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The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1910-12-03

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The Courier-Journal produced sew
eral pen pictures of the visiting gov
Iernors and other notables, of which
the following are extracts:
1t was a noticeable fact that no
sectional lines we're drawn during
the conference. The executives from
the eastern and New England states
did not clique nor did the southern
governors nor those from the south
west. the west, the middle west and
the northwest. Ii was not possible
to point out a certain individual and
remark: "Now, he's from the east;
| I Judge that because he is smartly
dressed and well groomed;" or That
governor must be from the wooLy
west because he wears a broad light
colored felt hat and looks like an ex-
cowboy"
Appearances were most deceptive
so far as exteriors went. For in
stance, DR.. Woodrow Wilson, who is
doctor of laws and doctor OF
letters, with degrees from half a
dozen universities, habitually wore a
Ibroad-brimmed, fawn-colored Alpine
hat and a sack suit. Gov. Marshall,
who has been fighting poolroom
gambling and other forms of vice
from end to end of Indiana, includ-
ling French Lick, Jacksonville, East
Chicago and Hammond, wore sack
suit. His derby hat generally was
Tilted down well over his steady
right eve and the brim of it nearly
met the business end OF a long black
cigar which always was elevated at
an angle of not less than 80 degrees.
Gov. Cruce, of Oklahoma, tall and
slender. with gentle expression,
might have been taken for an evange
list. He wore a long, loose black
coat. a black Alpine hat. white linen,
round cuffs and white lawn tie.
Gov. Shafroth, of Colorado, never
stepped out of his apartments with
out his formal Prince Albert and silk
tile, and Gov. Norris, of Montana,
might at any time have been picked
from an eastern Sunday scene in
Fifth avenue. New York Gov. Har-
mon, Gov. Noel. Gov. Deneen and
Gov. Sloan, the latter from Arizona,
we're typical business men, while
Gov. Mann, of Virginia, with flowing
silver hair, full white mustache and
goatee, black formal dress and white
linen and necktie, looked his part
the old-school citizen of the Old Do
minion.
Gov Thomas r. Marshall, OF Indi-
ana. seemed In fine trim when he ap-
peared In the lobby of the Seelbach
at O'Clock yesterday morning. but
The rapid fire of business and social
duties "Wednesday must have SCARED
him some. The first thing he said
when a group Of newspaper men
hailed him was:
"Boys, IL could stay over until
the executive session Of the COVER
nor this evening l sure would pro-
pose that we name this conference
the amalgamated order Of nine-course
dinners. Why. after that reception
last night / vainly told myself that
was a seasoned social eampaigner,
but this morning-ah. mel came
down here to attend to business. but
what can a man do when society
stands all about him holding out
pleasure by the bushel?"
Governor Marshall and Mrs. Mar
shall left at noon yesterday for New
York. where they will be guests of
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EplsconaI.

GRACE CHURCH-Su sunday school
at $3.50 a m Morning prayer and
sermon at i0:f5; no evening SER
vices.
GOOD SHEPHERD HOUSE-Thc
The Rev +. c. McAlister. minister.
Sunday school at $3.50 a. m evening
prayer and sermon al 1880. The
bell OF the Good shepherd houFo g.
temporarily diEabled and friends at
tending the services are urged 10
have the correct time and De prompt
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BRoADwAY-The Rev. q. T.
Sullivan, pastor. Sunday school and
Bible class az $50 a. m. Preaching
at IL a. m. by the Rev w. J. Mccoy.
presiding elder Meeting OF first
quarterly conference az 3 p. m. In
stallation OF pastor and church
officers at 1880 p. m. Special music
at each service.
sunday morning service. preaching
by the presiding elder, followed by
Sacramento service.
$500 p. m.-Quarterly Conference
Love Feast.
T:30-Installation Service.
Music Choir.
Song-Congregation.
Prayer.
Scriptures
Song.
Duties OF a Presiding Elder-G T.
sullivan.
Duties OF Pastor-W J. Mccoy.
Duties OF a 3 s Supt-W J.
Mccoy.
Duties OF a Steward-W. J. Mccoy.
Duties OF other officlals-W J..
Mccoy,
Duties OF Members-W. ]. Mcooy
After the presentation OF the
duties OF the above mentioned each
WI be asked TO affirm a fixed pur-
pose 10 be faithful therein.
Prayer Of Conservation.
Fellowship Handwriting
noNology and Benediction
FOUNTAIN AVDNUE-The Rev.
p. b. jefferson. pastor sunday
school. GAS a. m. Preaching az n
a. m. and 7.30 p. m. by the Rev. A.
D. Scott Of Martin. Tenn, owing 90
the illness OF the pastor JUNIOR
league. $3.50 p. m. Senior league
p. m.
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THE GOVERNORS.

We warn Governor Sloan, of Ariz-
ona, that it is difficult TO combine
the joys Of solitude with the satisfac-
ton of a large audience. But seri-
ously, governors are not different
from the rest of us. and they are not
going to refuse other engagements to
attend a governors conference UNI
less they expect to have some fun,
and we doubt whether they are an
especially congenial bunch. Public
men usually are vain; If they are not
born with the protuberance of vanity
prominently displayed, it Is develop
ED. long before they attain the gov
..ernor's chair, and they love to dis
port themselves before an audience;
but we doubt whether they make a
very good audience themselves.
We've toled them together with
social functions; we've furnished
them individually and collectively
with an audience; and each has had
his little day, in which to pose in the
lime light. without being forced TO
say anything that would interfere
with his CHARGES of the presidency
for, of course, every mothers son of
them Is a presidential possibility.
Those, who had "a message, a hob
by or a policy to exploit, exploited
IL; and Uncle Judson Harmon and
the other wise ones, who have sat in
the white house chairs and know
how pleasant they are. and also what
mischief an unguarded word can
commit in the course of its immortal
career. sat in dignified silence, which
becomes them more in the Seelbach
hotel than it would in Parkway
Hurst-on- the-Sound.
Altogether there were some things
said. a few seeds sown, and a gen
eral sentiment expressed and con-
CURED in that we are progressing,
and that the reformers are not
wrecking the world. II Is worth the
while TO know that no governor
dared express a reactionary opinion.
What more business could they trans
act in the solemn reaches of the
desert? They do not compose an
executive body; they are expected
20 take their orders from the people;
nothing that they could do or say
could be made binding on anyone,
and 1t would be indiscreet IL not pre-
sumptious for them as a body TO
adopt resolutions in favor of any
specific legislative enactment. They
will express the result OF their DELHI
erations In their several messages to
the state legislatures.
II Is true that those who had long
speeches to deliver, or some hobby
for controversial enjoyment, were
disappointed by the constant intru-
sion on their precious moments of
the plans Of the committee on enter
tainment; but they must remember
that they were seeking only pleasure
in controversy or joy in froIicking
with their hobbies SO, after all.
they cannot take on airs and set
themselves above those. whose incli-
nations run more to gastronomic de-
lights, TO dalliance I'm the drawing
room or practicing facial expressions
in front of camera.
Vanity, as we observed, assumes
various diguises in public men; but
IL is always there.
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mediate attention. Good intentions
won't make any poor child happy;
II is just as easy TO send in your
name this afternoon as 1t Is tomor-
row afternoon; and the sooner these
arrangements are made the better
the work will be done Be a Good
Fellow; do it now. Just telephone
your wishes OF. better still, send in
a card, saying "My name is SO and
So. of Such and Such address. l
wish to play Santa Claus to So Many
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GOVERNORS AS THEY APPEAR.


thonor at the annual dinner OF the
Hoosier club. Gov. Marshall. Gov
elect Woodrow Wilson, Gov. Herbert
5. Hadley, of Missouri, and Gov.
Judson Harmon, of Ohio. had their
heads together most OF the time the
conference was in session-business
or executive. Awed and tiptoeing
spectators pointed them out. with all
seriousness. as moving spirits"
Not a word OF politics did any of
the newspaper men pry out of Gov.
Marshall. Whenever the "bunoh"
cornered him and began to explode
presidential bee or prohibition ques-
tons the Indiana executive put up
his hands deprecatlngly-in a sort of
now-I-must-listen attitude and
backed away, saying, "Now, boys. l
can't discuss such things at this
time"
Gov.-elect Frederick w. Plalsted,
one of the active members of the con-
ference, will be the first Democratic
chief executive in Maine in thirty
years. The last Democratic governor
in that state was his father. Gen.
Harris NJ. Plaisted. The latter was
elected by the Democrats and Green
hackers by a majority of 169.
The son, who is at present mayor
OF Augusta, was elected by a major
ity of more than 5000. He viii
have a Democratic legislature. and
will send to the national congress the
first Democratic senator that has rep
resented Maine since 1852.
Mr.. Plaisted has been successful
politician. He has been elected
mayor of Augusta four times out of
five up. When he became mayor in
1906 he was the third Democratic
mayor in sixty years. He was re-
elected in 1907 and 1905. and in
1909 ne lost by 80 votes. Mt daunt-
ed by the single defeat Mr.. Plaisted
ran again last spring. and received
the largest majority he ever polled.
When he became sheriff of Kennebec
county, OF which Augusta is the
county seat. in 1907. he was the first
Democratic sheriff that county had
elected in 107 years. Mr.. Plaisted
held down the jobs of sheriff and
mayor at the same time for two
years.
William George Jordan, former
magazine editor. at present a writer
Of books which teen with the philos-
ophy OF optimism. has had more to
DO with the success Of the conference
of governors movement than he Will
admit, although he Is permanent sec
rotary of the informal organization.
He was particularly accommodating
to newspapermen, because as he says,
he Is a reformed editor" and can
SYM pathize with them.
Not long ago Mr.. Jordan published
a book, Little Problems OF Married
Lfe.p although he openly declares
that he is bachelor by profession. 4"
After the little problems" had cir
culated around among the elect for
two or three months. there came one
day TO the author an obese letter
containing many pages Of accusation
from a Washington woman She
knew his secret. and the burden OF
her lay was this: "As a bachelor,
how can you presume TO solve the
problems of married life?"
Mr. Jordan lay awake for several
nights thinking 1t over. and then
penned the reply: Dear Madam
Dante did not write his Inferno
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1910-12-03

The college professors. who think
the American women are losing their
shapes on account of the excessive
and disproportionate exercise OF
athletic girls, remind us of the scien-
fists, who declare that women inherit
certain traits on account of the con-
ditions under which women lived
in former ages. The latter obseva-
ton necessitates the assumption that
girls inherit all their mothers traits
and none of their fathers, and that
boys inherit their fathers traits and
none of their mothers. We cannot
accept the theory: and We can't see
how the activities of the athletic girl
can affect those, who don't go in for
athletics. or their progeny. Some
thing silly about that charge.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1910-12-03
Do Ii NOW

A score of people have remarked
TO us that they think they will play
Santa Claus TO a child or a family
this Christmas Then don't delay
notifying The Evening Sun or the
Philanthropic department OF the wo-
mans club. 2O4 South Seventh
street. Christmas Is only three
weeks off and when the final rush
comes you will forget your good res
olution, and the department viii be
oyerburdened with demands for i'm
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1910-12-03

FGRST-The Rev. II. W. Burwell
pastor. Sunday school. $50 a. m
Prcafhing by pastor at 10:i5 a. m.
and 1880 p. m.
KENTUCKY AYENUE-The Fisy
u. D. lands, pastor. Sunday school.
$3.50 a. m. Preaching az 1O:45 a.
m. and 1880 p. m. By the Rev Pear
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STATE PRESS.
Trigg County n Failure.

The Trigg County Farmers Insti-
tute was in session in Cadiz Monday
and Tuesday, and while the crowds
present at each session were quite
small, yet those who attended were
very enthusiastic and much good was
no doubt derived from lt.-Cadiz
Record.
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German.

UNITY EVANGELICAL - The
Rev. II. NJ. wlcsecke. pastor sun
day school, $3.50 a. m German morn
ing worship. 10:f5 a. m English
evening worship. 1880 p. m. Subject
of evening sermon. "An Advent Mes.
sage" willing Workers meet Thurs
day afternoon at the home OF Mrs. l..
Waller, on Broad street.
LUTHERAN-The Rev. William
Grother. pastor Sunday school
$3.50 a. m. German services 1880 a
IN. Preaching at st. Matthew
(county) p. m, Evening services Ia
English at 7:A5 p. m. Theme
Christ. the Star OF Jacob and the
Scepter OF Judah"
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Kenfuckr Kernels
elbyvllle police chief fired.

Shelbyvllle police chief fred.
soabies in sheep disappearing.
Graves county wants gravel roads.
David Holland, Muhienburg, killed
by train.
Boy Scouts organize at Lexing-
ton.
Henderson prisoners taken to Ow-
ensboro for safekeeping.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1910-12-03
FOR = ALE.

Five acres OF good land one mil,
from city limits on gravel road
near school house. Most desira-
bic place for suburban home"
where you can live for one half
the cost OF living In the city
Fine location for a truck garden
where you can have your own
cows. hogs and poultry. A good
bargain and easy payments. For
further information see Il. ID.
Thurman, st. Nicholas Hotel,
phone "a.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1910-12-03
GOOD HOUSE FOR SALE
ON VERY EASY PAYMENTS

I have a two-story frame house
orner Eleventh and Monroe. in good
ondition, modern convenience.
urnace, which / offer for sale on
asy payments. +. NJ. Fisher.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1910-12-03

son Lockwood, Of this city, who Is n
theological student at the Lebanon
(Tenn.) University.
Morning subject: "Pmise." Even
ing subject: "The Most blessed
Promise"
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Small In Graves.

The Farmers Institute was in
session here two days this week. but
on account of circuit court being in
session the attendance was small
Mayfield Messenger.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1910-12-03

Seven room house corner Eleventh
and Monroe streets. iiaE furnace
and az modern convCri,nccs see
r. VI. Fisher
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The Weather

Unsettled with probably rain or
snow tonight; warmer in east por-
ton; sunday cloudy and colder.
Temperature today; Highest, ~;
lowest, 20. Hail fell at = y. m.
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All Young Mems

Cloths are not alik. because
the patterns might happen TO
b: the same the point lies
In the tailoring buy an r.
& w" young mems suit or
ovsrcoat, wear It as loag as
you desire hit loosss shape
or breaks In the c liar we'll
make good with a new gar
men'.
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Epwortb Mission.

Sunday school at EpWorth Ms
sion. Sixth and Findlay streets. 3 p.
m. Sunday.
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R.ggy!:Ll.;;lGEEAEgE9gB&ss@l
curEffms 10 HEEAEpBoyS
N. @. N. Election.

Olive Camp. " o. vs., viii elect
officers "wednesday night
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Daily Thought.

Wisdom is always good to learn,
whose wisdom soever it may be-
A. NJ. Fairbairn.
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Christian church bun, IN day At
henderson.
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Glasgow hen couldn't teach quail
chickens to roost; 50 she goes with
them at night.
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yor DoN-r narr TO wan.

every dose maKos you feel better. lar
Eos keeps your whole insides tight
Sold on tho Money Back plan every
where. Price SOC.
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Kniehts Of Columbus viii cleo, OF
icers "Wednesday night
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Daddy would like to have
pair OF ROCKS Bunion Shoes.
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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1910-01-13

o'clock, Judge Sease presiding and
the Solicitor appearing for the
State.
The roll of the grand jury being
called and the roster found COM
plete, Judge Sease addressed them
as follows:
"The bill handed ME by the
Solicitor is a case of assault and
battery with intent to ravish. Take
the bill and examine the witnesses
as IN any other bill. If YOU find
that the testimony makes a prtno
tacie case, find a true bill. Assault
is an attempt to do violence to
another-to put in execution battery.
One accused of assault must have
been in reach of the per u assault.
ed. Assault with inten % ravish
is for man to put his hands on a
woman against her will and with
ont her consent with improper IN
tent. Intent is the main point IN
a case of this kind. | think you
have clear idea of the nature of
the crime with which the defend
ant is charged"
Just after the court was called,
some excitement was caused by a
young man, Mr. Blaney McCants,
from the Trio section, being seized
with an epi!eptic fit and falling
down from his seat to the floor,
where he lay suffering from his
attack for some ten or fifteen
minutes until the hurry call
brought two physicians, Drs
Brockington and Kelley, to his re-
lief.
After celebrating for twenty
minutes the grand jury returned a
true bill and preparations for the
trial began. The defendant being
without counsel, or apparent
means to employ an attorney, the
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GUILTY." SAYS JURY,
AS TO JOHNNY ROSE.
JURY OUT ONLY SEVEN MINUTES
DAY OF EXECUTION SET FOR
\ FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4.

Asked the usual question, "What
have you to say why sentence of
death should not be passed upon
-you," the negro, Johnny Rose,
having been found guilty of assault
with intent to rayish-a capital
offense under the laws of South
Uarollna-replied: 81 have moth
ing to say" Thereupon his honor,
Judge Sease, solemn]y passed sen,
tence in the following touching and
affecting language:
swell, Johnnie, l do not know
that l can say anything that would
do you any good, but l feel it my
duty to admonish you to prepare
to meet your Maker. This is the
END of your life, which you have
forfeited by your wilfull act, and
under the law it becomes my duty
to impose upon you the death
sentence. l am going to give you
something like four weeks and
during that time | hope you will
try to prepare to meet your God
Remember always that it is never
too late to repent and ask forgive
ness for your sins. The jury thai
tried you did not see fit to recon-
mend you to mercy to add th'
words that would have saved youl
life. You have not been recon-
mended to mercy because they
thought you were not entitled t.
mercy under their oaths as jurors
but there is Tribunal which ma,
have mercy and save yeur soul
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In Il Christian land need not
point you to that Tribunal.
"You have had a fair trial and !
see no hope for yon to escape the
severest penalty of the law.
The jury. having found i verdict
of guilty the sentence of the court
is that you, the defendant, Johnny
Rose, be taken to the place from
whence you came, there to remain
until Friday, the 4th day of Feb
uary, between the hours of / a m
and , p M, whel you shall be
taken therefrom to the place of
of public execution and be hanged
by the neck until YOU are dead
and may Gsd have mercy on your
soul"
Amidst II hushed and breath
less silence that fell upon the
dense throng of eagerly interested
spectators that packed and jammed
the seats and aisles of the court
room to the utmost capacity OF
standing room, the fateful words
were uttered that sealed the doom
of the negro, Johnny Rose, who on
December 6, 1909, in the Hebron
neighborhood just on this side OF
the Clarendon line, assaulted a little
girl Oh her way to school, who in
her testimony on the witness stand,
said that she was fourteen years
old last September. Thus closed
the final act but one in life
drama that never fails to appeal
to human interest and arouse the
instincts and passions of the ele-
| mental man.
The special term of court ordered
by Governor Ansel TO try the negro
Rose, charged with the most heinous
offense in the category of crime from
the standpoint of Southern manhood
was called Monday norslng at II
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Judge appointed to represent him
four members of the LEGAL bar,
VIZ: Messrs Kirk, Asklns, Kinds
and J D Gilland.
In drawing the jury twenty.
three julymen faced the prisoner
before the panel was completed,
the defendant exhausting his ten
challenges and one of the jurors
drawn being excused conditonally.
The jury was composed of the
following members:
H M Cooper, Foreman
James Nesmith
PHI Grumbles
W Il Britton
ID McClam
Jas A Scott
BS Smith
SD Nesmith
H A Odom
D E Cooper
G W Camlin
George Graham, Jr.
The first witness to testify was
the little girl whom the negro as
saulted. On motion of the Solicitor
the courtroom was cleared dur
ing her testimony. The evidence
she gave was clear and conyinc-
ing, leaving no doubt in the minds
of those who heard her simple,
direct recital Of the terrible ordeal
she had experienced that the negro
was guilty beyond a reasonable
doubt. There was nothing SEN
sational in the testimony of the
witness and the reason for clearing
the courtroom was manly to
shield the child as much as pos
sible from the embarrassment of
facing so large crowd while she
gave her testimony.
From first to last the negro
Continued on Page 8
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