Boone County Recorder . and parched. The Farmers Institute held atFlorence, last week, was well at-on-{.tended4>y the farmers in that vicin-ity, and great interest was taken,and it is believed that much goodwill result. Those who attended theInstitute hut week, wlil be glad ofthe opportunity to attend did better by the Institutethan any town in which it has beenheld In Boone county, be it said tothe praise of the good people thereand thereabouts. A. G. Fisk, of Florence, Is an appli-cant for the position of toll-gatekeeper at Erlanger. the position T. held for m
Boone County Recorder . and parched. The Farmers Institute held atFlorence, last week, was well at-on-{.tended4>y the farmers in that vicin-ity, and great interest was taken,and it is believed that much goodwill result. Those who attended theInstitute hut week, wlil be glad ofthe opportunity to attend did better by the Institutethan any town in which it has beenheld In Boone county, be it said tothe praise of the good people thereand thereabouts. A. G. Fisk, of Florence, Is an appli-cant for the position of toll-gatekeeper at Erlanger. the position T. held for many years. Democratic county committeemento supply the_vac»iniiea in that com-mittee were elected as follows, lastSaturday: Petersburg-Ben H. Berkshire. Walton—Thomas F. Curlev. Rabbit Hash—Robert H. Wilson. Burlington—No election held. Belleview—C. H. Acra. Bullittsvilte--No election. .~, _—JJ~,ll(rilifi1lWmir~amMMM^, Racial DramaIn Politics Foreign. Born Run Most BigCities by Their Votes. By Ernest McGaffty. ioopjn- Mnorlcan If. as aRule, a Stay-at - Home on FectkmOay. , Is Lonfend Loud WhenSin Finds HimOut. E VERY large cityof mixed na-tionality of-fers a rare oppor-tunity for studyingwhat may be welltermed racial poli-tics. To an outsider, the facts are ofcourse not apparent enough to make itinteresting, but to a man on the In-Biae the drama is chock-full of inter-est. As I had, and have, no sort ofprejudice against any race or creed,my experience in municipal politicswa/ as good as an extended course oftrltvel in foreign countries. I saw thevarious outs and ins of politics unfoldthemselves, viewing matters with astrictly impartial eye. There was noth-ing in the life of the city that was notIn some way, either remote or immi-nent, connected with the politicalgame. A man might stay at home andabjure politics if he wished to, andmost of the native Americans did this,but his sin would find him out. Then,when he made his roar of protestagainst existi
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