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WHY COX SWITCHED

II you don't believe that Cox alone
is responsible for the nomination of
Harding just fix your mind for a min
ute on this paragraph in the report
of convention proceedings published
by The Ohio State Journal. (Rep.) in
it's issue of July %, second page, first
column and fifth paragraph from the
top: "Cox's sudden coup of jumping
to Harding on the third ballot not on
1y stopped the rush to Longworth but
punished Senator Burton for break
ing his noted deal with Cox"
Nothing better than Republican au
thority is need to prove that the Cox
brand was stamped all over the nom
ination of Harding for governor.
If Brown was an undesirable can
didate because Cox backed him on
two ballots how much more desirable
is Harding as a candidate with Cox
back of him on the third ballot?
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TWO Things
Necessary To Make The
Fair A Success This Year

How often we have heard the re-
mark, 81 don't see why Knox county
can't have as good fair as any other
county" We want to answer in this
way We must remember that to
make any public enterprise of this
sort success two things are very
necessary. First: the people must be
in harmony with the movement. In
other words, they must be boosters
not knockers; it doesn't cost any more
to boost an enterprise that it does to
knock it, and how much better 1t
sounds. Second: the board of man
ayers of directors must be made up of
representative men who are unselfish,
unbiased and their whole and only OBJ
ject 1t to make the fair instructive
and entertaining for the patrons. Our
board Of directors this year is made up
of one representative man from each
township in the county and four from
the county seat, who are working
nard IN various ways TO make the falr
this year most successful, and in so far
as their labors are concerned we are
assured the best fair ever this year.
And now the citizens of Knox county,
the matter is up to you, keeping in
mind all the time that it is not a priv
ate enterprise, but public one, it is
your fair, so let us say in conclusion
we will all pull together and boost our
fair, and make the great reunion Sep.
tember 10, IA, -, and 16, 1910, the
best ever held in the state of Ohio.
Call on the esecretary,o or any member
of the board of directors and let them
explain the membership plan.
Write the secretary for premium
list, entry blanks, etc.
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POSTOFFICE
To Close The Day OF The
County Picnic

Postmaster Sheridan G. Dowds has
received authority from first assist
ant postmaster general at Washington
to observe the usual holiday hours on
the date of the Knox county picnic,
Aug. 10. Consequently the city car
riers will be restricted to one delivery
of mail in the residential districts.
All mail for the business houses which
will be closed on that date will be re-
tanned at the post Office where it may
be called for between the hours Of
a. m. and 10 a. m. The general deliv-
cry window will be opened also be-
tween the above named hours.
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NOTHING IN AN ECHO

Incident to the Republican state
convention Republican paper re.
ferred to Dick as "Burton's echo"
That was unfair TO Dick. Judging
by the vote of the two Ohio senator's
when the tariff was revised upward,
Burton having voted with Aldrich 1lS
times and Dick having voted with
Aldrich 1875 times. Burton Is Dicks
echo instead of Dick being Burtons
echo. Whichever way II Is, Ohio
should have have something more
substantial than an echo In the Unit
ed States senate.
Then why should Republican leg
islature be elected this year to turn
Dick out merely for the sake of put
ting in his place some Sther Republic
an no more satisfactory than Burton?
Anybody Democratic legislature
might choose for senator would be
more acceptable to the people of Ohio
than Dick, or HerriCk, or Daugherty,
,or Brother Charles. Besides, a Demo
cratic legislature is needed to give
proper support TO Governor Harmon
in the good work he has instituted at
Columbus and which should be com
pleted before he ia called to Washing
ton to rectlfy the many blunders Of
the Taft administration
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CONTESTS IN MISSOURI

st. Louis, Mo-, Aug, lon the eve
of the Missouri general primary at
the end of an interesting and spirited
campaign, each of the factions and
candidates expresses confidence and
an unusually heavy vote Is anticipat-
ed throughout the state tomorrow.
Nominees are to be selected by all
parties for minor state offices, mem.
bers of both branches of the legisla-
ture, representatives in Congress and
county and local officers.
The State officers to be nominated
are: One judge of the supreme court,
State superintendent of public
schools, and railroad and warehouse
commissioner The Republicans have
but one candidate for each of the
three places on the ticket. On the
Democratic side the principal contest
is for the nomination for railroad and
warehouse commissioners, for which
there are five names on the ballot.
An entire Congressional delegation
OF sixteen members is to be chosen
All of the incumbents are candidates
for denomination, with the exception
of Representative Harry M. Coudre of
the Twelfth district. Champ Clark of
the Ninth district, the Democratic
leader in the House, will be renomin-
ated without opposition, as will Rich.
ard Bartholdt, Republican, in the
Tenth district. The other members
who are without opposition in their
own party are Congressman Lloyd of
the First district, Rucker of the Sec
ond, Alexander of the Third, Dickson
of the Sixth Shackleford of the
Eighth, Elvins of the Thirteenth, and
Murphy of the Sixteenth. The Demo
Gratis have candidates in all of the
Congressional districts and the Re.
publicans in all of the districts ex-
cepting the Fourth,
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SWIMMING HOLE
Al Riverside Park Is Very Popular
These Days

1t is hard to conceiv of the inter-
est manifested in the swimming at
Riverside park since the bathing
house has been finished and someone
is in charge,
This afternoon a springboard was
installed and Physical Director Bliss
gave the boys some new pointers.
During Mr.. Bliss's stay at the sum-
mer school, at Lake Geneva, he did
some long distance swimming, one
afternoon, he and number of others
swan across the lake a distance of
two miles, which indicates that he
Is expert in swimming. Every Mon
day, Wednesday and Friday after
moons all the boys and young men of
the entire community will have the
advantage of training along this line.
1t is the ambition of the Association
to assist the board of control in teach
ing every boy of the community to
swim.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1910-08-02

The following letters remain un.
claimed in the Mt. Vernon postofIice:
To avoid delay In delivery have your
mail addressed to street and number,
p. o. box or general delivery.
Advertised, August l, 1910.
Bowers, Harry
Bruce, Sherman
Dale, Miss Mable
Foulk, j. j.
Guntner, Herman
Herwick, #. p. (2)
Jackson, Harvey
Kelley, DR.. w. A.
DeIashmett, Arch
Neil, Hugh
Peterson, S. NJ.
Quinn, Mrs, Catherine
Ratliffe, Mrs, Ememe
Ray, Frank
Rock, Wilbert
Sands, Mrs. j. w.
Sharp, Oliver
Smith, James
Todd, ernest A.
Wolf, Mrs, Aolive II.
Foreign Prints
Doumery, John
SHERIDAN G. DOWDS, p NJ.
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HARMON eLAzEO THE WAY

In his speech accepting nomination
for governor Mr.. Harding said 1--WE
are going to promise to have this
state of Ohio economically administ-
cred; we are going to preach econo-
my and then we are going to practice
economy"
Sounds well, doesn't it. In former
years, however, the trouble was that
Republican candidates were always
promising and preaching economy
without practicing it after being
elected.
But there was change just as soon
as Judson Harmon was inaugurated
governor of Ohio.
All that is needed now is to give
Governor Harmon the support of a
complete roster Of public officials by
electing those candidates associated
with him on the state ticket, and to
give him also legislature with a
Democratic majority in both branch
es. Then, you can depend upon 1t,
there will be not only promising and
preaching of economy but also the
practicing of economy in public Of
fee.
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TRACK MEET
Under Auspices OF Y. N. c.
A. At The Driving Park

The second in the series of track
meets under, the auspices of the Y.
M. G. A. will be held at the Driving
park next Saturday afternoon at 300
o'clock In this series of three meets
the records for the Association for
this season will be established and
will hold for the year 1910. For this
reason it is hoped that there will be
a large number in all the events at
this time. The concluding meet will
be held early in September. The rec
ords for the three meets, the one held
in June, this one and the final one in
September will all be counted in the
average. There will be the regular
list of events.
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THE OPIUM HABIT.
Its Effects as Described by Bill Nye In
His Memoirs.


His Memoirs.
/ have always had a horror of OPT
ntes of all kinds. They are so seductive
and so still In their operations. They
steal through the blood Ike wolf on
the trail and they seize on the heart
with their white fangs till it is still
forever.
Up the Laramie there is cluster Of
ranches at the base Of the Medicine
Bow. near the north end Of Sheep
mountain. Well. young man whom
we will call Curtis lived at one Of
these ranches years ago, and, though
q quiet. mind-your-own-bu business fel-
low who had absolutely no enemies
among his companions, he had the
misfortune to incur the wrath of a
tramp sheepherder. who waylaid Cur
tbs one afternoon and shot him dead
as he sat in his buggy. Curtis wasn't
armed.
A rancher came into town and tele-
graphed to Curtis father, and then
half a dozen citizens went out to help
capture the herder, who had fled to
the foothills.
They didn't get back till toward day
break. but they brought the herder
with them. ! saw him in the gray of
the morning, lying in coarse gray
blanket on the floor of the engine
house. He was dead.
/ asked, as a reporter, how he came
to his death and they told me,
"opium." The murderer had taken
poison when he found that escape was
impossible
was present at the inquest so that
could report the case. There was
very little testimony but all the evil
dence seemed to point to the fact that
life was extinct, and verdict of death
by his own hand was rendered.
1t was the first opium work ! had
ever seen, and it aroused my curiosity.
| Death by opium, it seems. leaves a
dark ring around the neck. did
not know this before. People who die
by opium also tie their hands together
before they die. This is one of the
eccentricities OF opium poisoning that
have never seen laid down in the
books. l bequeath it to medical
science Whenever ! run up against a
new scientific discovery just hand 1t
right over to the public without cost.
Ever since the above incident have
been very apprehensive about people
who seem to be likely to form the
opium habit. 1t is one of the most
deadly narcotics, especially in new
| country
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PRIMARIES
In Oklahoma Arouse Much
Interest

Oklahoma City, Okla, Aug. 1-Pri.
mary elections will be held through
out Oklahoma tomorrow by all polite
al parties for the nomination of can
didates for all State offices from the
governorship down and a delegation
of five representatives in Congress.
There are four full party tickets in
the field, Democratic, Republican, So
cialist and Prohibitionist The Demo
Gratis and Republicans each have
about rs candidates on the ballot and
lively contest for most of the offic-
es, while the Socialists and Prohibit
tionists have already selected their
State tickets and go into the primary
as matter Of form, In order to COM
ply with the requirements of the law.
Aside from the prohibition ques-
ton, the feature of the campaign that
Is attracting most attention is the
submission of the so-called grandfath-
er clause, recently initiated by a vote
of the people, and which will be added
as an amendment to the State consti.
tuition provided a favorable vote is
cast at the primary The proposed
amendment provides that persons or
their lineal descendants who are en-
titled to vote under some form of gov
ernment in 1866 shall not be denied
the right of suffrage because of in
ability to write some section of the
constitution, but persons not possess
ing this qualification must meet this
educational requirement before being
allowed to vote. The amendment is
intended to disfranchise all illiterate
negroes in the State. 1t is supported
by the Democrats and opposed by the
other parties. The negroes have or
ganized to defeat the amendment and
serious trouble Is expected at the pri.
maries tomorrow in some localities
where the negro vote is large.
The Democratic contestants for the
gubernatorial nomination are four in
number, They are Lee Cruce of Ard
more, William II. Murray of Tishom
lingo, l.. p. Ross of Lawton and Brant
Kirk of Oklahoma City. There are
seven Democratic aspirants for lieu
tenant governor and several for each
of the other places on the ticket.
The Republicans believe that condi
tions are bright for their success and
as a consequence there are contest
for all the places on the ticket. The
Republican candidates for the govern
orship are j. w. McNeal of Guthrie
John Fields of Oklahoma City
Thompson b. Ferguson of Watonga
and G. G. Jones of Oklahoma City
The greatest rivalry among the Re
publcans is for the office of insuranc,
commissioner, for which there, are
seven candidates to go before the
primary.
All of the present Representatives
in Congress are candidates for re
nomination. The three Republican
Representatives have opposition with
in the ranks of their own party. Tn,
two Democratic representatives will
be renominated without opposition.
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LIVE STOCK AND GRAIN

cHICAGO-Cattle: Beeves, 81 zoos 90:
Texas steers. SO 50@5 so; western steers.
81 1906 so; stockers and feeders, 81 600
6 %; cows and heifers, 81 50@6 80.
Calves-s6 50@S 75 Sheep and Lambs
Native sheep 81 1904 SO; western, 81 go
"a so; native lambs, 81 5O@7 60; west
ern. 81 7547 so; yearlings, 81 50@5 rs.
Hogs--Light, IS 50QS S5 mixed, So $50
s 70 heavy. 81 S0@S co. rough, 81 500
y 10; pigs, $8 50@8 80. Wheat No.
red, 81 OAK @1 051s. Corn-No. 2, GAO
64hc. Oats-No. 2 new, 37c,
EAST BUFFALO-Cattle: Export cat
tie, sc 5O@7 rs; shipping steers Sc 500
7 90; butcher cattle IS 25@6 90; heifers.
"a 00Q5 75 fat COWS, "a 00Q5 rs; bulls.
IS 50@5 30; mixers and springers, s25 90
Gas co. Calves-$9 00@9 80. Sheep and
Lambs-Mixed sheep, 81 50@4 rs; weth-
ers, s5 00@5 40; ewes 81 00@4 so; lambs,
Ss 0OQ7 75 yearlings, IS 0O@6 25. Hogs
Heavies, SO 00@9 d5; mediums, 50 600
8 1b; Yorkers, 50 5000 55; pigs. 50 s5;
roughs, 81 65; stays, Sc 0O@6 20.
PITTSBURG-Cattle: Choice 81 200
7 40: prime. sc S5@7 15; tidy butchers,
IS 75@e 40; heifers, SO 50Q5 rs; cows,
bulls and stays, 81 5045 So; fresh cows,
S25 O0@55 90. Calves-Veal 81 00@10 co.
Sheep and Lambs-Prime wethers, 81 IS
R5 90; good mixed, 81 1904 65; lambs.
81 50@7 25; yearlings, IS 50@6 90. Hogs
Heavy hogs IS 75@S so; heavy mixed.
80 OO@s 10; mediums, 50 So: heavy York
ers, SO 45@9 SO; light Workers, so 65 a
49, pigs. 50 5000 80.
CLEVELAND-Cattl Choice steers,
s6 S5@7 90; heifers, SO 7516 90; fat COWS,
S4 50@5 90: bulls 81 50@5 90; mixers
and springers, $50 00@60 90. Calves
so 80 down. Sheep and Lambs--Mixed
sheep, 81 OO@4 so; ewes, SO 1904 rs; best
sheep. 81 5044 75 lambs, S5 006D7 25
Hogs-Heaves and mediums, IS 20; pigs
80 5O Workers, so O5@9 10; roughs, 81 20
a. 25 stags, $6 2506 so
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THOMAS HOODS OVERSIGHT

Thomas Hood gave to literature the
undying "Song of the Shirt" but he.
might have written an even sadder
song, that of the washtub. Hewitt's
Easy Task laundry soap was unknown
in his day. 1t is only for the last
quarter century that it has been re-
lieving women of backaches and bruis-
ed hands. 1t takes the dirt out of or
off anything - actually does most of
the work itself Your grocer has it.24
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FINALLY HARDING

With praise for Taft in Lougworth's
speech as temporary chairman, In
Burton's speech as permanent chair
man, in the platform as presented by
Dick In Harding's speech accepting
his nomination. and, with approval of
the Taft.Aldrich-Cann tarif all
along the line. the state Republican
convention OF Ohio launched into the
campaign OF 1910 with Warren G.,
Harding of Marion as the standard
bearer and exponent of stand-pat poll.
cies.
The convention began with stand,
pattism and ended with stand.pat.
tism. II made stand'pat nominations
on a stand-pat platform with the AFRO
CANT presumption that the voters OF
that party must abide by the party
fetish from now on and throughout
the campaign until sat down upon by
thoughtful and independent voters al
the ballot box in November.
Having failed to land his pet can
didate on second ballot. notwithstand
ing his bluiiing bet and his positive
declaration that he would stand by
Judge Brown of Dayton to the bitter
end, Cox arose In the midst of the
third ballot and Put his brand all Oy
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sLoveNlAN.cRoATlAN UNION

South Range, Mich, Aug, dele
gates representing sixteen branches Of
the Slovenian.Croatian Union in Mimi
esota and the upper peninsula of Mich
igan have assembled here for the tri-
ennlal convention of the organization.
The annual reports show the affairs
OF the union TO be in flourishing con
dltlon. It has total membership of
nearly 1000 with treasury balance
Of Sl6.0OO.
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er Harding by switching to him the
entire vote of Hamilton county. Up
to that time Harding was losing
steadily on third ballot with every
indication that he could not land,
when Cox swung around with his
whole strength and forced the nom
ination of Harding as slap at Bur
ton because Burton failed to keep his
agreement with Cox to support
Brown.
During his political career Warren
G.. Harding has been on all sides of
important questions and in all fac
tions of his party. Starting some
years ago as follower of Foraker,
he has in turn been for Hanna, and
Herrick, and Harris, and now, finally,
for himself. Loyal to none no doubt
he expects loyalty from all the friends
of those who never could count upon
him in the trial and stress of polite
al reverses.
With Harding matched against a
man of stamina, courage, integrity
and ability like Judson Harmon, the
battle lines for the campaign of 1910
are fixed and no reason appears or
has been suggested that should change
the trend of public thought and ac
tion toward Harmon and clean
sweep in November.
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COURT HOUSE NOTES
Deeds Filed

Deeds Filed
John 7. Dewitt to S. S. Day, part lot
A. Gardner's addition to Mt Holly,
$1,000.
Sanford S. Day to Il. w. Wooley,
part lot 4, Gardner's addition to Mt.
Holly, $500.
Anna f. McGough to Mark S. Dur
bin, 62h acres in Wayne and Monroe,
$100.
John r. Shade to Sarah r. Coe, lot
in Centerburg, $4,000.
Sarah A. Youngblood to f. o. Young.
blood to f. o. Youngblood, 1913 acres
in Liberty and Milford, 81.
Blanche r.. Boltinghouse to Chas. G.
PAIL, lot 2, West e Thompson's addi
ton to city, $1,000.
Hannah ID. Scott to Alexander G.
Scott, as square poles in Jackson, $75
George C. Lybarger to Thomas S
Phillips, lot 4, S. II. Israel's addition to
Mt Vernon, 81.
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FORT TRUM6ULL ABANDONED

Washington, d. c., Aug. To-day
marked the passing of historic old Fort
Trumbull, Conn, which was one of the
most important stategic points in the
Revolutionary War. The control of the
fort was transferred today from the
War Department to the Treasury De-
partment and in future it will be used
as a training school for cadets of
the revenue cutter service.
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Tha Triannla snidar.

An interesting find is that Of the
triangle spider. which spins one OF the
most remarkable types Of spiders
snares as yet known" The web is
triangular, and the spider holds 1t
tightly stretched by means OF thread.
When dy gets entangled this thread
is loosed and the victim is enclosed
more securely.
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POSSE AFTER SLAYERS

Texas Mob Reduces coIored PopuIa.
tion by Twenty individuals.
Palestine, Tex, Aug. IA posse
of more than 100 armed men has
been securing the country around the
Slocum and Benson settlements,
hunting down negroes and white men
who were involved in the racial trou-
BILE that led to the slaughter of more
than 20 negroes. A company of mill
tia from Marshall and detachment
of rangers from Austin have also ar
rived and are in control of situation
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COLORADO OBSERVES NATAL DAY

Denver, Col, Aug. Colorado day,
a legal holiday in this state, was OBJ
served today with hag-raising and
appropriate exercises at the city park.
Banks and public Offices were closed
The day is the thirty-fourth anniver-
sary of the admission of Colorado to
the Union.
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**%The Dowds family reunion will
occur at Lake Hiawatha park on Aug.
ust 9th.
*f*The annual reunion of the Har-
rod-Biggs family will be held August
Is, at Union Grove in Harrison town
ship, Knox county.
**%The eleventh annual reunion of
the Leckliter family will be held at
the home of Arbella Hizer, two miles
west of Butler, August 27.
""|The Simpson reunion will be
held at the old home of John Simpson,
one-half mile north of Howard on Aug.
ust %.
""The annual reunion of the Ben
and Hayes families will be held at the
Union Grove Church in Harrison town.
ship, Knox county, Ohio, on August
20. Everybody invited.
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DRINKS ARRESTED

Two plain drunks were arrested on
the streets by the police Saturday
evening and lodged in the county Jail,
On Monday morning, when brought be-
fore Mayor Mitchell to answer to the
charge the men entered a plea of gull
ty. They were ordered to get out of
town as soon as possible.
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BURNED
TO DEATH

Youngstown, o., Aug. 1.-When a
P. G. l.. E. freight train crew delayed
too long calling the village fire de-
partment at Lowellville, Charles A.
Williams, 80, burned to death in his
caboose, which took fire following a
rear-end collision. He was absolutely
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SPANISH WAR VETERANS MEET

Sacramento, Cal, Aug. SOLDIERS
and sailors of California who served
in the army and navy of the United
States during the Spanish American
war gathered here in considerable
number today for their annual convcn.
ton. The gathering will continue in
session until Thursday.
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WOMEN ARRESTED

Parkersburg w. Va, Aug. 1-Jessie
and Lulu Metz were arrested here to-
day charged with poisoning ex-Judge
James A. Watson.
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APPLY FOR
RECEIVER

Sandusky, o., Aug. L. Joseph
Wagner and 23 other stockholders
applied for a receiver for the Wagner
Lake Ice company, absorbed by the
Interstate Ice company, the so-called
"Ice Trust" in 1908. Henry Graef,
John Homegardner and Abraham Lii
bensburger, as liquidating trustees,
are the defendants.
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DESTROYED

GAINESVILLE, o., Aug. 1.-The Plant
Of the GAINESVILLE Art Pottery com
pany was almost wholly destroyed by
fire, entailing loss of 100000.
About 200 employees are idle. The
plant will be rebuilt.