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Tuesday -Tcieaday AND. AND rl 1 ' Friday Afternoon fridiiq Afternoo TRADE WHERE YOU LIVE OR LIVE WHERE YOU TRADE TWENTY-SEVENTH YEAR EARLINGTON, HOPKINS COUNTY, H.Y., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1916 No. 86 SECTION FORGE TO BE-REDUCED One Hundred Howell Shop Men Laid Off Because of . Scarcity of Work Section Foreman Uallard, in chargo of thoiouth end section,. has received orclora to rcduco his force of soction tnon to six men Commencing Wednesday. As ho works ten men this means tl;tU four of his forco will loso thoir positions. Tho order will have no effect on Section,Foroman Perdue, who is chargo of tho section nortli of Burlington. Commencing Wednesday the section will wprk only nino hours nnd bo idlo in bad weather. Orio hundred men employed in tho Howoll shops of tho L. & N. It. 11., havo boon laid off indef initely. Tho reason assigned for this actiou is tho scarcity of work. Only ono of tho inon who wont from hero to Howoll is affected WHOLE FAMILY ' Day at M.-E. Church, South, Sunday School Next Sun day Morning Next Sunday will be Whole Fam ily Sunday at the M. E. Church, South, Sunday school. A trophy will be given the family with the largest number in attend ance. A trophy will also be given every whole family that attends. All who do not attend any olher Sunday school are invited to be present with thefntire'family. Last Sunday the Philathea Class sang a beautiful song, which was greatly appreciated by all. Each Sun day some special feature will be a part of the regular program. Kinclieloe Speaks Here Thursday Evening lion. D. II. Kinclieloe, of Mad isonville, congressman from Hub congressional district, will ad dress tho voters of Earliugtou Thursday night in tho intorcst of tho Democratic party and of his candidacy. lie ia an orator of unusual ability and will no doubt bo greeted by a Lugo crowd. He will spoak at the op era house. Paper Suspends Wo regrot that tho Webster Journal-Press, a most roadablo homo mado paper, published at Olay, Webster county, has sus peudod publication on account of tho advanced cost of printing matonal and tho Ivch of inter and patronago ou tho part of is of that town. Wo deploro tho existing state of affairs and r xtond sympathy to tho euergotio management who for many months, havo run the paper atti financial loss. ston Republican Club Meeting All llepublicans are invited, re quested and urged to be present at the city hall Saturday evening, Nov. 4. at 7:30 o'clock. This will be the last meeting of the Hughes-Fairbanks Fowler Olub and various items of im portance'are to be brought before the club relative to the vote Tuesday. There will be a talk by some good SDeaker for he club only. All Ke publicans are asked to be on hand. 'MY CONCEPTION of THE PRESIDENCY By CHARLES1 EVANS HUGHES On the eve of Election Day the. American-people are entitled to a sum- mary of things I have stood for in this campaign, as they are the things I shall stand for as President. N No man can tell in advance what unexpected demands the next four years may present but one whose conception of the President's duty rests up on fundamental principals can describe with entire sincerity how the prc-Tv lems of administration would be approached and in what spirit they would be solved. A man charged with the duty of reaching a de?ired goal know's ilhat the road to it is found in following that path which sound judgmen and clear vision open up slep by step. I can show the road I expect to travel 1 propose first of all to start right. The President is primarily an ex ecutive. It is his supreme duty to attend to the business of the nation, to guard its interests, to anticipate its needs, to enforce its laws. The first act of a President who takes this view of his" duties is to call about him the ablest cabinet the .country can furnish, men who can deal with the tremendous international and domestic problems which will con front us in the next four years. .My conception of the Presidency differs absolutely, from that of Mr. Wilson. I look upon the President as the administrative head of the Government. - He looks upon the President as primarily the political leader and lawmaker of the nation. v ... In the two departments of Government most closely touching our foreign relations the Department of State and .the . Department of the Navy he chose men whom he knew to be wholly Unequal to their duties. Administrative obligation was subordinated to pplitical exigency. I can as sure the country that any administration under my direction will stand upon sound administrative ground with the ablest cabinet'te country can supply. Across the road we are to travel this next four yearsj even though we start right and move with prudence and courage, serious hazards are thrown like breaks in a roadway made by a torrential rain. These all rise out of the war torrent which has oveiwhelmed Europe. The first has to do with our foreign relations. It is the President's duty to safeguard the interests of our own nation and to preserve the friendship of every other nation. No man is more determined than I to maintain the peace which UnitedH States.-Spain Sweden, Norway and all the American xepublics now enjoy. But I should seek to maintain that peace by a iirm and courteous insistence on the rights of our citizens at home and abroad. An American in Mexico is subject to Mexican law, but he is an Ameri can still and is entitled to the protection of his own government in his law ful business. For one I shall never consent to a policy which leaves Ameri cans helpless against the lawlessness of any country in which they have a right to do business. There confronts labor in the next four years a condition more serious than any that American laboring men have been called upon to face. When this war began over a million American working men were seeking vainly for employment. When the war ends and the developed energies of "a new Europe are thrown into commercial producfion, our nation will face a com petition such as it never knew. One of the two things must happen-either millions of men will be seek ing work in vain or else there must be thought out in advance the problem of commercial organization as France and England and Germany are seeking to think out the problem today. Every one of these nations is preparing to defend its own market by a protected tariff. The end of the war will end also the opportunities for labor created by the war. The millions in the trenches today will be our industrial competitors tomorrow. If we are to Save our laboring men from a catastrophe we must plan a tariff protection t along sound, just and economic lines To this endeavor I pledge mysel and the men who are to be my colleagues. In this matter again I differ absolufelyfrom the policy of the. present administration. Democratic platforms have declared that the Government has no right to levy taiiff duties except for income. This is the fundamental faith of the Democratic party. I pledge myself and those who stand with me to deal wifh the needs of laboring nlen the country over, whatever their trade or organization, upon the principle of giving the largest protection possibly to every American working. man and the largest participation possible in the prosperity of our industries with special favors to none. Finally it is to be remembered that every Eurjpean government is put ting itself behind its industries; organizing them, encouraging them and sug gesting economies. When the commercial struggle begins anew, the indus tries of every European country will go into the world markets backed by the effective co-operation and intelligent oversight of their government. Our national policy requires that government maintain a strict supervi sioivof business organization. This can be done effectively and yet leave the Government free to encourage legitimate and wholesome business enter prise. I stand for such supervision and control of business, but I demand also that business great or small (and especially the small business) be treated fairly and justly. Only under such conditions can business" pay living wages or compete with foreign manufacturers. ' , In this respect again the present 'administration holds a policy entirely opposite. It has viewed business enterprise with suspicion andJjas made the government a brake to stop the wheels of legitimate industrial progress. It has treated the business men of this country as though they were suspi cious characters. It has assumed that capital and labor are natural enemies. In four years it has put this country further on the road to class war than lias been accomplished in a generation before. The men who stand witn me believe in the honesty of the American working nun, they believe no less in the honesty of the American business man, and they believe that the com mon good is to be found not in class war but in mutual justice and fair dealing, not as batween capital and labor in the abstract but as between men and men. You know the road we have traveled this last four years. Mr, Bryan and Mr. Daniels are its monuments of executive efficiency. Our murdered and forsaken citizens in Mexico reveal a conception of American citizenship plain enough to seebutanew one for American patrioism to adopt: the monument of class bitterness raised by this .administration ttfffJws a sinister shadow across our political horizon; theunjust accusation against business men has left a bitter taste in our national life. If you prefer this path it is plainly marked. And the end ofe it is class war. You ask what road 1 propose to travel? These are the milestones which mark it an executive responsible to the whole nation, a cabinet chosen from the ablest Americans", a foreign policy that stands courteously but firmly for American rights, a flag that protects the American in his law ful rights wherever his legitimate business may take him, a preparation for trade competition which shall protect all groups of American workmen, a government oversight of business which will fearlessly eliminate abuses, but will acf on the assumption that the average business man is honest, and finally a domestic policy wuich looks to industrial peace, and to sound and permanent prosperity based upon the development of American trade and the building-up of Ameii:an industries. We Americans are in one-boat." You cannot strike a blow at one group without injury to all. Common justice and fair play will settle our difficul ties if suspicion and bitterness are let ajpne. These are the principles by which I propose to be guided. LARGE CROWD HEARD FAIRBANKS" Local People Went to Nor- tonvilleto Hear Distin-' guished Hoosier Folly 1,200 persons heard ex- Vice President 0. W. Fairbanks, of Indiana, Republican nominee) for vico president, in a fifteen. minutes address at Nortonville Friday night. Ho mado a mas terly talk ou tho protective tariff. Ilon.iW. T. Fowler, Republi can nominee for congress in this congressional district, epoko prior to Mr. Fairbanks. A large number of local people motored and went on train to Norlonvillo to hear Mr. Flit. banks. CONTEST BEGINS At Lodge Jloom of Victoria .Lodge No. 84, K. of P., Last Evening Last fcvculugjat tho lodee room Victoria Lodge No. 81, Kuights of Pythian, instituted a contest between tho Reds aud tho Blues. Attendance was, the only thine that ontered into tho count, but it is pojsiblo that othor things, sucli as briugiug in new peti tions, payment of dues, etc., will be considered. The contest closes Monday night, Doc. 18. Tho Blues woro ahead with 20 points, while tho Itjda had 25. Much intorcst is being shown, nud tho I contest promise to become very warm, Interesting tulks wore made by a number of members nnd much enthusiasm is boiug manifested over the electiou of Dr. A. 0. Sisk as Grand Marter'at Arms of the Grand Lodge ot tho state. The lodge is taking on renewed Hfo and is preparing to avon ex eel its remarkable effort of the first six months of this jear, with an incrpase of membership of 30, all good men nnd trne, tho verv bono and sinew ot tno com 'munity and neighboring- sister towns. Victoria tiougo is in per haps bettor condition than over b'foro in her history. N 0 T C TAXPAYE The penalty goes on 1916 City Taxes De v cember I. Save this penalty by pay ing your taxes before this date CHILD DEAD; MOTHER STRICKEN Grief Over Child's Illness Causes Paralysis May Prove Fatal J. B. HAMBY CoIIector Revival Doing Good Tho rovival is still in progress at the M, E. church and much good is boinj done. There have .been a number ot conversions and, tho ohuroh has been greatly revived. A sunrise service was held Sunday morning and there was a largo attendance of tho mem bers. Rav. J. L. Burton has au nounced there will be an overall uigtit before tho rovival ends. Men will bo expeoted to come to ehurch wearing overalls while tho women will be asked to wear calico dresses. 18 How fate has sorely dealt with ono family js ovinced in Webster county, where a girl is dead and her mother is suffering from a paralytic stroke, duo to grief over her daughter's fatal illness. Lilian Steverson, agod years, succumbed, to typhoid pneumonia Monday after a brief illness. Mrs. Stevorson rievo so over the condition of her daughter that she waB stricken with paralysis severnl hours bo foro tho child died and may not ;ecover. The family lives mar Outon and tho girl was a niece of Mrs Mattie Dunning, of this city who attended the funeral today it you Know ot an item ot news that would interest your neighbors, don't withhold it from us tell us If you know what they know, and they know what you know, and ever body knows what everybody else knows, we will all know everything there is to know. That's why we publish this paper. Tell us. He Went, Saw And Gonquerei Ool. W. A. Toombs responded to a request of the Fordsvillo Masonic Iodgo to attend a meet ing of that body last Saturday- night and put on some degree work'for thorn. He landed on time and poured the nine parts of Bpeech upon the defenceless Misons who listened with pendant optics and dilated months to the lingual downponc till a late hour. Sunday ho preyed upon his old friend, ElmeraLynn, who to saro himself and his family from in sanity, decoyed tho loquaoious guest into an auto and spent tho day cruising over the country visiting the neighboring towns and villages, keeping up a rata of speed that mado conversation impossible. Sunday night he tortured his. old friend, Andy Howell, who ia self preservation, induced him to visit an upheaval of tho "Holy Rollers," tho only poople that be will take off his hat to in tho way of lingo. He is lond in his praiso of Fordsvillo and its citizens and declures his intention to afflict them again in the near fatura with another visit, Glose Gall From Dealii 1 Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Phenix, of tho country, had a close call from death Saturday morning when their horse became frighten ed at the switch engine and backed their buggy into the deep ditch near the residence of l)r. P. B Davis, on South Railroad street. Both were thrown out W1U IVUIblCi 11. h ft, A. HGUJA BUI fercd a dislocated collar bono and numerous bruises, whilo '. Mrs. Phenix sustained a fraotnrod rib and was bruised consider ably. Another Good Reason Why Bond Issue Should Garry The city has received assur ances from tho railroad company that a rate of 30 cents will apply ; on rock from Hopkinsville, to bo used in building good streets, if such rock is ordered by, and paid for by the city, out of tho goner al funds, for the benefit ofjall.tho citizeus thereof, but they havo ruled that they could not givo this rate, if any part of tho cost ia against tho property owners. Voto for tho bond issue anil help the city get alvantago of tills rate. Every block constructed with this rato in effect will save tho. city $75.00 to $100.00.