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The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-12-24
KENTUCKY KERNELS.

Tom Short, Trigg county, dies
Joseph Beckman, Louisville, dies.
Corbin remains "dry" by % majority.
VIM. N. Stokes, of Russell county, dies
Annie Turner Cerulean, seriously burned
Leonard Mann, 81, of Kenton county, burned
TO death.
Edward III. Marin, formerly of Newport, dies
in Florida.
Murray waterworks bonds sold in Chicago,
above par
Hugh Arrant, accidentally shots himself
while hunting in Graves.
Recent cold snap does damage to crops in
Central Kentucky.
G. A. Atkinson, revenue agent from Magoffin,
removed from office.
Charles Bradford freezes to death in few
feet of his home at Winchester.
First National bank, of Burnside resumes
operation after being in hands of receiver three
months.
Charles Sheat, Trigg county farmer, attacked
by footpads at Hopkinsville, knocked insensible
and robbed.
John Lewis, Murray, dies
"Uncle" Joe Graves, Civil war veteran, dies
at Burkesville.
c. J. jackson, undertaken, and Ed. Palmer,
contractor, thrown from hearse at Owingsvlle
and seriously injured.
William Murray shoots and kills Gilbert Cole.
Mrs. Murray, his wife, and mother n-law, then
himself in Laurel county.
w. 5. Hamilton, of Brandenburg, graduate
of Kentucky State University, next holder of
Rhodes Scholarship at Oxford University, Eng
land.
Fielding Metcalfe, of Hustonville. while on
way home to spend Christmas, has attack of
heart failure at Cincinnati and may not re-
cover.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-12-24
DIR Meyer Loyitch.
d. c. WRIGHT

We are accustomed to hear much
today about the degeneracy OF the
stage and of the pernicious influence
that the theater is exerting over the
impressionable and susceptible hearts
and minds of the youth OF the land.
Scarcely anyone who il acquainted
with existing conditions will deny
that there Is much justification for
such structures and criticism. But
every now and then there Is present
ed upon the boards a play that re-
deems the stage from the ill-repute
into which IL has fallen and raises II
once again in the estimation of right
thinking men and women to It's prop
ct place as a great educative, refin-
ing and uplifting force Such a play
| think, is "The Servant in the
House." which was presented in our
city last night. II Is a play OF more
than the average literary excellence
and at times its lines rise to great
poetic heights. Being play with
out the usual dramatic clap-trap and
not lending itself readily to the or
binary tricks of our developed stage
mechanism. il holds the audience by
the sheer might OF its spirit and by
its own intrinsic worth. For with
out too much preaching II teaches
great and timely lesson. II is in
reality a sermon on the stage. ser
mon directed not so much to the pew
ac IN fha nulnft II fa n Iovpnoufe
frank but reverent criticism of the
church and OF much of our religion
today. Too many OF our churches
and too many OF our religious insti-
buttons, as the author intimates. are
built over grave-yards, are erected
over the decayed and reeklng bones
Of osslfied and meaningless forms
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-12-24
MAYFIELD'S TOBACCO WAR.

Mayfield press agents have inaugurated a to-
bacco war there Between McCracken county
and gravel roads, and the increased number of
buyers here, following the opening of loose
leaf auction house in Paducah, Mayfeld, per
haps more than any other tobacco center has
felt the trade gradually slipping away, and
coming to this city, where there are many adj
vantages that cannot be discounted We note
in long story about the keenness of competi-
ton among the buyers there, that the price
range is So to S. for Jugs and $3.50 to $1,000
for leaf, just trifle under the prices paid on
the loose leaf floor in Paducah.
We haven't any tobacco war in Paducah
more than there always is just at the season
when the buyers are stocking up; but we have
more warehouses, more brokers and more fac
tories than we have had before in fifteen years,
and if Mayfeld is feeling an unusual stimulus,
it is just a reflection of our local conditions,
produced by Mayield's proximity to the big
western district market town-Paducah.
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and ceremonies, and founded upon
antiquated and outgrown doctrines
and beliefs that have long ceased to
be of vital significance and without
power OF attracting the men and wO-
men of our age IL Is a powerful re-
minder that service, no matter how
lowly and unostentatious, Is the very
fundament of all true religion and
Is the only basis upon which the
great universal church can be So
curely built. Such play. presenting
as it does n vital. religious theme
most reverently and without offense
to the religious scruples of even the
most sensitive, cannot be but uplift-
Ing. ennobling and inspiring to those
witnessing IT, no matter what the
creed be that they profess, or the
name of the church In which they
worship. Taken all In all Il IL a
great play and one which should tend
TO restore the stage to It's proper
place in the community among those
forces making for uplftment and
for righteousness.
RABBI MEYER LOVITCH.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-12-24
CHRISTMAS GIFT
Whence came Christmasl


We will pass by the mistletoe relic of the
druids in England, where it was considered
sacred; and the hilarity, an heirloom from the
reign of the Lord of Misrule in England, and
our rude, barbaric, Thor and Wooden worship
ping ancestors.
The real Chrstmas-what is it fort 1t is
well sometimes to get back to the source of our
actions and measure them by fundamental mo-
tives to see how well we conform to speci6ca-
tions. When the original pattern is lost and we
follow a copy, that copy may vary ever so little
from the perfect; but bye and bye We shall
learn, if the pattern is found, that the variance
has increased monstrously until our later pro-
ducts are but travesties conforming neither in
shape, size nor purpose to the original.
We celebrate the advent of Him on earth,
who held up, next to the love of God, the love
of his fellowman, and instead of laying down
rules of conduct, simply said ''follow me" and
set the example, Consequently, the Christmas
celebration especially emphasizes the humani-
tartan side of the religion, and its application
TO the principles of life in accordance with our
divine pattern. In that view of it, the custom
of giving presents, of remembering the poor,
and the cheer of the occasion are not misplaced.
We are living in an humanitarian era though
our discoveries of age old cruelty and neglect
make us think otherwise, and more and more as
social ethics progress we are brought to a re-
dhdtlou III a very PidCtlCdl ScHSc we are
our brothers keeper. But we must not let the
difficulty of the whole problem Of the human
uplift dull us to the demands of the hour The
brotherhood of man is matter of the heart
as well as the head. Satire, irony and invective
acid tests of human motives, valuable in
the laboratory of the critics. but the dynamics
of The brotherhood movement are cheerful
heart, smiling face and warm hand clasp.
We may feel that our efforts are futile, that
our opportunities and outlook are circumscrib-
ed, that we can accomplish nothing in the
world; but in our circumscribed environments
we are affecting lives every moment. The move
ment spreads from man to man. We influence
those with whom we come in contact, and they
take their impetus and direction from us and
set others in motion, and So we oscillate, touch
ing one and then another, seemingly getting no
where, but creating an immense amount of agi-
tation for so small a body. As iron is heated
by the increasing velocity of molecular move
ment, starting from the end in the fire and ex-
Vending toward the farther end; the broth
crhood movement grows, the vigor of the
movement gradually subsiding as it reaches
the cold, forbidding air of the world and in
creasing as more of the iron is brought to the
fire.
This is the truth of the Christmas spirit One
gentle heart and smiling face and warm hand in
a community does more for the regenera-
ton of the human race, than million diatribes
against class oppression. The fact makes
Christmas humanity valuable, as well as pleas
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-12-24
News on The
"Seruant in
The House,

The Evening Sun, through the
courtesy of the management of the
Servant in the House" company, Sc
cured criticisms of the play from
the viewpoint of the pulpit and the
educator. Sickness prevented an
article by a member of the Woman's
club; and one from the social-labor
viewpoint failed to reach our desk
as expected.
However we present today the
opinions OF Prof. J. A. Carnagey,
superintendent of public schools. Dr.
Meyer Lovitch. rabbi of Temple Is
rael. and DIR. David Cady Wright. of
Grace church.
Dr. ID. c. Wright.
Viewed simply as a piece of dra-
matte writing "The Servant in the
House" is without doubt a work of
genius, as stimulating as II is baf-
fling, as Illuminating as it is Elusive.
Whatever else may be its mission, it
is thought compeller. A genera
ton ago. the sage of New England
said that worship had become one Of
the Loot arts-had he lived today,
might he not have said that indepen-
dent thought was fast becoming
one of the lost arts? Men are too
busy, too self-centered. too absorb
ed in the hurry and rush of things
to take time to think and anything
that can force them to take serious
thought on any vital subject is just so
far well worth while. THE Servant
in the House" exposes to view the
present foundations OF society and
religion. then seemingly proposes a
remedy which in itself is so sugges-
tive though vague, as to lead one on
TO deeper investigation still. Though
it by no means furnishes the finish
ed product of a solution of present
day problems. 1t yet is capable of
setting in motion the machinery
which will eventually produce the re-
suit. And what is Its message? Who
can say? II lays the axe at the root
OF many a tree, but does not tell us
what will survive the process, II
pulls down many an institution but
does not lay single new foundation.
il exposes the fallacy of many a
cherished doctrine but does not
enunciate a sufficing truth. Its mis-
sion is distintegration and exposure.
perhaps necessary though danger
Gus. at least thought compelling.
Unsatisfying, tantalizing. stimulate
ing. bold to the verge of destructive
ness but not destroying. suggesting
but not solving. II is at least an an
tidote to the modern banality OF
SECONDHAND thinking. secondhand
morality, religion and intellectual
pabulum swallowed predigested.
which is one of the curses OF mod
ern life.
n g. WRIGHT
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-12-24
Prof. J. A. Carnagey.

This Is in many ways a most re.
markable play. full OF strong human
interest that catches and holds the
audience under its spell without a
break from the time the curtain
rises until II falls az the close.
The subject Is as old as humanity
itself-the struggle for supremacy
In the life OF man between Good and
Evil.
The weakest character in the play
Is Manson. the Mystic. The nam,
Joshua" Il simply Jesus spelled DIFF
ferently. II the Christ should come
again in a re-incarnated form. he
would not come as an Uriah Hcep
The Umble," but as a strong. yirIls
man.
The author has followed the pop.
ular conception In making Christ
effeminate. instead OF. as he was. a
strong character man who could
use the scourge to drive the money
changers and other "grafters" out oil
his Fathers house.
The strong character in the play
TO my mind. Is the Outcast. Here Il
a man. whose life regenerated by
love, sympathy and understanding
who is willing, Ike his Master. "a
lay down his life for others Great
.er love hath no man than this, that
he lay down his life for his friends.
Underneath when one reads be-
tween the authors lines. Is a cover,
thrust at the modern church. and an
attempt to make the life and teach
ings OF the Christ sanction modern
Socialism.
]. A. CARNAGEY.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-12-24
Senator McCreary For Governor.

In its edition of yesterday The Gazette print
ed an article from the Cadiz Record suggesting
ex-senator James b. McCreary for governor.
AS the editor, General Henry r.. Lawrence, is a
devoted friend of Governor j. C. W. Beckham,
who made him adjutant general, the sugges-
ton is significant, showing that there is desire
among Governor Beckham s friends to do their
best to unite the factions even if on a candidate
who has generally opposed him. The sugges-
ton of Senator McCreary for governor strikes
us with much force and we had intended sug-
costing him ourselves, but are glad that it came
from one nearer to Governor Beckham than we
Gazette Uexington)
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-12-24
CHRISTMAS CAROL.
(By Phillips Brooks.)

(By Phillips Brooks)
The earth has grown old with its
| burden of care,
But at Christmas II always is
young,
The heart of the jewel burns lustrous
and fair,
And its soul full of music bursts
forth on the air,
When the song of the angels Is
sung.
Il is coming, Old Earth. 1t is COM
ing tonight
On the snow-flakes which cover
thy sod
The feet of the Christ-child fall gen.
tie and white,
And the voice of the Christ-child
tells out with delight
That mankind are the children OF
God.
On the sad and the lonely, the
wretched and poor,
The voice OF the Chrlst-child snall
fall;
And to every blind wanderer open
the door
OF hope that he dared not to dream
of before,
With a sunshine Of welcome for
all.
The feet OF the humblest may walk
In the field
Where the feet of the holiest trod.
This. them, is the marvel to mortaIs
revealed
When the silvery trumpets OF Christ
mas have pealed,
That mankind are the children or
God.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-12-24

ant. 1t is why the world lives from one Christ
mas to another. We have our good side to-
ward our felowmen this week. You may OBJ
serve it in the greetings on the street.
And here is recipe for merry Christmas,
let it be the Evening Suns greeting:
Accept every gift as if you thought it came
from the heart of the giver, and your thanks
will go to his heart and bring you better gift.
Give, not with an apology for the cheapness
of the gift, but as if you gave your heart with
it, and then the gift will not be cheap.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-12-24
The presentation was

complete surprise for Mr.. Reidhead.
who was summoned TO the Office os-
tensibly on n business call. and when
he entered the Office the employees
were grouped there. and Mr.. l.. a.
Sohier made the speech of present.
alton. Mr.. Reldhead was caught oc
guard. but he replied with a few
words OF thanks. The camera Is a
handsome one, and Mr.. Reidhead
was delighted with the gift He Will
leave for Boston the flrst OF next
week.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-12-24
STATE PRESS.
Handing It Right Back.

There are some merchants in Bardwell who
are very bitter in their attacks on the mail
order houses, but who send away from home to
some cheapjohn printery and have their job
printing DONE Their printing, like the ma
jority of goods that come from mail order
houses, is on the cheap ORDER but these are the
sort of fellows who raise the biggest howl about
the damage the mail order houses are doing
Carlisle News
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-12-24
CAMBRIA
PRESENTED To MIR. q. u. REID
HEAD BY EMPLOYEES.
Retiring Manager Of stone n Webs
ter Properties u Given u
Remembrance.

As a token OF their appreciation
the employees OF the Paducah Trac-
ton company and the Paducah Light
and Power company presented Mr.
r. e. Reldhead. the retiring mana
ger. with a handsome tourists cam
era yesterday afternoon at $40
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-12-24

Judging from the number of people, who
send petitions to the general council, protesting
against action long since taken and involving
the good faith of that body, we suspect that
most people don't pay much attention to the
general run of the city's business.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-12-24

Daughter-Ma, / think you'd better let pa
smoke in the house.
Mother-I should like to know why.
Daughter-Every Christmas we have trouble
trying to find present for him-everythng is
so expensive, you know; but we can always get
very pretty ash trays at thirty cents.--Los An
gelcs Times.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-12-24
Nav Go West.

Editor Elias Barry, of Benton, is gone to
Columbus, Tex, for the purpose, it is said, of
buying newspaper. If he does he will prob
ably sell out his interests in Kentucky and go
west-Mayfield Messenger.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-12-24

IL you are tired this evening don't blame it
on the frightening days. Today is exactly
the same length as yesterday: but a minute
longer than the day before. Christmas will
stretch out another minute.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-12-24

Out of respect to the day, no edition of The
Evening Sun will be published tomorrow.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-12-24

cochran Shoe Go. sell the Anvil
Brand Shoes for boys and girls. The
best sold In Paducah.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-12-24

Might we presume to suggest that the depo-
larization of DIR. Cook was not unaccompanied
by shockl
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-12-24

If IT'S ONLY H1ADACHU-
Why Cornelison's Headache Liver PHI,
Will cure that. 10 cents. Guaranteed
by all drugglsts
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-12-24

Is he really doctorl
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-12-24
Daily Thought.

"Among the wonders of Christmas music
still be counted this one-that mortals may,
like God give the Christ himself to the world y
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-19
OLD LADY MADE THE VICTIM
Dispute Among carpins Grammarians
the Cause OF Her Being Car
red Past Her Station.

Dear me, now" exclaimed the
nervous old lady, with the II pnck
ages and the parrot, bound for Cookie
on-the Shell What did the guard
say was The next station? Did hc sa5
Coekie-on-the SHELF"
Excuse me- demonstrated The cir
from Girlon You mean what is The
next station. IT'S still station, yoo
know"
You're wrong, madam" interposeo
IN octogenarian VIVA, Is was. isn't
In"
rs ia wa4?" asked the Glrton sir
sharply
Don't be rido1ious!" mapped tho
old lady Was may be Is, but il wu
Was Is. ,heu is Isn't IL or WIS wasu
was" She passed her haud across ba.
fepered brow If was Is, was is was
isn't ~ she continued Eui ii Il
IL was, then"
Listen interposed d frth. rs is /.
was was; WAC was was. Is is is"
On, well, anyway, cried he Old
lady, rs The next station ny station
-~Cockie,on-the-S Shell 2"
No madam replied thc octogenar
ian But it was We have Just gout
by London AuaWer3,
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-19
WHEAT IS STRONG.
Prices Went to New Hioh Marks Yes
terdsy on Euiiish News
from Argentine.

| Chicago, Dee. lS.-Fl.OUR-F Firm
Winter patents S5.19M5.60; stra ght,
i60M5.35; sprin- patents not quote !,
5traigbts l,7oM 4.9e; bakers 305W
$40.
WHEAT Prices SCARED to new
| heights today, owing to the sensation
ally huliish news from Argentino. De
cember advanced to SI.12 ami May tC
Liz, gains Of | Y and Sc respective
ly compared to the previous high rec
ords. The advonce i'll December is
llmoht 10 cents above the closing fig
Tres OF a week ago May gained
within the weel. The market opened
'ather weak. hut within fifteen min
ties December advanced to l.l1ai. A
'eport from Argentine claimed a gain
Of lis and liz cents. The inference
generally derived from this unusual
advance was that the wheat crop IN
argentina had Ecen injured TO y
,reater extent than at first realized.
The TACT. however. that the European
markets failed to respond to the bTi ICE
t Ruenoa Ayres tended 10 diSrtdd
he report Shorts we're extremely iii
easy over The aitualion. combined with
he mere; sing congestion IN Dee, N
,er, aud covered freely all day. In
ecame extremely builish, Dece llbe'
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-19

Wilfred Stevens, Chief Translator Of
the State Department, Is a Lin
4 guistic Wonder.

Wifred Stevens of Shakopee, Min,
nesota, translator ia the service of
she United States government. has Il
working knowledge Of 20 odd Ian.
guaees and can converse in as many
dialects OF various other tongues rs
may be demanded Of him. He know
more diplomatic secrets than any OF
hcial OF the government, with the pos.
Sihle exception Of the president and
secretary OF state In his capacity o.
chiet translator Of the state depart
ment he practically reads every secre,
message that comes To Washington
from other governments. When he
entered the state department as !;
translator a little more than five year
ago he was familiar with nine lar
auaees. and since that time has ma
tered every language of political Ia
pnctaEce Ia tne world, Mr.. Steven
has recently perfected an entire
original classification of all the Oh
nese8eharacters whereby he il able
place his finger instantly on any on
OF the 2,0o9-~aomething which is val
tn be impossible under any other ella.
sification now in use
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-19
STOCKS ARE DULL
Market Affected by Approach of the
Holidays-Yesterday's Close
Irregular.

New York, Dec. 1S.-The stock mar
ket was affected by the approach O
the holidays and was dull and unin
teresting. The merger of a number
OF the Guggenheim copper mining
properties promptedgsome realizing il
the group which have risen violently
on the prospect. The bearing of this
project on the larger combination OF
copper producers, which was once
definitely reported in process of for
nation, was left to surmise, without
stimulating any great activity.
Attention was directed again to the
Rock Islands sale of the Frisco BY
the report that the Chicago, Rock Isl
and and Pacific railroad had sold
treasury bonds to the railway to the
amount Of $7,500,000, the proceeds to
go for the redemption Of the com
pany's five per cent collateral bonds
to release the Frisco stock. The in
ference would follow that the price
realized had come that far from pro
viding the amount required for the
redemption of the bonds. That fact
was taken in connection with the
terms OF the original purchase by the
Rock Island of the Frisco stock
which, besides the SEQ per share. was
now being redeemed at l021a, inclu,l
ed $50 per share in Rock Island com
mon stock. Rock Island common am
preferred nevertheless rallied briskly
from the decline of the last few days
The downward movement of ex
change rates was believed to make
gold exports to London less likely
The feeling was more confident, con
sequently, over the year end money
market. The later market showee
some strength. but the closing tone
was irregular,