkins
vile and she sang several numbers
in manner that delighted her hear
ers. Both ladies were at their best
and the music was greatly enjoyed.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-09-09
.he game while it vas in prOgress.

the game while it was in progress.
They were compelled to try two
doors and the delay gave those in
side a chance to stop the game and
make an attempt to conceal the out
fit.
When an entrance was finally fore
ed. seven men were arrested. Four
of them had retired to a room ad-
joining the one containing the table.
They were lying down, two on bed
and two on the floor, all with their
arms bent over their faces and so
sound asleep that the officers had to
shake some of them to arouse them.
in spite of the early hour. All of the
occupants Of the room were placed
under arrest. Pat Sims had the key
to the room containing the furniture
and the other room was spoken of
as Oscar Cooleys room. The proper
ty taken is said to have belonged to
one or both Of these.
This is the second important catch
this summer. Another game raided
some time ago resulted in $50 in fines
and a hold over to the grand jury on
the charge of suffering gaming.
The officers who took part in the
capture were Chief Roper, Lieut..
Hawkins, w. E. Shanklin, E. T.
Shanklin, H. D. Denton, j. w. Smith
and Jared Renshaw.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-09-09
Death List Grows.

1t is believed by the authorities
that the casualties in Northern Mex
leo from the recent floods will not
be less than 1000. President Brown.
of the National Railways, has re-
turned to Mexico City from the
flooded districts. He says the dam
age wrought is the worst in the his
tory of the Republic. The monetary
loss to the railroads is already placed
at 81, 000, 900 and may be doubled.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-09-09
Captured on Raid on a
Seventh Street Gam
bling Room.
POLICE HOT ON TRAIL.
Seven Arrests Made And
Much Property Was
Coniscated.

The police force made the biggest
catch in the gambling line that has
been made for several years, about
seven o'clock Tuesday evening. A
fully equipped gambling house was
raided in a rear room upstairs over
Guy Canuon's saloon, on Seventh
street and a large quantity of prop
erty confscated under the law. A
poker table, 25 decks of cards and
about 600 poker chips were included
in the capture.
The police have been watching the
game closely but experienced much
difficulty in finding a way to reach
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-09-09

that the acorn had sprOuted in tn,
child's nose. The air passages in thu
child's nasal organ were almost en-
tirely closed up by the sprouts. Fol
several weeks she had been treated
for acute catarrh.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-09-09
Welded in Nashville.

Mrs. Cornelia F. Davie, of this
county, and Mr.. Henry Young were
married in Nashville, Tenn, Thurs:
day, by Rev. w. H. Vaughan.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-09-09

1000 Bushels Seed Wheat,
Gill and Fulcaster-recleaned. Free
from onions. e. D. Jones & Son,
Cumberland phone 1872.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-09-09

Cannibals are killing and eating
foreigners in the Malaha add TAM
cha regions of South Africa
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-09-09
This Is Last Count But One
Before The Finish
Saturday.
CLOSES SEPT. HAT NOON
Miss Katie Mitchell Seems
To Be a Sure Winner
In No. a.

The closest districts in the Popular
ity contest will be in No. I, and No.
2, where it is nip and tuck between
Misses Harris and Butler in one dis
trict and Misses Dawson and Gary in
the other. Miss Katie Mitchell in
No. appears to be an easy winner,
unless some one has a surprise in
store.
AS the contest is determined by
the final count, there is a possibility
that a seemingly certain rasult may
be changed at the last moment.
The ballot box will be closed at
noon Saturday and at one o'clock
the final count will be made by a
committee composed of Messrs.
Thos. w. Long, Chas. S. Jackson and
Jas. o. Cook.
The counts made from time to
time are all shown by memoranda on
the bundles of ballots in the box and
where the contests are close enough
to justify recount, these bundles
will be opened and the counts verif-
ed.
The winners will be notified at
once. if they are within reach of a
telephone, in order that they may
have time to prepare for the trip
next Wednesday morning at 1905.
In addition to the Kentuckian' s
party, there will be many other
Hopkinsville people in attendance.
The editor of the Kentuckian will
accompany the party. which will be
CHARTERED at the Gait House while in
Louisville.
The count yesterday stood as fol.
lows:
District No 1.
Miss Flora Harris, RID. 5......2185
" Virginia Butler, RID. 2...2OlO
" Ethel Brown, Crofton ......685
Maude Brasher, Crofton. ...41O
Augusta BryantCerulean 200
District No. 2.
Miss Maude Dawson, Herndon.. .9445
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-09-09
ACORN IN NOSE.
Little Oak Tree Had Roots
in Child's Nasal Organ.

Fulton, KY, Sept. ga small
acorn was removed from the nose Of
little Dorothy Drysdale, daughter of
Edgar Drysdale, and it was found
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-21

ever, the decadence of this one-time sum- mer home of President Washington has been due to neglect rather than to any inherent defect in construction, and a movement is now on foot to restore the building, which. by the way, was the scene of the wedding of James and Dolly Madison
 Two miles from Harewood is Clay mount which, thanks to its excellent state of preservation, is now accounted George Washington's architectural masterpiece. George Washington drew the plans for this mansion, but did not supervise its construction, which was carried on by relative. The manor house consists of central building of brick with two com- modious wings, and on each side a sep. arate twostory building connected with the long rectangular building by brick walled courtyard 30 feet square The con nected buildings, which are all con structed almost wholly of yellow brick, have an aggregate length of 2o0 feet. On the north front of this expansive struc- ture only a stone entrance portieo re- lieves the rather severe outlines, but 90-foot veranda, two-stories in height, stands out conspicuously on the south front.
 George Washington's partiality for spacious hall as a desirable architectural detail is indicated by the dimensions of
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this apartment at Claymount. It is parallel with the front of the house and 40 feet in length by 20 feet in width. The oak wainscoting of the walls is feature the carved panels extending to the ceiling, which is finished in the same wood. Opening from the hail. opposite the main entrance, are the drawing-room and library, while an arch under grace ful staircase serves as the entrance to passage that leads to the dining-room and the tearoom or breakfast-room adjoining. Visitors 10 the house are, as a rule, most deeply impressed by the study which adjons the library. This apartment occu- pies the full width of the building, and consequently has windows on three sides. At either end is a large, open fireplace. In many of the rooms there, may be ob- served ideal examples of that white wood- work which Is one of the most attractive features of the ideal colonial house.
 Distant about twelve miles from Clay mount is Audey, another one of the his toric homes of the Washingtons and one which has always been of more than ordinary interests to architects and others because of it's novel floor plan. The house at Audley is not imposing in exterior ap- pearance, nor is it of the most familiar Colonial type, being but one story in height. The floor plan above referred to conforms to the outlines of the letter
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years before 1t came into the possession of George Washington through inherit ance, the latter gave the impress of his Individuality to the stately structure and all its surroundings by means of numer- ous alterations and improvements, both within and without the great house" and its subordinate structures. Similarly. the mansion at the nearby estate of Arling ton, although not erected until after Washington's death, plainly evidences many of his distinctive ideas as to archi- tectural arrangement. The presence of the Washington influence in the case of this building is readily explainable since it was erected by Washington Parke Gus tis, adopted son of George Washington, who had lived for years at Mount Yer pon and had, naturally, adopted many /of the ideas of the Father of His Coun- try.
 The Colonial homes, for the design and construction of which George Washington was most largely responsible, are located in the picturesque Shenandoah Valley. The whole territory of which Charles Town, W. Va, is the center isgof espe-
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of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled:
 That out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to pay to the Treasurer of the Mt. Vernon Avenue Association. chartered by the laws of Virginia said Mt. Vernon Avenue Association being the assignee of the State of Virginia, the sum of $120,00O, with interest at six per cent. per annum, from the dates of the re- spective advances made by the state of Virginia until paid, being the sum loaned by the State of Virginia, to the United States, through President George Wash ington, and used for the purpose of con strncting public buildings of Washington, District of Columbia, for the use of the Federal Government, which said appro- priation shall be in full satisfaction and payment of the amount heretofore claimed by the State of Virginia on said account.
 That the money hereby appropriated and directed to be paid to the said as- signee of the State of Virginia shall be expended in laying out, opening, con structing and for the Improvement of a public avenue and highway from Wash ington, District of Columbia, to the tomb of Washington at Mount Vernon, as de- scribed in the charter of the Mount Yer non-Avenue Association.
 That said association may construct it's avenue through the Arlington estate by such routes and under such supervision as shall be approved of by the Secretary of War.
 That the cost of constructing said avenue through the Arlington estate, to an amount not exceeding $50,000, shall be paid out of the Treasury. out of any money not appropriated and in addition to the sum heretofore appropriated upon the certificate of the Secretary of War.
 That this act shall be in force from its passage.
 When Representative Carlin's bill was introduced to the House it was referred to the Committee of Claims. The last week in January Representative Carlin requested that consideration of the report of the Committee of Claims on the bill be
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rangements for building the highway, so that when the funds are available there will be no delay in carrying the work to a speedy completion.
 T consider it a straight government proposition, for while Washington was a son of Virginia, he was the first com mander of the armies of the United States, the first president of the United States and will always remain the first citizen of this republic It would be only fair that the state of Virginia should donate the right of way. The building and maintenance of the highway should be in the hands of the Federal government, with concurrent police jur- isdlction along its route.
 My suggestion would be that the right of way for the road should be 60 feet wide. This would admit of a roadway 20 feet wide and allow plenty of room for drainage and parking. 1 have not personally examined any of the routes proposed, but l have studied very care fully the survey made under General Hains, and I am satisfied such road as I suggest could be constructed for $300,000. Of course, I do not mean to say that the road would be everything that could be desired in the way of landscape gardening and other matters. But once good highway is completed the government will take care of the rest.
 My estimate on the cost of construc- ton is based on the accomplishment of the New York state road builders, and by the way they are building roads. whose reports show that 1t costs about S1 0O0 a mile for each foot of width to construct a macadam roadway. This means for q 20-foot roadway an expen- diture of S20,000 mile. As I said, have not been over the roads and am not familiar with the engineering prob lens that would have to be solved; but l understand that the grade on the west route is good and that only one bridge is necessary.
 Many of the former plans for the building of the Mt. Vernon roadway have been too monumental, and Con-
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made the order of business for February p (Washington's Birthday).
 Speaker Cannon said that he did not see any reason why the bill should not receive consideration on that day, and made the order. Concurrent with the presentation of the bill in the House,-Senator Martin. of Virginia, introduced a similar bill in the Senate, which was passed unanimous ly by that body
 Representative Carln comes from the old Alexandria district, and while still young man has made himself felt in Congress. He said recently in reference to the bill
 "I consider the obtaining of a highway from Washington to Mount Vernon as my life work. Furthermore, I would be pleased to retire into private life were the man who could bring this boon to the American people, for from my youth l have been member of the Mount Vernon Avenue Association, and l have always realized the connecting link that this roadway would prove between the home of our first and greatest president and the city that bears his name One thing of which we Virginians can never be accused of is lack of patriotism. am patriot first and Virginian after ward. This I consider rather good combination. In my boyhood I travelled many times to Mount Vernon, saw the Telics of George Washington there, and I might say sat at the footstool of the father of my country and imbibed my democracy and my patriotism in those inn pressive surroundings. The Mount Vernon Association was organized in the office of my employers when I was law stu dent. I was an interested spectator of the first meeting. The association has been working quietly and unostentatiously to attain results and has been successful in doing much preliminary work. The sur vey made under the direction of General Hains was as complete, and is today, as could be made The work was very exhaustive and shows three different routes.
 ''The most plausible plan, in my opinion. after years of study, is the west route,
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II. An immense drawing room and an almost equally spacious dining room oc- cupy the entire front of the house, cor responding to one of the parallel lines of the capital H. long broad hall cor responding to the cross bar of the Il connects these rooms with the other section of the house which Is devoted to sleeping apartments.
 No mention of the residences for which George Washington has stood sponsor would be in any sense complete without reference to Woodlawn, a charming Colonial mansion located in Culpeper County, Virginia. about five miles from Mount Vernon. This manor house, which is today in the most excellent state of preservation. is generally accounted. next to Mount Vernon, the most significant Of all the Washington homes because of the fact that it represents a labor of love on the part of the distinguished architect builder Gen Washington built Wood lawn as n wedding gift for his favorite, Nelly Custs, his adopted daughter. upon whom centered the most demonstrative affection of Washington's later life. The main building at Woodawn is of pure COlonlal deblSn hnu IS Iofly ny siNAs feet in size There is a veranda at the main entrance. a spacious hall and all the other well-known features of thls style habitatlon including the wings con- nected by corridors with the main strue- ture, these wings being little more than one story in height while the central DOT tion has q height of two stories. The whole structure is of brick.
 George Washington gets credit for "Octagon House." which Is located q few squares from the White House at Washington and is today one of the show places of the capital city The nations first Chief Magistrate laid off the ground in this vicinity and prepared the orig inal plans for the mansion although if was left to another architect to carry out these plans. Octagon House, which was temporarily used as the Presidential Mansion after the British soldiers burned the White House in 1874, derives it's name from its octagonal form Buildings of unusual outline seem to have been something of fad with Architect George Washington He built sixteen-sded barn at Mount Vernon and the mill which he constructed ou that estate was likewise many sided
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zzu1TH the approval of President Roosevelt and the hearty co-opera- W tion of the patriotic societies of the country, the proposed National Highway from Washington to Mt Vernon will soon be an~ accomplished Act, unless some thing unforeseen happens. This broad way from Washington to Mt. Vernon is plan ned as a memorial to George Washing ton and bids fair to rival the most fam ous road of history-the Appian Way of Rome
 Of all cities in the country Washington has larger number of tourists each year than any other. Every stranger who visits the National capital is anxious to visit the tomb of the Father of His Country, and see with his own eyes the historic relics in the home of the first President of the United States. which / occupies a commanding position on the Potomac River fifteen miles below Wash ington.
 There are two ways of reaching Mt. Vernon. One is by means of an electric railroad that offers but scant view of the many beauties of the surrounding coun- try and the other is by boat which af- lords view only of the broad Potomac and the wooded shores on either side. A broad Highway between the two places of National interest has long been cherished dream of the patriotic.
 For many years patriotic societies have been bringing the matter before Con gress for action, hht until 1890 no action was taken. At that time Congress ap- propriated ten thousand dollars for the purpose of having surveys made Of number of proposed routes As result, Gen. Peter c. Hains, who was at that time Engineer Officer in charge of Public Buildings and Grounds, placed con- petent force in the field and three sur veys with intersecting lines were made. These surveys were reported to Congress by the President and no further. action was taken until the present session of Congress when the Virginia Legislature unearthed an old claim against the United States for money lent by the State to the First Congress atathe instance of George Washington for the purpose of building the Capitol. This sum amounted to $12o,0OO. Investigation of United States records in the Treasury Department showed that the claim was just one
 The Virginia Legislature passed a bill some months ago deeding to an associa- tion which had been incorporated as the Mt Vernon Avenue Association its right and title to this money and asking Con- gress to turn the money over to the As sociation for the purpose of building grand National Highway from Washing ton to Mt. Vernon.
 Representative c. c. Carlin. of Vir- ginia, who has been connected with the Mt Vernon Association since the in cipiency twenty years ago. introduced the following bill in Congress during the present session:
 R. 1t enacted by the Senate and House