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Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1910-10-13
BOOSTER
HERE YESTERDAY
Az Intelligent Body Of The Lead
ing Business Men From The
Metropolis Of The State

The Louisville Boosters are in
Marion. The citizens and bust
ness men of Marion are enter
tanning them as we go to press.
These representatives of the
create city in this Common
wealth arrived on the Illinois
Central in their special train.
This term booster. is a good
one. A booster is one who talks
up and does not talk down, he is
one who shoves up and does not
shove down, he is an optomist
and not a pesSimist, These OPP
timistic Louisvillians are of the
best that Louisville can boast,
They are her representatives
financially. socially and in every
other way. They come from
her fnanciers, her business men
and her professional men. They
are our friends, our brothers.
We greet YOU.
Louisville is the metropolis of
Kentucky and leading city Of the
state and indeed Of the south.
Louisville can boast of more to
the square inch, and eXcels in
more ways than any city south
Of the Ohio river.
The Boosters, are optimists,
are uplifters are here in our
mids5 extending the glad hand.
They are here not only in their
interest but in our interest and
it gives Us pleasure to welcome
them.
The time is past when it is
necessary to go beyond our bor-
dprs for anything. Ii it cannot
ne louho IN Lo'lSV''e 1t Is use
less 10 look ei9eWhere' Many OF
me greatest n'ahulaclufleS Oh
IiAS country are located IN LOUIS
\ me- Many Oh inc strongest
institutions s"ch DIS odnNs' Ius'
com paHloS, insurance companies
are 'oc"''' III Lou'7F'!'v.
II ) H"l common '"'N'"e
ana many % our Le'Iefa may
no' NN"" IL YET IL is true ui'I
inc l"iAca. "@Iu"o'" ."iii"eI
4e.,'eIs III inc "o'l" are I'c&'eo
III Lo"I''I''e' ms nf'AS repre-
,eht'uF3S sI'Ufs the eaith Tor
laa IL, o'o "ss ana IuHl"et'
1he| are III AFRICA III south
A'lieric" anu III TACT al over the
earIh' IL anyone ever ASKS you
where IS the iargeSI pile OF ma
nogahy Toys rememper your
answer Shouio De- LOUISVILLE
MARION merchants patronize
LouiSViiie WhoieSale houses
more imam any o'her' Inns Is as
IL Shouio De- LoulSvlIle IS our
nome CITY ana LoulSVilie lreight
rates hardware cio'nihg' Iafm
uiE SoouS or any
tnlhS else compares very 1aVor-
aoly WIN any othef wholesale
market Inc TACT Is our mer-
cnah's can ge. d niue the pest
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1910-10-13
PATRONS OF GRAD.
Ed SCHOOL
Met Monday Night by Invitation Of
Pro- der and Many Inter-
e. g Talks Made.

By a cordial invitation OF Prof.
Snyder the patrons Of the Mar
ion Graded School met in the
chapel Monday night.
The meeting was entirely of a
social nature and as was subse-
quently shown, for the purpO5a
of bringing the patrons and
teachers in closer touch in the
great cause of Education.
After singing America Rev.
NJ. E. Miller was called upon to
lead in the devotional exercises,
reading from the book of Psalms
for his lesson, after which he in
voked Gods richest blessing for
the welfare of the school, its
patrons and teachers.
After this to the surprise of
many. a regular program was
carried out, Rev. Miller being
first, in ten minutes talk i'm
pressed the patrons and teachers
with the need of the Bible in
School and that a young man or
a young lady conld not be a fin
ished product of any school with
out having been made CONVEX
SAINT with the word of God.
County Attorney Jno. A
Moore was next on the program
and in a beautiful ten minutes
talk, made plain the " Duty Of
Parent to Teacher" and never
have we heard he subject hand
led better. Al the close of his
address the people showed their
appreciation If Mr.. Moore s
beautiful talk by their hearty
applause.
DR.. Frazier YES next with a
subject nearest his heart. Fresh
Air" and for fifteen or twenty
minutes made plain the need OF
/ Gods pure unadultcrated air in
the home and in the schoolroom.
1t was a helpful and much
appreciated address.
W. y. Canaan to MS name on
the program with 2 talk that
was much enjoyed on: Parental
Encouragement TO the teacher
ana Pupil" While Mr.. Cannan
did not talk long he held the
close attention Of his heares and
took his seat long before his ap-
preciativa audience were willing
that he should
Hon. Jno. W. Blue, one OF the
honored board Of trustees was
next, and in a beautifully word
ed talk on: THE Relation Of the
Board to the Patrons and Teach
ers' deeply interested his hear
ers during the ten minutes
allotted him. Mr.. Blue said the
School Board in any town or Dis
trict should be elected grom the
best citizens, that the School
Board reflected as a rule the sem
timents of the patrons. Mr..
Blue mado just such a talk as an
educated gentleman with clean
hands and pure heart, with the
bodybuilding our proud school
to its present high standard can,
and the patrons we'll knowing
that Mr.. Blue holds his duty to
the school, second only to his
family, meant every word he
said.
Rev. Arthur Mather, the new
Pastor for the Methodist church
having but just arrived in our
city, was called on by Prof. Sny-
der, who responded in a beauti-
full tribute to the model school, |
whose teachers and Princiapal
held God as their guide aud the
Bible as their Standard. He
made comparison of what they
were years ago and what they
are today. Bro. Mather is an |
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1910-10-13

Mr.. w. E. Bowel a prominent
farmer of Tolu, was in town
Monday.
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FARMERS union DAY
A SUCCESS
1t Proved The Greatest and Most
Profitable Day Marion Peo-
pie Ever Enjoyed

After sixty hours of rain the
weather cleared in time for the
Farmers Union gathering, billed
for last Saturday, to prove a
success in every particular.
Early Saturday morning peo-
pie commenced coming into Ma
rion with well filled baskets
from all parts of Crittenden
county and by noon more than
two thousand people h =
gregated at Maxwell Park and
Main street and it has been said,
the most intelligent body of men
and women ever congregated in
Marion.
The premiams offered by the
merchants and citizens of Mari
on proved an inducement for the
farmers and their good wives to
bring in their products and by
noon the park resembled a coun-
ty fair and many of the exhibits
far in advance of those bringing
away the blue ribbon from regu-
lar fairs.
T. II. Cochran now holds
eleven ears of corn in his store
that he claims is better than any
at the Louisville exhibits and
yet this same corn did not even
get third premium here Satur-
day.
The wheat exhibit. without
doubt could not have been sur
passed in the State.
Particularly fine was the mule
and horse colt show as was
everything else exhibited, all OF
which goes to prove how badly
we need an Agricultural Fair in
the grand old county of Crit
tenden
More than two dozen pref
ty babies were in the con-
test for the I'VE dollar premium
given by Mrs. A. S. Lavender
The tobacco exhibit was eX
ceptionally fine and the $500
premium for same given by 4.
J. McMullen and }. II. Orne
brought some splendid samples.
Every citizen and business
man of Marion was delighted
with the day and call it the
most successful day Marion has
experienced in years. And the
high recognition they gave the
farmers was duly appreciated by.
them and their great organiZa-
tion that is doing SO much for
the county.
Hon. Jno. Blue made a splen-
did talk to the large crowd in
he forenoon and Secretary Bar.
nett held them in the afternoon.
Other appreciated addresses
were made by State organizer
Austin, and County President J.
w. Rascoe.
The success of the day was
largely due to Judge j. P.
Pierce and his committee. They
worked for success and won.
Space will not allow of a de-
scription of the day as it SO rich
ly deserves. But that it is the
fore runner Of better and great
err days for Marion and Critten-
den county is the opinion of all
who have expressed themselves.
Following are the prize win
ners:
Tobacco given by A. j. Nc
Mullen and j. H. Oorme, $500
R. E. Dollins, Fist Premium.
Alex Hilliard Second ="
Ed Cruce Third
Apples given by Hon. J. w.
Blue $500
]. B. Gill First Premium
A. j. Hughes Second A"
j. L. Rogers Third "
Corn, Given By T. H. Cochran
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Rev. W. L. Shell left Monday
for Lawrenceburg, Tenn. near
the Alabama line where he is en-
gagged to sing. in a meeting.
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boards? Do you wonder what indecent
imp concocts the nauseous details of
same poor FOOLS collapse. to which the
glaring capitals attract Chicago's attep-
ton? That impairment and indecent imp
called yellow journalism-is only yellow
because it's only measure of values is
gold, yellow gold. Yellow journalism is
yellow but Its heart is as black as it's
headlines.
The visitor to Chicago cannot fail to
admire the splendid and tireless advance
Of the city or the noble quality of the
citizens, but when he contemplates the
evening papers he is speeches., heavy and
abashed. But he reflects that Chicago is
by no means the only playground of the
yellow imp. Then If he watches the
signs of the times he will see that the
work which that playful imp has botched
has been taken up by group of our
ablest popular journalists in certain great,
new, popular magazines. Is the daily
press afraid of its advertisers? Not so
the monthly, interstate magazine or the
great weeklies or the new semi-monthlies.
The non-conformists have gotten hold of
national power. and they are utilizing
it. They are carrying devastation into
the trim flower beds of the interests.
wringing the hearts of the orthodox and
reterating to yellow editor, yellow poll
tician and yellow promoter of water
stained securities the ancient oracle, Go
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over It's policy but the dry rot is
there.
1t is one of the joys of life in Bir-
mingham that our splendidly equipped
press is so generally conscientious and
willing even to face prosecution, perse-
cution, pecuniary loss. In the cause of
truth and square deal. Hence, their
influence Is weighty. But l suppose we
must admit the force of what Professor
Ross has written, backed as it is by the
opinions of a great array of expert OBJ
servers, namely. that many papers are
merely commercial ventures. whose err
rand is not to tell the facts but to make
a pot of money. Well, now, what of it?
Conformity to a debased type cannot
mean social evolution, cannot profit even
the conformist, surely! Behold, it needs
may get his soup, but he loses his soul
and girds himself in eternal sack-cloth.
Jacob on the other hand, may scheme
and scheme and secure the paternal
blessing. and birthright, and even the
avuncular fiocks and herds; but the moral
law grips his destiny and racks his con-
science, divides his life and his clans
life to the end of time, and makes out
of himself poor, shivering coward, up
to the very edge of heroic resolve. This
is the law of the jungle the plains, the
prairie and the mountains. In the west
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unpublished? By no means" Prof. Edward
A Ross, in an article almost forgotten
because six months old, proved that the
press is losing influence. By whose fault,
If not of those who have bartered their
splendid editorial birthright for mess
of yellow pottage? If these are the victims
rather than the villains, then surely the
fault belongs to that fell power of money
which has exploited simply for its own
dividends the prophetic office of the Amer
lean newspaper II this were to go I'M
protested by non-conformist consciences,
no power could avert a deluge of blind
popular wrath. Professor Ross gave many
instances of the deliberate suppression OF
news not agreeable to the policy" of
papers. He gave many more examples of
news .garbed and twisted into conformity
with that policy" The Survey, comment
ing on the publication of the new weekly
the Boston Common, issued by group of
fine public-spirited, true-hearted men, OBJ
serves truly enough that we have no need
to go to Professor Ross for examples.
Many paper sells its soul and its in
dependence to its big advertisers. l know
great paper which declines discussions
In it's columns Of local issues when those
sons whom it takes to be the leaders.
Again and again its silence has at last
been broken by the triumph of justice
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and then with smile, You say your
husband was with Burnside; L presume
his experiences on this trip with you
were not quite so bad as those endured
on his former visit?" YES" comes the
answer in a flash, "he was with Burn
side at Fredericksburg. and he was at
Gettysburg, too" with an emphasis on
the last two words. Mrs. Hidden laughs
merrily at the repartee, and there is
smoother sailing for the remainder of
the evening
On Wednesday night at the courteous
invitation of Dr. Elder, we lead the SER
vice of the Church of the Epiphany. The
audience seem exceedingly attentive and
the prayer meeting room is gem. This
church which has just been completed
and dedicated, is very beautiful. The au-
dience room is superb.
One of the things which most impress a
courtesy of the citizens to one who is
inquiring his way about the city. You
may meet a man hurrying along Broad
wae as If he were going to a fire and
ask him 1.-The way to No. 8 Murray street,
If you please, SIR" and he will stop long
enough to say, Opposite the city hall,
SIR and then dart off at his previous
pressing up the street and we stand to
watch our time to cross. A policeman,
a son of Erin, comes up, thrusts our
arms through his in friendly and IA
miliar way, guards us through the rush
saying. well. thin, to be sure the boys
must have their own way" and after
seeing us safe across the street, puts u:
on our way to our destination.
| At the Baptist ministers conference
ON Monday morning we find the preach
| ers considerably stirred up on the Bible
question, and the several translations
King James Bible union and Anglo
American Revision are all reviewed
Some of the brethren seem to think that
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A man who was trained in engineering
by Maj. Thomas H.. Williamson of the
Virginia Military Institute, an old West
Pointer, will naturally wish to see for
himself the great suspension bridge re-
Gently finished between these sister
cities. So that this morning being sud
denly and delightfully."- cool, brisk
breeze coming in from the bay, wife and
take the opportunity to walk across the
bridge that we may view, 1t at leisure.
And a grand structure 1t is. What a
thought that this magnificent work of
the engineers art all shaped itself in one
mans brain before the first stroke was
ever made upon its massive material.
What engineer could desire grander
monument to his memory? And yet a
strange thing to know how many peo-
pie will pass over this bridge during
the year who can not tell the name of
the famous engineer who gave his life
to this wonderful work.
This Tuesday evening we are invited
This Tuesday evening we are invited
to spend in the home of multi-million-
aire and view his private art collection
and beautiful dining room, said to be the
handsomest in the city. 1 find that the
New Workers take quite a pleasure in
showing their fine possessions.
During the evening the hostess relates
to my wife, a Virginian, the expert
ences she had recently while on a trip
TO Fredericksburg, Va, where she went
with her husband to view the battle
grounds. She says her husband was with
Burnside during his occupancy of Fred
ericksburg and participated in the en-
suing battles which caused Burnside tc
retreat with heavy losses. The little
lady tells of the extreme poverty of the
families she had gone among on this
visit, and with little tact and less deli
cacy, expatiates on their thriftlessness. .
L detect spark of ire in her listener S
| eye as she quietly remarks. Yes, those
people were wofully reduced by the war,
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The Paradox of Weakness

From Harper's Weekly.
One dismal afternoon, a bank nresy-
dent was surprised by a knock at the
door of his private Office A young as
sistant cashier came in, whose peonIe
ana belongings the president knew. The
young Fellows face was pale, and his
"hole look was harassed and anxioua.
After moment of nervous silence. he
olurted out: Tin beginning to be-
AFRAID of myself. The change Is fra
mendous. from that small countrv
bank, where things are so diffarant
The responsibilities are too great ~.
opportunities 10 go astray are-ar.
greater still! I don't know what ha.
sot INTO me, but it's like a temptation
at my elbow to-to-go wrong. 10 trv
just TO see hoy easy 1t would be. And
III telling YOU" The president haa
wheeled round upon him. and vos
sardlng him steadily. "You,re 1e.atu
your lie too wholly and nersis+ar.,-
along one line" he said ontot,,. 80.
neither afraid of you nor for vo,, -
ao a"u thoughts are too closely con-
upon your work, and they
We unused over a wider area
eSts III order to enable them 70
"orh We'll and with ease to vours.,,
a. just this particular juncture p,,t
-" must let me help you ont Panor.
70 me every evening. no mat,au -,
ia,e' That will give you poise ana 49,.
you over the day. so that Won nead 80
pue one day at a time, and nor 49,
ioohihg into far and fearful 60,
III gong to enter Won a. ~,
u"'iy club-that's to be betwear ro..
i"e-ahd want you to usa a.
re settlng yourself on your min, -
wash ne wise, this president thu.
ae moment to recognize tho naraao--
oi weakness, the weakness that so,. a.
ser tempted. the strength thar nor.
ceiVeu the temptation, and onenlv 90
i'teu IL 10 self and another? And was
aie not douoly wise thus to turn II To
accouht? He knew there was fine ma
III IN mat young man. capacity and
aoility BOTH but he needed peculiar
help at just this time of his life ana
WORK That presidents charities xwere
many. his public spirit was uno},es
Toned and such opportunities for good
as came in his way he seemed amply
~ iuini But he also knew that to stand
race to face with a soul, and aid IL at
It's most need, is rare privilege. and
ne was making that privilege good. And
ne TOOK no high ground. He did NOT
seemingly, admit the full Significance
OF the moment. He did not further
snake the young mans will by i'm
plying that there was a great moral
strain; no, he dwelt, rather upon q
painted cloth of physical and mental
monotony, in order to give the young
fellow time to regain breath and grip
and courage. Yes, it's a great thing to
be able to use, both for ourselves and
for others. the strength of our weak
ness and the weakness of our strength.
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our party as she stands in rapt contem-
plation of the picture. I think 1t was
Milton, who said:
I'm contemplation of created things,
By steps we may ascend to God"
The picture of the child is disappoint-
ing when compared with that of the
Virgin. Artists agree that the trans
parency of color and beauty of modelling"
prove that none but Raphael could have
executed the Madonna but that the
heavier coloring and affected laugh of
the child" indicate the cooperation of
Giulio Romano in the execution of the
picture. This was the opinion of DR..
Waagen, the curator of the Berlin mu-
scum.
The ownership of this Madonna has
been quite remarkable. The picture at
one time was called the "Borghese Ma
DONNA after the princely Roman family
from whose possession 1t passed into that
of Lucien Bonaparte. 1t was sold by him
to Maria Louisa, daughter of Charles the
Fourth of Spain, and Queen of Etruria,
inherited by her son, Charles Louis,
Duke of Lucca. Through the dukes
shattered fortune 1t was sold and pur-
chased by H. A. J. Munro of Novar. At
his death the picture was bought by his
nephew, the present owner. for the sum
of 10000. 1t is said that its acquisition
concerned every nation in the civilized
world.
John Ruskin wrote to friend in Liver
poo: yesterday 1 saw, not for the first
time, and with confirmed conviction of
it's worth the Raphael Madonna, which is
at present offered to England IL she
chooses to have any old art still among
her modern French or English splendors.
The price Is exorbitant. So are all prices
| Just now. 1t is held at $4,000. But
what Is $4,000 to Liverpool? The picture
has no price. There has been no such
Raphael in the market in my life time,
and unless the mob sack Rome. there is
little chance of there being another in
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the Bible union version must come to
the front in the new movement and soma
express very decided dissatisfaction with
the authorized version. We remark that
our Virginia Baptist fathers had done
good work with the old King James'a
Bible-that they had gone up and pos
sessed tho land with that version as
their warrant: that they did not trouble
themselves about the original and that
not a few very effective preachers among
them had not so much as heard
whether there be any original" We i'm
agine that this is regarded by some OF
the brethren as a very unscholarly sort
of speech; but we know that the state-
ments are true.
We like the five minutes rule" which
the brethren of the conference apply to
the visiting brethren" who are intro
duced and invited to speak. A man who
has something worth saying can tell you
great deal In five minutes, If he knows
how, and a man who has nothing to say.
can bore you sufficiently in that length
of time.
On Saturday evening. after doing
that breathing place of New York, Coney
Island, we go bag and baggage over to
the Pierrepont House, Brooklyn, as the
quests of the Hanson Place brethren. for
whom we are to preach the next day.
They have large and excellent house
of worship, the audience room admira-
bly, arranged for speaking and hearing.
A fine congregation greets u.s. The peo-
pie are as good listeners as we have ever
seen and we enjoy preaching to them
| Our weeks of New York preaching So
cia enjoyments and sightseeing have
ended. We are booked to deliver the
commencement address for Norfolk Fee
male college, and wife and l are stand
| ing on deck of the "Old Dominion
steamer, as New York and Brooklyn
J fade in the distance.
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the colors of the rainbow, crimson and
yellow predominating. She thinks of you
no more after she has gotten your coin.
but you may be pardoned, If at night you
dream of a garden of flowers above
which hovers a butterfly, which In the
pha'ntasmagoria of dreamand is trans
formed into the flower girl with her many
colored garments and graceful move
ments.
The time-stained cathedral of Pisa is
an immense building, enriched with a
fabulous wealth of statuary, fine old
paintings and all manner of cunning mo-
sales. There are IL chapels, each with
its own altar in the cathedral. One OF
the affairs is wrought of solid silver and
was designed by Michael Angelo.
1t was here that Calico solved the
great problem over which he had toiled
so long, the pendulum problem; and the
old lamp that gave him the invaluable
suggestion, still swings from the juno
ton of the nave and transcept just as
it did 300 years ago, when he silently
and thoughtfully looked up to 1t.
On the opposite side of the open square
stands the Leaning Tower" one of the
wonders of the world This tower is
not heavy. cumbrous structure. In
stead, 1t is light and airy, and singu-
larly artistic and beautiful. 1t is built
of white marble, and is nearly two hun
dred feet high. 1t is IA feet out of per-
pendicular. it's inclination being due to
the settling of earth beneath its founda-
ton The reason that 1t does not fall
is this: verticle line drawn through its
| center of gravity will be found to be
within its base. 1t Is the bell tower of
the cathedral The bells are in the
| topmost gallery, the heaviest of them
Weighing six tons. I heard the bells of
the tower crashing and laundering, but
| there was no music in them.
To the north of the cathedral lies the
| Campo Santo, In whose sacred dust many
Mustrious dead have been laid to rest.