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1O8 IN1 HISTORY

A Brief but Comprehensive

Review of the

Tendenciesrof the Year Past For

Busy Readers Who Want

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By EDWIN S POTTEREditor Universal News Analysis

Despite the DepressionRepublicans Retain Control

Looking now calmly and dispassion ¬

ately back across the field of conflict ¬

ing interests and balancing forceswhich shaped the American presiden ¬

hal fflflpfgfl of 1908 one incontestable conclusion forces itself on theopen mind It is that a majority ofthe people became convinced in oneway or another that if Is better to-

T lear the evils that they have than tofly

> to others that they know not ofIanti to give the trust regulating polleies of President Roosevelt a longerand fairer trial in the hands of hisfavorite adviser William HowardJTafr How the people became sominded is a question to which no an

V fItl can bo found to suit all kinds ofartisans The salient facts can howfever5 be recounted briefly and withhistorical impartiality

On Jan 31 Was issued the challengeOf the dominant personality and offi ¬

cial of the party in power which wasto determine in many ways the plansof battle of the different parties forthe capture of the American electorate

namely the message of PresidentTUHSfivelt to congress advocating hisprogram of radical legislation

4i On June 16 at Chicago the itepubticganvgQi > together They cheered foitjr

when Chairman Lodge eulojtSized the president jud se tnddIth-ej Taft contestants The thoroughness of

lu6jr > v Ktli ni caused It to be describedas the iidmiuistration steam rollerjf which Frank II Hitchcock was theengineer The only fight was on the

jtburt injunction plank Samuel Goinvperjj head of the AF of L and otherBonders of organized labor confrontedwith numerous court decisions unfitvorable to their methods and facingnjvorkers

vopen for the partywhose labor planksuited them best Despite the Varnhugs of the Oompers cabinet beforethe platform committee the plunk finally adopted at Chicago was not to theirliking Vita Cleave Cannon Crane

I mid other Itepubliean leaders insistedupcm upholding the integrity of thecourts bUt assorting that thr rules ofinjunction procedure be more accurately defined by statute and that niinjunction should Issue without tile notice except where irreparable ii jurjwould icsult from delay William nTaft of Ohio was nominated for pvesL

> ient on the first ballot and JaueSJsherman of New York fQr vice presthit

OnJnly 7 nt Denver the national convention of the Democrat parfj assembled with the knowledge that anoverwhelming majority of its delegateswere pledged to the nomination ofWHHam J> Bryan of Nebraska Tile biggathering broke jiH records for contiuuouscheering when the blind Oklahomasenator Gore eulogized the Nebraskanfhe demonstration lasting eightysevenminutes Bryan was nominated on thefirst ballot although the names ofJohnson and Gray were presentedJohn W Kern of Indiana with the rapprovaljpif Bryan was named for secondplace 1

As In the R <puhJl1H convention tliemain contest lund to do with the word >

lug of the iijjunctlonor labor plank otthe platform Cioiapers was presentand cave his assent to the plank finallyagreed upon While asserting that thecourts of justice are the bulwark of

our liberty it demanded a modifica ¬lroidedirect contempt It declared againsttreating labor organizations as illegalcombinations In restraint of trade fa ¬

vored the eight hour day and promiseda general employers liability law

Bryan at once Induced his executivecommittee to say that it would rejectall corporate gifts would limit Individual donations to 10000 and wouldpublish on Oct 15 and daily thereafterthe names of givers oflOQ and tip iward The final total published after4

75000con1tributorsto work under the Newpublish names and

jitors after the election Their fundstotaled 1055818 tJ

c Frank H Hitchcock who had engi ¬

neered the Tart canvass was chosenchairman of the Republican national

I committee and George IL Sheldon wnsmade treasurer TheDemocrats elecj-

v ed Norman JLMack theBufTalo new spaper proprietor n8 their nationalchairman and Governor Haskell of0k<lahoaia as holder l lhe purse >Whel 4Treasurer iHaskell resigned his place

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was filled by HerinauIIIMacr editor ofthe New York StaatsXeituugr

July 2S at iuuciihuiutfitft deliveredhis speech of acciijitaiice lie raudjaccepted the roIotfmetoo by defeuding the RpOseyltpoJcies Jn theireutIret andcxpIaiulifhat 111s wbrliIf elected wouldidie iotcjirryon thoitereforms in detail s>

Aug 12llt LincU1i4NiI Bryan wasnotified of his nouimtiutand Boundedthe keynote qtIiicattiiaiguu in lhqucstioq baljhj lItirnIC Insubsequent speetihchepgave greatprouiineace to thejuiink guaranty planto the popular elet0h fenatoits andto campaign puliH yfrberbrei electionHe made a SEecJa J1or the laborvote on the njuIlUon plank Hewould destroy aJMusts controllingover 50 per cent uusttj

Regarding the deprjsIon as the be¬

ginning of the breagKijvn of the cap-italist

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system and ming the armyof idle worlcersasjHc 1i WSet the So ¬

cialists of Amerlcaj viit into the campaign with betteryjtiis than everbefore On May1OljeSocialist con-

vention met at QfilSago< For the first

time the Soclali t lv QtAmerica affirmed their positionionjspeclfic ques ¬

tions of policy Tlie cpnvent5on nom ¬

inated on the firsttbiiI t unanimouslyEugene V Debs fOfipresldeutan Ben ¬

jamin Hanford fqr y president thesame ticket put r TJy the Socialists in1904 V

The ProhibitionistSjrcpnscious of thegreat strides theirivSiuse had made onthe local option issuIu many statesnominated Eugenef pnaflii of Illinois and Aaron S Watkins of OhioJuly 13 at ColumbusK on a plat-form containing mariy nulical propos-als

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besides tl1atnSins7 fethe sale ormanufacture

On July 118 at Cbicathe first na¬

tional I convention pf ihjludepeadenecparty outgrowth l C organ ¬

ized by Editor Henr4n13ined ThomasL Hisgen of Massachusetts and JohnTemple Graves of G rgion a pUttform containing most ofltiuo radicalIdeas of the Deraocratsand some moreradical Opposition to Bryan Wtls Itskeynote V

TIle Peoples party April 8 at StLouis again named Thomas E Watsonof Georgia as its standard bearer alongwith S W Wllllairi f Jndfiimv although it not put a ticket up Inall of the states

On Sept 15 at ColumbusrO Hearststirred up the hitherto calm current ofthe campaign by reading1 into hisspeech tile fitstlJcton Aeries of

delters which ca JJf11o tbepanyandViltivities of various imbue Wc notablyForakerr Builey MacLiVtitiu Slnleycertain PennsylvaniU udges and exGovernor Stone who urged to appoint them Most ofpthe loiters werewritten by Vice President Arehbold olthe trust and contained divers certifcates of deposit for large sums ofmoney At the same2UQ1e Hearst repetted the story of theialleged attemptto bribe former Attorney General Mon

n11ocrnhcwas nc pr jibranch of the Standartl ForakeregnlIonce withdrew from the canipalgithe president issued a hot statementcondemning 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 BryaniandHaskell Bryan replied acInnndingfthearIng for Ilaskcll and hen ehsiiedabitter verbal duel on grspnal andparty Issues Haskeli resigned but i

nulPontItfaftnames of contributors tiefdre electiotjwould be to Invite unfair ami partisancriticism of candidates ff-

Gompers appealed tp iall unlgninthe A F ofL to give mqrafaiid lanaclal support to Bryan SpfcakerXJaunonwas the special target of tiziGornperabattery and CaimonJsur < beejino JJtnational issue many caudldatasif tcongress being pledged againsQdunoiiIts tho next speaker

On Nov 3 the voters of the nationshad their say The extent of fthe flepublican victory can be bestreinirP

ib red by tue statement that Taft nifled every state that Roosevelt YdjpfiJ1904 except Nebraska Colorado andNevada Furthermore Taft Inv dtrc

tile solid south with small plurallffein JMaryland and Missouri andi largegains in other southern states glpopular vote stood Taft 7fi377GBryan G3931S2 Debs 447Ci510hafiriv1 A1 OHO mcrrnu Ot 1Ort TUnf > > Sl1

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Harmoi1 In Ohio Marsiialiin lndiana and Johnson in lnnnsot < iTafltpaptured the Democratic stropghbld pfjfew York city The Republicarirma otrfly in congress was reduced to i7the total being 219 and the o1iPfficratic 172 The senates Republicancomplexion was unchanged X > i

The early months of the long espjonof congress were devoted chIeflyto4hei9fameasure finally went throughtheenVtate Mar 1i 28 despite the alt lilgnlf ilfbuster of La FoIlettCi to propltjfatewhom the railroad bond featur hndbeen cut out La Follette nanied dnoligarchy of fourteen wealtliy tujpH

who he said actually ruled fienatlonv The Vreeland bill ln>wBichTearing house associations were magetbWnsj compromise between that and

rIcIi bills with provision fo IIt comnmissIfiui to report on perl13tj forms was adopted by bothl

and signed by the president V

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A I ontinuedoniounh p tio o XtheT4 Kind You Have AhHfel

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DUO D REA D

Dr OO Stone has returnedfrom a thr e weeks stay in Virginia

andlTennessee7MiS5tkSsi spent several das here with MissInilater part of last weekMr and Mrs Spraule and childrenof Paris spent a portionoflast weekin WilHniM uK and oi thei-rr urn honie stopped off here for afew oas to seeMr and Mrs FFutiicisjco

isIMihas returnedto her home in Lincoln county aftera three vetks say here the guestof Mu Carrie Frith Your humbletservant hd thflilmlr as well as thepleasure ofe un g turkey onChristmas with our good friend Ha Tharp Covers reaid ft reight and the enuewas fineCertainly glad to have beep there

Henry andalt I wmtto returnis just hint ofan invitataionMiss Emma Tatum of Rt leys isvisiting friends and relatives here

Miss Elizabeth Tharp will leaveSunday for a two weeks stay InDanville as the guests of MissesGeorgia and Elizabeth Vermillion

Ro > Minks of Moreland spentXmas here with his cousin MissBeitve Hicks Misses Susie Etheland John Eva Hilton of Stanfordwere the guest of their aunt MrsSusie B Cherry during thehollidays Walter Miller ofLeba I

non Junction is spending a fevlays with his family here RWilmottand John r Pike were upfrom Lebanon Junction and spenta portion of the week hereMrsEmerson Rice of Lebanon Jet washere during tile holidays to see hetIlather and mother Mr ndG E iPainter > v

Miss Ada Weslev of Liberty isspendiqg a-

grandmnthtrlewiyeeKs4wih hifJ

Mrs M S DurhamRevS and Mrs C C Wilsonsare

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visiting in Lncoln county thisweekLr O 0 Store attendedthe Leap Year dance at the CrabOrchard springs Wednesday night

Miss 0 irrie Cramof Lexingtonis the charming visitor of Mrs JW TateW T Brooks came upfrom Brooks Station to spend Xmaswith his family hereQuite acrowd from Mt Vernon witnessed

Josiah Perkis Courtship at theopera house Christmasnight amongthem were Mr and Mrs 0 D

Sutton Misses Eva Fish JennieDavis Montye Martin MessrsBurdette and Willis McKenzie JnoPith Tucker Bowling WillieMcEee Jas Beaty F L ThompsonJr Robert Harry Miller O VJarrett Cha C Davis and others

Mr and Mrs Robert Hicks andchildren or Copper Creek spentthe holidays with Rev and MrsA J PikeGeorge M Frith ardFrank McClary are at home fromBerea to spend XmasMrs SusieB Cherry is visiting her sisterMrs Harry Hilton at SanfordMiss Bettye Hicks spent SaturdayandSunday with M iss Jennie DavisaX Mt Vernonr Miss Matte Wilmott is at homefrom Williamsburg where she hasbeenatschoolO G Wilmott of<noxville Tenn B R WillmottOf Lebanon Junction Ky R Gw illmptt of Nepton Ky Mr andMrs G W Brooks and MissMattie Wilott of WilliamsburgMrs Arch Bro nand children of

orbin R L Slatbr Miss LizaYaprer and Mr Thomas McRobertsif Indiana were among the oneswho were very royal I entertainedyMrs ME WJlmottduringtbe

holidayThos McRoberts ofIndiana is here for a few days theguests of his sister Mrs T G-

PtIthThe post office was movedstoday jl its new quarters on Main

Str and it is one any town shouldQ proud of and Postmaster Robinsjkohe ngTatulat don his effortstaplease the people icirlu1 ndlinKttJnyeSamsbusiriess in our town

+At the I annual elcection ofhfStersot Brodhead Lodge No 566npyiSt A Al > Iast Saturday thefpllbVinff rswere electedp5HWE Gravley Master

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Lr 1 Durham Senior WordenjJuiiantBbrders Junior Wcrden A-

tM HiattSecv J Thomas Cherry

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Oeacon MB Bowline juriibrpeacon vJofiti Sigman TylerT Sunday school entertainment

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EDWARD R GENTRYWhose announcement as a candidate for Superintendent of Schools appears in this issue > QIashe is familiarly called is one of Rcckcasties very brightest young men and is recognized as one of the countysbest teachers 7S 7 V

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at the Chiistian church on XmasEve night The pMavat operabouse by Brodhead Dramatic Clubon andlheb ic

lterfwrel1IOrus Bovvers havea

1lrs S urday JanQ 1909 Shesale i cojvand a bi Jotof1

f > JJThbuseholdand kitchen iuruitnreInimedeately after the sale she

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is fighting Rural Free Deliveryof mail and we can assure you thatbe has never lived on a rural routeor he would be a hearty supporterof R F Ds He says they willget their mail a day later which isa mistake Howmany people atQuail get tbimail five days latewhy a gooily number of them Aman woman or child who wouldnot favor R F D must either livein a town or city Is it not betterto have your mail deliveredatyour door daily than to have togo to the pest office whkh is fourmiles away through the mudandrain Come agari Quail <

An earthquake has caused heavyloss of lite and widespread destruct ¬

Jon of property in SouthwesternItaly The city of Messina has beenalmost destroyed and Cantaniawas overwhelmed by a tidal waveThe gravest news also has beenfrom the province of Reggiowhere the earthquake wroughtgreat havoc Details however arelacking

EASY TO MIX THISWhat will apbear very interesting

to many people here is the articletaken from a NewYork daily pa-per

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giving a simple prescriptionwhich is said to be positive remedy for backache or kidney orbladder derangement if taken before the stage of Brights disease

Fluid Extract Dandelion onehalfounce Compound Karg noneouace CompoundSyrup of Sarsaparilla three ounce Shake well in

spoonfuldctime

A well known druggist here athome when aSKed regarding thisprescription stated that the in ¬

gredients are all harmless and canbe obtained at asmall cost from anygood pharmacy or the mixturewould be put up if asked to do soHe further stated that while thisprescription is often prescriedinrheutnatio afflictions with splendidresults he could see no reason whyit would not be a splendidremedyfor kidney and urinary troublesand backache as it has a peculiaraction upon the kidney structiiecleansing these nost important organs and helping them tosift andfilter fom the blopd the foul acidsand waste matter which causesickness and suffering Those ofour readers who suffer can makeno misiake by giving it a triaSold bo Chas C Davis

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Christmas passed ofFquietjy hereeveryone seemingly eujoyed themselves but there are none of us

grateful as we should be to an

las Providence tor giving uscom fort and allowing the many

i t tle es we enjoy from one yearto another Miss Vira De Board of

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this place and Lafayette AndcrTiinof Wildie were married at the homeof the bride Thursday last RevS D iR Gentryoift iatipJ Miss DeBordwas one ofthe countys foremostinIthat calling tor nine years MrAnderkin is one of Rockcastlesnoble young men and all who knowhim speak in the highest terms ofIhis gentlemanly inanjpers and thaiacter They will reside at Level

IGreen this winter Here is hopingthat their fnture will be happyprosperous and contented J

R L Brown of Somerset spentXmas holidays with home folk3L 2this place ThejChristian chubat thirplace bas secured Jtlie serI

j of Rev John Todd of Woodtock for the enstyng yibar Tbe

Rev Todd is an able clentiousmInister apd ever one are gladtowelcome him as their leaderMr Woodby who moved to >

Lafollette Tenn last spriughas re >

turned to the Hamlin fattnVni-am

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Herrin a milch cow for 2500 S

Bill has moved to Egypt his old itoIrsnot be molested by the hool of the 1

owl or the trains of the nigihKngale The farmersof this com munity are taking advantage of thebeautiful Weather and preparingcorn ground and buildiug fences

Granville Hurst son of WilliamHurst who has been confined to S

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pneumonia isyrn proving and 11-

15physithtisas he will soon beoutcMrs Nancy Owens of Liuiugston

i is visiting her m6tberr Aunt7entnie Todd of this place

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I Christmas was celebrated at theChaffifcl by a nice Xinas rel and j

appropriate recitations by the children Mr DanjBrown of Misspurfbnt formally ofthis county is visiting relatives and friends at thisplacek 2

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WISE COtlNCIl FROMI TiESOIJTFIdIvj back and kidtfey Irpuble1 says ji tR Bjankenshipr of Beck TEnnrI have proved to ant absolute cer-

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It has erected wi w building on Main Street of Mt Vernon ftthat is by fay the be ta1dmstomm9dious building in theio

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Ci The lioldei Qk hex sthAkiu tlik Bank are all citizensvj of this comity < a c considered among the leading busf1fr ness men ofEastern Kentf lirrfll Directors are all meitJfej of sterling business qualine tions and unquestioned

l and integrity V honestYlrNeWIU have out opiiing in the new building

alt 1903 and you are hereby extended cordial invitation tobe 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 todepositc nCL

and be with usatthiSiOjpening see our new building andSp9nd ppiai1t diy

Wining yotia merry Christmas and a happy and prosperous new eariW are

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