The Paducah Daily Sun Newspaper, December 13, 1897, Page 2

iOE| OP tion. Tue Senate of the United States got good and closed up the Senate bar at the beginning of this session. Bat one day was all those pious ser- vants of the people could stand. The senate bar is wide open. Me. Bryan has gone to Mexico. At last he is in the land of his heart’s desire, in the land of free coinage of silver, where forty cent doflars are paid out to skilled labor- ers at the munificent rate of 75 cents per day, where a man who gets $1.25 per day in 16 to 1 dollars is an aris- tocrat. What kind of a report will he bring back to the American labor- ers? Will he still be willing to go before the American public and ad- vise the voters to substitute forty cent dollars for our one hundred cent dollars good as gold the wide world over? This is what the workingmen would like to know. Hap the Mayor dealt in facts, out- lined a policy, given the present financial condition and recommended some changes in the management of departments, instead of endeavoring to tell factories how much they could afford to pay their employes, the city might have profited by the proclama- eet Ge ION. =| supple ptember 1 was: having | less tlipn for several years, and also Teduction of] that the consumption of cotton in and cotton | this country and Europe increased New England, The] last year over the year before; yet as given as an illustration of] the above writer further says: ‘‘Cot- pan times.’’ The cause of]ton has steadily declined since the duction of wages in New Eng-| opening of the season until on No- is entirely outside of any tariff} vember 15 middling upland cotton reached 6 13-16 cents per ponnd in here are two reasons for the] New York, being within one-quarter ‘Above reduction, First, the enor-|of a cent of the lowest price touched mous importationfof cotton goods just] during the great depression in the before the passage of the tariff law] season of 1894-95, when prices were which overstocked the markets. The]lower than at any time since 1848,” other reason is the vital one and its] While the causes of this low price operations are just begun to be felt] of cotton are of a temporary nature by the New England manufacturer—|it is not probable that the price of that is, the competition of Southern] cotton will advance enongh or at least cotton mills. The growth of thecot-Jin time to help out in this year’s ton mill mdustry in the South has}crop. Strange as it may seem the been very rapid, sawe cause that has aided to adyance In South Carolina, for example, } wheat has contributed to the in- during the last six months alone the} jury of cotton—the shortage of crops number of spindles has increased] abroad, People must eat and a short- from $00,000 1,300,000. In] age of crops creates a demand that North Carolina there are 206 cotton] must be satisfied at any cost. Hence mills, operating 1,016,247 spindles, | the great rise in wheat, But this 24,621 looms, and 1,410 knitting} same fact impairs the purchasing machines, They employ about power and enforces rigid economy, 000 hands, and consume practically] Hence a decreased demand for cot- the entire cotton crop of that state. | ton goods in many parts of the world It is said that the cost of the manu-] and a great overproduction last year facture of cotton cloth in the South] by the cotton mills. In this country is only little more than one-half of]also, the last few years has been what it is in New England. These} years of oppressive times; last year facts but forecast the inevitable re-] business was stagnated by political sult in the cotton business—the whole] agitation and uncertainty as to finan- industry will ultima‘ely be transfer-| cial and tariff legislation; hence a red to the South. The New England] great impairment of purchasing pow- mills will be unable to meet the com-|er in this country, ing overpro- duction at the mills, Although this ‘This is the reason that the wages in] year has seen a widespread revival of the Fall River district have been re-] business, an enormous reduction in duced. Itis no evidence of the] the number of idle men and a conse- failure of “‘prosperity,’’ but rather an] quent increase in the volame of wages evidence that the South will some |earned, yet the increased demand for time manufacture the cotton as now] cotton failures has not yet made ‘an she raises the raw article. impression on the raw material. Another reason for the low price is vag the enormous size of the 1897 crop. The recent article in the Sun, rela- It is estimated that the acreage this tive to a cellulose factory, has Leis year in the United States has been ated considerable interest here. The] +, creased seyen per cent, and the size to petition. We want factories here above all things and the reason inducements are offered is to keep up with other cities. It would, however, be the height of folly to ask a man to locate here and endeavor to dictate to him what he could afford to pay his men ; he would simply go where he could run his own business without dicta- tion. This recommendation of the many superlative advantages that Pa- of the new crop is put at 10,300,000 ducah possesses for such an estab-} 19g while last year's American crop lishment, and the vast good that the was only 8,758,000 bales. TheIndian city and the surrounding country crop this year is placed at 8,000,000 would derive from the location of bales, an estimated pre of only such a plant here are obvious to all, 46,000, while it is probable that the Itis only by bard efforts that new] increased acreage in Chins, Egypt industries can be secured. As the and other countries where cotton Swen has stated 1m the past, the major may make the foreign yield : i "p | BTOWS, part of Paducah's fature growth] oi out the same as last year, must come from ec The Hiinois Central Good {Position on School Tax Ques- tion, A Position That Other Tax Pay- ers Would do Well to Observe —Other Railroad Notes, The Courier-Journal railroad that does not resist taxes is one of the rare fluds. he Illinois Central at present oceupies this posi« tion. In one of the western counties of says: A Kentucky where the Illinois Central has considerable property a number of the corporations and the wealthy property owners banded together to oppose the school tax on the ground that it had not been properly voted. They, of course, wanted the co-oper- ation of the Illinois Central, as it was probably the biggest taxpayer and the most powerful corporation in the county, They felt certain that the Illinois Central would help slong in the fight. None of the law- yers who were engaged inthe propos- ed litigation could recall an instance where a railroad did not resist a tax if it saw any possible chance to do so. Judge of their surprise then when they received an emphatic *‘no” from the railroad. The ‘‘no’* was in practically these words: ‘We are willing to pay any just tas for hoo! purposes. We believe schools cannot be established in too great numbers, nor people given too many chances for education. The better educated the people are the better able will they be to see the relation between corporations and the people. We want everyone along our line to have an education and we are willing to pay our just share to that end, therefore you will have to make your fight against the tox without our as- sistance." The Illinois Central before many months may have its own rails to Nashville, Tenn. It bas acquired the Ohio Valley road, which rans from Evansville, Ind., to Hopkius- ville, Ky. The distance from Hop- kinsville to Nashville, which is most due south, is only miles. The Ohio Vall reached by the Central's r Chesapeake & Obio. A shorter hue by the Valley road can be had by building twenty miles, from Eldorado to Shawneetown, where, however, the Ohio mver would have to crossed. The Ceatral reaches E dorado by the Cairo Short Lic enty now be »|may be enclosed, and AN APPEAL In Behalf of the New Methodist Church Bollding. roadway To each individual member and each friend of Broadway Methodist church, the building committee de- sires to say that the new edifice, so long in course of constraction, will be complete and ready for occupancy hy or before Christmas day, It is very desirable to have this new temple of worship freed from «ll secular embarrassment by the first of January, to the end that the congre- gation may feel thus early, when as- sembled in it, that everything in the way of full. spiritual communion be tween them and the Deity has been put out of the way. But, in addition to the $20,000 of bonded indebtedness, payable in five years, which has been amply se- cured and made easy by the endorse- ment of a few of our liberal-minded members, there is a floating indebt- edness of $10,000 that must be paid or amply provided for before so de sirable result ean take place, It is to meet this latter indebted- ness of $10,000 that this appeal is made. We want afreewill Christmas offering that will fully liquidate it. And, we want this freewill offer- GREAT STOCK Combines Value and Assortment Prices absolutely the lowest that can be named for goods of merit. Assortments the greatest that even we have ever shown. To these ded specialties for the holi in great variety, at popular prices. HANDKEROCHIEFS A hundred handkerchiefs to each nose wouldn’t be one too many. We have chosen our Christmas handkerchiefs with a view toward supplying a fine handkerchief at a little cost. Ladies’ white bem stitched handkerchiefs... 5 hed handkerchiets, all white he linen, at 10 Ladies’ white hemstitched handkerchiefs, atl linen, with initials a0 Ladies’ white hemstitched handkerchiefs, all linen and embroidered ' ing from every individual member of Broadway chureb, little, big, old and young, without except and from every citizen of Paducah outside of that church who is willing to pray for the progress of Christianity in their midst regardless of denominational relationships. Let each member of Broadway church specially, and all others who will, bring for this purpose and lay up- on the altar of God, between now and or during the Christmas holidays, from one dollar to a8 many hundred dollars as they may be able to con- tribute. And if there is one in or out of the church who cannot bring the dollars, let such ao one bring the widow's mite, if it be but one penny, so that each and all alike may be blessed of God in the discharge of duty to His cause. How emincutly betittingly,will such an offering repre- sent our true devotion to that Christ whose birth the day is intended to commen Any member of the building com- mittee, or Kev, H. B. Johnson, pas- tor, will from this time on receive these offerings and record the names of those who make them. There will also be envelopes distributed at each service held in said church during December in which these offerings the name of et for which it on the back, It is ani 18 earnestly single member the giver and the ol en written to be devoutly hope requested that not of Broadway chureh will fail on record as a contributor in some amount to this fund of free will of- is gi to go Mayor was made to endeavor to court manufacturing favor with the working men. There are as good business men among me- chanics as there are in other voca- | interests have to a great extent made tions and it is putting them in the| Paducah what she is, But the fu- light of needing some one to act as] ture growth of these various and vast their guardians for the city to assume} interests must nec ily be slow. such a ridiculous position: WO increase them is t6 pictors gf successful manufacturing |establish manufacturing plants. establishments today were the em-| Paducah’s accessibility to raw ma- ployes a few years ago and the fra-|terial, for a cellulose factory, or cot- gal, scber and industrious mechanic | ton and woollen mills,’or a chair fac- of today will be a proprietor some|tory, or for the manufacture of day. It is well always to remember| specialties in bard or soft woods, is there are two sides to all questions.}such that a factory of any or THE NUINE ARTIC! allot the above kinds would bea pronounced success here from the A story comes from Cleveland, O., very start which gives an illustration of what!” We jelieve also that it isa safe only practical Christianity. I statement to make when we say that ‘or several years past Mr. Fried-| ihe people of this city do not fully of the firm of H. Friedman & realize the splendid facilities we pos- das Peco Gd eee nad bs sess in the transportation line. Our tty ii, ae pay ence "| wholesale business has grown up s Specialy 8P=) quietly but wholly by reason of our parent just besre the holiday season, |” ss daaailllbas’” Wet , Me noticed that tig Heil wad care unsurpassed act ities. is state- ed bo ai extreine tts ment is no disparagement to our ployed a detective to, to Maye been amination of allthe g im the factory. As the 200 girls employed # was a laborious one. Seventeen confesse that they had ut various times taken articles from the factory. They all said that they wished to present their friends with the articles they had taken, and as their pay is small, they were tempted to steal by the near approach of Christmas, And yet, with these facts before him, Mr. Friedman has re- tained ail the girls in his employ, tather than turn them off with ruined reputation: —_—_—_— MORAL COWARDIC OF JURORS, Judge E. J. Broaddus of Caldwell county, Missouri, ina recent charge toa jury, made some very strong nts about the responsibility of for the frequent failures of the ‘courts to mete out justice in criminal eases. Among other things he plants, Our immense wholesale bus- iness and our railroad and river in- year, and em- ear, and em- | wholesale merchants, shrewd enough to take advantage of business in competition with Louis- “le, St, Louis, Memphis and even Orleans, ‘lose plant would give em- % the factory the year gai be a constant source o Hye to the farmers of this connty, SoNghern Illinois and those living on o} Three Rive ‘The question is one Lalli O& sibilities for the city. Let The ing of such'a plant be agitated THE LOW PRICE OF COTTON, Considerable comment has been created by the fact that while cereals are high, and everything, in fact, in the line of farmers’ products, round pos ure shows an increased price, yet cotton, the great staple of the Southern planter, is almost as low as the low- est price since 1548, Political paras graphers see in this fact ample proof that our present prosperity is only skin deep, and the pessimist sees only ttorble 1 for the cotton pidnter, Col. A. P. Shepperson, of New York, a well kuown cotton expert, “lt +f is sympathy and moral dice on the part of jurors that nes and clears guilty men “efendant’s attorney tells the afou cAN ‘#2 that ninety-nine s “hat one inno- ‘00 ir gives the statistical situation as fol- Jows in the Manufacturers Record: -, At the beginning of the new cotton ~ on September 1 We have'tign in the m go much uilty of crime. Every we are guilty men tur prey upon society, the moral cowardice of ji motrouble to secure an Mbut the difficulty lies in pdict of guilty. Our have become refu- This was not so ww courts of time in 1896 than in 1895 than in 1804 953,000 bales : 1,152,000 bales than in 1892, During last season it is estimated that there was an increase of 970,000 spindles in Europe and 500,000 in the United States, and an increase in consumption the previous season of 156,000 bales (of 500 pounds net) judge r by mills of Europe and 247,600 a it I be- for|bales by the mills of the)tnited| + tates. if 8 Bits: Shie 1t:Je soon our rates and have built up a vast} "2 1,335,000 bales Jess | quarters Jess | @9xious to purge the;peusion roll if it less | ¢an be done wii it injustice to de- than in 1893, and 1,512,000 less|serving soldiers their widows, Such being the situation it is prob- able that the price of cotton will not increase very much this year. But no one can predict surely what the couditions and the price will be next year. ~"TO EXPOSE IMPOSTORS. Government Pension Lists to Be Published. (Washington Telegram te Chicage Record ) A bill will be introduced in Con- gress and pressed for passage this session providing for a publication of a list of persons now drawing pen- sions from the United States, for the purpose of submitting to public scru- tiny. The ultimate object is to se- cure criticism and information con- cerning those whose names will ap- pear. There are tens of thousands of persons drawing pensions who are not entitled to them id have ob- tained them by fraud, although it is difficult to prove it. Ifa list of the names of pensioners in every county or township was posted in a conspic- uous place with a brief statement of the military service claimed, the amount of the pensionfand the reason y it was granted, it would doubt- less bring down upon the commis- sioner here voluntary evidence from neighbors and former comrades of the greatest value. ‘There is no good reason why the pension list should not bemade public. A pension is a badge of honor, a reward for patriot~ ifm and faithful military service, and its value is very much reduced in the mind of every honest citizen wh ** . | is enjoyed by unworthy men aud is conferred upon those who have no title to it, If the pension list should be pub- lished as proposed, the revelation would cause astonishment in every community, It would expose thou- ferings, and that as many outside of that church as cao, will, the same way, show their appreciation of the efforts of the building committee to erect in Paducah an additional temple of worship, which, with others here- a CLEVELAND'S LUGK. tofore built, shall pot” Guly honor the As one of the echoes of the ‘late] 5... Deity and’ adfance the cause of unpleaswarness,* the followin WH) ch risianity, but shall reflect credit oficial communication 1 reported ig the liens uf the ety. Hcg ie eae? de pnd baer ane 08 spectfully submitted b riet Bainbrilge Richardson. in which panera commie: niihed ~ by Mr. Herbert wrote: pi which it now owns. During the last summer the Central has ballasied its lines south of the Ohio aud built uu- merous bridges. —Chicago Record. the sands of impostors and men who per- formed no military service, or 80 lit- tle that they would not be able to face their former comrades, Every now and then the agents of the Pea- sion {Bureau +—mble over cases in which mens Not {tformed little or 0. no service dui“! ~ar have been awarded honors Sk but crip- pled yeterans are entitled\to, and others who are in ill-health or are disabled are receiving credit and compensation for disabilities that can no way be attributed to their military service. This movement was not proposed by civilians or ene- mies of the pension system. It is backed by the Loyal Legion and members of the Grand Army of the Republic, who feel pride in thei pensions and are determined to do al they can to drive the frauds out of the Pension office just as they drove | them out of the camps during the war, The people at Grand Army head- y that the organization is but they *%%nk the num! fraudu- lent, Pegéions has been very much " ed. They say that during ry aN Cleveland pire $1, was spent in a for impostt™ “<A very few w pas want is charg bmp 10 quil “ue wonadgd for bis ley on next Saturday, Eopping don’t fail to sean the beautiful You get tearing palings fence, and| died yesterda anor af oom oe before Laan gona of the brain, sged “Please accept my thanks for the Ubsiieean, bottle of forty-fiye-year-old whisky, Oauvie, : which came safely to band, and of Secretary which President Cleveland shall taste ae Barkin oO when ] give my cabinet digner.”’ |B, Boort Thus it seems that while Miss Rich- 0, Cavanaven ardson lost out, old Grover, with his “W. MoKmonr, usual luck, was strictly in it. t, H. Houtr, THE TRIALS OF A MILLIONAIRE, peepeenenee . M. Brrp, The following news item is gomg » R. Hart, the rounds of the press: . H. Coasiurs, “Wm. Rockefeller, the Standard H. W. Karrensony. Oil millionaire, has tied up a peor widow's legacy that he may collect ea Galt House from her $17.50, which he claims she LOUISVILLE, KY. owes for yasturage, preventing the administrator of the Nicholas Cassidy American Plan $3.00 to $5.00 per day, estate from paying to Mrs. Mary Yessen a legacy of $1,500.”’ Rooms only $1.00 and upwards, A. B. COOPER, The story gees that ‘Nicholas Cas- Manager L.B. sidy, a wealthy bachelor, became ill and she cared for him, with the result that at his death his will awarded her a legacy of $1,500. ‘This amount was to be paid her next week, when the estate will be settled. Mr, Cas-| - idy also left Mrs, Yessen a horse, and this she has pastured in Rocke- feller’s lots adjoining her little home in Cassidy Park. Mr. Luxon has usrge of the Rockefeller farm, and when he presented his bill of $17.50 to her for pasturage, she could not pay it, This, and several other claims against her, she intended to pay when she received her legacy, but Luxon and Rockefeller did not it, and served an attachment on the legacy to make sure of it."” ‘This little incident shows the dire straits to which a reputed multi-mil- lionaire may be reduced, and shows Gents’ white hemstitched handkerchiefs, all Gents’ white hemstitehed handkerchiefs, all linen, with initials LINENS Three hundred and_ sixty-five days a year a handsome linen cloth, a cluster of napkins or a pair of fine towels are useful and orna mental. Think of this at Christ mas time; our assortment of linens for Christmas is a rare lot. PICTURES A beautiful collection of pictures framed and unframed—bought especially for the holiday trade. CLOAKS Commencing this week, all our cloaks will be offered at cost. We do not wait until January to mark them down, We give our custom ers the benefit now We also offer the few remaining dress patterns at reduced prices— some of them at less than cost L. B. OGILVIE & CO. REMOVED! ‘vA STEAM Seo 4 LAUNDRY To No. 120 North Fourth St, New Machinery Good Work’ Satisfaction Guaranteed, J, W. YOUNG & SON, TELEPHONE (200. When in Metropolis stop at the STATE HOTEL. $1.50 a day. woek. Special rates by the D. A. BAILEY, Propr. Between 4th and 5th on Ferry st. BROADWAY HOUSE. Best hotel in the city, Best accommodations, nicest rooms MEALS 25¢—$1.00 PER DAY. Corner Broadway and Kighth street MAYFIEID, KY J. R. Hester, Pro E Season that even a Standard Oil magnate may have his troubles. It is averred, however, that Mr. Rockefeller does not actually need that $17.50 for his living expenses, but that just that sum is necessary to finish out a con- tribution to build another Rockefeller chapel. BLOOD POISON A SPECIALTY Primary, § of canned goods. ondary or Tertiary BLooD SON permanently CURED IN 15 TO 35 DAY fresh and salt meats. Telephone 118, Cor. oth and Trimble. verything in Its IS _ THE RECORD WE MAKE. eo”: stock of staple and fancy grocerie: complete and up-to-date. Splendid line Our meat market is unexcelled, having everything in the line of “P. F. LALLY. railroad fare and Af we fall to cui IF YOU HAVE Todide Potash. pains, Mucous P: ored spots, Uloers on any part of the bod Hair or ligebrows faillag out, 1 is Secondary \ BLOOD POISON we WE GUARANTER ‘Iv puta "a8 WURTED The remains, of John Ross, who yn his father’s house- we jas tha, AEPERD IN BOTTLES at 4:45 p,m. For further informa] City Passenger and Tickes 21, were today curried to Livingston | 425 Broadway, Paducah, Ky. county for interment. Pees neo |<: EIS delicious ;| _Go to the ' D. a soatl BOTTL Bdtd for your OBERT'S BEER Is rapidly becoming the favorite with the people of this city. others, for the reason thatvit is ABSOLUTELY PURE > It leads ali AND BY THE KEG BY Ma CO, pew evth and Madison streets, ~ Wed until 11 p.m, Ance Drinks, 527 a The Most Fastidious Willfbe ple asediby an inspection of our fall stock of... “Shoes Just received—up to date, all the latest styles and novelties. We have studied the wants of the Padu- cah people, and are ready to supply their every need in shoes. oso H. DIEHL & SON 3t@ BROADWAY—TELEPHONE 310. £00333 3888 008888888 Don’t Cuss : ‘The Plumber “” He may be entirely innocent, Maybe his work was good bat has been mistreated, Whatever the cause of the break or leak, or bad bebavior of pipes, don't waste time about it, but have it fixed uy We are ready to make repairs promptly and econowically, We are ready to put a job of plumbing into your house that will give you m satisfaction aod less anoyance than you ever experienced before. * ED D. HANNAN *& 132 South Fourth, Street-Telephone 201 LIDAY PIPESIs W.A =HO y's, corner Broadway and Second Koll < k ! onteo FRENCH BRIAR IMPC y until Christmas. MEERSCHAU I promise that I ct your pipe. I have the city. I defy com- KOLLEY EE [SSS Dr. Albert Bernheim Physician and Surgeon and se W. A. will save the large petit Tur Pavwen ;36 HOURS \ 14 Telephones HENRY MAMMEN, Jr. BOOKBINDER aking plant wn thoroughly equipped Book & 1 You need send not g out Patent Flat-Opening Books.... BROADWAY SHOES | FOR ALL CLASSES. Good Working Shoe, $1.00 Children’s Shoes, 50c, 75 pairs Ladies’ Lace Shoes, 50c, I keep all kinds. Ivan sell you low price shoes, and I can please} you in high price ~ GEO. BERNBARD. THIS IS NOTA PICTURE OF SANTA CLAUS but that o: mystic maje many app one who, like his has many,very opaiate articles for .CHRISTMAS ee: OFFERINGS 0.5 Re Our Great Cut Price Sale on Dry Goods and Furnishings, SS__ Fine Shoes and Cheap Shoes will be continued until '98. We have a choice variety of books by able authors, Also Bibles, Prayer Books and many other Devotional Articles very desirable for Holiday Gifts, Every thing goes at cut prices, JOHN J; DORIAN 205 Broadway, Paducah, Wall Paper ” LE Window N THE LATEST PATTERNS. PROMPIGATTENTION GIVEN TO ‘ALL ORDERS, GREIF Telephone No, 73 N e s No, 182 8. ‘Thi te Ba wy. : 4g Lo i tly High-Grade Nickel Cigar. By ct pgs Mt Shades... * ie