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The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1909-01-29
/. PERSONALS.

Tuesday.
T. S. Mcclure had business here
Tuesday.
DR.. Richard Hardwick was here
this week
Born, Monday, to Claude Wilson
and wife, boy.
Capt. John Bartram, of Clifford, wa
In Louisa, Tuesday.
T. ]. Webb. of Webbyille, had bust
ness here this week.
j. S. Ross, OF Buchanan, was a
court visitor Tuesday
T. l.. Muncaster was attracted to
Catlettsburg last Sunday.
Geo C. and Oliver swetnam, OF WI
bur, attended court Wednesday.
w. T. Cain made professional
trip to Maysville this week.
Mrs. Hannah Lackey was visiting
friends In Ashland this week.
C. e. Friend and wife, Of Prestous-
rurg, were here last Saturday
Garfield Moore, of Prosperity, at
tended court here last week.
DR.. A. H. Moore, of Ashland, was
a business visitor here last week
William Blllups, of Williamson. was
visiting Louisa relatives last week.
John Heston, of Williamson, Is
visiting the family of Zeb Heston.
f. c. Hopkins, OF Prestonsburg,
was attending Lawrence court this
week.
Mrs. f. L. Stewart went TO Webo-
vile Monday, returning Thursday
morning.
], +. Stewart and Mr., Zerfoss, Ash
land attorneys, were here several
days this week.
Mrs. ]. ]. Johnson, of Pikeyille,
and Miss Mex!e Carey are shopping
/ In Cincinnati. .....
William Houston, of Olympia, for
merly Of Louisa, was here few
days recently.
Miss Emma McHenry and Laban Nc
Henry, of Central City, are visiting
Louisa relatives.
Fred Moore, OF Cincinnati, was the
guest OF his sister, Mrs. Hahrah
Lackey, this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Freese went
to Catlettsburg last Sunday and re-
turned the next day.
NJ. NJ Burgess, Of Louisa, was a
business visitor In town yesterday.
Ashland Commercial.
Mrs. |. A. Skene and Dollie. of
Chapman, were guests Of Mr.. and
Mrs. James Skene Thursday.
Mrs. +. 7. ID. Wallace and Mrs J.
I'M. Turner were visiting Mrs. Chas.
Russell in Ashland Wednesday
Jerome Skaggs and wife are visiting
the latter's sister, Mrs Floyd Nc
Cowan, Of near Torchlight this week
Mrs, r. c. Mcclure and daughter,
Miss Jean, have gone to Rising Sun
Ind, to visit Miss Jeanette Hays.
A. M. Campbell was in Huntington
last Saturday ON business pfrtaipinl
to the Improvement of the Big Sandy
Judge w. w. Marcum and James
Marcum, Of Ceredo. and P. s. Mar
cum, Of Catlettsburg. were here last
Monday.
Mrs. James Lackey, Mrs. Thomas
Branham and Miss Ida Smith were
at Fullers Sunday, guests of Mrs
. Oliver Loar.
Mrs. ]. c. C. Mayo, Of Paintsville
cafre down yesterday morning ant
will be the guest Of Mrs. A. NJ. Camp
, bell for several days.
l. c. Ferguson and Mr.. Lyken, o
West Liberty, were in Louisa this
week. Mr.. Ferguson will be Morgan
cGuntys next County Judge.
Dr.. ]. r. Reynolds, Of Mt. Sterling
with his two bright little children
Franklin and Kathleen, we're VISITING
the family of Rev. S. f. Reynolds
: recently.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1909-01-29

Watch repairing at conley's store.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-09-23

passionately pleaded for "aetum to Neao
Testament ideas of Missaoms''?
Does he know that Charles Sturgeon said
about their aoorh IN the apostolic styze''? He
said this in Sermon XVI. on "Gospel Mis-
sions"-quoted in Rev. J. A. Scarboro's book.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-09-23
Turn This Negro Loose i!

An item of news in the Augusta (Ga.)
Herald:
Clinton, S. C.-Elliott Mcdowell, colored, was
shot to death Thursday evening by Will Watson,
another negro, on the farm of Geo. M. Davis, near
Clinton
Mcdowell committed grave deed against the
wife of Watson, the slayer-and acknowledged to
the Infatuated husband that he guilty
Watson was satisfied to accept all the conse-
quences in connection with the defense of his
home and made attempt to escape.
Watson is lodged in the local Jail to await his
trial.
Whenever a negro initiates the white men,
in their infexible determination to preserve
the sanctity of the home, he should be giveqa
the benefit Of the aOhite mans Uaaaoritten
LGaU.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-09-23
PAGE TWELVE
The Husbands Victim
CONCLUDED FROM PAGE 81
CONCLUDED FROM PAGE 81


And then, when the little hand was in his,
and the trusting heart completely captivated,
what gallant VOWS he sWore TO make her
happy!
Yes, we all do that And at the altar we
call upon God and His angels to witness the
sacred compact between this man and this
woman.
In ninety-nine cases out of hundred, the
wife does her very best to make the home
happy. She merges herself in the life of her
husband. He is the King. She wants to
please him, studies to please him, schemes and
works to please him, is in raptures when she
ing herself soul-mated glories in the renun-
citation of self,-in the sweet, confidlng Su1'
render to her Nan. For there is no other:
he's all the world to her, and she has no
dream of anybody else.
And then comes the gradual, horrible
awakening. She has made a frlghtful mis-
take The husband is not the man she thought
he was There is no reel procal sacrifice, ten
derness, effort to please. There is a matter
of-fact acceptance of her marital offerings;
a complacent acqulescence in her willingness
to serve; an Indifferent recognition of the
fact that she is good housekeeper, a neat
an attentive mental who can be depended on
at all hours of every day and every night in
every week of every month Of every year.
She is heart-hungry for caressing words
and embraces. She is not fed. She is soul
thirsty for appreciation and atfectlonate ten
derness She is not given single cup to
drink.
If she makes trifing mistake in house
hold affairs, she is scolded. If something
wrong happens to the domestic economy, she
is blamed If everything goes right, she gets
no praise. The smile of her lord is for the
public,-he leaves it at the front door of his
home. If he frowns at the public or rails at
it, he will lose by it: he can scowl and growl
at his wife without being punished. The
world does not see or hear, and his wife is
too proud to tell. She suffers in silence
year after year.
She loses her good looks The husband will
remind her of It. Her figure becomes thin
and unshapely. The husband will comment
on it. In some cases, he begrudges her enough
to eat. In others, he grumbles at buying her
something to wear. Mean, s0rdid, selfish
brute, he puts his heavy feet on the most
beautiful traits of her character, and slowly,
unfeelingly, inhumanly, tramples the life out
of them.
He goes to his place of business, or to his
club, or to the lobby of the hotel, or to the
ball game: he enjoys rest, relaxation, sport
and pastime and recreation. His wife does
not. Poor, lonesome horse of the-tread-m H.
she gets no release; duty drives her round
and round and round. There is nothing to
give her variety, nothing to alleviate her tor
ture, nothing to flash ray of hope into her
dismal dreary, wretchedly monotonous and
monotonously wretched existence.
She had thought of it thousand times,-
that Last Dag. Time and again, the tempter
whispered: over and often she had looked
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-09-23
6be Jeffersontan
"LOcked Arms With the DeviI"

A lady Baptist, as lovely Christian WOm-
an as | ever knew,-and | have known her
ever since we went to school together,-had
her feelings hurt, Sabbath or two ago, be-
cause her pastor personated me, and declared
that | had "zoched arms qUith the DeviJ".
She didn't mind it quite so much when the
Methodist evangelist, Rev. 0. B. Close, said
that [ and all my followers were in league
with the Old Boy.
But what have / done to provoke such in
temperate abuse!
Reverently and repeatedly, I have stated
my belief that we should obey Christ, and
send the glad tidings Of "Jesus and Him cru
cited" to all the world. Reverently and fire.
quently / have said that we ought to walk in
the footsteps of Paul and his fellow mission
aries.
But just as years of my life have been spent
in trying to convince the people that, in gov
ernmental affairs, our nation has gone wrong,
SO l am making the effort to prove that the
churches have left the old land -marks, in this
matter of Foreign Missions.
Not until comparatively recent years has
the work assumed the character it now bears.
1t is new fangle, entirely. 1t is of man, not
OF God. There isn't single word in the BIZ
BILE that can be properly construed to uphold
it. The preachers themselves are divided
on it. Some of the oldest and best of the mis-
sonaries have condemned it. Not only did
these consecrated heralds of Christ write let
tiers to the Home Boards urging them to do
away with the subsidies, the brides to these
needy and greedy paganS Of the Oriental
world, but IN at least one case, the missionary
came all the a0ay from China to make has per-
soroaz appeal to the Baptist Association.
And what did the head men of our denom-
nation do? Snubbed him, and "broke him. :,
as they say in military circles. The mission
airy was Rev. I. P. Crawford, who, with his
wife, had spent fifty gears IN the Chinese
field.
Who we're the men that snubbed him, and
broke him? Big-salary clergymen, whose la
bors and experience had been confined to the
larger cities of this country
What could they know about the real stu
alton in China? How could they, at this dis
lance, judge of conditions, 6ezoo0 the surface,
in China?
Dr. Crawford and his wife had no motive
to misrepresent their own work. In effect,
DR.. Crawford declared to the Baptists of
America,-"I haze been following this sub
sidy PLAN for fifty gears, and am bound to
confess that 1t as failure 1t does not make
Christians out Of the Chinese: 1t simply hires
them to act the hyp0crite. Let us stop 1t, and
go back to the method of Peter and Paul, of
P0trlch and Columbia, Of Awgusti1a and Las
CaSaS."
In substance, that was DR.. Crawford's APP
peal. [ studied the facts as presented by his
biographer, Rev. L. S. Foster, in the book,
"Fifty Years in China. Those facts con-
WINGED me-
Anybody else who will come to the subject
with an open mind, and who will read that
book, and EMISSION Economies, by Rev. G.
H. Carpenter, will almost surely reach the
same conclusion that [ did.
These two missionaries knew the foreign
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-09-23
The Poor MisSiomary'S Dinner
of Herbs

Somebody sends us a copy of Wono0qa's Ms
sa0nGry Adv0cate, for July 8, 1909, with this
paragraph marked:
and butter baked fish and sauce, nice rare broiled
beefsteak and two vegetables, broiled snipe
toast (think of it! Good? I taste it YETI, pud-
ding with sauce, tea, and the very poorest of cof
fee, which I try to forget. This abundant supply
of good things cost less than 80 cents gold
each, and that in heather China"
The above toothsome and elaborate dinner
was enjoyed by Mrs S. S. Harris and Misses
Richardson and Claiborne, missionary school
teachers at Shanghai, China. The vacation
season is on, out there, and these American
ladies were giving themselves a pleasure trip
to Marking. Mrs. Harris describes how she
and her travelling companions read novel as
they journeyed, and how they laughed and
cried over it.
Mercy! did not know that the success
ors of Miss Laura Haygood and DR.. Young
J. Allen read novels in China, and laughed
and cried over imaginary happenings to ficti-
tious characters. Pm shockedD
Then Mrs. Harris tells how Gus girls on a
lark" ordered an elaborate dinner to which
was added some delicacies from the lunch bas-
ket us girls had fetched with us
My What appetltes we missionaries do
have!
''The dinner ordered consisted of''-turn
back and re-peruse quoted paragraph. Then
read this staggering statement:
"Fried chicken and beaten biscuits from
own lunch basket were placed upon the table,"
Now let's see:
We missionary teachers had already order
ed an elaborate dinner of fish, rare broiled
beefsteak, broiled snipe-on toast, and pud-
ding, besides the soup, the sauce, the vegeta-
bles, and the bread and butter
But it wasn't sufficient Fried chicken had
to reinforce the snipe and the beefsteak, and
the beaten biscuit had to supplement the
bread and butter.
Amt you glad that the common people who
are members of the church in America can
afford to give us missionaries such a good
time in China? Beefsteak, fried chicken,
and snipe, all at one clutter, "a regular cpl
curean spread
Now listen
Some time ago when I said that mission
arv salary of 81 600 in China was enuivalent
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-10-26

bond election in Newberry is an il
legal certificate as to this special
election and if the managers OF the
election were to allow a majority OF
the voters holding such a certificate
to vote. then the election would be IL
legal. Under this opinion Of the City
Attorney the election will 60 on and
will be held as advertised.
Mr.. Hydrick in his opinion says:
''The constitution plainly says that
municipal electors are subject to the
same disqualifcations as other elec-
tors. And it as plainly says that
transfers and registrations during
the period of thirty days Immediately
preceding the election shall not be
legal. It is argued that such a con-
struction of the constitution might
result in having TO close the registra-
tion books for. an indefinite time. ~*@
Such a consequence is by no means
necessary. The books may be closeo
thirty days before each election only
as to that election.* = This provls-
ion Of the constitution is ma1da-
tory"
Mr.. Cromer says that it doesn't
mean that the books must be actually
closed and registration refused to all
voters in the town Of Newberry
thirty days before the election, but It
means that if they do receive regis
tration less than thirty days before
the election that such registration IS
illegal as to that election, and 1t can
only affect that election if a maJpr-
ity of such registered voters should
vote in that election.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-10-26
LAUNDRY TO BE OPENED.
Messrs. Young and Stebbins Buy
White Star Laundry-Wiu Be-
gin Work First November.

Mr.. Jno. A. Young and Mr.. ". Il.
Stebbins, Of Columbia, have bought
the White Star laundry of Newber-
ry, and will reopen it by the first ct
November.
Mr.. Young is proprietor Of the
Capital City laundry of Columbia and
does probably the largest Laundry
business Of any establishment: in this
State. Mr.. Young has been in the
laundry business for twenty years
and has been very successful.
Mr.. Stebbins will locate in New
berry and will be personal director
Of the White Star laundry, and Mr..
Young, himself, expects to be IN
Newberry very frequently.
1t is the purpose Of the White Star
laundry to arrange for fat rate fer
family laundry, and will make a fiat
rate which will be in the reach of the
housekeepers. 1t will also inaugurate
towel supply service furnishing a
clean towel every morning and soap
to Offices for one dollar per month.
Arrangements have been made by
which Mr.. Fred. J. Russell will have
charge Of the delivery wagon.
Mr.. Young is not stranger III
Newbery, having visited here ire
ouently and being a member OF the
Newberry Elks lodge. has many
::f::::,.:::::s ::!i acqlaintances here.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-10-26


warrant such obstruction. Ii Is
broad enough to cover all electlonS'
and we see no more reason why 1t
should be applied to one class OF
election than to another. The Ian
guage Of the following section Of the
constitution (12) seems to Indicate an
intention that the provision should
apply to municipal elections. 1t
says: "Electors in municipal elec-
tions shall possess the qualifications
and be subject to the disqualihcatlons
herein prescribed. The production
of a certificate Of registration from
the registration officers Of the county
as an elector at a precinct included
in the incorporated city or town IN
which the voter desires to vote is de-
clared a condition prerequisite to
his obtaining certificate Of regis
tration for municipal electlons,' etc.
The Decision Then Says
The constitution plainly says that
municipal electors are subject to the
same disqualifeations as other elec-
tors. And it as plainly says that
transfers and registration during the
period Of 80 days Immediately pre-
ceding an election shall not be legal.
1t is argued that such construction
of the constitution might result IN
having to close the registration books
for an indefinite time, if it should
happen that a considerable number
of municipal and special elections
should be held consecutively within
80 DAYS Of each other. Such a conse-
quence is by no means necessary.
The books must be closed 80 days be-
fore each election only as to that
election. For any other election, or
for the general registration OF the
electors of the State, they may be
kept open during that period Of
time, and certificates and transfers
issued. This construction harmonlzes
the various provisions Of the const!-
tuition and statutes on the subject.
These provisions of the constitution
are mandatory; and it follows that
the votes Of all those who were reg
istered within 80 days Of the election
were illegal.
The constitution is equally plain
in its requirement of proof OF pay
ment of taxes. It says (artic!e ,,
section 4, subdivision e) "Managers
Of election shall require OF every eiec-
tor offering to vote at any electl2i..
before allowing him to vote, pr3 t
Of the payment of all taxes, lncIu%'nS
poll tax. assessed against him and
collectible during the previous
year, etc.
This provision is likewise manda-
;orv., and it was held in Wright VS.
Board of Canvassers, IS S. {. ol4,
that the failure Of the managers to
comply with it rendered the election
void. When it appears that enough
illegal votes were cast in any election
to change the result. the election
must be declared void.
I, is therefore ordered and ad-
judged that the election. held on ALL
gust II, 1909, by order of the town
council of the town Of Brookland,
on the question Of extending the cor
porate limits Of said town, as shown
in the petition herein, was void, and
that the respondents be: and are
hereby, perpetually enjoined from
taking any further steps under or By
virtue thereof.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-10-26
ABOUT PERSONS AND THINGS.
News Briefly Told.-Gathered From
In and Out Of the State, Nation
and World.

At Buffalo, a mill village, about
four miles from Union, Jno. Robert
son. Jr.. in fit of anger because his
infant six months old worried him,
beat the child until the blood ran
from the nose and ears. Robertson
was sentenced to pay Il fine Of fifty
dollars or 60 to the gang Tor thirty
days. The prisoner escaped from
Constable Rhinehart As he was being
brought from Buafflo to Jail at Un-
ion, and reward Of ten dollars is
offered by Constable Rhinehart for
the capture Of the prisoner.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-10-26

The model home at Winthrop col
lege bids fair to be one Of its most
important departments. Miss Carrie
Hyde. Of Georgia, has it in charge.
In this department the girls are
taught practical and useful household
arts, and it is proving Il valuable fea-
ture..
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-10-26
THE IDLER.

Mr.. Idler: Another idler has been
taking constitutional stroll along
Boundary street recently and was
! struck with the fact that nearly all
1.-the business activities Of our city are
represented by residents who own
their homes on this street. There are
three citizens who wore the robes of
high office, as senators, two resigned
for private life, The other still in Of
flee, all neighbors. There are six
physicians all on the sunny side of
the street. (They know the benefit
Of sun rays, you bet.) There are four
presidents, two the heads of prosper
Gus banks; one of Newberry cotton
mill. the other Of Farmers Oil Mill !;
four lawyers Of fame outside Of our
physical boundaries. Three ministers
Of different denominations, merchants
whose commercial characters stand as
6. K. in Bradstreet's, in Boundary
street and represent every branch Of
business, shoes, clothing, dry goods,
groceries, notions, furniture and mil
linery with harness and hardware es-
tablishment that finds courteous rep
resentatives on this street. The may
or Of the town and newspaper force
Of The Herald and News, the court
stenographer, school trustees Of city
schools, and a life trustee Of Clemson
college. and farmers who ''live at
home and board at the same place.
and are loyal subjects Of liking Cot
ton," and to this fine showing, alas !!
We must add-an undertaken. And
We must not omit the elegant church
es, and new parsonages recently built
on Boundary street. These with a
large brick school house and asphalt
side walks, fine residences, pretty
lawns and plants make an attractive
residential section Of our city. And
if janitors were made to sweep the
sidewalks in front Of churches and
school buildings and householders re-
quired servants to do the same each
day, Idler could have no criticism to
make, and the 1eaguers for civic re-
form give practical demonstration Of
their aim and work to the public
good.
Scribbler.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-10-26
INVOLVING ELECTION LAWS.
Matter of Registration Reviewed by
Justice Hydrick.-How the Votes
Were Cast.

The State.
A decision rendered by the supreme
court yesterday perpetually enjoins
the petitioners in an election case in
volving the extension Of the town
limits Of New Brookland, from taking
further steps in the litigation. The
decision is written by Justice Hy-
drick and goes thoroughly into the
case.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-10-26
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teacher. Ee may not have taught
you how to read before you learned
the alphabet but what you got you
had and you knew you had it. And
they turned out some mighty solid
men and women.
/ notice that a correspondent who
signs himself Son in The Herald and
News says that he enjoys The Idler's
writings and that my articles ''con-
tain useful information, if follow
ed" Well, now that is putting it
about right. "Useful information"
is not very useful unless it is "fol-
lowed" Had you ever thought Of
that? To tell you the truth had
never before thought Of it in exactly
that light until I read this comment.
"Usaful information" is not very
"useful" unless it is used or "fol-
lowed" I have seen some people
who had lot Of very "useful lnfor-
nation and who made very little
use Of it and therefore it was useless
to them. And for that matter to
anybody else. We ought to use what
we have. We ought to make use Of
our opportunities as well as our in
formation. I am glad, however, that
Son enjoys The Idler and hope he
is profting by the "useful informa-
ton" given.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-10-26

I noticed that the Federal govern
ment has appointed a commission Of
officers of the public health and ma
rine hospital service to investigate
pelagra. 1t is stated that it is a
new disease Of increasing prevalence
in the United States and that there
are now 5000 cases. There are many
Tines that many cases Of tubefcuio-
: in this country. But then the
government is trying to do something
with this disease also and as it is
claimed peilagra is new disease I
reckon it is right to take hold Of it
at once. I have understood that pei
lagra is an old disease and flourished
in other countries long ago. It is
we'll that it has been discovered that
it is not caused from eating corn
meal so that we may 60 on enjoying
our corn hoe cake.
Speaking about the broom brigade
I noticed somewhere the other day
that the broom trust was going to
put up the price of brooms about
double the present prices and [ would
suggest the idea take hold Of New
berry at once so as to save this ad-
ditionoal expense. This increase IN
the price of brooms may be caused by
the work Of the civic associations
increasing the demand. [ mean the
cleaning up idea take hold Of US.
The Pullman cars are running by
Newberry again. I hope they will
,be sufficiently patronized to keep
them on. hope to get off on a trip
some time soon and I want to take a
Pullman at Newberry so won't have
to change cars.
The Idler.