davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1908-12-17
ACCIDENTAL DEATH.

Presley Babb, living near Fish.
trap, was accidentally killed last
Friday, Dec. llth, 1905, by the FIR.
ing of gun, was born, Feb. 18th,
1886, professed faith in Christ and
united with Walnut Grove church
abuot nine years ago.
The funeral service was conducted
by Rev. j. b. McNeely at the resi-
dence of his mother last Sunday,
Dec. 18th.
He was married to Miss Eta Sui
livau in 1907 and leaves a wife aud
an infant child, mother, brothers,
sisters aud a host OF relatives and
friends to mourn his death.
After the devotional service his
remains we're borne to the Rowland
cemetery followed by long process
sion Of relatives and friends. Mem
orials were placed upon his grave
and many sad hearts returned to their
homes in sympathy with the be-
reaved.
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1908-12-17
1 Call 10 The Locals Of the
Z. {. and c. U. Of A.
OF crittenden County

A call to the Locals Of the r. f.
and G. U. Of A. of Crittenden Coun
ty Meeting on Second Thursday and
Friday in January.
Let all locals elect delegates, one
for each twenty or majority fraction
and one at-large.
Let all the county officers and
county committees be present. The
forenoon Of the first day will be de-
voted to public and the report of the
County President.
AT this meeting all county claims
may be settled if itimized and pre-
scented. ROBERT JoHNsoNPres.
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1908-12-17
NEW SALEM.

Everybody blowing.
Health generally good.
Ernest Taylor is visiting relatives
at Sikeston, Mo.
A good many OF our people have
lost their meat.
Will Davenport, wife aud son Duke
OF Salem, we're pleasant callers in
our section Sunday.
Haywood Hicks has moved to the
Smith Lowery farm for the year
1909.
Uncle Sam Wolford is in very poor
health.
Allen Watson has gone to Fair
view, III.
Mrs. Bob Machan is sick.
Harris Austin ~ building nice
residence on his farm.
Frank James has erected a black
smith shop New Salem.
Our old friend, John Ed wiring.
will furnish frst-class curkle barr
seed to any one wishing to ge,
start OF them.
We know some people Who would
not be satisfied in heaven il some Of
their neighbors we're to get there.
John Campbell and wife, OF Seve.
Springs, we're the guests Of relatives
in this section last week.
Our old friend, Judge G. r. Stew.
ens' OF Salem, has sold pearl. fishing
craft to Col. Rapolee and the Judge
will make the race for County Judge
OF Livingston county. Judge, We
Will leg for you over here in Crittep.
den. Col. Rapolee has taken charge
OF the boat and is now Capt. Rap.
Olee.
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1908-12-17
ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION

The Madisopville Hustler says:
william Lander, aged 10, night
ticket agent for the l.. & n. and
Illinois Central railroads, at Norton.
vile, Was shot and painfully wound
ed early Monday morning by q
strange negro. The negro made q
deliberate attempt to asssssinate the
white boy but failed in his purpose.
The negro went to the depot at
Nertonville shortly after midnight
and engaged the ticket agent in
conversation. After a few words
had been passed between them the
negro pulled pistol from his pocket
and offered to exchange it for Lam
der's weapon. The agent refused
to trade and the negro started off
NTH both pistols. Lander asked
him for his pistol, whereupon the
negro turned and shot him IN the
groin. The assailant made his es-
cape and despite the efforts of the
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1908-12-17

officers Of Nortonville and adjacon,
towns be has not been apprehended,
Lander will recover, but the
wound Is painful one. The negro
bullet would have proven fatal il 1t
had been several inches higher"
Lander Is a son OF Mr.. j. Is. Ian.
der lately of this city. The negro
escaped and is still at large.
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1908-12-17

Hugh Hsmmsck, prominen,
farmer OF near Casky, was attack ed
Monday afternoon by crowd Of
drunken negroes. lie was going
home In his buggy when he came IN
with three negroes iu buggy. Mar.
TIN Rruin, Fred Bruin and andy
"aggoner, who were driving reck .
lessly and frightened a LADY by al.
most colliding with her buggy and
then attempted to pass Mr.. Ham
mack, causing his horse to run away.
He checked the horse and soon came
up with his own wagon with Ike
Watkins, Shelby Weber aud Wesley
Merritt in the wagon and two Of
them we're fighting. He drove along
side and told them to stop fighting.
The negroes he had passed came up
and both crowds began to curse and
abuse Mr.. Hammsck, Weber saving
he had it in for him and would settle
it right there. Two Of them tried
to pull him from his buggy, but he
whipped up his horse and proceeded
down the road q short distance to
John Whites and ran into his house.
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1908-12-17
Lost.

On the streets Of Marion. Monday,
Dec. 18th, 1908, one belt with mon.
ogram pin belonging to Miss Mamie
NJ. Rochester, monogram n. NJ. X.
Finder please return to me and be
rewarded. Mamie NJ. Rochester.
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1908-12-17

Jerry Porter, of Clinton, Ky, orig.
inator Of Porter's "Tuff Glass" lamp
chimneys, which have a national
fame in their merits is now putting
on the market. Porter's "Tuff Steel
RaEors, each razor bearing Mr.. Port
er's name on the blade, and he is
advertising it as the best Razor made
and the people are going to believe
just what Jerry Porter says about
it. 81
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1908-12-17

fired at him again on the ground.
The sheriff and deputy sheriff we're
notified and the negroes we're taken
iuto custody.
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1908-12-17

The Hopkinsville Kentuckian says
"A youth named Blakley Collins,
ID or 10 years old, was shot and des
perately wounded Monday afternoon
by Charles Coleman, a negro man
employed on the Gossett farm near
Julien.
The shooting was apparently an
unprovoked attempt to kill the boy.
as the negro shot him down and hen
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1908-12-17
LYON COUNTY FARMERS
COME TO AGREEMENT.
viii ArbItfate With Dark Tobacco
Growers Association Through
Advisory Committee.

Eddyville, KY, Dec. IA
meeting largely attended by farmers
of Lyon county, was held at Kuttawa
Saturday. The chairman of the sales
com mittee Of the Dark Tobacco
Growers Association was present,
and, it is reported, and generally
understood, that some private agree
ment was reached between him, act
ing for the association, and the dis
satisfied tobacco growers of this
county.
No public action by way of resolu-
tions or otherwise was taken, but it
Is understood that one of the leading
farmers Of this county and one Of the
business men was agreed upon by
the portion of the county association
favoring loose leaf sales, and that he
will appoint . safe and conservative
advisory committee, and this COM
mittee will confer further with the
management Of the Dark Tobacco
Association and that no further &C.
ton will be taken for the period Of
ten days within which time it is
hoped an amicable agreement can be
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1908-12-17
THURSDAY, Dec, II 1908.

The subscription price of the
ClITTENDEN RECORD Press is land
has been since the consolidation Of
the two papers,) $3.50 per annum,
however, to subscribers who renew
for 1909 (and pay up all arrears,) we
will give the 81. 90 rate until Christ-
mas.
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1908-12-17
Obituary charges.

Twenty lines free if subjects fami-
ly aresubscribers. II not sent in
by a subscriber, 5 cents a line for
each line. To regular subscribers 5
cents line for all over twenty lines.
In each and every case, cash to &C.
company the copy, no exceptions.
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1908-12-17
EPWORTH LEAGUE
devotional Meeting To Be Held A
n. {. Church, Dec. 10th,
1908.

Subject, "Consecration to the en-.
largement Of Christ's kingdom" Acts
10: ID 20: -.
Leader, Prof. }. 7. King.
Opening Song.
Responsive Psalm 2:
Prayer.
Scripture Lesson.
References.
Song.
Leaders address
Success is sure to crown the Ia.
bors Of the truly consecrated IN heart
and life'-by Mrs. Joe Rochester.
Vocal Solo, by Miss Pearl Doss.
Voluntary talks.
Announcements.
Benediction.
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1908-12-17

A clean and sensitive conscience,
q steadfast sad scrupulous integrity
in small things a. we'll as great, is
the most valuable OF all possessions,
to a nation "a to an individual.
Van DYKE.
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1908-12-17

RABBITS WANTED b.
dRissoM PRODUCE COMPANY,
Marion, Ky.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-09

present day aerial engineering to ex-
plain why these various features were
indeed source of perfection, and on
the inventors part they prove there
fore a wonderful practical insight. A
remarkable rigidity of the whole struc-
ture was thus attained. 1t could al
most stand on its head" without any
harm. while with Santos -Dumont's a
slight deviation from the horizontal
caused several times an accident. The
design, contrary to it's sturdy appear
ance, was really rather favorable to
speed.
The modern remedy against that
pitching which always prevents in
creasing the speed over certain limits
was not yet known in those days, and
therefore the seeming advantage of
Santos -Dumont's slender pointed bag
was illusionary, because in flight it
would cut through the air just as often
more or less with the whole elongated
broadside instead of with the sharp
point With Baldwin there was not so
tween the bags horizontal and its in
clined position, but principally he had
means to counteract the pitching by
changing its position in the frame. The
shortness of the bag would even make
a slight shifting instantly efficacious.
Steering up and down could, of course,
be done in the same manner. Baldwin
and his first pupil, Roy Knabenshue,
whom he let operate his first ship. an
aeronaut OF light weight, acquired
great skill in this steering and bal
ancing. The rudder was worked by
be operated from any position on the
frame.
Baldwin's airship was in turn imi-
tated by his several pupils when they
left him to give exhibitions on their
own hook. Gradually there was
stronger motive power employed. The
imitators finished by adding horizontal
stabilizing surfaces, adapted from the
European designs which had in the
meantime been perfected by scientists.
These surfaces proved especially en-
cient in Baldwin's type. due to its own
inherent stability. Baldwin himself
disdained to employ them. confiding in
his skill. Though at St. Louis Lincoln
Beachy, his own pupil. won the race,
favored by his light weight. which
permitted him to use the same motive
power on smaller and less 'draggy'
balloon, the merits of the winning craft
were eventually traced back to its orig
inator, who was officially recognized
when the men at the head OF the signal
corps of the United States army
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-09

CONSUL GENERAL w. H. MICHAEL.
- of Calcutta has been asked the
question by citizens of the United
States about to make a tour Of the
orient as to what kind of clothing is
the most suitable for wear In south
ern India during the hot months. He
therefore advises:
Summer clothing in India varies in
color and texture. but in the main il
Is light OF color, light In weight and
generally white This has been the
case for probably 1850 or more years.
Lately the scientist has suggested thar
the outside should be white and the
inside brown. black red or orange
color. The theory Is that the white
man should endeavor to initiate na-
ture-that isl the native. who has a
black or brown skin and covers him
self with white cloth. He is comfort
able. no matter how hot 1t gets. even
when exposed to the direct rays OF
the sun
The native of a tropical climate has
a pigment in his skin that resists the
actinic or short rays of the sun. which
are really dangerous TO the white man.
who is not possessed OF the dark pig
ment This color protects rne colored
man from the destructive short rays
of the sun. The white man should wear
dark colored SILK CT Isle thread or
some other dark gauze underw ear. and
over that light. white or ugnS colored
flannel or white linen or cotton. This
is the scientific clothing for a eau
casian in the tropics. II this rule be
followed by a white person in India
during the hottest weather, and a pith
hat or topic" is worn. there will be as
little discomfort as is possible from
the tropical heat OF course there are
other considerations besides dress. One
should eat little meat. avoid alcoholic
drinks. sleep under an overhead electric
fan II possible, and take short sleep
in the afternoon II business permits.
Above all, don't worry.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-09

service automatically. 1t causes the
sides of the bag simply to fatten out
with gas losses, decreasing the capac-
ity of the space within and preventing
flabbiness. In his former ships Bald
win could thus dispense with the bal
loonette altogether; the one added in
the government design will then be-
come twice as efficient. The one dis
advantage of net has been greatly
eliminated by making its meshes only
four inches wide and using a very fine
strong thread. A ratio OF length to
greatest diameter OF 96 to 10 gives
much more slender hull than any Bald
win ever constructed before. The
speed requirements necessitated that
change. which in turn called for an ex-
tensive application of scientific stabiliz-
ing devices. Consequently the vertical
rudder in the rear has been provided
with large horizontal steadying sur
faces, equaling 1t in size $50 or 5s
square feet.) AS in Zeppelin's ship. a
planes were found to be fully suffi
cient. In Baldwin's new craft, with it's
equally high center of gravity, there
will be no difficulty whatever in pre-
venting pitching motion which re-
quires a large extent of pendulum
swing. caused by low center of grav-
ity and propelling effort.
In the framing the triangular con-
struction used by Santos -Dumont was
dropped in favor of a quadrangular,
well braced design of the modern giant
Vile de Rus. which has proved more
commodious and equally strong and
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-09

1t takes wonderful deal of poise not
to lose ones self-control. ones temper
and cne's money at the card table. The
loss of the last, and vice versa, and
the one woman who has poise enough
to lose neither self control. temper nor
money has poise enough to keep her
fresh skin and delicate features from
growing wan, pinched and peaked. But
the other women-how about them?
You undoubtedly have not forgotten
the bicycle face" as it is of too re-
cent experience; the hard. tense. mus
cular expression. with eyes at long
range.
These little defiections from the lines
of feminine beauty make a good look
ing woman look masculine and home
ly woman look intensely ugly; we
might as we'll face facts squarely.
The intensity with which a card
fiend pursues her favorite pastime has
a tendency to produce almost coun-
terpart of the bicycle face" The eyes
do not get the expression of long
range, but the contracted muscles cor
rugate the flesh at the corners and be-
tween the seyes. and terrible look Of
anxiety comes into them.
Go into a brokers' Office some day
when stocks are on the jump and YOU
will see somewhat of the expression OF
your own faces.
a noted woman educator remarked
once that had she been the mother of a
family of girls she would have wished
their living room TO have been lined
with mirrors so that they might come
upon the expression of their faces un-
awares.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-09

rs worked by hand. certainly the most
reliable way. which sufices that size.
and for which one of the men is always
available
The baIloonette is disposed IN the
center, where there is not much load.
nicely equaIizing the lifting effort.
The gas bag has a capacity of $500
cubic feet and lift of 1.16O pounds.
The engine has been developed from
the standard Curtiss type. which.
originally designed for motorcycles.
has been extensively applied to airship
propulsion. 1t has four cylinders.
4x3ss and will give more than 80
horsepower at 1900 revolutions per
minute. However. it was found that
the regular air cooling device did not
allow IT to develop it's maximum. and
as high power is the principal require
ment of the case new cylinders of the
same bore and stroke, with water
Jackets of copper sheathing. are being
substituted for those first employed.
A remarkable novelty is the material
of the bag. All European dirigibles
are made of the same layer Of fabric
with sheet of rubber between. fur
nished by a factory in Hanover. Ger
many. which is said to be the only one
having fully mastered the technical
difficulty involved. Captain Baldwin.
impressed by the materials, undeniably
perfect, became associated with the
DripciDaI roapvfoct.,-oro - ~..kAo-
goods in this country. and under his
supervision there was finally a balloon
fabric produced which seems even to
surpass the imported one. Not only
the dirigible but also the spherical
army balloons are in the future to be
made of it.
1t will thus be seen that America did
not need to copy foreign designs for it's
first government dirigible, and that the
design accepted. while distinctly Ameri-
can. will for it's size not be inferior
to the best ones abroad
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-09
By Carl Dienstbach

EHE recent flight Of IL hours and
at a speed sufficient to show its
heels to the train between Con-
stance and Zurich in an almost
dead calm Of Count Zeppelin's latest
sirship has again emphasized the value
OF air craft which depend for support
on the buoyancy Of hydrogen and en-
ploy mechanical power, and plenty of
It at that, only for propulsion
It is now hardly any longer disputed
that America has gained a substantial
lead IN first perfecting the power sup
ported aeroplane, with its wonderful
speed possibilities, which were only re-
Gently so brilliantly vindicated by an
otherwise still imperfect apparatus, the
Bleriat machine, with its record flight
OF more than 1000 meters at a speed OF
so kilometers an hour, and, by the
way, at an elevation OF nearly 100 feet
above the ground.
But II seems much less known that in
the same field where European in
ventors have so far achieved their
greatest success there has also been a
display OF American ingenuity, and re-
suits have been attained which need so
little fear the comparison with those
abroad that the United States signal
corps, when ready TO add motor pro-
PEELED gas bag TO its equipment, did not
need 70 initiate IN any way European
designs. but could fall back on the
development OF distinctly American
type. The history Of the case might
be traced 70 the race between mechani-
oally propelled air craft which followed
the international aerOnautic cup race
Tor drifting balloons al ST. Louis last
October The participation OF the mill
tary element was g prominent feature
At both Of these events. and the writer
was especially impressed by the unmis-
taxable display Of enthusiasm on the
part OF many army officers. especially
at the second occasion mentioned.
However. another experience Of his
ls very significant in throwing light
on the real importance Of this air
motor race.
A German officer who accompanied
the German aerona0tic team and who
had before not only held an important
commission IN the empires aeronautic
service but also had been ia the closest
touch with the development OF ehe
powerful sirships both OF France and
Germany, became 80 impressed with
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-09
| END OF
|STIFFENN6
FRAME
AND
PROPELLER

light Baldwin's is indeed a singularly
graceful construction. 1t carries two
stands as cars for two aeronauts-one
for the engineer. directly behind the
motor, the other far enough back to
just equalize the load. The Longitude
nal trimming by moving along the
frame became thus restricted, the ver-
teal steering is now principally done
by two separate sets of superposed
horizontal rudders disposed fore and
aft, exactly as in the Zeppelin craft
In accordance with the general merit
of the design, these rudders may be ex-
pected to be quite as instantly efficient
sition of the motor, well ahead. directly
below the maximum support. doing
away with extended shafting and max
ing sthe action of the propeller very
positive The latter will be made of
laminated wood. two bladed and have
a diameter Of nine feet with the same
pitch The former will be covered
with cloth to facilitate propulsion.
n ESIDES the horizontal steadying
ID surface there also will be a fixed
vertical plane right in front of the rud-
der. which is, in fact, hinged TO it.
1t is expected to increase the latter's
efficiency, as it will form an "air
pocket" II the rudder be set at
sleeper angle. The necessary equip
ment with maneuvering and safety
valves-the latter for both gas and air,
in order to have the air of the bal
loonette blow of first in place Of los
ing gas--has been arranged in the most
practical way.
The ventilator feeding the balloonette
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-09

Ohm DUNCOMBE, noted English
divine and man of letters. wrote
~ about 1865 to this effect in one of
his very Illuminating essays on Rouge,
Whist and Female Beauty" He says:
The vigils of the card table have
spoiled many good face, and have
known beauty stick to the midnight
rubber till she has grown as homely as
the queen of SPADES,
Strong language, one may say. but
at the same time full of truth, for in
1908 may be seen pretty women, very
pretty women, women who looked to be
no more than %; fresh skins, delicate
features, dainty toilets, everything at
tractive, when they sat down to the
card table, and as the clock on the
stair began to chime the midnight hour
there was a pale. pinched, drawn look
in their faces, and one might almost
fancy he was looking in on some scene
at a noted foreign spa where the
croupier was raking in the coins and
Why will you do it, girls and women?
The insanity for bridge whist, 1t would
seem. had long ere this reached its eli
max, and it were time for the interest
in it to yield place to newer diver
sion, and could the eminent divine
of the eighteenth century see our pres
ent danes bridging over the losses of
yesterday with the gains of today. and
playing, playing, as some do afternoon.
evening and night, with the persistent
intensity and keen fascination of the
vcritable gambler, he would heave
enough sighs to make bridge.