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The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-05-06

discharged the duties of cashier.
Later he again took up the duties
of Policeman in this city.
Mr.. Dykes is an efficient officer
and has served the city we'll. He
knows the people and his long
experience in the office is valua-
BILE to him in looking down crimi-
nails. He is a fearless officer.
Mr.. Dykes married a Madison
county lady, Miss Benton, a
daughter of Milton Benton, of
the Waco neighborhood,wh is a
most estimable woman. Her
many friends will be delighted to
see her husband elected.
Mr.. Dykes has many personal
friends in this city and has many
political admirers who will go
with him to the end and they as
sert that should he be so fortl-
nate as to receive the nomination,
which in all confidence they be-
lieve he will, that he will make
good in the Office and bring honor
and credit to the city as well as
to himself and friends.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-05-06
Sunday Train on L. & A.

Beginning Sunday, the L. 6 A.
will. run a train between Beatty
vile and Frankfort, leaving
Richmond at 7:20 in the morning
and reaching Frankfort at $40.
Returning, it will leave Frankfort
at 4:30 in the afternoon, reaching
Richmond at 6:35 and leaving
this city for Beattyville at 7:35 D.
m. A reduced round-trip rate will
be given each Sunday.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-05-06
well known writer?

well known writer?
3rd-of what country is the rose the ma
tional Flower?
4th-In what century were the wars of
the roses?
5th-Who wrote poem beginning
my love is Ikea red, red rose?
9th Who wrote THE Last Rose of
Summer
7th-Rosein latin form is the first name
of what two women, noted in literature
and art?
8th-What precise rose is described by
an early English writer?
Many correct answers were given and
the hours passed most delightfully."-.
The guests departed at nine with many
happy memories of the evening and num-
berless good wishes for the hostess.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-05-06
LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT

J.
With Mr.. Bryan in California
as the representative of the AID.
ministration, whose visit to the
Golden Gate State is for the pur-
pose of using the power of the
administration to coerce the State
of California to refrain from pass
ing a State law that the admins
tration does not favor; with the
President, himself, in the State
of New Jersey for the express
purpose ofusing the power of the
administration to effect legislation
in New Jersey, it looks like our
Democratic administration has
lost sight of the great old demo
cratic doctrine of local self-govern-
ment and that it intends to domi-
nate and control everything in
way of legislation, both federal
and state. That there will be a
revulsion of feeling on this ques-
ton that will sweep over this
country with the force of a hurri-
cane, is certain. That those who
oppose the idea of local self-gov-
eminent will be swept aside like
chaff, is also certain. This is a
day of rule of the people in
local affairs, without officious in
reference from or by outside
powers.
Oh, for a government with
enough virility to say to the out
side world: Americans will.
govern America" For shame
that the United States must
truckle to the yellow-skinned,
slant-eyed Jap. And all for dol
lar diplomacy!
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-05-06
TARIFF TALK

The sugar growers want sugar-coatec
tariff bill. Memphis Commercial Appeal
! Again these fatal three "Rs" Revision
Reduction, and Ruction.- New York Press
Wonder if that Bryan-Clark reconcilia.
ton involved any agreements as to 1916.
Omaha Bee.
What appears to be needed most is a
downward revision of the middleman
New York Press.
Wood pulp on the free list should re-
duce the cost of breakfast foods Balti
more Evening Sun.
If Government expenses could be cut $780,
100000 year-Ah! That isa different
matterl Brooklyn Eagle. :
Schedule X will soon be able to appear
in hobble skirt without looking ridicu.
lous.-New York Evening Sun.
A little trip to San Francisco, or, for
that matter, to Tokyo, is no trouble at all
to Mr.. Bryan. Louis Republic.
1t begins to be evident that the discus
sion of free wool. will reveal good many
black sheep Chicago Record-Herald.
Why should mere Congressman re-write
Schedule X, the literary masterpiece of the
wooden manufacturers Baltimore Sun.
The removal of the tariff on typewriters
and newsprint paper ought to give the
needed impetus to literary Brooklyn
Eagle.
The reduction of the duty on mirrors is
expected to reflect favorably on the Dem
ocratic Jacksonville Florida Times
Union.
Probably the tariff won't be so perfect
ed that we shall be deprived of the plea
sure of blaming it for things that are
really our own fault.-CoIumbus Ohio
State Journal.
Mr.. Marshall started out with the notion
that Vice Presidents should be silent, and
he has taken the best possible method of
proving that his theory was sound.-Kan-
sas City Journal
None of the protected interests that
complain of proposed reduction of the
tariff express any sympathy for what the
consumers have suffered all these long
years.-New York World.
The clause in the Wilson Bill prohibit
ing the importation of plumes may save
the lives of lot of egrets and cranes, but
it'll deprive a whole heap of roosters of
their tail feathers Boston Transcript.
The same Mr.. Wilson who is represent
ed as concerned about the situation re-
sulting from the flood in the Middle West,
is arranging to tear down the levees and
let in food from Europe Pittsburg
Gazette Times.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-05-06
Commits Suicide by Drowning

On last Wednesday night Glen
more Gentry, son of William
Gentry, of color, aged about 26
years, committed suicide by
drowning in a pond on the Otter
creek pike called the Moberley
pond. He had been sick for a
long while and was respondent.
He was grandson of Jas. Brock,
deceased, a highly respected col
ored citizen of this city. He was
buried in the old colored GENE
terry.
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b B b b B b
FOUR MONTHS OLD

We are four months old. One
little toofie has appeared. We
are cutting a whole mouthful
+, eye teeth and wisdom teeth all
at the same time. When we are
through with the process, we will
be but little older but much wiser
and, it is to be hoped, not a sad
der man. Yes, to be hoped! Oh,
for the blessings of hope! 1t is
this vague, indefinite thing that
keeps a mans courage at the
sticking point, that enables him
to see many rich blessings through
a granite wall, that on the burn
ing sands in the desert of despond,
brings to him springs of chrystal
waters; that the eternal sun of
peace and plenty still shine be-
hind the darkest clouds of despair
and that some sweet day a golden
sunbeam straying between the
riffs, will kiss him and with its
mystic power, will leave pot of
gold and a barrel of diamonds at
his feet. Without this blessed
hope, life indeed would be cruel
filled with the tragedies of
reality.
Yes, we are four months old, and
still living! Our short life would
have been spent for nothing if we
had not learned, at least, one les
son. Yes, dear reader, we have
learned one valuable lesson. Lis
ten while we unfold it to you in
the strictest confidence. Now
you won't blab on us will you?
Your ear please softly: eve
have learned that two cents a
week is an awful big price for the
average man to pay for a good
newspaper for the benefit of his
family; but three or four dollars
per week spent for those things
degrading and lowering to the
womanhood and manhood of the
family, is a mere bagatelle."
We have outlived an intense
opposition, the most deadly oppo-
sition that one could have, to-wit:
The idea that it was a mere fad;
that we would grow tired of it in
a few weeks and would stop the
publication. We have been met
with a stolid indifference on the
part of the public and indiffer-
ence often kills. We have also
been met with strong, bitter, de-
termined commercial opposition.
These three things combined, has
made the life of The Madisonian
anything but "a round of glorious
living"
We are glad to note, however,
that we making an impression on
the public and reaching the homes
of the reading and thinking peo-
pie throughout the county. This
gives us much encouragement.
The kindly words of those who
do not patronize us, also, are
gratifying to us because we are
glad to know that we have at
least found favor in their intelli-
gence if not in their purse.
On the whole, we have no re-
grets. The sMadisonian lives for
the exalted purpose of beneftting
makind. But it is not in existence
wholly as a charity, for its owner
is not able to give SO much of his
time and money to the public.
The publication Of a newspaper
is a life of hard, incessant intel
lectual labor, a circle, no begin
ming, no ending, a drudgery by
day, a burden by night.
If this be true, why are you in
it, is a question that occurs to
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-05-06
MIR. Dykes Announces For
Chief of Police

Mr.. Jesse Dykes announces in
this issue as candidate for the
office of Chief of Police of the
City of Richmond.
Mr.. Dykes has had experience
in this Office, having served as
chief deputy under Chief Altman
for four years until he resigned
his position to take a clerk
ship in the store of Covington
and Banks, in which position he
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-05-06
In Society

Mrs. Eugene Walker, Miss Helen Ben
nett and Mrs. Warfeld Bennett attended
beautiful o'clock luncheon in Frank
fort on Wednesday, which was given by
Mrs. Thos. Jefferson Smith to Mrs. Snow
den, the eminent English Suffragist.
Mrs. Snowden's lectures in Louisville,
Lexington and Frankfort have been large.
ly attended and cordially received.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-05-06

A very delightful meeting which closed
this year was held at the Womans Club
on Monday afternoon at which time DR..
ID. H. Scanlon read most interesting
paper on John Stuart Mills"
Mrs. Caperton then gave a beautiful
paper on 'The Birds of Kentucky"
The attendance was good and the mem
beers departed feeling they had been both
entertained and instructed.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-05-06

Mr.. and Mrs. Thompson Burnam have
at their home handsome little son who
has been named Curtis after his Paternal
grandfather the late Mayor Curtis F. Bur.
nam.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-05-06
:: Births ::

At the home of Mr.. and Mrs. T. D.
Chenault baby boy has arrived whose
name will be John Hart Chenault.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-05-06

Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Todd are receiving
congratulations on the arrival of son last
week. The young man has been christened
Vernon Hillary.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-05-06
Hookworm

DR.. Shirley and his two efficient
assistants, Miss James and Mrs.
Johnson, were in the county last
week and this week. making a
diligent search for Mr.. Hook
Worm. They report that of the
many persons examined. only a
few are infected. Therefore,
Madison must take something
else for that tired feeling
Rough and Dressed Lumber. Blanton
Lumber Co. Phone 425. 16-tf
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-05-06
CULTIVATION VS. NEGLECT

CULTIVATION VS. NEGLECT
The enemy of all cultivated
crops is the tare. 1t matters not
how careful the planting may be,
if neglected, the weeds will stifie
the crops. 1t takes constant care
and Watchfulness on the part of
the farmer to keep his lands in a
high state of cultivation and to
obtain from them the largest
yield. H finds that, strive as
hard as he may, he can not keep
his lands in perfect order. The
seeds from neglected lands are
carried to his in many ways.
AS it is in the natural life, so is
it in the moral. Parents may
cultivate their children with great
care and yet from some unknown
source, there comes the bad habit
in the child that wrecks its life.
1t comes from that neglected
quarter over which the parent
has no active control, or feels
that he has none.
There is in every city, back
streets and alleys set apart by a
seeming common consent of the
public, for the propagation of vi
cious habits, and in these quarters
every crime known to the in
genuity of man is Matched and
grows unmolested, except by an
occasional visit of brass buttons
and cap a dash in and a dash
out-the votarieS of crime snig-
gering all the while at the futility
of this sporadic invasion of legal
authority.
From these quarters come some
of the cooks, nurse girls, chamber
maids, house boys and other serv-
ants, spreading the seeds of crime
that, falling on the impressionable
soil of childhood, develop a won
derful crop of crime. What is
the difference between allowing
your child to visit these haunts
and bringing an inmate of such
haunts into your homes and plac-
ing your children sometimes in
their charge all times in contact
with them?
But to the point: The wise
husband of the soil kills all the
sources of the tare which is to
him accessible. But in life, every
one seems content to allow all
the communicating influences to
continue, resting under the be-
nighted idea that it matters moth
ing to them so long as they are
not Immediately affected by the
general pollution. Nothing could
be more short sighted. Vicious
ness spreads rapidly and inocu-
lates wherever it touches. That
it does not always develop crime,
is due to the moral (antiseptic)
training. That it frequently de-
velops, is manifest.
What is the remedy?
Heroic treatment, strong as
sault on the citadels of crime, a
complete destruction of its breed
ing places, is the only remedy.
The courts can not do this
alone. 1t may preach morals
from the bench till the crack of
doom and vice will flourish on
the doorstep of the court house
unless the public, backed and sus-
tanned by a strong unanimity of
sentiment, gives to it the informa-
ton and the power, the punch,
necessary to enable it to reach
out after law violators, corral and
punish them.
Moral teaching, thorough and
complete, will supplant vicious
ness and will dispel the moral
faint like the sunlight dispels
dampness and foul airs. But to
be permanent and effectual, the
local causes which contribute to
the propagation of moral turpi-
ftdc ,1,1,sf no removed Of which
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-05-06
$SOO,OOO,OOO.OO

The stupendous sum of $780,
000,000.00 is the value of the rail
roads operating in Kentucky. The
principal lines are as follows:
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-05-06

And yet some people think
that the railroads have no infu-
ence!
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-05-06
8 8 8 8 9 9

OUR SLOGAN: Reduce our taxes.
OUR AIM: To bring about reform
in our administration of public af-
fairs, to the end that the people may
obtain relief in reduction of their
tax burden.
WE will give you paper all the time
which every member of the family
Can read with pleasure and profit
OUR HELPERS: Every person who
speaks kindly of us to his neighbors.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-05-06

On Monday evening, the occasion being
Miss Jeanette Pates 18th birthday she in
vited the teachers of Madison Institute to
lovely six o'clock dinner.
The table was especially pretty with its
center piece of pink roses and candles,
while at each plate was a card bearing
the name of the hostess and the dates
l896-l9l3, also leaflet in pink and
white, heart-shaped with pencil and cord
attached
While waiting for the fisrt course the
guests enjoyed the following guessing
contest:
lst-What rose is mentioned in the
Bible?
2nd-Rose is the first name of what
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-05-06

A party of Danville Automobiles com
posed of Mrs. Richard Tasker Lowndes Jr.,
Mr.. and Mrs. Cecil Lord and Mr.. jerry
Caldwell, provided the happy excuse Friday
for Governor James B. McCreay's lun,
cheon, which was neutrality-suspicious.
affair with covers laid for eight. Besides
the party from Danville, Governor Nc
Creary's guests were Mr.. Francis Douglas
and Mr.. o. L. Bozeman.-Frankfourt Jour-
nal
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NEW n. B. CHARTERS.

SO
Thomas Hall, secretary OF state, re-
ports the following new corporations.
organized in the state, for which char
ters have been granted out OF his Of
ice since Jan. l.:
Garrison Mercantile Co., Garrison,
Mclean county, capital stock sic, 900.
-Incorporators: s. T. Wiprud, August
Bartz and John Fisher, all OF Garrison.
N. D.. Filled Jan. a
Freda Equity exchange, Freda, Nor
ton county; capital stock $4,000. In
corporators: Emil Bornhoeft, Freda, N.
D.; e. FL. Woolsey, Shields, IN. D., and
Henry Meyer. Freda, N. D. Filed Jan.
The Independent Lumber Co.. Of New
Rockford, N. d.; capital stock $4,000.
Incorporators: S. NJ. Putnam, 81. r.,
Davidson and r. S. Durham, all OF New
Rockford, N. ID. Filed Jan. IS.
The Chronicle Printing Co., Beach,
Golden Valley county: capital stock
$4,000. I-ncorporators: ,. w. Brinton,
ii. w. Brinton and III. w. Peek, all of
Beach, M, d. Filed Jan. 8.
The Momentum BlowerAFan Co,
Minot. Ward county; capital stock
100000. I-ncorporators: Ervon u. Will
SON, Minot, ~. D.; Darwin H. Cook,
Sansford, N. D., and Lewis Ellis, Minot,
N. d. Filed Jan. Z.
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NEWS OF THE NORTHWEST
N. D. GIRL FINDS
GLAMOUR OF CITY FADES
GOES BACK TO HOMESTEAD

Minneapolis Jan. 15.-I just couldn't stand tt any longer IL there
on the homestead, with nothing but prairie. No nice houses. no parties to
go %to,hve miles from town, and even when did get til town there weren't
any shows II anything The pretty North gDakota girl sighed & &
she looked around the room In the county jail That's why j ran
away with Roy and came here.
Grew Lonesome at F4one.
1--WE used to live In Indiana and then. two years ao nv folks
took that homestead seven miles from BeIdeid, and L didn't sven 3
to school AM more. All i did was to sty home-stav home ali NE
time. Some Of the girls around BeIheld had been to NInneapoHs and
they ali think It's fine here, and they told about the shows ana the
stores, and things like that that never had seen, and Isl when Row
was going to go away i told him i wanted to 4 O along Ana M
took me. Now the sheriff is going to take me back. That's air.
Omcers arrived from BeIdeld with a warrant for ROY lDovia who
brought the young girl to this city, and they will take the rrl home
to her parents. She says she was 16s years old last September Doyle
is 20. During the harvest season he worked on q farm near Belaeld,
where the girl was also employed. Christmas eA the two left BefdeId
together and have since been In this city. Doyle has been working
as a teamster, and the two have been living at 4161A Fifteenth avenue
south.
Search for Happiness Ended.
"I guess I'm sort of glad to so home to my folks but / wonder
what they will say the girl added, as she considered hr Snnafion
while busying herself with various housewifety tasks in the matron's
/ thought that when a girl was 16 she was old enough in Minnesota
been he here, going to some Of the shows the girls used to tel me-
about and seeing things I never even heard of before bit nowv she
looked out the window across the dingy roots now. wen T
guess I'm going back to the farm to stay
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THORLAKSON TELLS HOW
TO FIGHT SOW THISTLE

b. II. T~l1orlakson, a farmer, discuss
ed the SOW thistle at the convention
this morning as follows: Warfare
against weeds has been waged by farm
ers and gardeners with varying de-
grees Of success ever since man took
his first step toward civilization, when
he took a crooked stick and began to
till the soil. This warfare against
weeds will continue to the end Of time,
and success will depend upon the dill
gence and intelligence of farmers as
individuals and as a Glass;.
The weed question in North Dakota
is a serious one and one that has re-.
.ceived but very little attention. Weeds
are injuring u business as farmers.
Weeds reduce the value of land, and
they rob the growing grain OF nutri-
ment and moisture. In harvest time.
they retard the work by increasing the
draft and the wear on machinery and
hinder the drying OF hay and grain.
Much has been written and much
has been said about how to eradicate
sow thistle Canada thistle and quack
grass, which are most common in the
northeastern part of the state. l will
touch but lightly on the subject OF
GdIldud IllSlle anu QuhCk grass dnu
discuss only the SOW thistle.
The SOW thistle grows from one to
six feet high. 1t is a perennial weed
which grows from underground stems
as well as from the seed.
IT has many heads, with flowers like
dandelions, and about one inch in
breadth. The Juice is milky. The
seeds are carried by the wind like the
seeds of Canada thistle. 1t generally
grows in patches and spreads by the
seed and also by means of the under
ground stems.
Farmers find it very hard to eradi-
cate this weed and many claim it to
be Impossible. About one In twenty
succeed. Personally, / know of but one
farmer who has been successful in
killing this plant. He ploWed q patch
of about three acres early In June, 1911
That patch was infected with SOW and
Canada thistle. After blowing, he inn
mediately disced and dragged with q
common tooth harrow until he saw nc
plant; then he watched that field ano
every time he saw a single plant, lac
either disced or dragged. He kept this
up all summer and early fall. In 1915
-
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Cutting Scrap.

McClusky Gazette: James Snyder,
an employee Of the H. j. Brown black
smith shop. a Denhof, became In
volved in a scrap with =. M. Mcvey,
Of that place, and as q result the
blacksmith was carved up in a most
artistic and convincing amer.
Snyder came to this city in the even
ing and the slashes were patched
up by DIR. Brown. The Gazette is
unable to give the particulars about
the affair, but it is understood that
Snyder, who Is a powerful man,
started to abuse McVey, who is a
man Of small stature, and the lat
ter proceeded to Whittle the black
smith down to his own weight be-
fore starting a fight. 1t is stated
that the wounds were painful. but
not necessarily dangerous. No arr
rests were made.
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adequate laws on our statute books
but we have no adequate machinery
to enforce the laws. Therefore, laws
compelling the destruction Of noxious
weeds have been unsuccessful.
The enforcement Of our laws is
placed with local authorities, such as
townships, trustees Of villages, county
commissioners, etc. How can we ex-
pect that the laws would be enforced
by persons who, perhaps, raise as
many weeds as their neighbors?
The commissioner entrusted with
the enforcement Of those laws, should
be free of local influence end some
n interested in farming, some one
who understands the actual conditions
on the farms and the need of rigid
enforcement Of the weed laws. I do,
not think it possible to enforce laws
to eradicate all weeds within a short
time, but IL s. possible to control INC
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Second. It would check the spread
of seed in localities where the weeds
are Just lately introduced
Third. 1t would, to q great extent,
prevent the careless farmer from al
lowing the weed seed to blow over on
his own land that is still clean and
would also prevent weed seed being
blown from the land of a careless
neighbor.
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Of weeds 10 the extent pre-

growth of weeds to the extent pre-
venting their spread.
What we need is a state ~noxious
weed commissioners to enforce weed
laws. He should be under the direc-
ton OF the North Dakota Agricultural
Experiment station and the director
OF the station should have authority
to appoint such commissioners and
other agents as may be necessary to
enforce state weed laws. We have a.
good pure seed law but it would be of
no value without the pure seed conn
missioner.
What good would the enforcement
of weed laws do2
First. 1t would protect the farmer
who Is trying to keep his land clean.