Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 33, Number 209, 11 September 1908 — Page 4

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THE KICnMOXD PALLcVDIUM AND SUX-TELEGRA3I, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 190S.

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HIE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TLEGOAM. Publisned and owned by the PALLADIUM PRINTING CO. Isued 7 da- each week, evenings and Sunday morning:. Dfflce Corner North th and A streets. Home Phone 1121. Bell 21. RICHMOND. INDIANA. Rudolph G. Ieeds MbbkcIbk Editor. Charles M. Horcia Business Manager. . Owen Koha Sews Editor. SUBSCRIPTION TERMS. In Richmond S5.00 per year (In vance) or 10c per week. adMAIL SUBSCRIPTIONS. Dne year. In advance Blx months. In advance. One month, in advance.. RURAL ROUTES. One year. In advance 'Six months, in advance Dne month, in advance .$5 00 . 2.60 . .45 ..$2.00 . . 1.25 ,. .25 Address changed as often as desired: both new and old addresses must be fiven. Subscribers will please remit with order, which should be given for a i pec if led term; name will not be entered until payment Is received. Entered at Richmond, Indiana, postoffice as second class mall matter. REPUBLICAN TICKET. NATIONAL TICKET. For President WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT o Ohio. . For Vice-President JAMES S. SHERMAN of New York, STATE. Governor TAMES E. WATSON. Lieutenant Governor FREMONT C. GOODWINS. Secretary of State FRED A. SIMS. Auditor of State JOHN C. BILLHEIMER, Treasurer of State OSCAR HADLEY. Attorney General JAMES BINGHAM. .State Superintendent UkWRENCE McTURNAN. -State Statistician J. L. PEETZ. t-Jndge of Supreme Court QUINCY A. MYERS. -Judge of Appellate Court DAVID MYERS. Reporter of Supreme Court GEORGE W. SELF. DISTRICT. Congress WILLIAM O. BARNARD. COUNTY. Joint Representative ALONZO M. GARDNER. Representative WALTER S. RATLIFF. Circuit Judge HENRY C. FOX. ' Prosecuting Attorney CHAS. L. LADD. Treasurer ALBERT ALBERTSON. Sheriff -LINUS P. MEREDITH. Coroner DR. A. L. BRAMKAMP. Surveyor 1 ROBERT A. HOWARD. Recorder WILL J. ROBBINS. Commissioner Eastern DIst. HOMER FARLOW. Commissioner Middle DIst. BARNEY II. LINDERMAN. Commissioner Western DIst t ROBERT N. BEESON. WAYNE TOWNSHIP. Trustee JAMES H. HOWARTH. Assessor CHARLES E. POTTER. OPTION AND THE CHURCHES. Thomas R. Marshall has begun, to feel the blows of the better element in the present campaign. First came his evasive noncommittal answer to the challenge of James B. Watson as to how he stood on the county local option, when he replied that he "would not sign any till until he had read It!" (No one expected him to.) When the pressure was brought to bear upon him by the churches and the pastors what did he do? Did ho show proper respect to tho Intelligent opinion of th better class of citizens? Hardly He accused them of bass drum meth ods. He scorned their advice and criti clsm. And now ho has to take the conse quences. It has always been the current belief that in any community the church and the pastor, minister or priest stood for the best for law enforcement, for saner and better laws and for a temperate life. In this case it Is the duty of the better class to support the causa of the right to speak out to let everybody know where they stand. That is not meddling in politics, that is a fight for better laws and better conditions. Mr. Marshall has not done well to antagonize tho ministers of the state. If the ministers go too far the reaction will without any words from Mr. Marshall be in his favor. But to come out and denounce good &nd honest men for good and honest c3orts will not help Marshall. There are reasons why the churches and the ministers ought to uphold county local option. jifonty local option is the only log!cai temperance measure, it is more

effective than prohibition. In prohi

bition states the laws are enforced on ly In those communities which are for prohibition. In those places In a prohibition state where law is not enforced the contempt and cvrsion of the law breed contempt for other laws. This is the beginning of , all lawlessness. Therefore county local option is the most effective and the sanest on account of that fact. It is tor healthier for the state, and is the only law that can be thoroughly enforced. County local option is the logical law. Why? Because the county is the legal unit. The law is enforced by county officers, in county courts, the very liquor l'cense itseir lias to be ; taken out from county commissioners, j Township and ward local option is hard to enforce because the township! and ward are not legal units. The county local option will not in terfere in those counties which do not go "dry" with the remonstrance law already in force. The two ?ct together making the most complete and comprehensive laws possible. The very comprehensiveness and effectiveness of this law 13 shown by the opposition of the liquor forces. That is also the reason why It should be upheld by the citizens who stand for law enforcement for temperance. And now when the brewers are fight ing county local option and the min isters are upholding it comes one Thomas R. Marshall and condemns the ministers of the state for using the means in their power for supporting what they believe to be right. Of course he attacks thcin. It hurts. And moreover if the sentiment of the churches becomes thoroughly aroused county local option will be triumphant. If Marshall wanted opposition he found the way to get it. A REAL SERVICE. The Commercial Club of Richmond Is engaged in a work of vital interest to the community in reducing the in surance to the old rate scale. There is undoubtedly just cause for complaint against the new rate which is exorbitant. Richmond Is not a town of fire traps. Richmond has, since the building of the South End engine house, greater fire protection than ever before, and there is no reason to think that electrical wiring, etc., is more of a risk in Richmond than anywhere else. Why then should not Richmond go back to the old rate. The movement started by the Com mercial Club should be thoroughly supported by every man who has fire Insurance in town. Everyone is interested. When the Inspectors of the com panies are brought face to face with the facts there will be a change. The agents of the companies have themselves petitioned their companies for a readjustment of the rates. The citizens of Richmond owe much to the Commercial Club already. They will owe still more to its efforts in tnis instance. ineretore every one should seek to aid the movement in every way possible. NEW TEACHER OF VIOLIN AT EARLHAM Miss Edna Hecker to Have Charge of the Work. Miss Francisco, tho director of music at Earlham college has returned from her vacation and is making prepanv tlons for the opening of her work at the college on the 2Sth of this month. She announces the engagement of a new violin teacher for this season. Miss Edna Hecker. Miss Hocker is a graduate of Chicago Musical college, and has in addition to this studied with Schliewen and Tirindelli in Cincinnati. She is an experienced teacher and the department at Earlham feel gratified to have secured her cervices. Miss Edwards, who is associated with Edward Nell at the Metropolitan school of music in Indianapolis, will continue her work as vocal teacher at Earlham this year, dividing her time between the two institutions. Miss Marcy Kirk, who is Miss Francisco's assistant teacher for the piano, returns this fall after an extended trip through the east and south. MISSIONARY SOCIETY. Centerville, Sept. 11. The Woman's Home Missionary society met Thursday afternoon with Mrs. Bethany iasniey. ine opening service was followed by a discussion on "Work for Young People," led by Miss Laura Hill Several letters were read by the cor responding secretary from Miss Anna Dilling and others. The election of officers was postponed until the end of the year. It was decided to conduct a market on Saturday afternoon, September 10. Refreshments were served by the hostess. The next meeting will be with Mrs. Carrie Bertsch. You are invited to attend the public meeting at the Commercial Club Room at 7:30 this evening, corner 9th and A street. Pamela: He sure to

use Gold Medal Flour. Isabella.

OUGHT TO BE HAPPY. JOSEPH R. AND MRS. BEACH. Their marital troubles will be aired in court as a result of a suit for divorce filed by the husband. He alleges that Mrs. Beach consumes daily, three quarts of chanipagne and two quarts of whiskey. WATER SUPPLY . PROVES PUZZLE Wells So Low Farmers To Use Them. Fear In nearly every section of tha county farmers are facing a desperate situation as a result of the continued drought. New wells are being bored while the farmers hesitate to use the small supply of water in the old one owing to the danger of typhoid germs. In many cases farmers are obliged to drive their live stock considerable I distance to water. Somo.are hauling i their water from streams which have i not yet gone dry. HIS THREE WIVES. They Were All In One Picture, but Did Not Stay There. Allan Cunningham in his "Lives of British Painters" tells a story of Copley, the father of Lord Chancellor Lyndhurst, which reveals what a portrait painter endures from the vanity and eccentricity of bis sitters. A certain ( man bad himself, his wife and seven children painted by Copley In a family piece. "It wants but one thing," said the man on seeing the finished picture, "and that is the portrait of my first wife. This one Is my second." "But," replied the artist, "she is dead. What can I do? She must come in as an angel." "Oh, no; no angels for me. She must come In as a woman." The portrait was added, but several months elapsed before the man again called at Copley's studio, and when he did a strange lady held on to his arm. "I must have another sketch from your hand, Copley," said he. "An accident .befell my second wife. , This lady is my third, and she has come to have her likeness included in, the family picture." The painter introduced the likeness of wife No. 3, and the man expressed himself satisfied with the portraits of his three spouses. But the lady remonstrated. Never was such a thing heard of. Her predecessors must go. The artist painted them out Then the man disputed the price. Copley sued him, and his son. the future Lord Lyndhurst, signalized his call to the bar by gaining his father's cause. A Bad Dream. It is not likely that any English speaking people understand so keen and functilious a devotion to the niceties of language as that which characterizes the French grammarians. We may help ourselves to understand It perhaps by reading a story told of M. Lamany. One night he awoke and sprang out of bed with a wild cry. His wife came running. Lie was in alarm and de spair, j "Why, what Is the matter?" shej gasped. j "I dreamed," said the professor.; "Oh, I bad a horrible, a heartrending dream T "What was it?" "I dreamed I was talking, and I distinctly heard myself utter a sentence which had a grammatical error in It! Couldn't Miss the Chance. One scarcely looks for humor la an undertaker, but that this, like most rules, has its exceptions was proved recently In Scotland. A tract distributer had affixed this text to a tree on the highroad. "It Is appointed to man once to die. This was too good an opportunity to be missed by the local purveyor of coffins, who promptly added the following announcement: "Funerals economically furnished by Blank."

PALLADIUM WANT AOS. PAT

ft OUEERJXPERIENCE Alma-Tadema's Miraculous Escape From Death.

FREAKS OF AN EXPLOSION. The Artist's House Was Wrecked, and ! How He Got Out Alive and Uninjured Is a Mystery The Puzzle of the Staircase and Hallway. In 1S74 a canalboat carrying a hundred barrels of gunpowder along the Regent's park canal in London exploded Just opposite the magnificent house of Laurence Alma-Tadema, the famous artist, across the road. This happened at 4 o'clock on a rainy morning. Every window in London within a radius of a mile was smashed, and thA hniiKPi tn th.- !mmA1iat viiMnirr ' though solidly built of brick and stone. were wrecked. "I was sound asleep in bed at the time," said ATma-Tadema. "and the first I knew of the explosion was when I found myself standing out on the 6idewalk in front of my house in the rain, with my pajamas on and bare feet How I got there I never knew. The entire top of the brick wall in front of the lawn before my house was blown off, and (he front of the house itself was as if driven in by the blow of a giant's fist "The canalboat, we found out afterward, had blown up underneath a solid bridge that crossed the canal at that point Had it not been for that my house and the others near it would have been utterly knocked to pieces. It was fortunate, too, that there was no one on the street at the tirae. Had the explosion occurred in the daytime hundreds of persons might have beeu killed or maimed. "But the strangest episode connected with the event concerned the man whose duty It was to keep watch on the bridge during the night. His name was Peter Knox. He was thirty-seven years old, married and had two children. I knew the follow and had often chatted with him on the bridge. The day before the explosion he had arranged with a friend of his to come at 4 o'clock and relieve him. It was a Saturday, and he wanted to take his wife and children a little trip down to Bushey park on the Thames, and he wished to get to his home In east London In time so as to have breakfast and be off early on Sunday morning. "Well, as 4 o'clock drew near, Peter, so he told me afterward, began to feel anxious lest his friend should have forgotten the appointment. He paced up and down the bridge and looked up the street, but the morning was so dark and misty with the rain that he could see only a short distance. A few minutes before 4, he said, he noticed a line of canalboats come slowly down toward the bridge, but paid no special attention to them. "Just before the first boat passed under the bridge he stepped off it t though in doing so he was infringing I the regulations, and sauntered up the i street in the direction from which he expected his friend to appear. He had gone about forty yards when the explosion took place, and when he turned not a brick of the bridge was left. If he had been less Impatient or if his friend had been more prompt, one or both of them would never have been seen or heard of again. "But my own little adventure was singular enough. As I said. I was not conscious of having been awakened by the explosion, still less of having got out of bed, come downstairs, opened the front door 'and stepped out to trie sidewalk. The shock had knocked all memory of these acts out of my head, and I have never recovered It. "But what puzzled me most was the condition of things I found when I went back into the house. The hall was a mass of wreckage, and the staircase from top to bottom was covered with pieces of broken glass, sharp as razors and so distributed that I found it impossible to ascend without a light to show me where not to tread. "Nevertheless I had come down those same stairs, with my eyes shut or unseeing, and had never so much as scratched my bare feet The thing was Impossible, and yet I had done it I had been skeptical about miracles before that, but since then I have been both a believer and an evangelismChicago Record-Herald. His Quietus. The bridegroom relaxed for a moment his arm's tense pressure. "What would you do." he whispered hoarsely, "if by some terrible accident I should be drowned?" In the mild moonlight he saw his young wife pale and shudder. "Oh. 'don't, Tom!" she cried, "now can you? You know I don't look well In black." Chicago Inter Ocean. Not Impressed. "I have been abroad In the best of society." boasted the city youth. "Why. even my trunks bear the labels of Switzerland." "Gosh, that ain't nothing, sonny!" drawled his rural uncle. "So does a box of cheese." Chicago News. She Recalled an Instance. "Mrs. Peddlcord." said that lady's husband, "did you ever say anything that you afterward regretted saying?" "Certainly. I said Tes' once and have been sorry for It ever since." Detroit Free Press. When, a woman does It at home she calls it the "wash," but when she Sends it down town she calls it the "laundry." Atchison Globe. Mr. Bloombumper My dear, yon have an irritating habit of asking "Whyr after every statement I make. Now, won't you try to break yourself of the habit? Mrs. Bloombumper Why, certainly, my love. I'm sure I didn't know I did. HI certainly try to break myself of the habit, as yon suggest. But why? Mrs. Henry Dickinson and Miss Gladys Weiss are the guests of Mrs. Mary Newton and daughter, Mrs. A. B. Tlcknor of Indianapolis-

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Palladium and Sun -Telegram Want Ad Contest. the last few days there has been much new interest taken in the Palladium and Sun-Telegram's want ad contest. This is evidenced by the increased number of want ads on our want ad. page. The advertising public are receiving results from their advertising and are realizing more and more the advantage of placing an advertisement among the want ads of the Palladium and Sun-Telegram. The cheapest and best paying advertising in the world is newspaper classified advertising and the users of Palladium and Sun-Telegram Want Ads agree with us that this paper's Want Ads. give far greater results than any other paper in the City of Richmond. When you consider that for a few pennies you can place an advertisement in the homes of over 5,000 families and thus, counting five to a family, the paper is read daily by over 25,000 people, the results must necessarily be greater than our charge of one cent per word would lead one to think. Resolve to call at each house or store in your district; your work will be liberally rewarded and you will receive advertisements enough to increase your vote considerably. If your name appears below and you are not credited with the largest number of votes in your district, make an effort today to bring to our office at least one ad and if you are willing to work, we have no doubt but that it will be possible for you to brinig at least one advertisement to our office each day during the remainder of the contest. If this is done, you will stand a very good show of winning the handsome prize which will be given in each district in which a contest is carried on. Remember, the contestant credited with the first $1 0.00 worth of ads receives a commission of 50 per cent or a prize of $5.00 for their efforts. This contest is not necessarily a small child's contest. Any boy or girl in school, in high school, or even in college, can participate. The older the contestant is, the greater their chances for success. The art of "want ad" soliciting is a business to which many men devote years of study and naturally the contestant experiences some set-backs. The way to win out in anything you undertake is to remember and act upon the old maxim, "If at first you don't succeed, try, try again," and it is just such boys and girls as this who are rewarded with success, not only in their first undertaking, but in their after life of business, so let us all make a new start today with the determination not only to be the successful one in this contest, but to make it a success in every undertaking in life. There is still an opportunity for anyone to enter the contest in the districts below and if the proper amount of energy is displayed in soliciting want ads there is a splendid chance for the last one entering to be the one to win out at the end. Anyone wishing to enter the contest now is entitled to 200 votes for the first ad brought to this office. Below is set forth the standing of the contestants in their respective district

DISTRICT NO. 1.

William Hilling, 1123 Sheridan ....240 Grace Rae Davis, 207 Sheridan 200 DISTRICT NO. 2, Floyd Flood, 137 Richmond Ave 210 DISTRICT NO. 3. May Weiss, 129 South 6th 320 Howard Siekman, 316 S. 6th 310 Bessie Smith, 17 S. 5th 210 Ida Corcoran. 17 South 4th 200 Elizabeth McElhany, 427 Main.... DISTRICT NO. 4. RusseH Parker, 207 South 11th 200 Henry Schneider, 226 South 9th... 200 Lee Genn, 120 South 10th 200 DISTRICT NO. 5. Russell Stout, 217 S. 13th .-...200

INDEPENDENCE CAY. Accord Inz to John Adams, It ShouIJ Be July 2. On the 3d of July, 1770, John Adams, then one of the representatives of Massachusetts in the Continental congress, wrote to his wife Abigail: "Yesterday the greatest question was decided which was ever debated ic America, and a greater perhaps never was nor will be decided among men." In a second letter, written the sain day, be said: "But the day is past. The 2d of July will be the most memorable vpucha in the history of America. I aui apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be com memorated as the day of deliverance by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with iK)inp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires and! illuminations from one end of this continent to the other from this time forward, forevermore." When the resolution was taken up on the 2d, all the states, except New York, voted to accept it. Thus, on the 2d day of July, 177C, the independence of the thirteen united colonies from the throne of Great Britain was definitely decided upon. The 2d, and nol the 4th, may be called the true date ol the separation. We could with propriety celebrate the Fourth two days earlier. That the participants In the work considered the 2d as the true date Is shown by the letters written by JoIil Adams, Quoted at the beginning of tbt article. The popular fancy, however, seized upon the 4th, the date of accept ance of Jefferson's more dramatic declaration of the reasons for the sepa ration, a3 the proper day to celebrate. The debate upon the document wacontinued until the 'afternoon of th 4th, and, says Jefferson, might have run on interminably at any other sea son of the year. But the weather wa oppressively warm, and the hall ii which the deputies rat was close to c stable, "whence the hungry file; swarmed thick and fierce, alighting or the legs of the delegates and bitin' hard through their thin ilk stockings Treason was preferable to discomfort,' and at last the delegates were brougti to such a state of mind as to agree t the Declaration without further amend ment. It Is a mistake to auppoae that tht document was signed by the delegates on that day. It is Improbable that any signing was done save by John Han cock, the president of the congress, and Charles Thomson, the secretary. Pau1 Leland Haworth in Harper's Maga fC rr9 rl For Indigestion. Relieves sour stomach palpitation of the heart. Digests what you eat Gold Medal Flow Is real economy.

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FACTORY'S PROSPECT GOOD Scott Stove Company of Cambridge Kept Busy. Cambridge City. Ccpt. 11. The Scott Stove and Furnace company is now In good working order with fine prospects for being kept busy for many months to come. They have recently closed a contract with the Krell French company of New Castle calling for a large amount of castings. They will probably secure a contract this week that mosns a steady run for several years, and an enlarged factory. INDIANA PATENTS. The following is a list of patents recently Issued to Indiana inventors, aa furnished by patent attorney, F. u. Walker. Reibold building. Dayton. O. H. Ashbaugh. Indianapolis, insulating coupling: E. H. B?.uer, Hammond, brakebcam fctrut rnd fulcrum; G. Cutter, South Bend, hanger for electric lamps; A. F. Decker, Evansville, tj-pewritirg machine: G. P. Dennis, Muncie. bottle: F. Croto, Evansville. automatic hcattng system; C. E. Keel. Indianapolis, lathe tool holder; C. Nickum. Logansport, machine for sharpening pencils: J. P. Reed, Muncie, trolley finder; G. F. Silvey,, Alexandria, gas generator; F. A. Vot, cheese cover; W. O. Worth, Evansville, spring suspension; P. V. Schoficld, Marion, bottle. Dobby walked rornd and rotrnfl the visitor and seemed to be Inspecting her from all sides. "Why do you look at me mo, Bobby ? said she. "Mamma said you wers two faced, but I can't find but one," said Bobby gravely.

Lombard Plums

One lot extra large Golden Elbertas, iinest in the city, 7:00 a. m. Saturday.

Phone 2292

DISTRICT NO. 7. Doris Shesler, 24 North 6th ..... .920 Rose Mercurio, 19 North 6th 450 Charles Morgan, 311 North 5th 200 DISTRICT NO. 8. Ernest McKay, 1028 Main 810 DISTRICT NO. 9. Eugene Hay, 402 N. 16th 220 Clarence Love, 229 North 18th 220 Russel Guyer, 15141 Main 200 Carl Sieweke, 1413 North B ...200 Geo. Pettibone, 409 North 16th 200 Paul Brown, 402 N. 17th DISTRICT NO. 10. Lida Hopping, 1322 North F .730 Ruth Davis, 818 North H 430 Frank Cummins, 800 North 12th 200 Willie Moss, 820 North H St Daniel Van Etten, 1108 N. I street Bryan Cooper, 916 N 12th William Stephen, 900 N. 12th

WANTED We will buy all the sugar corn and tomatoes brought to our cannery at $8.00 per ton. II. C. Bullerdick & Son 529 South Filth St. High Grade Furniture at tho Lowest Prices Call and Gilbert T. Dunham 627-629 Main St. G. WHELAN Wholesale and Retail Dealer In Grain, Hay, Mill Feed and Seeds 33 South 6th St. Home Phone 1679 Richmond Ind. CUT OUT RENT. Nice new house, 211 8. W. 3rd street. Reliable man can secure on monthly payments. See T. W. HADLEY. 25 baskets. 1-2 bushel, each -Fancy stock. $1.10 Hadley Bros.

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