THE INTERIOR JOURNALI

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NDEMOCRATIC TICKETI

For Prwdeat

ALTON BROOKS PARKEROf New York

For Jwr JVmd-enjhwfiro DAVIS

of Wett Virginia

TUB Democratic National convention

at St Louis completed Ita labors juatbefore the dawn of Sunday and ad ¬

journed line die The platform was

adopted unanimously and nominating

BpeecheB began at 0 oclock Fridaynight Judge Parkers name was pre ¬

anted by Martin W Littleton of Now

York and too convention Indulged In

a wild demonstration lasting 25 min¬

utes E M Delmas of California

nominated William R Hearst and L

Irving Handy presented the name of

Judge Gray The name of Nelson A

Miles war presented bv David Over

meyer that af Richard Olney by Pat ¬

rick Colllne that of F M Cockrell by

Champ Clark and that of E C Wall

by David S Rose The convention keptup rte work all night and at 640 A M

Saturday Judge Alton Brooks Parkerof New York was nominated on thefirst ballot After several adjourn

menu the balloting for vice paeMdentbegan at a late hour Saturday nightand Henry O Davie of West Virginiawoe nominated by acclamation On thefirst ballot he received 652 votes only

16 short of the necessary twothirdsThis was Increased by changes to a

number sufficient to nominate and on

motion of Gov Beckham the nomina ¬

tlon was made unanimousJudge Parker a short while after his

nomination sent a telegram to the can ¬

ventlon stating that he regarded thegold standard as fixed and authorizingW F Sheehan to decline the nomina ¬

tion for him If his views were not sane ¬

factory to the convention After a con ¬

ference of leaders a reply was preparedand presented to the convention for Itsadoption stating that there Is nothing

In Judge Parker views to preclude

him from accepting a nomination on

the platform that bad been adopted by

the convention The subject precipi¬

tated a long debate In the convention

but In the end by an overwhelming

TOte the reply was adopted

The Committee on Resolutions wa-

G In session for hours before it perfected

a platform At the end of Its work thecommittee was unanimous and therewas no minority report The money

plank was dropped by a vote of 35 to 15

after a long debate An income tax

plank proposed by Mr Bryan was notaccepted A long discussion of thetrust question ended in the adoption of

a plank offered bv Mr Hill as a substi ¬

tute for Mr Bryans proposition and

othersTheplatform In a nutshell Is as fol-

lows

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Denounces executive usurpation of

legislative and Judicial functionsOpposes expansionAdvocates a revision ot the ariaDemands suppression of trustsFavors an Interoceanlo canalFavors reduction In the expense of

governmentWantsof exMttllva de ¬

partmentsFavors laws giving labor and capital

their just rightsFavors the reclamation of arid lands

by IrrigationFdvors election of United States Sin

ators by popular voteDemands Statehood for Arlsona and

Now MexicoFavors reciprocity especially with

CanadaFavorsthe reduction of the army

Favor generous pensionsDenounces the ship subsidyDemands honest enforcement of the

civil service laws

PARKER AND DAVIS will have thehearty support of this paper We were

not an original Parker man by a long

shot but democrats In convention have

said he Is the man to carry democracysbanner to success and we propose to do

whatever Is in our power to help him

So heros to Parker and Davis who

should win hands down over the meat ¬

ly pair the republicans have nomina-

ted

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ilR ATTORNEY GKNKRAL BAYS having

ailed to find a democratic paper throwhich to vent his spleen on Gov Beck

ham has adopted the Lexington Lead ¬

er aa his official mouthpiece 1 bo more

we see and hear of Gen Hays the more

we are impressed with the fact thaWltlard Mitchell or some other goodnominatedpfor attorney

THE dispatches say that PresidentRoosevelt Is preparing his speech of

acceptance We are delighted to know

that he is not going to decline the nom-

Ination

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for president

IT Is said that Senator Fairbanks

never took a drop of liquor in his life

and Is heartily opposed to the treatIng habit Io fact ho bits no use for a

person who greatst

LANCASTER

The Lancaster base ball club defeat ¬

ed the Crab Orchard team hero Fridayafternoon by acore of 12 to 3 Batter ¬

lee Lancaster Anderson and IStklnCrab Orchard and Cashdollar

Mr and Mrs W G Anderson enter-

tained¬

Friday evening In honor of theirgrandchildren Miss Oizlo and FrankYoung of Chicago The house was

beautifully decorated and all enjoyedthe hospitality of their hostess

Judge A D Ford bought the resi ¬

dence now occupied by Uriah Simpsonon Richmond street for 2200 MrSimpson then bought the residence of

Dr Evans where they Intend to run aboarding house the remainder of the

yearThe people of this community areglad to hear of the improvement of

Mr Wm Burton He will be takenTuesday by his physician Dr Sid Isbell to Indiana where he will remainuntil he has been entirely cured of piesevere attack of Inflammatory rheumatlsm

Messrs J I Williams and G M

Patterson wish to correct the state ¬

ment made in last Issue of this papersaying they were going to Wyoming tomake that their future Lome Theyare only going there on a visit and on

their return Intend to atop In Dakotato see the rush at the opening of thegovernment lands

Mr and Mrs John E Stormes havereturned from a lvlslt to St LoutsMiss Annie Francis of Corbln Is theattractive guest of Judge Joe Robin ¬

son Miss Jennie Burnslder of Dryantsvllle and Miss Katie Campbell of

NIcholasvIlle are the petty guests of

Miss Lena Rlgney Mrs McClellanJohnston and family have gone to Liv ¬

ingston to spend the summer with MrJohnston Misses Mary and Janie Do ¬

ty have returned from a pleasant visitto Miss Nellie Peyton of LexingtonMiss Marie Shilling has returned toher home In1 Richmond after a pleas ¬

ant visit to Miss Elsie Ztmmer MessrsJoe and Horace Walker and SherpaHudson have returned from a visit tothe Worlds Fair

rIN NEIGHBORING COUNTIES

Cropper Sbelbyicounty is to have a

bankMrsWm Blunt Is dead In Madison

aged 35-

Richmond Red Men will have astreet fair Sept 12 to 17

H Clay Stone and Miss Ollie Harriswere married at Richmond

At London in the streets WilliamEdwards was fatally shot by Dan Tip

tonTwo young sons of Calvin Moses ofWhitley county were drowned in theCumberland river above Wllllamsburg

C A Armstrong of Bryantsvillehas announced himself as a candidatefor county judge of Garrard subject tothe action of the demoaraey

Frank West and a young man namedMonolog were nnoldantally shot by thedischarge of A rifle on Paint creekWhitley county The ball paw dthrough Wests arm entered Man ¬

nings head in the left eye and passedinto the brain It Is thought Manningwill die-

Jamas Leoolorod was shot and perhaps fatally wounded by Parke Waltersa white man at PIttsburg The ballWok effiot just over the right eye andwas taken out by physicians In theback of the bead Both men it Is

ohitrsd were drunk This makes fivemen who have been shot In PIttsburgwithin the last year Three of whomhave been killed

POLITICAL

Judge Parkers only remark whentold of his nomination was Is thatso OH

The new Democratic National Com ¬

mittee will not meet until Judge Par ¬

ker has been consulted-A great outpouring greeted former

Senator Davis on his return to hishome at Elkins W Va from the StLouis convention

Dr W G Hunter has promised thatIf he Is elected to Congress he will havethe government erect a 8150000 build ¬

ing In Barbourvllle and will have theFederal court moved from London tothat place

United States Senator Overman ofNorth Carolina says that Judge Par ¬

kers telegram to the Democratic Natlonal Convention means thousands ofvotes and he predicts that JudgoParker will sweep the country in No¬

vemberActing Goy Thorne baa granted a

pardon to Johnson Hatfleld one of thesurvivors of the famous Hatfleld MeCoy feud who Is now serving a life eon ¬

tense In the penitentiary Thereasonsgiven for the pardon are that Hatfialdpromt ¬

to

CHURCH MATTERS

Eld George Darsle Is dead at Frank ¬

fortThe Salvation Army will establish a

permanent poet at Jackson BreathlttcountyThe

Sunday School of the Christianchurch elected Miss Paulino Hockersecretary Sunday morning

A protracted meeting will begin atthe Turner vllle church Atg 18 RoyC J Armstrong of Winchester willassist Pastor R L Bussabarger

Teachers InstituteFRIDAY MOKNINU

Instructor Eubank defined Habitas tbo rut which repeated action cuts

In conscience Song by the Institutewith Miss Stulla Hubble organist RevJ W Begin had charge of the devo ¬

tional exercises of the morning Judg ¬

ment and Wisdom was the helpfultheme ho chose Instructor Eubankgave the teachers a few words of ad ¬

vice for their future school term Spell-Ing was well presented by T J Northfollowed by Mrs Humphrey ProfBoeley Prof Eubank Miss McKeeProfs Grubba and Singleton

At this point Supt Singleton had theteachers divide up according to mall II ¬

tonal districts and a vice president andsecretary elected for each of the fourdistricts In Lincoln county The off-

icers¬

of the Stanford district are MrsMary Cochran vice president MissStella McClary secretary Time olmeeting second Saturday In Decemberat Stanford Graded School auditoriumHustonvlllo district E L Grubbsvice president Mrs Lutle Goocb sec ¬

retary Time of meeting third Satur-day

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InJNbvember at Huitonvlllo Grad ¬

ed School building Crab Orchard die ¬

tract M Mulllns vice president MissStella Hubble secretary Time thirdSaturday in October at Crab Orchardschool building Waynesburg districtOr Bradford Warren vice presidentMiss Anna Goocb secretary Timefirst Saturday In September at Kingsvlllo school house

The subject of Writing was Intro ¬

duced by Mr W L Scott and discuss ¬

ed by Misses Annie Gooch Annie Mc ¬

Kee Elizabeth Lay Profs Bosloy andGrubbs Dr OBannon and Mr New-

ell¬

FRIDAY AFTERNOONProf Bosley gave the institute a fine

talk on the subject of Why the Edl ¬

torial Page of the present is Inferiorto that of Former Time provided thisIs so He quoted Henry Wattersonwith reference to his remarks relativeto the work of George D Prentice Inhis editorials Prof Bosley believesjournalism has decayed because thepeople of today demand sensationalstories rather than sound doctrine Hementioned the war of words betweenMessrs Watterson and Peck latelyInstructor Eubank stated that the mod-

ern¬

newspaper It a bad guide to correctexpression from a literary point of

viewMrM Mullins gave his method ol

lightning addition as Illustrated by his

chartInstructorEubank Introduced the

subjaet of Arithmetic and It was dis ¬

cussed by Mrs Newell Miss StellaHubble J L Bosley Mr Newell MrsLaura Lee John Ware Mn Eubankand Sues McKee

Two more teachers were enrolled onFriday Mrs Laura LM and Mite Ethel Adam

The programs for sash of the fourmagisterial dletrlcw will bs printedeach month in the IMTBRIOK JOOWCALabout two weeks before eaoh assoolatlon meting

ATCRDAY MORNUStl

Opened with soeg by institute Miss5ella Hubble organist Devotional ex¬

ercises were oonduoted by Dr SheltonPhysiology was Introduced by Mrs

Cochran followed by Proto Bosley SireEob BkMr Ware Mitt MoKlnneyand Instructor Kubank who dwelt atlength on tbe laws of hygiene and phys ¬

iology In general giving a helpful saggestlon to the teachers The subjectof Geography was presented by MissLutle Hopkins and Mrs Inllllp IB apractical way gave a most Interestingtalk on tbe use of tbe map of our etnntry Profs Ware Soon and Eubankended the subject In a discussion ofhow to create a love for the study and aprotflut against the continuous use of atext book Further discussion by ProfsNewell Ware and Fallls

Civil government was Introduced andImpressed on each teacher In Its high ¬

est sense by T J North True Citi ¬

zenship was to be the fundamentalprinciple of all civil government

Mr W S Burch favored the Insti ¬

tute with B splendid talk on the grandjurors and their duties and civil gov ¬

ernment in a general wayCivics as applied In the management

ot the school was clearly set forth byProf Fallls and responded to by ProfEubank

The report of the committee on reso ¬

lutions was read by Chairman T JNorth and adopted It is as follows

WB the teachers of Lincoln countydo hereby adopt tbe following reeolu ¬

donsThat we extend our moat sincere

thanks to Prof ECubantc for the ableand masterly way In which ho conduct ¬

ed our InstituteThat wo for and In consideration of

the faithful of Supt Singletonthank him most heartily

That wo also thank Miss Stella McClary and Prof Grubbs secretary andassistant secretary for their efficientwork and courteous attention to ourneeds

ThatMIsses Elizabeth Lay StellaHubble and Kate Water deserve ourpraise for the able manner In whichthey presided at the organ

That we appreciate the songs andrecitations which wore so beautifullyrendered byJMIsses Lucy Lee WaltonMinnie Sine and others That we alsofeel grateful for tbe presence and ser¬

vice of those who conducted our devotlonal exorcises and alto for all visi ¬

tors who honored us with their pres ¬

once That we aro very grateful to theINTERIOR JOURNAL for space for thoseresolutions and tho account of our In-

stituteThat wo appreciate the effort of lion

J M Alverson In trying to pass a billIn tbo Legislaturu of 1004 providingthat county teachers should receivepay for attending the Institute and re ¬

quest him when he returns to the Leg ¬

islature to use his best efforts to passthe bill

That we further resolve that theState superintendent pay teachers ev-

ery¬

month beginning with AugustBe it further resolved that since

there seems to be a desire to amendthe present trustee law and that acounty board has been suggested wetthe teachers of Lincoln county opposeaid county board but recommend asmagisterial district board insteadSaid board to be composed of one true ¬

tee elected by the qualified voter ofeach school district in said magisterialdistrict Said trustees to be paid areasonable sum for tbelr services andIn consideration of said salary eachtrustee shall be held responsible fortbe conduct of school ID his districtTeachers for schools In said magisteri ¬

al district are to be employed by meg ¬

isterial board at Its regular annualmeeting at such time as may be desig ¬

nated by law-Resolved further that since only two

counties have been able to avail them ¬

selves of tbe benefits of the law provided for voting a tax for tbe extension ofthe term In the county as a wholetherefore we deem It expedient andrequest our Legislature to so amendthe law making the county the unit oftaxation that a tax may be voted Ineach magisterial district as a unit forextension and Improrment of schools

Be It also resolved that we requestthe Kentucky delegation In Congressto use their best efforts to secure theenactment of a law whereby Kentuckyshall receive from the national govern ¬

ment a sum of money for school purpo ¬

see which shall be equal to tbo averageland grants for school purposes madeby general government to all States ad ¬

mitted to the union since 1702T J North chairman K G Mar ¬

tin Dr Fallli committee

Lumber Notice I

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Produce Wanted I

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THEJoseph Price InfirmaryIs open nil tho year for the treatment ofsurgical and chronic diseases and for eonultatlon hoard and nursing shall be clubIn advance weekly and monthly Profoifloaal bill due when services are renderedand must N> paid promptly

R A JONESDENTISTStanford

KyOffice In MyerIIouse Parlor Ihone ill

EVERYBODY IS NOT A TAILOR

laving been in the Tailoring businessall my life I feet confident in saying Irepresent one of tho best tailoring firms

in the country With my experience Intaking measures and dlrectons I giveyour obtuse are bound to be satisfactoryas my many patrons in this line will bearme y prices are the same as Inex

crlcnced men who aro In the businessI also have a cite line of fancy cheviotand other suitings I will cut and make ifyou desire at a moderate prim Thanklag you for past favors I am yours

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place of departederection of suitable

Monument be ofartistic design

and of feet workmanship We carrythe largest stock of Monuments Markers and

Tablets of Marbleand Granite In Central KentuckyLettering done pneumatic toolsNone better None cheaper

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TRY A PAIR OF OUR

SHEARSAnti if Mtwiactory return them and Jet HMwtfter

pair or fowl MONEY We haw rifbt and leftrbawl doors Embroidery linttoiihoki Ovalorsquare edge Shears the largest assortment ever intown Cellend see them

GEORGE H FARRIS co >Stanford Kentucky

We Still Have In Stock-A

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Fine Selection of India LinensILawns Bastiste and Dimitieswhich we are offering at very lowprices

W E Perkinsn

Crab OrchnrdfStanford Male And Female Seminary

STANFORD KENTUCKY

Ptret begins Monday Sept 61001 The members of our Faculty are all expoI1poIntUMBRELLASandRooo ered and repaired made almost

as good as now for a amount I canOx your umbrella bettor than the tramprOpalrere and for money Jive ml atrial FliANK AtKitia Stanford

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