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The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1911-01-05
PUBLIC MATTERS DISCUSSED.
Kentucky Editors Adjourn mid-win-
ter Convention.

Louisville.-On the last day OF their
meeting the editors talked shop but
little. They discussed public questions
and matters of vital importance to the
state. Good roads, good government,
good schools, better educational facili.
ties for all Kentucky. These were the
things they resolved to get for the
state.
What is News?" one of the sub.
jects on the program, brought out
much discussion.
The simplifcation of the cash book
was the subject of an interesting talk
by Samuel Judson Roberts, OF Lexing-
ton. In the discussion which followed
all the members Of the association
Joined.
A joint session was held with the
Good Roads Congress.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1911-01-05
Alcoholics In Cooking.

In these days when total abstinence
is becoming more popular, there Is a
renewed effort TO introduce alcoholics
into cookery, II you put the devil out
the door he flies in at the window.
and II you put him out OF the window
he dances down the chimney and sets
his blue lights burning on the cook
stove. Caterers consider many OF
their most delicate dishes incomplete
without the smack Of alcoholics; they
hide this devil In solution in their
sherbet. in their pudding sauce. in
their cakes. their pies. let temper
ance people be on the lookout at res
taurants. hotels, and so-called high
toned dinner tables.-Wiyes and
Daughters. London. Ont
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1911-01-05
SOMEBODY MUST PAY.

Frankfort.-About $4,000 must be
paid either by the state OF the cid
zens of Louisville who were parties
To the injunction suit restraining the
sheriff Of Jefferson county from col.
Letting taxes on the twelye-per-cent
increase In the valuation OF property
in that county. State Auditor Frank
T. James sent letter 10 Atty. Gen.
Breathitt asking who should pay for
the 5000 postal cards and 80 new
tax books required.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1911-01-05
Temperance.
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PARALLEL STUDY IN HERsDITy
Most ForeefuI Presentnent Of Conse
auenees Of Strong Drink and Bless
lnqs OF Temperance.

Prof William r. Ashcraft. in an
article appearing in the Sunday School
Times, entitled The Saloon" all OF
which Is well worth reading. gives The
following bit of interesting history:
The most forceful presentment OF
the consequences Of drink and the
blessings of a temperate life that I
have seen came to my desk a few
months ago in the shape OF little
book giving a parallel study in heredi,
ty. Its title is "Jukes- Edwards" ana
the author Is DR.. A. Z. Winship Of
Boston. The story is that of two fam
lilies the one notorious and the other
noted. The one Is the family OF Jukes.
a name given to Hollander who came
to this country and settled In the state
of New York something like two GEN.
turtles ago, while the other is the fam
lily of Jonathan Edwards, the great
New England theologlan and preacher
Of colonial days.
Jukes was one of those fellows such
as Is usually conspicuous about So
looms, who got drunk on any occasion.
would swear innocently and tell .
dirty story In a way to make the boys
laugh. He was not regarded as .
good example, of course; and being
thought worse to himself than to any
one else. he was held as good heart-
ed" whatever that may mean. Juke0
married and became the first progeni-
tor of family Of about 1900 persons.
most Of whom figured in the criminal
records of New York. Some Of them
became thieves, some murderers.
many of them paupers, and many OF
the women became prostitutes. The
family has cost the state of New York
In court trials, and for maintaining
them In poorhouses. asylums. jails and
penitentiaries, sl,250.O00. or over
81. 900 each.
The Edwards family. on the other
hand. reached the number of about
400 persons. They became famous
as college presidents, governors OF
states. judges OF courts, congressman.
members of legislatures, railroad pres
idents. merchants, lawyers, doctors.
preachers, teachers, farmers, etc. They
filled places of usefulness and con-
tributed to the uplift of society In
every station Of life. And the only de-
generate Of the 1,40O, II he can be
rated as such. was Aaron Burr. jurist.
United States senator and vice-presi.
dent, who failed to reach the presi-
dency by only one electoral vote. The
Edwards family were all producers OF
wealth and contributors to the gen
eral thrift of society. They were the
products of the beneficent influences
of education and religion.
But Jukes and his family were prod
utcs of drink and Its Accomplishments
of the baser tendencies OF promiscu
GUS and aimless society They wrecked
not only themselves but Slapped the
wealth Of the public.
This parallel study of the tendencies
OF drink on the one hand and OF educa
ton and religion on the other which
have gone over all too briefly. has
been set down In a book but these
deadly and startling parallels are to be
found in this and every other commu
nifty where intoxicating liquors are sold
as beverages.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1911-01-05
DEpoSIToRs SECURED.
Stockholders Will Realize Small a
Small Amount-Will Reorganize.

West Point. F. Ramey, state
bank examiner. held consultation
with the officers of the Kentucky and
Indiana bank, recently closed Mr..
Ramey advised the stockholders of the
old bank to call a meeting and go into
liquidation.
Depositors in the defunct bank will
get their money, but the stockholders
will probably not receive more than
10 per cent, after the affairs OF the
Institution were settled.
DIR. ]. V. Prewitt. president of the
defunct bank, has succeeded in get
ting sufficient stock subscribed to start
a new bank. The new bank. it is said,
will take over the best paper carried
by the defunct bank and will attempt
10 settle IN the business of the old In
stitution speedily.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1911-01-05
KENTUCKY SOIL SURVEY.

Frankfort-The annual report OF
the chief Of the bureau of soils OF the
United States Department of Agricul-
ture. shows that during the past fiscal
year a soil survey was made of Rock
castle county Kentucky, covering an
area of l6l square miles and making a
total of 2,2lO square miles, or l,4li,4OO
acres surveyed by the bureau in Ken
lucky to date. Besides Rockcastlc
county the following counties have
been surveyed: McCracken, Madison.
Mason, Scott. Union and Warren.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1911-01-05
A RIPE OLD AGE.

Frankfort.-On the anniversary OF
her one hundred and eighth Christmas
eve. Mrs Jane Arven, the oldest white
woman in Central Kentucky, died
here. She has been for years the most
accurate encyclopedia Of the early his
tory of Frankfort. She rode on the
first steam train to leave Frankfort,
the first steamboat to leave the city,
and was present at the dedication of
every capitol erected here. She could
recall when citizens of Franklin coun-
ty had to carry guns on their way to
Christmas services, fearing attacks OF
the Indians
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1911-01-05
SEcRETARYSHIP IN JAPAN.

Frankfort-A Christmas present Of
a great surprise, but also pleasant
one, ON account of the honor which
goes with 1t, has been conferred OF.
Stanley Harris, secretary of the Frank
fort Y. NJ. c. A. lie received telc-
gram Offering him the secretaryship of
a Y. NJ. G. A. in Japan. There are only
eight secretaries there, one having
been added recently. Mr.. Harris is
offered the newly-created place. lie
will be located in a city OF 100000.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1911-01-05
ASSESSMENT RAISED.

Elizabethtown.-The city board OF
SIpervi sors has completed the equal
ization OF the city property. The city
assessor listed property TO the amount
OF s796.567. The board OF equaliza'
ton raised the amount s23 .sO5, max
ing the total valuation OF the city
SS20,372.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1911-01-05
STOLE FOR HIS MOTHER.

Frankfort.-Because of the modesty
of Gov. Wilson. he failed 10 give out
tor publication a pardon he granted
ON Christmas eve as a Christmas pres
ont to Harry Smith. of Louisville. sen.
fenced TO the penitentiary for two
years Tor obtaining money under false
pptcnses Smith explained TO Gov.
Wilson that he had obtained the
money to pay for surgical operation
IN HIS mother.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1911-01-05
THREE CHILDREN BURNED.

Wisdom. Three children of Robert
Boles, farmer, were burned to death.
The father was away from home, and
The mother went to the spring, locking
the childroa in the house. When she
returned the house was burned to the
ground and the charred bones Of the
three little ones. whose ages were 3, 3
and year, were found in one corner
OF the spot where the house stood.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1911-01-05
STREAM TO BE STOCKED.

Frankfort-when the government
stocks a stream with FISH II asks that
some effort be made TO protect the
fish until they can propagate and
hatch. George l.. Payne and several
other sportsmen have been interest
ing themselves In having Elkhorn re-
stocked. lie received assurances that
a supply would be sent next summer.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1911-01-05
coNFessEs TO Ro6BING.

I.ouisyille.--Abe Bard. %. employ.
cd IA "A CLERK by the Bernhoim Distlll'
ing Co, confessed to detectives TO a
conspiracy between himself, an assist
ant cashier OF the Pennsylvania rail-
road and negro eXpressman by
which the three men have robbed the
company systematically for months.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1911-01-05
INJURED BY FALL.

Observation-Disclosures Woodrow, 26, a
law student at Columbia university,
who, according to his landlady, return
cd to this country last September from
England, where he had been graduated
from Oxford university on a Rhodes
scholarship. fell down a dumb-waiter
shaft in New York City in a strange
and unexplained manner. He is now
In the hospital with a broken ankle
and other injuries.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1911-01-05
CHILD FATALLY SHOT.

Louisville. "A fobert rifle In the
hands of lNen Miller II, was acct
dentally discharged and his cousin,
Eleanor Smith, 10, was the victim. The
bullet entered the girls forehead just
above the left sye and pierced the
brain. She will die. Physicians re-
sorted to trepan operation, but they
say there Is no hope for the child's
life
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1911-01-05

Jackson.-County Attorney w. H..
Blanton has received letter from a
hamlet in West Virginia, asking for a
picture and description of Jake Noble,
who killed ]. Wesley Turner, jailer OF
Breathitt county. The rewards for
the arrest of Noble total $500. The
county offers $500 OF that amount and
the relatives of Turner the remainder.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1911-01-05

Notwithstanding on information
received from Richmond, Chief OF De
tectiyes Carney and Detective Pat
White arrested John Brady at seventh
and Green streets. lie had in his pos
session a diamond stud valued at $3.50,
alleged to be the property Of Or. John
Harris, of Richmond. He Is said to
have been foreman In a laundry and to
have removed the stud from a shirt
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1911-01-05
BANK IN TROUBLE.

Eckron. Tho First state bank at
this place has closed its doors. The
deposits are $500 and capital stock
$4,000. J. r. Ramey, state bank ex'
aminer. has ordered Allan Frayson to
this place u investigate the condition
uf the institution.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1911-01-05

Frankfort.-State officials are try.
ing to find some law by which a large
bill-poster's board can be removed
from in front OF the capitol, where it
has been elected by an advertising
syndicate. The billboard Is high
one, made Of tin, and faces the cap
itoL
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1911-01-05

Lexington.-CoraK Keys, aged 4, was
burned to death and her little sister
was injured fatally when their mother
locked them in their home and went
TO a neighbours for brief visit. The
children's clothing caught fire from
some unexplained cause.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1911-01-05

Somerset,-The franchise and all
the properties of the Somerset Water,
Light and Traction Co. will be sod al
public outcry by special master com
missioner on January 10. The com.
pany was capitalized at s250,0Oe,
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1911-01-05
Abstinence In st. Petersburg.

There is said TO be an abstinence
society IN st. Petersburg with GOO
members whose activity has consisted
In establishing no less than eight tea.
houses in that part Of the city where
drinking places most abound. An in-
ebriates' asylum Is also contemplated
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1911-01-05

observation-disclosures Representa-
tive Alexander Brooks Montgomery, OF
the Fourth Kentucky district, died
here, aged 49, lie was elected to rep
resent this district for the four sue
cessive terms between 1866 and 1894.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1911-01-05

Ellzabethtown.-The funeral of
Judge A. b. Montgomery, former con
gresham from the Fourth district,
was conducted here. Sorrowing
friends attended from all parts of the
state.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1911-01-05

Louisville. The outgoing n Il from
this postonioe has been the heaviest
in the history of the Office. A 'lstant
Postmaster John G, Morey 81 / that
the mail Is nearly 80 per cent Sreater
in yolurp han IL was a year 20.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1911-01-05

Maysyiile. IL C. IIerndon, deputy
revenue collector at Ashland, was
awarded $500 damages in the Mason
circuit court again Omar Doc on. He
sued for $4,000 lIerndOn v lille per
forming his Official duties her several
months ago walked into an oren ele-
yator shaft
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1911-01-05
KENTUCKY CITIES.
Al Municipalities Of 5000 Show CANA
Except Msysvills. over tsoo-Mis.
diesboro Has Largest Per
centage.

neutrality-suspicious. statistics for
cities in kentucky OF over 5000 inhab-
itants, for 1910 census, are rs follows'
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1911-01-05

Russellyille-The residence Of Mrs.
J. p. Campbell. FIVE miles north OF this
city, vas destroyed by fire, OF aect
dental origin.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1911-01-05
The Modern School.

These schools should be planned
along comprehensive and up-to-date
lines, with ample Fairgrounds, full at
tention being given to scientific heat
ing, lighting, ventilation, water supply
and toilet arrangements. There should
be additional grounds suitable for
additional and suitable grounds TO;
school gardens and small expert
mental farm, and for such additiona'
buildings as may be needed as popula.
ton increases, so that these locations
may be permanently dedicated to the
great cause of education. There should
also be proper arrangements for man
ual training and domestic science.
Importance OF the Project.
think we eXpend too mu n time
and money on cheap politics, TO the
neglect OF things fundamental TO the
states welfare ana progress, such for
instance, as good schools, good roads
and good tax laws-the proper eXecu
ton OF laws now on our statute books,
ANY one of dozen men would make
us a good governor, but who will maize
us a good state superintendent of pub
lie instruction? Care should be eXer
cised in all the counties In the selec
tion of our county boards of education
and the county superintendents, be
cause they come IN closer touch with
the children.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1911-01-05
Results To De Obtained.

We must change our viewpoint con
eerning education. We have been min.
imizing it in every way, looking upon
II more as an expense to be avoided as
much as possible, or as money lost
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1911-01-05
Heavy Dividends Expected.

The financial situation as whole is
improved. and the prospect Of the
heavy dividends and disbursements
due January imparts greater brisk
ness to the strictly investment mar
kit
The Elbert County tribune., 1911-03-10

II a populous place. and said to have been
the richest city in all the world-these riches
having come from the gold fields of Peru and
been stored there by the Spaniards
And It to pass that Morgan and his
band of bold buccaneers fought great battle
with the Spaniards who inhabited Old Panama
and the surrounding country. and the VIC
tory-though fearful cost. Hundreds of his
slain while 1t is recorded that 5000
Spaniards perished on the field. After this vic
tory Morgan and his took possession OF the
city. robbed the people Of all they could find. and
then fire the houses 1t is said that the
was left standing-ony the blackened walls of
the splendid castle and the wreck of the old
cathedral remain to tell the story of the frightful
havoc that wrought by these murderous pi-
rates OF that distant day.
The old city WAS never rebuilt-the former
Inhabitants who escaped the sword of the nva-
ders moved eight miles further down the coast
and located on the spot where the populous Pa
mama City OF today is standing
In the quiet hush of the late afternoon left
the place where once stood the rich and prosper
Old City. and returned to its
sor, the New City of Panama looked back
and could still in the distance the grim old
castle lifting its gray turrets skyward high above
the surrounding country; and-wen 1t stands
there today as 1t has stood through the centuries
gone, silently testfying to the barbarous and in
human conduct of the boldest and most daring
buccaneer of all the ages
The Elbert County tribune., 1911-03-10

good deal upon the subject of themselves and
only little bit the work.
Every visitor who into the office. too
is continually rubbering and gives that stenog-
rapher a better idea OF herself than ever. She's
always pulling down her shirt waist fooling
about her hair or rubbing chamois skin on her
taking a look at herself in her little hand
mirror. She counts a good deal upon her good
looks to hold her job-and very often she counts
right
You'll take bad punctuation from a pretty
girl when you would stand 1t from a plain
one"
And not only that" he went on "she not
only wastes her own time but that OF everybody
else in the office. The boys are always peekng
over the glass windows at her.
NO" concluded this man. shaking his head
from business point of view your pretty girl
is a failure. She's a bad speller time waster
and dsorganizer. Now, your homely GIRL" he
went on. is right down on to her Job. she
knows that II she doesn't nurse that nothing will
save her. She can't think Of her face, because
that's fierce. She can't think OF her shape be-
cause she hasn't got any She does think Of her
spelling. because that's her only hope. So usually
your homely girl is pretty good stenographer."
The Elbert County tribune., 1911-03-10

had two children. His son. Vinson.
was killed in an automobile accident
at Newport. This left his daughter
sole heir to his great fortune. Miss
Walsh ran away one day with Edward
Mclean, son and heir OF John R. Nc
Lean. Baby Walsh is now about two
years old and is healthy and vigor-
GUS baby.
On his first birthday anniversary.
among other trifies. baby Mclean re-
ceived specially-built automobile. a
private boulevard on which to operate
1t. and tiny chauffeur to run IT,
When baby vinson and his pals flor
1t is four-passenger AFFAIR.", go for
Joy ride through the gardens around
the Walsh home In Massachusetts
avenue. the detective assigned to day
duty In guarding the young heir. takes
short cuts to keep the outfit in sight
and prevent Its being kidnapped. Ned
Mclean. Wilson's father, has hired
two detectives to keep constant watch
on Vinson for the next ten years. One
sits by his cradle all night. and the
other keeps an eye on him all day.
The Elbert County tribune., 1911-03-10

NIT their bodies to the earth and garland their
graves with the flowers OF the tropics The bleak
old walls throw their shadows across many of
the last resting places of these natives who have
laid life's burdens down and crossed over to the
other side.
1t with feeling of sadness and reluc-
tance we left this place. redoent OF memories
Of bygone tme-but there other things
to see-so, with sigh of regret. passed out,
and forever, from the portals of this once glori
GUS cathedral and went forth into the tropical
jungle. Here to be the remains OF the
foundations of the residences and business houses
OF the people who once inhabited Old Panama.
The friendly vegetation seems to be endeavor
Ing to and blot from the memory of
the world these remaining evidences OF the cruel
and heartless deeds Of the men OF distant age
who brought wreck and ruin this erstwhile
magnificent city.
And how came 1t about that this city was de
stroyed? Long, long ago. Sir Henry Morgan.
Englishman-the most noted buccaneer of all
tme-gathered together all the pirates that in
tested the Caribbean sea- to the number OF 1000
and sailed forth in quest of gain First he at
tackled Old Providence. island that juts
abruptly out of the waters of the sea-and the
place where many of the terrible West Indian
hurricanes born-and after much hard fight
ing conquered the people and took what they
had. Thence he and his theving band went to
Porto Bello and robbed that city; and then after
they had squandered their ill-gotten gains in riot
living they went forth once more with the
conquest OF Old Panama in view AT the time
The Elbert County tribune., 1911-03-10
Petersburg Monument.

The state set aside the sum OF $4,000
for the work About $500 OF this was
needed for the expenses of the COM
mission, and the contract for the mon
ument itself amounts to $4,000
The material used is white granite
from Barre, VT, which is considered
the most durable store for such pur-
poses. The total height of the monu-
ment Is 81 feet inches and the base
is II feet IL inches by feet 2 inches.
The distance from tip to tip of the
spread wings of the eagle is feet
inches. At the top of the shaft on
the front Of the monument is the seal
OF the commonwealth of Massachus-
etts over draped bronze tablet, on
which will be inscribed the names of
the Massachusetts organizations
which took part in the battle as a part
of the Army of the Potomac. Just
beneath with incised letters will be
the word Massachusetts"
On the rear of the tablet. in a posi-
tion corresponding to the names of
the Massachusetts, organizations. will
be quotation from one of Lincoln's
speeches. although just what 1t will be
has not been decided yet. The monu-
ment is TO be surrounded with a grano-
lithic walk five feet wide. On the
globe at the feet of the eagle is a
spray Of laurel. and at the base of
the shaft Is scroll of laurel
The Elbert County tribune., 1911-03-10
Honely Face Her Fortune

There lots of instances where beauty is
invariably beaten to the job when freckles may
defy the massage parlor grade of complexion
How about the commercial demand for the un-
decorative? 1t is even very great the agents say.
The stenographer of of the busiest man
ayers OF large manufacturing concern in Chi
cago supplies at least partial answer to these
queries. She is salow and sandy freckled and
specialized Each eye is watery and shows a ten
dency to peer in through the windows of the
others soul She's got streaky neck and a
stringy figure. She has bony knuckles She goes
in where she should go out and out where she
should go in.
Her employer regards her the apple OF his
eye. You couldn't loosen his hold of her with
a clasp knife For long time his attitude
a mystery to his friends, who all enabled
to become humorists through the inspiration OF
his stenographer. Then he proceeded to explain
you see" he said Il am in business for bust
ness and hire my stenographer for exactly the
same reasons as hire my foreman-because
figure them both out to be thoroughly efficient.
When I younger ! hired many pretty girls
because like to have em around But listen to
this-Fve found pretty girl who was
really efficient In business office. They think