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RICHMOND, MADISON COUNTY, KENTUCKY, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 1915
Number 23
OUR CIRCULATION IN RICHMOND AND MADISON COUNTY IS EQUAL TO THE COMBINED CIRCULATION OF ALL OTHER COUNTY PAPERS
3 If 1 iT. H I V J- I
Wallace Takes A Crack At
Judge Benton.
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The political pot jn this judicial dis-
trict has quit simmering. It stopped
this slow gait suddenly last Tuesday
morning. It is now a seething caldron,
hissing and running out at the top. It
was caused to do this by a letter issued
to the Hon. J. M. Benton by Hon. C.
C. Wallace, one of the leading members
of the local bar. This letter added oil
to the slow fires that had been burning
under the pot, turning the same into a
firey furnace.
Last week many of the citizens of
this city received copies of Judge Ben
ton's speech which he delivered : at
Winchester as his opening gun in his
campaign for re-election to the high
office of Circuit Judge of this district.
In this little pamphlet was copied an
editorial printed in the Courier-Journal
highly commending Judge Benton for
his work in the trial of the cases of
Wallace &c at Winchester. The fires
of resentment which had been quietly
burning in the Wallace camp since mat
memorable trial, were fanned into an
inextinguishable holocaust. Hence the
letter. In this letter, Mr. Wallace ex
presses himself in strong.burning terms,
making clear his great indignation that
Judge Benton would lug into his can
vass a case tried before him where the
lives of the defendants were placed in
jeopardy and which cases are now
pending in tne iventucKy ourt 01 aP-
peals from the judgment of conviction
rendered by the Clark Circuit Court.
That he uses strong, unmistakable lan-
guage to express his feelings is- evident
from tlie letter.
That our readers might have both
sides of this unfortunate controversy,
we give them the offending editorial
and Mr. Wallace's letter,
THE OFFENDING EDITORIAL
"An observer of the recent trial of
Wallace and others at Winchester for
the murder of Houston Underwood at
Irvine writes to a member of the staff
of the Courier Journal as follows
" 'The verdict was the greatest good
for Estill county that has ever occured.
A state of affairs was just forming that,
had aw acquittal resulted in this case,
would have made Estill worse off than
Breathit ever was.
" 'The lawlessness which was just
cropping out in this matter has now
been nipped in the bud and it will have
a most wholesome effect upon the coun
ty. You do not know the situation,
but I want to tell you that it took
nerve, courage and fearlessness to ban-
and try the case, The attorneys for
the Commonwealth did their duty;
the jury theirs, but more depended on
the Judge than anyone else. On the
first day of the trial a Commonwealth's
witness had to ask the protection of
the court, as he was being intimidated
and threatened, and the Judge made it
so warm for the accused intimidator,
that he was glad to leave town, and
this practice was broken up at the very
outset of the trial. This gave the wit
nesses the necessary courage and back
bone to testify when they found that
the Judge presiding had the courage to
stand by them.'
''The Courier-Journal knows the situ-
ation well enough to set a high and
proper value upon" the services of Judge
Benton, and knows Judge Benton well
enough to anticipate an impartial trial,
fearlessly, yet impartially, conducted
when such cases are brought to his
court. Kentucky has had no man up
on the bench who has done more than
Judge Benton to discourage criminals.
He has done his work like a workman,
and not like a grandstand player, but
no amount of fanfaronade could have
made his usefulness known to thought
ful Kcntuckians as it has become
known through results registered at
Winchcsterer in the form of verdicts,
and radiating throughout mountain
counties from which assassination cases
have come npon 'change of venue.'
"Assassination, intimidation of wit-
D esses, alibi making by subornation of
perjury, and other allied crimes can
flourish only where local judicial ma-
chinerv is worthless because of crooked-
ness or cowardice. The statement that
cowardice is rarely the cause is a some
what dubious compliment that may
safely be paid to officers of the law in
counties where it is possible to secure
the acquittal of murderers by introduc
ing perjury and by frightening truth-
ful witnesses into falsehood, silence or
flight. Nothing is more important in a
programme of reform- than to secure
the indictment and conviction 01 per
jurers and suborners of perjury. -.In
this particular, Judge Benton's record
in the assasssination cases from Breath
itt county has been brilliant and has
exercised a far-reaching effect. ..The
manner in which alibi-makers are man-
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handled at Winchester is a tale that is
told in many counties other than that
from which- the recent Callahan murder
case was sent. The indictment of one
Drofesaional alibi witness nr nil hi mnn-
ufacturer ig worlh more to ,h f
pubUc gafety than the conviction of
twQ
-.. . exaffireration : the gtatc.
ment that had the prosecut!on of tlie
Irvine case8 faUed Katm cQ wou,d
haye fceen jQ a wQrge .p,.ght than
Breatmtt wa8 when the CaUahan-Har-
gis cabal constituted its government
and the hired murder that government's
chief dependence. N o community
could " be a sufferer from conditions
worse than those which made Breathitt
famous a dozen years ago. The situa
tion at Jackson has been greatly im
proved, and Judge Benton had had a
hand in its improvement, before Calla
han, at his rural stronghold, was beaten
at his own game and died a victim of
the system that had been his servant
in the halcyon days when the directors'
meetings of the Murder Trust were
held in the arsenal of the County Judge,
the Sheriff presiding, and the court
hoU8e acroga tne street turne(j over to
the firine sauad
Politics was at the bottom and the
top of conditions in Jackson. There
have been indications that Estill county
was threatened with a situation some
what similar to that which gave Breath
itt wide-spread notoriety before the
Marcum murder. It is extremely fortu
nate that the cases of Wallace and
othera were tried at Winchester. Un-
doubtedly the results of the trial will be
of great benefit to Estill at a time when
that county needa nothjng more ur-
gentIy a basis for development,
titan frMtrm firum liu'lnQanAca
"judge Benton deserves and will re
Ceive, the gratitude of the law-abiding
and progreasive eiement in Estill. That
element constitutes, of course, a ma
jority." Courier-Journal.
THE OPEN LETTER.
June 22, 1915.
Hon J. M. Bexton,
Winchester, Ky.
Dear Sir:
I have just seen a copy of your
"Message1" delivered to the voters 0
Clark county on May 24th, 1915, and
am greatly astonished to And contain
ed therein and made a part thereof
press views, taken from the Courier-
Journal and the Baptist World, the
basis of which are predicated upon
false statements made by some obser
ver of the Wallace trial, who evidently
misunderstood the proceedings of the
court, or else was unquestionably an
enemy of the Wallace family, and who
has undertaken, by publishing nis
observations to do us the greatest
amount of injury possible.
At tlie lime this article by the obser
ver whs published in the Courier-
Journal it contained so many fulse
statements wbicli you yourself were
aware of, that we thought, in justice
to us, that you yourself would correct
those false statements, instead of, as
you have done, taking advantage of
them to promote your political aspira
tions. You know that none ol our wit
nesses, attorneys, or the ueienclanls
themselves intimidated anyone while
in Winchester or during the trial of
the case; and that the only disturbance
that was created during that trial, to
our knowledge or to yours, was a
disturbance in which two star wit
nesses for tne Commonwealth, one of
whom was a thrice convicted felon,
the other under indictment in the
Estill Circuit Court for murder by as
sassination, were engaged with an
outsider who had no connection what
ever with the Wallace trial.
It is surprising to rae that a Judge
of a Circuit Court, who has been Judge
for nearly fourteen years, and who
now aspires to lill that exalted oflice
for six years more, would descend to
so low a level as to undertake to build
his political fortunes and achieve bis
desired ends and ambitions by an at
tempt to discredit, degrade and dis
honor those whom you know conduct
ed themselves like gentlemen from the
moment they arrived in Winchester
until they departed, by circulating in
the homes of the voters of the four
counties composing your district the
most infamous falsehood that has ever,
t ny knowledge, been directed
against a family of law abiding citi
zens.
This circulation of your speech tends
to stamp us, and those engaged with
us in the defense of our brother, as
desperadoes, as lawless people and
undesirable citizens, when, as a matter
of fact, the very opposite Is true.- We
have stood for the enforcement of the
law everywhere; and It is this stand-
ln8 for the enforcement of the law
wnicn nas Drought down upon our
heads the envy, malice, hatred and
falsehood of a . notorious coterie of
people who bave undertaken, In Estill
county, to acquit the red-handed mur
derers and assassins, to protect thieves,
and to convict thosi who, under the
stress of circumstances, have been com
pelled to defend their lives at tne point
of a shot Run, knowing lull well that I
had they not done so they would have
been murdered by assassination, and
the criminals guilty of it freed by the
same coterie ot men who are now per
secuting the defendants in the Wallace
case.
It baa been rumored that you have
i linked your political fortune wllli
this group of men, some of whom were
to use their influence among the
Estill county democrats, now living
in Clark county, for you in your race
I for Circuit Judge; that others of them
wre to use their influence with the
Estill county democrats now living in
Madison in your race for the Circuit
Judgeship; and that still others were
to use their influence In Jessamine
county to promote your political wel
fare there In the aforesaid race. I nave
been very reluctant 10 believe these
stories, yet, when I find evidences of
electioneering for you by those whom
I have heard rumored were in the
deal, taken in connection with your
attempt to make political capital out
of the Wallace trial by publishing
with your speech the Infamous false
hoods that were the basis of aforesaid
edilorials.it looks very mOch as it the
reports of said deal contained some
semblance of truth.
You doubtless know that I have,
since your entrance into politics, been
your friend, admirer-arid well-wisher.
And when that feeling is "implanted
In the heart of a man it requires con
siderable evidence 10 justify its eradi
cation, but in this instance f confess
it is with regret and disappointment
to myself that I must hereafter regard
you as a person actuated by wicked
and perverse motives, notwithstand
ing your professions of sincerity and
reformation in your "message" to the
people of Clark county and the other
counties of the Judicial District over
which you have the honor to preside.
It may have been your purpose in
publishing the articles referred to draw
criticism from republicans -in order
that you might go before the demo
crats of the district with the fact that
you had been criticized by republicans
and make political capital out of it. J f
this is true, you are' not worthy to
wear the Judicial Ermine, nor were
you ever worthy to wear it.
In connection with your "text" I
wish to say that I can conceive of no
more pernicious form of "oppression
or persecution than for a Judge to so
prostitute his judicial authority as to
sanction, approve and publish edi
torial comment which he knows to be
baseless, false, unfair and prejudicial
to the interests of men on trial for their
lives, and to the good nameol a family
heretofore unblemished, for political
purposes.
. You must realize that the case of the
Commonwealth vs. T. Q. Wallace and
Frank Chaney is now pending in the
Kentucky Court of Appeals, and that
the circulation of a falsehood dealing
with certain phases of the trial at
Winchester is not only unjust and
prejudicial to the rights of the defend
ants, but that it also affects the
Immei'iate families of the 'defendants,
as well as a large number of brothers
and sisters and the collateral kin, all
of whom are people of pride and re
spectability, who feel that the publica
tion, distribution and circulation of
these falsehoods, which you know to
be false, tends to affect them adverse
ly in almost every relation in life.
The circulation of these falsehoods
might be excused if published and
circulated by someone through
ignorance or by mistake; but in this
case it Is inexcusable because you were
on the ground, knew all the circum
stances, and kne- that there was
nothing connecting our people with
intimidation or any demonstration
toward the court that could, with the
widest stretch of the imagination, be
constructed into an a't'iuptto crerce
the court or to place the court in a
position requiring "nerve" or "cour
age" to conduct that trial.
It may be that you, b-ing the only
child of fond parents, whom I know
to have been estimable people, cannot
appreciate the feelings of one under
the circumstances who belongs to a
family of six let 11 children, many of
whom now haveclitidren of their own,
that grow out of the association of so
many. You evidently cannot appre
ciate the ties of love and sympathy
which bind and weld them together
In your petulant desire to advance
your seinsn purposes you seem it-
manifest all the bad characteristics of
1 he one, over-petted, spoiled child of a
family; 'and in" manifesting those
tendencies you bave not hesitated to
ay aside all regard for truth, honor,
dignity and the personal feelings of
law-abiding people.
The thing which shocks and offends
in this whole matter is that one who
occupies so high a position should in
his petulant moment become the dis
penser cf malicious falsehood, lor
petty personal fcaln, to the detriment
of the people wbo htve hereto held
him in Ihe highestViteem. . It seems
strange indeed that a criminal trial in
which the evidence developed no polit
ical aspect should be so suddenly drag
ged into a party primary in which
none of the defendants have any in
terest whatever. It is indeed difficult
to understand bow you could hive
been guilty of such a gross im propriety.
Such conduct is certainly not an evi
dence of your fitness to preside in the
trial of cases where life, liberty and
property are at stake, especially after
your having bad the experience of
fourteen years on the bench and your
now being a candidate for that position
for another term of six years.
This letter is uot a political attack
upon you, because none of the defend
ants or the parties interested in the
Wallace trial can or will participate in
tne party primary in which you are a
candidate lor the nomination for Cir
cuit Judge. However, as the brother
of one of the defendants, I feel it my
duty to utter strong protest against
your outrageous conduct in thus print
lng and distributing the falsehoods
herein referred to.
Yours truly,
. C C. Wallace.
Speculation as to what answer, if
any, Judge Benton will make is rife,
many of his friends and admirers claim
ing that he cannot afford to notice it
HE17 REVOLT
SNIPPED
THE BUD
Huerta and Orozco
Under Arrest.
PAIR SEIZED IN TEXAS
Charged With Conspiracy Against
American Neutrality laws.
GIVE BOND AND ARE LIBERATED
Collector of Customs Cobb Declare
He Frustrated a Fresh Uprising In
Mexico When He Invited Huerta
and Orozco to Become His Guests.'
Turna Both Over to Colonel Morgan
at Fort Bliss Gigantic Plot Said to
Have Been Unearthed by Govern
ment Sleuths.
El Paso, Tex., June 28. General
Vlctorlano Huerta, former provisional
president of Mexico, and General Pas-
qual Orozco, one of his former princi
pal generals and himself a powerful
leader In Mexico at one time, were in-
voluntary "guests" of United States
Collector of Customs Z. I. Cobb and
Colonel George H. Morgan, Fifteenth
cavalry, commandant of Fort Bliss.
United States officials learned that
quantities of ammunition had been ar-
-riving here lately for mysterious con
signees, and believe it was to have
been used by Huerta and his adhe
rents. The ammunition is said to
nave been purchased with funds from
the east.
Arriving at Newman, N. M., fifteen
miles north of El Paso, General Hu
erta was asked to become the guest
of Collector Cobb as the former Mexi
can president stepped from the train
General Orozco, who was present to
meet General Huerta, received the
tame invitation. Orozco had arrived
at Newman in a powerful automobile.
The collector of customs, several spe
cial agents of the state department.
several deputy marshals and a squad
ron ot cavalry arrived at tne place a
short time following General Orozco's
arrival. The troops formed a cordon
about the little station and pumphouse
on the prairie and. when the former
Mexican dictator stepped out of the
Pullman car to greet General Orozco
and General Luis Puentes, son-in-law
of General Huerta, he found himself
surrounded.
Collector Was Gracious.
Graciously Collector Cobb begged
the former Mexican dictator to accom
pany aim to the city and graciously,
after a sweeping glance at the soldiers
surrounding the train. General Huerta
smiled, bowed and accepted. Huerta
was permitted to enter the car which
Generals Orozco and Fuentes had
brought out and, preceded by the cus
toms collector's car, followed by sev
eral cars, part of them containing
American soldiers, the Mexican leader
motored to El Paso. The general was
allowed to stop at toe Georgette apart
ments to see Mrs. Puentes, his dangh
ter, and then was taken to the federal
building.
General Huerta chatted with the
officials and visitors and seemed per
fectly at ease. "I am more afraid of
newspaper men than of customs col
lectors," lie asserted, when they were
introduced to him.
After the two generals had been
held In the federal buildine for a little
over two hours. Mayor Tom Lea called
on Collector Cobb and protested that
the crowd in front of the building wa
so big that he feared a riot, and asked
that the prisoners be removed to Fort
Bliss. Mr. Cobb telephoned to Colonel
Morgan and ased him to receive the
two generals. Colonel Morgan agreed
and Generals Huerta and Orozco were
hustled out of the buidllng and into
an automobile and whisked away. At
least 1.000 people had gathered In
front of the building. There wa.s a
mighty cheer as the two Mexican lead-
era emerged. "Viva Huerta" contin
ued to resound long after the former
dictator's car was out of hearing dis
tance.
Arriving at Fort Bliss, there was no
ceremony about the reception. Colonel
Morgan met them at the door of his
office and greeted them with a hand-j
shake. He gave them seats in ah inner
office. " R. E. Bryant, a deputy united
States marshal, remained with them.
It Is the expressed belief of Collec
tor Cobb and of many others that had
General Orozco been able to get Gen
eral Huerta from the train In secret,
both would have been In Mexico be
fore night, and that an attack upon
Juarez would have opened within the
next few days. Collector Cobb stated
positively he believed he had nlppeo
"another revolution when he invited
General Huerta to become bis guest.
Sultan of Turkey III.
Berlin, June 28. An official state
ment Issued at Constantinople says
that the sultan's health 1b In a very
unsatisfactory condition.
and others just as vehemently claiming
that there will be a come back ringing
and stinging.
But as it always happens that there
is no fight when both sides are cocked
and primed, there will probably be
nothing doing. Now is a good time for
the friends of all concerned to blue pen
cil future documents and to keep the
overwrought pen gladiators separated
by a good safe distance.
LAUNCH ATTACK
AGAINST WARSAW
Germans Begin Another Drive
. Against the Russians.
CZAR'S ARMIES FALLING BACK
Again Retreating In Galicla to the
North and South of Lemberg Eng
land Now Convinced That the War
Will Be a Long One Italy Not to
Attack the Dardanelles Review of
Operations at the 'Front.
London, June 28. The Muscovite
armies are again retreating in Galicla,
both to the north and south of Lem
berg, and in Poland the Germans have
launched, another attack against War
saw, in the form of a drive from the
north through Przasnysz, ',
The new blow at the Polish capital
has been preceded by a terrific artil
lery action. The fact is recorded by
the Russians themselves, but it Is too
early, to say whether it means a seri
ous' offensive, the first clash having
developed. a bayonet encounter, the
result of which neither side records.
... Berlin' and Vienna do not make ret-erence-lox
the conflict in this region.
confining their statements to the.Gall-
cian - situation, where victories are
claimed :in .various sectors, from the
Bessarablan frontier to Raw a Rnska,
J north of Lemberg. What is more Im
portant, . the Germans claim that the
Teutonic forces have crossed the
Dniester northwest of Hallcz and have
driven the Russians some miles into
the' hills.
Not since the war began has the
English public been so convinced that
it will be a long one. Those who took
this view months ago were ca'led pes
simists, but now it is generally admit
ted that the Russian armies must
fight for months to come under tre
mendous disadvantages, and that In
the meantime the nfuch heralded big
general movement on the western
front must be Indefinitely postponed.
while the entente powers thoroughly
revise their methods.
While the campaign for munitions
In Great Britain is at its height it
must be assumed that Germany Is
straining every fiber to the same end
and calling into play her Inventive
skill, so as to Increase the deadly
mechanisms of war to offset the Inev
itable and terrible drain on her men.
The present consensus of opinion
among military writers in London is
that Germany intends further to press
her eastern victories with another bat
tering ram stroke toward Warsaw In
an endeavor to seize that city and the
whole line of the Vistula.
NOT AT WAR WITH TURKEY
Italy Will Not Take Part In Attack on
the Dardanelles.
Rome, June 28. It is reported here
that Nahy Bey, the Turkish ambassa
dor to Italy, called at the foreign of
fice and requested his passports. Al
though Italy Is at war with Austria-
Hungary, with whom Turkey, as well
as Germany, Is now allied, neither ot
these two nations has declared war
against Italy. The report that Italy
would take part in the attack on the
Dardanelles was officially denied here.
Since : the termination of the Italo
Turklsh war, however, many ques
tions disposed of by the treaty of
peace remain unsettled, and In conse
quence of this Italy has retained sev
eral of the Aegean islands. It is be
lieved that the kaiser Is insisting that
Turkey utilize this circumstance to
declare war on Italy, which might
fores -A division of the Italian land
and sea forces and give relief to Aus
tria-Hungary against the present Invu
sion of her territory.
I ........
THE MARKETS
EAST BUFFALO. June 28.
CattU Prime steers. $9 60; ship
ping-, S8 B068 80; butchers. S7 2588 71
heifers. fS 60 8 26: cows, ft 6U7; bulls.
G7: calves. . 50fii0 76.
Hoes Heavy, is ios 26; mixed, s 30
8 40: Yorkers and pigs. $8 35 a 8 40:
roughs, $6 60C 75; stags. 5S 75.
CHICAGO, June 28.
Cattla Native 'beef steers, 86 259 0
western steers. S7&9 20: cows and he4f-
ers. 83 256 9 40: calves. J7S10.
Hogs Light, f7 65 7 90; mixed, 87 45
97 87Vi; heavy. 87 15 1 7 75; rough. 87 li
ill 30; pigs. 86 Zbtttl 60.
Sheep and Umt Bneep. b &oo u
lambs, 86 76 9 25; spring lambs, (7 25
10 60.
CLEVELAND, June 23.
Cattle Choice fat , steers, 88 76;
butcher stoera, 8708 25: heifers. $78;
bulls. 86 76; cows, 83 60 60: calves.
19 50(710 00.
Hob Mediums, Yorkers, lights and
pips. 88.10; roughs, 3 40; stas, 35 75.
Sheep and Umbi Wethers, 5 75V
25; ewes, f4t5; lambs. 33 759 60.
CINCINNATI, June 28.
Cattla Steers. 86 25f 60; heifers. 35 60
ft 8 76; cows. 33 60 d t 65: calves, 35 269
9 75.
Hogs Packers and butchers, 37 169
1 an; common 10 cnoice, o zoigo v; pigs
And U?hts, J4 60SI7 90.
Sheep snd Lambs Sheep, 35 60;
lambs, $6 76 9 10 40:
PITTSBURGH, June 28.
Cattle Top cattle, 39 26; top calves.
311.
Hogs Heavies, 38 0588 10: Yorkers,
38 20e8 25: pigs. 38 16Q8 20.
bheep and Lamb Top sheep, ?5 35;
top lambs. 310 26.
' BOSTON, June 28.
Wool Ohio and Pennsylvania fleeces:
Delaine washed. 3349'S4c: half blood
combing, 344i35ci three-eighths blood
combing, 37c; dolilne unwashed. 2SVsO
39c; fine unwashed. 26027c.
TOLEDO, June 28.
Wheat. 31 21: corn, 76 Wc; oats, 49HO
4c clover seed. i t.
The European War.
Is destruction to life and property.
Our business it to build up, 10 repair,
and do general job work. Try us on
your next job.
Todd & Taylor.
Contractors and Builders. Back of
Opera House. Phoue 8U7. Richmond,
Ky. 17-tt.
ViCTORIANO HUERTA
Former Mexican Dictator an In
voluntary Guest of Uncle Sam.
Photo br American Press Association
WEEKLY WAR REVIEW
The capture of Lemberg, capital ot
Galicla, was the event of the week
ending June 27. The Austro-Germau
forces occupied the city without eu
countering serious resistance, the
Russian main army retreating toward
the border. Vienna claims that in tho
final drive toward Lemberg 60,000
Russians were made prisoners.
The next move ot the Germanic al
lies Is awaited with Interest. It may
be against either Warsaw, Paris or
Calais.
Petrograd dispatches claim German
troops hive been cleared from the
north bank of the Dniester river in
the Kazony district of Galicla, and in
the Martynow region the czar's troops
have captured remnants of the Teu
tonic forces who were trapped on the
north bank when General Llnslngen'e
forces were hurled back. Despite the
victory of the . Russians in the early
stages of the fighting on the Dniester,
however, the Austro-German forces
are continuing their attempts to cross
the river from the south bank, and
hard fighting Is In progress along the
front.
Neither French nor German state
ments Indicate operations of immedi
ate moment in the western war arena.
The French admit lack of progress,
due in many places. It is declared, to
storm ravaged territory on the fight
ing front, while the Germans set forth
the repulse of all French attacks and
the regaining of some trenches pre
viously lost.
Reinforcements received both from
the eastern and western fronts hare
brought the Austrian armies operating
against Italy up to the point ot effi
ciency desired by the general staff
according to information obtained
from the frontier.
GIBBONS ON EQUAL SUFFRAGE
Believes Ballot Would Rob Woman of
Her True Influence.
Baltimore. June 28. Cardinal Gib
bons, In the hope of settling once and
for all any further question of his at
titude respecting woman suffrage, has
addressed an open letter to James R
Nugent, former counsel of Newark
and a Democratic leader. The cardi
nal says: "I still hold the same views
on woman suffrage, already so often
expressed, that the ballot would drag
woman from her domestic duties Into
the arena of politics and rob her of
much of her charm, goodness and true
Influence. She is Indeed a princess,
but her Cod-given rule should lie In
domestic and gentler fields and ways.
We all believe that she has been so
successful in her work there that we
fear any change by the carrying ot
her government into the polltlca'
field."
RIDDLE FOUND GUILTY
Was Charged With the Murder of
Miss Coleman, His Sweetheart.
Lima, O., June 26. Do ranee Riddle,
twenty-five, who was on trial here for
the murder ef his sweetheart, Susie
Coleman, sixteen, was found guilty ot
murder In the first degree with a rec
ommendation ot clemency.
Riddle was charged with killing
Susie Coleman, with whom he had
kept company for several months, la
a railroad yard here on the night ot
April 14. He was arrested on the fol
lowing day and It Is said confessed
to the police.
Memorial to Mary Phagan. -Atlanta,
Ga., June 26. Veterans
who wore the gray in the civil war
have erected a monument In Marietta
In honor of Mary Phagan, who was
born in the Cobb county city. The
unselllng exercises will take place at
the city cemetery July 2.
Try It Once.
If you have anything to sell or trade
want to buy anything, bave rooms to
rent or desire to find rooms, or in fact if
you have anything in mind that you
want others to know about, try a classi
fied ad in this paper. It'll pay you be
cause it reaches the spot.
Oldfashioned New Orleans Molasses at
Lackey & Todd's. Phone C2. 7-tf
Sebring It ringal
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Correspondence
BEREA.
Misses Mary Tatum and Pearl Mo-
Clure left the first of the week for Knox-
ille where they will attend summer
school Mrs. John Anderson who had
an operation last Saturday is not expect
ed to live, she has pneumonia now
Miss Kathereen Benge, of Richmond, is
isiting relatives at this place... Jack
Creech, of East Bernsladt. has taken
p duties as manager of the Be re a Tele
phone Co., succeeding Mrs. Sallie Han
sen Messrs. Tony Burnatn and Jack
Gieenleaf, of Richmond, were Berea vis
itors last Friday Miss Rebecca Ogles-
by, home demonstrator and her assist
ant. Miss Sullivan were pleasant visitors
n town part of last week The Chau
lauqua beKan Wednesday there is a good
attendance and everyone seems to en
joy it Miss Peach ie Deldon left for
her home atConway Miss Mary Rob
inson and Mr. Gilbert Terrill were mar
ried Saturday June 19th, at the home of
the bride, only the immediate families
were present. Rev. Huspeth, pastor of
the Christian Church performed the
ceremony. We wish the young couple
much joy and happiness.
WACO.
Coleman, the son of Mr. and Mrs. H.
T. Bonny was kicked by a horse Thurs
day but was not seriously hurt...
Miss Minnie li Ziltel entertained 1 he
following at dinner Thursday: Misses
Kit Uice, Lena Alexander, Carlie and
Belle Witt, Katherine and Maltie Cov-
ngton, Elizabeth Searcy, Lena Taylor.
Lucy Thorpe Cox, Anna Cockrell and
Mrs. Florence Rice. A delightful din
ner was servtd and everyone had an en
joyable day Miss Bessie Ruth Lowery
of Huntington, W. Va., is visiting her
unt, Mrs. S. O. McKinney Miss Nel-
ie Taylor, of Richmond, and Miss Anna
Cockrell, ot Waco spent a few days with
Miss Carlie Wilt in Estill county, they
rode to Witt Springs Saturday and spen'
the day there Large crowds are at
tending the tent meetings at College
Bill Mr. Ed E. Rowland, of Louis
ville and Miss Edith Beck, of New Cas
tle, are guests of R. M. Rowland and
'amily Mr. Albin Cornelison, candi
date for representative of Madison coun
ty, paid Waco a visit Friday Mr. U.
P. Bush was in Lexington several days
on business Messrs. T. P. and T. L.
Prather. Tyler Harris and others came
iver trom Lexington to attend ti e fun
eral of Waller T. Prather... Mr. Burton
Bouse, of Nicholasville is the guest of
Miss Carrie Lee Bush Prof. J. R
Robinson, of Bybee, has a new automo
bile Miss Evelyn Batson, of Win
chester, is the guest of Mrs. B. F.
Reeves.
UNION CITY
Miss Annie Hamilton narrowly es
caped injury last Saturday, when upon
returning from Richmond, her horse
became frightened at a passing auto
mobile and breaking the harness and
getting away from the young lady, the
owner of which, kindly brought Miss
Hamilton to her home Mr. James
Parks visited relatives in Pinkard, last
week, makiDg the trip of something
over forty miles, in a buggy The
Union City Baseball Team went down
inj defeat before the Waco Team last
Saturday, the score being thirteen to
one. They will play the same team at
College Hill this comiDg Saturday. All
they need is ' Grump" to root for them
Several friends from this com muni
ty attended the funeral of Mrs. James
Uugueley, last week Mrs. Irvine
Miller, of Milburn, Ok la., is visiting Mr
and Mrs. R. E. Miller Mr. Colby
Green, of this place, is remodeling his
home. S. II. Berry being the sole con
tractor Prof. B. M. Williams, princi
pal of the High School at this place, is
takinga summer course at Berea College
Misses Hallie and Keulah Tipton
are visiting friends in Winchester The
cutting of hay seems to be the occupa
tion of our farmers at the present time
Mr. French Tipton, the young son
of Mr. L. M.Tipton, has recovered from
his illness. The County Road Ma
chinery is doing great good on some of
our country roads Mr. Ace Howard
of Lexington, is visiting Mr. and Mrs
D. M. Tribble of this community .
The oldest son of Col. Jacob Tribble,
died of tuberculosis last Thursday and
Interment look place near his home.
Mr. Ballard Dunn and family, of Win
Chester, are visiting relatives in this
community The friends of Mr. Mar
tin Baber, are glad to know that he is
adies
A Pair
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WEST MAIN STREET
ESTILL COUNTY NEWS.
CIRCUIT COURT. ' .
The reguar June term of the Estill
Circuit Court convened -Monday with
his honor. Judge Hugh Riddell on the
bench and Commonwealth's Attorney
and all other minor officials present.
Judge Riddell's charge to the grand
jury was most impressive.
SOME ONIONS.
Algin Daniel pulled a little over a
quarter of an acre of onions Tuesday on
his Millers Creek farm. The yield
amounted to 7G bushels, which he has
sold to a Lexington wholesaler at $1.20
per bushel. Mr. Daoiel and his brother.
Travis Daniel, have another acre in
onions which they estimate will yield
300 bushels.
CHILD 1IK3.
II ugh, the eleven months-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. Jno. M. Wilson, died Mon
day afternoon. The child sudered sev
eral days from summer complaint which
developed finally into spinal trouble. Mr.
and Mrs. Wilson have the deepest sym
pathy of the entire community.
DAVIDSON CONVICTED.
The jury in the Green Davidson case
returned a verdict of guilty under the
manslaughter instruction, the peualty
being confinement in the penitentiary
from two to twenty-one years.
The jury was out only a few hours.
and stood on the first ballot, one for first
degree murder, five for acquittal and
six for manslaughter. The verdict was
reached in a compromise.
BUUOY SMASHUP.
Last Sunday morning, while Judire
Riddell and Mr. Alvin Sieger were driv-
ng to Clay City to catch an L. & E.
train, a thunder storm caused the team
to run away, their bugey colliding wuh
one in Mr. J. M. Will's barn, smashing
the latter vehicle. Judge Riddell was
on his way to attend the funeral of Judge
Bach at Jackson, but the accident pre
vented him from going on. Fortunate
ly no one was injured. Mr. Sieger who
is a candidate for the Democratic nomi
nation for Clerk of the Court of Appeals,
spent Saturday here. lie made a good
mpression with the voters.
See Breck & Evans about that Life
Insurance policy you ought to have.
They have the company. 19-if
out after several weeks of sickoess
Some of our citizens are planning on at
tending the Fourth of July celebration
at Valley View Mr. Phillip Roberts
suffered a fractured knee last week
when be attempted to jump from his
buggy while the horse was frightened.
Rev. Browning tilled his regular ap
pointment at the Christian church last
Sunday morning and evening.
BIG HILL
Having had so much rain, people are
behind with their crops Mrs. John
Anderson, of Berea, is low at this writ
ing. She had a very serious operation
performed last week A very delight
ful time is reported from the Masouic
picnic which was held on the grounds
near T. J. McKeehan's store June "till.
F.-ank Leslie Russell, Judge Shackel
ford, O. P. Jackson, J. W. Herndon
and several more good speakers were on
the ground who gave excellent talks 10
the large crowd assembled there Plen
ty of dinner was on the ground. The
best of order prevailed.
Additional Correspondence on
Pages 2 and 5.
F. A. Tinder.
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A popular pastor at Lancaster, Ky.,
who was recently given a silver cup by
bis congregation, an account of which
was in our last issue.
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