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ITHE CITIZEN I A Weekly Newspaper I BEREA KENTUCKY = OUR PLATFORM This paper aims to bring the best reading to every fire ¬ side Reading is a great thing but it makes a big difference what you read TilE CITIZEN brings first of ill the newsnot every tale f crime or horror but the im ¬ portant news the news from Washington and the State capital from our soldiers in far off islands from our neigh ¬ bors everywhere For the young folks we have a story and a Bible lesson for house ¬ wives a few new ideas each weekwhich should lighten thtir labors for the farmer some valuable hints which will help him to make more from his land and cattle We propose to get the bes ideas that can be found on all such practical and importan- matters and pass them aroun among our readers The re- sources ¬ of Berea College ar not for its students alone The editor of this paper can at any time step into the largest Col ¬ lege library in the State and he has engaged several of the most distinguished instructors in the College to take charge of special departments in the paper Those who are visited by TilE CITIZEN will know what is going on in the world Everyweek it will tell them somethingworth knowing TilE CITIZEN is pledged to no party It is every mans friend It stands for the things which benefit alltemperancet- hrift kindness enterprise and education And we ask allwho believe in these things o subscribe for TilE CITIZEN Madison County Madison Institute will open for the Fall Term next Monday A large ate tendance ia expected The County Teachers Association will meet at Bybeetowu next Satur ¬ day Aug 31at 10 a m Next Monday is County Cort day and the ladies of the Whites Station Presbyterian Church will furnish dinner at the Garuett House YOUR BANKINGNo matter how small no matter how large The Berea Banking Co will give it care- ful attention This message to the men and women alike Dr M C Heath and J K Worrel have filed in court a petition alleging that County Clerk John F White in filing oil leases secured by them one tered 36 of said leases in his own name White claims prior leases Articles incorporating the new col ¬ legiate institute in Richmond to be known aa the Walters Collegiate In titute have been filed of the County Clerk Twentyone names are mentioned in the charter us iucor poritors For Representative Thompson S- Burnam County Judge E B Mill ion the present incumbent County Clerk John C Hondren County At torneyiHon E T Burnam George Young Sheriff William West Assessor John W Mores Su- perintendent ¬ of Schools John L Car ¬ a pouter Coroner Fred Walker No nomination for Surveyor was made The Republicans of Madison coun ¬ ty met in convention at the Court SaturdayThe and very enthusiastic Good order and harmony characterized the pro ¬ ceedings The meeting was called to order nt 2 p m and the following gentlemen were nominated for the srvttrtl offices to be filled at the nine ¬ tion nn November 5 1901 Public Sale On Saturday Sept 7 I will of ¬ fer for sale to the highest bidder my Farm Situated 2 miles from Berea near Richmond Pike containing 130 acres about Co acres in culti ¬ vation The place is well watered by Joes Lick Creek a good wellI of soft water and two never failing springs There is a comfortable 5room house a good cellar two story smoke house and goodnew barn on the place also a good young orchard in bearing I will also offer for sale the crop on the farm farming implements andI household furniture For terms apply to JEROME B TERRILL Berea Ky I LOCAL AND PERSONALI Fresh bread at Bicknell Early Tho fever patients aro all doing nicely Pros Frost is expected homo Satur- day Bllildingis visitingrelatins B T Tankersley made a busineai trip in Clark County last week A large crowd attended the Co vention at Richmond Saturday Albert Reynolds of Co was here several days last week T R Robinson is traveling for Kel log Withenbury of Richmond Treasurer Osborne has returned MichiganJoe tri to Winchester the first of the week T P Wyatt is building a now dwelling on his land near the depot The gallery which is being built in completedWill spent last week here visiting relative- 1V T Hacker and family of Okl homa visited Mrs Anna Allen last weekIt the purpose of the Berea Bank ¬ ing Co to deal justly and libelall with all- Miss Laura Robiuson visited her patt t ot last week Edwiu B spent Sat urda Jamesd Mr and Mr Frank Riter of Whites ande d Misses Nannie and Mattie Bales who are teaching school in Rockcaatlo were here Sunday Mrs K U Putnam is nltondm the Teachers Institute at Irvine i session this week We offer you the facilities of a we moneyed and well equipped bank The BEREA BASKING tio Miss Sarah Johnson of Jackso- County visited her sister Mrs D N Welch last week Mrs Hanna Allen was called to Grays Ky on account of the serious illness of her sister holilinfithe County at Jamestown Miss Daisy Coddingtou has re ¬ turned home after an extended visit in CountyC Cane has the contract for painting the new Ad- ministration Building daughterBertha visit to relatives at McKee N- Prof Dinsmoro who has been at- tending ¬ institutes in the mountain counties has returned home We will be open for business TuoH11 coroiallyinvited ing Co T A Robinson has purchased the DepotStroot C M Richardson was married Aug 23 in Louisville to Miss Annia M Wilson of Bainbridge Ind Arthur Yocum who has boon spending the summer at Lake Chau TuesdayProf have completed their wedding trip and ar at home in the Coddington house Mr and Mrs Robt Kidd of Travelers Rest returned home Fri ¬ day Kidd accompanied by their son W F I Prof T G Pasco leaves for Cum- berland l Gap Tenn Monday where he will in the Lincoln Memorial University BankingCo accommodation within the range o bankingW is working ten me- at n his mill near the depot He shipped two cars of staves and one of excelsior last week Your little savings deposited The Berea Banking time theybecome it little folks Mr Allen Dobbs and family and Miss Lizzie Bogio have just returned to their home in Marshall Mo from a trip to Oklahoma Ty The whole wagonWaller oldcom biped stallion took the blue ribbon at both the Berea and Brodhead fairs As a harness and saddle animal Mr beatWHEN secured a bank book he is often eager to add more money to his account Thus little by little the habit of saving He should be encouraged tutorin College 1900 was recently married to Miss Elizabeth Mae Sabin Mr and Mrs White will make their home in Cisco Tex We are very sorry to say that the bright baby girl born to Mr and Mrs Clarence Koyle Saturday morn ¬ dayTho Sunday afternoon Running water sometimes causes dizziness Prof Marsh while on a Michiganlost ¬ ing to search for the lost property ho lost his gold watch We are glad to know the Prof baa recovered the val- uables CongrogationalChurch the bank as follows Sundayschool at 930 am 730 pm on Wednoodaynight Ground has been broken for a church building on Chestnut Street opposite the end of Ellipse Street near E P Fairchilds I FROM FOUR STATES RECENT EVENTS OF INTEREST IN THIS VICINITY Knight Templar Take PotirMlon of liouldvlltn Itnld on Ioulroum at Newport Watnripout Online Flood In Ohio County Mob Folded Louisville Ky Aug 27Tho rush conclavere was on In earnest Monday told by night the Kentucky metropolis was completely Trainsn Sir Knights and their ladles As the trains traveled la sections and there toro proceeded with unusual care they were generally behind their schedules fhu streets were tilled with marching detachments and the satp ed the various commanderles to their headquarters Scarcely building was without Its streamers or a gorgeous dress of bunting Even shop windows wore trimmed In Masonic emblems and street fakirs not to bo outdone paint balloonsa qyartera the opinion was expressed that tho conclave which begins Tues ¬ overy 60000 visitors In the city Monday was given up to Informal reunions and tho escorting of com they began at 8 p m when the grand com mandery of Kentucky and the sober dinate commandcrlcs of the state gave a reception to ofllcors and members of the grand encampment at the CUll torn houso Grand Master Reuben II Lloyd of Masteru an o 1of the accepted tlate which makes Stoddard Mr Lloyds successor as grand master of tho grand encamp ¬ mann who to spent an In earnest conversation concerning af fairs of tho grand encampment Gov ernor Yates of Illinois and Governor DurbIn of Indiana arrived with the commanderles from their states Major John II Leathers was grand marshal and 40000 sir knights were In lino In tho big parade Tuesday morning This pageant extended over a route of four mites and will be tho crowning glory of the conclave KnIghts Templars from nearly every nook and cranny of the country In ¬ cluding oven Honolulu were In line niThe course of the parade was a nut ¬ toting show of bunting flags and streamers and nearly every ono of them bearing some sign of welcome Poolrooms Raided Cincinnati Aug 24Tho troubles of tho poolrooms across the river were renewed Friday when Sheriff Miller of Campbell county raided and arrested the proprietors of the room which was opened Wednesday at Hubcra Oar den Just outside of the corporate line of Newport Ky The rooms closed out In Covlngton Tuesday owing to the opposition of the local courts and It was expected that they could oper ¬ ate In their new location unmolested Affidavits were made charging the proprietors and attaches with keeping bounde over to the grand jury and released oa 1500 balL Lynching Bee Prevented Lebanon Ky Aug HAn unsuc ¬ cessful attempt was wade to lynch Dan Hotten and Charles Shipp who are confined In the Marlon county jail charged with murder The mob called nt the houso of Jailor Jackson Clayton but his wife refused them tho keys to to tho whenf Officer Brant who was secreted in a coal shed nearby opened fire upon them The mob returned tho tire but no ono was hit Tho mob dispersed Cloudburst In Kentucky 24Reportsto watery ¬ county A number of houses were washed away and much live stock drowned The Rough river Into which Darnells creek flows Is backed up for 10 miles by the flood water It Is feared some lives wore lost Tho lo- cality Is remote from telephone or tel ¬ egraph communication Bank Quit Business Marietta 0 Aug 27 Owing to tho failure of the Superior Street Savings and Ranking company at Cleveland the New Matamoras bank of Washing ¬ ton county a private banking con ¬ cern has suspended Owners able to pay loss but will hardly resume WifeMurderer Hanged Roanoke Va AUK 24John Fu gate a negro 21 was hanged at Wise Va for the murder noar Toms Creek Va Juno 0 of Martha Wells a col ored woman Fugato displayed great nerve confessing hIs guilt Killed His Cellmate Greenville Tenn Aug 26 James Ross and Walter Pierce negroes were committed to jail Saturday night on trivial offenses and put In the same cell The men fought with knives and Ross killed PIerce To Escape a Mob Lexington Ky Aug 27Macklln Coonoy white 10 was brought here from Versailles to escape a mob Ho Is charged with attempting to crimi ¬ nally assault Mary Hays 9 of near Versailles Town Destroyed Memphis Tenn Aug 2C Tiplon v lie Tcnn the couaty seat of Lake ounty was almost entirely destroyed y Sire Loss not fully knows CONFLICTING CLAIM Bovepth Week of hit Strike Opens With Hoth Mdps Firm Ilttsbiirg Aug 2Gln furtherance etrlkorldden mills of the United States Steel corporation are promised for tho present week that will change tho aspect of affairs considerably If carried out It was stated on good authority that before the end of tho week plants that have been operating on single turn would bo run with full force and for tho usual three full turns each day Men enough have been secured for this purpose officials say In spite of tho cIms of the strikers that tho companies could not get enough men to operate their plants and the managers of the van ¬ ous mills say they will be ready with all the eklllod men required U start up the machinery and turn ont a heavy tonnage Repairs aro In prog ¬ rose at tho Star mill where the com patsy proposes to place this wuok men enough to work tho tour double mlllt there full turns When the strikers wore told of tho claims of tho officials of tho Star mill they denied that there wero as many skilled men at work as was claimed and nalil those who were In tho plant were sent there from the Monemen plant which was being crippled In ore dor to accomplish this work Stren uous denials were also rondo regard ing alleged desertions from the Amal ¬ gamated ranks to nil positions offered by the corporation and It was said that It would be Impossible to obtain men enough to operate the plant with out retlllng the strIke There was no change in the situa ¬ tion regarding tho tube mills Tho mills are quiet and former employes remained away from tho plants It Is understood that officials of tho Na ¬ tional Tubo company have practical determined not to start those plants for tho present Havana Poitofflco Money Stolen Havana Aug 27 B C Westall chief of the money order bureau of the Havana posloffico left the office as usual with tho surplus remittance to pay Into tho treasury The amount was 1000 Ho took an omnibus and according to his statement placed the packet containing tho money on the seat by his side lie read a newspaper until ho reached tho point where he was to alight and when about to leave tho omnibus he found that the packet was missing Two boys who wore In tho omnibus at tho lima say they saw a mulatto throw a packet to a negro In the street Mr Wesall Is under a bond of 110000 The matter will be left to Iho courts for decision Bashford Chosen Chicago Aug 24James Whltford Dashford president of Ohio Wosloyan university has been chosen president of Northwestern university and will be offered tho position when ho ar rives at Chicago from California lull mato friends of Dr Dashford say ho will undoubtedly accept tho offer In making the choice the committee of seven has closed ono of tho hardest campaigns ever fought In university affairs Tho selection of Ur Iloahford It Is believed will close the breach which has existed belwoea the van ¬ ous factions since June 1900 when Dr Henry Rodgers resigned Cuban NewswHter Killed Havana Aug 27 Martin De Cas fro a well known newspaper man was killed at Mansanlllo About three months ago he published article at tacking tho rural guard of Mantanlllo and was shot aL Ho camo to Havana and complained to Qovernbr general Wood expressing a fear that Lit Ute was In danger General Wood ordered the local authorities to afford to him all the rights and protection guaran- teed by the law Castro thereupon returned to Mantanlllo only to be shot dead by a member of the rural guard with whom he had quarreled The offender la being pursued Death of a Drummer Boy 8t Iaul Aug 21John P Lyon a mall carrier who claimed to have been tho youngest soldier In the Union army during tho civil war died at his home In this city aged 60 years He was a native of Now Jer ¬ soy but enlisted In Morrow county 0 four days before his 11th birth ¬ day In 18G1 serving through the war- s a drummer Worth Their Weight In Gold Kansas City Aug 23 Choice northern grown potatoes sold at 10 cents a peck tho price of two bushels a year ago A single bushel now costs 190 from retail dealers or about 160 when purchased from wholesale dealers and jobbers homegrown po tatoes are small and of poor quality Pot Gold d HuntBvlllo Ala Aug 22 A pot containing something over 20000 was found In a remote precinct of Madison county by Frank Jacks a poor farmer The gold was hidden away In a spring which has been used for many years It Is believed the gold was secreted during the civil war Beautiful Woman Dead Charloltesvllle Va Aug 20Miss Maudo Coleman Woods died here Miss Woods was pronounced the most beautiful woman In America by a committee from tho PanAmerican ex ¬ position and her profile adorns ell the medals Issued by tho board of awards Ordered to SIgn London Aug 26Li Hung Chans has notified the ministers of the pow ¬ ers says a dispatch from Poking that edIcts necessary to the signing of the protocol by the Chinese plenipoten ¬ tiaries are en route from SlanFu aced are expected to arrive Wednesday Sanduklan suicided Bandusky 0 Aug 27John Holt mueller 20 single said goodby to hit parents rode his bicycle to the bajr front leaped in and was drowned Worry over business matters 1 U MI WAY EDUCATION GOOD ROADS CONVENTIONS IN THE LINE OF PROGRESS her Plant Seed Which Mar nar minute and near MndlIearmere- Fear Tittallon HA lnw or lard lllah T y Kiioournxn the Work ComiuMitliiff ott tie good nods rOil rriitlou recently held al Now OrUwni the New York Bun says Tbeiv are no worse roads In the country than are round In tbn soutliern states its proof U furutHheil by tIle tlilHirtmeut of agriculture which has- investigated tho cost of transportation on nmilH In different tartn of the coun try and makes this tlmate In the the northern and eastern states when the average wagon haul for farm prod uce ranges from 00 to 00 miles to haul a cvrtntn fixed weight to mllroad or boat IXMIH flKO In the prulrln states and thin Houthoru states generally where the average haul In 88 miles It routs I73 and In thin cotton states MiMtratclj where tho haul IN 120 milts the cast In f1W In the spring of the year n southern highway connecting back towns with WOIIKINCI TUB 1HA1 UOLLUL the railroad is little better than a quag mire What dOt M this menu to thin planter farmer and truck Kiinliiurl 11ns loud says n rel ort of iho de partment of nKrlciilturt Hint one horse can mute on Iron rolls on a lewd road requires n loons > nod a linlf on level asphalt tavftueut Sly hUnK on the best lUl jlail Muck uiv invlit 7 hones oa eolitilefitoiuK 20 horses on ortllnnry dirt rustle snit 40 luirvea on panel Theta > llgum are not an klgulll cant of course for thin Now York fanner as for lila brethren south and west hut they are in Kiuiiil enough to make blur fonder They should Iw dU played ou every signpost In the rural parts Jenernl Stone of the United States rose bureau has compiled sumo liar uruk nearing on the tItK1 roads problem ntilch are Illuminating and oytaa star thug He eatlmatM that It costa the fanneni of tho country every year the enormous sum of IWO000000 to haul their product to rail and water a guns which exceeds the operating expense of all the railroad companies Two Iblnls of this sum might IM saved ha believes by coiiiitrucliuff goal rood ThU la a conclusion that must tw prov ed to the satisfaction of tho farmers of each district which U not an may un ¬ dertaking silica many of them are ao poor that present outlay seems to them of greater moment than prospective advantageA U engaged In a struggle to keep the wolf from the door can hardly bit expected to burden lilmiwlf with nn increased road tax Ute U too short and uncertain ho thinks It bas been pointed out with much force that the farmer complain loudly about an lucrraft of a fraction of a cent a mile by a railroad company which he denounces ns a plundering monopoly hut ho keeps on In his old imbecile way of wearing out his horses and wagons on execrable roads General Stone tell him that It he would have the courage to face tho toet of reasonably good roads the farm property of tho country would appreciate probably 9AOOOOOO 000 Here In tho north we have seen the light but we are not M tar ad vimctnl In the reform that wo ran ate ford to disparage the cotton states May tho New Orleans convention teach them the kindergarten principle of good roudmklagl The moro of such conventions the better It Is a fortunate fact In the history of till good roads movement that It la exceedingly Infectious and when once started vprrads with great rapidity That has been the experience of Mae sachiiMitts New Jersey and Connecti- cut ¬ and It Is now pretty safe to expect that other states will riot bo exceptions to the rule A well made and well kept thoroughfare demonstrates its value no conchifilvcly that there Is no use lu attempting to deny It In the presence of any ono who has wen thin truth Thus the number of advocate of road Improvement continually multi ¬ plies and minorities are converted Into majorities In a manner surprising oven to themselves floral Mall Delivery A factor which will now assist tbe good roads movement U the demand for rural mall delivery Tho carriers want better roads and tho farmers want that mall delivered promptly and the two are causing good roads move ¬ ments wherever there U a request for tho rural delivery Thero are from 000 to 850 routes now established or rte RppllcatloD8I are 170 applications pending from Nebras ¬ ka 833 from Kansas and 18 from South Dakota Tho nine special agents In the western division would be kept busy for a year and a half Investigat ¬ lug new routes If no others were asked for Route are being established la laws at tka ai < 13t i f t 4aj L THE SUNDAY SCHOOL lJf INATIONAt Test of She Ioa flea 251 IV m Memory veee 4za0old Tit Marti v Cnmorntarr lrepard- by Ike Rev I M 5ago dfjiUtt Isis by AI11ffIn Ire Aooclttlo 12 10 Thea Isaac sowed In that Und aud received In the same year an hun ¬ dredfold and the Lord Mraird him The pn Ttouit chapter told IM not only of the death and burial of Abraham uiilhl tan Isbmarl but also of the birth of lassos two aooa Jacob and EMU and bow win despised hls bUthrUht pre ¬ ferring a piMtot enjoyment to a future inheritance Hrtt ill 10 iT Tht be 1s14q glunlnji of our pmMtit chapter dlof a finales soil of lease going to 10 jThu HU promUx to Abraham and gave him j the stars of heaven portion of the cove ¬ natal Its Ml Into hU lathers sin con rvruluit hU wife sat was rebuked by AMmrlerh truly the heart U deceitful above all things and desperately wicked Jar xrll 0even the heart of Abraham and the heart of Inaac said your heart and mine All that led duds He dou for Ill great names sake panlualaf our Iniquities when we coofeM our alnj I John L S Jer xlv 7 14 lit Tits PUlUtlnea envied him The majority of mere natural xopU would be apt to envy one whom they taw tUMfd and Incasing u lease Will It was runtraiptlUfl to fill hie well with earth but that was human too and der IIUli fur the merely human 1 pet to be much need by the ell To pro him pros poring notwithstanding these Limitation war more than they could stand and must have made them full of lodlicnatlon Envy and strife la earthly aennual devil- Ish and bids to cvatuelua and every etU work tJaa ill 14 10 Tllua Ill III It U bad enough among those who know not Ood but when It gvti Into churches and famlllea It work itreat havoc and vreatly Krkvwi the Holy Bplrlt Act viL 0 Kph Iv 80821 1 1 17 flo from us for thou art mucbI mightier than we Thus they sent him >e away an he said afterward when they wanted nta favor Wherefore COme ye to nv mine yw hate DM and have seat mo away from your vera 27 The Inn e ot the righteous U often a great tormeot to the ungodly i they cannot stand the sight It la too strong for thtlr week rye Isaac might have reetooed awl aritunl with them and have insisted on rrmalulna1 where be was and have de fWd them to iwiul him away but II was not that klu l of a man be was more In ¬ clined to yield tor pear sake he was a man of peace IN lt > UnlfM we know something of the meaning of scarcity of water we shall not appreciate what thuK well meant end the enormity of the aln of stopping them To many people In India where they have to KO mite toe water a well U an Inestimable bouu When In South Africa pindlty a day at a mission la Natal my wife bavin washed tier banda was about to throw out the water when ahe was aiv 4ed with each an xrlaua flu of urpiim and fear from several lady nlmlonailoa a abe wQl not soon fur get They thru told her that water was w aoanv that they must all wash In that water To atop the wrlla aa the PbllU tlikea did because of tbrlr hatred was about equal to murder Bee I John III 10 20 21 The contrntlon and hutted mao Ifmled by these unricbteoiu and wicked IhIIUtlne gee tbo marginal meaning of the nature Isaac gave these well because of the Mrlfe went certainly bard to put up with and only by the marvelous grar of flod Holt IMMC have acted as he did aril j If Mii again and spin to tans un Just people the well bH a rvanli hads digged Mike the ease your own put yourxlf aa tar al you can In bU pUce that you may In some measure apprwclata t 22 23 Now tbe lord bath made room for n and we shall be fruitful In the laud Thai be salt when after dig ¬ ging a third well thug did not strive tee that one After that he removed to seer thrlia HubinUalon to wrung and opprca stun tot the Lents ask U nut human lout It U Chrlatllkfl and Ie atruaa Uctl moaT for Film as we akalt aeeIt we bad anointed ealeti we ailajfcl oftao hear our Lord Bar to a Sakes k to be so now Math Ill 10 and It would not- seem ao dlfflcull If We woeiel eoaaUer Him who radnred audi coatraaKctloa of alntten agalnat Illtnseltp who whoa Be WM reviled rerlled not again fish a 81 Pet 1L 23 21 And the Lord appeared unto Urn the same night and am the Ooia of Abraham thy fathtx tsar not am with thee and will bleaa tbM What a reward for hla meekn A a aw ravala tlon of Ood to Mm that very night wttk Ill glorious Fear not I am with Iboe How small a well or a doa o wen and all one mold bo called npoa to bear utm In rorapartaon with a reveiatloa aitd aaaurancel Truly the aufferlnga of this present time are not worthy to 6a rumpantl with the f dory that ia and shall be ours Ilom vlll 18 23 And bo bullded an altar there Get canal upon the tome of tbe Lord and pitched hU tent then and there Isaac servants digged a welt A tent with the Lord la enough the Lori without the tent U enough for a believer should be able to say with much assurance Lord Thou art my dwelling place IV ac 1 The tent the altar and the words from f God Fear not for I am with thee and will MOM tbee are all and more than heart can wloh It must have been the power of the presence of God that en ablcd Isaac to act ao meekly See In tens 28 the sequel and note the tell rnony of Ablmeteoh and bo en We saw rrrtaluly that the Lord was with tbee The Lord was seen In laaac In his yMdlngncfla tee fUldlog padfleta great offenses and we are exhorted to let our yleldedncM be known to all men- tor the Lord Is at band Eocl z 41 Phil Iv 6 lied laaac stood for his tight as wo My In the matter of the well Ood would not hue bvenaeen In him We mot contend raraoatly for the faith Jude 8 but when we can avoid strife by a little yielding let ua yloid In Hla name though It IITStem a personal lose Isaac might have sent there PhUU tines away and haw refused further In ¬ tercourse because of their former con ¬ duct but grace again prevail and now we tee the sequel to ths leIJedntI Isaac servant were digging a well at Jlloentwba and that same day they came L- Istd told laaac that Ud fans water JI
