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The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1906-12-07
TO POLICY HOLDERS.
Insurance Fights Nearing a Close
and Holders Should Vote.
Big Sandy News

Dis 1ahuy ANcMo'
! am requested by the Information
al Policyholders Committee to make
a personal appeal to you that will
aid in bringing out the policyholders'
votes for Directors In the New York
| lie and Mutual Life Insurance Com
panies in the election now in progress.
Up to this time about 40 per cent
Of the polcyholders In these Compa-
MES have voted. although every rea-
sonable effort has been made 10
Interest them 80 far as the means at
the disposal Of the Committee per.
mites II to make this effort.
You understand, OF course, that
the Committee has relied upon yolun-
tory contributions for its work, and
has been hampered in every direc-
ton BIZ the COMPANIES The CIV
mittee has had no funds to make Il
pers an canvass 9. h. policy t. ,e-s
wh'reas. on the rtLe~ hand, he IN
surance companies have converted
their organizations OF over 10000
agents and other employees into a
vast campaign machine, threading,
false and misleading statements in
every direction. The last day for
depositing the votes in the office OF
the Company In New York is Deem
Der 18th. No vote that arrives af-
ter that date can be counted.
The result OF the election depends
on the nneast vote. Almost every
vote procurable by the personal in
fluence OF the agents OF the companies
has been secured The votes not YET
cast belong mainly TO the pollcyhold-
ers' tickets, and we want TO enlist
your assistance in this public move
ment to bring out that vote.
We are particularly anxious through
the press to correct the mlsrepresen-
tations that are being spread broad
cast by agents and canyassers paid
with p)llcyholders' money, such Is
that Tom lawson, or Tom Ryan, OF
any other Tom, Dick or Harry is be-
hind this movement II seems al
most incredible that any one should
for a moment believe that such mer
as Richard olney, Judge George Gray
DR. Conwell, Judge Parker, Charles
Emery Smith, General Benjamin J.
Tracy, Edgar Il Clark. Governors Of
six States, Congressman, Members OF
the Houses OF Lords and Parliament
and many other men of large bust
ness affairs that constitute this Com
mittee. should be animated by sin
gle selfish or Interior motive.
The success OF this movement is a
yindication that the people Of this
country are at all times able and
willing to take care Of their own af-
fairs
This is the last appeal the Commit
tee will be able to make to you. The
press has supported this movement
with almost one voice. But for It's
magnificent work. nothing whatever
could have been accomplished. We
have not had a dollar TO spend in
advertising.
We ask you TO give such promi-
hence as you feel possible to the
fact that the pollcyholders are now
being given the last opportunity u
vote, and to urge them 10 do So
Yours very truly,
International Pollcyholders Com.
mittee, G. r. Scrugham.
Manager
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1906-12-07

FOR SALE:-Good room house
weather-boarded and plastered, good
sized lot Price $500. Apply to X.
A. Bickell or NJ. f. Conley. If.
Buy a lot In Louisa while you can
get It cheap and on easy terms Lots
are not plentiful here AMI those that
tan be bought will be higher in a
d me. Conley and Blckel have
a few left. Terms 80 easy that
a laborins man can soon own his OWL
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1906-12-07
FARM FOR SALE.

100 acres, IL acres level. % acres
cleared. dwelling houses of 3 rooms
each, store house of good size. Good
well, never goes dry. Good orchard,
apples, peaches and pears miles
from railroad, u mile from school
house, Farm also has good coal
which is opened. VIII sell for cash.
Price $500. Apply TO Big Sandy News
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1906-12-07
Engine, Boilers, &c. For Sale.

Having displaced its steam engine
AID boilers with gas engine, the
Big Sandy Milling Co, offers them
for sale. The engine is "a horse pow
er and the boilers are Of proportion
ate size. Also, a lot Of pulleys of
different sizes and a number of cog
wheels. Also, 10000 second hand
bricks. Here is good chance to
get equipment cheap. Apply TO
John G. Burns, Manager.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1906-12-07
LEE OF MINE PROPS.
40 Enormous Saving in the Cost
Of Coal Mining Can be Eff.
fecIed by the use of
Preseryatiyes.

ohe OF the biggest expenses con-
neted with coal mining Is found in
ne mine timbers used TO support
mo various gangways. Their destruc.
non by decay and breaking costs
many hundreds OF thousands Of dol
Ars annually and In some cases the
bAA OF human life. Mine operators
are fully familiar With these losses.
They know also that the seasoning
and the Dreseryatiye treatment Of
lumber add to IFS life in service in
\ hs mine But II has only recently
ieen established by experiment that
dieciiye seasoning and treating with
ueosote, carbolinlum, and zinc chic
I'D As wood preseryatlves can be Ne.
eHsd at a cost SO sigh. in proper
uon To the greatly Increased life OF
NE props as To effect a material
swing The experiment carried on
dnring the past few months by the
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and
non Company. at iis collleries near
louisville, Pa, under the direction
u a member In the Forest Service,
hhs resulted In an economy which
demonstrates that the preservation
q mine props can be put on n firm
cummercial basis
In the loss Of mine timbers at
kasi 60 per cent are destroyed by
decay and the remainder by crush
The per centAge charged TO decay
ahoulh be even higher, because many
Il the timbers which break have
sirady been weakened by decay De-
my is probably the cause Of 20 per
emit OF all failures In mine timbers
Decay in props Is principally caus-
ID BY wood d istroying fungi Warm
moist air, together with certain gas
q always found In mines. greatly
Ayors the development Of these
hngi Ventilation Is an enormous
actor Timber In the vicinity q
| alaitS and slopes where there &
abundance u fresh air lasts longer
than that deeper IN the mines The
mriation OF moisture and tempera-
inrc within mines liz so wide that
llmbcz may decay In eight months
q may last several yeaIs Timber'
that arr constantly wet or constant.
b dry last longer than those sub.
tcted 10 an alienation OF these
pndltlons
Insects play a very consIderabl,
nn In the destruction OF mine
umbeu Many forms are found, in.
cuding bark borers. ants. and tim.
lnr worms Their presence may b,
ane to allowing logs 10 lie unpeel-
u for considerable time aftei
tIlhng- Insect-Infested timber +
lequently overlooked by the inspec-
mrs and allowed 10 10 inside the
mines. Ants and cerambycid borer'
may attack props after they 20 ~
ne mine. There decay spreads rap
IDLY. and the destructive work OF tn,
Insects appears 70 be in no way az
t1rted by the lack OF light or by
presence Of gases. Creosote and
erbolInium are affective insecticides
and stop the work Of the wood-bor-
Ga
A mine prop is composed of Tire,
nrts, which together form n set
1.-TWO up-rightA. called legs. across
llhe top OF which Is crosspiece
Galled collar. After a prop is de-
sAyed sufficiently 10 necessitate It,
removal Il Is replaced Az times
vhen only one leg Is decayed. thai
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1906-12-07
WANTED FOR U, s, ARMY;-Abl,

bodied unmarried men between agAs
OF q and Sb.citiyens Of United States
of good character and temperate hab
Its, who can speak, read and write
English. For information apply t.
Recruiting officer. Main Street. Lou
isa. Ky
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1906-12-07
LOOK Gun FOR pAINrl

Be sure that you don't get stuck
on It There are many inferior kinds
on the market Use only a good
quality In painting your house. It
is economy to do 80. We guarantee
what we sell 30 BE- Just as we tell
you. See us before buying else
where. Snyder Hardware Co. Louisa.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1906-12-07
RAILROAD WATCHES.

New supply OF II. 10 and 81 jew
eled watches Just received at Con-
ley's store. These watches are suit
able for railroad men or others who
want accurate time. Some OF them
were bought at less than regular price
and will be sold accordingly.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1906-12-07
FAVORED BY BOTH PARTIES

FAVORED BY BOTH PARTIES.
Republicans and Democrats alike
praise Foley's Honey and Tar for
coughs, colds and all throat and
lung diseases, as no other remedy
can compare with It. 1t is safe
and sure. f. T. Slater. merchant,
Ill Main St, Gloucester, Mass. writes
"Foley's Honey ond Tar cured me
Of very bad cough which l had
FOR three months though other rem
edies failed to benefit me can
highly recommend II for coughs and
colds" For sale by Louisa rug
Co.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1906-12-07
Our Big Clubbing Offer.

BY special arrangement with the
Southern Agriculturist, the popular
semi-monthly farm paper Of Nashville
Tenn, We are able to give our read
ers the advantage Of q clubbing Of
fer which we believe Is tie most
liberal ever made by any newspaper
in the South.
The Southern Agriculturist. a great
seml-monthly farm paper goes twice
every month into $4,000 southern
homes. and the regular price is so
cents year. It is edited by south
ern men and women to suit southern
conditions, and is Just what our farm
ers need. 1t answers free of charge
any question subscriber may ask,
and It's advice Is given In plain,
practical way which any farmer can
understand. All departments Of farm
life are covered, including delightful
nome and children pages.
HERE IS OUR Iii lLL SJfl:N slRil
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1906-12-07
LUMBER WANTED.

We are in the market for Oak,
Poplar. Ash and susartree Lumber.
The Ohio Valley Furniture Co..
Manchester. ohio
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1906-12-07
For SALE.

20-horse power boiler and engine,
on wheels. made by Geyser Mfg. Co.
Good as new, with new saw-mill
Terms and prices very reasonable.
MONT HOLT, Louisa X,
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1906-12-07

See the grand display of Ladies'
and Children's hats, wraps. skirts and
thousand more fall and winter
articles now on display at Justices.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1906-12-07

For Sale:-2 spans Of mules and
two wagons. 1 span will be two
years old next spring. The Oldest
is 6 years of age. d. C. Hughes,
R. F. D., Louisa, KY.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1906-12-07
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BIO SANDY NEWS.
The Grenada sentinel., 1906-10-27
They CURE ANEMIA
Or. Williams Pink Pills the Most
Successful Hemedy for All
Forms Of Debility.

An9mia, whether it results from ac-
tual loss of blood, from lack of nutrition
due TO stomach trouble, or whatever its
cause, is simply deficiency of the vital
fluid. DR.. Williams Pink Pills actually
make new blood. They do that one
thing and they do it well.
LAS girl, says Mrs. Jessie Fink, of
l8O East Mill street, Akron, Ohio, II
suffered from nervous indigestion and
when l was eighteen years old / was
reduced i'll weight to SO pounds. ] was
an4mlc, nervous, couldn't eat or sleep,
was short OF breath after the least exer-
ton and had headaches almost con-
stantly. I had a doctor, of course. but I
might as well have taken SO much water
for all the good his medicine did me.
FINALLY my vitality and strength were
SO reduced that had to take to NV
bed for several weeks at time. I
could not digest any solid food and for
weeks did not take any other nourish.
ment than cup of tea or beef broth.
while l was sick in bed / read of
Dr. Williams Pink Pills and STONED
oil other medicine and began to take the
pills. Soon my improvement was yery
notlceable. My strength began to re-
turn, my stomach gave me no pain and
Just as soon as began to take solid food
l gained i'll weight. DR.. Williams Pink
Pills certainly saved my life. l am now
perfectly well, have regained nv normal
weight OF 12O pounds and l think DIR.
Williams Pink Pills are a wonderful
medicine"
These celebrated pills are recon-.
mended for stubborn stomach trouble-
for all cases of weakness and debility
such as result from fevers and other
acute diseases. All druggists sell DR..
Pink Pills, or they will be sent
by mail postpaid, on receipt of price, so
cents per box, six boxes for 81 30, by
the !, DR.. Williams Medicine Company
N. Y.
The Grenada sentinel., 1906-10-27
ELEPHANT AT THE TELEPHONE
Animal Took Much Time to Learn
ludicrous Trick.

So perfectly is this elephant broken
that he works by cues imperceptible
to the audience. The trainer merely
raises his shoulders and the young
6Gl! strides toward the telephone box.
turn the crank, ringing the bell, picks
up the receiver in his long trunk and
holds 1t to his great, flap ear Then
he hangs it up with the suddenness
OF disgust, rings the bell a second
time, and again holds the receiver to
his ear, while he listens with the
sage, bland expression which only an
elephant can assume. When finished,
he hangs up the receiver and rings
off"
For something like two minutes
this performance lasts. Yet it re-
quired a month of steady, hard work
to break the elephant into this sim
pie, ludicrous trick. More than 1000
times, actual count, Barlow had to
grasp Toms trunk, apply it to the
the bell crank and teach the circular
motion of ringing the bell, by leading
the trunk just as you might lead the
hand of young child when teaching
1t to wind music box. More than
l 900 times the trainer had to lead
the tip Of the big receiver of the tele-
phone to teach the beast to hold it to
his ear and hang it accurately back
On its hook. And when these details
were mastered, it took more than 500
,rials to teach the succession of wind
ng the crank and listening before
Tom understood and knew enough to
wist the crank without breaking it
nto halves at every contact-Aple-
on's Magazine.
The Grenada sentinel., 1906-10-27
A FOOD CONVERT,
Good Food the True Road to Health.

The pernicious habit some persons
still have Of relying on nauseous drugs
to relieve dyspepsia, keeps up the
patent medicine business and helps
keep up the army of dyspeptics.
Indigestion - dyspepsia is caused
by what is put into the stomach in
the way of improper food, the kind
that SO taxes the strength of the d.
gestive organs they are actually Grip
pied.
When this state is reached, to resort
to stimulants is like whipping a tired
horse with big load Every addi-
tional effort he makes under the lash
increases his loss of power to move
the load.
Try helping the stomach by leaving
off heavy, greasy, indigestible food and
take on Grape-Nuts-ligh easily di-
gested, full of strength for nerves and
brain, in every grain of it. There's no
waste of time nor energy when Grape
Nuts is the food.
Il am an enthusiastic user of Grape
Nuts and consider it an ideal food"
writes Maine man:
1 had nervous dyspepsia and was
ali run down and my food seemed to
do me but little good. From reading
an adv. / tried Grape-Nuts food, and
after a few weeks steady use of it,
felt greatly improved.
Am much stronger, not nervous
now, and can do more work without
feeling so tired. and am better every
way
Il relish Grape-Nuts best, with cream
and use four heaping teaspoonfuls at
a meal. | am sure there are tfou-
sands of persons with stomach trou-
Bile who would be benefited by using
srape-Nuts. Name given by Postum
Co., Battle Greek, Mich. Read the lit.
lie book, "The Road to Wellville," in
okgs. There's a reason"
The Grenada sentinel., 1906-10-27
Sample Republican Politician.

Jim Sherman. the chairman of the
Republican congressional committee
should exclaim save me from my
friends" The Utica On. W Press
euloGizes him as the most competent
office broker and spokesman in con-
gress when it says:
HE could not give all who wanted
one post office, but he has passed
out as many appointments as he could
get. In the way of patronage he has
secured more Of 1t for his constitu-
ents than any other man could have
done. This comes from his long ex-
perience at Washington, and his
prominence and personal popularity
with the appointing powers. Though
he has not been able to supply the
local demand for appointments, he
has good many"
The Republican voters in the
Utica district must be safely satisfied,
II such trifles of patronage satisfy
them when great issues are at stake.
The Grenada sentinel., 1906-10-27
POSTAL COMMISSION.
Pack ed In the Interest Of Railroads
and Against Newspapers.

Third Assistant Postmaster Genera
Madden is trying very hard to helr
the railroads wha are subsidized by q
Republican congress. He lately ap
peared before the United States DOS
tai commission, which is investigating
the alleged violation of the law by
publications enjoying the one cent
postage rate. The commission con
sists OF Senators Penrose of Pennsyl.
vania, Clay of Georgia, and Carter of
Montana; and Representatives Over.
street of Indiana, Gardner of New Jer-
sey, aAd Moon Of Tennessee. Mad
den charges that most of the $14 4,000,-
ooo deficit in postal receipts is
charged5le 20 publications that have
unlawfully taken advantage of the
one cent rate. If this were true Mad
den Is to blame for allowing unlawful
advantage being taken of the law, but
the facts do not warrant any such
charge, for the law has been inter.
preted by Madden as much as possible
against the newspapers and other pub
locations. The deficit is caused by
the enormous price paid the railroads
Tor carrying the mail and the plum
derlng by the railroads charging ex-
orDitant rents for mail cars and also
by the rapid increase of the rural
free delivery routes.
One dollar a hundred pounds Is a
good price for carrying sacks of news
paper mail, and many of the greater
newspapers are sending their news.
papers for the news agents by express
or fast freight at lower rate. The
railroads for the year ending June 80,
l904-the last official report-received
tor carrying the mails $44 4,499,732 and
or the same period the express COM
)anieh paid the railroads $41,S75, ,636.
fhe weight of the express matter car
led must exceed the weight of the
nail carried many times, which indi,
;ates how the railroads, by the aid of
complacent Republican congress,
Ire paid subsidies far greater than
he service is fairly and reasonably |
worth.
Newspaper publishers should keep |
heir eyes open to the Investigations
f this joint committee of congress,
I whom all the Republican members
re notoriously railroad sympathizers,
nd see that the mail facilities of
ewspapers are not recommended to
e curtailed or abolished. The pub
C is interested in securing newspa-
erS at the present cheap rate as
ny advance in the rate of postage
ill have to be paid blythe subscribers.
he reform needed is the reduction
the rate paid to the railroads and
'r postal cars and the special sub
dies voted by congress for the So
llled fast mail trains and every con-
'essman should be pledged to vote
IT the reduction of these unreason-
Die rates for carrying the ails and
e deficit in the postal revenue would
, turned into a surplus.
The Grenada sentinel., 1906-10-27
REAL ESTATE SPECULATION.
Care Should Be Exercised In Pur-
chases of Even Homes.

The present boom may continue for
time, for the United States has pro.
duced large crops and will have a
good sized surplus to sell abroad to
pay for the increased imports. But
it is we'll for those who are pinning
,heir faith on real estate speculation
to remember that when the price Of
real estate is doomed beyond what 1t
will produce and pay interest upon
there must soon come a time when
the boom will snap from the force of
the current that is beyond it's ability
to bear. Real estate, city or country,
is the last thing to feel the effect of
rising prices and the first to be un-
salable when the crash comes. A
home, whether a city house or a
farm, is the best investment in the
world, and everyone should strive to
become his own landlord and if it has
to be bought on the installment plan,
or by giving mortgage for deferred
payments, and therefore having to
pay even more than it would be worth
for cash, yet it may be, and generally
is, the best investment a man ever
makes; and the economies and self
denials that the debt entails have
often led to the education of the pur-
chaser to habits of frugality and hap
piness.
1t is not. therefore, the home buyer
that is advised to refuse to take |
chances, but the speculator who ex.
poets enormous profits by the get |
'ich-Quick route, who buying al the
,Op of the market is lucky individual
f he is not stuck with something he
cannot get his money out of, even at
/ loss.
The present era of extravaganza
Ind high prices is breeding million.
Lires, but the greatly increased cost
# living, caused by imitation and Re-
'ublican tariff protected trusts, is not
onducive to saving by those of linn
ted incomes who will be the first to
eel the downward trend of the pen.
ulum of prices. If to more re-
tricted income is added the burden
taxes and interest on unproductive
the result is disaster and
cfOrced privatiOn.
The Grenada sentinel., 1906-10-27
Republican Corruption.

One of the Republican campaign
fund collectors has settled down at
Washington with the expressed inten-
tion OF making the government clerks
disgorge five per cent of their annual
salaries. AS the cost of living is now
45 per cent. higher and the clerks get
no greater pay than before the tariff
fostered trusts were created, this as
sessment for campaign purposes will
come hard from the slender surplus
the clerks can save, after paying their
necessary expenses. The Republican
congressional campaign committee.
however, does not seem to care where
the money comes from so long as they
get enough of it. All is fish that
comes to their net, whether dollar
subscriptions, trust and corporation
contributions, and now the virtually
forced assessment of the office hold
ers. What an enormous corruption
fund the Republican congressional
must have. But they will
need it all, for the rascals who sell
their votes will no doubt ask a big
price and the scoundrels who buy
them will demand a large percentage
tor doing the dirty work.
Democrats should keep a sharp
lookout for evidence of Republican
corruption and prosecute all who are
caught at 1t, without fear or favor.
The Grenada sentinel., 1906-10-27

In these days, when families are
moving from one place to another in
the hope of bettering themselves, it is
interesting to read of an aged woman
who died in New England town in
the same house and in the same room
In which she was born. For the better
part of century she had been active
in the kindly Christian work of the vii
lage, and had come to be looked upon
as one Of its institutions. Families
which have an old homestead that has
been in the family for generation after
generation have possession worth
more than dollars and cents, as every
member of an itinerant family will
testify.