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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-02-04
RHps Speciality.

They found the old man sitting on
the fence smoking his corncob.
"Howdy, pap! What's your son Jim
doing these days?'
"Jim2 oh, he's running a telegraph
key at the depot. Jim's an operator"
"And how's Ecker"
"Zeke? WAL, Zeke is captain of a
lake steamer. He's a navigator"
And Pete? Is he still living?"
"Qh. yes, Pete's working on an air.
ship. He's what they call an aviator"
"Well, what has become Of Bill. Is
he doing anythingY
The old man blew a quid of tobacco
al a wide eyed grasshopper
yep, stranger, Bill's hanging around
the house all day grumbllng and COM
planning and saying the country's go
ing to smash. Bits Just an aggra-
vator just plain aggravator."-
Judge,
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-02-04
Who're Dollars Originated.

Joachimstahl, near Carlsbad, is his
toric as the birthplace of the original
dollar. This was the silver gulden-
groschen, coined in 1919 by order Of
Count Schlick from the metal Of a re-
Gently opened mine, and it became
known as the joachimsthnler or
'thaler" alone for short. Before 1000
the nimble English language had al
ready made dollar" Of this. There
fore this name was loosely used Of
all manner Of coins, varying in value
from 20 cents to SIPS and belonging
to all manner Of countries, from Swe-
den to Japan. 1t was from the prev
alence of the Spanish dollar" in the
British colonies at the time
of their revolt that the modern al
mighty dollar" was derived, while in
modern English very recent slang has
given the name to the crown piece.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-02-04
The Tall Chimney.

1t might puzzle the ordinary mortal
to state in legal form just how much
time and how much money he would
require to take down a tall brick chin
'ney. The contracting engineer would
make It take itself down. After doing
a small sum Of arithmetic on his cuff
he would direct certain portions Of the
base removed. In the spaces thus left
he would fit a lot Of very stout tim
bers, then remove the bricks which re-
NAMED between them. Then he would
set fire to the timbers and, watching
from a safe distance with a camera,
would take a snapshot of It as it fell
Scribner's.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-02-04
THE CoCKET WRITERS.
What Happened When Enslsnd Ahol-
ished Their Offices,

What Happened When England AhoI-
ished Their Offices.
In the long room of the London Gus
tom house years ago were twelve Off
GERS styled "cocket writer's" They
wrote certificates that goods had been
duly entered and the duties paid. They
were also known as patent officers be-
cause appointed for life by letters pat
ent from the crown Their salaries
were nominal, eco a year, but they
were permitted to remunerate them
selves by extorting fees from the mer-
chants-fees which in some cases
amounted to a thousand pounds
year. In 1851 the treasury determined
to abolish patent offices and called
upon the twelve cocket writer's to fur
nish n statement of their emoluments.
The officers ignorant of the treasury's
purpose, imagined that the govern
ment intended to impose an income
tax. Ten of the writer's, therefore, re-
turned a statement which understated
their fees by several hundred pounds.
The other two furnished an honest
statement. In a few days ten CLERKS
were surprised and disgusted and two
clerks We astonished, but pleased.
The tred#Sry notified the cocket writ
Aers that their offices would be abol-
ished and that they would be compen-
stated by pensions rated according to
the returns they had themselves fur
nished. There were gnashing of teeth
and broad smiles in the long room.
One Of the two honest cocket writer's
enjoyed his pension for f1fty-two years,
during which time the treasury paid
him $4,000.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-02-04
What II Was.

She was visiting a Chinese restau-
rant for the first time and had ordered,
among other things, an omelet. After
sampling the succulent chop suey and
the appetizing chow meiu she turned
her attention to what seemed a dish
of pancakes Puzzling over the com
bination of ham, onion and other in
gradients. she suddenly exclaimed to
her compsnion, "Why, there's egg In
thisW ~
"Sure; MS the omelet," he replied
New York Press.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-02-04
IsHMAELs OF cEYLoN.
The Rodisas, a Curious Tribe Of So
cial Outoasts.

The Rodieas, a Curious Tribe Of So
eial outoasts.
There is a curious tribe Of people in
Ceylon called the Rodigas, who live
the life Of social Ishmaels, despised
and cast out by their fellows Until
quite recently they lived apart from
the abodes Of other men, in holes aud
caves. In no case may they lie down
TO rest with other men. They may not
enter a temple or a court of Justice
iand on all occasions are compelled to
fstand afar Off" SO low down in the
scale Of humanity are they placed that
they nay not even speak with stran-
gers ept through the intermediary
Of a man of the lowest caste above
their own. OF late years their status
has been improved, and they are less
servile in consequence, but even now
they fall on their knees with uplifted
hands to address people of the lowest
recognized caste, and upon the ap-
proaeh of a traveller they shout TO
warn him to stop until they can get off
the road and he can pass without risk
Of deflement from the proximity Of
their persons. 1t is curious and yet so
characteristic of society in all coun-
tries and all levels that even among
these eople, who seem to have reached
the very lowest rung of the human lad
der, there are classes and social dis
tinctions. Thus the ambetteyos, or
BARRIERS, and the hanomoreyos, or betal
box makers are looked upon with con-
tempt by the despised, ostracized Rodi-
gas, who go to the length of shutting
up their dogs lest they should stray
into the houses of the lowborn or
gnaw a bone that they may throw at
them.-Dundee Advertiser.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-02-04
THE ARABS HORSE.
How He Is Treated and Why He Ex-
cells at Long Journeys.

How He Is Treated and Why He Ex-
cells ct Long Journeys.
1t is most interesting to note the
way the Arab treats his faithful
friend. the horse. So Injured indeed is
the Arab pony by long usage and de-
scent to the manner of life in the
desert that even my own pony posi-
lively improved on the treatment, and
l never saw him so fit as when he
came back from the trip
If the Arab and his horse are by
legend closely allied they are in point
of fact even more intimately connect
ed. His mount is his first thought
and at all times by far the most inter
esting topic of conversation.
He is ungroomed, unclipped, unhal-
tered, for the Arab prefers to shackle
him by means Of two ropes, a short
cord connecting the fore and hind fet-
locks and a long line lettering him
above the hind fetlock to a peg in the
ground Thus he can move about or
roll at leisure and should there be any
rough heritage at hand can forage for
It.
Perhaps one of the principal reasons
why the Arab so excels at long jour
neys is that he never worries himself,
nor does he ever distress his mount
unless there is real cause to do so. He
simply continues a steady walk all
day and hardly ever gallops in the
wild way in which one so often sees
him depicted by artlsts.-London Field.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-02-04
\ 1SS ) &
TINE TABLE.
TRAINS pnCNG NORTH

No. 52-St. LOUIS Express, 1905 g. m
No. 54--St. L. Fast Mail, 1923 p. IN
No. &C. & St. L. Lin, sos a. m
No. 56-Hopkinsville Ac. 8:55 p. ~,
No. 94.-Dixie Flyer, 1888 p. m
TRAINS GOING SOUTH.
No. 51-St. L. Express 5:32 p. IN
No. 5S-St. L. Fast Mail 5:35 q. "a,
No. &C. & N o. Lin. 1850 p. m
No. 55-Hopkinsville Ac. 7:05 a. m.
No. 95.-Dixie Flyer, 9:43 a. m
No 81 and 81 connect at St. Louis and other
points west
No. 81 connects at Guunrls for Memphis Lin
ints as lar south as Eric and FOR Louisville
{ ecinnAti and the East.
No. So and IS make direct connection at Gutb'
for Louisville, Cincinnati and ali points
no h and east thereof. No. So and IS also con-
uect for Memphis and way points.
o % runs through 70 Chicago and viii not
ca ~ passengers 70 point South OF Evansville.
A 20 carries through slsepers TO St. Louis.
70. %, through sleepers TO Atlanta, Macon
Jacksonville, St. Augustine and Tampa, Fla.
A so Pullman sleepers 70 New Orleans. Con
pe It's at Guthrie Tor points East and West. No.
% sill not carry local passengers for potts North
Nashville Tenn,
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-02-04
THE DARDANELLEs.
Changes In the Name Of the Famous
Two Mile Strait

Changes In the Name Of the Fsmous
Two Mile Strait.
The Dardaneles, which Is Sc "a
miliar today, meant to our GRANDPA
theirs not the Helespont. but merely
two ancient and strong castles Of
Turkey, one Of which is in Roumania
and the other in Natolia" The IA
nous strait was. known In early VIC
torian geography by the name Of
Gallipoli. But the brave, dominating
castles swept away both Hellespont
and Gallipoli and gave their own name
to the two mile passage. Those ven
cradle castles, built in 1859 to Secure
the Turkish feet from the insults of
the Venetians," were known, according
to an early geographer, as the Old
Dardanelles to distinguish them from
two others at the entrance of the
strait, one Of which Stands in like
manner in Asia and the other in Eu-
rope" and called the New Dardanelles.
In spite Of the four castles, how
ever, the passage was forced by a
British feet in 1907 In later years
Notifications Of a formidable nature
have been constructed between the
two sets Of castles, and these are now
properly the Dardanelles. The ulti-
mate responsibility for naming the
famous strait rests with Dardanus,
the gentleman who crossed on his in
fated skin from Samothrace to Asia
and founded the town which after
ward became the city of Troy.-Lon-
don Chronicle.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-02-04
Civilized Poverty.

Barbarism has no horrors so horrible
as the bestial squalor and sheer misery
Of civilized poverty. Poverty is a
great evil in any state, but the world
has not known any poverty so foul,
so brutal and so utterly loathsome as
the poverty of the city Stun, the sweat
ing den. the pawnshop and the gin pal
ace.--Clarion.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-02-04
Happv School DAYS.

Tommy was about to leave the school
where le had spent his first years. He
went TO the teacher to say goodby and
Iadded: ~ am awfudyr sorry TO leave
this school. ] had such good times at
tecess." ~ Lippincott's.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-02-04
GrouehY.

"There is a movement on foot" said
Mr. Snoope ITO prevent the marriage
Of weakminded persons. What do you
think of it?"
81 think it's rot" answered Mr.
Crouch. "Why, who else ever wants
to get dp-Cleveland Leader.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-02-04
An Easv Stunt.

81 see a premiere danseuse is adver-
tised to dance with five snakes twined
about her"
"Should think she would If a snake
got on me I'll bet I'd dance"-Phila-
delphia Ledger.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-02-04
Tn. Want Of Il.

'The love Of money" quoted the
morallzer, sis the root of all evil
'That being the case" re1oined the
demoralizer. 1.-THE want Of money must
be the full grown tree."-Exchange.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-02-04
Sac.

Hicks-You were dreadfully indis-
Greet to mention that important deal
of ours TO your wife. Wicks-Oh, it's
all right didn't tell her 1t was Sc
cret.-Boston Transcript.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-02-04
ENCOURAGING.

The Suiror-Johnny, your parlor clock
Is an hour fast The Kid Brother-I
know IT, but don't tell sister SO. The
suitor-Why not? Tbs KID ESrother--
Because she thinks you don't know it.
Cleveland Leader.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-02-04

Possibly the chap who growls about
the wash day dinner would have
found It more pleasing TO his taste II
be had done the washing Success
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-02-04
The Christian County Loose
Tobacco Market

Will have it's first Auction Sale of Loose Tobacco on
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 9th, 1909, and every Wednesday
thereafter throughout the season.
We have secured the large ron-cad warehouse on
Elm street, where prepared to receive all kinds of
tobacco either stripped the stalk and will sell same
for you privately at public auction for the highest
market prices.
Saleswi be conducted at the large concrete building
near Cor. Tenth and Railroad streets.
Our house open for receiving tobacco every day in the
week. Will receive tobacco handpacked in hagsheads
and sell it on loose floor at highest market prices
J. P. THOMPSON & CO., Managers.
HopkinsviIe Ky, Dec %, 1908.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-02-04

zone swallow does not make sum-
mer," 1t is true, but a banana skin Will
OFTEN make one fall--Pathfnder
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-02-04
ROUND TRIP RATEs-LIMIT Sc DAYS

ROUND TRIP RATES-LIMIT 90 DAYS
Evansville to French Lick S3.16
to West Baden 800
Rockport to French Lick 2.52
to West Baden 2.56
Cannelton to French Lick 2.72
" to West Baden PIG
Tell City o French Lick $50
to West Baden 2.64
Troy to French Lick 2.44
" to West Baden 2.48
J. c. BEAM, JR., A. G. P. A.,
st. Louis, Mo,
E. D STRATTON, P. A.,
Evansville. Ind.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-09-14

CAPT. J. w. Ardrey Of Fort Mill, mas
the honor and credit Of having intro
duced and secured the passage of one
of the most important laws that has
been incorporated in the general stat
utes in a good many years. We have
reference to the law prohibiting tres
passing and giving to every landowner
full and complete control Of the land
to which he holds title. The principle
involved in this statute is one that
had been an inexhaustible source OF
controversy for hundreds Of years
Trespass Is prohibited in the Older
countries of Europe and in many Of the
older states of the Union. as 1t should
be everywhere. But in this country
there are those who have denied indi-
vidual ownership Of fish and game
and claimed the right Of pursuit OF
either, where they would. They even
claimed a right to go on a mans land
whether the owner liked it or not
The Audrey law assures to every man
complete control Of his own land, and
the Audubon society has made effec-
tive use Of this law in checking the
wanton destruction of wild denizens
Of stream, field and forest. But now
that the law is on the statute books
there is little probability that it will
ever be repealed. The justice Of it is
too patent, and the land owners of the
state will never consent to give up the
benefits ii assures them.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-09-14

that are not in accordance with the
standards Of the South Eastern Tariff
association. For instance, the insur-
ance companies charge a good deal
more for fues constructed with brick
laid edgewise than f1atwise, and there
are cases where property owners pay
$50 or SIS a year on account Of such
flues, when new flues, in accordance
with accepted standards, could be con-
structed for SO or 81 each. Fire insur-
ance is a subject about which the av-
erage property owner knows very lit
tie and about which he needs to gath
er more information.
Who Are the vandaIs?
Something over a year, ago, q state
ment was published in The Enquirer
to the effect that miscreants, to our in
formants unknown, had robbed the
corner stone Of the Kings Mountain
Monument by blowing 1t out with dy-
Mantle. No especial effort was made
to investigate the story at the time;
but 1t now develops that while the dy-
namiting was really attempted, the
corner stone records were not disturb.
ed. The information comes from Col
A. Coward, who was at the grounds
last Friday looking after various ar
rangements for the coming dedication
Col. Coward said that while there Is
evidence Of an attempt on the corner
stone, the miscreants In their evident
ignorance, selected the wrong corner
the northwest corner instead of the
northeast corner. They made a hole
under the stone and exploded dyna.
mite cartridge. The stone was pretty
badly displaced; but not entirely re.
moved. There is absolutely nothing Of
money value in the corner stone, ant
IL the thieves had been successful, the,
would have gotten nothing. The at.
tempt, however, was one of peculiar
viciousness, and people Of the neigh.
borhood who know the guilty parties
will discharge a patriotic duty to law
order and decency, II they will give
their names to Sheriff Brown.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-09-14

Take the same field, follow the cot
ton crop with grain and the grain with
peas, vetch or crimson clover, the peas
to be turned under in the fall or the
other crops to be turned under in the
spring, and with each years addition
of nitrogen and humus, the field will
become richer and richer.
This Is not a matter Of experiment,
but Of absolute fact. Hundreds Of in
telligent farmers have tried 1t, and
every one who has given 1t a fair and
square trial, has found that the thing
works and works to perfection.
The farmers Of this county, or many
of them, at least, have wasted gen
erations by erroneous methods, and they
cannot commence this much needed
reform any earlier than now-those
that have never tried it cannot.
One Of the principal objections Of
those who do not take to this idea
is that it is too slow; but II they will
make a careful calculation Of net re-
suits, we venture that they will find
that it is really faster than the method
they are now pursuing.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-09-14
WITHIN THE TOWN.

The enrolment at the Graded
school to date is 275.
- Southern train No. SO, east bound,
due at Yorkville at S.48 last night,
did not arrive until 4.45 this morning,
being delayed at Shelby, y. c., by a
freight train wreck.
The call recently agreed upon by
the Associate Reformed Presbyterian
church of Yorkville for the pastoral
services of Rev. ]. L. Oates Of Hickory
Grove and Smyrna, was moderated at
congregational meeting last Sunday
morning by Rev. J. c. Galloway, D. D.,
Of Gastonia The original action of
the congregation was confirmed by a
unanimous vote to insert the name of
Rev. J. l.. Oates in the blank in the
call, and to fill the salary blank with
twelve hundred dollars per annum,
payable quarterly" The understand
ing is that Mr.. Oates will accept the
call and there will be a meeting of
presbytery very shortly for the pur-
pose of placing the call in his hands
and dissolving his pastoral relations
with Hickory Grove and Smyrna AS
sociate Reformed churches.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-09-14

Knew When to Quit.-A comment
not unfrequently heard in Wall street
runs thus: John d. Rockefeller was
the wisest Of them all. He knew when
to quit. So did Andrew Carnegie. So,
more recently, did James Stillman. H.
H. Rogers was trying to throw off his
harness when struck down.
The two grand old men in the fl
nancial world whose health never
seems to trouble them are j. P. Nor
gan and James ]. Hill. Neither Is
ever reported as suffering from ner-
vous breakdown or as being compell-
ed to visit the spas Of Europe. These
two old friends and associates jog
along quietly but very effectively year
after year, doing big things without
permitting these big things to undo
them.
Mr. Morgan does not believe in re-
firing altogether from business, as in
many cases that have come under his
observation retirement has been follow
ed by the tortures Of ennui and a
speedy end Mr.. Hill a few years ago
turned over many Of his duties to his
son, Louis, but he still retains enough
offices to keep his mind from becom-
ing rusty, yet not enough to prevent
him from taking an enlightened part
in the discussion and solution Of large
public problems, agricultural, eco
nomic, political and financial.
Americas proud boast that she has
no leisure class may hereafter be
slightly modified, as our greatest men
of affairs are beginning to realize that
the making Of money and the inces-
SAINT fight for power are not the be-all
and end-all of life.-New York Jour-
nal Of Commerce.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-09-14

Mr.. William w. Jenkins, Jr., went
to Spartanburg this morning and will
matriculate as a student at Wofford
college.
Miss Daisy Gist, who has been
spending some time in Waynesville,
N. c., has returned to her home In
Yorkville.
Mr.. Jno. r. Dickson left yesterday
for Staunton, Va, to begin his work
as instructor at Staunton Military
academy. :,
Mr.. L. w. Jenkins and Miss Nell
Schorb have returned to Spartanburg
to resume their work in the graded
schools Of that city.
Mrs. H. H. Hayes and children re-
turned to their home at Granite Falls,
IN. c., Saturday, after visit Of sew
eral days to Mrs. ]. e. Johnson.
The following left Yorkville this
morning for their respective colleges:
Mr.. Brice Dickson, Erskine; Miss
Reba Cain, Due West, and Miss An
ME Thomas for Chicora-
Miss Rives Lang, one Of the teach
ers in the graded school, had to be
taken to her home In Camden, sun
day, on account of illness. She was
accompanied by Miss Pauline Gwalt-
|ney.
Mr.. Leroy Russell Williams of
Yorkville, has sent out invitations to
the marriage Of his daughter, Miss
Bessie Jennett, to Mr.. James Lafay-
ette Houston. The ceremony Is to
take place in the First Presbyterian
church of Yorkville, on Wednesday,
September %, at 7.30 o'clock.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-09-14
ABOUT PEOPLE.

Miss Nancy Bratton Of Bullock's s
Creek, is visiting relatives in York
vile.
Mr.. ]. C. Wilborn and daughter,
Miss Elizabeth, spent Saturday In
Charlotte.
Mr.. w I. Castles of Filbert, has
been visiting friends in Chester the
past few days.
Miss Rose Sandifer left this morn
ing for Due West, to enter Erskine
college as a student.
Mr.. W. G. White, Jr., left last night
for the 1909-10 session of Erskine
college, Due West.
Miss Louise Guy Of Lowryville is
spending a few days with Miss Win
ME Crawford in Yorkville.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. L. O'Neale and
children of Spartanburg, are visiting
Mr.. and Mrs. Jno. r. Hart.
Mesdames l.. d. Andrews and j. E.
Ashcraft of Monroe, N. c., are visit
ing Mrs r. E. Heath in Yorkville.
Mrs. o. f.. wilkins and children of
Yorkville have returned home, after
spending some time in Norfolk, Va.
Miss Annis O'Leary has returned to
her home in Yorkville, after spending
some time with friends in cambridge,
Tenn.