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THE COURIER-JOURNAL, LOUISVILLE, SATURDAY- MORNING, -SEPTEMBER 26, 1914. 4 1 PROHIBITION CAMPAIGN Hell Breaks Loose Again! time Judge Benton has been- called upon to pass sentence under the new pistol Jaw. LOUISVILLE DAT. Grins and Groans SHOT IN HEAD BY ASSASSIN ynbLUhod ZtAXLT ASO BUHBAX policies to meet a new Christendom, with a few Pagans on the side. That we shall not control, if we do not occupy, ail the territory lying betwixt the Rio Grande and the Isthmus of Panama, is inconceivable to any statesmanship worthy of tiro name.

Nor is this all. If we do not it will be only a question of. time when the Canal the biggest undertaking and enterprise of modern times will cease to be. ours doubt $5,000 a year is an ample salary for the 'Auditor of the-District Supreme Court, arid that being true, it is no credit to the Congress of tho United States that he should have been permitted to receive three times that amount annually for a long period of years. At that it Is "better late than never" and Representative Johnson is to be an bit of pruning.

Ail public officers should be placed on a salary which represents just compensation for the services rendered. If the office is too insignificant or its duties not sufficiently onerous to Justify the payment of a salary, then it ought to be abolished and its work transferred to some other official. "Sir Lionel Carden is not witness whom the average American would care to accept offhand without a few grains of salt. But much that we know and all that we conjecture tend to corroborate his gloomy view ox Mexican conditions. The country is In a state of anarchy.

To get rid of the United States there is a lull In the faction-lighting and a weak pretense of peace. But it is only on the surface and It will not last. The Administration may stand oft the country with the appearance of quiet across the Rio But it is only a question of time and of a very short time when hell will break loose again. The savage Indian tribes are still therei the professional, brigand fighters are there; and the riscally, cutthroat corporations are al-Tvays around." (Courier-Journal. I.

If the situation in Mexico were not so serious, it would be laughable. As it is we are almost ready to cry through sheer vexation over the lost opportunities. Whilst differing with the President from start to finish if the proposed withdrawal of the troops from Vera Cruz may be called by that name the Courier-Journal has at no point sought to embarrass the Administration. We readily concede the excellent intention and entire sincerity of its proceeding. But it remains our opinion that it started out on a mistaken lead to follow a false trail.

The refusal to recognize Huerta was in itself a kind of intervention and carried with it certain implied respon-sibiltieB. The President interpreted the country aright when he made lip his mind to avoid war. But he Interpreted the Mexicans awrong when he assumed that they ore capable of self-government. His talk about "moral forces" and "brotherly love," whilst he played a rather cold-blooded game of freeie-out with Huerta, was misleading. His assumption that there is any'essential difference between bandits in Mexico made him the backer of a faction.

Huerta was bound to lose out; but, he showed himself a skillful and a nervy player rather of the Diaz than the Madero variety the only kind of player equal to dealing with the conditions of turbulency Immemorial to that unhappy country. That any other upon the scene was preferable to him has not been shown. If the policy of "Watchful Waiting" has had behind it a far-seeing and wide-embracing purpose, no patriotic American has a right to force the President's hand. But, if it has been merely a hand-to-mouth experiment, a program of hope looking day-by-day for something to turn up to which Mr. Wilsqn's tendency to the altruistic gave colors it becomes matter for discussion and criticism.

This the President should not only take in good part, but into his most thoughtful consideration. far as the Courier-Journal is concerned, its criticisms and discussions have been carefully considered, neither sensational, nor perverse of intention, nor anywise unfriendly in their spirit and aims. Assuredly we want the Administration to succeed in all its strivings. There may be a few patriotic Mexicans who are unselfish, high-minded and educated men; gentlemen; but where they are obsessed by the idea of what is called the Uplift of Mexico through native agencies they are the victims of a delusion. With 85 per cent, of the population wholly illiterate, actually as ignorant and savage as our Indian tribes, genuine reform can have no chance, against professional brigandage.

Mexico is a gold mine of hidden wealth. Capital is lured there not so much for Investment as for adventure. Cutthroat aggregations of money are always able to employ cut-throat bands of faction fighters. It is a poor day for business when a revolution of some sort may not be launched. And this has been going on ever since the separation of Mexico from Spain, now nearly a century ago.

Nothing is surer than that there will never be peace, order and good neighborhood on the other side of the Rio Grande until we reach some such semi-friendly arrangement with the various half-civilized communities which we had with Cuba. The time seemed ripe for this when Funston at Vera Cruz and the Fleet at Tampico, Huerta finally stepped down and out. We could then have gone to the City of Mexico without firing a gun. Once there, we would have been in a position to say to the bunch of them Carranza, Villa and Zapata lay down your arms and waltz into camp. The Mexicans, like the Cubans, would have ultimately come to realize the gravity of the situation' and the actuality of the power they were dealing with.

II. Intelligent Americans must at least begin to see that the United States can no longer safely pursue a scheme of isolation such as for the most part has worked very well the last hundred years. They will presently realize wli v' is to be a world power. The sto---tydous events upon the other side An forecast conditions which, cannot' 1e-norp. to shape our national NEARING END IN SHELBY LAST SPEECHES TO BE MADE TO DAY, WITH SBBMOITS ON SUNDAY.

Shelby ville, Sept. 2B. (Special.) A heated campaign to determine whether the licensed sale of Intoxicant shall be continued, or Shelby added to. the long list of counties In Kentucky which are already "dry," is approaching1 Its end. The final rallies of tho contending factions will be.

held in Shelbyville to-morrow, when argument tor tne license system win oe presented at' the courthouse by C. Porter Johnson, of St. Louis, at 2 o'clook In the afternoon, and by J. H. Safford, of Chicago, and the Rev.

T. E. Wadlelgh, of Spring: Valley, at 7:30 In tbe evening. These will be the first, as well as the last, speeches delivered in this county on this side of the question. The no-license advocates, on the other hand, have for weeks prosecuted an active speaking campaign in every precinct in the county, in the course of which numerous speakers, local and otherwise, have been engaged.

At their final rally to-morrow the Rev. George R. Stuart, of Knoxvtlle, will be the principal orator. He will speak from a platform in front of the Uap-tlst church, at the same hours announced for the opposition meetings. The prohibition campaign will be continued on Sunday, when sermons will be preaohed from every Protestant pulpit in the county, urging the voters to close the saloons.

"While the issue will be determined at the polls by the vote of the county as a whole, Shelbyvlllo alone will be directly affected. All of the other precincts are now legally "dry," and have been, so for more than forty years. The city also was "dry" from 1887 to 1889. but since that time no vote on tho question has been although an effort was made two years ago to have an election ordered. This failed for want of the required, number of signatures to the petition in the Shelbyville precincts, where the sentiment is overwhelmingly opposed to prohibition.

There are now in the city seven saloons, which pay an licenso of SI, 000 each; two drug tores which pay $500 each, and one beer agency, which pays $100, making a total of 58,100 derived from this source. The total revenue of the city, from all other sources, during the last fiscal year was $35,800. The total assessed valuation of all property in the city for the current year is $2,991,435, and the present rate of taxation is 65 cents on the $100. Under the charter of cities of the fourth class, the maximum rate is 75 cents on'the $100. The election will be held Monday, between the hours of 6 a.

m. and 4 p. m-, and everybody will -be most heartily glad when it is over. has been much animosity aroused, but thus far there have been no serious difficulties. Following the-precedent set in the Western Kentucky counties, where prohibition elections were recently held all of the saloons in Shelbyville closed at the regular hour to-night, and will not reopen until next Tuesday morning.

The drug stores have also agreed to sell no intoxicants during that time. FREE CERTIFICATES. Poor Voters Beinr Taken Care of In Anticipation of Election. Lexington, Sept 25 (Special.) No voter of Lexington shall be disfranchised in the prohibition election to be held next Monday because he does not feel able to expend 25 cents for a duplicate registration certificate was the annoancement made to-day by the Lexington Business Men's Association, a.n organization of the business men who favor the "wet" side. The county election commissioners had decided that all Lexington voters should be required to present their registration certificates at the polls, and as this has never been insisted on before a large number of regiatratered voters had misplaced or lost their certificates.

The county clerk charges 25 cents to furnish a duplicate certificate, and believing this cost would be a. considerable tax on poor voters the Business Men's Association declared that It would bear the expense of all who requested it- In consequence County Clerk Theodore Lewis to-day received, and honored a number of orders worded as follows ajid which were presented by voters who wanted duplicate certificates: "Theodore Lewis, county clerk. Issue certificate to bearer and charge to Lexington Business Men's Association. C. H.

Berryman, chairman." More than 1,200 duplicate certificates have been issued thus far. WAR AND THE ORPHANS By DR. E. O. GUERRANT.

"Would you believe that tftiia dreadful war in Europe has placed Its murderous hand Ion the orphan ch Ud ren in our "homes" for these friendless waifs? While it has doubtless crippled the resources of some, It has paralyzed the hand of charity and smothered' the compassion of more. The sorrowful result is that these friendless Children will euffer for the nec- -essaries of life. Of course, there is no reason, in this land of peace and jplenty, why these poor children should, go hungry or naked. Of all who-depend on charity these are most needy and most worthy. Of all, orphans the -most dependent those in our mouuntain asylums.

The war scare has seriously Interfered with our receipts for all mission work. The faith--ful mission teachers must be supported whether tho war in Burope goes on or not. God's money for Sis work is in somebody's hands, who must account for l-Are you not somebody? Then it is your, privilege and duty and Interest to give it "Give as you would If an angel Awaited your gift at the door; Give as you would If to-morrow Found you where giving was o'er; Give as you would to tbe Master If you met His loving look; Give as you would ot your substance If His hand the offering took." (Gifts should be sent to Dr. E. O.

Guer -rant, Wilmore, Ky.) RABBI FICHMAN ACCEPTS CALL TO NEW YORK Will Become Assistant To Head of largest Jewish Congregation In America. Cant Rabbi David who for four earn rvf tho. rT-vifljid-avenue Jewish Temple, of-tola city, has tendered ills resignation and accepted a call -assistant to RabW Stephen G. Wise, head of the largest Jewish congregation In America with headquarters at Carnegie -v- i. Vw T-n-n-( ritrc OI York hold services.

Rabbi Fichman imw for his new fleddv about the rmaoie of October. Work. m), Stringfellow. of Carro'llton. district sec- Sulphur auxiliary yesterday afternoon plan their work for the coming ear They left hero for Camphellsburg to -meet with the C.

W. B. M. auxiliary there. Revival At Lancaster.

Lancaster. sept. Evangelist Roy I Brown, of BeUefan- Yiv P.inl Arnold, a VO- callst. 1 conducting a revival at JM Christian church inthls city. The pastor.

tb Bev. P. M. Tinder, -Is asslstin in 0 services' which are largely attended many people, having twen turned away SunoaTi Numerous accessions are reported Missionary Union. ShelfcyviHo, Sept )- The tmnecntn annum Etttoiim i "Sm' itlst Women's -Missionary Unlonjot Sheioy 'county will be held in the Baptist cSur ln'thls city on October 1, beginning af.

lauinxiuajt MTV Good Crowd In Attendance At Hart County Horse Cave. Sept This was Louisville day- at tho Hart County Fair and the largest crowd of the season attended, hundreds of' former citizens having returned for this occasion. All rings were well filled and the Floral Hall, under the management of Miss Florence Edwards, has more entries than ever In Thursday's roadster race, I. C. James, of Harrodsburg, carried oft first and second premiums, and J.

D. Scott, of Hodgenville, third. The champion harness ring had seven entries. P. W.

Kay Son; of Bowling Green, carried off n.t prize; Wells Sterley, of Cave City, second; Green Brewer, of Louisville, third, and R. H. Middleton, ot Oakland, fourth. The Champion Saddle Stakes resulted as follows: Green Brewer, ot Louisville, first; Wells Steitey, Cave City, second; J. 8.

Ray, Auburn, third. Xew Depot Occupied. Lagrange. Sept. 25.

(Special;) The new depot of the Louisville Nashville was occupied yesterday. FORMER KENTUCKY PASTOR ANSWERS LAST SUMMONS The Rev. John M. Bruce, Once of Horse Cave and Glasgow, Dies In. Texas.

Munfordvllle, Sept 25. (Special.) News of the death of the Rev. John 31. Bruce at Dallas, to-day has Just been received. He was pastor of the Horse Cavo Baptist church for many years, and was pastor at Glasgow for a long period.

He was graduated from Centre College in the class with the Rev. E. L. Warren, of Louisville. He will -be buried at Horse Cave.

Dr. Nut G. Morris. Fulton, Sept. 23 (Special.) Dr.

Nat G. Morris, of this city, died suddenly to-day of heart failure. He went to his farm this morning to arrange for the cutting of a field of corn, and while discussing the matter from his buggy fell over dead. He was about 65 years old and a man of considerable wealth, most of which consists of farming lands in Tennessee, Arkansas. Mississippi' and Texas.

He leaves a wife, two sons, Paul and Nathan, and two daughters, Misses Bessie and Carrie Morris. The funeral will take place on Sunday. Mrs. Laura V. Bell.

Elkton, Sept. 25. Mrs. Laura Virginia Bell. 72 years old, died at her home In Guthrie after an Illness of several weeks.

She was a daughter of Capt. Lemuel Henry, a famous Confederate cavalry officer, and the widow of the late Dr. J. T. Bell.

The following children survive her: Mrs. John B. Turner, Oklahoma City; Mrs. W. H.

Willett and Mrs. C. G. Covington, Adams, Dr. Bailey Bell, Nashville, and Mrs.

J. M. Abshlre, Guthrie. Capt. William Kouns.

Asheviile, Sept 25. (Special.) Capt. William Kouns, 60 years old, died suddenly this He built tho Belle of Ashland, one of the'first ferry boats that ran between Ashland and the Ohio shore. He also built the present ferry boat Wenona. He was a.

widower, and Is survived by one son. Gus, who lives in the West. t'apt Kouns leaves a large estate. Mrs. W.

W. Davis. Glasgow. Sept. 25.

(Special.) Mrs. W. W. Davis, S5 years old, of Hiseville, this county, died lost night. Notwithstanding the fact she had been 111 twenty years, she was a patient sufferer and never complained of her trouble.

She was noted throughout this and the adjoining county for her many deeds of charity. She is survived by six children. Mrs. Vaden Ruby. Madlsonvllle, Sept 25 Mrs.

Vaden Ruby, 63 years old, died this morning. She has been iH for several years. She is survived by five sons, Walter Ruby, of Louisville; Dee, of Lucieri, of Providence: Laurel and Turner this city. Mrs. Ruby was a leader in the Woman's Christian Temperance Union here.

Miss Amy Oliver. Bowling Green, Sept. 25. (Special.) Miss Amy Oliver, 21 years old. died this morning at her home near Settle, Allen county, of tuberculosis.

She is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William G. Oliver; a brother. Arthur Oliver, and a sfeter, Miss Mayland Oliver.

Perry T. Profitt TompklnsviUe. Sept 25. (Special.) Perry T. Proftltt 45 years old, died at his home near hero of typl.uld fever.

He had been 111 several weeks. He was, until-recently, a distiller in the southern part ot this county. He is survived by his wife and several children. Martin Smith. Franklin, Sept.

25. Martin Smith, Si years old, died lost night of Bright's disease. He is survived by his wife, three sons, Seymour, George and James, and four daughters, Mesdames Munda5 Belcher, Lawler and Redmond, all of this county. Mrs. Ella Moore.

Owensboro, Sept 25. Mrs. Ella Moore, of Whltesville. was found dead by neighbors. Mrs.

Moore lived alone, and while preparing breakfast dropped dead. She is survived by three sons. She was 61 years old. C. Summers.

Cloverport Sept 25. L. C. Summers, 66 years old, of Webster, is dead of stomach trouble. He is survived by six sons and one daughter.

NEW YORK BANK FLOATS LOAN TENNESSEE ASKED National Park Agrees To Lend State 1,400,000 To Meet Short Term Notes. Washington, Sept 25. The National Park Bank of New York to-day agreed to take care of a 51,400,000 loan to the State ot Tennessee, according to an announcement by Secretary McAdoo. Mr. McAdoo, in a statement yesterday, said the State was having difficulty in making the loan, and that he would help if necessary.

UNIVERSITY SENIORS HOLD EXCITING CLASS ELECTION James Park, of Klckmond, Honored With Presidency By His Fellows. Lexington, Sept. 25. (Special.) The senior class of State University held its first meeting of the year to-day and after much excitement elected officers for the coming year. James Park, of Richmond, captain of the 1914 football and perhaps the leading athleto of the school, was elected president.

Miss Jeannette Bell, of Fulton, who won the popularlty contest that was held at the university last spring, was elected vico president. Miss Bessie White, of Louisville- was elected secretary, and Webb Lall; of this city, treasurer. Tho election of the remaining class officers was postponed until a date which has not yet been set BOND ISSDE LEGAL, Bnrhourvllle School Board Wins Suit Involving Barbourville, Sept. 25. Thp Bar-bourville School Board, sued by a St Louis bonding company for return of a $350 guarantee, won a decision' in the Knox Circuit Court yesterday, and the result is of importance in legalizing an issue of $17,500 in school The company which purchased tho bonds and put up tho sum of $350 with its bid refused to take tho bonds after the acceptance of its bid on the ground that tho Issue was illegal, and the sum accompanying the hid was forfeited bv the School Rnnj-rl The decision assures that tile bond Issue will be placed and tho board will go ahead with plans far the of a punning Ttlii m.

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Arthur B. Krock. manager. SATURDAY. 2C T.i.nTtt ti tr Rpntpmhpr 25.

Ar- jj uuaj uivmi'oi Jansements were made to-day under the nf iVow Vork stock Exchange, for trading in unlisted securities, includ-ins the curb shares, at concessions from closing quotations. This Is considered as preliminary to resumption in trading in listed shares. In view of the comple tion of the sold pool, it was surprioius that sterling exchange advanced sharply, demand going to M.msa The reason rt rh fonr thn.t the modified British moratorium, which becomes effective early in October, would not apply to theso forms of remittances. There was no change reported in rates for money. The grain markets were uneventful today, with small price changes.

The wheat bulls were unable to put quotations up for the reason that reports were received that Canadian and Argon-tine wheat was competing with American grain at Liverpool, where prices were quoted lower, and for the further reason that It was expected that the visible supply report of next Monday would show a large increase. The market closed steady at the same as last night to' a decline of TA cent. Corn also closed at the same to a decline of 4 cent, while oats was practically unchanged, likewise provisions. Spot cotton In Xew Orleans was steady, with sales of 167 bales at cents for middling, while Liverpool sold 3,400 American 'bales on a basis of 5.55d for middling. Conflicting reports from Southern points were received regarding sales of spot cotton, although, considering the circumstances, prices hold well.

vThc Chicago cattle market was slow, hogs steady and sheep and lambs steady. The local cattle market was quiet and unchanged, hogs were unevenly lower, lights declining 25 cents, heavies steady, while sheep and lambs were quiet, but steady prices prevailed a Our Mixed Hoads. Last year the Fiscal Court's enterprising contractors began their work on some of the "main roads" with an oil wagon. If the taxpayers had not thrown their hats in the ring the contractors would have finished by cutting weeds, no doubt, and thus the roads would have been "maintained" at from $400 to 5840 per mile. One of the roads upon which a mainte nance contract was let, was spiked up by the contractor after the agitation began, The spiked surface showed that the road was a mixture of earth and macadam.

Here and there more or less crushed stone or screenings was used as a top dressing, but the work was so badly done that the Fiscal Court undertook to repair the road after the contractor had abandoned it. The county's work was a little better than that of the contractor, but only a thin. veneer 6f metal was, used. The road is now being spiked, and again a surface of mixed mud and metal is turned up. Clean blue limestone without admixture earth makes a smooth and fairly durable road when water bound.

With a coating of the right kind of oil it is more durable; Roads so made in the Bluegrass counties put to shame the much more expensively made roads in Jefferson. Mud and macadam- mixed, even at reasonable prices, make a poor and by no means economical road. The surface is muddy in wet weather and dusty in dry weather, and wears badly in ail kinds of weather. Yet there are 'practical road builders" in Jefferson county who are sufficiently ignorant tninreue that more or less clay or other earth mixed with the limestone xriaTtes a good -road. -And the same point of view is noted in some other counties, among them Shelby, Mercer -and Anderson, where repairers this autumn have been cleaning out the ditches along the turnpikes and throwing the earth, with little or no limestone in it, upon the crown of the road.

It is possible to believe that anyone "in authority in Jefferson county can be so uninformed as to believe that mixed earth and ma cadam make a macadam road, but ome of. the roads are a mixture. The only results are mud in wet weather. dust in dry weather! which no amount of oil overcomes, and an uneven surface within a tew weeks after repairs are made. We need in Jefferson roads made smooth and surfaced, with suf- i Sclent pure macadam to stand wear tunr Concrete mav be better hjin mamaam.

uul u. niu.cu.uum rnau hich and proved usefulness when not adulterated with earth. Spik-S. up a mixture and rolling it until i. smooth makes a temporarily wcll- One Kind of Actress.

You give an actress seven gowns vhich is a goodly range, And she will need some time. Indeed, To carry through each change. This keeps her off the stage," and thai Is good, must confess, For any dame whose', acting fame Is only based on Professional Advice. "Doctor, my lungs feel compressed. Some tell me to Inhale sulphur fumes.

Others tell me to inhale myrrh. What do you think?" "Better inhale some fresh air," said the medical man decisively. "Four dollars, "please." Quite a Feat. 'tWnat's the matter with that fellow? Why the gyrations?" "He's to with two girls at once and they're going In opposite directions." Poor Luck. "So you are a hunter, eh?" "The license says so," responded the disgruntled sportsman.

"I have nothing else to substantiate tho claim." Prime Beef. About her beef old. England boasts In legend and in ditty. She well may praise those juicy roasts That como from Kansas City. Strictly Neutral.

"English mutton read the man With the menu, "German fried potatoes, Russian caviar, French peas, hum! Walter, I want to be strictly neutral." "Ycsslr." "Gimme a Spanish omelet." Not So Swift. "You city people think you are awlCt with your trots and your tangoes." "Well, can you country people beat them?" "I don't think they've got anything on our kissing games." Answers To Questions Questions addressed to this department will receive prompt and careful attention. Questions, if not typewritten, should be in plain, legible handwriting, of general Interest and written on one side of the paper only. Inquirers must not expect Individual replies through the mall. Communications to be addressed to "Question and Answer" Department.

Miss A. Louisville: Can you tell me where 1 could find the scene In one of Longfellow's poems where the genius visits the peasant's hovel and is pictured as changing a piece of charcoal into a diamond, which, I take it. Is meant to typify our everyday traditions being transformed into poems? Answer: The incident is described in the following lines: All the means of action The shapeless masses, the materials Lie everywhere about us. What wo need Is the celestial fire to change the flint And transparent crystal, bright and clear. That tiro Is genius! The rudo peasant sits At evening in his smoky cot, and draws With charcoal uncouth figures on tho wail.

The son of genius comes, footsore with travel. And begs a shelter from the Inclement night. Ho takes tho charcoal from the peasant hand. And. by the magic of his touch, at once Transligured.

all its hidden virtues shine. And. In the eyes of tho astonished clown, It gleams a diamond. Even thus transformed, Rudo pouplar traditions and old talcs Shine as Immortal poems at the touch Of some poor, houseless, homeless, wandering bard. Who had but a night's lodging for his pains.

Longfellow: The Spanish Student, Act Scene 4. Mrs. J. Thompson, St Louis, Answer: The question being a purely legal one. involving an exact knowledge ot law, the saXest course to follow would be to consult a good lawyer.

Miss E. F. Louisville: In your column of "Answers to Questions" there appeared a few days ago a-poem beginning. "My mind to mo a kingdom is." Can vou tell anything of the author of it? Answer: The author, Sir Edward Dyer (d 1607) was an English courtier and poet Ho Is mentioned, with Sir Philip Sidnev (1551-1586). as one of the ornaments the court of Queen Elizabeth.

Ho had a great reputation as a poet among contemporaries, but very little of his work has survived. George Putteniuun (d. 1500), reputed author of tho "Arte of English Poesle," Bpeaks In terms of praise of "Molster Edward Dyar, for elc-eie most sweete, solcmno and of high conceit" William Oldys (1696-1761)," English antiquary and bibliographer, says of him that "ha would not stoop to fawn, and somo of his verses seem-to show that the exigencies of llfo at court oppressed him. He was knighted and made chancellor ot the Order of the Garter In 1506, Some of tho productions reckoned among Dver's works were dedicated to, not written by him. One of tho poems universally accepted as his is, "My Mynde to Me a Kincdome Is." THE STATE FAIR.

Nlcholasvlllo News: Thosa who attended the State Fair last week must pronounce It the biggest thing of the kind Kentucky has ever had. Grayson News: Interest in this fair increases every year. BUzabethtown Mirror: Tho fair outclassed other' similar' events In many respects. Midway Clipper: The attendance was larger, the exhibits better In fact every feature was a distinct advance over former years. Richmond Register: Only a few people from here went down, though many should have, attended and reaped the benefit from the large number of interesting and instructive exhibits.

Princeton Leader: One. of the most features of the exhibits was the State Fish and Game Depart ment display or uvu anu mouncea irame. which was in charge of Commis sioner Quincy Ward. Owensboro Messenger: For the first time tho people of tho city of Louisville havo turned out in such numbers as to make the gate receipts markedly larger and on days that the people from the State-at-large were not-ln attendance. This is as it should be.

Versailles Sun: At the close of the State Fair Commlssioncr'of Agriculture J. W. Newman wore a smllo that Bald to have shed' radiance over all the suburbs ot Louisville contiguous to the fair grounds. And bo had cause to smile, i-Bardstowh Standard: The displays both agricultural and mercantile were splendid and very Interesting and well worth viewing. The horso show Friday evening proved, a big thing and the crowd was so immense that only about halt the pooplo could get seats In the pavilion.

Tho 'trotting and pacing races were very- exciting and Beachey with his aeroplane Saturday was the -best of all): fair from start to unisn was a Baa success. i a ifrad suet J. M. Renshaw, of Christian, Reported Dying. Former Employe of Rich Planter Suspected.

Coal Or Asphalt Deposit Found In Bullitt. HELD ON FORGERY CHARGE Hopklnsvllle. Sept 25. (Special.) J. M.

Renshaw, 61 years old, former Sheriff Christian county and one of the most popular planters and stockmen in Southern Kentucky, was shot from ambush this afternoon while he was driving to the city from his home two miles south of Hopklnsvllle. Ha is believed to bo dying in the hospital here. Large posses are scouring the country for the assassin. Mr. Renshaw was shot as he drove over a bridge a mile from town.

One bullet was fired. It passed through the skull Back of the right ear aria lodged in the base of the brain. He was discovered unconscious in his buggy about ten minutes after he was wounded. His son, Jared Renshaw, who was driving homo from town, found him. Mr.

Renshaw was brought to the Jennie Stuart Memorial Hospital: No hope for his recovery Is held out A schoolboy who rode by on a bicycle says he saw two negroes near the bridge just before Mr. Renshaw passed. A colored man who lives in the neighborhood saw two negroes running along the creek bank Immediately, after the shot was fired. Mr. Renshaw was formerly a merchant at Era.

Ho is prominent in Republican political circles and a man of wealth, and influence. One of his sons is Edgar Renshaw, formerly a member of the State Board of Equalization. A negro who was atone time employed by Renshaw Is suspected of having shot him. COAL OR ASPHALT. Bullitt County Puzzled As To Identity of New Discovery.

Shepherdsville, Sept. 25. (Specjol.) Bullitt county is the situs of a coal mine or asphalt bed. but no oiie seems able to determine which It Is. A few weeks ago tho county purchased what was thought to be a slato quarry to be used in road building, but when quarried and examined it resembled cool, and when placed on the fire burned as readily as coal.

It seems too adhesive for coal, and G. W. Simmons, who has handled asphalt says it Is a good grade of that material. It will be. subjected to examination by experts.

WATERWORKS FOR GUTHRIE. Well With Daily Capacity of 180,000 Gallons Being Sunk. Elkton, Sept 25. (Special.) A well with an estimated capacity of 180,000 gallons a day has been struck near the new residence of Representative W. E.

Rogers, in Guthrie, as a result of which the towrt will soon have a complete system of waterworks. A stock company Is to be organized at once to put In the system. Assistant 'Postmaster. Paducah, Sept 25. (Special.) Fred Acker, a veteran in the servico of the local post-office, was appointed assistant postmaster by Postmaster John J.

Berry. Ho succeeds E. E. Bell, who recently died suddenly. Acker was general delivery clerk at the time of his appointment Ho has been connected with the post-offlce for tm'enty-one years.

He also is secretary-treasurer of the United National Association of Post-office Clerks and treasurer of the National Letter Carriers' AeKociatlon. There were three applicants for tho ofllce. Politically he 16 a Democrat Jail Sentence Remitted. Frankfort. Sept 35.

(Special.) Gov. McCreary to-day remitted the remaining part of the Jail sentence of six months imposed on Robert Turner in the Fayette Circuit Court for stealing chickens. Turner has served more than two months, and it was represented that his wife and children require his services as a provider. Judge Kerr and Mayor Cos-, sidy recommended clemency. Stock Bnrn Burned.

Bowling Green. Sept. 25. (Special.) A large stock barn belonging to Lewis Hicks, a farmer, near Smiths Grove, this county, was destroyed by early this morning. Five horses were burned to death.

A large supply of feed, farming Implements, several buggies and some harness were destroyed. Kentucky Foxhounds. Lancaster. Sept 25. (Special.) Arch K.

Walker has Just received an order from Paul S. Hogan, of Yukon. Alaska, for four foxhounds to be the pick of tho kennel. The price Is private, but theso hounds often bring as much as $100 each. The express charges alone on the shipment will abount to year Tn Reformatory.

Frankfort Sept 25. (Special.) John Harris, colored, who was arrested recently In Louisville at the instance of Frankfort police, was found guilty to-day of breaking into the tailor shop of Richard Ray and was sentenced to a year In the reformatory. Restored To Citizenship. Frankfort. Sept 35 (Special.) Gov.

MoOreary restored to citizenship Dennis Smith, served a year In prison In 1907 for perjury, and according to statements of citizens of Magoffin and Johnson counties, has been' conducting himself properly since his release. Gamblers Fined. Mayfleld, Sept. 25. As a result of an investigation into alleged gambling to tho vicinltt1 of the fair grounds warrants were issued against fifty-seven persons.

Thlrty-'two entered pleas of guilty and paid fines of J21.60 each. Campaign Chairman. Shepherdsville, Sept 25. (Special.) -rCounty Attorney C. P.

Bradbury has been appointed chairman of the Democratic Campaign Committee for Bullitt county. Wasteful Shooting of Doves. Lancaster, Sept. 25. (Special.) Wasteful shooting of doves is reported from many parts of Garrard county, more being killed than can be used.

Assistant Postmaster. Lancaster, Sept 25. (Special) John Walters, has been appointed assistant postmaster, Hip Fractured In Fall. Glasgow, Sept 25. (Special.) Mrs.

A. Bell. mtheiv1n-law of W. H. Jones, while walking across the floor fell and broke her hip.

Chirk Circuit Court. Winchester. Sept 23. SpeclaE) James Griffith, negro, was tried In the Clark Circuit Court this morning on a -i tin, Twttrrfai rt Tnrrt Palrln also colored, and convicted of man- eiaugnier. Marshall Stewart, of Bourbon county, was lined 41000, given forty days in Jail ana aaBiiiuiwunvu.

Lnu utxua iui -hutj1. ins weapons coacealeoV Thta Is. the 'first except at Infinite cost. Monroe Doctrine is a -war measure, or it is nothing. It is just as strong as the Army and Navy.

Whilst most of us hope for an era of peace even of disarmament after the ap palling upheaval of Europe, we' cannot close our eyes to the outstanding facts equally of geography and human na ture that stare us in the face. We shall not be able always to play dog- in-the-manger. The time will surely come when our refusal to accept the mandate of Manifest Destiny, or to permit the overcrowds of other lands to seek outlet in America England already along the length of our Northern line will expose us to ques tion; maybe to challenge; and It Is none too soon for the Government at Washington to look ahead and to plan what it is Eoing to do about it. No Admin istration can afford to leave it uncon sidered; and, as the portents of national politics incline toward a longer Presidential tenure, no President can afford to make any mistake about it, especially to hitch his car to the bar ren Ideality that the mongrels south of us are capable, or ever will be capable, of self-government. The ideal policy of the future will be to bring them somehow peaceably to see this, and for their own protection to como Into the North American au tonomy.

If the question be taken in time, and dealt with adequately, we may have a clean sweep of orderly territory all the way from Texas to Panama and not a medley of tribal cutthroats as divergent and incorrigible as the ra cial hordes of the Balkans. Actual war may be, will be for a time, eliminated by the horrors of the havoc brought home to the present generation. Militarism, quite crushed In Germany, will hardly rear its head for a long while elsewhere. Even Russia must come to terms. But there will still be left on the globe a modicum of sin, disease and death the primal curse of man nor any advent of the millennium to restrain his savagery set on by the lusts of the world, the flesh and the devil.

Man will still live and litigate. Nations will still strive and quarrel. Government will still mean the science of looking ahead and providing against the day of reckoning. Woodrow Wilson is a well-read man. He has shown a genius for affairs.

His single weakness seems a leaning to the glittering generalites of the Chautauqua circuits too often to the cheap literature of the periodical space-writers, tho rather abounding in sound than sense whereas life, legis lation, administration, whilst taking useful hints from the noontide, even from tho cant of the time, must address themselves to the underlying facts, tho stubborn realities, which support the present and underlie the future. In short, if the President is to remain where he is until 1921, he will do well to revise his view, first and foremost, of the Mexican question. Tho talk about Justice to the peons of land reform of native ownership Is pure rubbish. The country is too rich to be let alone. It Is too Ignorant to protect itself.

The longer the day of redemption through our agency is postponed, the costlier it will be. The immediate occasion of trouble seems personal between Villa and Carranza. But it is in point of fact, typical, idiosyncratic. At this moment we do not know who is behind Villa and who behind Carranza. Neither one of them is fit to rule; in the smallest degree equal to rulershlp; but, if both should disappear to-morrow, others Just as bad will arise to take their selfish, ambitious, blood-stained places.

It may be that we shall have to leave them for awhile to their devilish devices, but, soon or late, the same situation will, recur, people crying "Peace! Peace!" when there is nothing but war, pestilence and famine. One Way To Betrench. A Washington dispatch says a saving of 5,000 a year to the Federal Government will result from a bill which Representative Johnson, of Kentucky, has put through the The measure referred to abolishes the fee system of paying the Auditor of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia and fixes his salary at $5,000 a year. It is stated that the Auditor for twenty years or more has been receiving $15,000 a year in fees and that under the new regulations of the court his compensation would Save been $20,000 a year. The lee system, wherever it exists, is a bad system, and under It a largo number of officials continue to- get a good deal more money than tWr services are to the public No uDllcy The Euin At Eheims.

If it 'is true that the walls of the cathedral at Rheims remain standing it may be possible to restore the building, but it will be only a sorry counterfeit of the original. A restored building lacks the interest that attaches to an ancient example of architecture. The difference is about as great as that between a prehistoric animal and a figure of one made by a contractor to fill an order given by the archeolcgists, vho havo enough of the bones to give them on idea of what the animal looked like in life. The pigmented plaster restoration of the decorations of the palace of the Alhambra are doubtless excellent representations of the original work, but the Imaginative pilgrim turns from the stalactltlc arches to make the Court of the Lions his shrine, because the simple marble columns, although without the gilding that made them resplendent in the days of the Moorish Kings, are not replacements. A mutilated flower upon the walls of the Taj Mahal, from which tho swords vandal conquerors have picked the precious stones, is historic.

A restoration, mado with Imitation jewels or real ones, is no more interesting to the student of Oriental history and architecture than a paste reproduction of. the great table stone of India would be to a or a model of the romantic Kohinur to those familiar with the legend that the real diamond blazed from the crown nf the hero of Kama 5,000 years ago. Quarreling bitterly about the destruction of the Rheims cathedral, placing the blame or defending the ruin wrought as a part of the damage Inseparable from war, wastes time and arrays friends against friends to make them enemies. The loss is irreparable. It is a personal loss to the thousands who havo visited Rheims, to the thousands who had Intended to do so, to tho millions who know cathedral in pictures and In history.

Thero is little satisfaction In declaring that its wreck proves the Germans a horde of vandals. There is quite as little satisfaction in apologizing to the world for the wreck upon the ground that cannonading is neither a polite -custom nor an exact science, and that if a cathedral is In the line of fire it must take its chances. Those who sincerely venerate great monuments and landmarks of history will unite In sorrow over the catastrophe rather than divide upon tho question of whether the gunners could have shot wide of the mark which their projectiles, unfortunately, found. Madras, which simmers upon the burning sand and beneath the bluest of skies by day, and at night gives off stored heat which must rise high enough to warm the stars; Madras, famous for curry that is imitated, but not equaled elsewhere than on tho Coromandel coast; blistering, peaceful, remote Madras, is made a target for. a German cruiser's guns! At what could the Emden have been popping in Madras? Fort George was built in tho Seventeenth century and is now as worthless as a wattle hut What else? There is a cathedral down at the ancient Portuguese settlement of Saint Thome, a building of respectable age, although of no especial architectural distinction; It dates back, perhaps, to the tlmo when the Rajahs of Chand-gherry were tho rulers thereabout.

Is it possible that the Captain of the Emden had received news of the successful bombardment of Louvain and Rheims, and wished to add the little Portuguese cathedral of Saint Thome to the list of achievements credited to Mo un'd Krupp und Gott. "Henry Watterson is so overjoyed at the success of the Administration's watchful waiting policy that he could bite himself in tho neck." (Los Angels Express. Now, how could he do that; why don't you say a tenpenny noil, or a stick of molasses candy? "Bite himself in the neck!" Who ever heard of anybody "biting himself in tho neck?" You do talk so queer. A cenBor of war news is. a man who runs a blue pencil through the claims of the enemy and inserts a yellow exaggeration here and there In the claims of his own country.

Is Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, who has discovered a plot of Cincinnati Germans to March upon Canada, trying for the laurels of Christopher Columbus or those of the late' Mark Twain? The opening day at Douglas Park was so fine that a sporting writer who didn't begin" with "under smiling skies" proved himself unyielding in the face of temptation. Owing to the high cost of living it will go hard with Russia to board all winter the 200,000 or so Austrian soldiers she claims to nave captured, -i1 Wone. ft VI fi-K Ac ML.