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The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1911-03-01
Where Is Portwood.
Well known Citizen of Brass
field neiehborhood is missing.


The wife and children Of Green d.
Portwood, a well known farmer of the
Brassfeld neighborhood are wondering
what has become Of husband and father
who left home on the morning Of the
Both Of January to go to Irvine, and up
to now nothing has been heard form him
His wife is almost Frustrated and fear is
expressed on ell sides that unless me
news as TO her husbands Whereabouts is
received soon. she will collapse. Those
who know him best in the community
in which he resides have advanced the
theory now that he may be demented
and wandered off into an adjoining
county or in some wild portions Of the
mountains. Portwood is we'll known in
Richmond. He is thirty three years Of
age, about feet inches, slightly stoop-
ed, black hair somewhat curley, scar
from cut in-forehead over left eye. large
blue eyes, badly cut finger, also showing
scar. When he left home he wore
black stiff hat, blue striped cotton shirt,
new tan shoes. This description is given
in the hope that he may be located not
great distance from home. He was for
some time correspondent for the Climax.
His address now is Richmond, KY, R.
f. d. No box So His domestic life,
so his wife claims, has been as happy as
could be, there being nothing of strain
ed nature at home to cause him TO leave
in such manner. The day he left he
was in good spirits and talked Of bust
ness matters Of the coming week.
The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1911-03-01
Made Merry.

The Red Mems banquet last Wednef
day evening, given by Floating Canoe
Tribe, Of this city, was largely ATTENDED
Each member was allowed one pale fac :
as his guest and about one hundred an h
fifty sat down to the spread, which is al
ways big one in the Red Men camp
Prominent visitors were Mayor Rice,
County Clerk Terrill, Attorney A. r.
Burnam, Jr., and DR.. H. NJ. Blanton.
POSTMASTER James Wagers called on all
the visitors and many of the members
of the tribe and all responded in a happy
frame of mind Prof Heffner of tho
opera house orchestra, delighted the as
semblage with several selections on the
piano and Gap" Dickerson, Uncle
Charlie Covington, Emil Lorisch and
dick" Bailey responded, after repeated
calls, for a genuine old fashioned buck
and wing dance.
The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1911-03-01

If you have trouble in getting rid Of
your cold you may know that you are
not treating it properly. There is no
reason why a cold should hanl: on for
weeks and &c win not if you take Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy. For sale by
Stockton & Son.
The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1911-03-01

When you have rheumatism in your
foot or instep apply Chamberlain's Lini-
ment and you will get quick relief Il
costs but a quarter. Why suffer- For
sale by Stockton & Son.
The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1911-03-01

Feel languid, weak, rundown? Head
ache? Stomach "off''1-Just a plain case
Of lazy liver Burnook Blood Bitters
tones liver and stomach, promotes diges-
ton. purifes the blood.
The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1911-03-01
For REM.

Flat of three rooms, kitchen and bath,
furnished or unfurnished. 4O7 West
Main street. Apply to Mrs Mary B.
Clay. Telephone SOC or 1863 ring 3.
The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1911-03-01

Best equipped warehouse for handling
loose leaf in this section-the Madison
warehouse. Plenty Of help and no waits
-
The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1911-03-01

John W. Sickelsmith, Greensboro, Pa.
has three children. ana like most child
rem they frequently take cold. I'VE have
tried several kinds Of cough medicine, "
he says, but have never found any yet
that did them as much good as Cham
berlain's Cough Rem edy' For sale by
Stockton & Son.
The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1911-03-01
For Sale.

Nice residence on corner Fifth and
North streets. Apply
IT, d. NJ. STEVENSON
The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1911-03-01

Our motto is THE highest price for
all crops" Madison tobacco warehouse.
The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1911-03-01
Mrs. Maude Mackey Walk
er'sHair Dressing ParIor.

Come in and have your hair dressed
in the newest style. braids and puffS
made to order. Braids restored 10
natural color. Highest prices paid for
cOmbings. Two doors above StocktOn's
drug store, on Main street. Office phone
SIS, residence 2O2. 6Mo
The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1911-03-01

The most common cause of insomnia
is disorder of the stomach. Chamber
liam Stomach and Liver Tablets correct
these disorders and enable you to 81 eep.
For sale by Stockton & Son.
The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1911-03-01

the biggest 1911 had Ow mTcn-
all
thau Of making
hand
The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1911-03-01

If you have not sold your tobacco. take
il to the Madison Warehouse where the
top prices prevail There's a reason. q
The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1911-03-01
Have You Taken Advantage OF This
If Not, Do 1t Now

before the best values all gone We will you good money
We selling Ladies Suits worth from 250 $780, tor from 80 to
Ladies Coats worth g. so 1000, for from 1913 to $3.50
Mems Suits and Ovco worth 00 $500 for from 740 to l5UO
All other winter weight goods at very low prices
We 0 close these goods Cone-gst bargain
The Washington times., 1911-05-26
MIDDIES PLAN A MATRIMON.
IAL CRUISE.

Every day brings fresh evidence
that, as Emerson declared long ago,
"all the world loves a lover" A spe-
cial interest attaches to the forthcom-
ing entry of four Annapolis midship-
men into the ranks of the benedicts.
The Navy Department, be it under
stood, not only exercises a paternal
care over the "middies" in the matter
of the hours and the company they
shall keep, but undertakes to regulate
their matrimonial affairs, in a meas
ure, at least. A ward in chancery has
more freedom. The department knows
only too well how small is the salary
on which a young naval graduate has
to try to keep aAoat. Indeed, it is
assumed that his honorarium for the
first two years of his service will just
about pay the expenses incident to
his graduation. Having regard for the
The Washington times., 1911-05-26
AROUSE SENTIMENT
AGAINST HIP-POCKET

To the Editor OF THE TIMES:
There recently passed the New York
senate by a vote of 81 to 8, a bill
which makes the carrying and use
of dangerous weapons a felony; re-
Quires owners of revolvers to secure
license and provides that dealers
must keep a register OF sales OF such
weapons.
The safeguards the law has thrown
around the sale of dangerous weap-
ons are entirely inadequate. AS things
now stand the dealer in such articles
may use his discretion in refusing to
sell dangerous weapons to persons
who seem to be insane or homicidally
inclined. Inasmuch as It takes a
squad Of trained experts to decide. IN
many cases, whether man is really
crazy or only now and then out or
his head. and inview of the we'll
known inability of juries to distin-
guish between insanity, homicidal
mania. and natural depravity. 1t will
be seen that this throws heavy re-
sponsibility on the dealer. 1t Is
probable that any man not obviously
intoxicated or of unsound mind can.
by using ordinary intelligence, buy
a pistol. and use It an hour later to
kill somebody.
But what is to be done? Police per-
mission to use q pistol Is as easy to
obtain, as It is to buy one. There Is
nothing to prevent any man getting
permission to keep a pistol on the
pretext that he needs 1t to repel
possible burglar. The fact is that this
matter is one very difficult to reach
by any law.
There is one way IN which homi-
cides could be reduced in number.
however, and without legislation; and
that is by certain changes in public
sentiment At present there are to
many people who talk lightly about
sentiment. At present there are too
many women ready to say that II a
man did such and such thing they
| would shoot him; too many men VINO
stand around boasting Of the readi-
The Washington times., 1911-05-26
AS TO REAL FRIENDS
OF COLORED RACE

To the Editor of THE TIMES:
always look up The Times Mail Bag
in reading The Times, as find some of
the letters very entertaining and in
structive. The letter Of J. c. Cunning
ham, OF the 10Th instant, would be very
amusing were II not so misleading. In
berating the colored newspapers lest
they lead their people wrong" he seems
to have overlooked the fact that friend
ship does not depend on political affilta-
tons, a fact that has been emphasized
by Mr.. Taft. a Republican President.
appointing Democrats as members of
his Cabinet.
Friend, according to Webster. means
"one Joined to another by affection. an
intimate" A confident. II such ties then
bound the white and colored people of
the South.
It was but natural for the colored peo-
pie, when freed (and turned loose in
the road" as Mr.. Cunningham ex-
presses it), to look to those to whom
the ties Of friendship had bound them
for so many years. And why not? Had
not their fathers and mothers been toll
ing yea, and giving their hfe-blood that
those same white friends might enjoy
q life of ease and luxury? AS to W no
was, or is, the colored peoples friend
their very best friends, both North and
South-are those who care not one whit
whether they are Democrats or Repub-
licans so long as they are good, indus
trious, law-abiding citizens.
But this Is not a question of friend
ship; It is a question of political parties,
and human rights, as to choosing be
tween the Democratic and Republican
parties. It is but natural for the col
ored folks to vote with the party that hat
keeps open "the door of hops, that the
Democratic party South has been try
ing their best to close against them. Oh.
yes, Mr.. Cunningham, the Democratic
party certainly does produce men who
are not afraid to speak.
The Democrats South spoke something
ago, and the majority of the colored
voters South were disfranchised. They
spoke again, and the colored folks South
are riding in jim-crow cars. The Demo
Gratis South are speaking now, and city
after CITY in the South are passing seq
regation laws, meaning that the Solored
people are not good enough to even live
In the same Iieighborhood with white
folks. Yes, by all means let the col
ored folks vote for a well-bred Southern
Democratic gentleman to occupy a seat
in the white House in 1912.
JAMES CONWAY JACKSON.
The Washington times., 1911-05-26
LADY DUFF GORDON,
OWNER Of SHOP, TO
Be FRAUD WITNESS
Titled Englishwoman, Who
Conducts Store in New
York, Must Testify.

NEW YORK, May 26.-Lady Duff Cor
don. who has been Turing New York So
ciety to her millinery shop on the
added attraction OF buying bonnets de-
signed by a titled Englishwoman, will
be witness when the case of the UNI
ted States against Lucille Limited" is
called. differentiation of imported
goods to the amount of 80 per cent is
charged, but after inspection Of the
books of the establishment the amount
may be greater, according to the assis-
tant United States attorney.
Lady Duffs s manager, Thomas ]. Dug
gan, Is now under arrest, the specific
charge being that Of conspiring with
Abraham Merritt. the secretary, to i'm
port women's wearing apparel from
England at less than It's true value. Ac-
cording to the customs officials, infor-
nation that there were Irregularities in
the shop, was given shortly after Henry
Duveen was forced to pay his $15. 700
fine for frauds.
Lucille Limited is an incorporated
dressmaking concern, and was opened
by Lady Duff Gordon about a year ago
as branch of her place in London.
Lady Gordon spent much OF her time in
the New York establishment and with
the attraction of buying from a titled
parsonage society, and much that was
not society, fiocked to the store.
Lady Gordon Is the wife of Sir Cosmo
Edmund Dun Gordon, and a sister Of
Elinor Glyn, with whom she spent some
appearance of Three Weeks" She
advised Washington society girls to
open up q millinery shop In the city.
asserting that one lost nothing of social
caste, and evolved very attractive
means Of gaining livelihood.
The Washington times., 1911-05-26

fact that a bride expects to be sup.
ported ''in the manner to which she
has been accustomed" the mathe'
matical guardians assume that it is
for the good of the future admirals
family, as well as for the service
that the man-o'war's man put in q
couple of years in impatient expecta.
ton.
But, afoat and ashore, love finds a
way, and so it has been with the
cadet appointees from Nevada, Cali
fornia, Wisconsin, and Texas. They
are to get their diplomas on Friday
of next week, and on the following
day Midshipman Wolford, Of Nevada,
is to take a consort. The other three
have likewise found a way to the
softer side of bureaucracy and will
follow in Wolford's matrimonial foot
steps shortly afterward. The first
sign that the department would re-
lent came nearly a year ago, when
permission was granted the midship-
men to keep the picture of the girl
they loved best in their severely fur
nished rooms. They knew at once
that the Navy Department was pre-
sided over, after all, by flesh and
blood, with a touch of sentiment in
tertwined in the fnterminable red
tape. The more desperate bore down
upon the department in solid squad
ron, and have come off with flying
colors.
We feel sure that the department
has made no mistake. The graduating
exercises this year will be all the
more interesting for that the lovers
lutte will furnish an obligato for the
marine BELLS harsher notes, for time
has approved it we'll that
The bravest are the tenderest,
The loving are the daring.
The Washington times., 1911-05-26
SOME REFLECTIONS ON
CHRONIC GRUMBLERS

To the Editor OF THE TIMES:
II children of earthly parents should
complafn as often and as grievously OF
the conditions which surround them al
home as full grown men and women DO
of the circumstances by which they are
beset In life, the family circle would be
a terrestrial pandemonium, and such
children would be branded as ingrates.
Possibly King Lear was surrounded by
such conditions when he spoke of dog
hearted daughters" she foxes" "peli-
can dauehters," "filial ingratitude,"
"arniIk-livered man." 'ingratitude, thou
,1a rhIaIbearted fiend," and uttered the
climax when he said: How sharper
than a serpent's tooth 1t Is to have
thankless child"
Paul was a great philosopher, and un-
derstood the conditions necessary TO
guarantee the most substantial Dement'S
from life. He profited by. his own per-
sonal experiences. Hear him: I nave
am. Herewith to be content" Study
this. 'T have learned" 1t is commend
able to ''have learned some lessons.
The old adage-"Experience teaches
a dear school, but fools will learn in no
other" Is not true. / would have 1t
read Experience teaches good school;
wise people learn it but fools will learn
In none"
to proclaim the steps to be taken to
usher in the approaching reign of
heaven he replied: do violence to no
man. neither accuse falsely; and be con-
tent with your wages" Very sound ad-
vice. and no authority for strikes.
At the risk Of making descent from
The Washington times., 1911-05-26
WATER MAINS TO BIG SEC
TON OF CITY.

Residents of Benning, Kenilworth,
and Congress Heights may take heart
Trunk line water mains, for which
they have waited more or less impa-
tiently for many years, will soon ar
rive in their midst, with steady, thirty
inch streams of water, sufficient to
supply them with all the water they
will want for the next quarter of a
century.
The District Water Department is
supposed to be self-supporting, but as
a matter of fact it is not. Extensions
of mains and installation of meters
have been rapid in the last few years
because of the rapid growth of the
city, and receipts have not been suffi,
cient to meet both operating expenses
and necessary permanent improve
ments. As a result, Congress has ap-
propriated about 100000 for the Ben
ming, Kenilworth, and Congress Heights
extensions. It is expected that by
fall the big main to Benning and
Kenilworth and the similar one to
Congress Heights will be laid and will
be carrying water to these suburbs.
Residents of the three sections in
the eastern end of the District have
The Washington times., 1911-05-26
BOARD OF TRADE TURNS
DOWN MERGER.

AS a result of the action of the
Board of Trade on the merger ques-
tion, last evening, all chance of con-
solidation of that organization and the
Chamber of Commerce in the near
future has disappeared. Two hundred
and thirty-three members of the Board
attended the special meeting at the
New Willard. One hundred and forty
five voted against consolidation. Only
eighty eight voted for it.
Numerically, the attendance last
evening was emphatically representa-
tive Seldom has a greater number of
members attended a session of the
organization. The large vote against
the merger, therefore, must be ac-
cepted as conclusive. Three hours were
devoted to debate, in which both sides
of the question were ably represented.
Everybody who wanted to be heard
was given an opportunity to speak.
The issue was thoroughly threshed
out. Every possible argument in favor
of and against consolidation was pre-
sented. Then the vote was taken, and
it was discovered a large majority of
those present favored a continuance of
the Board as an independent organiza-
tion.
The result is surprising, in view of
the sentiment expressed by individual
members of the Board of Trade in the
postal card poll on merger conducted
month ago. 1t can be explained
only on the theory that opponents of
consolidation felt sufficient interest in
the issue to turn out and vote, while
advocates of consolidation did not.
The latter cannot expect much sym
pathy if this is the explanation of
last nights action by the Board. They
were given a chance to have their day
in court. If they failed to take ad-
vantage of it they have no one to
blame but themselves.
The Times, together with many
others, believes the interests of the
city would best be conserved and pro-
NOTED by one large, representative
civic and commercial organization. 1t
hopes that at some time in the future
this view may be shared by the Board
of Trade members who defeated con-
solidation last evening. 1t recognizes,
however, that the membership of the
Board of Trade has been given a
chance to approve consolidation and
has declined to do so. 1t will, there.
fore, devote its best energies, as il
has in the past, to the promotion Of
the welfare of both the Board Of
Trade and the Chamber of Commerce
and will strive to assist them in every
honest effort to advance the interests
| of Washington.
The Washington times., 1911-05-26
AMENDING LANDOR'S
SKIT ON GEORGES
To the Editor of THE TIMES:

To the Editor OF THE TIMES:
When George the Fourth. King Of
England. died, Savage Lander, a local
poet Of some repute in the city of Lon
don at the time, published the follow
ing diatribe on the reign Of the Georges:
George the First, vile was reckoned,
Viler still was George the Second;
What mortal ever heard
Any good of George the Third
When to the earth the Fourth descended
God be praised! the Georges ended"
In view of the coming coronation of
George the Fifth and the worlds par
ticipation in the event, and a possible
forecast Of a glorious reign Of this
grandson Of Victoria, let US in the same
vein of poetry add this couplet:
When George the Fifth the throne as
cendad,
Heaven be praised! the Georges mended.
The English-speaking people every
where will say Amen to this couplet.
j. R. HAYES, NJ. D.
The Washington times., 1911-05-26
THE COMMERCE COURT AND
"ACCESSORIAL CHARGES"

No more insidious form Of rebating
has been devised than that which is
represented by the grossly inequitable
divisions of rates between trunk line
railroads and the so-called industrial
or tap-line roads. Whether this is
forbidden by the statutes now in
effect is uncertain. Closely related to
this method of rebating is the grant
ing, by railroads, of exaggerated cal
lowances" to great industries for the
performance of "accessorial" functions
of which carriage and lighterage are
the best known forms.
Take an illustration. A great indus
try has factories covering many acres
of land. 1t builds trackage to the
various structures, and connects this
network of tracks with a main stem.
There are two trunk line railroads
near by, both anxious to get the ton
mage from the plant. The industrial
switching system is incorporated as
railroad This little railroad nego-
tiates with the competing trunk lines.
1--WE will make our connection with,
and give our business to, the road
that will guarantee US the best di-
vision of through rates." is its ulti-
n1atum.
The result is that for an insig-
nificant transportation service, but a
very big service in the matter of
securing traffic, the trunk lines are
willing to grant a very large percent
age of the through rate to the indus
trial road.
This big allowance comes right back
to the Golfers of the industry that
owns the switching system that is
dignifed with the name of a railroad.
1t amounts to a rebate; nothing more
or less.
The ighterage allowances which
the Sugar trust made one of the chief
weapons in its fight against COM
petitors, are the same in effect. The
trunk lines with terminals On the west
bank of the Hudson, at New York,
wanted the sugar from Brooklyn re-
fineries. They were given it, on con-
dition of making big allowances for
the nominal service of lightering the
sugar across the river to their piers.
A competitor of the trust was denied
like allowances for like service. The
Interstate Commerce Commission held
that this was discrimination in favor
of the trust, and ordered it to stop.
Now the Court of Commerce has en-
joined the enforcement of this anti
discrimination order.
The same logic would indicate that
the pending tap-line and industrial
railroad cases will be decided in favor
of continuing the process of discrimi-
nation through unfair divisions with
industrial and lumber roads. 1t is a
serious menace to the whole anti-re-
batting campaign. If there is not law
enough to prevent such thinly dis
guised preferences, then there is need
of more law and that without delay.
The Washington times., 1911-05-26

ness with which they would use a
pistol in this or that contingency. 1t
is natural for people whose minds
run in this channel to turn to fire-
arms to aYenge any real or fancied
wrong, and unfortunately the law, un-
like the stage and the novelist, does
not recognize the right of a man to
kill his sweetheart II she happens
TO like somebody else better, or to
unpleasant name. Moreover, for every
person who shoots another with some
such excuse, there are two who COM
init crime on grounds which exist
only in their Imagination. Safety lies
In inspiring thoughtless people with
a prejudice against pistol-popping as
strong as that which some of them
now have in favor of IT.
EVERETT SPRING.
The Washington times., 1911-05-26
New York Club Offers
Gallery to Artists

The Mcdowell Club Of New York
has just issued a prospectus offering
its gallery at 10S West F1fty-seventh
street to groups of not less than eight
and not more than twelve artists for
exhibitions of paintings In oil. In
making this offer the club states II Is
done in an endeavor to make its gal
lery as nearly as possible an open
field for the expression Of the vari-
Gus movements in art whether old or
new. The plan of the club Is to have
two exhibitions each month, the sea-
and to close June 1. 1912. No artist
is to appear more than once as an
exhibitor during the season. It Is
thought there will be fifteen groups
OF about $50 artists represented Il.