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The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1913-05-16
A Step In The Right Direction Movement
On Foot 70 Discontinue The Use
OF Money And Whisky In
Elections In Garrard
County.

There is movement on foot to puri-
fly the ballot in Garrard county. A
few of the leading citizens of both the
town and county gathered Monday
evening in the National Bank and set
on foot a movement which will prove |
prolific of good results. The meeting |
was non-political, and was composed of |
the very best element of the citizens |
Of the community, all in deadly earnest
in their desire to see change for the
better in the manner of holding cleo
tons in the county. 1t was decided to
petition the executive committees of
the three parties, Democratic, Repub-
lican and Progressive, to lend their aid
in the effort, to withhold their sane
ton from candidates who pursued such
tactics in making their canvass, and to
refuse to endorse such candidates who
persisted in the use of whiskey, money
or other things of value, or who per-
mitted others to do so in their behalf in
order to influence voters. This petit
ton will be so strong, and the SUBJ
scribers will be of such sterling charac-
ter, that it will hardly be possible for
the governing bodies of the various
parties to ignore them.
A mass meeting is called at the court
house for Saturday afternoon May oath,
to which every voter in the county is
;nuitod opd ,,rnaptlv raouoctod tn Of
tend, at which time it is hoped some
measures will be adopted and steps
taken, which will result in a general
housekeeping among the candidates
who will ask offices at the hands of the
people of the county at the coming ell
ection.
The following is the petition now be-
ing circulated and no doubt will have
many signers;
To the County executive committees
of the Democratic, Republican and
Progressive Parties of Garrard County.
The undersigned who are legal voters
in Garrard County, KY, desire that the
OlCNIiOh " uC llClO VII H1uSuol
2, 1913, be fair in every respect and be
held strictly according to the provisions
of the law. We are unalterably opposed
to the use of money, intoxicants or
other corrupting influences by any
candidate or any one acting for said
candidate in securing, controlling or
influencing any vote or voters at the
said primary.
|. We therefore, respectfully request
that the committees representing each
| of the three said parties in Garrard
County be called together at an early
date and that the said committees when
assembled to take such steps as in such
committees power to prevent anG
/ prohibit the use of money, intoxicants
or other corrupting methods in infuenc.
ing or controlling any voters that may
participate in said primary in behalf Of
' any candidate for a nomination from
: the political party which the sale
. committee represents.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1913-05-16
MIR. Collier Withdraws.

In this issue of the Record will be
found the withdrawal of Mr.. James B.
Collier from the race for the democratic
nomination for Assessor. Mr.. Collier
is one of the very best citizens of the
county, and it will prove a source of
regret to many of our citizens who
had hoped that he might be successfulin
his efforts. As the time for the primary
draws nigh many of the hitherto
announced candidates, after acquainting
themselves thoroughly with the law,
decide not to enter the race, as they
have not the time and attention to give
to the matter which they feel would be
necessary to insure success.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1913-05-16
Eight Suits Amounting To $4,000 Filed
Against Louisville & Nashville R.
R. Co. For Damages Alleged
To Have Been Sustained
In Paint Lick
Flood.

Messrs James l. Hamilton and R. H.
Tomlinson of this place and Robert
Harding of Danville as attorneys for
the plaintiffs have filed eight suits
against the L. & N. R. R. for sums
amounting in the aggregate to $4,000
for damages sustained by citizens OF
Paint Lick from the fioodof March 18th
and which are alleged to have been the
result of the said company negligently
constructing the railroad bridge direct
ly east of the town in such a manner
as to divert the water of Paint Lick
creek from its natural channel and to
flow through the town to the injury of
the plaintiffs. The suits were filed in
the Circuit Court, and will probably be
heard at the coming June term. The
suits are as follows:- Fish & Hammock
$40, OOO., Guy Rice $4,000. Treadway
& Woods $1,000, G. w. Conn, $4,000,
]. M. Metcalfe, $1,000, Martha Ely,
So, 500, o. L. Hammack $1,000 and
Catharine Ely S2,OOO.
The petitions allege that "The de-
PENDANT company in and near said town
unlawfully, wrongfully, and without
right and ncgligently, placed. con-
structed and built it's bridge and abut-
ments of same across and in the chan
mel of said stream and filled
portions of said channel of same
with earth, rock, iron and wood. so
that said natural channel of said stream
from the natural bank of same and over
andunder said bridge, was so narrowed
in width and height that the natural flow
of water of said stream was impeded,
obstructed and prevented from running
flowing and passing through said town
in it's rightful and natural manner and
way and its natural channel, and that
as result of the said building of said
bridge in said manner the waters were
diverted and caused to flow through
the village of Paint Lick in such a
manner as to cause damage to the
plaintiffs to the amount of the sums
asked in their respective petitions.
THE freshet of March 26th did enor-
nous damage to the stocks of goods of
the various merchants of Paint Lick as
we'll as to a good many residences and
property of other description, and the
above mentioned suits against the rail-
road company are the outgrowth of the
damage sustained. The result of the
litigation will be watched with much
interest.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1913-05-16

Mrs. Mary Burton Prather, wife of
Mr.. James P. Prather, died at the
family residence on Stanford street in
this city at 1890 O'Clock Sunday morn
ing. Mrs. Prather had been in declining
health for more than year, and while
she had not been constantly confined to
her bed, she was known to be in very
serious condition, and her death while
severe shock to the family, was not
wholly unexpected.
Mrs. Prather was in her sixty seventh
year; she was born in Madison county
KY, the daughter of Abraham and
Martha Jane Reynolds Burton. She
was married in 1865 to Robert Burton
Sanders and to that union was born
seven children, six of whom survive her
as follows:- Messrs Clayton and
Henderson Sanders of Ohio and Walter
Sanders of Madison county KY, and
Mrs. Richard Burgess of Ohio, Mrs.
Elvada Tudor and Mrs. Willie Sebastian
of Madison county. After the death of
her first husband which occurred in 1878.
she remained widow for four years,
marrying Mr.. Prather in 1885, and they
have five children, Mrs. Oscar Hendren
of Madison county, Mrs. Roy Williams
of Illinois and Misses Bessie and Eunice
Prather of Lancaster and Jessie Prather
of Illinois; Mr.. Jefferson Davis Prather,
Mrs. Meade Teater and Mrs. Malvin
Carter of this county are step children
of Mrs. Prather.
Mrs. Prather was faithful member
of the Christian church, taking men,
bership in her girlhood days at the old
Salem church in Madison county.
1t may be said of Mrs. Prather that
she was truly splendid, christian wo-
man, and where ever she CHANGED to
make her home she quickly gathered
about her large circle of friends; her
world centered about her home and
family, and we have never CHANGED to
know more devoted wife and mother.
The funeral was held on Tuesday af.
ternoon at 2;30 o'clock at the grave the
services being conducted by Rev F. M.
finder assisted by Rev S. H. Pollitt,
after which the remains were inferred
in the Lancaster cemetery. A large
concourse of friends came from this
and adjoining counties to attend the
funeral, and the many beautiful floral
offerings bore evidence of the high es-
TEEN in which the worthy lady was
held, both at home and abroad.
To the bereaved husband, the entire
family, and more especially to the two
young ladies, Misses Bessie and Eu-
nice, who are best known and highly
esteemed in Lancaster, the hearts of
the entire community goes out in silent
sympathy in their great sorrow.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1913-05-16

Within the memory of many of our
citizens who have not yet reached the
age to be known as the oldest
inhabitants, our county was known
throughout the state, and even without
its confines, as ''bloody Garrard'', and
the many tragedies enacted within its
border justifies the name. However,
there has been marked change from
the state of lawlessness which once
existed, there has been healthy and
active improvement until now we have
one of the most peaceabls counties in
this or any other state. Yet with all
this, there is still room for improvement.
We have able and alert officers who are
bent uoon doing their duties to the
fullest extent and ferreting out and
puvishing every transgression of the
law in the county; yet with all their
efforts, the law is transgressed, and
that frequently, and in many cases the
malefactors go free.
The greatest crime and the one most
prevalent in the county is the illicit
sale of liquor, the greatest because
from this source all other crimes spring,
the most prevalent, because it is the
hardest to detect, so many different
kinds of protection is afforded it, max
ing it in some instances an absolute
impossibility for the officers to reach
the culprit, or if reached to secure
sufficient evidence for a conviction.
If there is "blind tiger" in existence
in certain locality of the county, the
good people of that particular community
must of a necessity know of its
existence, they may of course not know
exactly where it is or who is operating
it, but they are disturbed by its
existence, they see frequent evidences
of it, and know in reason that it is
there, and from their knowledge should
spring the means of detecting and
eradicating it.
A grand jury convenes in the county
on the third Monday in June; it is the
privilege, even the duty, of every good
citizen to appear before that body and
inform them of the existence of this OF
any other infringement of the law in
the.county, of which they are cogniz-
ant and if each and every good
citizen in the county would adopt this
method, it would go more toward the
effectual stamping out of the illicit sale
of liquor in the county than any other
means that could possible be adopted.
1t is not necessary that you should
know the actual person WHO'S operating
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1913-05-16

There is unquestionably a growing
sentiment throughout the state in ia
vor of abolishing the Fiscal Court and
substituting in its stead three COM
missioners to handle the business af-
fairs of the counties. 1t is more pro-
test against the inefficiency and in
competency of the Justice of the Peace
who compose the court than the sys-
TEN itself. Let the people see to it
that some of their very best business
men are elected to compose the court
and you will hear less about commission
government for the counties with con-
ditions similar to Garrard.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1913-05-16

the place, or that you personally should
detect him in his nefarious prac tice;
simply make note of his most frequent
customers, keep tab on those who pass
your premises in drunken condition,
note the date and time of day, and
supply this information to your common
wealth's or county attorney, your name
or your efforts in the matter need not
and will not be made public, but the
parties whose name you have furnished
will be hailed before the grand jury and
when confronted with the facts which
you have provided, will be compelled to
either tell the truth OF confront the
alternative of themselves facing a
charge of perjury, and while a great
many people are willing to go to a
great length to protect tae illicit liquor
vender. there are few who are willing
to take this chance.
No officer of the law is infallible,
they cannot be everywhere at one time,
and even were they there, they would
be powerless, for all signs of infringe
ment of the law is carefully hidden
when their presence Is even suspected,
so the task of catching these people
devolyes upon the citizens, it is they
who must furnish to the officers the
necessary clue to work upon, and the
clue once furnished, it is then an easy
matter to apprehend and convict the
culprit.
Many complaints Of these offenders
have been made in late years by
citizens who did not have sufficient
temerity to give names, dates and Other
information necessary to the
apprehension of the offenders, they haC
rather be disturbed by them than t.
take chance by giving the necessar!
date to the officers to enable them tt
catch the offenders. 1t is the duty o.
every citizen to give their moral supper
to the upholding of the law, else Their
would be no law, therefore if you know
of the existence of an evil, come for
ward boldly and give such information
as will enable the officers to stop tina
evil, you need have no fear, no harm
will befall you, and the nuisance will b.
stamped out of existence without you
name even being known in the matter
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1913-05-16

Gov. johnson of California is now
decidedly the man of the hour, he has
before him for consideration with the
power to either approve or veto the
famous Japanese "Alien Land Bill"
and ito do or not to do" is seriously
troubling the Governor. He has thirty
days in which to act, but his decision is
momentarily expected; the administra-
ton through President Wilson and Sec
rotary Bryan are exerting every effort
to have the Governor veto the measure.
Japan has filed a formal protest at
Washington against its passage, and is
now quietly awaiting the outcome.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1913-05-16
Local Luther Burbank.

Mr.. Walton E. Moss presented the
Record office this week with quantity
of luscious home grown strawberries,
the first of the season. Mr.. Moss is
the local Luther Burbank and is rum
ming a close second to the Wizard"
himself in the matter of fancy fruits
and vegetables. He will have his
berries on the market Saturday.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1913-05-16
A New Filter.

Mr.. j. R. Haselden has perfected a
filter that outfilters any filter we ever
saw filter, the trash and other foreign
substances taking a different course
from the water and emptying on the
outside of its own volition. Mr.. Hase,-
den will patent his device, and if it can
be made on a sufficiently extensive
scale, we suggest one of them for the
local water plant.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1913-05-16
Bank Stock Brings Good Price.

Five shares of stock in the State
Bank & Trust Co. of Stanford was
was sold in that city on last Monday
for $109.25 per share. The stock was
the property of the Shugars heirs,
formerly of this place.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1913-05-16
Confederate Reunion AT Chattanooga.

The annual reunion of the Confederate
Veterans will be held in Chattanooga
Tenn. the week of May 26th, and the
@ & C railroad has announced a rate
from Danville of $4.7O for the round
trip. good on May "a, 25, 26, 27 and 18th
and good returning until June 9Th.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1913-05-16

We are authorized to announce the
following candidates for Democratic
Nominations.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1913-05-16

Too many buggies. will save you
from ten to twenty dollars on buggies.
If W. Romans.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1913-05-16
For State Senator.

CLIFTON ROBES ANDERSON.
Of Boyle County.
CHARLES F. MONTGOMERY.
OF Casey County.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1913-05-16
Rates For Political Announcements

Rates For Political Announcements
For Precinct and CITY Offices IS 500
For County Offices. ......-..... 1000
For State and District Offices. $500
For Calls, per line. 10
For Cards, per line w . 10
For ali publications in the inter-
est of individuals or express
sion of individual views, per
Ilne 900. '...'..' III
Obituaries, per line. ... .O5
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1913-05-16

For cement, coal, sand and rock at
If Garrard Milling Co.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1913-05-16
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The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1913-05-16
For Representative.

JOHN M. FARRA.
j. R. MOUNT.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1913-05-16
For County Judge.

CLAYTON A. ARNOLD.
JAMES A. BEAZLEY.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1913-05-16
For Sheriff.

C. A. ROBINSON.
ASHBY ARNOLD.
w. L. LAWSON.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-08
WILSON ON MONOPOLY PROBLEM

In the fourth of his series of arti,
cles on The New Freedom" In the
Worlds Work, President Wilson deals
with the remedies he will try to haye
applied during his administration as
to the curbing Of private business
monopolies He refers to other plans,
and says that the one proposed by
Roosevelt means a partnership be-
tween big business and the govern
ment, and that the effect Of this would
depend on the benevolence Of the con-
tracing parties. But he declares that
the people do not want a benevolent
government, that they do want a just
and free government and that last is
what he proposes to have restored
On this subject, the president writes
thus:
I'VE propose to prevent private
monopoly by law, to see to 1t that the
methods by which monopolies have
been built up are legally made impos-
sible We design that the limitations
on private enterprise shall be re-
moved, SO that the next generation of
youngsters as they come along Will
not have to become proteges of be-
neyolent trusts. but will be free to
go about making their own lives what
they will; SO that we shall taste again
the full cup. not of charity, but of
liberty-the only wine that ever re-
freshed and renewed the spirit of a
free people"
The president protests that he does
not want to be obliged to live under
philanthropy, and that he does not
believe that monopoly is inevitable.
Again. speaking of the Progressive
platform, he interprets 1t as saying
that since it is futile to prevent mo-
nopoly we will make an arrangement
by which the monopoly will be kind
to you and pitiful, that they shall pay
right wages. OF which he then re.
marks:
Don. you realize that that is a
blind alley2 You can't find your way
to social reform through the forces
that have made social reform neces.
sary." Continuing this line of thought
the president says we are at the part
ing of the ways, that we have many
monopolies in our mids., that we have
restricted credit and opportunity. and
finally that we have come to be one
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-08
Armorplate Trust.

WASHINGTON, April s.-Complete
investigation by the government into
the alleged existence of an "armor.
plate trust will be pushed by Sena.
tor Ashurst OF Arizona. who today
continued inquiries of his own. foi-
lowing introduction of his bill in the
upper house Just before the late ad.
journment He indicated that the
problem of goyernment-made armoi
plate would be feature of his cam
paign
When the government awarded
contracts for 5000 tons of armol
plate March 3, the bids OF three Penn
sylvenia concerns were about s25 pc,
ton higher than the last contract
They were also strangely close to
gether,'' declared Ashurt- Il wan,
the public to be let into the secret
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-08
Mail Order Houses.

Burlington Gazette: Just now
the rural districts and the pro-
vincial cities are being flooded
with alluring catalogues and enticing
price lists from the mail order houses
of the metropolitan cities. They
please your fancy with rare pictures
of garments for ladies, misses, CHI.
dren and men, placed on models In
graceful attitudes. and embellisheo
with arguments telling you how 1t
happens they can sell their goods 30
cheap.
They tell you to send the price
they quote, the. size you want, and
that is the end Of your troubles. They
will pay all the expenses of sending
you the goods, and "guarans ee" them
to be exactly as represented. They
adroitly argue that they are saving
you the 1obbers profit. inc middle,
mans" profit and the retailers profit,
which they say, is really the material
expense of placing these rare goods
on the market
II you have never been Soaked by
one of these cormorants you will be
sorely tempted. as you go through
these catalogues, to send them from
$500 to $4,000 for spring and sum,
mer layout of clothing. Unless you
look like and act like an easy mark,
one order will be enough TO satisfy
you. II the bait appears good they
may send you reasonable return for
your money hoping to get better
hold on you next time.
But you will never, under the best
circumstances get the same value for
your money you would if you will go
to your home merchant They keep
a far better quality OF these same
lines, just as good selection as you
will find in the catalogues and at a
price just as low. for the same quality
of goods, as this mail order house of.
fers YOU. and you will feel better for
It. When you get one of these cata.
logues offering you such rare induce,
ments take it or bring T. with you to
Boesch's or Schramm's and let them
dissect 1t for YOU. Ask the heads OF
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-08

the departments In which these lines
are shown, some of the particulars
and see how quickly he will make
these apparent bargains look like
thirty cents OF less.
The parcels post law has enabled
these houses to reach you with celer-
ity and little inconvenience. Most of
these catalogue attractions can be
packed in bundles and sent through
the mails. The postage is trifiing. If
you don't order much the parcel don't
weigh much. There is no examination
of the goods, and II they don't suit.
don't fit, or don't come up to the
standard, 1t takes about as long to get
your money back as it does to get a
back government pension.
The Gazette sends you this warning.
Don't be fooled by these alluring and
vivid descriptions, and these model
pictures. Our local merchants posi-
lively can sell you better goods, give
you better fits and make you better
prices than these mail houses can
and will make you. They are not In
business for any purpose but to get
your money It is known these insti-
tutions pay fabulous profits, and they
couldn't do l. If they were giving you
a fair deal. Toss the catalogues TO
one side, remember that your home
merchant Is just as enterprising as
they and they have a reputation TO
maintain and a trade they must treat
fairly and honorabiy Patronize them.