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Mountain advocate., 1908-05-29
REFRACTORY.
Running at Full Capacity
to Fill Demands.

The Ice Factory is at last re-
atty in our city, and what last
year seemed TO be a failure so far
as the plant Is concerned, is now
an industry that our town really
appreciates,
When the plant came into the
hands of the present manage
ment, Mr.. X. =. Miller set TO
work to equip it with necessary
and proper machinery and when
the season opened he was ready
TO begin the manufacture of ice,
and today no town has a nicer
quality of ice than has the city
Of Barbourville. In connection
with the EGGPLANT is the Cum
berland Beverage Works, which
manufactures soda pop and Co
Goa Cola and other soft drinks
which find ready sale in this
and other towns.
This plant is growing and in
creasing in business constantly
and is now one of the important
features of our city.
The management has merited
the patronage it is receiving and
this is an evidence that other
enterprises of a similar nature
could be made profitable if they
were established and properly
managed here.
Mountain advocate., 1908-05-29
THE BRICK PLANT
One of the Largest Indus
tries Ever Establish
ed Here.
Doing an Enormous Business
and Giving Employment
TO Large Crew.

The Barbourville Brick and
Tile plant is the largest plant Of
kind in Southeastern Kentucky,
and is fully equipped with all
the latest make of machinery,
and is now running at its full ca
pacity and turning out on an av-
erage of about 10000 brick per
day.
The brick made by this plant
have quite a reputation for their
superior quality and the compa-
ny how has orders booked ahead
sufficient to keep them busy for
quite awhile.
Besides the latest and best
that the market affords in the
way of machinery for making
mud brick this plant is also fully
equipped with a modern dry
press brick machine which makes
an exceedingly fine pressed
brick.
The plant has nine large kilns
for burning brick and they are
kept running at full capacity
throughout the season to meet
the heavy demands.
There are now quite number
of residences erected near the
site of the plant especially suited
for the laborers employed at the
plant and recently the company
has equipped a commisary on the
premises where they are prepar-
ed to supply employees with gro
ceries and other merchandise.
Barbourville should appreci-
ate this great enterprise.
Mountain advocate., 1908-05-29
Railroad Development.

Possibly few people are aware
of the magnitude of work which
the l.. d n. r. Il. Co., has been
recently, and is still doing in the
mountainous section of south
eastern Kentucky. With that
far seeing wisdom which has
ever characterized the manage
ment of the company, in order
to facilitate the moving OF the
large and ever increasing volumn
of business, the road between
Sinks and Corbin. a distance of
a bout 81 miles, is being double
tracked. This is equivalent to
building an entirely new line, in
fact, the new road leaves the old
line in several places, altogether
for a distance of about u miles.
New cuts have been made and
new tunnels have been bored
through the solid rock in many
instances. Grades have been re-
duced and the line Strengthened.
A half mile north of London, the
county seat of Laurel, the new
road leaves the old one, which
runs west of the town, and
will pass on the east side of the
/ place. Two and a half miles
south of London it strikes the
old road again. The result of
this change will be a reduction
of fifty feet in the grade, past
the town. About three miles
south of London, the new line
leaves the old one and turns to
the southwest. The length of
this cutoff is about eight miles.
For nearly the entire distance it
is ont of sight of the old road,
which it runs into Just at the
northern limits of Corbin. The
result of this cutoff is, that sew
eral very heavy grades are elm
mated, that of the new road be-
ing practically level. AT the
present time, about 15 miles OF
track is laid and is being used.
It is said by parties who profess
to know, that by Dec. 1, of this
year, the double tracks for the
entire distance will be in use.
Mountain advocate., 1908-05-29
occasion

Let us see what a good printer
can do, and does do every working
dav of his life: He takes a manu-
script, the chirography of which
would make the lid of a Chinese tea
chest blush with envy, translates it
into the vernacular as he goes along,
corrects the spelling and the gram
mar, and very often the rhetoric,
and turns it out-not as the author
wrote it, but as he intended to write
it. He sets up in type better En-
ghsh than most men can write. He
can detect errors oftact as well as
of style. He can give the sporting
editor points on horses and the re-
ligious editor on theology. He can
appreciate the merits OF a discussion
on the tariff, and detect the fallacies
in a profound leader on economies
and he can do more hard and intel.
hgent work, if he has TO, than any
other craftsman.
Mountain advocate., 1908-05-29
Resolutions of Respect.

Whereas, In the great battle
in which the dark winged mes
senger, Death, is always victor,
our comrade has surrendered, be
it
Resolved, That in the death of
our comrade, Daniel Shorter,
who was a member of Company
IL, 10th Kentucky Volunteers,
this Post has losta staunch mem
ber, and the community good
and faithful citizen, and the
country a patriotic supporter,
and be it further,
Resolved, That we extend to
the bereaved family our heart
Alt sympathy, and commend
ynem to the great Commander
General of the Universe who is
always in sympathy with his
children and extends to them
the love and consolation as nc
Mountain advocate., 1908-05-29
a success.

He is an enthusiastic worker, and
loves the Post and his comrades
with a true brotherly devotion. He
does not seek noteriety for himself
but for the noble order he never
tires. His comrades depend largely
upon him as he has had considera'
BILE experience in the work of q. \.
r., before locating here.
We wish for him and the mem
bers Of the Post No. 22l, the re-
turn of many more anniversaries
such as they have enjoyed on this
occasion.
Mountain advocate., 1908-05-29
Mr.. DAN SHORTER
Buried Sunday Afternoon
by Comrades of
Post
First Member to Pass Away

Mr.. Dan Shorter died last Sat
urday at his home on the Man
chester road near town, after an
illness of about two weeks, and
the remains were laid to rest in
the johnson burying-ground late
Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. Shorter was an old soldier
and pensioners He was a mem
Der of John q. Eve Post, No.
221, of this city, and was the
first of it's mem bers TO be called
to his reward.
The Post turned out to bury
him, and the body in charge of
his comrades was laid to it's final
rest as the sun was slowly sink
ing behind the western hills.
Rev. s. F. Kelley, Chaplain of
the Post, conducted the services
at the grave assisted by other
memb bers of the Post, in a very
impressive manner in the pres
ence of a large gathering OF
friends who came to pay their
last respect to a friend and neigh
bors.
After the grave was filled il
was covered with flowers and al
the head an American flag was
placed to mark the last resting
place of one who had given his
service for it's protection.
Mountain advocate., 1908-05-29

The poorest policy and the worst
economy is to keep the children out
of school. Every day lost has its
manifold efforts; the knowledge gain
ed on that day is missed, pupil is
thrown behind. becomes discourag-
ed, has bad effect on the class and
the very habit is to be avoided.
Mountain advocate., 1908-05-29

To make our schools eminently
successful there should be the Coop
Grafton of teachers, scholars and
parents. The first two we have.
Will the parent now do their duty?
You should cooperate with the
the teacher in all his or her Efforts
to teach the pupil all the rudiments
that go to make the child obedient
to his teacher steudious in his stu
dies and he will make a success in
life.
Mountain advocate., 1908-05-29
DECORATION DAY
Services at Union College
Chapel
Saturday Morning, NAY 30,
at 1880 y. n.

After the services the graves
will be decorated in the ceme-
terry.
Everybody invited to attend.
Flowers left at Mrs. A. W.
Hopper's will be taken to the
cemetery for decorating graves.
Mountain advocate., 1908-05-29

Every property owner should take
pride in beautifying his home by car
ing for the lawn and keeping the
shade trees neatly trimmed around
the lower branches. If all would do
this our town could be called with
propriety the "Quecn of the Prairie" :"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-26
PRATT WON'T DO NOW

1t is said today that n S. Pratt,
frequently mentioned in connec-
ton with the democratic nominal
ton for the mayoralty, is not par
ticularly anxious whether he gets
the nomination or not. Pratt has
been making money in the lumber
business in the last two years and
Is suspected of not being as
anxious to serve the people in the
capacity of their chief executive
as he once was.
There is another theory, which
is that he also won't do to beat
Dick Hutchinson in case the re-
publicans nominate the latter, con-
trary to instructions from the
SpOkesman-Review.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-26
BRANDS LABOR
REPORT FALSE

Editor, Press-The Chronicle
yesterday published on its labor
page" a report of the city free en-
ployment Office and to the man
who understands the conditions
which exist in Spokane in regard
to employment, the whole article is
misleading and well calculated to
influence public opinion against
the 1000 or 5000 men out of
work in Spokane at the present
time. To head an article at this
time with the following tile, Jobs
not wanted by laborers in Spo-
kane" Is nothing short of direct
insult to the hundreds of penniless
men who day after day apply for
work at the city hall, and also to
those willing to buy jobs of the
many employment offices doing
business in Spokane.
If the Chronicle representative
had taken the trouble this morn
ing to go to the city hall and
make an investigation he would
have seen about 200 men crowd
ing the basement of the hall, all
anxiously waiting for the signal
calling for one of their number to
work. He would certainly have
reached the conclusion that most
of the unemployed are willing to
do something in order to earn a
livelihood.
The report in itself minimized
the number of men applying for
work at the city hall. The men
are not asked to register and when
call for somebody wanted comes
the clerk simply picks up some
one waiting and sends him to the
place where the work is located.
was at the city hall this morn
ing and out Of the large number
waiting only one was fortunate
enough to secure work.
Instead of the report reading
that $50 to 400 applied for work
in month it would certainly be
nearer the truth if it read that
the same number apply for work
almost every day.
would advise the secretary Of
the Associated Charities to issue a
call for men out of work to regis
ter at the city hall and ! can
guarantee that in a day over 1000
will be only too glad to have their
names on the list
In conclusion | will say that the
condition and suffering of the
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-26
DISHWASHER HAS
MANY ADVENTURES

Troubles came fast and plentiful
last night to w. J. Roberts, dish
washer by profession. Roberts alb
sorbed Christmas cheer rather
freely yesterday, and in conse-
quence collided with a street car,
and receiving thereby a lacerated
scalp. He was walking along the
street in weak condition from
loss of blood when the police were
notified and took him to the emer-
gency hospital, where a wound in
his scalp was sewed. During the
night he was seized with delirium
tremens and tried to leave the hos
pital by window. He received
more decorations. 1t was necessary
to rope him down upon his bed.
He was feeling only sick at the
stomach this morning he told
Nurse Andrews.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-26
BEAT HER WITH
A SCANTLINC

PENDLETON, Ore, Dec. 20
with sticks and stones you can
break my bones" says the song,
but not so Mr. and Mrs. w. d.
Card, each of whom is suing the
other for divorce on the ground of
cruel and inhuman treatment.
The trial is in progress, and on
the exhibit table there is heaped
little pile of stones. while rest
ing against the table is piece of
a two-by-four scantling. These are
alleged to be the persuaders each
Is supposed to have used upon the
other at different times.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-26
BUNCH OF WOMEN
SEEK HIS SCALP

PORTLAND, Dec. ga thous-
and women are surging about the
court house, trying to get a
glimpse Of B. F. German, an en-
ployment agent, who fleeced them
out of fees for jobs that did not
exist.
German, who was President
Cleveland's chef, had a narrow es-
cape from feminine mob as he
tried to get out of town, several
Amazonian cooks and h6asekeep-
ers announcing that they were af-
ter his scalp He was arrested and
taken to the county Jail For safe
keeping, and later charge of ffel-
ony was placed against him. Ger
main is glad that he is in JAIL as
he fears the women would Kill him.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-26
SAY WATKINS HAS
SLEPT ON JOB

The indications are now that
Councilman M. B. Watkins of the
First ward will have much opposi-
ton for denomination. Some of
his political brethren seem to
think that he is not sufficiently
aggressive in looking after the in
terests of his constituents. Mr..
Watkins denies this and points
with pride to many improvements
and other things secured for the
First ward.
Leonard Funk, democrat, from
the First ward, will aspire to again
fill the first chair at the city coun-
Gil. l.. c. Brown will also prob
ably make the race again for the
democratic nomination.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-26
CANNED SERMONS
In THIS CHURCH

BELL1NGHAM, Wash, Dec. &c.
Canned" sermons. prayers and
hymns will henceforth be the rule
in a little church at Deming, a
small town ten miles from Belling-
ham, for the congregation has
been unable to have minister fill
the pulpit regularly on Sundays.
The new custom was inaugur-
ated with marked success. The
congregation listened to a sermon
preached into a monograph by a
Bellingham minister and to hymns
sung into 1t by a choir.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-26
COMPLEMENTARY

for she could CLASSY her hand and
use her fingers.
Il always wait for leading, an
impression while am working. In
this instance l was impressed to
rub her head and the top of her
spine. / suppose that these were
essential for her cure.
"A while ago man came to
lodge here. He was taken to a
room upstairs, when it was discov-
cred that his right side was para
lyzed; it seemed just as dead as it
could be. | worked constantly over
him for nearly an hour, and gradu-
ally his distorted mouth went back
into shape. The blood began to run
through his arteries anew and the
man grew strong again.
'One of the attendants had sug-
gested that he be removed to a hos
pital that night, but the very next
morning that self same man went
to work, as hale and hearty as he
had ever been.
Il have cured woman of a can
cerous growth which she had in
her head, after the doctors had
given her up, and left only the scar
which the doctor made in his in
cision. l have persons who will
testify that | am honest in my
claim. l could tell you of case
after case. which had been pro-
nounced incurable, that l have
taken and cured"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-26

In a fight on Front avenue be-
tween Howard and Wall Thursday
evening, Scaler gouged out Colo
SAINTS left eye with a knife and
cut him in other places. Scaler
was arrested and Colosanti was ia
ken to the emergency hospital,
where for time it was thought he
would die. He improved, however,
and last night Scaler was released
on a $25 bond. Marimi, Scaler's
other assailant, escaped. Indica-
lions are that the two men tried to
hold Scaler up.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-26
HOLD PEDDLER FOR
BURGLARY

Detective Alec Macdonald S
'hunch" that Sam Martell, the ped
dler he chased and fired at Thurs
day evening was crook, was
straight, for on examination of the
peddler's clothing, it was found
they fitted in every particular ar
ticles described in a circular as
stolen out of a room in Ethiopia,
Wash.
Martell was charged with bur-
glary. 1t is alleged he broke into a
room in Ethiopia and arrayed him
self in another mans clothes, in
GLIDING underwear, hat, suit, shoes
and socks. The Ethiopia constable
has been notified
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-26
THE SPOKANE ebEss. SATURDAY.. DEcEMsEa e
THREW POISON ON
MAYORS FACE

WASHINGTON, N. j., Dec. p
DR.. c. E. Smith. mayor of this city,
lost the sight of one eye and was
partly blinded in the other when
one of his women patients visited
his Office and threw carb6lfc acid
over his face and head, Recording
to the story told by DR.. Smith, his
wife and the doctors stenographer.
DR.. Smith believes the woman
insane. He said that he had treat
ed her for nervous trouble and
and had been warned
that she had threatened his life.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-26
LEAVES A GAP ON
FIGHTING LINE

There has been some specula-
tion as to the effect in local poll
tics of the death of Allen F. Gill;
the contractor, who in his lifetime
was a prominent figure in demo-
cratic city affairs. Gill was a hard
fighter and good man in a hot
campaign, and his counsel will no
doubt be missed. On the other
hand, it is held that Gill's aggres-
sive ways were often a drawback
in a campaign, and the cause of
internal strife in the party. Gill
and n. S. Pratt were on the outs
for years, and Gill was looked
upon as one of the men who would
fight Pratt to the bitter end.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-26
TO GET MCDONALD OUT

An effort Is being made today
by Attorney A. G. Gray to secure
the release from the county Jail of
j. M. Mcdonald on a bond of
$1,000. Mcdonald is charged with
aiding in the kidnapping of his
niece, Lois Mcdonald, aged seven,
who went away with her sister,
Madeline, on November 4. Nc
Donald has been in Jail for over a
month.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-26
FOUND DEAD
on TRACK,

The body of Andrew Olson, age
about IS, was found laying on the
Northern Pacific railroad near
Hangman creek about $3.50 O'Clock
this morning. His name was as
certained from a timebook found
In his pockets. He had been work
ing in one of the construction
camps on the Spokane, Portland &
Seattle. Nothing is known of his
antecendents. The remains were
brought to Smiths morgue.
1t is presumed he spent Christ,
mas in Spokane and started out
early this morning to return to the
camp and was struck by "a train.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-26
NOT CHANGE
CREMATORY FORCE

F. p. Weymouth newly appoint
ed head of the crematory depart
ment, who will take charge on
Monday, said this morning he
would make no changes in the of
fee force until he has had time
to study the situation.
Assistant Superintendent J. L..
Lockhart will, in all probability,
be kept until Mr.. Weymouth has
familiarized himself with the bust
ness and the city council passes
a new ordinance which proposes
to place a foreman in charge of
the department instead of a super
intendent's assistant.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-26
EMMA GOLDMAN
HITS MARRIAGE

PORTLAND, Ore, Dec. 60
Emma Goldman, Queen of the
Anarchists" is prepared to leave
for San Francisco, after having de-
livered two lectures in Portland to
large audience on Marriage and
Love"
She bitterly attacked the mar
ried state, declaring that as soon
as woman becomes a wife she
loses her independence, and that
If love ever exists before marriage
1t certainly dies after the couple
is married.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-26
PROVES UP ON LAND
AND DISAPPEARS

ROSEBURG, Ore, Dec. 26.-Aft-
er making final proof on a timber
claim before the United States land
commissioner at Medford, Ore, on
November 8 last, Ed Schwartz,
who owns a fruit farm near
Prosser, Wash, mysteriously dis
appeared. A search for Schwartz
is now being made by his half
brother, Thomas Henderson, OF
Aberdeen, s. D.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-26
PLEADS NOT GUILTY.

G. w. Dresser, an alleged check
forger, now in Jail, pleaded not
guilty in Judge Hinkle's court to-
day. The court set his case for
January II, and informed him that
If he could not get counsel by that
time, the court would appoint some
one to defend him.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-26
CAME JUST IN TIME

Attorney Guy Croft appeared at
the courthouse this morning wear
ing a high silk hat, and the acca-
sion therefor was the subject of
speculation. Some. thought Guy
might be candidate for the
bench, others suggested that he
might have Joined Billy Sunday;
but Guy finally explained by stat
ing that it was a present from
Santa Claus and that he had worn
it this morning at the wedding of
his friend, Pat Clark.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-26
POLICY HOLDERS sTUNo.

SEATTLE. Dec. 26.-Policy hold
ers OF the Pacific Fire Insurance
Go. have been served with notice
that. In order to meet the obliga-
tons Of the now-defunct company
they must pay an assessment equal
to Ave times the amount of their
annual premium. The company
was organized on mutual basis,
but II got into financial difficulties.
and Fred II. Lysons was appointed
receiver
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-26
MORE CANDIDATES FOR
POLICE SERGEANT

Two new candidates are out for
the police sergeancy to be made
vacant by promotion of Sergeant
John 7. Sullivan to the newly Gre
ated captaincy. They are Detec-
tives Miles and Macdonald. Candi-
dates for the place now are Detec-
tives Burns, Weir, Patrolman Pike
and the two latest mentioned.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-26
TWO MURDER TRIALS

Two murder trials were set to-
day for the January term of court.
The first case, that of Mike
Vlahovich, Montenegran, charged
with the murder of his fellow
countryman. George Danieluk, will
be called aJnuary 20. No counsel
has as yet appeared for Vlahovich,
but Judge Hinkle will appoint an
attorney before the trial.
The second murder trial, that of
Joe Gauvette, will be called two
days later. January %. Tustin &
Moore appear for Gauvette.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-26
DIES FUNNY DEATH,

FORT WORTH, Tex, Dec. 90
William Waddell, age so, died at
the county infirmary haunted by
the belief that his heart was To-
Gated on his right side, instead of
in the normal place. His death
was the direct result of his strange
hallucination.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-26
ADDY RANcHER DISAPPEARS.

The disappearance of D. r.
Sheively, a rancher of Addy, Wash,
was reported to the police this
morning in a letter received from
M. II. Shelby of Arlinda, Pa, who
declares that the missing man sold
his ranch in Addy and has not been
heard from since last March. Mr..
Sheiyely Is an uncle of the writer.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-26
WARRANT FOR OLD
MANS ASSAILANTS

Warrants were issued by Justice
Mann this morning for the arrest
OF Nick Colosanti and Nick Marimi,
assailants of Nick Scaler. father of
KID Scaler. the boxer, charging
them with assault and battery.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-26
SAVE DISABLED SCHOONER.

MARSHFIELD, Ore, Dec. 26.-
The two-masted schooner San
Buena Ventura, in wrecked con-
dition. was brought into Coos bay
by the tug Columbia. She was pick
ed up eight miles off Cape Blanco.