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THE ADAIE COUNT? NEWS
IHEDMR GOIINn HEWS
Published Every Wednesday
- BY THE - -
Adair County News Company.
( Incorporated.)
3HAS. S. HARRIS EDITOR.
Democratic newspaper devoted to the ln
4reit of the City of Columbia and the people
Adair and adjacent counties.
Entered at the Columbia Post-offlce as sec
fl class mall matter.
WED. SEPT. 17, 1918
Democratic Ticket.
-'- For State Senator
' i J. 0. EWING
County Judge
TANNFR OTTLEY
County Attorney
GORDON MONTGOMERY
County Court Clerk
WALKER BRYANT
Sheriff
S. H. MITCHELL
Jailer
C. G. JEFFRIES
School Superintendent
E. A.- STRANGE
' Assessor
RALPH WAGGENER
Magistrate
1st. District.
WELBY ELLIS.
2nd. District.
L. C. CABBELL.
3rd. District.
F. H. BRYANT.
4th. District.
CHARLIE REECE.
7th. District.
MELVIN CONOVER
Announcements.
For Superintendent.
We are authorized to announce
PBOF. TOBIAS IIUFFAKER a can
didate for Superintendent of Public
Schools of Adair county, at the No
Tember election.
General Simon Boliver Buck
ner, who is now over ninety
years old, was reported serious
ly ill, at his home, Glen Lily,
Hart county, last week. H e
made a trip to Louisville and the
journey and intense heat were
more than he could stand. He
served in the Confederate army
during the civil war, was a com
missioned officer in the Mexican
war, Governor of Kentucky, and
a candidate for Vice Presidency
on the Palmer and Buckner tick
et. He fell out with the Demo
cratic party on the money ques
tion and did not vote with it for
several years, but at the last
election, it is our understanding
that he stamped under the roost
er, as did many other good and
worthy men. Later he is about
well.
The Democratic Tariff Revision
Bill passed the Senate last week.
The vote was 44 to 37 after all
amendments had been defeated.
Senators La Follette and Point
dexter voted with the Democrats.
Two Democrats voted against
the bill. The measure will be
ready for the President in about
two weeks, when signed the
outlooK for lower prices will be
good.
It is given out that United
States Senator, W. O. Bradley,
will stand for re-election.fcThings
will be different, and he will
find that he will not be in the
ght a little bit,
Mr. W. W. Spalding, .of Leba
nan, has been appointed assist
ant to Congressman Ben John
son, Chairman' of the District of
Columbia Committee. He left
Lebanon, his home, one day last
week to enter upon the discharge
of the duties of the position.
Jim Frank Taylor, of Glasgow,
recently Surveyor of the Port,
Louisville, will be the Republi
candidate for Congress in the
Third District. M r. Taylor's
father was born and reared near
Montpelier, Adair county.
We will be glad when the
Thafcr case is settled, one way or
the other. Thaw may be crazy,
but we believe he did a righteous
act when he killed Stanford
White. Evelyn was his wife, it
mattered not what character she
bore.
William J. Gaynor, who was
the Mayor of New "Vork City,
died in midocean last Wednesday
about 1 o'clock, p. m. Heart
failure is given as the cause
He was a n independent candi
date for the position he occupied.
It occurs to us that Scott Mays,
the new Collector for the Fifth
district, is making slow progress
in naming changes in the reve
nue service. The boys, in the
trenches should be recognized.
In instructing the grand jury,
in Clark county, Judge James
Benton charged that fully one
third of the voters of said coun
ty would sell their right of suf
frage. A strict investigation
was ordered.
While J. M. Richardson is post
master at Glasgow, he takes
time to write spicy editorials for
his paper, the Glasgow Times.
He is one of the most entertain
ing paragraphers in the State.
The safes of eight National
Banks of Louisville will be swell
ed. $1,300,000 of the crop fund
will be distribnted to these banks,
and the . directors will furnish
security -for same.
Hon. Rufus Van Zant has been
elected by the Democratic State
Committees to direct the fall
campaign.
The greatest crop of cotton
ever ginned in the United States
was put through the machinery
this year.
An extra session of the Legis
lation is now at work in Tennes
see. .More About Mexico.
In order to know the. Mexican
of the present day, it will be
necessary to revert to the early
history of these people. The ev
olution from the ancient Mex
ican to the modern, has been
followed closely by historians
and no doubt you are familiar
witn it, and other notable inci
dents of that country leading up
to the present time, and it is un
necessary for the purpose of this
article to recall them. Several
hundred years of amalgamation
has developed the individual
with whom our country is advis
ing to-day, in order vto secure to
them a peaceifUT, prosperous and
progressive condition. The first
interbreeding with the Spanish
element, now and then developed
strong characters, but the rank
and file showed no improvement
on this stock. This was due pos
sibly to two causes; the church
and the exceptional strong char
acters alluded to. These char
acters with the aid of the chuach,
obtained control of governmental
attairs, and their laws and re
quirements were such that both
the church and notorious charac
ters got very rich, and the hum
bler classes very poor and really
were -not much more than vassals.
The church during the process of
evolution, somehow, has been
dispossessed bf it riches and is
poor to-day. The worthy de
scendents however, of their
strong men, had accumulated
vast estates and still bold the
church in abeyance and the
peon practically an ignorant
servant.
Under the Diaz administration
the peon was slowly coming into
his own. The process of fitting
them for a Republican form of
government was tedious and
troublesome. Schools in the
cities had become well patron
ized. The few rural schools
were poorly tutored and poorly
attended. Yet a disposition to
advance to a better citizenship is
shewn. Those of the peon class
who accepted the advantage of
city and rural schools received
enough education to make them
see more clearly their hopeless
condition under their aristocratic
form of government. The rival-
i ry among the ruling classes, as
to influence, power, graft, to
gether with .the unrest of the
peon, kept the authorities always
on the alert to quell or hinder in
some way, threatened reststance
to authority. The invasion
of the American land owner had
also a disquieting influence. The
American boss fed and treated
his labor quite unlike the Mex
ican landlord. .The American
standard was the same as that
in the States, where labor is re
spected and substantial wages
paid. Better living conditions
were meted out to them. The
American knew that half fed la
bor was expensive. The tortea
and scant piece of sun dried beef
or goat, did not furnish either
brain, muscle or ambition. The
Mexican well fed, works as well
as any ignorant laborer, but un
derfed, must be driven toa par
tial showing of physical effort.
Americans housed, clothed and
fed them better and could al
ways command all the best labor
they heeded.
This condition of affairs con
spired to jealousy among the
Mexican planters and the'ringo''
the term applies to all Ameri
cans. The Federal Congress had
passed a law to the effect that
so long as a peon was in your ser
vice and in your debt it was a
criminal offense for him or her to
leave without a clean balance
sheet. The Mexican employer
always managed to keep the peon
in his debt.
This law became so offensive
that it was repealed, but the
same hold on the peon was had
under another statute and that
was the obtaining of money under
false pretense. The land lord
continued in same way to ad
vance them a few centavos and
his books so arranged to show
the cash advance and thus hold
his peon under that statute which
to offend was also criminal.
With such a citizenship do you
think them desirable for anexa
tion? They are not ready yet
for our kind of government. In
five hundred years they have
made some progress. 'Probably
irU;he hands of an unselfish peo-
Progressive Repnblican Ticket.
For Representative.
G. PAUL SMYTHE.
County Judge.
.: .: W. T. McFARLAND.
County Clerk.
L. Y. GABBERT.
Sheriff.
.TOflX M. WOLFORD.
Jailer
J ONE Z. PICKETT.
Assessor.
ERNEST CUND1FF.
Surveyor.
J. N.COFFEY.
Coroner.
G. W. STAPLES.
Magistrate.
2nd District.
P. M. BRYANT.
5th District.
W. E. WILSQN.
6th District.
Wji- BIGGS.
Republican Ticket.
For Senator
ROBERT ANTLE.
For Representative
A. W. SHARP.
For County Judge
G. T. HERRIFORD.
For Sheriff
G. E. NELL.
For Jailer
A. W. TARTER.
For Coroner
C. M. RUSSELL.
For Surveyor
E. G. HARD WICK.
For Assessor
J. N. SQUIRES.
For Superintendent
GEORGE AARON,
For Justice Peace
2nd District
W. G. SHEPHERD.
4th District
'. nAYDEN KELTNER
5 th District
W. G. PICKETT.
(ith District
W. E. HANCOCK.
7th District
M. L. MITCHELL.
For Constable
5th District
T. A. CHASTAIN.
Dr. James Menzies
Osteopath
Office at Residence
Burkesville street
Columbia, Kentucky.
All Communications Answered
pie they may be fitted in the
course of time for a popular form
of government. Protestant Mis
sionaries have done much to help
those people and it may be that
through their works they will
eventually arrive at the stage
where a clean republican govern
ment may be safe in their hands.
Bueno.
Craycraft.
The health of this community
is not very good at this writing.
Mrs. Effie Burress is very sick
this week.
Robert and Buford Bailey are
both reported better. Also Dem-arep-
Richard is better.
borghum making and corn cut
ting is in full blast here now.
Little plowing has been done for
wheat on account of the dry
weather.
Some of the folks here attend
ed church at Shiloh orr last Sun
day. Bro iJarger preached a
very interesting sermon. His
subject being "What is Man?"
There was also a splendid sing
ing in the afternoon conducted
by Prof. R. O. Cabbell.
Mrs. Mollie Elder and children,
of Illinois, who have been visit
ing relatives here for a few
weeks, returned home last week.
Prof. Jesse Murrell, who spent
his vacation here with relatives
and friends, returned last week
to Berea, Ky where he will re
enter school.
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Recital
BY
Miss Elizabeth S. Hev;ett
Friday, Sept. 19, 1913. & School HaK at 8 p. m
PROGRAM
Scherzo -
Songs Rose in the Bud -
Two Eyes of Grey - -
The Elf-man -Recitations
A Day in June -
(Musical accompaniment.)
Spring Song ----- Mendlessohn
Lorraine, Lorraine, Lorree - Kingsley
To a Wild Rose ----- Edward McDowell
Monologue Keeping a Seat at. the Benefit - Fiske'
(Accompaniments by Miss Mary Chandler)
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Blair are
visiting in Russell county this
week and will attend the Bap
tist Asoociation while there.
Mr. and Mry. J. D. Hayes, Mr.
and Mrs-. W. H. Blair and chil
dren visited relatives in Green
and Taylor counties last week.
They reported short crops and
extreme hot weather, and water
very scarce.
The finest singing of the sea
son at Concord was on the fifth
Sunday night in August. The
lecture given on "The Power of
the Voice" by Prof. Jesse Mur
rell was also very interesting as
well as instructive.
We wish the Concord girl3
much success with their pie sup
per which is to come off next
Friday night..
Mrs. Nancy L. Hughes sold
one fat hog this week to a Mr.
Rogers, of Ozark, at 5c a pound.
Mr. G. L. Blair is about done
cutting tobacco'.
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An ordinary machine is oiled
daily. Your watch should be oiled
once a year. Let me examine it;
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