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The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-07-07
TIME FOR THE SMART ALEex

When the editor of a country
newspaper starts in on Monday
morning to get up something for
his paper in the way of interest
ing local news and finds after
nosing around that nothing has
happened in the town or commu-
nifty that he can write up, and
nobody phones in any personal
or local news, and every fellow
he talks to says, Il don't know a
thing" and his liver is not work
ing, and he feels as though he
had just as soon take a round
with Huerta as to go to work,
that's the time he would like to
turn the job over to the Smart
Aleck who thinks he could get
up a better paper than the editor
and not half trv.-Ex.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-07-07
MARRIED LIFE DEFINED

The editor of the Corsica Is.
d. News, recently married, has
already sized up the matrimonial
situation in the following:
Editor and wife disagree with
each other materially. She sets
things to rights and he writes
things to set; she reads what
others write and he writes what
others read; she keeps the devil
out of the house as much as pos
sible, while he retains him and
could not go to press without
him; she knows more than she
writes, and he writes more than
he knows"
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-07-07
IT SHOULD Be ABOLISHED

From our issue of January 29th. 1879
The board of Supervisors has
been in session for some days.
Some property was raised. None,
so far as we are advised, was
lowered.
We do not speak of the body
as composed of the Honorable
members but we speak of the ex-
istence of the board from a legal
stand point, when we say that
it is simply an annual Farce
Comedy" The members Of this
body are selected from the county
in general to supervise, that is
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-07-07
Modern
Life

When Enoch Arden, after years
Upon the desert isle,
To find his wife and home again
Tramped many a weary mile,
And stealing in the garden gate
Through twilight shadows gray,
Before the cottage window stood,
He started in dismay.
81 recognize the room," he said.
THE carpet worse for wear,
The cuckoo-clock that never went
The same old rocking chair,
The worsted motto on the wall,
These things | oft have seen;
But that is not my wife, because
That woman's hair is green"
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-07-07

skinned from a tax burden OF
about $4,000 per year for county
purposes to the extent of about
$4,000 per year for the same
purpose. And the strangest part
of it all is that this system has
been engrafted so skillfully and
manipulated so smoothly and
evenly that the good people did
not miss their epidermis, although
the whole of it has been taken.
This last kind act of the Fiscal
Court in reducing the tax upwards
one and two-thirds cents, is like
throwing salt on a fresh wound.
The people will wake up to what
is going on. They have labored
under the hallucination that the
constitution and laws made in
pursuance thereof, would amply
safeguard and protect them in
their rights, but they overlooked
the fact that the constitution be-
tween friends signifies nothing.
A reference to the last political
campaign document issued by the
aforesaid distinguished court,
leads us to suspect that there is
ample work in store for a faithful
investigator in search of facts.
This remarkable document shows
that the good old county of Mad
ison has been paying interest on
her own money, just how much
! the paper does not enlighten us.
Also it shows that there has been
transferred from one fund to an
other a considerable amount of
money.
Our recollection of the law is
that a fund once collected from
the tax payer, remains sacred
fund to be paid out for the pur.
pose for which it was collected
and there is no right on the part
of the Fiscal Court to collect
dn excess of money, ostensibl,
for one fund and then transfer il
to another fund. 1t appears thi:
has been done to the extent Of
$4,000, although the statement ir
itself is not very clear. The prac
tice of transferring from one fune
to another should be broken up.
There is nothing left for the
tax payer to do but to dig dig
hard and long dig in the no
broiling summer sun, dig in thu
freezing blasts of winter all tt
satisfy the inordinate demands O
, the taX-maSters.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-07-07

In addition to this the tax paid
into the county fund by fine rail-
road companies is the sum of
$3.50, making grand total of
$221, 1896 of taxes, not counting
small special taxes and licenses.
1t therefore appears that the
total tax to be collected from the
people of Madison county for
this year is the sum of S
Surely there can be some rem
edy for this. The people are be-
ing taxed unreasonably and I'M
necessarily, and it does not ap-
pear that they are getting value
received.
We do not charge misconduct
on the part of anybody, but sure
ly something can be done to rem
edy a matter that is very fast as
Stunning the proportions of a great
evil. In plain english there is
too much money being extracted
from the people for the purpose
of government. If the system is
wrong, then correct the system
If the expenditure of the money
is erroneous, then correct the
error. Surely some relief can be
given to people that are over
burdened with what seems to be
a wholly unnecessary and an ex
ceedingly grievous tax burden.
We pay $1,000 more this veal
than we did last year. What are
the WhereforeS?
1 Get in line! Stand up and BIZ
skinned! Next!
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-07-07
THE AGE OF TRUE caIYAIRr HAS NOT PASSED

About twenty neighbors and
friends gathered at the home OF
the late Kelly Frazier on Big
Cowan and hoed out and put in
fine shape the widows corn crop.
This is the old fashion mountain
spirit highly commendable and
needs to be cultivated more and
more in this country" Whites
burg Eagle.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-07-07
East ST. Louis Sets Pace For Go TO Church
Movement-Great Enthusiasm Shown

LAST ST. LOUIS had a banner GO TO CHURCH Sunday
Eghtyo per of the population went to divine
did you do it the question asked by hundreds of
other cities throughout the country. The answer
ALL CITY OFFICIALS ASKED THEIR EMPLOYEES TO TO
CHURCH THE CHIEF POLICE ASSEMBLED ALL
LIcEMEN AT THEM TO
CHURCH JUST HOME SATURDAY NIGHT
REVISED THE PATROL SCHEDULE OF ALL THE PATRoLMEN
AND DETECTIVES so THAT THEY COULD GET AWAY
CHURCH SERVICE SUNDAY. PRESENCE MEMBERS
OF THE BOARD OF POLICE COMMISSIONERS HE HANDED
SCHEDULE TO THE SERGEANT IN CHARGE.
the fire department just after returning from
fire Saturday afternoon assembled the entire fire department
and told the schedule would be arranged they could
GO TO CHURCH. The superintendent of public instruction
sembled all the teachers and asked them to GO TO SOME
CHURCH He instructed them tell their pupils to GO TO
CHURCH
RETAIL MERCHANTS ENTERED THE SPIRIT OF THE
THING. INVITED THEIR PATRONS TO ATTEND
ICES WHEN WOMAN WENT A STORE TO MAKE PUR-
CHASE GROCER WOULD WOULD
CHURCH NEXT DAY. OR HE WOULD SAY PLEASANTLY, WILL
CHURCH TOMORROW" THE DELIVERY
EXTENDED CHURCH INVITATIONS. "sEE
CHURCH ToMoRRoWl" WAS HEARD MORE HOMES EAST
THAN EVER BEFORE. THE STREET COMPANIES
CARRIED SIGNS GRATIS ADVERTISING THE MOVEMENT.
That's how East ST. Louis did it. Other cities and
planning the same kind of campaign.
GO TO CHURCH,
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-07-07

In our last issue we gave a
statement to some extent of the
financial condition of Madison
county. This week we publish
the financial statement of the
City of Richmond.
From this statement it would
appear that the taxable property
of the city of Richmond was in
creased over the taxable property
for last year to the extend of
$231,072.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-07-07

to correct, the values Of property
given in by the owner to the as
SCISSOR at the time of listing.
Madison county has an area prob
ably of over 256, 1000 square acres
divided into about 5000 farms.
Besides this there are several
thousand town lots. All of this
property comes under the EYE"
OF the board, a majority of
whom could not, on the spur of
the moment tell whether Main
street of this city runs North and
South or East and West. The
work of the board is necessarily
farcical and barren of any good
results. The property that is
escaping taxation, escapes this
board. The board is useless and
expensive and should be abolish
ed. 1t should be the ex-officio
duty of the county officers to fix
the value of property after an
examination of same or by due
trial by evidence and when so
fixed, let it remain fixed from
year to year until its value is
changed by the operation of nat
ural causes.
But of late years this board of
Supervisors seem to exist mere
ly for the purpose of helping
to violate the purpose of the con-
stitution. Nearly every county
and city in the State reached the
limit of taxation, so far as a fix
ed advalorem tax is concerned,
many years ago and in order to
avoid this constitutional tax limit
made for the protection of the
people by the people themselves,
resort must be had to the ruse
of increasing the value of the
property itself; not because the
property had increased in value,
but because "They needed more
money" to run the fiscal affairs
of the counties. Thus by this
artifice, the constitution is shat
tered and as much money can be
wasted and squandred as may be
necessary to satisfy the rapacity
of those pulling the strings.
We make no attack on an,
officer in this or any other count,
but we write from a genera
view point of the question before
us.
1t may not be amiss for us te
say that the Madisonian does
not consider itself the officia
censor of public officials; nor will
it allow it columns to be used b,
the public for that purpose
At the same time we wish tC
say that we stand unqualifedt
for Retrenchment and Reform
in the expenditure of public
money and that we shall have al
eye open to the manner in which
, public duties are discharged b,
those entrusted by the people
with their performance.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-07-07

Jim Allen, the bachelor editor
of the Cynthiana Democrat, is
growing very modest, indeed.
In the last issue of his good pa
per he says a woman was arrest
ed for bootlimbing. Exchange.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-07-07

The editor of the Cadiz Record,
Henry Lawrence, says there's one
mighty good thing about the
present day styles of woman's
clothes, and that is the fact that
a man can't claim that he was de-
ceived.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-07-07
SHY OF PANKY

Henry Watterson' calls mrs;
Pankhursts" old HelPs Delight"
We DON'T think that even He'll
would be d elighted with her.-Ex.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-07-07

Whistles blowing, wheels turn
ing, crops moving and the Roos-
ter a Growing, is too much for ca
larnity howlers.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-07-07

If the story about our Johnnie
Lind published in the Enquirer
is true, no wonder he didn't talk.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-07-07

The city tax rate is S1.25 on
the 500. This makes an in
crease in the taxes to be paid by
the city of Richmond this year
over that paid for last year to the
extent of $2,887.5O.
A resume of the taxable prop
erty of the county and the taxa
BILE property of the city shows the
following figures towit:
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-07-07

Stop growing: Providence is
aiding the Democrats this year.
Al 900, 100000 bushel wheat crop
is some crop.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-07-07
Luke McLuke Says
Observation-Disclosures

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
There would be a lot more compliments
paid in this world if other people were not
SO sure that you were going to make
touch as soonlas you get throughspraising
them.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-07-07

Those democrats engaged in
the Senatorial race should see to
it that the Democratic ship is
not scuttled..
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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-10-22
u. OF W. STAR
|OUT OF GAME

SEATTLE, OCT. zz."Wi TN tho
whitman game two days away,
Coach Gilmore Dobie, University
OF washington football coach, mad
not the slightest idea today whom
to use in the place OF Walter
Shiei, whom he depended on to
play fullback Saturday afternoon.
shiel is suffering from a bad case
of the grip, and yesterday took
to his bed.
This il the second regular who
has gone out of the game during
the past week. Ed Leader, the
end, broke his wrist Saturday, an
injury which will keep him off
the field at least five weeks.
Murphy is sure of a place in
the backfield. Further than this
Dobie has made no baekfield Sc
lection. Chapman probably win
start, but he has a sore neck and
is of no use on line bucks. Noble
has been practicing with the first
squad and may complete the trio.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-10-22

in the ring, though, just as there
Is glory in supremacy In every
other walk-of life. But there are
many games more brutal than the
good old Anglo-Saxon sport OF
boxing. The American game of
college football probably holds
the palm for brutality. ] can re-
member well when | played it.
that we frequently walked onto
the field with the deliberate in
tention of breaking some clever
mans arm, leg, nose or head Just
for the purpose of getting him
out of the game. And then there
is the brutality of the race track,
where the Jockeys will try to
shoulder the leader off his horse
just to prevent him winning a
race. And there is only one
chance in ten that the iuckless
rider won't be tramped to death
by the feet of the on-rushing
horses. Compared to this is box
ing brutal?
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-10-22
When Boxers Fight It's
Business, Not Hatred.
Saws Greatest Promoter

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. ~. -
aMost people think" said the
worlds most famous sporting pro-
moter. that boxing is the most
brutal of pastimes and that the
contestants take great delight In
the gore that they spill" For a
moment James Coffroth, for he
was the speaker. paused and look
cd meditatively out of the win
dow of his sumptuous office.
Let me tell you thing that
may surprise YOU" ne continued
s'When two fighters step into the
ring il is purely business for one
TO win from the other. Each is
very sorry for the bodily punish
ment he infliets and when the
battle is over the first thought OF
the victor is of the wounds of the
vanqnished. If you have ever at
tended a contest you will know
that this Is true by the fact that
the winner is always the man to
give the first kind word to the
loser. He shakes him by the hand
or pats him on the back and says,
You made a game fight, old boy:
are you hurt?'
''Of course, there have been ex-
captions to this rule. Some ring
bouts have been grudge battles,
but for every malicious glove
fight there have been twenty or
even more that were wholly inn
matters of business.
There is glory in supremacy
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-10-22
RAS e b ALL
30 KIN @
FEDERALS START
OFF SEASON RAIDS
WITH LOUD NOISE

eral seasons.
Marty Merghammer. Cincinnati
Red utility player, Is reported to
be on the verge of jumping The
Brooklyn Feds are after Pitcher
Tesreau, Infielder Fletcher and
Outfielder Burns OF the Giants.
The outlaws also are after Man
aEer Doom, Outfielder Sherwood
Magee and Third Baseman Lo-
bert of the Phillies.
Organized baseball undoubted-
ly will take some step to end
these raids by the Federal league.
The two major leagues suffered
big financial losses last season,
and also lost many star players.
Scores of players herd up club
owners for big salaries, and many
now are drawing much more
money than they are worth.
II the organized baseballers
don't make peace, there's going
to be another big picnic next sea-
son, for the Feds are going to
be in line again. They finished
the esason with their league In
tact, which is a certain indication
that they are ready to start again
next year
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-10-22
One New Yorker
Lost Ball Bets
Totaling $4,000

NEW YORK, Oct. 22.-More
than 100000 changed hands
among New York sporting men
on the National league race and
the world series, 1t was estimated
today when a great many of the
bets were paid off. Many of the
New York fraternity bet heavily
on the Giants to win the Nation
al league pennant and then tried
to recoup their losses by betting
on the Athletics to win the world
series, resulting in more heavy
losses.
Arnold Rothstein is said to
have been the heaviest loser, hav-
Ing dropped $4,000 on the
Giants and Athletics combined.
Frank J. Kennedy of Brooklyn Is
believed to have won $4,000 on
the Braves. Jay O'Brien, George
M. Conan, Tom Shaw and Honest
John Kelly each are said to have
won $4,000 on the world series.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-10-22

There will be two star events
on the coming Moose smoker pro-
gram, October %, despite the fact
that Jack Lester was not able to
make negotiations with the ath-
Ietic committee.
Jack Root of Oregon. touted as
one of the best light-heavyweights
son the coast, will fight Joe Bonds
as the main event. Frank Farm
err will be matched with Ike Co
hen, the fighting Hebrew" of
San Francisco. Cohen has not
boxed in Tacoma before, but he
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-10-22
. France and Belgi~m the cry

In France and BelgfsW the cry
Is. The Germans are eomtngi
In the American and Nationai
leagues the cry Is, The Federais
are comingi"
When Ban Johnson, president
of the American league, was ask
ed at the world series IL organic
ed bali would make peace with
the Feds or offer to take back
the contract jumping players ne
said:
There isn't a chance. It's q
100-to-1 shot that no such action
will be taken. The American
league will fight TO a finish"
But Big Bans threat has not
alarmed the Feds. They are
buster than ever making plans for
next season. They have signed
Pitcher Perritt and Catcher Win
go of the st. Louis Cards and Ed
Konetchey, first baseman of the
Pittsburg Pirates.
Manager Rebel Cakes has Just
about induced Pitcher Slim Sallee
and Catcher Frank Snyder of the
Cardinals to join his club. Sny-
der is one of the best eatehers de-
veloped by the big leagues in sew
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-10-22
FRANK FARMER i and IKE COHEN
WILL ALSO BOX AT MOOSE SMOKER

fought four-round draw with
Casey" Jones of Tacoma at Ever
EFT last week, and a four round
draw with Pat Dorian before the
Seattle Elks' lodge.
Root is "a years old, weighs
over 200, and has fought many
battles recently I'm Medford. Pen
dleton, Portland and Kalama- He
will outelass Bonds for weight.
Casey" Jones has been signed
up for the Moose smoker, also,
but his opponent has not yet
been selected.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-10-22
10 BANDS, 5000
MEN GREET CAPT.
EVERS OF BEANS

. Few presidents have been
. accorded a reception equal
% in proportion to that which
o Troy te ndered Johnny Ev-
q ers. captain of the victorious
o Braves, on his return to
I. his home here Monday.
. There was a parade with ten
o bands and 5000 men in line.
o Evers, with the mayor,
q rode at the head of the pro-
o cession in an automobile.
o He was wildly cheered all
D along the route.
o In the evening Evers was
o the guest of honor at a ban
o quet in the armory at which
o there were 500 fans.
- - - - "A a n a a a a q . .
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-10-22
ARRANGE FOR
ARmY-NAvY
GAME

PHILADELPHIA. Oct. % =
The annual Army-Navy game will
be held on Franklin field Novem-
Der 20, according to final ar
rangements made yesterday att
ernoon. The Army and Navy
each will take 1900 seats, leay-
ing between 1000 and 1900
seats for the Pennsylvania univer-
sfty. to be sold for the benefit
of the relief arms of the two
services.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-10-22

FORSYTH, Mont, Oct. ~. -
Bill James came to the relief of
Vaughn In yesterdays game here
between the American and Ma
tional AIl-Stars. but failed to
save the day, the Americans win
ming by o to 8. Five home runs
were made in the game. Mitchell
pitched for the Americans.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-10-22
Stallion
Again Beaten

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, Oct.
22.-William, the fast stallion,
was again beaten yesterday after
noon by Directum /, holder OF the
worlds pacing record, the cham
pion making two straight heats
with best time in 2:01 Ia.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-10-22

You people VINO have
been doctoring with
out results. try the
n. VOW CHINESE
REMEDY co. whose
| G II ! N E s p herbs,
barks ana root
Ire m . a | es n q v =
achieved some Wet
derful results. For
thousands OF years
the CHINESE peopls
have used these rem
most obstinate case.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-10-22

Results Yesterday.
San Francisco 10, Portland 3.
Los Angeles 5, Venice I
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-10-22
SAM LANGFORD
TO FIGHT IN
San FRANCISCO

SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 22.--
Following Sam Langford's defeat
of Gunboat Smith this week, the
Tar Baby has been matched to
fight Harry Wills of New Orleans
in San Francisco for 20 rounds
on November ID.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-10-22

81 slaed poison. asthma. rheuma-
seorongfo and nervous disor-
ders. eonstipation and diseases Of
the skin, kidneys, bladder and
Il win not cost you one cent to
ALI II out OF town. drop Ne
letter and state your diseases.
~, VOW CHINESE REMEDY co.
fI8xA Pacific av. 1f31A Commerce..