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The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1907-12-20
MATTE.

Lock Moore was calling on our mer.
chants recently.
Frequent rains and a great deal OF
hauling over roads In our section
have rendered travel very unpleas-
ant. We feel a pressing need OF a
legislation in favor OF roads in our
county.
Russell Rose has located here for
the remainder OF the winter.
Joe Moore. Jr., recently purchased
Of Davis Martin a tract of land ad-
joining his own which greatly en-
hances the appearance and value OF
his farm.
supt ]. H. Thompson visited our
school recently.
Misses Stella and Lula Justice was
visiting on Rich Creek Thursday.
John NJ. Moore made business
trip down the river last week.
Rev. Ivy Yoak preached here sun
day. He is devoted and able
young minister. and is highly es-
teemed by the people OF his charge.
t. L. Moore and George Blevins
have united interests of the coal
trade OF our community.
Cupid is enthroned in our midst
VIII be glad 10 report hs doings
when he does.
Rnmor-
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1907-12-20
Enforce The Law.

Everywhere the cities are calling
for a strict enforcement OF the laws
prohibiting the use OF explosives and
fireworks OF every sort during the
holidays. and the News asks that the
ordinance against their use be en-
forced in Louisa Fireworks. OF the
sort used by the average. Louisa ur-
chin, are not appropriate for the
day. Besides this they and those who
use them make the streets dangerous
to all who travel them. Enforce the
law,
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1907-12-20
MARTHA


There is not many saw-logs left n
he branch since Cambridge came.
Bud Prince is selling out to move
TO Ohio.
Tip Moore of webbville was bust
ness visitor on our creek last week
Ike and Henry Ferguson of Elliott
county were visiting their sister
Mrs. Annie Bailey Saturday,
Mrs. Nancy Evans is very sick.
Two of Jack stinson's children
have scarlet fever.
Miss Stella Prince called on Mary
and Sena Fyffe Sunday.
Mrs. Rebecca Holbrook and Flora
Hutchison called at f. Princes Thurs
day.
w. r. Raney and family of Laurel
were visiting relatives here last week
Sharon Hay called on Miss Bar
bara Leah Fyffe Sunday.
Linsey Haicome and wife and Jesse
Sparks. OF Washington. are visiting
Kentucky friends again.
]. ]. Skaggs, OF Coal Creek. Is
having some Improvements made n
his house.
Bachelor Girl.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1907-12-20
Died Ia IrOnton.

Henry Bosrs. aged AZ years, died
at his home. $50 South Third street,
Ironton. OF typhoid fever. OF which
he had been sick for seven weeks
He went TO Ironton two months ago
from webbvile. expecting to be EN-
ployed and resode there. His brother,
Lewis Boggs. arrived in lronton Mon
day afternoon and took the remains
to webbviile Wednesday for burial.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1907-12-20
Some HatfieIds Needed.

The chlvalrous upper classmen Of
the medical department of the Uni
versity of Louisville have been mani
Testing the gallant hospitality of
the Blue Grass State by giving some
Freshmen an iodine bath. They EN-
phasiEed their courtly behavior by
forcibiy borrowing" wad of bills
from one OF the victims and eg-
lecting TO return H.
But we haven't heard OF any more
Of the defendants OF Bad Anse or
Preacher" Anse being molested at
Martinsville. W. Va
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1907-12-20
A Christmas Entertainment.

Miss Saidee Wheeler. teacher Of elo-
cution In the X. n. C. and some Of
her pupils viii give an entertainment
ct the Opera House this evening. be-
ginning at 1880. Judging from the
program treat may be looked for,
some OF the features Icing quite novel
and interesting. Reserved seats at
Conley's store.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1907-12-20
Handle The Gun Carefully.

Reports show that ~ persons have
50 far been killed during the present
season. 2 In Kentucky. in Wisconsin
is In Michigan and 10 In Minnesota.
To this must be added more than
double the number a. hurt more or
lees seriously.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1907-12-20
New Goods At cOnIey's.

Christmas goods on back orders"
are arriving daily at conley's store,
Many new sterling silver articles are
IN the lots now coming In. call and
zee them.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1907-12-20
Progressive Whist.

On Thursday evening Of last week,
DR.. Watson entertained very hand
somsly at progressive whist. COM
plimentary TO Mr. J. H. Rodarmor. Of
New York. The midnight luncheon
was particularly tempting.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1907-12-20

The case OF the Widow Likens. Of
Nagoffin county. Ky. charged with
resisting an officer was heard In the
Etioral Court AZ Catlettsburg and
che v.s acquitted.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1907-12-20
UP SANDY.
Items Gathered From the Coun.
ties Along the Valley.

Mr.. and Mrs. U. c. Burgess. Of Kise.
Ky, are the guests of DR.. W. t. At
kinson and family.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1907-12-20

Paintsville. KY. Dec. 14.-Mrs. J. ].
johnson, Of Louisa, is here for a few
days visit with her husband.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1907-12-20

Last saturday. while Court was
being held in the store Of John Huff
man at the Forks. with Squire VIII
liam Riley. Justice presiding and
forty-five people in the room. the
floor collapsed precipitating a red
hot stove and the forty-five people
including woman and baby into u
cellar beneath. Among those in the
collapse were County Attorney c. c.
Bowles. whose avordupois is about
$50 pounds. and attorney F. w. Stowe
OF this place. Mr.. Bowles landed A.
stride he back OF another man, who
screamed Justify. while a barrel went
over the head OF Mr.. Showers, who
scrambled out and ran with the barrel
tightly encircling me upper portion
Of his body and when he recovered
from his panic and stopped Kidding
himself Of the barrel he found him
self in the middle Of the Big Sandy
river. The store took fire however.
all were gotten out Of the debris with
only a few burns and bruises and
the fire was extinguished with only
slight damages-Pikeville Item
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1907-12-20

A fourteen-year-old daughter Of win
Rowe. who lives on the head Of Greasy
in Pike county, was burned to death
last Wednesday.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1907-12-20

Detective Jack Bingham, Of the C.
8 o. arrested and landed in the Paints
vile Jail a man named Warnoek, who
is charged with the nerviest piece Of
robbery imaginable.
The allegations against Warnock
are to the effect that he backed his
wagon up to the C. & o. depot at
Paintsville. loaded on a big case Of
whiskey and hauled it eamly away
from the freight house to his place
o; residence sevral miles back in
the country where he entertained his
friends in a very happy manner. The
arrest was effected by Detective
Bingham and deputy sheriff johnson.
While in Paintsville Bingham also
arrested a man named Collier. charg-
ed with the theft Of a suit case be-
longing to Mr.. Hager. Of that place
1t is alleged that Collier picked up the
suit case and deliberately left the
train with it while the owner was not
looking.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1907-12-20

1t is reported that the Odd Fellows
have bought +. T. Hatcher's Second
street property in Pikeville for So
$50. paying him $500 in hand.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1907-12-20

Pikeville. Ky, Dec 17.-Last night
at Shelbiana a few miles above here
at the large general store Of John
Mccown, a prominent merchant,
dreadful tragedy occurred Mr.. Nc
Gowns daughter, just budding into
womanhOod was assisting in the store
when a shot gun in the hands OF
one Of her uncles and which he was
cleaning exploded, the load Of shot
striking the ceiling and then rebound
ing, struck Miss McCown in the face
tearing away the eyes and a portion
OF the skull and face, death resulting
Immediately. The untimely end Of
this bright young life is a matter Of
general regret and much sympathy
is felt for the parents. who are among
the best people ihthis section.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-27

Wigfall were the only other stump speak, CTS 1 ever heard whom l can rank with these three famous Virginians Every one of these men told stories admirably. Lealxe, Tucker and Vance were among the best story-tellers l ever heard, and Wise and Wigfall were their peers But not one of these speakers was mere teller of anecdotes. They all reasoned well. Tucker was a splendid reasoner, and was long known as one of the ablest constitutional lawyers in Congress. Leake was very powerful, clear and close reasoner, and his stump speeches were full of hard arguments. As a cut-and- thrust debater l have rarely heard his equal
 In the presidential campaign of 1850, Wigfall spoke from the stump to some 5000 people in the open air His speech was about four hours long, and not man was seen to leave the ground during It's delivery. In order to hold so large a popular audience so closely and so long, one would suppose that the speaker dealt largely in funny anecdotes. Nothing of the kind. The speech was published, and l read it. Not little to my surprise 1 found 1t to be almost destitute of anec- dotes. It was grave, powerful, logical discussion of the tremendous constitution al questions then agtating the country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-27

American law is not so apparent to the general public. which has no occasion to consider the subject, and even to many who frequent law courts and sit on juries or appear as witnesses in law suits, the difference is hardly known. Just as the water in a stream takes it's taste and color from the soil which forms the channel through which it flows, so are laws subject to change in effect and administration, due to the persons who administer them and the places where they are administered.
 When the early English settlers came to America they brought with them the old common law system of England. At that time England was feudal nation and the laws were feudal laws. New conditions soon called for new legislation, and thus sprung up a system of statute laws which in course of time has nearly supplanted the parent stem, the old com mon law. Every state in the United States has it's written constitution and its code of statute laws, system altogether unknown under the English system of jurisprudence.
 Not only has the United States in- troduced these changes in the system of jurisprudence, but it has gone to the extent of entirely wiping out many of the most cherished traditions and GUS toms of the legal profession. The spirit
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-27
BY F. I. MONKS.

run up into hundreds of dollars. In Eng land 1t is unlawful to take a case on fb percentage basis, or as 1t is known a contingent fee Law is a luxury that only the rich people can enjoy unless a poor man has such good case that a solici- tor is willing to take it on hopes of winning. In England the losing party pays not only the amount awarded by the jury as damages but also the sole- tors fees of his adversary
 Readers of Dickens works cannot fail members of the legal profession. He is unsparing in his censure of the solicitors and holds the whole body up to the derision and scorn in his characters of Dodson and Fogg and several others. but the Dodsons and Foggs are the exeep- tions instead of the rule.
 Gilbert and Sullivan also introduced the legal profession in one of their operas, Trial By Jury" and in his song the judge refers to the relationship between the barrsters and the solicitors. There has been an agitation going on for sev- eral years to amalgamate the two branches of the legal profession in Eng land. but up to the present the barris- ters have vigorously opposed the propo- sition. The curious fact about the ex- isting condition is that two brothers may be practicing law, one as a solicitor and the other as a barristor. and the social standing of these men differ as patriclan. and plebeian.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-27
BY J. c. HIDDEN, D. D.

Some young preacher once asked the famous pulpit orator John Kerr, how to learn to preach The answer was in one word-'preach." All the treatise on specific gravity that have evep abeen written have never taught anybody to swim. A man may be perfectly con- vinced in theory that the human body IS no heavier than it's volume of water. He may know that if he will lie at full length on the water. with legs and arms extended, only half of his body will sink, and his nose, eyes, and, indeed. half his head will be above the water, so that he can breathe with perfect comfort and float with perfect safety. Nay, he may see fearless swimmer float thus for hours, and with all this knowledge at his fingers ends, he will fall overboard sink straight to the bottom. and be drowned,
 And something like this is true of ex- tempore speaking. Some of the worst speaking l ever heard was done by men who were perfectly familiar with the rules of rhetoric. Dr. Blair, the famous rhetorician. was not an effective speaker. and 1 have known powerful speakers who did not know a noun from q verb. "The rhetoricians rules do not teach you how to use your tools; they teach you 10 name them. Their effective use must commonly be learned by practice.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-27

or chambers and the solicitor knows where to find the barrister he wants. Having first marked on the brief cer- tain figure, say S100. he hands the brief to the barrster, who looks over 1t and possibly declines the case, saying he is too busy. Then the solicitor takes the brief. changes the figures to 1900 and hands it back to the barrister. who pre- tends to look through the papers again, but really notes the changed figures. If the amount Is sufficient he will manage to find time to attend to the case. If not, further changes are made in the figures until that point is settled. All this time not word has been spoken about q fee, but once an agreement is reached, the solicitor signs his name to the brief and presents d certain amount of money known as retaining fee" Thereafter certain other amounts are paid known as "sweeteners," and so on until the whole amount Is paid.
 The barrister's fee is a matter between him and the solicitor If a solicitor were to sign his name on a brief for a cer- tain amount and not pay it in full, no other barrister would accept one of his cases. The solicitor has A regular scale of charges for services@which is gen orally si60 for each and every hands turn made for his client. Thus the soliei tors bill of costs may contain such items as. Receiving and reading a letter. $1.60. Answering letter, s16O Consultation with client, $1.60 and so on, untllf the $1.6o's
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-27

The solicitor belongs to that branch of the legal profession that is not expected to know the science or practice of law. While the law student is taking his course through the law school in the university, the solicitors apprentice is sitting at a desk in a solicitors office learning his trade, for that is how the barrister re- gards the solicitors position. The solici- tor is learning how to prepare con tracts of sale and conveyance, articles of incorporation, the probate of wills, and bankruptcy proceedings. The solicitors duties bear the same relation to the bar rister as does the pharmacist who pre- pares a bottle of medicine in accordance with the prescription of a physician but with this difference between the legal and the medical profession, that while the person seeking medical relief goes to the physician first and then to the drug gist, the person seeking legal relief goes to the solicitor first and never does visit the barrister.
 The first step in legal proceedings in England consists in calling at a solicitors office to whom is made known the cause ana nature of the visit. If the person has a grievance or is being sued he makes a full and complete statement of all the facts to the solicitor. gives the names of the witnesses and what he expects to prove by them and also gives the solicitor all books and papers he may have con
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-27

corning the case. The solicitor never. un- der takes to give legal advice, but takes opinion of counsel on. the subject and afterwards communicates that opinion to his client The solicitor pays the coun- sel for his opinion and the solicitor col lects that amount as well as his own fee from the client. If the legal opinion of counsel is to the effect that the solic- itor' sscuent has a good cause or q good defense. which as a rule rich clients al- ways have, the solicitor proceeds with the case and prepares it for the barrister.
 The solicitor prepares the case In the form of a brief" for the barrister. The brief is a detail statement of all the facts set forth by the client as well as a synopsis of the testimony of all the witnesses. The client may or may not desire the services of any particular counsel but if he does he mentions that fact to the solicitor. otherwise the solici- tor hlmselm engages counsel and makes terms with him about the payment of the fec for, as was previously said, the barrister never meets the client at all and knows of him only through the so- licitor.
 The method of arranging for the barris- ters fee is strictly in accordance with the old time custom when lawyers charged no fee but received a present from the client. As the barrister have no offices they are only to be found in the library
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-27

speaking, and the point is certainly sug- gestive. The preacher and the stump speaker have much the same end in view Ito persuade the audience to think and to act as the speaker would have them think and act. And when we think of the general mental conditions which obtain in mixed audience we may be persuaded that 1t is quite possible to make too much of what is called ''the dignity of the pull pitt Coarseness, slang, low wit, and what is usually called ''vulgarity" should, of course, be prescribed; but the word vulgar strictly means common and the preacher who is too nice to use com mon vernacular words may well consider the case of the fastidious mother, who withdrew her daughter from a certain school because the "fractions' studied in that school were vulgar"
 The late Alexander Campbell. who, whatever may be thought of his doc trines, was most popular and effective speaker. would begin a sermon with the stump-speaker's address, Fellow citi- zens" There Is not the least reason to believe that this was affectation. l not advising young preachers to adopt the phrase, but If 1t comes naturally to the lips, in opening sermon, l see no objec ton to it.
 A pastor of one of the most 'mixed'' congregations that I have ever known
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-27
ARE CONFEDERATES A WORRY TO THE PUBLIC?

look upon the flowers as emblems of friendship. love and immortality: in those days you little rocked that the time would ever come when "the public" would be worried by you"
 Comrades! Like the roses Of the sum mer that drop one by one from the parent bush. so you, too. are dropping, one by one into the grave, and it may be soon that. like the last Seminole, standing upon the high bluff and looking over the land that had belonged to his fathers, and feeling his loneliness, he, too, slept his last sleep So 1t will be, that soon only one of you will be left, and I ask my self: Who will be the last?
 Standing upon some tall cliff or high mound the last one will look abroad. and, viewing for the last time the land for which he shed his blood. he will wrap his mantle about him and lie down to sleep his last sleep; and, crossing over the river. he will meet Davis, and Lee. Beauregard and Rodes. and Morgan and rest under tho trees. If in your last mo-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-27

of the American people being against lines of demareation which create class or caste, it has abolished the distinction between members of the legal profession as it exists in England by which the practice of law is divided into two dis tinct branches, related to each other as the right hand is to left and yet as far apart.
 In England the legal profession consists of two classes, the barristers and the at torneys, or as the latter are generally called, solicitors. The barrister is also known as a lawyer or counsellor, and it is from among the barrlsters that the judges are chosen and appointed by the government. The duties of the barrister are to appear in court to prosecute or defend; he is the learned member of the legal profession and prepares all the pleadngs in the case, examines the wit nesses in court and makes the arguments to the judge and jury. He receives his degrees as a lawyer from a university after a five or six years course in the law school and is then admitted to the bar on motion made before the full bench. While engaged in court he always wears wig and gown and when he becomes a K. C., that is, kings council, he wears silk gown. When the government se- cures his services to represent the crown he becomes solicitor general or attor- ney general; the next step is to the bench.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-27
BY SEWELL HAGGARD.

a country physician, who was one of the pioneers of Texas. When Benjamin Franklin Yoakum was q small boy his father abandoned the practice of medi- cine to become president of the Cumber- land Presbyterian college at Larissa. and 1t was the family hope that the boy should become a minister.
 The boy. however. even at that time was dominated by single idea. To be an engineer, q railroad man, was his ambi- ton. 1t stood in his youthful mind for all that was great and manly. He began his earnest life as q rodman on railroad surveying party 1t was not long before he commanded that party, but he gained the position by earnest work.
 His first job was on the International and Great Northern, which was just then building line into Palestine, Texas.
 He has been in the railroad business ever since From a rodman he passed through the various stages of the con- struction department. Then he became a land boomer, or immigration agent for the Gould lines. In that capacity he attracted the attention of MT. Hoxie, the founder of the Missouri Pacific, and was employed by him as the immigration agent. He associated himself with Uriah Lott. and fin 1884 he built his first rail- road, the San Antonio and Aransas Pass. from Waco. in the center of the state, straight through to the Gulf of Mexico. When D. B. Robinson became president he made Yoakum his assistant. In this capacity he did so well that in 1893, when Robinson went to the Santa Fe, he took Yoakum with him and put him in charge of the Texas division of that road as general manager. In 1897 Robinson be- came president of the Frisco lines and took Yoakum with him as vice president and general manager Two years later MT. Robinson died and Yoakum succeeded him in the presidency.
 At that time the Frisco system com- prised only 1l20 miles It now has a. mile age of 60l6 Two. years ago it allied it. self with the Rock Island lines. Yoakum is chairman of the executive committee. which has control of more than 17.0o0 miles of railroad. These railroads and their tributaries spoken of every where familiarity as the "Yoakum lnes''
 MT. Yoakum is not buying up railroads and creating trust: he is building rail- roads. He is not seeking to establish a monopoly for any one line; he is, on the contrary. trying to make two or more railroads penetrate into territory where there is as yet but one, or perhaps none at all.
 New York City.