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Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1916-08-10
Terrific Electrical Storm.

Wednesday, August End, at
noon, a heavy downpour of rain,
accompanied by a cannonading Of
the elements like unto that which
has encircled Verdun for six
months, broke over Marion and
vicinity. The rain was almost a
water spout. The electrical dis
play and deep-toned thunder.
rarely equalled here or elsewhere
was terrifying. Vivid flashes Of
lightning played over the city for
almost an hour, doing much dam
age to the equipment of the Ma
rion Electric Light and Ice Co.
One main line wire of the heavy
No. 6 size was snapped in two on
West Depot street. The brick
chimney on the Elliott factory
was leveled to the roof. Many
transformers were burned out
and fuse plugs were burned out
all over the city, leaving many
temporarily in Garkness.. One
bolt ran into the power house.
damaging the volt meter to such
an extent as to require that it be
sent to the factory for repairs.
By the free use Of telegraph and
express lines, all the needed re.
pairs were soon made and things
were running as usual at the pow
er house and few of the light com.
pany's patrons knew Of the seri.
BUSINESS Of the storm to the light
company. or Of the great damage
done.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1916-08-10
TOP BURNS Off
OF AUTOMOBILE
James Champions Car in Spectac.
ular Fire. Boy Lights Cigar
And Catches Gasoline

Saturday night about s o'clock
there was considerable excite
ment on the street, in front of
Cochran e. Compnny's hardware
store on account of a fire which
burned the top off of James
Champions car. The blaze was
started by an explosion of gaso-
line when a match was struck by
some one in the car just at the
time the tank was being filed
with gasoline. 1t soon enve!op-
cd the cars top, and it was de-
stroyed, otherwise the car was
not badly damaged. and the
blaze was extirguished.
Earl Garner, who was burned
by the explosion, was one Of the
parties in the car. His pants
caught fire below the knee and
he fought the flames vigorously
until he succeeded in knocking
them cut. He was burned Sc
verely but not dangerously
In endeavoring TO move the
car from the proximity Of the
tank, some one showed it into
Morris new car in which Mr..
Audrey Clark was seated, He
did not lose any time in speeding
to a distant place on south main
street out of reach of the burn
ing car.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1916-08-10
WRITERS DEMAND THAT HUGHES PUT
himself ON RECORD IN REGARD TO
IMPORTANT ISSUES BEFORE NATION.

New York, Aug. l. On behalf
of a committee of distinguished
American writers, the executive
group Of which met today at the
Hotel Biltmore, George Creel
gave out the follwing open letter:
To the Hon. Charles E. Hughes:
The professional writer's who sign
this letter have small interest in
parties. but very deep interest
in democracy. 1t is our hope,
through this voluntary associa-
ton, to assist in the promotion of
honest, educational discussion in
order that fundamental isues
may not be decided in preJdcice
] and ignorance.
Mr.. Wilson's beliefs have been
expressed in law and in declared
policies. He has made an open
record by which he may be
judged. Wise choice is not Dos
sible unless you yourself make
an equally specific statement of
your purposes and convictions.
OFFERS NO SUGGESTION
Without intending to offend we
feel justified in charging that in
no single public utterance have
yoa filed a bona fide bill Of par
ticulars, nor have you offered 9
single constructive suggestion.
Generalities are without value
Blanket criticism is worthless,
What we desire to know, what ]:
fair that the electorate shoulC
know, are the exat details ofyoul
disagreement with Mr.. Wilson
What has he done that you woult
not have done, and what has ht
failed to do that you would hav,
done or propose to do? Honesty
and patriotism demand the: yol
put yourself on record in such
manner as to permit people t,
Judge you as they are now abl,
to Judge President Wilson. Fo
example:
First Would you have filed in
slant protest against the invas
ion of Belgium and backed up tha
protest with the United State!
navy?
THE LUSITANlA CASE
Seeond-It is arrant nonsense
to talk about action that would
have prevented the Luitania trag
edy. The vague advertisement
did not appear until shortly be
fore the hour of sailing. The oc
currence was one of those things
that civilization has made tn,
world regard as incredible. Tn,
only honest question is this
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1916-08-10
Gard Of Thanks.

We desire through the columns
Of the Record Press to express
our sincere thanks to DR.. Cook
and all others who so faithfully
and tenderly assisted us in the
sickness and death of our dear
husband, brother and son. Annie
Enoch. May Gods richest bless.
ings rest upon them all.
His mother, wife. brothers
and sisters.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1916-08-10

encouraged in all games. Promptitude
is very necessary quality and the child
sees that without this he can gain prsc-
tically nothing in the way Of victory
Unselhshness, a virtue very much TO be
desired in all children is developed in
many ways through different kinds Of
play. The child learns to cooperate
with other children and realizes that
they have the same rights to square
deal" as he himself. Also, he learns
that he must take defeat as cheerfully
as he gains victory. In playing in a
team where il is Of the greatest import
ance that all work together thought
fully and persistently, self control is a
quality which must be given great at
tention; the child that learns to control
himself well on the playground can con-
troll himself equally as well in other af-
fairs Of life. and therefore this should
be insisted upon and encouraged by the
Z
, teacher.
Now we see that play gives strength,
courage and confidence, and makes the
child energetic, quick to decide, and
ready to act. As he grows toward ma
turity the plays in which he is interest
s1 change their nature decidedly. At
about twelve the boy begins to take &C.
tive interest in games OF an athletic ma
ture and to think more of playing in
company with other boys He delights
in teams which act in obedience to q
captain and which struggle together
for victory. Whether alone or IN CON-
pany with others. competition is pow
erful motive. and the greatest pleas.
ure that boy can feel is in overcoming
some other person.
The greatest obstacle to the progress
and development Of the playground
movement is the discontinuity Of mem.
ory. Few persons over thirty remem.
Der the feelings and motives which gov
erned them at ten. Childhood has "a
most persons become a closed book
most adults think Of play as rest and
recreation. They can no longer remem.
Der that play is life to the child, and
that a child playing intensely needs
rest and recreation as much as anyone.
We keep thinking Of play as by-ac'
tivity, whereas school, work and tasks
in general, are the by-activities and play
is the main business Of life to the child
1t is this which engages his passionate
devotion and every atom Of strength a,
his command. Play is to the child what
intense, absorbing work is to the adult
and not until we get and keep this poin
Of view will play and Fairgrounds hav,
for US their real meaning and message
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1916-08-10

Luther Redd and son Wilbur,
Of Sheridan, passed through the
city Monday enroute home from
the Kuttawa camp meeting where
they went Friday to accompany
Mrs. Redd and three children,
Ola, 0pie and Roby home from a
two weeks visit to her sisters
in the Kuttawa district.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1916-08-10

Would you have made the dlsas-
ter the subject of diplomatic ne
gotiations or would you have bro
ken relations with Germany at
once?
Third Would you have urged
upon Congress an embargo upon
the shipment of munitions to the
Allies?
Fourth-Would yeu rrge uni
versal compulsory military SER
vice?
Filthy are frank in stat.
ing that Huerta's morals were of
no concern to America. Does
this mean that you would have
recognized Huerta?
Sixth-As matters stand today
would yo1 be in favor ofintsrven-
ing in Mexico?
J Seventh Does your attack up
on the Wilson Shipping Bill mean
TIA: you are in favor Of ship sub.
sides?
Eighth You speak enthusiast.
cally of the rights of the worker.
Does this imply that you indorse
the Clayton Antitrust law and
the Seaman's Bill?. Or will you
urge their repeal?
OPPOSED INCOME TAX.
Ninth What are your specific
complaints against the Fedora
Reserve law?
4 Tenth-As Governor of New
York you opposed the Income Ia,
amendment. Does this antago
nism persist? Do you or do yor
not believe in paying for prepar
edness out of tax on incomes, in
heritances and munitions?
We agree with you that it i!
a critical period, by far too crit
ical indeed for candidates TO tall
in terms of office.seeking rather
than in the simple, earnest Ian
guage Of definite Americanism
Respectfully,
S. Hopkins Adams Ray S. Baker
Ellis P Butler L. Ames Brown
Dante Barton Irwin S. Cobb
Wadsworth Camp J o'Hara Cosgrav,
Stoughton Cooley William L. Cheney
George Creel James Forbes
Frederick c. Howe Gilson Gardner
Fred'k S. Greene opie Read
VIM. l.. Stoddard Lincoln Steffens
D., Oliver Herford Prof Louis johnson
Richard L. Jones Peter b. kyne
Fercy Msekaye A. J. MeKelway
Basil Manley Meredith Nicholson
Albert j. Mock Harry J.o'Higgini
Chas. J. Post E Manlove Rhode,
VIM Mel. Rsine Boardman Robinson
John Reed Augustus Thomas
Frank Vrooman George West
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1916-08-10

If you want the best loin, por.
ter house or round steak, we
have it. -Babb Bros.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1916-08-10

specifications will be mailed on
request.
The right is reserved to reject
any or all proposals and to waive
informalities.
L. A. WASHINGTON,
Commissioner Of Public Works.
Adv.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1916-08-10

Miss Annie Louise Dean, Of
Crider, who was the guest Of rel
atives and friends here several
days last week, returned home
Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Rose Mayes, Of Caldwell
Springs, is camping at Kuttawa
Mineral Springs. Misses Lora
Johnson and Stella Phillips are
with her.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1916-08-10
Ma rion to Have Steuography,
Typewriting, Bookkeeping Sch, 4

Mr.. }. Hampton Fox will open
a school for stenography, type
writing and bookkeeping in Ma.
rion about September 1st. He
comes highly recommended as
will be seen from the following
endorsement from his home peo.
pie which reads as follows:
The undersigned citizens of
HopkinsvilIe, KY. have known
Mr.. j. Hampton Fox for the past
twenty years quite well, and for
many years last past. we have
known him intimately. He is a
man Of unimpeachable character
and sterling integrity. During
his residence in Hopkinsville- 20
years he has been engaged in
teaching stenography, typewrit-
ing and bookkeeping, with the ex.
ception Of some three years when
he was teaching the same at Hen
dersoD. Darlington and Madison
vile, KY. He has had marked
success in teaching stenography,
all OF his pupils, so far as We are
advised, having taken high rank
in this profession; and at least
four Ct them having filed The Of
fee Of Official S.enoGrapher in
the Chri,t;an Circuit: Court.
AS a TEACHER Of these studies
Mr.. Fox has succeeded in a mark
ed degree and we cheerfully and
heartily recommend him as such
to all persons who may desire
his services.
Joe McCarroll, Attorney.
G.. H. Bush
W. P. Winfree "
John Feland
Jas. Breathitt
Hunter Wood, Sr. -
W. M. Fowler
Frank Rives
Thos. P. Cook,
Ex-Judge Christian Circuit Court
]. T. Hanbery,
Judge Srd Judicial Dist. Kentucky
Walter Knight,
County Judge Christian Co., Ky.
Hunter Wood, Jr.,
Judge Hopkinsville Police Court
Alvan H. Clark,
U. S. Com. Western District Ky.
Those who wish to register in
his classes, should do so at once,
as his facilities as to numbers
will for the present be limited.
First come, first served. ADV.
New Britain herald., 1916-04-04
HANDLING A FAMINE.

When Houston, Texas, was con- fronted with the paper famine that is due in other parts of the nation. and which Secretary Redfeld of the Department of Commerce has warned against Houston newspapers were threatened with compulsory suspen- sion. Because of the combination of freight congestion and an actual shortage of white paper in that vicinity it began to look as if the citi- zens were going to be deprived of their news. Here is how the i'm pending crisis was forestalled by the Houston Chronicle: Orders were ls- sued that all complimentary copies, ed for which actual cash was not re- ceived, should be cut off. On top this, the street sale was increased tenn porarily from two cents to five cents. stricken from the plimentary list. After one week the difficulties had been surmounted and the two-cent street sale price was restored. This is only a fair sample of what might happen in any community in the United States unless the people begin to realize the value of old rags and waste paper now being totally de- stroyed as rubbish. The expense of paper is going up each and every day. This. coupled with the freight con- gestion. may cause some newspapers to adopt the plan of relief sought by the Houston sheet. This wilful waste has got to stop sooner or later and now is the time, unless we prefer famine.
New Britain herald., 1916-04-04
Venerable News ScudcrS.

(BelloWS Falls (Nt.D TimcS)
 They arc making cOnsidera hlc noise up in St. JOhnSbury because a man who lives in sutton has been send Ing the weekly news of his vicinity to one of the St. Johnshury papers for 1T years. Down here, however, we can go tho Sutton man few better. We are Informed that A. x. Chandler of Chester has been cor"r~- pondent for the Bellows Falls Times, first from Grafton and then from Chester for over 50 years If there is a record in the state that surpasses this, let somebody speak up.
New Britain herald., 1916-04-04

all of it, however, is being sent to Great Britain and her allies, as Ger many is not in a fair position to re- ceive any large consignments. Yet Germany does not seem to be worry inC over this, as when the war broke out that nation was described by those who knew, as being loaded to the hllt with copper" This condition is said Go have been brought about by a cultl- vation of taste which demanded things made from copper. Door-knobs, locks hinges, paper weights, culinary uten- silS ornaments, everything was fash copper. It really became the style. Evidences of it were seen in this country. afterwards given over to the rage for bronze. All this material i'll Germany can be pressed into service if the situation demands 1t. From this ii has been stated that German pre- parcdnesS was sighted enough to start the "style." letting the people ac- cumulate neceSsaries and ornaments made of copper. with the idea that all articles could be rc-molded in time of war. Thus it may be seen that copper plays an important part in war
New Britain herald., 1916-04-04
Why People Like Him.
(Springfeld Republican.


 Wherever William H. Taft, former president of the United States, makes a speech and meets the people, he leaves a pleasant impression behind him. The personality of the man and the breadth and good temper Of his speeches please democrats quite as much as republicans. So 1t was in HolyOke Wednesday evening with those who saw Mir. Taft at the high school auditorium anG in the Ho'- yoke club. Especially appreciated was MT. Taft's remarks that Mir. Roosevelt "places the presidents of the United States in two classes one the Lincoln class and the other the Buchanan;" and added The puts him self in the Lincoln class and me in the Buchanan" This was said with the utmost good nature-and it was fact It might have been added that President Wilson stands beside Ux- President Taft in the Buchanan class by edict of both MT. Roosevelt and Charles S. Bird. When you como 10 think of it. the habit of detraction is very catching. Most of the az ercssivc progressives have so far ac- ouired this habit as to make the healing of the division in the repub- lican party difficult matter
 This is especially manifest in Mas Sachusetts just now. It was not T good investment in the line Of har- mony for men who desire the nomin- ation of MT Roosevelt as the repuh- lican candidate for president this year to indulge in a cartoon thar represents cX-Senator Crane and Sen ator Weeks as dark-lantern men. The assumption of those who were re- sponsible for the depletion appears to have been that the honorable gentleman from Berkshire was seek ing to lead the man who succeeded him in the United States senate to the burglariOuS capture of the re publican nomination. At best the pie turc was silly. and at the worst 1t applied a needless and Offcnsiva "" ritant to q sensitive situation. Most grown people have passed beyond the period at which the individual or the group assume to comprehend within themselves or in their ranks all virtue and to denounce those who differ with them as representing the sum of wick cdnCSS in politics. It never appears to occur 10 such people that their method of fighting is at utter variance with the square deal. let alone the golden rule. EXtrcmr youth or the abnormally developed ego arc tho only explanation which can he offered for such distorted and unlONelN point of VicW
 Plenty of people who disagree Witl' Nr. Taft in politics value him as T living cNHmplo of a public man >Who can diSa gree with others and vet avoid being angry and unjust in the process. The object lesson is of cs- pecial value at this time, when un-
New Britain herald., 1916-04-04
Women's ConscienceS.
Waterbury Democrat.)

A prominent member of the New York bar, testifying before a congres- sional committee declared: women are natural-born smugglers. Young or old. married or unmarried they are all alike" This accusation has aroused a storm of feminine pro- test, particularly from suffrage lead CTS One of them retorts: Men smuggle just as much as women do, and more. Men smuggle on gigan- tic scale which women never attempt. And every time a woman tries to bring in one hat, and gets caught, the pa pers write about it The wholesale smuggling of business men goes un- noticed" Another woman admits the charge, but says defiantly; With expect women scrupulously to keep laws which they have not been all lowed to make? The government has grafted on them; isn't it natural that they should try to get little of their own back by grating on the govern ment? Then along comes a pronlin- ent anti-suffragist, and confesses: Ut is true that women are more inclined to smuggle than man. Women have a less keen sense of honor, and are more ready to cheat and tell little lies" Another, denying the charge as applied to the whole sex. admits the existence of "parasite class consisting of. women whose smuggling is due 10 sheer folly and weakness and ignorance rather than criminal in Stnct." There's no question that women arc caught smuggling far more frcouently than men: Custom house inspectors arc disposed to suspect nearly all women until they prove their innocence. And yet few critics will venture to accuse women in gen craI of having less tender consciences than men It Is comm monly felt, in- deed. that women are the chief GUS todians of the morals of mankind. There is a distinction however, be- tween private morality, of which wom- cn are the bulwark and public moral itN. concerning which their Ideas often seem rudim entary. Their smuggling falls into this latter class of imm oral acts. Perha ps fuller participation in public life will give even the "shel- tered woman" a rendered conscience in all community matters. a greater feeling of responsibility for the pub lie welfare and a greater respect for governmental authority
New Britain herald., 1916-04-04
The South Awakened. Washington Post.)

References to the South as ths great cotton-prOduCiuG aTeG of tle nation have been made so frequently and for so long n time that the resjt of the country has gained thc ilnpres- sion that cotton is the basis for al Southern activity. As matter ot. fact, however, the South according to recent figures collected by the Manufacturers Record, produced s. 500, 100000 of ali agricultural pro- ducts last year and of this only about $750,0O0,00O vas reprcsenteH by cotton. Cotton therefore comprised but little more than one-rfth of the total agricultural products. The South has awakened. It is alive industrially and agriculturaIly. It is not merely pace with the rest of the country, but is beginning to set the pace. Tn 1915 the gain in tho value of all farm crops in the United States over 1914 was $526, ,070,00O. Of this gain, $317,2O9,O0O, or a little more than so per cent. was in the South, an amazing illustration of the increase in the diversifcation of Southern agriculture
 The gain in the entire country out side of the South was S20S,S61 ,O0O, or $1OS, 100000 less than the gain in the South.
 To make the matter plain, the per centage of increase in the South in
 1915 over 1914 was 1885 per cent, while the percentage of increase in the rest of the country in 1915 over 1914 was only 5.25 per cent. The South is growing more corn. IL is growing more live stock than ever before in it's history. It is ad- Vancing industrially. Not only is it's | own future assured, but the South is adding to the prosperity of the whole nation.