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The Columbus journal., 1909-10-27

stop thief" and turn the powerful
resources Of the government to har'
aauing enterprise, with tie endeavol
to confscate its property, take away
its character. destroy it, good win,
does il not stand to reason that We
thus kill ambition, destroy initiative,
smother aspiration and get . condition
where expansion ceases, orders are
cancelled, men laid of and the whole
land suffers?
We have been in . state of panic
through the policy Of burning our
barns to kill the mice. The national
conditions have been pathologic.
Happily, however, We are now get
ting our nerves hack to normal, and
sanity is taking the place Of hysteria.
Modern millionaires do not hoard
they invest. The successful man a.
ways and forever widening, extending,
building. improving, and it is oil in
the line Of human service, of human
betterment. To exploit society is to
fail. and Ill wise. successful men
know it.
To plumber is to die.
Nothing is more silly and absurd
than the idea that the men who have
built up the great modern American
fortunes are intent on ease and luxury.
As . class they are men e abstemious
habits, simple, rapid and direct in
their dealings. They work sixteen
hours day. They are in the game,
and can't get out of it if they would.
Their millions are invested in . way
that makes use an imperative neces.
sity. To liquidate would be red ruin.
They say I am rich" once said
james ]. Hill to ne, "and they roll of
the number of my millions. The fact
is, I owe more money than all the men
in Minnesota. To make my invest
ments profitable and keep them from
fading away, I am obliged to eternally
struggle keeping them active"
One investment calls for another to
protect it, and 90 Mr.. Hill is always
building, always extending. This
eternal unrest of business means
national prosperity. To picture the
great business-builder as a parasite,
living on the labor of the proletariat,
is IN insult to the intelligence of the
age.
Should our government begin to
confiscate private property in the name
of the law, that instant will enterprise
grow old and senility pirate of the
past. But this is not to be. We are
beginning to realize that business is
built on confidence; that, when we
destroy faith in our commercial fab
ric we are actually taking the roofs
from homes, snatching food from chill
dren and pushing bodies naked out
into the storm.
Business means homes, gardens,
books, parks, music, good roads,
schools-safety, peace and prosperity
and of these things the world has
not yet seen q plethora.
Shall We blast, wither and destroy
with the breath of our mouths all that
holds dear3 I think not.
We can direct and regulate, but we
will do it in justice and not in blind
ness and wrath, lest We welcome the
angels of peace with bloody hands to
graves, and we ourselves 20
down in the sunken roadway, horse
and rider, pursuer and pursued
Gilbert Hubbard.
The Columbus journal., 1909-10-27
Truthful Evasion.

"Have any luck fishing yestsrday3~
asked the man who gibes at angling.
Sure" replied the truthful dshs1.
man. Il brought home . me string
Then, to ease his conscience. he
added, under his breath:
There wasn't anything On It. how
ever"
The Columbus journal., 1909-10-27

The ever increasing evidence of
rank Encouragement of state institu-
tions by the democratic politicians
placed in charge of them by . demo-
cratic governor will hardly serve to in
crease the democratic hold on public
confidence even in this year when dem.
ocrats are trying 70 evade the re-
spcnsibility for their u n acts by run.
ming a dark.lantern campaign under
the guise of "non.partisans." The peo-
pie know Why the paint is spread over
the party label this year and demo.
cratic politicians may rest assured that
all their chickens will come home to
roost.-Leigh World.
The Columbus journal., 1909-10-27

Admiral Dewey does not think it
necessary to subsidise steamships in
order to secure all the auxiliary boats
necessary in case of war. He says:
"The American navy is not quite 50
helpless as one might imagine from
Mr.. Lands remarks. We have IF:
teen colliers and sub-transports al.
ready in the service. OF course, these
would not be enough in time of war
and I hope that We shall continue to
add to their number. But one can do
most anything with money, and if we
we're to have war we could purchase
as many ships as We might need. We
did so in the Spanish war. I bought
two myself. * Wars never
come suddenly. There is always am
pie warning and time for preparation.
* 1t would be quite possible
for the United States, whenever there
seemed probability of war, to 60 in.
to the markets of the world and buy
suchsauxiliaries as she lacked. 1t
would, of course, be a great deal bet.
ter if We had them already.
"But there will be no war, and 90
long as We 90 ahead steadily and mod
erately adding to our navy, replacing
the older ships with those of most mod
ern type, retiring the former to the &c.
cond line, no one will ever be able t.
say, like Mr.. Landis, that other nations
do not regard the American navy seri-
ously."-Albion News.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1909-12-02
Teachers Department
HELPS, HINTS. PROBLEMS
Prof c. d. Lewis and Prof z. {. Scale, Editors

Fix your eye on that. The essential
thing is do not look down to see about
each day. If you do you will see many
difficulties. many things to lead you
off and in the end you will find
your path a very crooked one and per-
haps ending far from where you wish
ed it to be.
Have you a chance to work in a
store for $40 per month or teach a
subscription school at $50? Do not
think of doing either. They are like
the little specks of lime lying off of
the right course which led me in a
winding path when l looked down.
Get your vision fixed upon the larger
richer life which lies at the end Of
well spent period of schooling and
you will never think of the things
missed in order to obtain the better
things in the end.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1909-12-02
NEWS OF THE WEEK
tcontinued from First Page)

government will soon take a very
active part in the trouble, and more
marines and warships have been sent
to the scene of fighting.
SUGAR FRAUD TRIALS:-The
first of the Sugar Fraud cases to
come to trial began Monday in New
York. when six former employees OF
the trust we're put into the dock on
the charge of smuggling. If they are
convicted the prosecution VIII next
go after the men higher up.
BURNS GIRL ALIvE:-Because she
had rejected his offer of marriage
Cuban In Tampa, on Monday poured
gasoline over his sweetheart, and set
her on fire. She died few hours
later.
GUARDING JOHN D:-Cleveland
police guarded Forest Hill" the
home of John d. Rockefeller all Tues
day night. They we're acting on in
formation furnished by man named
Sawyer Smith who claims to have
heard a plot being Matched by two
men at Alliance. Ohio, Sunday night.
Smith came 10 Cleveland and inform
ed the police.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1909-12-02

A faithfully REGULATION and Sunday closing"
"Md sincerely wanted by
of sell all, and
model"
high
In faithfully
either failure After nearly three years experience
from whatever
fails control public sentiment the officials
both.
will
We should the unit law
Of
the question FIRST and like Rich
with other will easily settle themselves With
ignorant parties circulated
published challenge contradiction
debauchey
Richmond Vote Saloons Back Next March, Never.
WOODS
POPULATION 1000 TAXABLE VALUATION 100000 TAX RATE
CENTS FOR CITY AND CENTS FOR SCHOOLS
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Letter to Teachers.

got a fine lesson from very I'M
expected source a few days ago, which
wish to share with my teacher
friends
l greatly enjoy lawn tennis, and as
most of you know the tennis court
Is marked off with lines usually made
with lime. One should stretch a cord
across the court to guide in :utting
on the lime, but sometimes we are in
too much of a hurry TO do things in
the best way. l often am in that
particular case, at least.
In the past l have tried to make
the line by looking at the ground and
trying to see where the lime had been
before the rain had washed IT away
but as a general thing | made quite
a crooked mark. A few days ago, how
ever, had a new idea. l took the
can from which l sift the lime, got
at one corner stake, fixed my eyes
on the one at the other corner and
walked toward 1t never looking down
or aside or behind. When l got to
the other end l looked back and found
that | had made a line almost as
straight as a string could be stretch
ed. l was a wiser man in two ways.
DO you ever get discouraged? Do the
days seem long and hard with but a
poor result or none at all? Does the
road to an education and TO success
seem too hard to pay for what you
get at the end? Get your eye on the
stake at the end and keep 1t there
until you have reached it. Do not
stop to look at each days difficulties.
Keep right on shaking your little can
of ability and trust God to help the
line you have made to be white and
straight.
You are near the end OF your school
now, and should be thinking OF enter
ing school yourself in a short while.
Get your eye on the stake at the end
of a college course IL you can and
keep It there until you have reached
1t. Or IL you can not see that FAR
there is one at the end of a course
which will give you State certificate
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1909-12-02
Pure Bred Cattle Sales.
BY Alton NJ. Wonden.


According to figures compiled by
the Breeders Gazette OF the public
sales of pure bred beef cattle made
from 1899 to 1908 both inclusive. the
following good showing is made for
the Aberdeen Angus breed:
The Angus made average OF $50
per head better prices than the two
most prominent other breeds and $50
TO $50 eacn bette than tho other two
They top the market for beef more
often than any others and take more
first prizes at the fat stock shows
than all the others combined
They are hardy, healthy, rustlers,
sure breeders, handsome. docile, easy
to handle. easy TO keep, profitable 2
cars OF yearling baby beef sold, top
ping markets in Chicago about Aug
ust LIST, 1909. for nearly $500 each
head for beef Some car loads 2 year
olds sold last season for over $1i4
for bee.
They make more and better beef
than any other breed.
IL anyone has a better paying stock
of beef cattle want to buy some.
But think better cattle are not
yet discovered. What do you think?
Altamont Range, Tulahoma, Tenn.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1909-12-02
WASHINGTON

ana money Is coming In fast, we have
prosperity: then wages go up
and men get employment and every
body is happy. They are happy. 80
they ought to know. And also, they
are the ones that are running the
business, and they think they ought
to be allowed to judge what is best
for that Business And prosperity
pays them.
But there is another way of looking
at prosperity, and one that is not
quite so simple. Also it looks differ
ent. And tEat is from the house
keepers side-the buyers side. When
a dealer makes a profit, some one
pays 1t. SO, when profits are big.
prices are high. And, also, when pro-
fits are big, 1t means that more mon
ey sticks with the man who is deal
ing, and less goes on to the man
that made the things in the first
place. For that is the nature of pro-
fits. Now the man who works for
wages and the man who raises the
corn, are the men who do E.ost of the
buying. So, when profits are big, the
poor man, the wage Garner and the
farmer, who are paying the big prices,
do not get wages which are as big in
proportion as the prices ere. Their
wages are bigger, for a fact, but not
so much bigger as the prices they
have to pay. They pay for prosperity.
II you figure it that way it looks
different, you see. Naturally the
men who are getting the profits do
not want you to figure 1t that way
But that is what Roosevelt does. He
thinks every man is entitled to a fair
profit, but he wants that profit to
come honestly, and he wants the work.
ing man to get a fair share of it.
So lie has gone after the big, illegal,
stealing corporations, and made them
give up some of their profits. Also
he has gone after those that were
making TOO much, and made them
give up little. OF course, that hurts
business. 1t reduces profits. And pro-
fits are business. But, also, it makes
it possible for the working people, for
you and me TO get little more for
our money.
Now Roosevelt made a great noise
about his reforms. He hurt some peo-
pie, scared some people who were not
hurt Also he scared lot of people
who had money invested. They thought
they would not get such big profits,
and they we're right. So they are
afraid of him, for they are like the
rest of us-they want money. Only
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IN OUR OWN STATE
Continued from First Page)

tobacco are on. Mr.. r. X. Smith vice
president OF the American Tobacco
Society had a conference at Lexing-
ton on the Gath with the sales COM
mittee OF the hurley Society and
the sale of the 1909 crop was discuss
ed. There is an understanding looking
to another rleeting In the future.
CHARGES IRREGULARITY:-
Alleged rascality on the part of the
officials of Garrard County is brought
forward by State Inspector Thatcher
in his report to the Governor of his
investigation of the offices of Garrard
County. Mr.. Thatcher says. ''the ex-
animation of Garrard County reveals
a very danerous condition of affairs
in relation to the public records. From
the office of the Circuit Court clerk
there is missing records, books ETC.,
and | must conclude that these re-
cords were destroyed with some Grim
inal or unlawful intent"
BRADLEY ILL:-Senator VIM. o.
Bradley is Ill at the Linton Hotel in
Cincinnati He has an attack of neu-
-algia of the heart DIR. S. ]. d. Meade
was called in to attend the Senator
and he stated he would have TO re-
main indoors for several days. Sen
ator Bradley stated that he was in
Cincinnati on legal business.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1909-12-02
WHY PAPER KEEPS COMING

We were asked this week by a de-
linquent subscriber why We kept on
sending the paper after the subscrip-
ton date expired. Every weekly
newspaper in towns OF this size are
forced to do this. Should we stop
subscriptions when the time expires,
nine times out of ten the subscriber
would give us a calling down for
insinuating that his credit was not
good. Rather than cast a reflection
on the honesty Of a subscriber to pay
a small debt, it is next to a necessity
for a home paper to continue sending
the paper after the time has expired.
II is not necessary for the city dailies
or weeklles to follow this rule as their
subscribers live at distance and are
not personal friends as Is the case
with a majority OF our subscribers.
Our subscribers should deem It an
honor to know that we do not doubt
their integrity and continue to send
them the paper after the time ex-
pired. Should any desire their paper
discontinued, they should notify us
and remit to date II they have not al
ready done so.-Wyoming Press
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1909-12-02
Solution to Problem No. 6.

II the sides of the room were turn
ed down so it would form a plane sur
face exactly on a level with the floor,
then the distance the fly would have
to crawl would form the hypotenuse
of a triangle with sides Is and 20
feet respectively.
Then 15x15 equals 225 square of one
side.
25x25 equals 625 square of other
side.
225 plus 625 equals $50 sum of SOU
ares of two sides.
The square root of $50 equals 29.154
feet hypotenuse.
Therefore 29.154 feet equal the dis
lance the fly would have to crawl.
Submitted by Joseph Meadows, Tor
rent, Ky.
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their money comes from profits, while
ours comes from work.
Some people will tell you that Roose-
welt did no good-that he did moth
ing but scare. But when you get one
of these men into a corner. he will
admit right away that Roosevelt hurt
business-that Is, he cut profits-which
was what he claimed to do. SO 1t is
because of what Roosevelt did for the
poor men of this country that these
men are after him. Only they don't
see it that way-they say 1t Is be-
cause he hurts business. And they
are afraid, terribly afraid, that he
will come back and hurt business, and
cut down their profits, some more.
Taft is a different kind of man.
He does not make nearly so much
noise, and, up to date, he has not
done so much either. II IA well to
remember that these rich men do not
like him. He has hurt business a
little, and he may do 1t again.
Still, they think he Is better
than Roosevelt, II for no other rea-
son than because he does not make
so much fuss Also, Taft has been
judge, and he has way of trying
to get the laws just right before he
does anything, while Roosevelt had
habit of finding short Gu. some
where, and doing things anyway. Now
waiting for the law takes time, and
time means money to the men who
are running the corporations. So, for
that reason they would rather have
the slow Taft than the rapid Roose-
welt. They know very well that the
slow way Is likely to be the strong
ect and longest lasting, but they
would rather get what they can now.
They know that the end is coming,
and they want =. to keep off as long
as possible. So they are fighting TO
keep Taft, tho they do not like him.
But the real reason for all this
fuss lies little deeper yet. Taft,
selected by Roosevelt, is planning 10
put into law and make permanent
the things tLat Roosevelt started.
These men do not want that. They
have a good deal of strength In Con-
gress, for thcy are the men with
money, and we all know that money
counts in politics. But they know
that II all the friends of Reform
stand together, Reform will win. But
they also know that some of the
reformers are more friendly to Taft.
and some more friendly to Roosevelt
And these long headed money makers
are hoping, by this story OF Roose-
yelt's friends attacking Taft, TO get
the Roosevelt and Taft men TO
fighting amoag themselves, and so
defeat the work that both Roose-
welt and Taft want to have accomp-
lished at the coming session of Con-
greSs. Pretty smooth, isn't 1t?
So, when we get to the bottom Ct
things, we sea that the piotters are
not the Roosevslt men at all, but the
anti-Roosevelt mcn-the men who
are fighting for their own interests
against the interests of the rest Of
the country. They will try other
schemes, too. as you will see II you
watch. But noGe of these schemes
will succeed for long II the American
people keep their eyes open, and their
brains busy.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1909-12-02
Master Commissioners
Tongue twisters.

A London Taper recently offered a
series of prizes for the best tongue
twisting sentences. The prize win
nirg contributions are:
The bleak breeze blighted the bright
broom blossoms.
Two toads totally tried to trod TO
Tedbury.
Strict, strong Stephen Stringer
shared Sticky six sickly silky snakes.
Susan Snineth shoes and socks;
socks and shoes shines Susan. She
ceaseth shining shoes and socks for
shoes and socks shock Susan.
A paddock, paddock, a black
spotted paddock; black spot on the
black back of black spotted paddock
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1909-12-02
Report of

The Hon. NJ. Benton,
Circuit Judge, Richmond, KY
THE grand jury begs leave
to make the following report.
We wish to congratulate the
people Of the county for the
fne condition morally that
now exists in this county.
which we attribute TO the clos
ing of the saloons. and the
general crusade made against
whisky, No murders are now
on In docket Of the Circuit
Court. and the fact there were
scarcely any felonies brought
to the attention Of your grand
jury for the present term.
w. T. GRICCS.
Foreman Of jury q"
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Report of report :"
GRIND Inr, reh. 10. zoos GRIND Jury Oct. rs. 1909



The grand jury begs leave
TO make the following report.
After a thorough investigation
OF the different violations Of
the law. we find that crime OF
every nature A. on the decrease
tits true that our county was
visited this year with several
homicides. but notwiihstand-
ing that. we arc compelled to
believe that public morals
have materially improved.
We also hnd from a statement
made by our Mayor. Clarence
X. Woods. taken from the re-
cords Of the different courts.
that the cost Of keeping State
county aud city prisoners has
decreased one-half. as com
pared With 1000. When saloons
were Ia force In our city And
arrests for drunkenness ate
about one-tcnth. now a. com
pared with 100. all Of which
We attribute to the abolish
ment OF saloons and the gen
erai crusade against drunken
ness and intoxicating liquors
w l.. ARNOLD
Foreman Of Jury"
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Report OF
Grand Jury Nov. q. 1907.
Nov 1877, Grand Juryl
We take pleasure In CON-
mending Richmond's excel
eni Mayor. Clarence X
Woods, for his vigilant and
efficient work In attempting
TO rid the city Of all vioiators
of the hw
w l.. ARNOLD.
Foreman Of jury"
AT the punch bowls brink.
Let the driuker think
what they say In Japan;
Firs, the man takes a drink.
Then the drink takes a drink.
Then the drink takes the
mani"
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The MARKET
Borea Prices

Cabbage, new 2ikc per ID.
Potatoes. CSC. per Blu.
Eggs. per dozen zoe.
Butter per Ii. roc
BACON
Salt Sides 14hc.
Breakfast Bacon. 22o
Premium Bacon. 24c.
HAMS
Country, 16 Csc.
Premium. 17c.
Fryers on foot Sc. per ID.
Hens on foot Sc. per Id.
Turkeys lie per lb.
Feathers. per ID s6c.
Hay. s12 per ton.
Corn soc. per Blu.
Wheat per bu. 60c.-$1.00.
Cracked corn s1.s5 per 100 lbs.
Wheat screening $3.50 per 100 lbs.
Ship stuff 100 per 100 lbs.
Ties, No. 1. L. & N. Slsx7xs. 45c;
culls. zoe.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1909-12-02
HARD PROBLEMS
BY. Prof. z. c. Scale.
Problem No. IL.

The radius of a circle is five feet.
Find the diameter of another circle
containing 4 times the area of the
first.
Nov. 20, 1909
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1909-12-02
COMMISSIONERS SALE.
Circuit Court, Kentucky.
Berea College. Plaintiff,
Against
John Kindred's Devisees etc, De-
PENDANT


John Kindred's Devisees etc, De-
PENDANT.
Notice of sale In Equity.
BY virtue of Judgment and Order
of Sale of the Madison Circuit Court
rendered at the October Term there
OF, 1909 in the above styled cause,
the undersigned will, on the 9th day
of December, 1909 between the hours
of 1890 o'clock a. m. and IL o'clock
noon at the Court House door In Rich
mond, Kentucky, proceed to expose to
Public Sale, to the highest and best
bidder, the following described proper
ty. viz:
81 acres off of eastern portion of tn
following described property. certain
piece of land located on Silver Creek
and adjoining the lands of Pleas John
son, Jas. Bratcher. J. N. Baker, etc.
AL. Of said tract contains 81 acres or
a sufficient quantity to produce the
sum of $2S7.37 and cost of this ac-
ton.
TERMS: Sale will be made on a
credit OF six months. The purchaser
will be required to give bond, with
approved security, for the payment
Of purchase money. to have the force
and effect of judgment. bearing le-
gal interest from the day of sale. with
lien reserved upon said property
until the purchase money is paid.
II. II. Collins,
Master Commissioner OF NJ. c. c.
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Ought We Vote Saloons Back Next Mareh7

County Judge Turpn half the number of
onetenth Of drinking
he
formerly eight
leading and public officers; all
Richmond ons Leading farmers declare
public highways alone and farm help
of Richmond additions Woodland
builders
What Three Circuit Judge M Benton
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1909-12-02
slime Upon Line"

Step by step one goes very far
French Proyerb.
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RICHMOND UNDER LOCAL OPTION

Mayor the Records Show the Benefits Of Tenn
a Town.
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y"
with interest," they
the fiehtfl effect option imperfect law moderately
had twelve saloons paying $1,000
saloons with the last similar period
under option June
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Ought We Vote Saloons Back Next msreh9

W l.. ARNOLD
Foreman Of Jury.