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Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1915-05-29
CATHOLIC GAINS.

The Official Catholic Djrccforv
shows that the Roman Catholic
ChurCh has increased in numbers 2
quarter Of million in the last wear
1t also shows Il gain of nearly four
million in the past ten wears and
more than seven million in the past
twenty years.
for our part, we should like to
sec more OF the Catholic spirit in
Stlllcd INTO our great Protestant and
other denominations. The Catholic
Church III this country is that re-
]1g1ous body in which wealth social
distinction, class and race co,,nt
tor the least. The humblest. poor
est and most ignorant IMMIGRANT
entering New York can go up into
the great Cathedral on 5th ave. and
teel that he is welcome, and tbe
truth IS, he IS welcome. Any one
III such circumstances would I,esi-
tate TOR some time before cntcrino
a rich Protestant church.
1t IS almost impossible to think
OF Catholic priest preaching race
discrimination or urging his con-
gregatlon to go out and lynch
somebody.
II all the great Christian organi-
zatlons i'll this country had the re-
liglous and moral courage to openly
dlsapprove the injustice, lawless-
ness and cruelty which the Negro
has to suffer, those sins and crimes
would soon be stopped.
But they haven't got it,-New
York Age.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1915-05-29
Mother and Heirs !
Get $4,000!

Memphis, Tenn. The courts
have decided that Betty Hicks and
her eight children should have the
$50, 900 left by the white father of
the children. Betty Hicks was the
practical slave of the white man as
well as his commonlaw wife and it
was proven that the children were
all his without doubt.
The mother and children are
densely ignorant i not even com
pretending the contest over the
will nor what the decision giving
them $50, 900 means When found
they were working III fields in ov-
eralls and male attire the girls
never having seen pctticoat.
Judge Barton declared, the ONLY
decent thing this social outcast, the
white father ever did was when he
left his estate to his common law
wife and the children of her body ;"
1t is feared that such ignorant
people, coming utterly unpreparcd
INTO possession Of such great wealth
vii be the victims of every schc1n-
r. The Scimita1 (whiteJ of Mem
pHis says:
The jumpers and ovcralls
should be taken from them; they
should be dressed decently and ia
ken out Of the cotton patch and
sent to school, where they NAV de-
rive the belated benefits accrui1g
from their fathers wealth, which
their labor largely helped to accum-
ulate and to which they are entitled
by every rule of right and reason.
IT these helpless people are to be
abandoned by the courts and the
constituted authorities, and if out
Slders are permitted to rob them, it
Will be permanent stigma and an
indelible stain on our civilization
and a convincing proof that we are
not willing or able to protect the
weak against the strong, and the
ignorant against the cunning and
consclenceless. Louisville News.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1915-05-29
HIS HEART IN RIGHT PLACE

When Representative Campbell.
OF Kansas, recently said, on the
floor Of Congress, in the presence
OF packed house, that his children
attended mixed school in Pitts
burg, Kansas, his home town 3"
and that il c himself 'worshped
with Negroes, and that further he
was willing and would permit the
colorcd man to exercise his Doljti-
cal rights under the constitution -
he dealt his democratic opponents
including the Tillrnans, Vardamans
and Hokc Smiths, a solar plexus
blow, as it were. With such friends
as Representative Campbell, in Of
hclal station, especially in Con-
gress, the Negroes in America will
not perish from the earth,
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1915-05-29
Remorse,

legal Journal tells of 81 trial In
which the following rcmorscful letter
appeared in evidence:
"Mr Bidwcl: Dear Sir - This is
what never expect to come to. But
1t Is trouble, and no one to help NEE
out. SO ! want you to have this young
woman Buried. But NEE, let me lay
top or ground, for the Turkey Buz-
yards to eat, for ] have did rong. Jo-
seph Bradley"
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1915-05-29
What Landed Him There.

My good man, what are you In
prison tor?'
"My convictions"
Your cOnvictiOnsY'
Yes. mum. IF the jury had acquit
ted ne / wouldn't be here e"-DetroM
Free Press
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1915-05-29
Oriental
Mannerisms

Mem Orles, y the assertion that there
IS something fundamentally differ
ent IN character between the East
and the West, which makes mutual
understanding difficult and assi1ni-
lation impossible. The English
traveller who is inclined to accept
this axiom may begin to detect the
Eastern flavor of things as soon as
he leaves the frontier of the Ger
man Empire behind him and passes
through tn Austro- Hungarian
monarchy on his way to Constanti-
nople.
Should you arrive at Vienna on
Saturday, you will have to wait
these tWenty-four hours if you in
tend to take the Orient Express to
ConstantlnOple, for it leaves Vienna
on Sunday evening, and even in
that short time you may feel a sub
tie change in the atmosphere of
lite. You ask a sedate- locking Of
fetal in the bureau of your hotel
up to what o'clock on Sunday
morning the shops in the town
remain open, as you want 70 pur-
chase a few travelling necessaries.
Until midday, SIR in the decis-
i've reply. Instinctively, warned
by past experience, you turn to the
hail porter, who usually embodies
the, brain power OF a Niennese ho-
tel, and III order to make sure, v0u
put the same question to him. The
shops are not open at all on Sun
days. is his reply, and 50 indeed
it turns out to be-
You stroll toward the Leopold
stadt with the intention of taking
luncheon at the old Goodness
Lamm, now called the Hotel Ma
t1onal, long renowned as the hostel
ry patronlzed by European crowned
heads as far back as the Vienna
Congress Of 1915. You grip the
brass handle of a glass door on
which the inviting word Entree'
is affixed in large white ena1ne1ed
letters. You tug at it in vain, and
are ultimately warned off by man
signaling frartically from the inside
that it is not door at all, but onlv
the window of all apartment-
that the real entrance to the hotel
is a few yards to the left. You
now reColleCt that when YOU were
there last some seven years prev
lously- that word Entree' was
already there, and that you and
doubtless many others ever since
were warned off; but the proprietor
has not apparently thought it worth
while to erase the misleading let
ters
Ii IS still Sunday, and you wish
to post registered letter That
can be done only at the Central
Post Office during certain hours of
the afternoon. You drive there,
holding the letter in readiness, to-
gether with krone to pay the reg
lstratlon fee, and wait your turn
patiently. For without patience,
that supposedly Christian virtue
(Which by the way l subsequently,
acquired myself and discovered to
be of Mohamfnedan origin), it is
of little use starting on journey to
the EAST. Atlast your turn comes,
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1915-05-29
FACTS WORTH KNOWING.

The highest altitude in the Uni
ted States proper is Mt. Whitney
State of California, IA 1913 feet; Mt.
Mckinley, Alaska, rises to an alti-
tude Of of 20, 800 feet; Mt. Massive,
Colorado, and Mt. Rainier, Wash
1ngton, rise to height of 14,424
and IA 52o feet, respectively. The
highest place on the earth is Mt.
Everest, Himalayas, 29 900 feet.
The wise man is he who attends
to his own business.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1915-05-29

A crHcl story runs on wheels, ana
every hand oils the wheels as they
run.-Ouida.
The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1915-08-11
HAYTIEN SITUATION
HAS QUIETED DOWN
Conditions at St. Marc Still
Turbulent.

Washington, August. 9.-Haytien re-
ports received here indicate that the
island is tranquil, that the people are
accepting in a friendly spirit the eff
fort of the United States to assist in
the establishment of a stable govern
ment.
1t is thought that in time the United
States will establish practically the
same relations with Hayti that exist
between it and Cuba. 1t will adopt
something in the nature of a Platt
amendment, under which the United
States will assist in creating a stable
government in Hayti, reserving the
right to occupy the island in the event
of the recurrence of disorders, guar
anteeing Hayti against outside inter
ference at the same time.
1t is the hope of the authorities that
tranquil affairs will continue, although
officials know that the United States
is not popular with a certain class in
Hayti. Admiral Capertons handling
of the situation is generally approved
here.
Admiral Caperton advised the navy
department that conditions are excel
lent in the island with the possible ex-
ception of st. Marc. which is forty
miles from Port-au-Prince. A force
may be sent to st. Marc if conditions
there warrant such action.
The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1915-08-11
COL. RICHARD OWENS
ANSWERS LAST CALL
Veteran Who Served Under
General Morgan Dies After
Short Illness. =

Colonel Richard Owens, who twenty
years ago was one of the most prom
inent horsemen racing on the kentucky
turf, died at ST. Joseph's hospital Thurs
day morning at , o'clock. He had been
III for The past two weeks and the cause
Of his death is assigned to heart disease.
Colonel Owens was born in Lexington
seventy one years ago, and while a
young man served under the famous
John Morgan. His comrades pronounce
HIM gallant soldier and a true friend
He served through the war in the cav
airy and acquitted himself with honor.
His connection with the turf began
with the purchase of three thorough
breds from John NJ. Clay. At one time
Mr.. Owens stable contained some of the
most successful horses in the United
States, and because of this and his friend
ly nature. he enjoyed a wide acquain-
tance. Many romantic tales are told
about his connection with the racing
world, although he has not been active.
ly connected with the tu5f for the past
twenty years.
Among the famous winners which he
formerly owned were Mendelsshon, Sly
Dance. Kinkead and Ieveler, and many
others of lesser note. Turfmen who re
member Colonel Ovens connection with
the turf speak of him as a high princi-
pied gentleman and a credit TO the sport.
Col. Owens is survived by two daugh-
ters, Misses Mary and Issie Owens, with
whom he made his home on Second St.
There are several sisters: Mrs Owen
Mckee and Miss Sallie Owens, of Rich
mond Mrs. Kate Clark, of Mt. Sterling,
and Mrs. Lydia McArdle, of Bir-
mingham, Ala.
His wife. Mrs. Elenor P. Owens, died
last March and his health has been en-
the decline since that time. Mr.. Owens
was brother-in-law of Major E. B
Ellis of this city.
The funeral services were held at the
family residence. lO6 West Second St
Saturday morning At 10 o'clock The
pallbearers were w. S. Barnes. T. G.
Julian. e. b. Ellis. Richard Mckee, of
Richmond; Thomas Clark, of Mt. Sterl-
ing and John w. Lancaster, Sr. Inter
ment was made in the Lexington Gene
terry.
All members of the Confederate Vet
Grams Association were called to attend
the funeral services in body.-Lexing-
ton Herald
The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1915-08-11
Stun8 in a New Place.

A man and a woman dropped into a
small town and put up at the best hotel.
The next morning they secured a rig
each and started over the country asking
the farmer folks for chicken for an
orphans home in St. Louis. After two
days begging they sold the chic&ens to
local produce man for $50 and left
town. Their loot included several cash
donations.
A variation of the scheme is for man
wearing some sort of badge to call on
the farmers under the name of the de-
partment of health aud demand TO see
his poultry After examination he con-
demns twenty or thirty hens and tells
the farmer that they will have 10 be xii
ed because they are diseased. He very
kindly cffers to take the chickens and
do the killing himself. If the farmer
consents the man takes them to the
nearest commission merchant and sells
them. The scheme is being worked all
over The country. II man or woman
calls on you with demand that looks
suspicious, call up your localauthorities
, and ask by what right they are asking
TO inspect your stock or poultry. When
you get the answer, turn them over 10
the police,
The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1915-08-11
The Crabbe Party

Dr. and Mrs. J. G. Crabbe left Saiur-
day with a happy party of twenty
nine, headed for the great west
and the Golden Gate where they will
spend month seeing the expositions.
At Salt Lake city they will be met by
a delegation and escorted to the Nor
mon Temple where they viii be RECALLED
by concert on the greatest organ in
the world.
Many side trips have been planned
There were 10 the party besides DR..
aud Mrs. Crab5e: Mes lanes Mary b,
Deane. Pauline Arnold. Thompson Bur
nam and Misses Maude Gibson. Emma
Hemplepp Daisy Hampton. Miss French
Hulda Dilling, Ellen Gibson Miller,
Pattie Whitehouse. Nola Jones. Madgt
Burnam. Matilda Mason, Harriet Ma
son, Margaret Gof. Rachel Elm. Eliza
beth Farley. Margaret Morton. Carrie
Lyon. Bessie Haggard and Miss Hughes
Messrs. w. T. Woodson and brother,
Chaz. Col Downing. Parker and Hunt
Keep your money 10 circulation bs
handing us that dollar you owe US. &
The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1915-08-11
Judee Benton's Gard.

THANK my friends from the depth OF
my heart for the loyal support they have
given me. No man ever had truer
friends. and they have, by their devotion.
placed me under lasting debt of graft
tude. hope they are worrying just as
little over my defeat as am.
l know that large majority OF the
worth while people of the, district sup
ported me, and approve my course and
condemn the corrupt practices by which
my defeat was accomplished. Their ap-
proval and the peace OF my own con-
science are worth more TO me than Of
fee. 1t is notorious fact that the en-
tire purchaseable element OF the district
white. black and mixed. was bought and
voted against me- The vicious and
venal have, for the time prevailed, but
am optimistic enough to believe
that this is their last victory.
AT the close of the present year shall
surrender the circuit judgship to my
successor with feeling Of relief that
the burdens. the worries and the respon-
sibilities of the office have been lifted
from me, and with the sincere hope thai
he who succeeds me, may be able to,
and will render the people better SER
vice than have rendered them during
my term of office.
with malice toward none, with char
ity for all, with firmness in the right, as
God gives US to see the right, let us
strive on TO finish the work we.are in. .
Gratefully.
Winchester. KY. j. NJ. BENTON.
Aug, 9. 1915.
The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1915-08-11
LANSING and
MCADOO CONFER
Talk About Mexican Situation
In New York.
FARLEY WILL BE RESUMED

Pan-American conferece on Mexican
Affairs, Begun In Washington, Will
Be Renewed In New York-consider
Financial Plans.
Washington, August 9.-The Pan
American conference which met here
last week to devise plan for restor-
ing government in Mexico probably
will be resumed in New York next
Wednesday.
Secretary Lansing made this an.
nouncement upon his return from New
York, where he conferred with Secre.
tary McAdoo. Mexican affairs and
the cooperative effort of the United
States and Latin-American republics,
to end the factional strife were dis
cussed generally.
"We talked of the Mexican situa-
tion," said Secretary Lansing, "but we
did not consider any financial plan for
supporting a Mexican government
The principal purpose of my visit to
New York was to talk with Mr.. Nc
Adoo concerning financial arrange
ments for the Pan-American financial
congress to be held at Buenos Ayres
in September. There is considerable
preliminary work to be done in con-
nection with that"
Asked when the Mexican peace con-
ference, which recessed here would be
resumed, Mr.. Lansing said:
at will be resumed early this week
probably on Wednesday in New York"
With regard to Gen. Carranza's sug-
gestion in the brief fled for him with
the state department that his repre-
sentatives would confer-"with any elef
ment' in Mexico for the welfare of
the country, there have been no de-
velopments reported. 1t is known
that the suggestion was dispatched to
Gen. Villa, now at Juarez, but no re.
sponse from Villa has been received
by his Washington agents.
Administration officials who have
been inclined to believe that a peace
parley between Mexican factions might
soon result independent of the appeal
to the military leaders which will go
| forward from Pan-American nations
are not now so sanguine. Reports from
the City of Mexico that DR. Juan j.
| Ortega, the Guatemalan minister there
had been given his passports by Gen.
| Carranza and ordered to leave the
country within twenty-four hours were
responsible for this change of mind.
Inasmuch as Guatemala is repre-
sented in the Latin-American confer
ence, Carranza's drastic action is re-
garded here as indicating a disposi-
tion of unfriendlness toward the con.
| ference.
Ortega's forced departure from Mex
leo, together with the departure of NJ.
| Cordoso. the Brazilian minister at the
City of Mexico viii leave in the Mex
! lean capital no diplomatic representa-
| tives of any of the seven nations par
ticipating in the Mexican conference
The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1915-08-11
NO REASON FOR EXPULSION
Not Known Why ortesa Was eanished
From Mexico City.

w. fNHONNh WY OfAC9a w 90 CGuiSnCu
From Mexico City.
Mexico City. August 9.-Offcials say
they don't know the cause Tor the ex-
pulsion of DIR. Juan J. Ortega, minister
to Mexico from Guatemala. Gen. Con
zales having received an order from
Carranza to the effect that Ortego
must leave the country
1t is not thought Ortega's expulsion
is connected with revolutionary ex-
petitions across the Guatemala border,
but rather to Ortega's attitude among
the diplomats here. 1t is understood
that Carranza considers Ortega in the
light of "pernicious foreigner" who
has been meddling in politics.
Carranza's ire is believed to have
been aroused by the presence of Qua
temala diplomats at recent peace con-
ferences in Washington. Mexico and
Guatemala have not been on friendly
terms for number of years.
1t is officially denied here that the
German charge d'affaires is to be ex-
PEELED. They declare that such action
is not contemplated.
The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1915-08-11

ty unit law advocate, was nominated
over Harry v. McChesney, of Frank
fort, and Lieut.. Governor Edward j.
McDermott of Louisville
Mr. McChesney made it plain to the
voters throughout a strenuous cam
paign that he stood for Statewide Pro-
hibition- His vote was largely con-
fined to the rural districts, and, while
one hundred and six counties out of
one hundred and twenty are dry un.
der the county unit law, he failed to
carry many of them
Edward ]. McDermott was non-com,
initial as to his convictions. but it was
generally supposed that he stood fo1
the county unit law as against state
wide prohibition He carried only his
home city of Louisville, falling down
in Jefferson County outside of the city
carrying only one precinct He ran q
poor third throughout the state.
Stanley's victory was overwhelm
ing, sweeping the state from one end
to the other. Since his defeat for the
United States Senatorship in the fall
OF 1914, he has been stumping the
state, and it is said that he made more
stump speeches than any other can
didate in the race.
Stanley was given national promi
nence when as a member of Congress
ne was appointed Chairman of the
Steel Trust Investigation Committee
and through this rigid work which he
carried on for two years attracted
much notoriety through the magazines
and newspapers. He was elected to six
consecutive terms in Congress by the
Second District and served unit
March Of this year, when his term ex
pired.
MANAGED BY HAGER.
The Stanley campaign was managed
by Judge S. w. Hager, of Owensburo
prominent politician, and who was de
feated for Governor on the Democratic
ticket in 1907.
VOTE BY DISTRICT.
Some counties in the mountain sec
tion and also remote precincts of Other
counties are missing.
FIRST DISTRICTS Stanley, 1922;
McChesney. s.2Ss; McDermott, 9S7.
SECOND DISTRICT Stanley. Is.
The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1915-08-11
MARKET QUOTATIONS.

indianapolis, Aug. 9.
Cattle--Steers, $6.50@9.s5; heifers,
s5.5OQs; cows. s5@7.25; calves. $40
1875; bulls. s4G6.S5.
Hogs-Best heavies, $6.9o@7.15;
bulk of sales. $71O@7.eo; lights. SEQ
7.65.
sheep-Good to choice, s525@6;
common to medium. 1905; lambs. s6
@S; bucks. $4@45o.
Chicago, Aug. 9.
Hogs-Bulk, $6.20@6.S5: light, $3.50
07.s0; mixed, $6.1O@735; heavy.
s5.95@6.S0; roughs. s5.95G6.1o; pigs.
$6.50@7.50. Cattle - Native beef,
steers. s6.25@10.25; cows and heifers.
s31O@9.25; calves, $7.50@11.25. Sheep,
S6.1007: lambs, $7@s.40.
Cincinnati, Aug. 9.
Hogs = Steady. Cattle = Steady.
Calves. s5@10.50. Sheep-Steady;
lambs, steady.
ST. Louis. Aug. 9.
Hogs-Pigs and lights. $7.15@7.60;
mixed and butchers, $7.3507.6O; good
heavy, $6.756720. Cattle-Steady.
Toledo. Aug. 9.
wheat-s1141s; corn, s4A; oats,
sac.
Cattle-veals. s4.50011.75. Hogs
Slow; Heavy. s6.75@7; mixed, 1880
TAO: Yorkers and pigs. $760Qs;
rough. S5.7E@6: stays. s4.5005.25.
sheep-Active; .Iambs, steady.
- -, - - - 49, - s--. =.
The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1915-08-11
VILLA CONFERS
WITH SCOTT
Realize Collapse Of Effort to
Become Dictator.
WIlLING 70 ACCEPT PEACE

viii Retire From Field Provided Car
rama, zapata and obreson Do Like
wise-May Locate In the United
States With Other Leaders.
EI Paso, Texas, August 9.-Gen.
Villa is remaining in Juarez for the
arrival of Gen Hugh L. Scott, chief of
staff OF the United States army, to
confer with him on Mexican affairs.
Villa is said by those who should
know, to be convinced of the utter col
lapse of his efforts to become dictator
of Mexico and is said to be willing
now to accept any measure of peace
that will recognize him as a patriot
and enable him to retire and save his
face.
officers of Gen. Villa began arriving
for conference with their chief,
which will be held today. What the
conference is to consider has not been
said, but it is believed that the meet
ing is to get their ideas on plans for
a peace conference with other Mexi-
can factions.
While talking of his future and still
importing ammunition, the coming of
Gen. Scott is said to have been brought
about upon a suggestion from Villa
himself, who limited through George
C. Carothers that he would quit, if the
United States would help him to turn
loose.
Gen. Scott will arrive today to lay
before Gen. Villa the plans of the Uni
ted States for Mexican pacification and
obtain Villas views. It is said the
United States plans to eliminate Villa,
Carranza. Zapata and Obregon from
presidential possibilities in its peace
plans and nave the four of them
through delegates agree on some man
considered strong to take up the plan
of pacifying the country.
Villa is said to be willing even to
retire to the United States, where he
is reputed to have enough wealth
stored to make him independent for
the rest of his life, and it is said he
will insist that Carranza, Obregon and
Zapata do the same thing for the time
being, leaving Mexico to the restora-
| tive influences of whoever is selected
by the peace conference. which will
be held, if the plans of the United
States do not fail. The peace confer
! ence would be composed of delegates
representing all factions. These dele
gates would nominally select man
for provisional president, but since he
must be agreeable to the United
States, President Wilson virtually
would exercise veto power over the
convention. according to what is
learned here.