I a J 1 j IPukhshed Every- jI j Friday I VOLUME a f 7 it5 XXIIVERNON l COUNTY KY FRIDAY JAN1 1809 < N12M j Tii 1u 0l d 1O8 IN 1 HISTORY A Brief but Comprehensive Review of the Tendenciesr of the Year Past For Busy Readers Who Want r to Be Well Informed By EDWIN S POTTER Editor Universal News Analysis Despite the Depression Republicans Retain Control Looking now calmly and dispassion ¬ ately back across the field of conflict ¬ ing interests and balancing forces which shaped the American presiden ¬ hal fflflpfgfl of 1908 one incontest able conclusion forces itself on the open mind It is that a majority of the people became convinced in one way or another that if Is better to- T lear the evils that they have than to fly > to others that they know not ofI anti to give the trust regulating poll eies of President Roosevelt a longer and fairer trial in the hands of his favorite adviser William Howard JTafr How the people became so minded is a question to which no an V fItl can bo found to suit all kinds of artisans The salient facts can how fever5 be recounted briefly and with historical impartiality On Jan 31 Was issued the challenge Of the dominant personality and offi ¬ cial of the party in power which was to determine in many ways the plans of battle of the different parties for the capture of the American electorate namely the message of President TUHSfivelt to congress advocating his program of radical legislation 4i On June 16 at Chicago the itepubtic ganvgQi > together They cheered foitjr when Chairman Lodge eulo jt Sized the president jud se tnddIth- ej Taft contestants The thoroughness of lu6jr > v Ktli ni caused It to be described as the iidmiuistration steam roller jf which Frank II Hitchcock was the engineer The only fight was on the jtburt injunction plank Samuel Goin vperjj head of the AF of L and other Bonders of organized labor confronted with numerous court decisions unfit vorable to their methods and facing njvorkers vopen for the party whose labor plank suited them best Despite the Varn hugs of the Oompers cabinet before the platform committee the plunk final ly adopted at Chicago was not to their liking Vita Cleave Cannon Crane I mid other Itepubliean leaders insisted upcm upholding the integrity of the courts bUt assorting that thr rules of injunction procedure be more accu rately defined by statute and that ni injunction should Issue without tile no tice except where irreparable ii jurj would icsult from delay William n Taft of Ohio was nominated for pvesL > ient on the first ballot and JaueS Jsherman of New York fQr vice pres thit OnJnly 7 nt Denver the national con vention of the Democrat parfj as sembled with the knowledge that an overwhelming majority of its delegates were pledged to the nomination ofWH Ham J > Bryan of Nebraska Tile big gathering broke jiH records for contiuu ouscheering when the blind Oklahoma senator Gore eulogized the Nebraskan fhe demonstration lasting eightyseven minutes Bryan was nominated on the first ballot although the names of Johnson and Gray were presented John W Kern of Indiana with the rap provaljpif Bryan was named for second place 1 As In the R <puhJl1H convention tlie main contest lund to do with the word > lug of the iijjunctlonor labor plank ot the platform Cioiapers was present and cave his assent to the plank finally agreed upon While asserting that the courts of justice are the bulwark of our liberty it demanded a modifica ¬ lroide direct contempt It declared against treating labor organizations as illegal combinations In restraint of trade fa ¬ vored the eight hour day and promised a general employers liability law Bryan at once Induced his executive committee to say that it would reject all corporate gifts would limit Individ ual donations to 10000 and would publish on Oct 15 and daily thereafter the names of givers oflOQ and tip i ward The final total published after4 75000con1tributors to work under the New publish names and jitors after the election Their funds totaled 1055818 tJ c Frank H Hitchcock who had engi ¬ neered the Tart canvass was chosen chairman of the Republican national I committee and George IL Sheldon wns made treasurer TheDemocrats elecj- v ed Norman JLMack theBufTalo new s paper proprietor n8 their national chairman and Governor Haskell of0k < lahoaia as holder l lhe purse >Whel 4 Treasurer iHaskell resigned his place J q8C Ja iarathtj Lt 3 JUa Alwa > j elt r v 5 iitT r < J i v t Ivnu I ROOKOASTLE Important YorkllJwandI was filled by HerinauIIIMacr editor of the New York StaatsXeituugr July 2S at iuuciihuiutfitft delivered his speech of acciijitaiice lie raudj accepted the roIotfmetoo by de feuding the RpOseyltpoJcies Jn their eutIret andcxpIaiulifhat 111s wbrli If elected wouldidie iotcjirryon thoite reforms in detail s> Aug 12llt LincU1i4NiI Bryan was notified of his nouimtiutand Bounded the keynote qtIiicattiiaiguu in lh qucstioq baljhj lItirnIC In subsequent speetihchepgave great prouiineace to thejuiink guaranty plan to the popular elet0h fenatoits and to campaign puliH yfrberbrei election He made a SEecJa J1or the labor vote on the njuIlUon plank He would destroy aJMusts controlling over 50 per cent uusttj Regarding the deprjsIon as the be ¬ ginning of the breagKijvn of the cap- italist ¬ system and ming the army of idle worlcersasjHc 1i WSet the So ¬ cialists of Amerlcaj viit into the cam paign with betteryjtiis than ever before On May1OljeSocialist con- vention met at QfilSago < For the first time the Soclali t lv QtAmerica af firmed their positionionjspeclfic ques ¬ tions of policy Tlie cpnvent5on nom ¬ inated on the firsttbiiI t unanimously Eugene V Debs fOfipresldeutan Ben ¬ jamin Hanford fqr y president the same ticket put r TJy the Socialists in 1904 V The ProhibitionistSjrcpnscious of the great strides theirivSiuse had made on the local option issuIu many states nominated Eugenef pnaflii of Illi nois and Aaron S Watkins of Ohio July 13 at ColumbusK on a plat- form containing mariy nulical propos- als ¬ besides tl1atnSins7 fethe sale or manufacture On July 118 at Cbicathe first na ¬ tional I convention pf ihjludepeadenec party outgrowth l C organ ¬ ized by Editor Henr4n13ined Thomas L Hisgen of Massachusetts and John Temple Graves of G rgion a pUtt form containing most ofltiuo radical Ideas of the Deraocratsand some more radical Opposition to Bryan Wtls Its keynote V TIle Peoples party April 8 at St Louis again named Thomas E Watson of Georgia as its standard bearer along with S W Wllllairi f Jndfiimv al though it not put a ticket up In all of the states On Sept 15 at ColumbusrO Hearst stirred up the hitherto calm current of the campaign by reading1 into his speech tile fitstlJcton Aeries of delters which ca JJf11o tbe panyandVil tivities of various imbue Wc notably Forakerr Builey MacLiVtitiu Slnley certain PennsylvaniU udges and ex Governor Stone who urged to ap point them Most of pthe loiters were written by Vice President Arehbold ol the trust and contained divers certif cates of deposit for large sums of money At the same 2UQ1e Hearst re petted the story of theialleged attempt to bribe former Attorney General Mon n11ocrnhc was nc pr ji branch of the Standartl Foraker egnlI once withdrew from the canipalgi the president issued a hot statement condemning the Ohioan and gave out i an old letter showing how Taft hal re- fused to deal with Foraker then 1tm j pared this course to that Of Bryaniand Haskell Bryan replied acInnndingft hearIng for Ilaskcll and hen ehsiieda bitter verbal duel on grspnal and party Issues Haskeli resigned but i nulPont I tfaft names of contributors tiefdre electiotj would be to Invite unfair ami partisan criticism of candidates ff- Gompers appealed tp iall unlgnin the A F ofL to give mqrafaiid lana clal support to Bryan SpfcakerXJaunon was the special target of tiziGornpera battery and CaimonJsur < beejino JJt national issue many caudldatasif t congress being pledged agains Q dunoii Its tho next speaker On Nov 3 the voters of the nations had their say The extent of fthe fle publican victory can be bestreinirP ib red by tue statement that Taft ni fled every state that Roosevelt YdjpfiJ 1904 except Nebraska Colorado and Nevada Furthermore Taft Inv dtrc tile solid south with small plurallffe in JMaryland and Missouri andi large gains in other southern states gl popular vote stood Taft 7fi377G Bryan G3931S2 Debs 447Ci510hafiriv 1 A1 OHO mcrrnu Ot 1Ort TUnf > > Sl1 totil11JS52230 rnory Harmoi1 In Ohio Marsiialiin ln diana and Johnson in lnnn sot < i Taflt paptured the Democratic stropghbld pf jfew York city The Republicarirma otr fly in congress was reduced to i7 the total being 219 and the o1iPffi cratic 172 The senates Republican complexion was unchanged X > i The early months of the long espjon of congress were devoted chIeflyto4he i9fa measure finally went throughtheenV tate Mar 1i 28 despite the alt lilgnlf ilf buster of La FoIlettCi to propltjfate whom the railroad bond featur hnd been cut out La Follette nanied dn oligarchy of fourteen wealtliy tujpH who he said actually ruled fiena tlonv The Vreeland bill ln> wBich Tearing house associations were mage tbWns j compromise between that and rIcIi bills with provision fo II t comnmissIfiui to report on perl13t j forms was adopted by bothl and signed by the president V Binder the preimlulentsiirothngjiE A I ontinuedoniounh p ti o o X theT4 Kind You Have AhHfel + tl f DUO D REA D Dr OO Stone has returned from a thr e weeks stay in Virginia andlTennessee7MiS5tkSs i spent several das here with Miss Ini later part of last week Mr and Mrs Spraule and children of Paris spent a portionoflast week in WilHniM uK and oi thei- rr urn honie stopped off here for a few oas to seeMr and Mrs F Futiicisjco is IMi has returned to her home in Lincoln county after a three vetks say here the guest of Mu Carrie Frith Your humble t servant hd thflilmlr as well as the pleasure ofe un g turkey on Christmas with our good friend H a Tharp Covers reaid ft r eight and the enuewas fine Certainly glad to have beep there Henry andalt I wmtto return is just hint ofan invitataion Miss Emma Tatum of Rt leys is visiting friends and relatives here Miss Elizabeth Tharp will leave Sunday for a two weeks stay In Danville as the guests of Misses Georgia and Elizabeth Vermillion Ro > Minks of Moreland spent Xmas here with his cousin Miss Beitve Hicks Misses Susie Ethel and John Eva Hilton of Stanford were the guest of their aunt Mrs Susie B Cherry during the hollidays Walter Miller of Leba I non Junction is spending a fev lays with his family here R Wilmottand John r Pike were up from Lebanon Junction and spent a portion of the week hereMrs Emerson Rice of Lebanon Jet was here during tile holidays to see hetI lather and mother Mr nd G E iPainter > v Miss Ada Weslev of Liberty is spendiqg a- grandmnthtr lewiyeeKs4wih hifJ Mrs M S Durham RevS and Mrs C C Wilsonsare r te visiting in Lncoln county this weekLr O 0 Store attended the Leap Year dance at the Crab Orchard springs Wednesday night Miss 0 irrie Cramof Lexington is the charming visitor of Mrs J W TateW T Brooks came up from Brooks Station to spend Xmas with his family hereQuite a crowd from Mt Vernon witnessed Josiah Perkis Courtship at the opera house Christmasnight among them were Mr and Mrs 0 D Sutton Misses Eva Fish Jennie Davis Montye Martin Messrs Burdette and Willis McKenzie Jno Pith Tucker Bowling Willie McEee Jas Beaty FL Thompson Jr Robert Harry Miller O V Jarrett Cha C Davis and others Mr and Mrs Robert Hicks and children or Copper Creek spent the holidays with Rev and Mrs A J PikeGeorge M Frith ard Frank McClary are at home from Berea to spend XmasMrs Susie B Cherry is visiting her sister Mrs Harry Hilton at Sanford Miss Bettye Hicks spent Saturday andSunday with M iss Jennie Davis aX Mt Vernon r Miss Matte Wilmott is at home from Williamsburg where she has beenatschoolO G Wilmott of <noxville Tenn B R Willmott Of Lebanon Junction Ky R G w illmptt of Nepton Ky Mr and Mrs G W Brooks and Miss Mattie Wilott of Williamsburg Mrs Arch Bro nand children of orbin R L Slatbr Miss Liza Yaprer and Mr Thomas McRoberts if Indiana were among the ones who were very royal I entertained yMrs ME WJlmottduringtbe holidayThos McRoberts of Indiana is here for a few days the guests of his sister Mrs T G- PtIthThe post office was moved stoday jl its new quarters on Main Str and it is one any town should Q proud of and Postmaster Robins jkohe ngTatulat don his efforts taplease the people icirlu1 ndlinK ttJnyeSamsbusiriess in our town + At the I annual elcection of hfStersot Brodhead Lodge No 566 npyiSt A Al > Iast Saturday the fpllbVinff rswere elected p5HWE Gravley Master f Fred Lr 1 Durham Senior Worden jJuiiantBbrders Junior Wcrden A- tM HiattSecv J Thomas Cherry reasblvan Borders t Senior a 4fij Oeacon MB Bowline juriibr peacon vJofiti Sigman Tyler T Sunday school entertainment iF < > EDWARD R GENTRY Whose announcement as a candidate for Superintendent of Schools ap pears in this issue > QIashe is familiarly called is one of Rcckcas ties very brightest young men and is recognized as one of the countys best teachers 7S 7 V nn at the Chiistian church on Xmas Eve night The pMavat opera bouse by Brodhead Dramatic Club on andlheb ic lterfwrel1I Orus Bovvers havea 1lrs S urday JanQ 1909 She sale i cojvand a bi Jotof1 f > JJT hbuseholdand kitchen iuruitnre Inimedeately after the sale she j will leave for Oklahoma We notice the Quail correspond- ent ¬ is fighting Rural Free Delivery of mail and we can assure you that be has never lived on a rural route or he would be a hearty supporter of R F Ds He says they will get their mail a day later which is a mistake Howmany people at Quail get tbimail five days late why a gooily number of them A man woman or child who would not favor R F D must either live in a town or city Is it not better to have your mail deliveredat your door daily than to have to go to the pest office whkh is four miles away through the mudand rain Come agari Quail < An earthquake has caused heavy loss of lite and widespread destruct ¬ Jon of property in Southwestern Italy The city of Messina has been almost destroyed and Cantania was overwhelmed by a tidal wave The gravest news also has been from the province of Reggio where the earthquake wrought great havoc Details however are lacking EASY TO MIX THIS What will apbear very interesting to many people here is the article taken from a NewYork daily pa- per ¬ giving a simple prescription which is said to be positive rem edy for backache or kidney or bladder derangement if taken be fore the stage of Brights disease Fluid Extract Dandelion one halfounce Compound Karg none ouace CompoundSyrup of Sarsa parilla three ounce Shake well in spoonfuldc time A well known druggist here at home when aSKed regarding this prescription stated that the in ¬ gredients are all harmless and can be obtained at asmall cost from any good pharmacy or the mixture would be put up if asked to do so He further stated that while this prescription is often prescriedin rheutnatio afflictions with splendid results he could see no reason why it would not be a splendidremedy for kidney and urinary troubles and backache as it has a peculiar action upon the kidney structiie cleansing these nost important or gans and helping them tosift and filter fom the blopd the foul acids and waste matter which cause sickness and suffering Those of our readers who suffer can make no misiake by giving it a tria Sold bo Chas C Davis O STQRAo Bea a ty KlcatlavaAlwzysBouglt- re e a 4 IJJEVEL GREEN c Christmas passed ofFquietjy here everyone seemingly eujoyed them selves but there are none of us grateful as we should be to an las Providence tor giving us com fort and allowing the many i t tle es we enjoy from one year to another Miss Vira De Board of I this place and Lafayette AndcrTiin of Wildie were married at the home of the bride Thursday last RevS D i R Gentryoift iatipJ Miss DeBord was one ofthe countys foremost inI that calling tor nine years Mr Anderkin is one of Rockcastles noble young men and all who know him speak in the highest terms ofI his gentlemanly inanjpers and thai acter They will reside at Level I Green this winter Here is hoping that their fnture will be happy prosperous and contented J R L Brown of Somerset spent Xmas holidays with home folk3L 2 this place ThejChristian chub at thirplace bas secured Jtlie serI j of Rev John Todd of Wood tock for the enstyng yibar Tbe Rev Todd is an able clentious mInister apd ever one are glad towelcome him as their leader Mr Woodby who moved to > Lafollette Tenn last spriughas re > turned to the Hamlin fattnVni- am j J Brown purchased from Chas i Herrin a milch cow for 2500 S Bill has moved to Egypt his old i toI rs not be molested by the h ool of the 1 owl or the trains of the nigihKn gale The farmersof this com mu nity are taking advantage of the beautiful Weather and preparing corn ground and buildiug fences Granville Hurst son of William Hurst who has been confined to S his bed for several weeks from if pneumonia isyrn proving and 11- 15physithtisas he will soon beoutc Mrs Nancy Owens of Liuiugston i is visiting her m6tberr Aunt7ent nie Todd of this place j x I Christmas was celebrated at the Chaffifcl by a nice Xinas rel and j appropriate recitations by the child ren Mr DanjBrown of Misspurf bnt formally ofthis county is visit ing relatives and friends at this placek 2 I WISE COtlNCIl FROM I TiESOIJTFI dIv j back and kidtfey Irpuble1 says ji t R Bjankenshipr of Beck TEnnr I have proved to ant absolute cer- tainty > that Electrc Bitters will pos itielycure this distressing cphdi tion The ffrst bottle gave me treat moreI uretr recommond thfs retil dY1 QOh1sJblDavl < r + t r I a i t < I < C s I7 JS 3 io r pA 7 xr UQ BAKEI4 Pres M B SALIN CASHIER P 1JCImJR rV pros F L THOMPSON JR AS R rEfIEATJ Vei s JtimiE L W BEH RUMtJA neyi = t p CAPITAL 2000000 < ft VERNON KY DEC 5 laps vi DearSh xf f > tit r w M l The Peoples Bank viiicli has been doing a verysuc capitalizecla120O0000 J0T It has erected wi w building on Main Street of Mt Vernon ft that is by fay the be ta1dmstomm9dious building in theio L town rto say nothing l Ci The lioldei Qk hex sthAkiu tlik Bank are all citizens vj of this comity < a c considered among the leading busf1f r ness men ofEastern Kentf lirrfll Directors are all meitJfe j of sterling business qualine tions and unquestioned l and integrity V honestYl rNeWIU have out opiiing in the new building alt 1903 and you are hereby extended cordial invitation to be with u > on that day rind it would be gratifying to thfc ofi yg rf eelS of the institution if you could make it convenient to depositc n CL and be with usatthiSiOjpening see our new building and Sp9nd ppiai1t diy Wining yotia merry Christmas and a happy and pros perous new eariW are Very respeatlully yours d ° 5 PEOPLES BANK 5 < c4 By Prt BAKER Presr ccjc- Is T nUjm nmmmmmmmttISnjmmmmmmmmmmm AT1YERNflN D BET DO PRaGTIGAb 3 W1DERTIKERSIS FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND EIBLE1S = MU Vernon Ky 3 CtbUCH RHETALIC CASKETS Coffins and Robes = i d Ernijalintn will have cliarge otthatine J k dTKfbr the company M vre w vabtaflpointsL AB FRilHWH KRUEGER Pnone Proprietors 1UUUU11U UUUHUUUUH1UU IUUfUU1UIUI1 HllU1U 1UU f v t F The OM Reliable I rv j C Most aiiy Drug dr Patent Medicine you EeetcI ell 3fl ill the SIGNAL cnn be found at fiFO RBLIABLE nI j 5 str Drug jtOle In the count v f S11 C DAVIS < j ir South Side Main Street l- I MT VERNON Y IH ii J c C 1k Our line of Couch Uask ts is nexcellecT naud IIml Cofllnmifui rnshkt Hearse sent to all t s oJtl the county tf iiA II Orders by Wire PrOmptly Filled ViA IL LPhone 94S Ml VERNON KY- It 7 4 s S 1 vSliltl k c jt g l GonvenienqfeM the Saving Ii g Vrf T TV i Maayper4ousrJceep their money here a S K y vLvi i vestmont because the risk bf loaning lorn ted As an investment jrou can comput j e ra ely Snuallamnotimits may be addc aCcoiyit offers a profitable means lidle a waitlfig invest inent Yoj entire amoflnt at any time are always welu ne hero bank As bOltowefj n as you can save from r larrate of interest 01 i you will call at the b THEBAI OTc7 t1I- J tt I 4- i rck Nathariiel Butler 5 tally burntlat Wi iryitig tkr Lre tbt hcaiight rL 1 iiw 1 t- Wr 1 I r1