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EDITOR AND PUBLISHERJAMES E FAWCETT

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THURSDAY JAN 12 1905

SHOULD THE COUNTR WEEK-

LY BE INDEPENDENT IN

POLITICS

I believe the country weeklySHOULD be independent iu poli ¬

tics But what is independencein politics There aro thosewho think such independence isonly attained by the paper thatwholly ignors political questions

This is not independence ItaiAY be comfortable avoidance

There are others who think anewspaper can have no politicsunless it is in constant personalbroil with those of an oppositepolitical faith uuluss It be theorgan of the petty office seekersthe instrument of the dema ¬

gogue the official mud slingerThis is not independence It

may under given circumstancesand for a time put meat into thelarder and grease the wheels ofa drum cylinder but the end ie

often bitterness This is abjectslaveryThe

intensity of partisan politics in Kentucky discounts eventhe best efforts of a country edi ¬

tor with political opinions how-

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broad and liberal amongmany readers of opposite politi ¬

cal belief And the position ofsuch an editor is hard Therestands between him and the freedeclaration and advocacy of a

print pl in which he believesthe intolerant proscription ofmany who would stop his breadwagon if they could Politicalprejudices are deep and lastingpolical hatred bitter In somelocalities these feelings havebeen so inflamed by the pueriledemagogue of either party thatmany an ignoramus partisanwould not use a paper of op-

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politics for gun waddingeven if it were printed with theink of perfect fairness on a whitesheet of truth itself

And here is the vital conflictbetween the business end andthe editorial end of the countrypaper with political opinionsBoth these ends usually centerin the same individual and thequestion is yet more difficultWho will face it

THIS I hold is true independ-ence

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in politics that a man benot the servant of a pie counter

m his editorial work that he bexaot the publisher of an organ of+ officeholders or the official mix-er< and distributor for a local

partisan mudyard but that heSpeak his own political convic

l tions when the spirit moves himvftihe speaks his convictions upbn any other topic GOOD newsparpers were not invented GOOD

editors not made to pander tothe vicious or contribute to thedensity of the ignorant News-papers

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do these things undoubt-edly

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and undoubtedly many gainsome filthy lucre thereby Itrequires a brave man to waiveiris own party control as well asface the proscription of his op-

posites I believe he shouldspeak his mind

A man with any strong beliefill or conviction of what seemswhim best in politics as inother things cannot be silentwhen principles and policies arebeing tried Out before the peo ¬

ple This declaration may cause4sniile but even OBSOUKK COUN

TRY editors with small clientele1oliavA convictions that are im ¬

portant tb THEM and PKKUAPS totheir cot tnunity and theyshould express them and bo PBU

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any mealbarrel intimidathHIIA country weekly I place up ¬

on the same broad plane of hon ¬

esty that the most successful andinfluential city dailies occupyThe editor should be courageousto advocate what he believes ina gentlemanly and courteous man-

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in upholding political prin ¬

ciples or party policies butindependent enough not to sub ¬

scribe to demagoguery or fraudof any sort that might be con ¬

cocted by party organization forparty expediency

It is temporarily expensive tobe thus independent as even thedaily newspaper sometimes hasdiscovered but such indepen ¬

dence has in itself the reward ofa dutydone feeling wInch isgood to entertain where one canafford the luxury Fair andthoughtful people and these arethe best patrons to have if thereare enough of the sort within agiven area of newspaper fieldaccept such an independenceheartily applaud its courage andbecome the papers permanent

friendsStrictlyas a business proposi ¬

tion there can be no sort of ques ¬

tion upon this point so far asconcerns the country press ofthe State of Kentucky The edi ¬

tor with political aspirations anda good political grasp who cancontrol the public printing andthe official patronage of the dom ¬

inant party in his home countycan afford to conduct a strictlypartisan paper so long as heretains his hold

It is seldom if ever Exceptfor a brief space that t U editorcan make such partisanship payin cash under any other circum ¬

stancesAlmostmillennial indeed is it

to think of but there is a futuretime to hope for when men willhave become educated in schoolsand from the pulpit and by thepress trained into a spirit ofcharitable tolerance and brother ¬

ly love that will permit a freeexpression of opinion withoutsubjection to proscription and

abuseThenewspaper man in Ken ¬

tucky who would escape themost unpleasantness at the edi ¬

torial end and have the best fill ¬

ed larder at the business end ofhis newspaper organism willadopt the policy of comfortableavoidance and leave others tolook after independence in po-

iiticsPaper read by Paul M

Moore before midwinter meetingof the Kentucky Press Associa-tion

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A CAPITOL SESSION

Urged by certain Kentuckynewspapers notably the Louis ¬

ville Times which has been themover ¬

a special session of the legisla ¬

ture which will meet at Frank ¬

fort today to consider the ques ¬

tion of location for the new capitol building in that city THEBEE endorses fully the governorscall for the extra session to set ¬

tle the very important questioninvolved and is heartily in favorof building the magnificentnew structure upon a site worthypf itself and as creditable to theState as the city of Frankfortdan afford But it is the wishof all Kentuckiaus that this ex ¬

tra session go down in history asa short session Not short inmethods or in its judgment as towhat is best and most desirablein a new site but short in thenumber of its days and in itsmileage and per diem accountsIt should not be an expensivesession and if the legislators re-

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the wishes of their con-

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it will not be Thereis only this one question that canbe considered under the govuors call There are not manysites possible of consideration atFrankfort The legislature shouldquickly determine a new site orempower and instruct the com ¬

mission to determine such new

siteItwouill be a disgrace to the

State to build a magnificentstructure on the crowded quar ¬

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ters now occupied by the oldState buildings and it is saidthat nnew site could be pur¬

chased for less money than wouldbe spent in rent for State officeaccommodations during destruc-tion

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and rebuilding on the oldsite Since the capitol must re ¬

main at Frankfort lots have thebest to be had there But makeit short

KILLED IN A TUNNEL

Elias Halficld Noted for HU ConnectionWith the HatfieldMcCoy Feud

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Elias Hatfield noted for hiscennection with the McOoyHatfield feud was killed in a tunnelnearhere Sunday He was walk ¬

ing through the tunnel when atrain overtook him His bodywas mangled That it wasnt arifle ball which killed him is sur¬

prising None of the Hatfieldsprobably ever expected to die inany other way

Hatfield was released fromjail two years ago after servingpart ot his sentence for killingSheriff H E Ellis one of theMcCoys That was one of thelast murders of the famous feudand it was one of the few forwhich a Hatfield was ever con ¬

victed Since getting out ofprison Elias Hatfield has beenliving near the place at which howas killed I

Elms Hatfield was one of theHatfield brothers Their fatherwas Devil Anso Hatfield theleader of the clan Among theother Brothers were GapHatfield famous for his breakfrom jail some years ago andsubsequent recapture JohnTrpy and Ellison They were allwanted for the Ellis murderwhich occurred in 1807 but theygot away Elias Hatfield wasthe youngest of the brothers buthe had as many murders to hiscredit as any He was only 17at the time of the Ellis murderHe was a good shot and had allthe other characteristics of thefamily even a hatred for theMcCoysThe

McOoy feud start ¬

ed long before the civil warLocal history has it that a dis ¬

paste over ownership of somehoes engendered the strifeThere have been many fights butperhaps the most famous wi sonacc unt of Elias He was ac ¬

cused oy one of the McCoys at areunion of the two families ofhaving stolen money and hisbrother Ellison defended himEllison Hatfield and Talbot Mc ¬

Ooy were in a duel when anotherMcCoy shot Ellison Then camea bloody battle which resultedin the Hatfields seizing three ofthe McCoys taking them overthe line into the McCoys ownstate Kentucky tying them totrees and shooting them full ofholes It was in 1882 when theHatfields thus wiped out the in ¬

sult to their younger brotherThe father and the other

brothers are still alive The on ¬

ly one of the brothers who wasever shot by the McCoys was El ¬

lison and that Was the fight overElias back in 1882 ReportsupIoccur which are not ascribed tothe hatred of the two familiesdating back two generationsBluefield W Va Cor NewYork SunzImperfect Digestionleans less nutrition and in con-sequence

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less vitality When the

bloodbecomeserties the digestion b3comes imconstipatedHorbhhotone to the stomach liver and kid-neys

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strengthens the appetitecomploxlonInfuseswhole system 60 cents a bottle

Sold by St Bernard Drug Store

At the close of business this yearthe state auditor shows a balance of179082030 in the state treasury ex-

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qf all Warrants and claimsoutstanding

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mine News and Howard West nar-rowly

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escaped asphyxiation Satur-day

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afternoon while repairing thegasoline engine in the Nows ofllcoat Nioholasvlllo Ky Roth woregasbuthad called for his son a fow minutesbefore succeeded in dragging bothmen to the fresh air where physi ¬

cians soon resuscitated themJohn Lght May vil1e Ky aged

eighty died at his home near frominJuries received from a fall Wed-nesday

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night He slept upstairs andas he went up to retire he openedthe wrong door ono which led to aporch around which there was nobanister Ho walked off fallingfifteen feet lying there all nightWhen found he was almost frozento death Several ribs on his rightside wore broken and his entire bodywas a mass of bruises He neverregained consciousness He was apeculiar and religious man havingattended all the tnpmeetlnlts heldon Buggies camp grounds since thoassociation was organized nevertook a drink of liquor nor used to ¬

bacco in any shapeLogan Geary a young man of

Caneyvillo lisa been arrested forpassing as dimes pennies which hadbeen plated with quicksilver andnitric acid

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Mrs Saropta Galbrath aged eigh ¬

tyfour years living near Maysviliestarted a fire in tho grate It didnot burn fast enough and she throwsome coal oil oult The ilaino flewout of tho grate and Ignited herclothing and before aid could bosummoned she was burned so badlythat she died u tow hours later Sheleaves a son Thomas at Cleveland

OhioWhilealone in his room Thomas

Aboil eighty years old of TartarRussell county was burned to deathJan 9 Isis clothing caught firefrom an open fireplace and beingtoo feeble to extinguish tho flumeshe was burned to death Ho was ahighly respected citizen

James Pritchett aged sixtyeightyears one of the best known farm-ers

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of the county died In Hender¬

son of convulsions Ho was in townon a visit and while walking alongthe street slipped and fell on the ice

Rev Robert Y Thomas a wellknown Methodist minister is deadat Marion at the ago of eighty

yearsThebody of an unknown man

poorly dressed was found in astrawstack at Bainbrldgo Christiancounty Friday night Jan 0 butwas not reported until yesterdayThe man was seen in the neighbor ¬

hood Tues lay for the last time un ¬

til the body was found At the in ¬

quest one witness testified that hetalked with the man Tuesday andhe said his name was Miller andwas from Graves county The ver ¬

dict of the Coroners jury was thatthe man froze to death

Indorsements of John W Yerkesfor a cabinet oortlollo by the Re-

publican organizations of everySouthern State except Missouri willbe placed before the President bvNational Committeeman W PBrownlow of Tennessee one daythis week The papers are beingprepared and Mr Brownlow willtake the earliest opportunity offer¬

tug to present themMayklng Jun IOJohn Henry

Mullins aged thirtysix years re ¬

siding near tIle Pike county linodied from the effects of a bite froma cat today

Owlngsvllle Ky Jan JOAtOilve Hill Carter county Viola theyoung daughter ot Hugh Stone wasstanding near a fire when her cloth-ing

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became ignited and she wasfatally burned before she could berescued She died after a Jew hoursof suffering

DoctorsPrescribe forSpecificBlood

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tea Poerga Eeraeor I haTe been a pructiclnirFoerdaBernedy1 ever saw or ever prescribed In lute

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AFTER INVENTO-RYREDUCTIONS

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Groat reductions are tobe found in every line ofgoods since taking invent-ory

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and especially low wilyou find all remnant mind

short end lots in the lineLook them over and see ifWo donH make you a good-

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saving

Grand LeaderMADISONVIIJ KY

wmrwmtwmtwmtwmtWNNJiZee SwiftSPassing of another year brings us again time pleasure of M

greeting you with our compliments and the very bost M

the Holiday Season and the New Your to come aBefore turning the new pa e in lifes historyour

thoughts dwell in grateful appreciation uponwho have been so loyal to us in our growth and pros ¬ aparity Wo offer our sincere thnnks to you for contribut ¬

ing by your confidence and good will so generously to themeasure of our success and we trust that our satisfactorydealings of the gust may be perpetuated and increased formany years to come

May this greeting find you surrounded by all the com ¬ aforts which your toil so richly deserves and we sincerely a

trust that the New Year of 1005 will open up to you nowavenues of success and happiness r

Again thanking you and extending you our cordial goodwishes we remain Very truly your friends

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Morris Kohlman Managerr

MADISONV1LLE KY

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