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The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1911-05-26
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III .ABE.S TOFIES.
.BlBIE. STOEIES.
THE kINeDoN or PEACE
NJ 80 ~ -

Micah 4.f-S-Nay -
-Teaa aAsu - IA - sEurs saei-sf -
~, -sisAsr sAaH III Ls.-l So 80 -Er-
-HE Uh0le world has for long
n time bS-en Boosting that civil
~ ration and Christianity have
won the day. that the world
has become Gods Empire and thar TIE
Blessings Of the Millennium are ours
% epioy. AID Conferences and Pesce
Councils and Peace Commissions have
fzred Up for the mOueut. only 70 de
down he ery Of Peace. peace has
brOlght no peace
We are beginning 10 ser that we
have BEEN deoeiving ourselves into
thinking that the nations IF the earrh
are kingdoms OF Gcd We are begin
ming to Sc thar the Bible styles them
~kingdOmS o. this world kingdoms
Of the GenriIes. and that IL tells Is
that the Prime Of this word 5
satAn- r.
We see II all The Kingdom OF God.
TIE KinCdOm Of Heaven. for which the
Master taught rs TO ray. has not yet
cone We are glad however. that the
Divine promise assures Us thst Il XII
cone and explains 10 Us that the All
Wise CreatOr Is now. fTSt Of al PIE
pairing for his kingdom by gathering
fron amongst mankind 4 worthy.
sanity few. TO be associates OF their
King and Reteemer in that Kingdom.
b. which the world Is to Be bleSsed
But al are not yet convinced Of
these Bible truths
To convince the more prejudioed
nothing further should Be Deoessary
along these lines than 70 paint out the
difference between present. Conditions
and those which the Scriptures dsclare
VII prevail when He Who redeemed
TIE world By the sacrihcs Of Himself
VII take HIS great power and reign
- Messiah.
In Our Favored Lanc
he United States Of America doe
not Lad the World in the size Of its
standing army ~..
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and in great bat -
tleships She has /,,.m
no ned % do 50. ira
having no threat MAX
enfnE Christian 49, -E
q nEtiOns 70
menace her. Yet 1alIN
even this nation. -
Walled about by RIM BgaCIcES
.aons 2 q : Of GEWB SS
making enOr- "So
nous expeldirureS On account OF wal,
Is the above diagram well illustrates.
One Of the most nHdeTn q the bat
tleships Of the United States Navy Is
named the NOTfA DCSOfs. after che Of
tie Stats She oOst Sl0OO0.01o.
The Kiszo1polis gozTzal shows what
tie money expended for this hattie
ship would have accomplished in the
State for which she Is named 1t
would have provided q $1,000 sEri-
cultural school and experimental farm
IN lis every county. with an sadow-
neut fund Of SIT50oO for each schcel
TIE interest on which would have pro
vtdsd S1050O annuzlly for The main
te1ance Of each school, Additionally. II
would have Ieft Sl.ccoO0O OF an endov,
nent for the Safe Agricultural college
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1911-05-26

It IS in the home that woman
rises TO her :.svsj heights and
Yields her widest Influence. Every
home is a miniature world and the
wife Is a crowned queen The wife
Who makes sOeitey and field o.
her accomplishments soon finds her
husband a devoted club man. The
seman Who fills her head with
many OF the ideas and pleasures
81 much that Is called s0ciety.
soon wants 70 entertain her hgs-
band any evening she nav not have
some other engagement With cards
She plays just as she did To win
some prize al progressive euehre or
whist parties She eheatsa little.
and they have a little spat over IL,
and then another and another. and
presently she fires something a.
his head. but misses II and hits the
motto over the door. God Bless Our
Home" Their little boy says. Ma.
you missed pas head. but you gave
the motto hail Columbia" Often
the only question to be decided in
that home is. who shall have the
boy!" God pity the Wmoan Who
has set her heart on much that is
in modern society.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1911-05-26
HOME Circle COLUMN.
COLUMN DEDICATED To TIRED
NOTIFIES As THEY JOIN
THE HOME CIRCLE

There is no fault 50 hard to oy-
erl0ms as the hasly temper. We
mAy make any number OF good reso-
Iutious. and then the first time We
have any proyocation away ~ 80
without an instant.s warning and
before Ne realize What We are do
ing the unkiRd words hare been sPo
en-. and no matter how much regret
We feel they cannot b. unsaid
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1911-05-26

There are a thousand pretty. en-
gaging little ways. which ever per
son may put on without running the
risk Of being deemed affected or
fo3pish. The sweet smiles. the cor
dial bow. the earnest movement in
addressing a friend. the inquiring
glance, the graceful attention which
Is 50 captivating when united with
-self-Plsssssi0n-these viii insure
us the good regards Of even a churl.
Above all. there is a certain soft
ness Of manner which should BE-
cultivated, and which. in either man
or woman. adds a charm that al
most entirely oomPensates for lack
Of beauty. and inestimAbly enhances
the latter where II does not exist
Time vas when woman vas de-
seribed as the helpmset OF man. Was
il only a phrase, and meaningless!
POSSIBLY; but then, words in the BIZ
bic mostly did mean something. The
time, too. vas and yet is in some
quarters Of the world. when a NO
man was a helpmeet and accepted
and worked up to her position as
such She did not demand every
thing and do nothing Why is mar
rage easy and universal in such a
country as Japan? Life there Is
simPle:tWO OF three small rooms. a
few dishes, a mat upon which 10
sleep, one dress. a little nee and
some fTuit-these suffice for all. ric
and poor alike. in a great city like
Yeddo. which has a civilization as
perfect and as old as ours. And il
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1911-05-26

Chldren are very Obseryaut aad
even the tiny little ones notice the
difference between the smile and
the frOWn oE the parents face,
Year b. year. as children grow Older
and the ls.minds and hearts be-
gin 10 expand under the influence
OF the environments. sensitive ehii-
drsn usually cultivate unoons. iously
the mothers disposition. The child
viii be sad and melancholy II the
mother signs and complains. II the
child Is independent and self-reliant
often under such circumstances II
will become stubborn and defiant.
When the child leaves the childhood
beaind and becomes a young man
or woman then the evil effects o.
the sad mother becomes stin more
apparent. .....--- ...
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-07-29
THE BEST PROOF
An Opportunity For You To
Prove Our Statements.

We have remedy for Kidney dis
orders, in which we have every con-
fidence.
That you may possess this conf
dence too, we offer to supply you
with a remedy free of charge if we
do not benefit your case.
Rexall Kidney Pills have proven
beneficial in treating so many people
afflicted with chronic kidney all
ments that we unhesitatingly offer
them under our personal guarantee
to refund any money you may have
paid US, provided no beneficial re-
suits are noted.
Rexall Kidney Pills may be OBJ
tanned at our store-The Rexal
Store. Sixty Pills in a box; price
90 cents. e. L. ELGIN,
Hopkinsville. KY.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-07-29
As Seen At Home.

The Cincinnati Enquirer of recent
date calls attention to the fact that
the first half season of the Kitty
baseball league has been completed
with Hopkinsvile, Kentucky, the
winner of the pennant, the summers
playing in that league being divided
into two series of games. Hopkins
vile led the league by margin of
over 100 points Of percentage and
the Enquirer takes OCCASION to give
Pitcher Clarence Yon a full need of
praise for his work in the winning,
he being a strong member Of the
team of which all made enviable re-
cords. Referring TO our friend
Clarence as the "diminutive south
paw" his record is stated as a total
of sixteen games won out of eigh-
teen pitched. His strike-out re-
cord was also notable. running as
high as seventeen men down in one
game" 1t was further intimated
that Yon is getting in shape for the
big show and the big leaguers are
looking him over. The young ath.
lete is well known Juniata boy and
his success on the diamond is a
source of genuine pleasure to the
many home friends who watch his
progress. Although he is very
young this is his second year with
Hopkinsville and his record there
appears as d forerunner of break
ing into the larger baseball doings. -
Altoona Tribune.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-07-29
Weak. CoId Spells.

Wilmington. N. C.-Mrs. Cora L.
Ritter. Of this place. says Il used
to have headaches, and blind dizzy
spells, and weak cold spells went all
over me. ] had different doctors,
but they were unable to tell me
what was wrong, so | begun to take
Cardui. ! am now all right, in good
health, and better than have been
for 10 years" Cardui is a remedy
for women, which has been helping
sick women for nearly a life time.
You can absolutely rely upon it.
Other people have done the testing
and you should profit by their ex-
perience. Cardui has benefited a
million women. Why not you? Be
gin taking Cardui today.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-07-29

Alleged Murderer Of McCarty
Claims He Can Prove
Abb.

Hawesville, KY. July "a The
largest crowd Of people ever assem-
bled in the Hawesville courthouse
gathered there to-day to hear the
examining trial of Noel Boar
man, charged with the murder Of
Burt McCarts at Lewisport on July
IL, 1911. The defendant. by his at
torney. Eugene c. Vance filed his
affidavit for a continuance on ground
of absence of witness by whom il was
claimed it would be proved that the
defendant was in Crofton, Ky a
town in Christian county, sixty miles
from Henderson. the nearest rail-
road point contiguous to Lewisport,
the scene of the murder. between
the hours of 6 and z o'clock D. m. of
Tuesday, on the day when the muir
der was done, the hour when it is
charged to have been done being
or 8 o'clock p. m. of that day, and
that it was physical impossibility
for him to have reached Lewisport
from the time he was seen in Crofton
before $3.50 a. m. of the next day.
1t was alleged in the affidavit that
Will Boyd. a barber in Crofton.
shaved defendant between 6 and z
p m. on the day of the killing and
that he talked with George Virgins.
a former business man of Crofton,
on the platform of the depot there
between the same hours. The case
was continued until Wednesday, July
26. and attachment was ordered for
absent witnesses.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-07-29
HOneseekers,

Excursion fares to points in Colora
do, Idaho. Kansas. Michigan, Mis-
-ourl. Montana, Nebraska. Nevada,
Utah, North Dakota. South Dakota
Wisconsin, Arizona, Texas. Oklaho-
ma. Arkansas. Louisiana. Mexico,
New Mexico. Wyoming. The Illinois
Central will sell round-trip home
- ,ser~ excursion tickets to points in
IT, 4hov- named states every first
hro 80 tuesday at very reasonably
ruc. q rates. For further informa-
. ncsd on. write or phone ticket
q. GIL illinois Central. Cumb. 45-2
7. L. AorrowAgeat.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-07-29

On e of the most complimentary
things that is being said about Prof.
Barksdale Hamlet in the state pap
ers is the statement that he is a
native of Christian county. Prof.
Hamlet is a good enough man to
have been born in Christian county,
or even in Hopkinsville for that mat
ter, but the truth must be told
though the heavens fall. He was
born in Virginia and came to Chris
tian county because. being a smart
man, nothing but the best would
satisfy him.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-07-29
Here and There

Twelve states p1ofted by the rains
last week.
A race congress of 300 delegates is
in session in London TO discuss the
race problem as a world movement.
The Woman's Professional Lea
que, a New York society of business
women, has decided that "S's"
should be abolished. Their state
ment follows:
Every time one prOnounces the
letter s, the muscles of the neck
are drawn and wrinkles come.
More necks are spoiled by this single
crooked Kissing letter than by any
amount of dissipation and neglect.
Women should avoid it all they can
by using a. thus making the hol-
lows in the neck fill out, wrinkles
disappear and the throat round out
and become smooth and beautiful"
D. B Barnett. postmaster at
Morton's Gap, is dead of tubercu-
losis.
A big union meeting at Sebree has
begun in tent. Rev. j. L. Meads,
of Benton, ILL.,. doing the preaching.
Fred Ashby. who has been run
ming the South local out of Hopkins
vile, for several months, has been
transferred to the North local out of
jacksonville into Howell.-Hustler.
Geo. C. Avery, head of the Avery
Pow Co.. died in France, Monday.
Gov. Wilson has reappointed Chas.
F. Mcdowell. of Danville, as the
Democratic Election Commissioner.
In the Second district the vote for
Governor was: McCreary 5071 Ad-
dams 1914. majority of 1857, for
McCresry.
The Louisville and Evansville divis-
ions of the Illinois Central Railroad
have been combined under the name
of Kentucky division. Mr.. A. II.
Egan will still be at the head of the
division as district superintendent.
A call for state banks to render
statements of July Is. has been
made by Secretary Of state, DR.. Ben
l.. Bruner.
The rumored attempt to wreck an
L. & N. train near Russellville was
exaggerated and grew out of some
small distractions being left on the
track by children at play.
After an acquaintance Of three
weeks Frank Sharp, retired realty
dealer. aged eighty-one. and Mrs.
Sarah Forsyth, aged twenty
were married at hotel in New Or
leans.
Home grown water melons have
ppeared in the market.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-07-29
Baked At Funeral.

Fort Collins. Col, July % After
travelling from New York to Colo
RADIO to be married in the Laramie
Poudre Tunnel. 5000 feet under
ground, and receive gift of 81, ZOO
for so doing, Miss Della Stevenson
of New York City. took one look in
the dark tunnel chasm and promptly
decided she preferred her ceremony
to be in Denver.
j. B. Alexander. to whom Miss
Stevenson was married, is an electri.
clan in the employ of the tunnel
company.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-07-29

WANTED FOR U. S. ARMY
Able.b6died unmarried men between
ages of Is and 35; citizens Of United
States, of good character and tenn
perate habits, who can speak. read
and write the English language. For
information apply to Recruiting
Officer, Cor. 9th and Main Sts., Hop
kinsville, KY.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-07-29
List Grows Longer.

st. Petersburg. July 26.-The
aeroplane piloted by M. Slusarenkos
in the st. Petersburg to Moscow
race, fell near Tsarkoe-Selo yester-
day. The airman's passenger. M.
Shimansky, was killed, and Susaren-
kos was badly injured, both legs
being broken.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-07-29
Interesting Items.

The tallest and the shortest PEG.
pie of Europe. the Norwegians and
the Laps. live side by side.
Rhode Island. says the Providence
Journal. casts a smaller vote. pro.
pOrtionately to its population, than
is polled in any other Northern
state.
Germany imported more than
three thousand tons Of fruit waste
in 1910. principally apple and pear
Feelings and cores. to be used by
jelly manufacturers.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-07-29
FIRST NEWS
That Former Nashville Man
Had Been Murdered.

Santa Rosa, CAL, July %. Before
taking DR.. L. C. Chisholm to the
penitentiary to serve life sentence
for murder, officers searched his pa
pers and found that his victim known
as j. D. Powell, really was Van <.
Drouillsrd, who came to California
from Nashville, Tenn, about five
years ago.
Evidence at the trial showed that
Chisholm was in a plot to get his VIC
tins life insurance.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-07-29
$4,000 HaweSville Fire.

Hawesville, KY. July 26.-The
saw and planning mill of Matthews
& Co. burned together with a large
consignment of sawed lumber here.
Loss is $50, 900 with no insurance.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-07-29
NOTICE.

All persons holding claims against
the estate of Susan E. Kelly, deceas
ed, will file them withame properly
proven according to law. on or be-
fore Dec. l, 1911.
S. d. RAY, ADMIR-.
SUSAN E. KELLY, DECD,
Crofton, KY.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-07-29
House For Rent.

Cottage of 6 rooms at % West 18th
street. newly painted and in good
condition. Less than one square
from Main street. House now occu-
pied but will be vacated to suit.
Apply to CHAS. M. MEACHAM.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-07-29

Sheriff Lowe Johnson is
ready to receive your 1911
State and County Tax.
Come and pay now and avoid
the rush.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-07-29

If you have a house or building OF
any kind that you want moved see
r. C. Lawson or call Cumberland
phone 635.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-07-29
PREFERRED LOCALS

See J. II. Dagg for contracting
building and general repair work OF
all kinds. Phone 476.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-07-29

Johnson, SmithsOn & Everett.
UNDERTAKES - Removed to
Sixth street, over Qual's grocery,
Both phones.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-07-29
House For Rent.

Six room cottage for rent at % w
18th st.
CHAS. M. MEACHAM.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-07-29
$4,000

To loan on first. class real estate Sc
curity. The rs. KNIGHT & co.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-07-29
DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
For United States Senator,
OLLIE M. JAMES.

For United States Senator,
OLLIE M. JAMES.
Of Crittenden.
For Governor,
JAMES B. McCREARY,
of Madison.
For Lieutenant Governor,
E. j. McDERMOTT,
of Louisville.
For State Treasurer,
THOMAS G. RHEA.
of Logan.
For Auditor.
HENRY M. BOSWORTH,
CT Fayette.
For Attorney General,
JAMES GARRETT,
of Adair,
For Secretary Of State,
c. F. CRECELIOUS,
of Pendleton.
For Superintendent of Public In
struction.
BARKSDALE HAMLET.
of Christian.
Fer Commissioner of Agriculture
j. w. NEWMAN,
Of Woodford.
For Clerk of Court Of Appeals,
r. L. GREENE,
Of Franklin.
R4iiroad Commissioner,
LAWRENCE B. FINN,
of Simpson.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-07-29
Reduced Prices.

For the rest of the season will sell
Barred Plymouth Rock eggs from
best pens at $1.OO for Is.
Standard Poultry Co.
Phones "a.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-07-29
COunCIlmen.

frs, ward-John J. Metcalfe.
Second ward-W. S. Harmed.
Third Ward-H. l.. Hayden.
Fourth Ward-F W. Dabney.
SIKH Ward-Wm II, Draper.
Seventh Ward-W. A. P'POol.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-07-29
7. S. Knight { Co

Real EsUa To LoaLs
and Insurance. Office
south 81 d @ CouY {
Square.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-07-29
LET NE DRILL
YOUR WELL.

Having purchased an up-to-date
we'll digging machine | am now pre-
pared to.drill wells in any locality.
Prices reasonable.
M. o. KIMERLING.
Cumb. Phone 638-2.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-07-29


You
Might as we'll buy
The best Ice Cream.
90 Cream Soda.
" Grape Juice.
" Gay Ola.
" Coca Cola.
" Lemonade.
" Pepsol.
You can get the above mentioned
beverages, cold or hot, any way you
want it, delivered at your store or
office, at SC and l0c.
P. j. BRESLIN,
Home Phone No. liza.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-07-29

For homemade candy 10 cents per
pound-2lbs. for 25 cents-Call on
p. j. BRESLIN.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-07-29

Grape bags for sale at this office.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-08-23
RESULT OF 'EXES"
FOR TEACHERS

The public school examining board
consisting of j. r. Davis, of the Royal
School; Chas E. Baldwin, of Kaahu.
manu- School; Mrs. Nina Frazier, of
Kaiulani School, and William Nc
'Cluskey, supervising principal of East
Hawaii, have made their report of the
results of the examinations for teach
ers' certificates, held last week in the
Normal School building, this city.
Twenty seven passed the primary
grade examinations as follows:
Joseph Komomua, Eva S. Board
man, Margaret Kaimuloa, Lily Acker-
man, Oliver Mitchell, Catherine Choy,
Gladys A. Pearce, Constance Ahague,
Ray Bell, Lot X. Kauwe, Mrs. J. p.
Sisson, Mildred Evans, Shirley b.
Foster Daisy Sheldon Margaret
Evans, Bernice Hundley, Mary Rapo-
Izo, Jennie Gaspar, Charlotte Lowden,
Mrs. Askew, George X. Apela, Ed
ward X. Kekuewa, Milla Dunn, Amelia
Gay, Gabriel All 70, Ernest G. Cock
/ EFT, Bernice Smith
Two passed the grammar grade re-
quirements in full:
! Margaret McClymount and Abel All
You.
Fifteen passed the grammar grade
examinations in part, as follows:
Emma Kaipu, Lilinoe Hapai, j. Vim
cent, John Pahia, Eugene Homer,
Manual de Corte, Charlotte Cowan,
Mrs. Mesick, Rose Aiau, Maud Woods,
John A. Medeiros, Gladys Hama, Paul
Tallett, Sau Chin Wong, Emily Eva
like.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-08-23

slightly toward the north. Baltimore is
still on the parallel which marks that
center, and is not likely to get much
away from it as population moves fur
Their West. North and South seem to
be fixed in these proportions, but west
ward the star of empire continues to
take its way.
There is no reason to believe that
this westward march will stop for sew
eral decades The time will come
doubtless when one section of the
country will not greatly outdistance
the others in increase of population,
but the vast area of the Far West
still open to settlement, large portions
of which are about to be made produc.
tive by irrigation, means larger popu-
lation. The new railroads and the new
interests and new opportunities of
that region will continue to bring
it new people attracted there from
less favored areas.
The center of population is likely,
therefore, to advance into Illinois, but
probably no further. The center of
national area, excluding Alaska and
islands, is in Kansas, but there is still
enough of permanent sterility in what
was once known as the great Amer
lean desert" to keep the larger frac-
ton of the population of the United
States east of the Mississippi.-Phila-
delphia Press.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-08-23
WESTWARD MOVEMENT
OF POPULATION

The great development of the Pa
citic Coast States in the last decade
has its record in the accelerated west
ward movement of the center of popu-
lation. The census of last year shows
that this center has moved West in
the decade then closed twice as far
as it did in the ten years ending with
June, 1900
Thirty-one miles is not a great dis
lance in itself, but the shifting of the
center of gravity of the population of
the country to a point where the popu-
lations north, south, east and west will
exactly balance each other means a
very material charge if it has to be
carried that distance. The Southwest
ern States gained largely in inhabi-
tants in the census of 1910, but while
this increase helped to carry the cen
ter of population westward it was not
sufficient to give it a southern bias.
The North, as whole, counting
Southern Indiana as the center, gained
a little more than the South, and the
progress of the center of population
shows for the last decade a slight
northern trend.
The center of population in 1890 was
about twenty-three miles east of Balti-
more. Since then with each decade it
has moved westward at an average
rate of about forty-six miles a decade.
1t tended southwest at first keeping
close to the thirty-ninth parallel, but
since 1850 it has been moving very