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The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-02-25

Every time a refOrmer becomes a
leader, and makes money out of his
leadership, investigation will reveal
that the people were considering his
reform before he thought of it, and
would have pushed it to accomplish
ment without leadership.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-02-25

DR.. Helen Kellogg predicts that
when the race becomes thoroughly
civilized we shall retire to our closets
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-02-25

Along with everybody else February
IL short
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-02-25

Only a few hundred more front
feet are needed on the paving petit
ion. Have you put your front feet
on the petition yet, Mr. Property Own
eT?
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-02-25

A West Point woman in Norfolk the
other day said that the s o'clock clos
ing law has had the effect in that
town of making dinner parties bet
ter attended by the men.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-02-25

DR.. Cook has nothing to say. He's
said too much already.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-02-25

When a man is very young, and as
green as a gourd, he talks a great
deal about the need of a place where
he can take exercise and plunge
bach, and make man of himself,
AS the green in him turns yellow, he
realizes that exercise and plunge baths
make men of no one. He who wants
to make man of himself must do it
by hard work, patience, ability, and a
wiping out Of all that sayors of self
conceit
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-02-25
AROUND TOWN.

It's a safe bet that Norfolk will
pave.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-02-25

Some one writes to ask the Globe
why the Lysander John Appleton fam.
lily is exempt from paying to the sup
port of their church. "All of the rest
are taxed" says the Waller, "but they
escape" This is the reason: The
church board is afraid that if a re-
quest is made of Mr., and Mrs. Apple,
ton for money, they will say they
cant afford it, but that they will do
nate Daysey Mayme's voice to the
choir.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-02-25

How would you like your chum to
steal your girl from you and then
later finish paying the installment on
the ring you purchased for her?
That's what Norfolk youth did.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-02-25

Norfolk is proud of the enterpris-
ing spirit shown by the practically
unanimous signing of the paving petit
ton by local property owners. It's
the kind of spirit that will put this
town on the map in the next few
years, in bigger letters than ever be-
fore.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-02-25

Friendship between two Norfolk
boys was suddenly called off a few
days ago when one of the boys stole
the others sweetheart after being in.
PRODUCED to her. The loser of the
girl took out his revenge by lying
in wait for the other and thrashing
him.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-02-25

The highest joys OF gardening are
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-02-25

Six Norfolk girls are learning how
to shoot a rifle and to ride horseback
preparatory to settling on homesteads
in the next opened portion of the Rose,
bud One Norfolk girl who settled on
claim in Trip county drew hus'
band, which may or may not have any.
thing to do with the present case.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-02-25
Home Course
In Live Stock
Farming
XVII. Marketing Live
Stock.
BY c. v. GREGORY,
Author of Home Course In Modern
Agriculture" Making Money on
the Farm" Etc.

Copyright. 1909. by American Press
Association.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1910-12-28
An Appalling Exhibit.
Bowling Green. Ky.

The figures of railroad casual
ties in the United States for the
year ending June 80, are grew
some and appalling. The Inter
state Commerce Commission tells
that during the period named g.
804 persons were killed and g.
374 injured. This is an increase
Of 1,013 in the number killed and
1854 in the number injured
over the previous years figures.
There were 6,861 collisions, kill
ing 433 persons and injuring T.
765 and damaging railroad pro-
perty 81, 629, 279. In the years
5, $40 derailments, 345 persons
were killed and 4,815 injured.
During the last three months of
the year the total killed and in
jured was 20, ESQ., The slaughters
of war are but little more hide
GUS than these appalling stats
tics. Ten persons are slain and
more than 2.200 wounded every
day of the year by the railroads
of this country.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1910-12-28
PIANO CONTEST MOVING
WITH A RUSH.
Abou! Sixty Young Ladies Out
After The Five Piano Prizes

The Adair County News and Russell
& Co., joint prize offer of $1,000 90
Five Standard 1910 Krause Pianos, for
the five most popular young ladies in
Adair and adjoining counties is now in
full swing and votes are coming in at a
rate that speaks well for the value of
the prizes offered.
Right now is the time to name your
candidates for popularity honors, and
incidently put her in line for standard
1910 Krause Piano. Absolutely no cost
to either yourself or the young lady you
nominate. Coupon "B" appears else
where in this issue will put the lady of
your choice in line with 1000 votes to
her credit. Suppose you do it now!
There are 200 young ladies' in Adair
and adjoining counties possessing ex-
ceptional musical talent and must re-
main undeveloped because they lack a
pood piano Don't this give you an
idea? You can put some friend of yours
in line by writing her name on Coupon
'B" and mailing it to this office, and
you can keep her in line by clipping
the coupons that will appear in every
issue of the The News Watch for
them and get your friends to do like
wise.
Every candidate entered has FIVE
chances of winning piano prize. Each
prize offered represents an elegant 1910
Arause Instrument.
Ballot box now open and prize on
view at Russell & Co.'s. store. Your
inspection and criticism invited. Votes
Will be counted every Monday night by
the following committee:
j. w. Flowers, cashier Bank of Co.
lumbia; Robt. Reed, of Reed Hardware
Co Bruce Montgomery, Asst. cashier
1st National Bank.
Candidates names and their standing
~ill appear every Tuesday in this publ
cation.
Russell & Co., are offering bonus
votes to candidates bringing business to
their store. 200 votes will De gwen for
each dollar purchase made from this
general stock and 1000 votes for each
dollar purchase from their newly estab-
lished Jewelry department Candi-
dates will learn something to their ad-
vantage by calling at the store and con-
ferring personally with the Contest
manager. He has three plans of sys-
tematic vote collecting which will be of
great advantage to the young lady can
didates who mean business.
Watch for the list of candidates to
appear In next Tuesdays issue of the
News. If the young lady of your
choice is not entered, see to it that she
is nominated. Better be sure and use
Coupon "B'' today-Now!.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1910-12-28
A Slick Article.

A story comes from Ohio that
in certain congressional dis
trict in that state the G. O. P.
candidate gave his contributions
to the campaign fund in the diff
ferent counties in checks dated
the day after the election. He
explained that he was doing this
to heat that fl oil law about re-
porting expenses. y The commit
tees held the checks. putting
their own good money into the
pot. When the day after the
election rolled around the maker
of the checks had been elected to
stay at home, and when the
checks were presented there
were mo funds" Naturally
there was much lamentation in
the land, and this mo win no
pay" candidate has eliminated
himself from future considera-
ton at the hands of the faithful.
Frankfort journal.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1910-12-28
Mules and Money.

The best sale of yearling mules
that has ever been made in Boyle
county was consumated when
w. I. Robinson, Of the FauIconer
section, sold "A head to Mr.. T.
N. English, of Statesboro, Tenn,
at S170 a head. This bunch of
mules was not only the highest
priced one that has ever gone
from the county, but taken as a
whole, the best lot that has been
seen n this section in many
years. ]. H. Bean sold to Mr..
English ten head at $137 per
head. Mr.. Bean also sold a very
fine pair 0 f mules to E. O..
Penaul, of Florida, at $500.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1910-12-28

expert both by weighing and by
sounding. If one is found too
light, or it does not ring true"
it is returned too the melting pot.
If it is to heavy, the excess of
metal is removed by filling.
The blanks are sent to ma
chine by which a slight rim is
raised around the edge of the
piece on both sides, so that its
weight shall rest on the rim and
not on the surface of the whole
coin, in order to minimize the
abrasasion. This process is call
ed milling"
The blanks are then put in a
cylindrical case and sent to the
coming machine. At each revolu-
ton of the machine one blank
drops from the bottom of the
cylinder, is sliced and conveyed
to sunken steel bed which con
tains a die that prints one sur
face of a coin. This bed has a
serrated edge or collar" Di-
rectly above this sunken die is a
steel stamp containing a die
which prints the other surface
of the coin. This stamp 0e-
sends en- the blank underneath
with sufficient force to impress
upon it the letters and figures of
both surfaces of the coin. The
pressure also squeezes the coin
against the serrated collar, pro-
ducing an indentation on the
edges of the coin. the object of
which is to prevent any clandes-
tine removal of metal. If a
piece were clipped from the edge,
or if any portion were removed
by filing, the fraud would be de-
tected by the absence or irregu-
larity of the indentations.
Fraudulent abrasion and clip
ping of coins were a great pest
in the seventeenth century.
Eldridge Barger,.
Bowling Green. KY.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1910-12-28
Kentucky Game Laws.

Are you a nimrod? Do you
know the game laws of your
State2 No? Well, it is high time,
but take a tumble to yourself.
Get wise and have yourself a
pretty penny. For the benefit of
those who do not know when
game is in and out of season, the
Herald herewith publishes the
game laws of Kentucky:
Deer, Sept. to March 1; Black
or fox squirrel, June Is to Feb. 1.
Wild goose wood duck teal and
other wild ducks, Aug. Is to
April 1st. Wild turkey Sept. l to
April l. Woodcock, June 20 to
Feb. 1; Quail, partride or pleas
ant, Nov. Is to Jan. list. Rabbit
and squirrel Nov. Is to Feb. 1st.,
also June Is to Sept. Is.
Doves, Aug. LIST to Feb. LIST.
Sale of wife turkeys, pheasants,
grouse. partridge or quail, pro-
hibited. Transportation prohib-
tied except when in possession,
of the hunter. English ringneck
or Chinese pheasant protected.
License fees are charge by the
clerks Of the county courts. The
clerks fee or nonresident IL
censes in the state where the APP
plicant lives. 1t is unlawful to,
shoot finch, thrush, meadow lark,
martin, swallow red or blue bird,
catbird or any other song or in
sectiverous bird. Possession of
animal or bird within prohibited
time is evident of guilt. Hunt
ing on inclosed ground without
consent OF over is unlawful.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1910-12-28
Value Of Vital Statistics.

WISDOM OF ner legislators IN pro-
viding for the people of the Com
mOnwealth a means of register
ing their births and deaths, and, at
the same time, perfecting such
system in conjunction Herewith
as will be means of protecting
the health and lives of her citi-
zens.
There is hardly a relation of
life, from the cradle to the grave,
where the evidence furnished by
an accurate registration of births
and deaths may not prove to be
of the greatest value. After a
little. in the fireproof vaults and
filing cases of the Bureau of
Vital Statistics, in the form of
original birth and death certifi-
Gates made at the time of their
occurrence, will lie legal proof of
inestimable value in the adj
mlnistration of estates, relations
of guardians and wards, the set
Element of pensions, the require
ments of foreign countries con-
corning residence, marriage and
legacies; in determining the dis
abilities of minors, the age of
voting, for military and jury SER
vice, entering the professions
and many public Offices; liability
under the child labor laws; the
age of consent and of irrespon-
sibility for crime.
That human lives for so long a
time should have been allowed
to make their entrance and exits
without an accurate, immediate
and authoritative record having
been made, when so much of
value from a sociological, econo-
mic, sanitary o. historical stand
point depends upon positive
proof of these two events, is a
strange situation.
That Kentucky should be the
first State of the entire South to
enact such a law, and the first
State to create Bureau of Vital
Statistics since the passage of
resolution by the Conference of
Governors to consider the con-
servation of natural resources, in
which it was urged as funda-
mental necessity, is matter of
State pride and self-congratula-
ton.
Kentucky's laws creating the
Bureau of Vital statistics is of
special and added value from the
fact that through the hundreds
of local registrars, appointed at
distances of few miles over the
entire State, the Board of Health,
as soon as the present arrange
ments are concluded, will receive
reports of all infectious, commu-
nicable and dangerous diseases.
This information, together with
that furnished through the GER
tificates of deaths, will be of the
greatest value in enabling the
Board of Health to control, pre-
vent and stamp out these pre-
ventable diseases which annually
take such heavy toll in human
life. Courier Journal.
Mules and Money.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1910-12-28

low price or tobacco. Many peO-
pie signed petitions for a cessa
ton of planting for one year for
the purpose Of increasing the
price. AS the request was not
granted they banded thems elves
together and went through the
country destroying tob &C o
plants wherever found.
The Assembly in 1854 passed a
law declaring that the malefac-
tors has passed beyond the
bounds Of riot, and that their
aim was the subversion of the
number of eight or more, should
go about destroying tobacco
plants, thev should be adjudgad
traitors and suffer death.
In 1727 tobacco notes were
Iegalized. These were in the ma
ture of certificates of deposits in
government warehouses issued by
official inspectors.
They were declared by law
current and payable for all to-
bacco debts within the ware
house district where they were
issued. They supply an early
example of the distinction be-
tween money on the one hand,
and government notes, or bank
notes on the other.
The tobacco in the warehouse
was the real medium of ex-
change. The tobacco notes were
orders payably to bearer for the
delivery Of the money.
The circulating medium of the
New England colonies was quite
as fantastic as that Of Virginia.
Massachusetts used musket balls
in 1886, in 1910 Indian corn,
wheat, rye, beaver, barley and
peas were used, dried fish were
also added to this list. Taxes.
might be paid in these articles
and also in cattle, to>be apprais-
ed.
The need of metallic cur
rency was severely felt. A con-
stable once collected $50 bushels
Of peas as taxes in Springfield.
He found that he could trans
port this public revenue most
cheaply by boat. Launching it
on the Connecticut River, he
shipped so much water on board
at the falls that the peas were
all spoiled. Thus we learn that
money ought to be easy OF car
riage and not liable to injury by
exposure to the elements.
The American Indians money
was call wampums and consisted
of spells with holes punched
through them so that they might
be conveniently carried by placing
them on a string.
Other countries and notions
had each its special article or
commodity which was used as
money, or medium of exchange,
and which was always selected
because of its common use among
all classes and conditions.
In modern civilized countries
money consisted chiefly of gold
and silver coins. This led to the
adoption of our monetary system.
Our monetary system was origi-
mated in 1892, and was modelled
after the Spanish Dollar. The
dollar takes its name from Dale
the town where it was first coin
ed.
In civilized life in order to
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1910-12-28
Origin and Uses Of Money.
Witten FOR the News:

mdde a tender IN the payment OF
debts
TIE desire ia exchange some
thing which we have, the pro
duct of our own labor or skill, for
something we do not have which
will serve to increace our COM
forts and happiness, is a natural
law of man.
The individual member of So
ciety in its most primitive age
understood the advantage Of ex-
changing the surplus of some
thing he had for something he
did not have and which would
contribute to his well being.
In early ages the hunter ex-
changed his fur skins for powder
and lead, and those who titled
the soil exchanged the surplus of
their crops and herds for nipple
ments, clothing, and other ne
cesities as well as Injuries which
they could not produce The diff
ficulties of exchanging property
for property were SO many that
it became necessary to adopt
some measure of value with
which to facilitate exchange.
The farmer with surplus of
wheat or corn could not find
man with farming implements to
trade for wheat or corn.
This led to the adoption of
some commodity, which could be
used first as a standard of mea-
sure of value; second as a med
ium of exchange. This commodi-
ty is called money.
A commodity which is univer-
sally accepted as a medium of
exchange naturally becomes a
standard of value, by being con-
tinually brought into comparison
with other commodities.
Among the things used So
money by various people within
the historical period are cacao
beans, salt, silk, furs, tobacco,
dried fish, wheat, rice, olive oil,
cocoanut oil, cotton cloth, cowry
shells. iron, copper. platinum,
aickle, silver, and gold.
1t would be difficult to say
what had not been used as money
at some time or place. Our own
history furnishes an abundance
of curious examples; the most in
structive being the tobacco cur
rency of the colonial period. 1t
may be said that Virginia grew
her own currency for nearly two
centuries. and Maryland for a
century and a half.
Theft General Assembly of
Virginia men at jamestown July
81. 1919, and the first law passed
was one fixing the price of to-
bacco at three shllllngs for the
best.
In 1912 an act was passsd for
eidding the making of contracts
payable in money, thus virtually
making tobacco the sole cur
rency. The cultivation increased
so rapidly that the price fell. In
order to raise the price steps
were taken to restrict the amount
grown and improve the quality.
The right to cultivate tobacco
was restricted to 1900 plants per
poll. Carpenters and other me-
chanics were not allowed to plant
tobacco or do any work in the
ground. There measures were
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1910-12-28

tent than is embodied in any
other two metals.
Money must be made out of a
substance that will not rust or
decay when stored away or will
not wear away fast when in use.
1t must also be made of sub
stance that the government can
easily stamp its value upon its
face, it must also be something
in universal demand, so that it
will circulate widely Gold and
silver possesses these qualities on
account of its prior use as orna-
ments.
Money must contain a great
store Of value in small space so
that great value could be easily
carried. 1t must be of sub
stance that can be easily divided
into parts and each part of the
same weight must be equal in
value.
Money mus. be of a substance
that will have a uniformity in
value all over the country so
there will be no confusion in the
interchange of commodities.
The question might be asked
why would not diamonds or some
other substance do as we'll as
gold or silver, as diamonds would
have the durability and portabi-
lily, that is true but diamond
could not be so easily divided
into equal parts Of equal value
nor could the government stamp
the value upon the face so readi-
ly neither can they be refined so
readily as gold or silver, there
fore the intrinsic value would be
too great for the use as money.
The shape Of coins are usually
circular, but some are square,
others oblong, others cubical.
Many ancient coins were dish
shaped; others in the form of
ring. The first coin struck by
the government in California were
octagonal. The copper coins of
China, called cash" have
square holes in the center by
which they are strung on wire
and hung around the owners
neck.
The objects to be aimed at in
determining the shape of coin
are freedom from abrasion, ex-
emption from alteration, and
convenience in handling.
The successive steps in making
of coins are; CD assaying, (2)
refining, 81 allowing. ca coin
ing. The bullion is first melted
in crucible.
While in the melted state it is
stirred until thoroughly mixed.
1t is then allowed to cool in the
form of a brick. Small pieces
are clipped from two corners of
the brick most distant from each
other and given to two different
aSspyerS to test the flneness of
the metal. If their test do not
agree within a certain fraction,
the brick is returned to the
melting pot and the process re-
peated. When the test is salts
factory and the amount of for
eign substance is known, the
whole of the impurity is removed
by chemical means. Then the
requisite amount of alloy is ad-
ded. be remelting and mixing, to
harden the mass. Thus, to nine
pounds of pure gold one pound of
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1910-12-28

/ will sell my house and one acre of
ground at a bargain, Good location.
TIT 7. G. Rasner.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-04
BURNED IN EFFORT
TO SAVE JEWELRY
Explosion of Stove Causes Fire Which
Totally Destroys the 5unga-
low of Moxley
Ferris

While attempting to rescue her jew
elry and money from her burning
home Mrs. MoXley Ferris was badly
burned about the face and hands yes
terday morning about IL o'clock. The
sx-room bungalow at Eighty fifth
street and Vermont avenue, Sunny
Side, was completely destroyed, to-
gether with Mrs. Ferris diamonds and
a considerable sum of money. Not a
thing was saved. The explosion was
caused by an air-tight wood stove be-
coming overheated.
Mrs. Ferris was preparing to come
down town and had gone into the rear
yard to feed some chickens. She heard
the detonation of an explosion and
rushed back into the house. AS she
opened the door she was driven back
by the flames. She finally managed to
get into the dining room, where she
had laid her jewel bag, but before she
could get the bag she was almost
overcome and had to be dragged out
of the house by neighbors, who came
quickly to her rescue AS she rushed
into the burning home her little fox
terrier, Lady, followed her, and it was
with difficulty the dog was gotten out
of the house.
For a time it was feared the fire
would spread to the houses near by,
but through the efforts of a hastily
formed bucket brigade of women the
flames We're confined to the Ferris
home. Wet blankets were spread on
the roofs and sides of the adjoining
bungalows and a disastrous confla-
grafton averted.
Mrs. Ferris and her husband, who
is brother of Dick Ferris, went to
the Ferris home, 1862 West Adams
street, last night. where, it was re-
ported, the burned woman was resting
easy.