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The Virginia enterprise., 1908-05-08

We have total tax the farm OF. !$167 so
which is exactly the amount of the tax that would A
levied and collected this farm both state aid
and to of the road bonds and interest This
is about 1Ok cents per per year and the total
charge against the farm for the whole ten years voud
be $1.O5 per This amount of money paid nv the
farm under the state aid plan would enable the stata
to expend $5O,O00000 upon it's highways and the a.
penditure of that would add the value of farm
property at least five and probably ten times AZ much
the respective farms would taxed in order to nav
the bill:
In Illinois less than one-thrd of the propertv OF
the state is represented by FARMS Under the present
plan twohfrds Of the property Of the state
taxation for road purposes, The state aid plan is
equitable successful and has popular in every
state where 1t has been tried farmers who rst
oppose it's strongest advocates and can be
found upon the firing line every year asking for in
creased appropriations to build the roads,
The residents Of the towns and cities must i've
the farm products the roads are used for de-.
1verng the same and their necessities are such that
the delivery of these products should be regularly and
promptly made-and good roads necessary to n.
complish hist only fair that the residents OF
the towns and cities should contribute to building tho
roads, and they in fact seldom object to doing so
The above example of the Illinois farm and how It
would be affected by taxation under state aid would
apply generally to state in the Mississippi valley
In the parts Of the country where the land IL
less FERTILE the state tax would be correspondnaly
less in fact in the southern part Of Illinois the tar on
160acre farm, instead Of being dollars q year
in many would not exceed dollar to . doiar and
half So the burden is measured By the ability of ths
people to pay it wrtshs rlss.n..,
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-05-08

is in the state property the total assessed valuation
of $1,2500o0,o00. To raise $2,5000oo year, $685..
100000 in ten years, would require two mill tax up
this property; twomill tax applied to all the
property of the state of Illinois the present assessed
valuation land not taking into the possible in
in value thereoD would produce the sum re-
quired.
The records show that the taxing value of an
160 farm in the belt of Illinois is
little less than $2000 the actual value being approx
matey $4,000. two-m state tax on this farm as
sessed the value of $4,000 would be exactly 81
year and no more, and in ten years the state tax
would be $4O which would be the farms proportion Of
the $25,oo0000 total Where this farm would pay $40
single corporation in the city of Chicago would
have to pay $570OOO, another $1900O0 and the rail-
ways of the state two millions dollars Thus we
see by state levy of two mills for years. onehaf
of the $5OO0000O is provided for The other half must
be raised by local taxation or by 4 bond ISSUE
Let us assume that the township in which the farm
in question is located votes bonds the full constitu
tonal limit that is, into debt just as far as It
can and the highest interest that the law per-
ms it to The limit Of the bond issue is five ner
cent of the assessed valuation amount of bonds
resting upon the farm would be five per cent of
or exactly $780, payable onetenth each year. with in
terest at five cent The total on this bond
1ssue so far this farm is concerned for the tan
years would be $3.50.
Thus, If add the bonds ...... 500 90
Interest bonds. ds..........,.... 27 so
And the state tax of............. Of 1000
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-05-08

on THIS SOIL Inc necessary 10
tile the road and give it proper crown SO the water
upon this soil all Indiana and successful there.
why not elsewhere? The stone gravel covering must
be watertight thoroughly compacted and with suf-
fcient slope to the water to quickly off, The
road material serves two purposes-to furnish, q
smooth hard surface it will give the least possible
resistance to rc and second to shed water and keep
the earth beneath the stone gravel dry. Water Is
the only natural enemy of roads, but water coward
and will away if given a chance. If road is fiat
it does not shed water and will break up and go to
pieces. 1t requires three four times the expense
to maintain fiat road it does properly crowned.
There difficulties whatever in building roads
cessfully the black loan of the belt Of the
Mississippi valley; in fact it less to build roads
there than in Massachusetts where abounds This
is due to the fact that in the belt there is
little grading to be done few hills to be cut down
hol!ows to be filed and less bridging The roads will
cost less money If the road material has to be
shipped so 100 miles by train. The railways
benefited by road building and stand ready to
tribute to- that end by making special upon road
material.
1t would be interesting to take q concrete example
of state aid apply 1t to typical farm in of the
central western states and exactly what state aid
means so far as taxes that farm concerned.
farm of 160 in the belt of Illinois,
what the effect upon the taxes that farm would be
II the state should undertake very vigorous campaign
of road building under state aid that contepates
an expenditure OF the enormous of 900 in
ten years-enough money to improve all the main
highways Of the state connect every community with
the market town and county seat and give
plete network of good roads Gaena to Cairo;
plan being that the state should pay onehalf the
and the townships districts the others.
II $6O,OOO,OO0 were expended in ten years, the
state would be required to raise of it. There
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1908-02-06
In Great Demand.

The United States government re-
Gently waived the Civil Service ex-
animation in order TO induce stem
ograf hers to go to the lsthmus OF
Panama to do stenographic work at
1925 per month. There has never
been as urgent and unceasing de-
mands for steuographers in all the
history of this country.
The Business University at Bowl
ing Green, Kentucky. trains as
many good stenographers as any
other business institution in Amer.
lea, and yet, it is unable to supply
even half the calls made upon it for
stenographers. 1873
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1908-02-06
A Conversation Party.

Unless the hostess falls back on
dancing or cards, she is often at her
wits end to know just what to d, to
amuse her guests, especially if the
majority of them are strangers to me
another. The first hour is usu.lly
dreaded, when a penalty Of sllsnce
seems to be imposed on every 'ne,
and the feat of breaking the C"
is indeed most difficult thing. one
Of the best things for this purpose
is a conversation party. Have at
tractive little programs maze, either
your monogram or that Of your honor
guests, if you have one, with little
water-color or pen-and-ink sketch
grazing the cover. Within he fold
er on the other side, if TITS a straig ht
card, have as many numbers as you
desire conversations Opposite each
number have written a sutiect for
conversation. Distribute your pro-
grams among your guests, AMI have
the men engage certain young women
for conversations, just as they would
engage partners for a dance. After
every ones card Is completely filled
the hostess rings a bell. The two
who are to converse are permitted to
90 where they wish to carry on their
conversation. At the end of GER
tain period, usually from five to ten
minutes, the hostess again rings her
bell, when the men leave their part
ners and hunt those for the next
subject to be discussed In this way
every one gets an opportunity &c
talk with every one else. 1t i. often
the case that the prescribed subject
is never even thought of but if the
guests find something of more mutu
al interest to each other, 50 much
I the better. In The Circle for Feb
ruary.
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1908-02-06

highest aud best, any longer lag
so far behind her sister states.
State pride if nothing else should
spur our solons to support heartily
the appropriations asked. Thus
giving our children the opportunity
of as good advantages fer an educa
ton as those of any other state in
the union. Law after all is not
made and enforced by the courts
but by the citizenship which makes
the courts. We all know how we
have been shamed by the lawlessness
in Kentucky aud all authorities on
government agree that ignorance and
lawlessness go hand In hand, that
where one is found there is the other.
Then is it to be wondered that Ken
lucky has feuds and violations of
law, when no other state except one,
North Caroline, has a greater per-
centage Of illiteracy among its native
white voters.
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1908-02-06

fathers desire that his son hall
have business adaptation and step
into a position of advantage. BY
years Of honorable toll the father
may have built his business, siren 9Th
ening and broadening it by discreet
management. Here 1t is, the rough
pioneer work done, prlncely open
ing for any fortunate young nan,
and the parent anticipates eagerly
his sons maturity. -Ex.
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1908-02-06
Our Kentucky Boy.

Unless he is greatly wronged he
will be initiated in the practice of
good manners, and made postmaster
OF the gentle courtesies which facil-
itate the easy living together of
we'll bred people. To omit the boy
training in politeness is to handicap
him seriously When a mother in
sists that her son shall lift his hat to
her, and to every other lady whom
he meets when she never condones
a rudeness, but on the contrary, so
drills the lad in les petit SONS that
their practice becomes automatic,
she is endowing him with talents for
advancements which will be in the
usufruct of days to come accrue to
his lasting benefit.
All through the early years the
course is over smooth waters with
few reefs aud shoals. OCCASIONAL y
In the nursery little chubby hand
reveals a wonderful artistic bent; the
drawing in the copy. book, or the
knack with scissors and paper, may
safely be taken as serious indications
of real talent, if not of budding
genius. Som ,times a small boy is
resourceful, masterful, has the APP
parent quick decisivenes of the future
commander of men. Now and then,
the fodder just out of leading strings
shows traits which mark the invent
or, the discoveror of new secrets, and
the modern magician who will apply
them to practical needs.
But there are always a vast majori-
ty of people who belong to the rank
and file; their destiny is to be incon-
spicuous, and the essential in their
education is that they shall be faith
full in whatever they undertake.
They have no peremptory bent il
any direction. Opposed to these are
the few whom Nature and inherit
ance have destined for definite line
If they are of extraordinary endow
ment they may manifest it as they
reach their teens, and it will be the
truest kindness in those who hav,
their training in hand to accommo
date themselves to the individual
The square peg in the round hol'
never fits comfortably.
For instance, it may easily be I
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1908-02-06

A tickling cough. from any causl c
is quickly stopped by DR.. Shoop
Cough Cure. And it is so thoroughly
harmless and safe that DR.. Shoop tells
mothers everywhere to give it without
hesitation even to very young babes.
The wholesome green leaves and ten
der stems of lung healing mountain
Gus shrub, furnish the curative proper
ties to DIR. Shops Cough Cure. 1t
Gains the cough, and heals the sore
and sensitive bronchial membranes.
No opium, no chloroform, nothing
harsh used to injure or suppress.
Simply a resinous plant extract, that
helps to heal aching lungs. The Span
iards call this shrub which the Doctor
uses, 1.-The Srcred Herb" Demand
DIR. Shops. Take no other. Sold by
James II. Orme.
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1908-02-06
NIGHT RIDERS WHIP HOPKINS COUNTY
MAN

Hopkinsvill, Ky, Jan. 29-R. II.
Rogers of the Era vicinity, this coun-
ty, was visited last night by party
of about seventy-fve night-riders.
He was called from the house and
severely whipped with buggy whips.
Mr.. Rogers is a member Of the
association, but is alleged to have
sold his tobacco outside the organiza-
ton. He had received a warning,
not to do SO, the warning being cou
pied with a threat Several shots
were fred into his house and all the
telephone wires were cut.-Ex.
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1908-02-06
THURSDAY, FEB. 8, 1905.

The most important measure be-
fore the present General Assembly,
the one from which the greatest
good would come to the State, If
passed, is House Bill No. 40 max
ing an appropriation for the State
College and two Normal Schools.
Kentuckians are getting tired of
being placed forty third in a des-
cending scale Of illiteracy. Why
shouldn't our boys and girls have
just as good chance in the race Of
life as the boys and girls Of our
sister states? Are they not just as
bright naturally, just as handsome,
just as womanly and manly? Havn't
we just as good natural resources
and environments as any? If these
questions are answered in the affirm
alive, then, why submit to the
humiliation of such llliteracy with
all the crime and pauperism follow
ing its trail, when We have the OPP
portunity by fostering the institu-
tions already established, to furnish
the state with a trained teaching
force that will reach every village,
hamlet and district school. The
time has come when we must arouse
from our lethargy, shake of the
shackles of ignorance and take our
place in the front ranks of the march
towards progress and higher and
more righteous citizenship. 1t is
true this will cost, but is it not in
finitely better to spend our money
for education, a preventive of crime
and pauperism than to pay it for
criminal prosecutions and he main
tenance of almshouses. Our young
men and women are ready and anx
Ious to avail themselves of the OPP
portunity, as is evidenced by their
attendance at the state institutions
with their poor facilities and equip.
ments. Both of the State Normals
are crowded with the brightest and
best of Kentucky's young manhood
and womanhood eager to better theil
conditions. The people should SEE
to it that their Legislators vote anC
give their influence to the passage
of this measure which will Lift from
our beloved state the stigma o.
standing forty-third in the education
Kentucky has always stood first il
every thing in which her people have
taken a pride and desired to attain,
Now, shall she in this which il
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1908-02-06
HOW She Was Saved when BIten..by
a Large Snake.

How few people .h.-- -'v -hv.s,v
not afraid Of snakes. Not long ago
harmless little garter snake fell on
the wheel Of an automobile (which
was being driven by a woman. The
woman promptly tainted and the car,
left to its own resources, ran into .
stone wall and caused serious acl
cident.
The bite Of a poisonousl snake
needs prompt attention. Mrs. X.
NJ. Fishel, Route No. |, Box 40,
Dillsburg, Pa, tells how she saved
her life when bitten by large snake.
"On August 20, 1906, was bit
ten on the hand twice by large
copperhead snake. Being a distance
from any medical aid, as last re
sort | used Sloans Liniment, aud tt
my astonisbment found it killed al
pain and was the means of saving
my life. am the mother of foul
children and am never without you
Liniment.
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1908-02-06
Seven Sentence Sermons.

Trifes make perfection, but per-
lection is no trife. Michael Angelo
Sorrow and silence are strong. and
patient endurance is godlke.
Therefore acco mplish thy labor Of Low
till the heart is made godlike,
Purified, strengthened, perfected and
rendered more worthy of heaven.
-Lougfellow.
knowledge is proud that he has
learned so much;
Wisdom is humble that he knows no
more. William Cooper.
We should accustom the mind to
keep the best company by introdu-
cling it only to the best books
Sidney Smith.
What do we live for, If it is not
to make life less difficult to others?
George Eliot.
| am glad to think
am not bound to make the world 20
round
But only to discover and to do,
With cheerful heart the work that
God appoints. Jean Ingelow.
Therefore all things whatsoever ye
would that men should do to you, dc
YOU even so to them.
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1908-02-06
Sheriff'S Sale For Taxes.

BY Virtue of taxes due me a,
Sheriff and Crittenden county for the
year 1907, | or one Of my Deputies,
will on Monday the 10Th day Of Feb,
1905, between the hours Of 10
o clock a. IN, and , o'clock ,. N,
that being county court day) at the
Court House Door in Crittenden
county, Kentucky, expose to Public
Sale, to the highest bidder, for cash
in hand, the following property (or
so much thereof a. may be necessary
TO satisfy the amount Of the taxes
due aforesaid and cost to-wit
MARION No. ..
Millikin, ". W. 80 acres Of
land. near Will Hughes, tax aud
cost, $l3.45
DrcUsBURG No. 2
Boswell, b. b. 30 acres near Thos.
Mendith. &7.4O.
Milroy, X. II. 10 acres near Curm
Peek, $500
People Bank, l lot in Dycusburg,
State, County and Franchise
Tax. tl00.9j.
HURRICAS No. }.
\ Deer Creek Mining Co., 80 acres
lazy Moore, to Bal on Tax and
Goa t9.7O.
PISEY No. :.
Clsk, d. + 40 acres near J. \.
Prowet go 90
MartN Jno. W. p acres near r
;. Martin 900.
~. FLASARY, 5. e. G.
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1908-02-06
Congratulate lions.

Il isa matter a universal graft.
hclt.oo that the greatest prosperity,
the largest attendance aud the bright
est outlook In It, history i now
being enjoyed by the Bowling Green
Business University at Bowling
Green, Ny. The Institution Is TO
be congratulated on ITS continued
and increasing success and useful.
ness $50
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1908-02-06
Administrators Notice.

Notice 0, hereby given 60 any and
all person, having cisim. against the
estate Of W II Walker Co. present
them properly proyen to the under
sIgncd administrator. Within sixty
DAYS from thi, date or be forever
barred January 20. 1905
3D. VIM II Walker. Admf.
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1908-02-06
Commercial Teaches Wanted.

The business college all over the
United States, are Aking well
equipped and reliable y,up teach .
ers, but the demand is faI;p excos.
of the supply. Teachers W desire
permanency and increase Q s,l.ry
have now the opportunity =, life
time. For full information, ,,os.
Bowling Green Business Unive,v
Bowling Green, Kentucky. r
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1908-02-06
If YOU CAN'T SEE
CLEARLY

better consult us. You may need
pair OF glasses or spectacles. We
know. If you don't need any we'll
tell YOU .o-no charge whether you
need them or not; whether you buy
or do not buy But do not neglect
your eyes-thcy may neglect you
later on. A reminders Eau ounce Of
prevention, and what follows.
Everything optical here; but specta-
cles to order a speciality
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1908-02-06
Ce as Your Worry.

If your child, threatened with eroup
give 1t Chambrains Cough Remedy
and all danger W be avoided. II con-
tains nothing in a, way injurious and
is pleasant to tan Sold bv ! n
Orme.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-04-25

II ron want 10 know where. when. and how
10 buy money making Percheron horses. read Mr..
Nall's article on page 4.
II you want 10 get some good new ideas about
making your home grounds attractive. read
page =
II you want 10 ind some good reasons why you
should Danish whlskey from your drinks. your
medicines. aud your thoughts. read DR.. Freeman
on page 5.
If you want 10 read a good talk on Horseback
Riding by II lover of horses and riding, turn 10
page : and read Mr.. Sidney Johnson.
n you want TO know how the harrow and
aeeder can help you in the working OF your young
corn and cotton, read Mr., Parker's article on
page II.
II you want 10 know what your best capital,
your greatest wealth. In. turn 10 page :.
II you want TO know why you should have on
your farm none but uberculin-testcd cattle. read
page Il.
II YOU want 10 know how truckers can avoid
lean years, and why you should not mix lime with
manure. read pages |. and 10.
II you want 10 know how 10 work your way
INTO the sheep business. read Mr.. French on
page 10.
What n surprising glory belongs 10 the starry
these clear evenings, How to Recog-
nice the Principal Stars Is the subject OF a fasci-
mating astronomical article in the Home Circle by
Prof. l.. u. Watson.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-04-25

LOT the horses have to eat more than they really
reed OF such food in order to get the protein
needed. and hence they get too fat. To my sur
prise / found that this is the almost universal
morse feed here. notwithstanding the Farmers
Institutes held here every year in which proper
feeding Is discussed. The corn-fodder would not
he bad IL the grain feed was oats. The bes, hors.
~ation | have ever used is oats and good hay.
Corn and corn-fodder do not furnish enough pro-
tein unless the animal eats far more than he
should. and hence gets fat and soft, and not
ready for the strain of spring work.
Humiiiating Conn., took no stock In the VIII
hanson method OF corn growing when 1t was first
published. No plant that I ever saw can be bet
ter prepared for making a crop by stunning It,
and then trying TO make up the loss by extrava-
CANT feeding. II was the peas Mr.. Williamson
grows and the lavish fertilization that made the
corn in spite Of the humiliation" p~racticed. And
II In evident that In the South Carolina expert
nents the check plots with heavy fertilization
without the humiliation did not near pay the cost
NJ tho fertilizer in the Increased yield. Ptling
fertilizer on poor land devoid OF humus will often
do more harm than good. But the experiments
show well the folly Of wasting money In a COM
p'ete fertilizer on the corn CROP. and II is fresh
evidence that what | have often found was cor.
rect. that there In no profit in commercial fer
tilssers on the corn crop. w. r. MASSEY.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-04-25

deficient in these. II these are applied
literally. the peas will make a better growth and
will not only make more forage. but will do more
nitrogen collecting and fixing by reason of the
extra growth. Thre. hundred pounds Of acid
phosphate and IS pounds Of mur.a,e Of potash
per acre wiII be 4 fair application.
Nitrate of Soda on Coru.-Is IL In used at all.
| ~ould apply II alongside the rows ut any time
sf"T The cora In up. But II you get back the
cost Of IL in The increased crop you will do more
than / have ever been able 10 do. The corn crop
IN "a. place. In a good rotation. where tn. home
made tnanuTou should 90 on a crimson clover
sod @n~n he fall before. There 10 no need for
aay grain or cotton farmers buying nitrogen. II
b" farms right. and yet tho farmers of the South
ara paying millions Of dollars for II, when the
air over their acres IL full Of IL. waiting for them
tn Get II fr~. through the growing OF peas and
clover. One hundred pounds Of nitrate Of soda
per acre would cost ron about t3..5. and tn.
labor of applying IL. II IL adds s bushels Der
Arr" Ia III. corn crop. II viii be doing very we'll.
and you will be- paying very well for the extra
cora. w. r Massey