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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-05-27

Forrest T. GUerney. q solicitor or Lon
don. who is al the New Willard. in
speaking Of London society. said last
night that this is in some respects the
most fastldioUs. in others the most cred
ulous, the most composite, or the most
mixed upon the surface Of our planet
1T IS the most fasudious because It
IS the least tolerant Of an obtrusive per-
scnaUty. English society can pardon
anything but eEOtism- There are many
clever and amusing men who have been
social failures because they have been
1 irrepressibIe. There are individuals who
may enjoy a special license. but they
must be very sure OF their ground be-
/ fore they begin TO presume upon IL
Society in London VIII not tolerate a
conspicuous man.
Lay. then. this golden rule 10 heart"
I continued Mr.. Guerney. Never attempt
( 10 he amusing; never venture into an
/ auecdote, watch how anecdotes are re-
/ ceived. hear the comment OF your next
/ door neighbor at dinner, and note how
/ he invariably whispers cOnfdeutaIlv !u
your ear that he has heard the story O.
I thousand times. When you are a per-
! sanage IN society then yoR may affect
[ 20 De one. And let any one who IS
ever tempted 70 violate this ~ud.-
sure that 20 Is only the members Of q
coterie, held together by the Ties Of an
| invisible freemasoury. who can safely
/ indulge their antics before each other"
/ Discussing the divorce evil. DIT. Felix
! Adler. OF New York. who was recently
/ seen at the Arlington. said: "Wha. We
need Is a doctrine Of marriage The
church is tied Up TO the ethics Of 200
years ago. the Oriental fantasies OF
Paul
The old idea Of marriage was incu,-
Gated and secured through two fuDda-
mental NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. to parents
and the understanding that marriage was
TO be permanent These principles are
both inperiled. Under present conditions
they are no longer teuable. for the first
was founded on the idea that the child
has no rights except through its parents.
Its position was one OF subservience. OF
UuQUestioued obedience TO the parents.
2
marriage tie. II was chiefly a bond that
tied a woman 20 the man. Her position
was one of sUb0rdination.
To-day we admit that the child has
rights which we are bound 10 respect
and that the woman Is the equal Of the
man. One trouble with the modern mar
riages IS that the masculine element pre-
dominates IN the ceremoniaIs. This should
not be so. The great trouble IS that the
/ people who marry nowadays look I'm mar
riage only for happiness. Happiness is not
the end Of the marriage. as most people
think. but only an incident OF married
life They are bound 10 find many trials.
They should respect the ethical ideals.
their great responsibility is 10 future
generations; the good OF the race Under
the multiplication Of divorces in this coG--
try the issue is whether the sersus ma
ture OF the marriage contract is IN pre-
vail or whether the spiritual IS 70 pre-
dominate I believe in separation. but
never in divorces"
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1910-05-20
MEAD'S BRANCH.

The farmers OF our country are
damaged very much by the recent
rains.
Monte johnson, who has been
at Red Jacket for the past SIX
months, is visiting home folks this
week.
@. V. Pack, Dug Johnson, Ezra
Hinkle and Garde Hickman attend
ed the show at Louisa last Friday.
jim Stuart, who has been at Bor-
derland Coal mines. has come home
to help farm.
Rhode Pack. and family were the
guests y q. V. Pack saturday and
Sunday.
Lula and sella Hickman attended
the pite mite at Ulysses Saturday
night
Brit Compton and family were
guests OF Uncle Emery Castle last
week.
Jennie Austin and FAIRIES Ramey
are on the sick list,
John and Ramey and wife visit
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1910-05-20
WILD CAT PRICES
For All Kind Of Produce Brought
10 Blaine.

For All Kind Of Produce Brought
TO Blaine. .....
Come to Blaine or put your
poultry up Wednesday night. and T.
j Pack will be on the road each
Thursday with the cash for your
produce. 1t is 50 easy to sell at
your door. When you have the
money you can go where you please.
Below we mention some prices:
Best wash wool IOc to soc ID; yell
low Root, 500 lb.; Ginseng. 3Oc
per o.; Spring Chickens. isc; Old
hens and old ROSTERS at their val
ne; Calf hides. lOc; Flint hides. 1Sc
Bees Wax. zoe to 24e; / want old
rubber boots and shoes. Brass and
Copper, sc Id.
Listen for the brass bugle. Makes
shrill noise and means WILD CAT
PRICES. Bring your produce to
the road. On return from Louisa
every Friday we have cat fishCDsP.
pie. oranges and fresh bre6G Bus
your flour from Pack.
ZIG BLAINE PRODUCE 90.
II. ,. PACK, Manage.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1910-05-20
OLIOvILLE.

w. V. Roberts has his saw mill
running in full blast now.
Our people have most all finished
planting their corn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Webb and
family visited his parents Saturday
and Sunday.
Miss Essie Thompson was the
guest OF her cousin, Miss Ollie Jor-
dan. last week.
Several boys and girls from Tus-
cola attended Sunday school at
this place Sunday.
Mrs. Mary Thompson visited her
brother recently.
Grover Thompson was the guest
OF Miss Sarah BraInard Sunday.
Mrs. Stella Ratcliff and little
daughter. Dixie. we're calling on
Mrs. A. j. Webb Saturday.
l.. p. Watson OF Russell. Is Wis
iting his mother at this place.
Mrs Dora and Stella Justice were
shopping at Dennis Monday.
a.. Co.. costo q, latte uas
shonnIrv a, oI,oviIIa rcaeently
Bro. Cassidy failed to fill his
anno,n,ment a, this Mace sunday
cvrn. webh attended church Al
ut.Lsvt,s Sunday
/ Frsd Tbomnson IA clerking fl
nts hro,bar,s store
| Mis- stella Justice was the CUES
1 n, bar cousin Miss Dosia Adkins
recent,v
N. wL.ot., 80 ,ransac,in1 husi
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1910-05-20
An EARNEST APPEAL.

Continued from page one.)
viii help the town as well as hui
manity.
Please turn to Prov. 2s:27, in
the Bible, is this scripture true?
and Prov. 1917. Yes, and what OF
the final settlement. Listen to his
word in Matt. 25:34, 80.
This is a golden opportunity. II
we do not love our brother whom
we have seen surely we do not love
God whom we have not seen; there
fore we cannot honor God.
We may build palaces, but remem
Der it was there where Christ was
condemned and where he is being
condemned today. Yes, our man
sions and fine buildings viii rs tru-
ly be witness against us and the
blood of our brother also viii cry
against us as the blood ofAble.
BE not deceived. God is not
uOChSut anu iGClb arc SbuODOih
things, i appeal to the tax payers
and people OF Lawrence to help In
this cause. o Christians can't you
read the hand writing on the wall,
There are good people all over this
county who would be glad to go out
into the vineyard for, the master.
Well. the harvest is already white.
the opportunity golden, Let's place
these people where we can visit
them and help them, where they
can go to church and have re-
spectacle home: Lets quit singing
religion and talking 1t but lets go
to work and make somebody else
happy. then we will bear the we'll
done at the last from the Him who
said, II go to prepare place for
lyou. 'i.'t
will mention two of Louisa's
good people among the many, who
will surely come to the front, Mrs.
Lizzie Mcclure and our County
Judge Mr.. Boggs.
[ An Old Subscriber.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1910-05-20
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
PERSONAL Mention.
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T. II. Roberts was visiting home
folks recently.
DIR. v. v. Adkins, OF Ashland. was
in Louisa Monday.
DR.. F. Ramey. OF East Point, was
in Louisa this week.
ZDr. W. W. wray, OF Richardson.
was In Louisa Monday.
Mrs. Nancy Nelson. OF Yatesville,
was in Louisa last Friday.
L. T. Mcclure. U. s, Revenue
Agent. was here this week.
Miss Mabel Butler, OF william
son, is visiting Louisa friends.
Elliot Arnett, OF spauldlng, W.
Va, was in Louisa, this week.
Mrs. Alice Kirk visited her son,
Ed Kirk of this city. last week.
Mrs. Eugene Allen and child have
gone to limo. Mo. to Join her hus-
band. #.
Mr.. Hutchinson. OF Huntington
was here last week the guest OF
friends sa~, e.. ..
j., C. Mccarthy. supt. U. S. Gas
and Fuel Co.. Ashland, was here
Monday. -: .... .........
Miss Effie Perry, OF Dunlow. wa
visiting Miss Ida Smith last FRIDAY
and Saturday.
J. T. Cunningham, OF the West
ern Newspaper Union, of Cincinnati
was here last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Keene Langhorne
OF Virginia, are guests OF Rev. ant
Mrs. s. F. Reynolds.
Miss Daisy Diddle, Of Hunting
ton, spent this week i'm Louisa Wis
iting Miss Ida Smith.
= Miss Harriet Rees. OF the X. \
D c.. is the guest OF Miss Daisy Pat
= rick Of Ivyton, Magoffin county.
II %Dr. and Mrs. Adelbert johnson
of Colorado, were here Saturda!
guests of Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Wei
man.
Charles Branham, Assistant Casl
e Ter OF the d. and o. office at Hun
Il ington. visited home folks O
Sunday last.
I Mrs. William Cole. OF Boyd coul
IS ty. was here last week. the guei
of her grandparents, Mr.. and Mr.
a T. R. Moore.
r. George Carter, OF Louisa.i is hel
r preparing to make a trip in the fl
Ie terest Of the A. Minis Co. Catlett
b, re- Tribune.
A Mr.. William Loeb, Of the U.
Engineer office. Cincinnati, wi
a here this week doing some work
=. the Louisa office.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1910-05-20


Mrs. Charles Abbott and Miss
Josephine Richards. OF Fayetteville.
W. Va. are guests Of Rev. and
Mrs. ]. A. Abbott
The Rev. Roscoe Murray was in
Louisa Tuesday, en- route to Wash
ington to attend the Worlds Sun.
day School Convention.
Mrs. Jennie Beaire is visiting rel
atlyes and friends in ironton. Up
on her return she will resume
housekeeping in Fort Gay.
Mrs. ]. C. Adams. Miss Jean Ad-
ans. and Miss Virginia Barton,
of Catlettsburg, we're visiting Louisa
f. ends Friday and Saturday.
IL. Walter Young, OF Cherokee,
and John Thompson. OF Ellen. we're
in Louisa recently and both made
pleasant calls at the NEWS office.
Mrs. Josephine Rice was the
guest OF Mr.. and Mrs. George Ma
son and Mrs. Maggie Tyree over
Sunday, returning to her home in
Louisa this morning. -Catlettsburl
Tribune.
Gus Worsham and daughter, Of
Gary, W. Va, we're guests Of theil
uncle and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. R. T
Burns, on Sunday. They we're Ell
route home after a visit to Floyt
county.
Charles and George Ed Fagg. o
Christiansburg. Va. and James e.
Galloway, OF Graham, Va, tire,
bright lads are visiting the famil,
Of their relative, J. ]. Fagg, o
this place.
| Mrs. Chas. Rodarmor and son, o
New York. arrived here Wednesda
from Cincinnati. They and Mr.
J. F. Rodarmor. who has been Wis
iting her parents, DR.. and Mrs. Wro
ten, leave for home Friday.
DR.. W. F. Farley and family, @
Holden, W. Va, visited the fam
Iy OF F. R. Moore recently. TIL
doctor was sick a week of hi
visit and returned to Holden whe
/. al to do so. Mrs. Farley an
: the children are still here.
Misses Lizzie and Stella Mollet
l. OF BoOns Camp, Johnson count
: we're in Louisa Friday, guests
: their cousin, Miss Clara Mollett, I
the X. n. c. They a
companied the family of r. Blanl
ership of Madge, home, where the
will remain for a visit.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1910-05-20
Not Known in Fort Gay.

Hubert Jedd, said TO reside at
Fl. Gay, was cut so badly by Albert
Morris. at Haverhill.on Wednesday
night, that his wounds are feared to
be fatal The two men we're ser
ton hands on the Norfolk and wes-
tern railroad and had been friends
until a slight difficulty arose oy-
err a trivial cause which ended in
the cutting Morris is said to be a
resident OF Coal Grove. -Catletts-
burg Tribune.
Inquiry reveals the fact that HUI
bert Jedd is not known in Fort
Gay. ..
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1910-05-20

Pikeyille. Ky. May l6.-The
great series OF meetings by DR.. Walt
Holcomb has absorbed the interest
Of the populace of the town and
for miles around. practically to the
exclusion Of everything else. Har-
dCned, immovable Pikevillel is out
doing herself Men who have new
er been church goers have confess
ed their sins and are thoroughly re-
pentant-men who are so staunch
that there will never be any going
back with them. Many women, as
we'll as men, are aroused to a full
sense OF duty. and II can no long
err be said OF sin-hardened Pike
Vile that It is beyond redemption,
for such substantial people have
entered into the new life that it
will mean much for the church
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1910-05-20

As the NEWS goes to press 1t
learns that Isaac Griffith. age IS,
son OF Lee Griffith, who formerly
lived in Louisa. was supposed to
20 fatally injured by kick by a
horse. George Swetnam was hand
ling the animal and the boy was
helping. swetnam was slightly hurt
The parties live at Wilbur, this
County.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1910-05-20
Have Gone to Washington.

Mr.. and Mrs F. T. d. Wallace,
Sr., Mrs. G. A. Nash. Revs. L. NJ.
Copley and W. L. Reid. c. E. Hen
sley and W. J. Vaughan are the
Louisians who are attending the
great Worlds Sunday School Con-
vention at Washington this week.
Some Of these are delegates. the
others visitors.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1910-05-20
Gold Watch Charm Lost

Lost, somewhere between Blaine
and Busseyville, a gold watch charm
with the initials. III. P. o." on
it. Finder will please leave it at
BusseyVille Post Office or send to
H. c. Osborn, Blaine, KY. where
he will be literally rewarded.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1910-05-20

Governor Glascock has refused
pardon TO Earl budding, Of Hunt
ington. sentenced TO five years in
the penitentiary for killing Ira f.
Chapman. budding has been taken
TO Moundsyille and has begun to
serve his term.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1910-05-20
Lost, straycd Or stolen.

My fine bloodhound has been
missing five weeks. w hen last seen
was in a wagon which was headed
towards the country. Has black
body with yellow legs. Answers to
tho name OF George" will pay lib
oral reward for information lead
Ing to his recovery. Address
aaists lEEE WILSON
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1910-05-20

A crowd Of Ashland folks, includ-
ing a number Of the High School
teachers, and all piloted by Capt. A.
II. Savage, went through Louisa one
DAY last week on the way to the
Breaks Of Sandy. They remained
several days.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1910-05-20

A memorial service is to be con-
Quoted by Rev. j ID. Garrett and
Rev. II. b. Hewlett at the grave
yard near the old home Of Allen
wellman, deceased. on the first
Sunday in June. 1910. at IL O'Clock
A. M, in memory OF Margaret Well
man, deceased. The grave yard
is near Fort Gay.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1910-05-20
CARD OF THANKS.

We heartily thank the many
friends who we're so kind and
good to us. during the sickness.
death and burial Of our dear wife
and mother. May God bless them.
ELLIS STUART and children.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1910-05-20

Mr.. Dennywitz and family have
moved into the Charles Crutcher
property on Lock avenue. and Mrs.
Martin has moved into the property
vacated by DennyWitz and which be-
longs TO her.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1910-05-20

Mr.. and Mrs. George Woods. Of
RiaIto, Cal, are the parents OF a
fine baby girl. Mrs. Woods was
Miss Lena Stewart and has friends
and relatives In Louisa.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1910-05-20

In the Wayne, W. Va, Circuit
Court at the present term George
Queen was sentenced to the PEN
itentiary for two years for cutting
Wiley Queen.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1910-05-20

The Governor has refused to par
den win Press Dyer, convicted OF
murder in Magoffin county, and SEN
fenced to the penitentiary for life.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1910-05-20

The work of piping the Court
House for water began this week
Il will be carried to the hall be-
tween the court room and the
petit Jury room, &c.: .
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1910-05-20

Mrs. Gertrude Burke and Mrs,
George T. Burgess and families are
occupying the Gambill residence on
the east side OF Lock avenue.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1910-05-20

Miss Kate Freese sang two numbers
At = eoncert-recital given in the
Presbyterian church. Ashland, Thurs
day evening,
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1910-05-20

The making OF steel rail is an
interesting process. Ever see Ii?
Go to Eldorado Friday night and see
how IL Is done.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1910-05-20

1t is pleasing to note that, ac-
ccrding to the Hindman News-Rec-
ord, measles are still prevalent,
hut are becoming less numerous"
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1910-05-20

Mig object lesson at Eldorado
Friday night, The making OF steel
rails and the construction Of the
Panama Canal.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1910-05-20

In the graduating class Of the
Campbell Hagerman, College, at
Lexington, is Miss Josephine Anna
HarkIns, OF Prestonsburg.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1910-05-20

Henry Preston is improving and
beautifying his Lock avenue home
by putting in hardwood floors and
new mantels
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1910-05-20

Two reels OF instructive demon
stration at Eldorado Friday night.
lOc is the pass word.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1910-05-20

Sea how the Panama canal Is
built You can learn all about 1t
Friday night at Eldorado.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1910-05-20

MrA ID. ~ Jones Is somewhat
improved after an illness Of sever
nj weeks.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1910-05-20

Tx. Y. e.. OF saltpeter. wishes
to ~ his letters In print he must
send his name 10 the b. s. N.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1910-05-20
Big Sandy News
Friday, May 20, 1910.

Say. nov. honest iniun. have you
scsn tho eomet7 s..-
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1910-05-20

Miss Lutte Yates is out after a
Neeh's illness.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1910-05-20

Ia X. vinson was foreman OF the
last Wayne grand jury.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1910-05-20

t-Se' totally oliiu. she see Ball with -.
@ serious and delicate op. Monday Geo,- ..
y IT. f0rt and is doing vsryd the cap .
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1910-05-20

Mr.. William Loeb. of the U. S.
Engineer office. Cincinnati, was
here this week doing some work in
the Louisa office.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1910-05-20

George Carter, OF Louisa. is her
preparing to make a trip in the in
terest OF the A. Minis Co. Catletts
b, re Tribune.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-30

(which one is missing?"
His name is on the list as Ebert
Carpenter"
II will have n search made"
I called for the purser. went over
the list with him and told him to find
Gilbert Carpenter. He made a search
and reported that no such man was
aboard the ship. A stateroom had
been engaged under the name. but the
key had not been called for. No one
knew him, and it was not known
whether he had come aboard or not.
l sent for the passenger who had re-
ported the matter and told him that 1t
was probable the man had been left
behind.
NO. he wasn't" said the informant.
81 saw him on deck standing beside
you when l came aboard"
"Are you the man who came late?"
l asked.
YES. was the last one to go up
the gangplank."
Then l remembered the passenger
who seemed to have been affected by
the others coming.
whats your Nance" l asked.
"BurtOn-Edgar Burton"
"Well. Mr.. Burton, will you be good
enough 70 tell me- why you take so
great an interest in this man Carpen-
ter?"
Without reply he turned on his heel
ard left me. asked the pu-ser what
it all meant. and he said he didn't
know. A man had engaged passage IN
der the name of Ebert Carpenter. but
he had seen nothing of him. He had
searched the ship and had not found
him. but admitted that it was quite
possible for z man to hide. especially
by going away down into the depths
Of the hold. l took a look at all the
passcngcrs-tbcre were but twelve of
them-with view to discovering If
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-30
Far Away Fields Look Green.

The arrest in various parts OF the
country of persons for operating
"get-rich-quick" schemes, on a
charge of using the mails to defraud,
suggests the frequency with which
these schemes are launched and sue
cessfully carried through.
Postmaster-General Hitchcock es-
Inmates that in the last five years
the people of this country have been
swfndled out of 100000 OO-an
average of s2O,O0O,OO0 year. by
"get-rich quick" operatives. He
takes no account in his estimate of
the fortunes taken from the credu-
lous in the stock market, or from
the purchasers of watered stocks
and bonds which have no physical
value back of them. His reference
was purely to such CRAFTS as relate
TO mining, oil, plantation, and other
swindles.
1t is an old axiom that "far away
fields look green" Speaking gen
orally, the average man has not so
much money that he needs to invest
it in properties he has never seen
or in the stock of corporations the
directors of which he does not know.
There are always investments to be
had near at home as good as the av-
erage Of those offered abroad and
generally much better. The frugal
investor, seeking safety for his saw
ings,c find four and five and even
six per cent. investments in which
his money always will be safe. and
the interest return on which will
always be sure. True, five or six
per cent return on small amount
will not. make a man rich; neither
will it make him poor. The task
that possession OF money imposes is.
first, where to invest II so that 1t
will not be lost, and, second. where
to invest it where it will yield high
est returns consistent with good Sc
curity.
The last place in the world that
man with these detectives in mind
would place his money is in a get
rich-quick" scheme-in the pur-
chase of pig in poke.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-30
Either a Poker or a Club.

Initiative-If the lawmakers of a
city or state fail to enact laws de-
manded by the public, a petition
signed by a certain percentage of
voters is filed and the proposed law
IS said to be initiated. The people
then vote on it at the next election
or at a special election, and if It
carries. it is a law, in spite of the
legislature.
Referendum-If the legislature
or council enacts law which is not
liked, a petition may be filed and the
operation of the law is suspended I'M
iii it can be referred 10 the people
at a general election. Then: unless
a majority should vote for it. the
law is a dead letter.
The initiative cures the bad habit
of letting good laws die in pigeon
holes. 1t is a good poker for use on
lax lawmakers.
The referendum ruins the bust
ness of the lobbyist and CRATER. be
cause a crooked legislature can not
deliver the goods" It is a fine club
for use on crooks.
These two weapons of popular
government are especially useful in
the matter Of franchise grabs and
crooked tax laws.-Bryan's Com
mOner
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-30

scout movement, the American
branch of which was sorganized by
him. The fiction numbers of the
month are THE Pink SASH" by
Eleanor Hallowell Abbott, author of
Molly Believer" The Haz-
ard a romantic story of love and
adventure in Dublin 100 years ago,
by katherine Cecil Thurston,
author of THE Masquerade" and
Max" 1.-THE Fire-Blue Necklace, "
another Average Jones" story by
Samuel Hopkins Adams; Dumb
head" a story of the Hessians IN
the revolutionary war, by Rupert
Hughes; and "Puss in the wal
dorf," a Wall street fairy story. by
John Kendrick Bangs. Richard
Wightman contributes poem en-
titled The Gift" and Franklin P.
Adams, in the Songs of an Old
Scrooge" utters his sentiments in
verse about Christmas giving to
those necessary evils, the janitor,
the elevator boy, etc. Orison SWEET
Marden's editorial for the month is
on "A New Way of Bringing Up
Children"