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GENERAL NEWS
Boiled Down For Busy People
Joseph Tumulty has been; se
lected by President Wilson tis his
private Secretary, j -
Mrs. Callahan will not lose her
arm as was first reported. She
is recovering rapidly from" her
wound. .
Gov. McCreary offers a reward
of $200 for the capture of George
Smothers who murdered Mar
shal Pettit of Clay City.
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Newt Arnold who killed Hon.
Harry Baileyvof Cyntfciana, sev
eral weeks ago was held without
bail at his examining trial.
k Mr. Geo. Hopper, JrM of Stan
ford, had the honor of winning
the medal in the Oratorcal Con
test of Centre College on the
22nd.
Ex-Speaker of thefe House in
the Kentucky Legislature Glaude
B. Terrill is dangerously ill of
liver trouble. Three physicians
are at his beside.
It is reported that Federal
troops have slain Emilio Madero,
brother of the dead President
He was on his way to Loredo
to join the rebel forces,
Congressman James and Sher
ly are on the committee appoint
ed to meet Governor Wilson
when he arrives in Washington
on the afternoon of March 3rd.
Troops are being rapidly
massed at Houstin, Texas, to pro
tect the interests of the United
States. In action on our part
has made the Mexican soldier .be
lieve that all America want
fight
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Another Arctic Exploration is
on foot This time Stef anson,
will attempt to explore the arctic
regions. He contemplates being
absent for four years. Eight
picked men of science will ac
company him.
Col. Theodore Roosevelt and
Mrs. Roosevelt have made known
the engagement of their daughter,
Miss Ethel, to Dr. Richard Derby
of New York, and from Washing
ton comes the rumor that Miss
Helen Taft may be the thirteenth
White House jbride Record.
The following v beautiful poern
was read by Congressman Heflin
in the House, in memory of Les
ter Bryant, the Kentucky Boy
Corn Grower, who lost his life in
Washington City by blowing out
the gas: ;
'The hoe that he wielded is covered with
dust, '
And the plow that he guided is still; :
The trace chains are red with a gathering
rust,
While he sleeps on the slope of the hill.
My heart reaches out to his loved ones
alone, . , .
For how sadly they miss him there now;
But God in His goodness will comfort the
home
Where the little boy guided the plow."
Commissioner Newman,of Ken
tucky, has bought and is selling
Bryant's entire crop for seed corn;
the proceeds going to a monu
ment fund for Bryant
From Our Exchanges.
At the State Hardware Association held
in Louisville last week. R. M. Hunter, of
Nicholasville, was , elected first vice-presidentJessamine
News.
The refains of Ponce de Leon, the first
Governor of Porto Rico, were trans
ferred February 25th to a crypt in the
cathedral the gift of the Spanish colony
to the people of Porto Rico. Cardinal
Farley, of New York, and other dignita
ries of the church attended the ceremony.
Courier-Journal. .
Why not have the United States take
charge of Old Mexico, adopt that country,
send its inhabitants to the Phillippines,
withdraw all interests from- that country
and let the two "hathins" fight it out In
revenue Mexico would be worth several
times as much as the Phillippines to Uncle
Sam. Jessamine News.
We should own Mexico but lets buy it
pacify it own it and control.it Mexico
will selL That crowd would sell anything.
: Made a Big Hit
At the annual banquet of the Juniper
Hunting Club held at the Louisville Hotel
Saturday night one of the principal
speakers was Judge EL B. Hoover, of Nich
olasville, whom Sunday's Courier-Journal
says captivated the crowd in his take
off' on the club members, and was the hit
of the evening. Judge Hoover is an hon
orary member of this club and accompan
ied them on their hunting trip south in
December. Jessamine News. y
The Oratorical Contest as
i Viewed by Another
Richmond, Present , and : Past
The Attorney General of the
-United States has ordered the
prosecution against the oil men
of Texas to stop as in his opinion
there was no case, against them.
; Men like Archbold, Folger. &c,
S are thus freed from the charges.
I Also the Oil Company is free.
Dr. E. B. Dishman, of Barbourville, a
candidate for United States Marshal of
the Eastern Kentucky district under the
Wilson Administration; C. B. Sullivan, of
Woodford county, a- candidate for the
same office, and Judge R. W. Hughes; of
Harrodsburg, who wants to be Collector
of the Eighth internal revenue district
were in , Washington last week and con
ferred with Senator-elect Ollie M. James
and other Democratic members of the
Kentucky congressional delegation. They
will remain there until after the inaugura
tion. Dr. Dishman has been prominently
mentioned for Collector at Danville, as
well as for Marshal, but it is understood
that he prefers the latter office; and that
his friends are working in that direction.
Courier-Journal.
Auditor Bosworth questions
I the constitutionality of the law
:: allowing pensions to the "confed
i erate veterans and has asked
I advice from Attorney General
Garrett. 284 claims have been
approved. It is estimated that
if will rnst'aDnroximatelv $30,000
t a r JT x - w
I fper annum to pay these claims.
The Frankfort prison holds one
prisoner today innocent of any
offense. The prisoner is the girl
baby of Ada Moss, colored, born
late Tuesday afternoon ' within
the prison walls. This is the first
birth in the prison for years. The
mother of the child was recently
tilaced in the orison - from Union
county. ,. '
It is now' claimed that there
vas a frame' up between Gen.
Huerta and Gen. Diaz in which
Huerta betrayed President Ma-
diro. It appears that Diaz and
Huerta were in daily consulta
thn. The cannon of Madero's
rren had their sights so adjusted
as to be worse man useless
Tkis was done as a part of the
mme up.
Other Good Writers
With Us
Agree
'The August Primary is now less than
six months ahead. "Any person who has
an ambition to serve the people and pos
sesses the legal qualification, may be a
candidate in this election, free of all cost
As it is "a free for all," candidates will be
numerous in this as well as most every
county throughout the state. The new law
places the election jn the hands of the
people.. There has been such an
increase in the amount of tax funds re-
auired in the last ten or fifteen years and
in view of the fact that there has been so
little said about this feature of county gov
ernment since the increased amount of tax
collected, it would be quite natural that
the people should be making some inquiry
along this line. With this view of the sit
uation we believe that the PARAMOUNT
ISSUE IN THE COUNTY ELECTION
WILL BE THE QUESTION OF TAXA
TION.( People generally think that taxes
are high, but we know that we pay large
taxes. In this city and county the rate
has reached the limit fixed in the constitu
tion, and the amount is not . sufficient to
meet the public demand and a raise in the
assessment value of property is constantly
made, in order o meet the expenses.
In complying with the public demand, we
expect the candidates to give the people
their views and we will see the voters bet
ter acquainted with public affairs when
this campaign is ended than any previous
time Central Record.' :
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of the Red Velvet strain. Eggs, $1.50 per
15; also Stock in reason. David Deather
age, 125 7th St, Richmond, Ky.; : 4-lyr ;
Subscribe for The Madisonian.
Only $1.00 per year. - "
Friday night recently the annual orator
ical contest was held at the Caldwell High
School' The contestants among the boys,
representing ihe first- second, third and
fourth year's classes, were" respectively.
Frank Powell, chose for his subject an ex
tract from Pstrick Henry's Revolutionary
speech; Wilcoe Scanlon, whose subject
was "ThesLittle Brown Boy;" Gordon H.
Barnes, who chose for his 'The Execu-
Uon of Montrose," and G. C. Bradley who
decided to accept the patriotic selection
known as "Rags." . V , .
The first year girls were represented, by
Miss Francis Wagers whose subject was
"An Old Sweetheart of. Mine;Miss Mar
garet Covington who chose "A Sweet Girl
Graduate:" Miss Nancy Shearer, who de-J
cided on Kipling's "Gunga Din;" Miss
Elizabeth . Blanton whose ' theme was
"Cupid and Dickey."
Every member of this oratorical fra
ternity, or sorority, as the case may be,
did exceptionally well. Miss Margaret
Covington carried off the honors in the
girl's contest and Mr. Wilcoe ' Scanlon
nailed the colors to the masthead for the
boys. ,The' judges were Mrs.' Eugene
Walker, Mrs. R. F. Johnson, and Prof.
Ireland from Stanford. " Though, the feel
ing ran high no attempt was made to as
sault the judges. The High School or
chestra added much to the enjoyment of
the occasion, calming the rebellious by
their melodious selections, when it seemed
that the pent up fury of the assembled
multitudes could not much longer be re
strained. At intervals, the howls of the
spectators were uncorked, uncanned, un-
confined and unintelligible, or we would
commit them to writing. Babel was not .
only let loose, but had a can tied to its
tail. Under the pandemonium the ears of
the enlisted were pounded to a pulp. As
no bones were broken, there is no reason
,to complain.
The girls did so well that the judges had
some difficulty in deciding to whom the
palm should be -awarded. They were a
beautiful quartette, and we were led to
suspect that they were chosen because of
graces of figure rather, as well as their
graces of . speech, all of which is " not
figurative. When we thus descant upon
the beauty of our girls, we do not speak
in a Pickwickian or in a paregorical sense.
If these four should ever become militant
suffragettes, they will break down any
bulwark of bold, beefy, blunt brutal, bel
ligerent bachelors, or any other- body of
law-makers, or law-breakers. All opposi
tion wilj. vanish when these appear.
As for the boys they are the hope of
the race.. Demosthenese and Cicero are
not as great as any of them; that is to say
we would not exchange place , with these
immortals, if we were the boys. A live
boy is better ' than a dead Cicero. But
they did their work well, and it is too bad
that all cannot be first in the race. Stfch
a contest does much for the rising genera
tion. To be able to speak well on one's
feet that is while standing on one's feet,
is a greater accomplishment than to be
able to .take a city. If any of these boys
break into politics, with training at the
hands of the unscrupulous, they may be
able to take a city. It is to be hoped that
under the guidance of Prof. Bridges and
his helpers the boys and girls alike will be
encouraged to begin their preparation
every year for these eontests, in the most
painstaking way. A few more feats of
this sort and Madison county will have
oratory for almost any occasion. Time
forbids us to mention the work of the
boys in detail, only if some benefactor of
the race could amputate a boy's hands
when he rises to speak. - and put them
back again when the speech is ended, he
would, have 'a monument planted on his
chest by posterity that would play tennis
with the stars. . But enough. The contest-
is over for this year, and the best on
both sides won. The nation will breath?
easy another year, from this time on.
E. B. B. .
They Like Us
San Diego, Cal., Feb. 22, 13.
Dear Grant: .
You edit such a splendid paper.
I am delighted with it.
Can't I be printer's devil or just
any old thing to get me back to
Kentucky. . Send it to this
address until further notice.
Your Friend,
My mind,ruminated upon the subject of
writing up Richmond at the present and
the past' "1 ' ' .'.'--T'' -! ;-..
- Richmond, if I am correct was founded
In 1798.; It was moved from Old Town,
the former county seat some four i miles
we ;t of the present location. The removal
was the occasion of an incident which was
a clash between two opponents. The ad
vocate of the removal worsted his adversary
in a knock-down fisticuff free fight. "
The writer's father, grandfather - and
grand un.cle came from England and "set
tled in Richmond when it was a small vil
lage and engaged in the 'carding business,
so my people have been identified with the
interests of the city for nearly -a hundred
years.' " -
Let us rctropect some five decades when
the writer was a small boy. and see what
was here then, or ascertain what has sur
vived the mordant tooth of time and see
what is still left from the five preceding
decades.
; First we may take our plaza or public
square and see our grand and . substantial
court house which was completed some
sixty years since. Its contour is about the
same it was then, only it has been repaired
and remodeled a little. Irs facade" or front
view finished in Grecian style with massive
pillars is majestic, even superb. Our pub
lic square will favorably compare, with or
surpass that of any other town or city of
its size in the state.
Our court house square has been con
siderably improved by the removal, of the
old iron fence which was an eye sore for
several years and has been beautified by
its well kept lawn and the making of
cement walks which gives it the appear
ance of some noted building in - some
large city.
There are but few of the old time build
ings left around the plaza that were here
some decades since. They have been de
molished principally by fire and buildings
of more -pretentions have taken their
places. . . . , '
Scattered around the city are a few of
the old timers left - which stand as land
marks to remind the younger' generation
what was here some fifty years since. On
the corner of Main and First streets stood
the old time hotel where the wriler' was
born then the White house, and after
wards known as the Francis house, run
by John Francis father of Hon. David R.
Francis, of St. Louis, who is a widely
known man.
-1 have seen the town grow from a small
town of some thousand people to a city of
over five thousand people with all of the
modern improvements. Where I went toyr
school in an old two roomed one story
brick building, Caldwell High School has
been built which is a honor to our city
and is one of the best brick buildings and
best eauiDDed in the commonwealth with
a corp of able teachers.
Madison Female Institute is one of the
best and is largely attended. Its outward
appearance has been little changed in the
last half century. .
We have one of the - best Normal
Schools in Kentucky or perhaps in the
United States. The grounds are excellent
and being on an elevation, the scenery
towards the east and south is charming.
One of the old land marks which has
had many vivid recollections, the First
Christian church has been razed and a
superb building is taking its place. When
completed it will be very convenient and
will be one of the very best brick struct
ures in Central Centucky.
" In those days of yore there was no
ingress or egress to and from Richmond
except by stage coach. Now we have two
good, railroads and almost all of the other
good things and conveniences of life.
And our little city has also produced
some noted men. Chief Justice Miller, of
the Supreme Court of the United States,
the late Curtis F. Bumam, Assistaut Treas
urer of the United States, David R. Fran
cis, ex-Mayor of St. Louis, ex-Governor of
Missouri and ex-member 'of President
Cleveland's cabinet And our noted gov
ernor, James B. McCreary, twice governor,
member of the Senate and house of Con
eress: "First in war. first in peace, and
first in the hearts of his countrymen."
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Come home. " You can roam
the world over and you can't beat
Old Kentucky. Editor.
H4l& Edvyin- Brown.
NURSE-RIB
We want good correspondents
from all parts of the county. A
prize of FIVE DOLLARS at the
end of six months, will be given
that correspondent who writes the
best series of letters. Make them
short but don't overlook a news
or social item. Sign your name
to all communications. -
A high speed romance, "Stanton
Wins," by Eleanor Ingraham, has been
selected by the editor as the next se
rial story to be run ' in thi3 paper.
Watch for. the first; installment.' ' "v
MAIDEN
RIDGE
' Save half Ihe price of your trees by cut
ting out the agent's profits and order direct
-1 have a fine lot of one and two-year old
whole-root grafted trees for sale.thts spring
Send for nrice list I have all kinds ot
nursery stock at very reasonable prices,
and am able to furnistiany quantity of tie
beautiful and ' large Aroma ' strawberry,
which made such a fine record on Maiden
Ridge Fruit Farm last year. ' :
I G. D SM ITH, E. K. S. N.
i , ' Richmond, Ky. '
COMING VERY
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Two Beautiful Plays,
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King Rene's Daughter
OF 15th CENTURY TIMES, AND
Creatures of Impulse
; . A MUSICAL FAIRY TALE, WILL BE
: .. PRESENTED AT
OPERA HOUSE
These are Madison Insti
; tute Senior plays. An ,
artistic as well as amusing
program, is guaranteed.
Don'tWaii: To See Them!
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