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PRICE Per Copy, Dally 2c Per Couy, Sunday 3c Per Week, Dally and Sunday 10c IN ADVANCE One Year $5 00 Entered at Richmond. Ind., Postofflce As Second Class Mall Matter. THAT WATSON INTERVIEW. In an article in the Indianapolis Star on Saturday, Congressman Watson, repudiates the statement he made to a representative of the Palladium in Kushvllle last Thursday, and which was published in the Palladium of the same day. The statement which Mr. Watson now repudiates, was made to Mr. O. Owen Kuhn of the Palladium, in the presence of the city editor of the RushTllle Republican In the office of Mr. Watson. At the time he made his statement Mr. Watson was undoubtedly sincere in his protestations that he does not want the governorship of Indiana, preferring the, speakership cf the House of Representatives. Possibly this open statement on his part ' did not fit In with the political plans of the Fairbanks machine, of which organlzation Mr. Watson Is a very valuable member, and he was persuaded to change his views over night. In do'lng: this, Mr. Watson is but doing his share toward continuing the unsavory name most politicians, and especially Fairbanks machine politicians, enjoy of being unreliable in their state ments. Mr. Watson's attitude, as illustrated In his statement in the Palladium last Thursday and in the Star, Saturday, show that he is in sort of a betweeu-the-devll-and-the-deep-blue-sea position as far as the question of his running for governor or representative 13 concerned. Mr. Watson, In his jntervlew In the Palladium, stated that the governorship of Indiana was nothing short of a political graveyard for any politician. As an insider in the famous Fairbanks machine, Mr. Watson realizes that running for governor of Indiana on the republican ticket with Mr. Fairbanks running for president on the same ticket, his chances would be even slimmer, and he might arrive at his political death, even sooner than, he anticipates. Mr. Watson, however, is undeniably popular with the people of Indiana and with thi3 fact in mind the Fairbanks machine managers probably wish him to run for governor in order to add whatever strength he can to Mr. Fairbanks. "We feel that this close association of Mr. Watson with the Fairbanks machine may bring his political career to an untimely end. He Is a bright and capable man and would have been richly rewarded by the people had he remained true to them. His allegiance to the Fairbanks' ring and, therefore, with, the corporations, however, has been an unfortunate move on his part, and one that should place him on the dubious list of all careful voters. In the light of his latest action, no one can doubt but that Mr, Watson Is hand and glove in with, the Fairbanks machine. His statement in the Palladium, undoubtedly presented his true belief. Ilia later statement In the Star represents the beliefs forced upon him by the Fairbanks' managers. The fact that the later statement appeared ' in the Star should alone offer convincing proof of Mr. Watson's connection with the Fairbanks ring. The Star is the organ of that particular machine, and time and again it has "fixed" news stories in the interests of the ring It represents. Nor is It very long- back since the Star was publishing snide editorial attacks on President Roosevelt, and only desisted because it found that such a policy was not popular with the people of the state. That ancient customs are still practiced by primitive tribes is shown by the two following incidents. In the "Iliad' it is written that when Asklepias "saw the wound where the bitter arrow had lighted he sucked out the blood," and so forth. In his recent work on the Australian aborigines John Mathew informs the reader that the Doctor or sacred man made a practice of sucking the part affected. "There seems to be some efficacy In the sucking, for a friend of mine who was suffering severely from an inveterate inflamed eye allowed a black 'doctor' to mouth the eyeball, and the result of the treatment was immediate relief and speedy cure. MASONIC CALENDAR. Richmond Commandery, stated meeting, September 2nd. Richmond lodge F. and A. M.f stated meeting, September 3rd. Webb lodge, F. and A. M., work first degree, September 4th. Loyal Chapter. O. E. S., stated meeting, September 7th.

OLD SETTLERS' MEETINGS IN WAYNE COUNTY. The first, not only in the County, but as since appears, also in the State, was held at Richmond in September, 1855 Its official proceedings given by Isaac H. Julian

(By Isaao. II. Julian.) Saturday, August 17th. was the date of another annual meeting of the old settlers picnic near Centerville, in view of which the present appears to me a fitting occasion to give a revised synopsis of the history of old settlers meetings In Wayne county, beginning with a full report of the first one, which was held at Richmond on Friday, September 7, 1S.".", and which, as the, result of recent investigation, also appears to have been the first in the state a grand distinction, as it must appear in her history in time to come. Having the documents, as newspaper reporter and editor, to Include this first meeting, as also briefer notice of subsequent ones, I deem it both a privilege and a duty to do so. Most of the leading facts which I shall here set forth were communicated four years ago to the Sun-Telegram, then conducted by B. F. Wissler, and to the Cambridge City Tribune, but did not appear In the Palladium and hence will be new to a goodly number of its present readers. The status of the question as to the first meeting is as follows: In a paper read by myself before the Old Settlers at their reunion in 189, I explicitly stated the fact that the first old settlers' meeting In the county was held at Richmond, as above mentioned, and that I was present and reported its proceedings for a Richmond paper. I reiterated those statements through the press, but they seemed to obtain no credence, and I was led to infer were regarded as a myth, or perchance a dream. As a matter of policy there was an excuse for this. I think it must be conceded tnat it could not have been specially agreeable to have to confess ignorance of so interesting a passage in the pio neer history of the country, or to "con fess judgement' in favor of a man who for nearly a quarter of century, had been a resident of a quite remote portion of Uncle Sam's domain. So it was deemed preferable to tacitly repudiate my revelations by ignoring them. Thus, in justice to myself, and to vindicate the truth of nistory, I felt it incumbent upon me to have said proceedings republished in full as above stated. They have not since appeared in print. The Indiana Quarterly Magazine of iiistory made an abortive effort in that direction last year, but left out some significant and suggestive passages, and made the perfectly gratuitous and inexcusable blunder of fixing the date of the next meeting at Centerville on Sunday instead of Saturday. My distinct recollection Is that this first old settlers meeting at Richmond met upstairs in a building on Main street, on the left hand side going east, a short distance beyond the Citizens' bank corner, and that there was a full attendance. From the proceedings it is apparent that there had been a prior organization, special mention being made of the presence of the president and vice president. This organization was probably had at a previous preliminary meeting. I now give the proceedings word for word, as published in the Jeffersonian. The matter began with an explanatory paragraph by the editor the remainder is my report: "THE OLD SETTLERS' MEETING." Other engagements prevented our presence at the first annual meeting above named, which came off in this city on Friday last, so that we can only give such general outline of the proceedings as we have been able to obtain from persons who were in attendance. "The meeting, notwithstanding a rather imperfect notice, was respectable in numbers and character. David Hoover, the president, and Smith Hunt and John Peelle, the vice presidents, were present. A committee to arrange business for the meeting was appointed and reported; when, after a very appropriate prayer by Elder Levi Purviance, some interesting portions of the proceedings of the first board of commissioners of Wayne county, dating as far back as 1817, were read, which were illustrated by relations of divers incidents of those early days, by Messrs. Rariden, Test, Newman and others. "John Beard of Milton was then-called on for his 'experience' as an old settler, which he proceeded to give in a very graphic and Interesting manner. He gave an account of his removal to this region, of the gratification he felt in exchanging the red soil, full of flint stones, of his native Carolina, for the black and fertile lands of Indiana, though then overshadowed by the mighty unbroken forest. In the vigor of youth, however, he regarded not the herculean labors and hardships which then rose before him for, to use his own words, 'he felt that he had a fortune in his own bones; and he expressed the hearty wish. In which we emphatically Join, that the young men of the present day might more generally realize the same inspiring feeling of self-independence. He declared that, although, looking back from the present time, the lives of the pioneers might appear by no means enviable, yet they did not so seem to those who experienced them; and that for his part, he would fain return to a similar mode of life. Mr. Beard added, among many other Interesting facts, that a little daughter of his was the first white person who died within the present limits of Wayne county (in 1807:) and that the first settlers had to go to either Lawrenceburg or Hamilton to mill. "Mr. Beard was followed in similar details of experience, verbal or written, by Smith Hunt. Henry and Frederick Hoover, John Peelle, Jeremiah L. Meek and others. All seemed at once pleas

ant to the narrators and Interesting to the auditors. Perhaps both the oldest man and the oldest settler present was Hugh Cull. His venerable neighbor and contemporary, George Holman, was not In attendance. "The next meeting is appointed for the last Saturday in September, 18o", at Centerville. The idea of such meetings is highly laudable, and we trust that hereafter, due efforts will be made to enlist the interest and presence of as many of the early settlers as possible, so as the more effectually to fur

ther the objects proposed by these social reunions of the rapidly diminish ing remnant of the men and women to whom the present generation are so much indebted." Thus far the proceedings. I have no complete file of any county paper for 1836, but to the best of my informa tion the meeting appointed for that year at Centerville failed to material ize, probably having been lost sight of In the exciting presidential campaign. In the fall of 1S37 I edited for publi cation the autographic Memoir of Dav id Hoover, supplemented by over the same amount of matter in the shape of an Appendix, embracing interesting facts and incidents in the settlement and early history of the Upper White water Valley, going to the very begin ning, antedating Richmond and Cen terville. An edition of a thousand copies of the Hoover pamphlet of 41 octavo pages, was Issued. Unfortunately it Is now pretty much out of print, I say unfortunately, because it would have been of very special inter est and value during this centennial year, comparing favorably with Dr. Plummer's historical sketch of Rich mond, both having been issued the same year, and containing about an equal amount of matter, the Hoover pamphlet, however, occupying an earlier and broader field, the Plummer sketch being devoted entirely to early Richmond; but because of its being prefixed to the first Directory of the town, which was naturally preserved as a curiosity, has given it a more per manent hold on the community in and about the city. The proceedings of the first Old Settleds meeting were Inserted in the Hoover pamphlet, thus Indicating that there had been at that time no later meeting. As will be seen, the proceedings are of special interest, not only because it was the first in the county, as now appears also in the state, but because a number of the earliest settlers the real pioneers of the county, and who never appeared at any subsequent meeting, were present and made interesting talks. And I appeal to the managers of our Old Settlers' association, and to the people generally, if there is any good sense or right feeling In any further attempt to ignore this first organization and first annual meeting of pioneer settlers whose presence graced and whose names and words figure therein? And may I not suggest to the several newspapers of the county the propriety of their giving a synopsis of the facts above stated, and including the full proceedings of the FIRST meeting held at Richmond in September, 1855? It only remains that I should add a few words setting forth my further ser vices In recording and promoting the series of Old Settlers meetings, or rather picnics, at or near Centerville. This I was enabled to do effectively by reference to the files of the "True Republican," of which I was editor and publisher. The first of these gather Ings was held in the grove of O. T. Jones, one mile north of town, follow ing a numerously-signed call, in pur suance of which annual meetings con tinued to be held, with omissions dur ing the war, and perhaps a few others. In the summer of 1904, having noticed sundry errors and incongruities in the published proceedings from time to time of the Old Settlers' picnics, I took the trouble to revise their record from the beginning to and including 1S70 Commencing with the call and list of signers for the first meeting, I went through the series of meetings year by year, reporting their various organ izations, the more interesting speeches of members, and other matters of spe ciai interest. Having completed my task, I transmitted the result to the management, feeling I had done a really good and commendable work for the benefit of the association, deserv ing at laast a vote of thanks. But again I found myself completely ig nored not a reference to my commu nication, not a word of commendation or even of acknowledgment! Never theless a fair measure of justice came then and there! It came through a correspondent of the Indianapolis News who was on hand, saw my arti cle, and appreciating its value, im mediately sent it to the News, in the daily issue of which of August 20, 1904 it appeared complete in all es sential parts. The year following, the old (?) settlers of picnic order did not scruple to appropriate the matter, I believe without credit to the Newscertainly not to the undersigned but in view of the very large circulation of the News, I felt I was very much ahead on this round. And I trust a similar result may follow the publication of this article, giving my humble record on the general subject of Old Settlers' organizations and meetings in Wayne county; that a foundation will thus be laid for the consideration due that subject In that coming history of the county for which it is impatiently waiting a competent hand to take up. I have faith in this result. Whether I shall live to see it is a matter of no consequence. Lady Charles Beresford collects ball programs as a hobby, especially favoring those painted or designed by lady artists.

CHARITY WORK III INDIANA ATTRACTS State Is Gaining an Enviable Reputation in This Line Of Activity. .:-j. LAWS FOR DEPENDENTS.

THEY HAVE BEEN SUBJECT OF SOME WISE LEGISLATION RE CENTLY DECREASE IN LABOR. CHILD Indianapolis, Ind., August 31 The worn or Tae last legislature in the'enactment of laws relating to public charities has attracted much attention throughout the country as well as in Indiana. The progress Indiana has made In her charities in the past two decades and especially in the last one, Is a matter of general knowledge. The improvement began immediately following the excellent law in 1SS9 creating the Board of State Charities. Its good work is generally known and recognized both at home and abroad. The following figures show strongly the movement for the best laws. The legislature of 1S91 passed three laws relating to charities; that of 1893, four laws; 1S93. five laws; 1903, fifteeen laws, and 1907, thirty-five. Whole Field Covered. More laws were passed by the last legislature affecting charities than in the preceding ten years. That does not Include the appropriation bill. These nrw laws covered the whole field of public charitable activity. They relate to township charities, city charities, county charities and state charities. They apply to organizations and Institutions. They affect both adults and children. They provide for the better care of the dependents, defectives and delinquents. They go still farther and in a sane way provide means for the prevention of such misfortunes and evils. They provide for those who cannot care for themselves. Decreases Child Labor Dependence. Among the most important laws passed were those relating to children. Heretofore dependents were made public wards by any one of several public officials. In future no child can become a public dependent in any county except by the judge of the juvenile court. Only on the order of that court can any child hereafter be legally supported by the county unless it was properly a public charge when the law went into effect. In all counties but Marion, the Judge of the circuit court is Judge of the Juvenile court. Heretofore many children have been made public wards who should not have been. Many parents neglected their natural responsibilities and turned their children over to the public to support. This law should decrease child dependence in Indiana and insure better records and better care of the dependent children. This new law makes wilful neglect of duty towards children by parents or others responsible for them an offense punishable by fine not exceeding $500 and imprisonment In jail or workhouse. Provision for Orphans. Every child in an orphans' home or other custodial institution is to be educated at the expense of the school corporation where it has a legal settlement. County commissioners are allowed to contract with organizations or orphanages for the care and placement in families of dependent children at a rate not exceeding 35 cents per day. The township trustee is given authority to purchase burial places for deceased soldiers, sailors and marines. The county auditor is required to keep a debit and credit account with each township, balance the account on the first of January each year and transmit a statement to the overseer of the poor. This balance is to be taken into account in making the next levy for reimbursing the county for money advanced for poor relief. A new law provides that the proper authorities shall supply free anti-toxine to poor persons at the j expense of the county, city or town board of health. For Non-Partisan Boards. A law for the uniform organization and administration cf all the state institutions except the normal school and the universities was passed. This provides for a board of four members at nominal salaries, for each Institu tion. Not more than two members can belong to the same political party. The board of the Indiana girls' school and that of the Indiana woman's prison are composed entirely of women. One member of the board of the school for feeble-minded youth at Fort Wayn? Is to be a woman, as Is one merabci of the board of the soldiers and sail ors orphans' home at Knlghtstown Each board is to appoint the superin tendent of its institution and the su perintendent is to appoint' all officers and employes. No qualifications ex cept fitness can be taken into consld eration in making any appointment? provided for by the law, and the trus tees are prohibited from Interfering in any way with the selection or discharge of any employe. Another Hopeful Sign. One of t- ric;t boppfu't mc".sur",r rrho When you want a quick cure without any loss of time, and one that is followed by no bad results, use Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy It never fails and is pleasant to take. It is equally valuable for children. It is famous for its cures over a large part oj

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