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The Paducah evening sun., 1910-02-17
As TO Reyenue Agents.

II may be that the revenue agents
have not all been what they ought 90
be, (by the way who has7) and II
may be that some mistakes have been
made. but IL must be said that the
man has ever been successfully pro
ceeded against. II he had a good de-
fense, and no judgment has ever been
rendered, at the instance OF cue OF
these agents. where the taxpayer has
paid more than he ought to have
paid.
The fact is rich men and corpora
tons who hide away their estates
and lie to the assessors. have raised
the outcry against these agents. and
have persistently used the lobby. IN
favor of the bill to abolish the Office
When those same men and corpora.
tions have been sued they have al.
ways sought TO compromise. and. In
that way. paid but small part oi
what they justly owed. The com.
plant against the agents originates
from these men and corporations whC
w Hos Pos. NA' INV VI WHAT iues
owe the state In taxes, and a preju.
dice has thus been created against a
very useful and necessary Office
which turns annually into the treas
ury several hundred thousand dollars
These taxes viii never BE- collected
by any one. IL the Office OF revenue
agent is abolished, and the rich Ia,
dodgers. who have caused this bill e
be introduced. will save several hun.
dned thousand a year, aud the com.
monwealth will lose that much.
An ih advised measure. the repea
OF this law appears, to US. and the
senate bill should meet defeat In IN,
house.-Kentucky State Journal
The Paducah evening sun., 1910-02-17
Some Stories Around the Town.

Acrobatic mice have been discov-
cred at the market house. Electri-
clans of the Byrd Electric company,
while rewriting the market house
discovered a birds nest on one OF
the rafters in the building. When il
was cleared away it was discovered
that six wee mice had Il for their
home. Unless the mice climbed up
To the rafter on the electric wires IL
would have been impossible for them
to have reached their perch. The
walls are made of enameled brick,
and il would have been impossible
to secure a footing, so the electri-
clans figured that the parents were
experts at ascending the electric
wires.
The Paducah evening sun., 1910-02-17
AN EDITOR ABROAD

Our friend Jim Lemon, editor OF
the Mayheld Messenger, took a TRIP
TO Frankfort this week, and wrote a
column letter TO his paper about the
journey. when Jim Lemon writes
anything he has a purpose. He never
writes merely for the entertainment
Of himself or others, so we waded
into the article. well knowing that
we would be repaid esthetically and
Intellectually. We read on and read
on, taking the time to read between
the lines. but utterly failed to find
the Joker" until we came to the
last paragraph:
Louisville was reached at Z
O'Clock p. m. when our crowd
registered at the Louisville Ho-
tel where we enjoyed a good
meal. after which We were as
signed to our rooms for a good
nights rest.
Is IL possible Jim expects the peo-
pie of Mayfield to believe that he got
his supper at O'Clock in Louisville
and went straight to bed?
And then there is such a paucity
of information about the conclusion
OF the journey. The trip to Louisville
was given in a detailed account OF
the happenings along the road, and
the towns with which western Ken
lucky people are acquainted and in
which they are Interested; but when
he gets to Louisville, we are cut on
with the brief statement that the
pious editor Of the Mayfield Messen-
ger enjoyed his supper and went
straight 10 bed. We don't know
even whether he got undressed, oi
went TO he'd with his boots on.
When Jim comes back to the Pur,
chase he would do well to bring
with him the affidavit Of the hote
clerk and a bellhop or two. Wei
publish them. and we believe the ed
itor OF the Calvert City Times alsC
would use copies.
The Paducah evening sun., 1910-02-17

stead OF arraying capital and labor
Ia hostile camps?
Are they afraid of education? Can't
they make the sacrifice? or have
they contempt for it? We knew a
boy who walked to high school for
four years six miles every morning
and evening through the snow. and
then four years to college, where he
graduated with honors. Then he went
back to the farm and afterwards be-
gan firing an engine. Now he has an
engine of his own.
Is he a better engineer for his coli
lege education? Yes, and no. He
is a better citizen, and he brings TO
the industrial problems in which rail-
road men and all who labor with
hand and head are Interested. col
lege trained brain. with a knowledge
of correct ethics. an understanding of
the other side of the case, and mind
inclined to fairness. IL Is a mistake
when the ignorant employer and
the ignorant employe enter into a
struggle by which each tries to get
the better of the other. and that
labor is now receiving some of the
recognition to which IL is entitled, is
due as much to the fact that the en-
ployers' sons from college are taking
hold of the business. as TO the fight
that labor is putting up for itself.
Take glance at our national gov
a mt Inc i.n 1oc f.rf.t
the attitude of the government toward
all civic problems has faced about
from consideration of the Interests
of business and national glory, to
consideration OF the welfare OF the
citizens. Is il merely coincidental
that the last administration was Har-
ward administration and the present
one Is Yale administration?
Who are the high officials? Grad
yates from great institutions of learn
ing and men trained as specialists In
their particular lines. Don't let us
overlook that point. We hurry too
soon TO specializing. These big men
have a broad foundation of learning
and culture. Our federal executive
is ten years ahead of con-
gress, and that far ahead of the peo-
pie; because the executive depart
ment Is college bred and We are sixth
graders.
II is mot the rich mans son, so
much as the poor mans son that
needs education. II is not your chill
dren, more than your neighbor's chill
dren. In whose education you should
interest yourself; it is not the en-
ployers' sons more than the employees
sons, who should so 10 school az long
as possible.
Longer terms. better paid profes-
sional teachers, and public spirit
that encourages education, and a
home spirit, which impresses II upon
the child from the moment he enters
school that he is expected to go to
college, will do much for this country
The Paducah evening sun., 1910-02-17
SERIOUS CRIME
IL STEALING COAL FROM COM
MON CARRIERS.
Cold Weather Drives thu Poor o.
Desperation In Efforts o. Get
fuel.

@. D. King. Of Louisville. special
agent for the Illinois Central Raj
road company. arrived In the csy
Yesterday evening and Is invcstlgat-
ing the Law In regard 10 coal being
taken from cars belonging to the RAJ
road as common oarricr After the
arrest OF four ncrrcsses. charged With
stealing coal from cars al the Tn
nessee street crossing OF the railroad.
the company decided to investigate
Last night at O'Clock Patrolmon
Baldridgc and Smith arrested Rosa
Harris and Cora Bunpus, cOlord.
completing the quartet of women Who
are alleged to have been stealing coal
Susie Bell and Gabrclla Buph were
arrested yesterday morning boz Patrol
man Dalton. In police court this
morning the trial was continued nutH
tomorrow moining IN order that NJ
King can conclude his investigations
All were Hccognizcd 10 appear aud
were on hand this mos ming whm the
case was called.
The coal was not owned by the
railroad. but was In transit The
women are charged with climbing In
the carr fud throwing coal out on
the ground Many bushels have dis-
appeared i'm the last few days.
The Paducah evening sun., 1910-02-17

means of vastly Increasing the in
come of the commonwealth. A reve-
nue. Of 100000 annually has been
derived from the activities of these
agents in hunting up taxable prop
erty omitted by, the assessors, other
wise escaping its just contribution to
the state.
The law Is chiefly odious to the big
corporations and owners of notes and
mortgages. whose lobbyists have been
ceaselessly active in their effort to
secure a repeal of the bill The sue
cess of the repeating measure, pro-
vided 1t is not killed by the gov
ernor's veto, means that the burden
of taxation will fall most heavily in
future upon the owner Of real estate.
the farmer. the man with his little
homestead in county or city.
The state revenue agents cost the
commonwealth not one cent of
money. they are remunerated for
their labor by a commission on the
amounts they recover of taxes that
would otherwise be lost to the state.
The repeating bill takes the power
of appointment out of the hands of
the state auditor. and authorizes the
county assessors to make the appoint
ments for their respective jurisdic-
tons. 1t is obvious that this leaves
a big opening for the exercise of
political influence in directing or sup
pressing the activities OF agents hold
ing local appointment. Thus the aim
of the lobby is achieved. and. II the
hill becomes law, we may expect TO
see a material falling of in the reve-
nues of the state.
To strike a blow of this kind at
the commonwealth financial re-
sources with a deficit facing the ad-
ministration is typical OF the patriot
ism that may be expected from the
men who are debating legislation
at Frankfort Just now.-Louisvihe
Herald.
The Paducah evening sun., 1910-02-17
THE "TAX FERRETS. y

Give a movement an inspiring
name and II becomes thing to con-
jure by, regardless of its merit
Give II contemptuous expression and
It becomes odiOus. no matter how lit
tle<ir deserves contempt. That is the
fate OF the state revenue agents in
the legislature. These men cost the
state nothing. they draw their fees
from penalties placed upon tax dod-
gers whom they are employed to
hunt out through the records. The
state derives over 100000 annual
revenue from their efforts. Natural
ly they are desplsed by tax dodgers.
There is no reason why they should
The Paducah evening sun., 1910-02-17
aenIucky Aerneis

Lambs dying in Nicholas.
Furniture factory for Winchester.
David Golden, of near Fulton,
dies.
Nicholasville goes wet by majority
of 80.
New bank opened at Williams
town.
Park theater at Henderson sold to
pay debt.
Prof. VIM. NJ. Wilson. dies at
Shelbyville.
Sam Dickinson dies at West Plains
from coughing.
New 700 foot bridge to be built
by l.. & N. at Paris.
Miss Annie Motley. formerly OF
Clinton. dies of burns.
w. T. Jones, Louisville. dies
heartbroken after reverses.
Company ID. of Hopkinsville, to be
inspected March 22 and 23.
j. S. Williams and Eta Higgins,
of Clinton, marry at Fulton.
Survey to soon begin on L. & N.
from Nashville to Owensboro.
Patrolman Ben c. Rogers, of Lou
isville. shot and seriously wounded.
AGRA Hunter. Henderson county
farmer dies from overdose of opium.
Engineering class of State Uni
versity leaves to inspect large fac
tories.
Workmen at Lexington cutting
down shade trees put To root by
crowd of children.
River bank at Point Pleasant near
Hickman, caving in. Old graveyard
will have to be moved.
The Paducah evening sun., 1910-02-17

be unpopular with people who pay
their taxes and whose burden they
are working to relieve. But those,
who wish to get rid of the revenue
agents. describe them as tax fer
rets". Everybody hates a 'snitch'
a spy. and so the term suggested
that these men were spying into
other peoples business.
Another class that hates the reve-
nue. agents are the politicians VINO
were found out by them. Shortly
after the present state administra-
tion entered upon its duties and new
agents were appointed a hundred out
of 119 county court clerk OF Ken
lucky were engaged in paying back
revenue illegally withheld, ana a
number of sheriffs were engaged IN
the same public spirited occupation.
In McCracken county State Revenue
Agent VIII Husbands uncovered
thefts in the county court clerks
office that had been going on ten
years. Now somebody is getting
even and taking It out on the state.
The Paducah evening sun., 1910-02-17
In Police Court. .

Charles Jones, who was arrested
last night at O'Clock by Patrolmau
Hickman on a charge of carrying
concealed a deadly weapon. was fined
s25 and fun costs in police court
this morning and sentenced to 10
days confinement m the county Jail
An appeal was prayed for and
granted. Other cases were: Drunk
enness--J.m Fowler. fined 81 and
costs. Petit larceny--Susie Bell,
Rosa Harris. Gabrella Bush and Cora
Bumpus, continued until tomorrow.
The Paducah evening sun., 1910-02-17


Circuit court was quiet today. as
there was little of interest on the
docket. The heavy snowfall inter
fered with the court somewhat. as il
was difficult for the petit jurors and
witnesses to reach the court house on
time.
A settlement was filed in the di-
yorce suit of Anna Wilton against
Peter Wilton. The divorce was grant
ed and to compromise the claim for
.alimony, she was given the house
hold and kitchen furniture.
Motions with reasons for a new
trial were filed in the case of w. II.
Carter against Patrolmsn A. C. Stew
art and j. II. Carter against A. c.
Stewart.
The suit of X. d. suell against C..
The Paducah evening sun., 1910-02-17
BoNrs PARENTS SUE DE saGaN
si3,6OO Annuities Said Due From,
Gould Millions.

Paris, Feb. 1.-THE Marquis and
Marquise de Castellane have institut-
ed suit against the Princess de Sagan
Tor $l3,G00 back annuities which
they allcge the count and countess In
the marriage settlement OF 1908 en-
Gagged TO pay at the rate OF 81. COO a
year This annuity was paid until
the Count and Countess dc Caetellane
were divorced when the countess.
formerly Miss Anna Gould. refused 20
contribute further to the support OF
her former husbands parents. M.
Bonnett argued the case on behalf Of
the plaintiff and NJ. Clemenceau will
reply a week from today.
The Paducah evening sun., 1910-02-17

Peter Livergood. 75 years old. died
Yesterday at his home In GRIND
Rivers after an Illness of many
months. Mr.. Liyergood WAS one Of
the best known men IN western Ken
tucky. as he has resided in Nving-
ston county for many years. and has
been postmaster at Grand Rivers.
Cancer was the cause of Mr. LIVER
goods death. He Is survived by his
wife and two children: Mrs. Blufe
Dees, Of Calvert City. and Henry
lEvergood, OF Calvert City The
funeral and burial took place t0dayl
The Paducah evening sun., 1910-02-17
In County Court.

j. A. McCann resigned as guardian n
of Clee McCann, and Attorney David
Browning was appointed to I'll the
vacancy by County Judge Alben
Barkbey.
Philip Poat was appointed execu-
tor OF the estate OF Edward POat
with A. l.. Poat as surety. John
Younger, T. Luigs. and George
Krimpke were appointed appraisers
OF the estate.
The Paducah evening sun., 1910-02-17

The Lobby and the Revenue.
The passage by the senate of the
bill abolishlpg the state revenue
agents is possibly the most striking
evidence of the manner in which
legislation Is controlled by the So
called third house" that has been
given at Frankfort during the present
session.
The state revenue agents, of whom
there are about 150. including four
for the state at large, have been the
The Paducah evening sun., 1910-02-17

II the legislature enacts the bill,
proposed by the Knights of Colum-
bus to make October IL a legal holi-
day as Columbus Day, Kentucky will
have seven legal holidays: January /,
February 22. July 4, the first
Monday in September. October -,
last Thursday in November and De
cember %. The kids will thank the
Knights for giving them a holiday
during the school term.
The Paducah evening sun., 1910-02-17
In BankruDfcy.

Richard -. Laycock. car re-
pairer at the Illinois Central rail-
road shops. filed a petition in bank
ruptcy in federal court today. He
lives at 2115 Bridge street. Mech
anicsburg. His liabilities are about
$3.50 with no assets.
The Paducah evening sun., 1910-02-17

UnquestIonably the High school
boys deserve that gymnasium. 1t is
just as much to our interest as to
the boys interest to educate them.
and we can't drive them to school
School must be made attractive. not
20 our eyes, but to the eyes of the
boys.
The Paducah evening sun., 1910-02-17

Louisville. KY Feb. 17.-Enjoy-
ing his usual vigorous health. Henry
Watterson, editor OF the Courier
Journal, today celebrated his 10th
birthday at Naples-on-the- Gulf. Fla.
where he is spending the winter
with Mrs. Watterson.
The Paducah evening sun., 1910-02-17

Eugene Graves went IN record in
the lower house of the legislature,
voting against the electro headlight
bill, which was backed by the rail-
road employees.
The Paducah evening sun., 1910-02-17
Daily Thought.

The history of the nations is not a
record Of the clash and conflict Of
forces, but of the stately steppings of
a holy God working out his most wise
purpose.-Anon.
The Paducah evening sun., 1910-02-17

That Paducah grounding. captured
up the Tennessee river, may have
been Doc Cook dressed in his arctic
furs. Anyway. he's an awful liar.
The Paducah evening sun., 1910-02-17

h. l.. Gord.n and NJ. l.. Gordin. Of
McCracken county, to r. J. Hurley,
Of Calvert City. and others, property
in the county. $i77 so.
The Paducah evening sun., 1910-02-17
Marriage License.

A. r. Swanson. "a. OF Paducah.
machinist. and Susie Belle Rrame.
10. OF Paducah.
The Paducah evening sun., 1910-02-17
NEWS OF COURTS
Deeds Filed.

Cecil Reed, master commissioner,
to T. F. Herring. property in Thur
mans addition, $3.50.
The Paducah evening sun., 1910-02-17

~ IT'S ONLY A HEADACHE
Why Cornellson's Headache Liver PDll
viii cure that. 10 cents. Guaranteed
by all druggists.
The Paducah evening sun., 1910-02-17

-Soot Destroyer destroys all dirt
and SCOT in your chlmneys. For sale
by all grocers.
The Paducah evening sun., 1910-02-17

Snow tonight and probably FRI
day. Colder tonight.
Illinois: Washington. Feb. IT,
Friday fair; continued cold.
sun AND MOON.
sun sets today y..............0 SOS
Moon will set ............. .f2:t2
The Paducah evening sun., 1910-02-17

questing Immediate action in 1000
cases In oregon. where patents
would have TO be attacked In the
near future and that the entire force
would be required on this work un-
til July.
Adjournment was taken until Fri
day morning al 10 O'Clock.
The Paducah evening sun., 1910-02-17

Personally appeared before me
this srd day of February, 1910, r.
d. MacMillen. Business Manager of
The Sun. who affirms that the fore
going is a true and correct statement
of its circulation for the month of
January, to the best of his knowl-
edge and belief.
PETER PU9YEAR,
Notar! Public.
My commission expire January 10
1912.
The Paducah evening sun., 1910-02-17

yOU DON'T HAVE To WATT.
Every dose makes you feel better. Law
Fos keeps your whole insides right
Sold on the Money Back plan every
whsre. Price Sec
The Paducah evening sun., 1910-02-17
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY IL.
CIRCULATION JANUARY 1910.

Total lio,sio
Average for January, 1910. -. .6SOO
Average for January, 1903 -. $3.50
Increase -. ..... ........ 1000
The Paducah evening sun., 1910-02-17
STATE PRESS.
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The Lobby and the Revenue.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-11-17
sGPJCTITTRAL REVOLUTION.

AGRICULTL RAJ. REV OLtIioN'
The story of the Iowa farmer who
utilized one of the most powerful types
of automobile not only as a means of
conveyance but as motive power to grind
feed. chop silage, run a grindstone and
conduct other farming operations has
been told in The Tribune. Mr.. Forrest
Crissey has disclosed in THE Saturday
Evening Post the extent of the revolu
ton being worked in farming by the
use of gas engines-''gas tractors" as
they are termed.
Mr.. Crissey cites the case Of farmer
who bought TWO gas engines and two
engine ploughs. each capable Of turning
six burrows simultaneously. ran his out
fit night and day. pioughing by acety-
line light at night. and in sixty days
had broken and narrowed two thousand
acres. After several hundred acres had
been ploughed he rugged d tractor with
a gang of rollers. followed by gang
Of drills. seeding from forty to fifty
acres a day. At harvest time each
tractor was used TO pull five eight-foot
harvesters. cutting q swath of forty feet.
Harvesting wheat. the two tractors
hauled six eight-foot binders each, SO
that two swaths each cleared ninety-siX
feet Of land. In preparing the land six
four-horse disk harrows were arranged
to overlap so that the land was sub
iected to a double disking, and in
second seeding five twelve-foot drills
were hauled abreast so that an area
sixty feet wide was seeded sinulta
neOusly.
one farmer devised portable granary,
which enc tractor hauled through the
fields along with the separator. or
thrasher, thus freeing the other tractor
10 haul the grain 10 market. The
thrashing was done in the field, of
course while the other tractor was con-
tiuuously employed in drawing train
~ loaded wagons to the railway station.
The manager of d large Red Valley
farm is quoted as saying that with
three tractors. two of 30 horsepower and
one of 81. horsepower. ne broke prepared
and sowed to flax fifteen hundred acres
of prairie sod He says: THE two large
tractors were set TO breaking. each
pulling eight sixteen inch ploughs, and
the other drew four large rollers next
ITO the engine and three twelve-foot
drills
II is figured by these engine farmers
that each tractor does the work of at
least ten horses, and the saving in men
can easily be calculated The increased
use of these methods viii inevitably
operate to centralize farm land in fewer
hands, and the success of engine farming
VIII have d tendency to crowd out the
small farmer with few acres and limited
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-11-17
The DIPLOMATIC CORPS.
rFrom The Tribune Bureau

From The Tribune Bureau
Washington. Nov. t6.-The German Am
bassador and Countess von Berustorh en-
tertained guests at dinner tonight IN com
pIirnent to the new italian Ambassador and
Marchesa Cusani Coufaionieri- thus be-
ginning their series of "Wednesday night
dinner parties for the winter Their other
guests were the Attorney General and Mrs
Wickersham the Secretary Of the Navy.
Mrs REYNOLDS Hit. Countess de Cham
brlIp. Donna Beatrice CusaHi ConfalonIeri.
daughter of the italian Ambassador
Countess Louise Alexandra Won Bernstorh.
Mr. and Mrs Edward Is. Rowland, Mr.
and Mrs. Preston Gibson. Franklin
Guenther. Constantine NabokOff. Russian
first secretary. and a. c. Horstmann. Ger
man attache.
The Russian Ambassador and Baroness
Rosen entertained the Italian Ambassador
and Marchesa Confaloniert and their family
at dinner last night
The Mexican Ambassador returned 10
washington to-day from New York
Count de Chambrun. French military at
tache is spending few days in New Yo~k
and attending the horse show.