davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-21
Something to Think About.

Here is a picture for Augusta peo-
pic to look upon! If the saloon sys-
tenn should be established in the State
of Maine. why may we not expect, in
time, such conditions as Ray Stan
nard Baker describes as existing in
Newark, Ohio. After the riotinS in
that city aud the Governor of the state
had come to take charge of the affairs
of the town; when the unspeakable
mayor and sheriff were forced to re-
sign by Governor Harmon; when the
grand jury had been called. and all the
terrible truth revealed, S. indictments
were returned-25 for murder in the
first degree, q for riot, 10 for assault
and battery, and 2 for perjury. And
here is the deplorable report concern
ing the class of men who were indict-
ed The writer says:
Il went to the county Jail. where all
the men who had been caught were
locked up. 1t was one of the most
tragic sights 1 ever saw in my life.
l had expected to find a group of
hard looking rowdies. Instead of that,
most of the prisoners were scarcely
more than boys-'just town boys" the
sheriff said. One, charged with first
degree murder was only II years old,
two were 10. two We're 20. two were %,
1.-TWO We're %. and two were "a The
lothers were mostly under 30 years old
Just full blooded, adventurous. ex-
loving boys. Most of them
had been educated right there in the
lpublic schools of Newark, and had
grown up there-RIPE PRODUCTS
OF THE NEWARK SYSTEM"
| After looking upon this picture, How
would the people of Augusta enjoy the
esta blishing of a dozen open, adver-
Using, bidding and enticing saloons in
the capital city? How would they
look upon the idea of three or four
saloons on Cony and Bangor streets,
near Cony High school?
How would the citizens of Waterville
look upon the placing of several sa-
looms in the vicinity of the Maine Cen
trail Railway station and Colby Col
llege? Or the people of Lewiston en-
joy the prospect of a score or more
lactive saloons, so esta blished as tC
entice and capture as many as pos
lsible of the students of Lewiston High
school, Edward Little High school and
Bates College?
How would the farmers and the peo-
pie of the rural sections of Maine en-
JOY the prospect of open saloons bid
lding for the money, the intelligence
and the souls of the young men who
are sent to the University of Maine,
to Bowdoin College. to Bates or to
Colby?
All these things must be considered
in the first backward step in the moral
affairs of the State of Maine. Every
father and mother, every person in
this broad State who has the interests
of the future at heart, whether their
interest be stimulated by their own
, sons and brothers, or the sons and
brothers. the fathers and relatives OF
lneighbors and friends, will take these
! things into account. The people OF
Maine may well consider the deplor.
able conditions in an Ohio city under
J a local option regime which became sc
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-21
Editorial Comment
Phosphorus in Farming.


tBrouklyn Standard union.)
Farmers and others the land over
will rub their heads i'm establishment
not to say doubtfully, at the news of
q wheat growing experiment in Illi-
nois conducted by the University Of
Illinois. 1t is that a part of a Mclean
county farm, on which phosphorus
fertilizer was used, produced JSA bu-
shell of wheat per acre while unfertil-
lied plots adjoining yielded only "A
bushels per acre. If SO. this is a re-
markably hattcring test of the value
of this particular fertilizer. What the
second and third year yield would be
under the phosphorus treatment is. of
course. unknown. but it is not likely
that the high figure given above would
be maintained 1t is one of those
things too good To continue.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-21
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
IN. Y. Press.)

A woman is losing her stoutness
when her shoes get old enough not to
hurt her so much.
There's no way to estimate whether
the host or the guest is gladdest when
the visit is over.
You have to keep on doing things
for man for him to believe that you
keep on being a true friend to him.
Before she is married to a man a
girl who is jealous of him would die
before she would let on to him; AFTER
ward if she didn't. 6Ja4 ,lif
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-21
Yes. Think u Over"

A friend of the Journal sends the
following clipping which, she says,
..was cut from one of the little shall
low-brain sheets"
Local optfon would give those cities and
towns where a majority OF the voters
wished to have liquor sold a chance 10
maze the saloon which they want, pay
harr m that city or town large license
fee. wouldn't that be better than the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-21

Ii Bros. Pringle and Berry had been
longer in the newspaper business they
might have learned the folly of at
tempting to chase down the incorrigt-
BILE lies of the rum subsidized dailies.
Downright misrepresentation is their
entire stock in trade. So they start
lie 'a-goin' and it travels league
while truth is getting on its boots to
chase il down!-Bridgton News.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-21
Maine Gossip
A WaYside Brook.

y brook and l were singing songs
This morning on our way;
The brookiet's song was sWeeter far,
But mine was just as gay
Twas just little waysde brook
BY melting snowdrifts fed.
But through its limpid water gleameu
The pebbles in its bed.
And all the tiny waves had caught
The sunlight as they ran,
And flashed ii back DER common things
As only Wavelets can.
So went l gaily on my way
With what the brook had given
OF ripping song and sunny CLEANS
Caught fresh from Gods blue heaven
Mary L. Plummer.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-21

Probably the reason because there
are so many candidates for United
States Senator from Knox county is
because there are more Democrats
there.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-21

At last Editor Eaton Of the Bangor
News is vindicated. Now comes one
James E. Sheafer of osborn, ONO ana
under his own signature says, Il had
the pleasure of seeing musk rat
open a clam once. He simply turned
it on it's side, gnawed the hinge loose
and had it nearly open when some
parties in boat frightened the ami
mai away. 1t could have very easily
finished the job
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-21

Another invention in Maine is at
tracing widespread attention. me
new invention is a toy. and has peen
named by its proprietor, THE crazy
Ball" 1t is self rolling globe. Which
has an operating mechanism that VIII.
when once set in motion, cause a great
amount of entertainment for both Ole
and young The inventor of the toy is
A. l.. Ray. and his attorney. y. d. Nc
Faul of Machias. has just returned
ifre.n Washington. where he has been
ION business pertaining to letters pa
tent ir this and foreign countries.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-06-14
Man Eating Wild Men.

In the celebrated "Travailes" of Ed
ward Webb $500 are dozens of stories
that would make Munchausen turn
green with envy One of the most cele-
brated of these is bis story Of the wild
men Of Prester John. which is as fol-
lows:
In the court of Prester Iohn there Is
a wilde man and another in the high
street Of Constantinople whose allow
ance is every day a quarter of raw
mutton, and when any man dyeth for
some notorious offence then they are
allowed every day quarter of mans
flesh. These wilde men are chained
fast to a post every day. the one In
Prester Johns courtd. the other in the
high street of Constantinople, each OF
them having a mantell about their
shoulders, and all over their bodyes
they have wonderful long haire. They
are chained by the neck lest they
speedily devour all that cometh within
their reach"
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-06-14
Superfluous Verbiaus,

1t was Sunday evening and likewise
his first call She was entertaining
him at the piano. and be was not fond
of music. OF course she couldn't be
expected to know that. poor grill She
was not particularly accomplished, but
she didn't know what else to do, and
he hadn't suggested anything. So she
played on and on. occasionally skip
ping a few bars that she didn't re-
member and trusting to luck. Finally
from sheer WEAKNESS and to make
conversation she turned to him and
said:
Papa thinks 1t Is wicked for me to
play the piano on Sunday"
Papa is certainly right" he replied
YEARLY. But why does he-er-speci-
fly Sundayr
1t is perhaps needless to record that
he was never again invited to that Lit.
tie Philadelphia Ledger.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-06-14
EnoIand's Uncrowned kinq.

OF the long line of kings which have
ruled England since the days Of Will
liam the Conqueror. nearly 900 years
ago. there has been only one un-
crowned king. King Edward ", the
boy king, who met an untoward fate in
the Tower of London in 1883, is the
only monarch who reigned without re.
ceiving the church's blessing or the
formal homage of his subjects. Some
people include Lady Jane Grey among
England's monarchs. If this doubtful
claim is allowed England's only un-
crowned queen ranks with Edward v.
and deprives him Of one distinction
London Tit-Bits.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-06-14

and expressed a willingness to go
when the summons should come,
She leaves husband, several
children and grandchildren to
mourn the loss. But to the
bereaved we would say weep not,
for death is only a separation for
a little while and ere long we,
too, must cross over the silent
river and be with those on the
other shore where we are told
there will be no more sad part
ilgs.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-06-14
POSTED ON RUBBER.
He Couldn't Be Fooled About the
Growth of the Trees.

He Couldn't Be Fooled About the
Growth of the Trees.
A promoter for a rubber company
was trying to persuade Mr.. Spangler
to invest some of his savings in the
company's stock. The demand for
rubber. he said. was worldwide and
constantly increasing. The company
owned immense forests of rubber
trees and kept an army of workers
employed all the time in gathering the
crude rubber. The output was enor-
nous. and the protits-weD, the scheme
was certainly better than a gold mine.
81 have heard" said Mr.. Spangler
suspiciously. that the forests are be-
ing exhausted"
That's true to some extent" an
swered the other. "but we are not de-
pending on the existing trees. We are
planting hundreds of square miles
with new trees"
How long does 1t take for tree to
grow big enough to tapT
"Only six or eight years"
THAT won't go down with me-" said
Mr.. Spangler. with emphasis. my
wife has had a rubber plant in the
front parlor for six years, where it's
warm all the time. winter and sum-
mer. and 1t hasn't grown foot in all
that time. No. sir; you can't fool me
on thatr-Youth's Companion.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-06-14
Orchard Notes.
Chairman Republican Committee

Look for borers if gum eXudes
from the root of the peach tree
Look for borers in June and Oc-
tober anyway.
The disk is better than t h e
plow in the orchard for breaking
up sod.
Never cut a limb from fruit
tree unless you know just why
you do it.
An orchard neglected for one
year virtually puts it back three
years.
1t is a sad mistake to neglect
an orchard when it is not produc-
ing a crop of fruit.
Rub off the.water sprouts of a
tree as soon as they appear. You
can do it with your fingers.
Whenever a large limb is saw
ed from the tree the wound
should be at once covered with
wax or thick paint.
Remember when you pillow in
the orchard that the roots are
very near the surface. Three
inches is plenty deep enough.
Give the apple orchard plenty
of fertilizer, particularly potash
and phosphoric acid. A starved
orchard is not a money maker.
More depends upon the right
choice of kinds Of fruit to SCI
than upon any other factor as tx
profit in theIorchard.
Neglected fruit trees are no
worth the groun d they occup,
they are an eyesore, and wher
pest-infested they are a positiv,
menace to the::neighborhood.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-06-14
Absinth.

DR.. r. HercOd of Lausanne In a spe-
cial contribution to the Alliance TEN
perance Almanac points out that the
absinth liquor. which is now prohib-
tied I'm three European countries-Bel-
GUM. Holland and Switzerland-owes
it's peculiar nervousness to the fact
that it is prepared with several es-
sences. among them NORWOOD. which
have marked toxic properties. Added
to the action of the alcohol ia strong
absinth contains 65 per cent these
essences have a most deleterious eff
feet on the organisms. especially on
the nervous system. Even small doses
provoke a great irritability, which
may easily lead heavy drinkers to
crime. Epilepsy Is more quickly de-
veloped among absinth drinkers than
among the drinkers Of the commoner
kinds of alcoholic liquors. - Dundee
Advertiser.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-06-14
SHE WANTED LIGHT.
And So She Had the Windows Fixed
Exactly to Her Taste.


The architectural feature of the
new house that caused decided do
nestle rupture was the windows. The
man was in favor OF medium sized
windows, with small panes to match
the rest of the house. but his wife in
sisted upon enormous sheets of plate
glass.
You are away all day and do not
know whether l can see my hand be-
fore me at noontime or not" she said,
''but l am in the house most of the
time and must have plenty of light
and sunshine"
So they had big windows. Before
the carpenter left she ordered inside
shutters put up. The family's first
night In their new home was cele-
brated by adjusting two sets of win
dow shades, one white, the other dark
green, which served as a background
for two pairs Of curtains. one of silk,
the other of lace. On the third day
the man helped his wife to hang add
tional sash curtains, and on the fourth
day he found man tinkering with the
outside Of the window ledge.
He is just getting ready to put ur
the awnings" she explained.
Her husband looked at the shutters
the two shades, the two curtains and
the sash curtains and the arrange
ments for the awnings at each win
dow. and then he laughed. but SHE
could not understand why.-New Yori
Times.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-06-14
BORDER TOWNS.
Many That Are Partly In One State
and Partly In Another.

6UO F6Ttiy III HHotHCTs
A number of towns and villages In
the United States are situated on state
boundary lines. The names of some Of
these are formed on the model of what
Lewis Carroll called "portmanteau'
words. Delmar and Marydell. for ex-
ample. are on the line between Mary
land and Delaware. Pen Mar is on the
Pennsylvania and Maryland line. Mo
ark is named from Missouri (MoJ and
Arkansas (Ark). Texarkana is partly
in Texas and partly in Arkansas. ILL
ana is on or near the Indiana line.
State Line, which is half in Connect
cut and half In New York. with nu-
merous instances of the sort In other
states. is a self explanatory name.
Other border towns whose names do
not indicate their position are Port
Chester (New York and Connecticut.
Blackstone Massachusetts and Rhode
Island. Westerly Rhode Island and
Connecticuo. Kansas City missouri
and Kansas, Guthrie and Fulton
leach partly in Kentucky and partly in
Tennessee), Harrison and Union City
Tin Indiana and Ohio), and Great Falls
(New Hampshire and Maine). What is
virtually one town on the border
boundary of Tennessee and Virginia is
legally known as Bristol on the Ten
nessee side and Goodson on the Vir-
ginia side. A number of smaller towns
might be added to the list.-New York
Tribune
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-06-14
DirieO.

A little child of Mr.. and Mrs.
Nose Wooten has been very sick
but is some better at this writ
ing.
Eldridge Stotts bought yoke
of calves from Allen Wooten for
twenty dollars.
Nose Wooten sold to Greed
Stotts two sows and pigs for
forty dollars.
Born, to the wife of Miller
Stotts, on the 19, ult., twin girls.
Last Saturday night Allen
Wooten and Miss Bert Pelston,
Leonard Wooten and a Miss
Propes, eloped to Tennessee, anc
were married.
]. M. Campbell visited rela.
tives in the Harmony community
last Sunday.
A little child of Mr.. and Mrs,
Landy Stotts, is very sick at this
writing.
The death angel visited the
home of Mr.. Oliver Stotts las
Wednesday and claimed Mrs
Stotts for its victim. "Aun+
Sudie," as she was familiarly
known was a highly respected
Christian lady and will be great
" missed. She was about seven
ty years old and had been yer,
low for several weeks but sh
endured her suffering patientl,
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-06-14
Watson.

Mr.. and Mrs. G. M. Bault and
little daughter, Ora May, were
visiting at Mr.. Ed Bryants, last
Sunday.
Dempsey Bault was the pleas
ant guest of Ralpus Corbin, last
Saturday and Sunday.
Born, to the wife of John Over
street, May II, girl.
Mr.. Finis Bault made a bus
mess trip to Knifley, last Tues
day.
Several from this place attend
ed Decoration services at Car
mel. May the 3Oth.
We people who were absent
from Columbia the second Mon
day, would have been glad tn
hear the Republican candidates
address, as they are all fine gen
tlemen.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-06-14
Cyclone.

Mr.. Robert Smith, and wife
were visiting relatives near
Neatsville Saturday night and
Sunday.
Mr.. Jessie Sublette and wife
were visiting relatives near Ro-
mine last Sunday.
Mr.. IF. Squires and J, G.
Neol of Memphis Texs were WISH
ting Mr.. S, E. Squires last Mon
day.
Mr.. Jas. Suddarth was i n
Gradyville last Thursday.
Ed. Tobias Huffaker preached
an interesting sermon at Hutch
ison School house last Sunday.
Mr.. J. w. Cundiff and Carl
were visiting Mr.. Finas Cundiff
of Cane Valley last Saturday
and Sunday.
Ely Young bought 1 fine tree
from J, R. Cundiff for $18 also
2 from o. P. Hancock for $40,
Rev. |, nj. Grimsley will con-
Quoted a basket singing at Pig
Tail the 3rd Sunday in J un e
every body invited.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-06-14
SECOND SIGHT.
An Apparition That Was a Messenger
of Death.

of Death.
The third Lord Templetown used to
tell Of an extraordinary and really au-
thent1c case OF second sight. His
brother, Henry Upton. the second Wis.,
count, was with his regiment abroad
when he and several brother officers
saw an old friend wearing trousers
and shirt only pass through the mess
room to another room from which
there was no outlet. They followed
and saw nobody. and the sentry per-
sisted that no person had entered.
Henry Upton wrote to his brother.
afterward third viscount. to request
him to go to their friends lodgings in
London and find out what he was do
ing at such and such an hour on a GER
tain day. The brother in London COM
piled and found that their friend had
died, but not on the day he had been
seen abroad.
Later the landlady was asked on
oath as to the date and hour of death
and whether he had died In a white
shirt with a blue check. After some
demur she confessed that her lodger
did not die when she first stated, but
on the day when his friends had seen
him pass through the mess room.
1t seems the date Of demise had
been falsified on account of his pen
sion. which was almost all his family
had to depend upon. And he died in
a white shirt with a blue check, his
landlady having lent one of her bus
bands to him on the morning of his
death.-LondOn Court Journal.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-06-14
A Call.

As directed by the State Central Com
mittee of the Republican party of Ken.
lucky, hereby call the Republicans of
Adair county to meet in mass conven-
ton at the Court House in Columbia.
KY, on Saturday, July the Sth, at &c
p. m, for the purpose of electing del
egates to attend the State Convention,
to be held in Louisville, KY, Tuesday,
the 18th day of July, 1911, for the pur-
pose of nominating candidates for State
officers, to be voted for at the regular
November election, 1911.
w. A. Coffey,
Chairman Republican Committee
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-06-14
A Quaint Inscription.

An old churchyard near London Is
famous for the inscriptions on its
tombstones. There is one on the me-
mortal Of Susannah Barford. died 1862.
aged ten years and thirteen weeks.
The concluding lines beneath the skull
and crossbones on her monument are:
Her stage was short her thread was
quickly spunn.
Drawne out and cult. got heaven. her
worke was done.
This world to her was but TRACED play.
Shee came and saw't. dislik't and passed
away.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-06-14
visited at the home of Edwin

visited at the home of Edwin
Bryant last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. ]. Hurt re-
ceived a message last Thursday
stating that their son Ray Hurt
who lives at Cincinnati was not
expected to live. Mr.. Hurt left
Immediately after receiving t h e
news.
Mr.. l.. r. Morris who h a S
been in a low state of health for
about a year remains about the
same
Mr.. Loren Kelley and family
visited relatives near Esto last
Sunday.
Bro. Luther Young will preach
at Shiloh Sunday. He is a de-
serving boy, all should attend
who can.
Prof. Albert and Mr.. Lauder
Bryant attended Decoration at
Bear Wallow May Both. They
reported a nice time and good
order.
The wheat crop is fine in this
neighborhood, will be ready t O
harvest in about ten days, corn
and gardens look reasonably we'll
considering the dry weather.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-06-14
Ozark.

Mrs. T. j. Bryant who h a s
been in poor health so long is not
so we'll.
Aunt Meekie Montgomery has
been quite sick for several days.
There is only one case o
measles here pow Walker Maui
pin being the one confined a I
present.
Mr.. Wesley Order Of Esto
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-06-14
A Triumph of lmaoination.

Tallandier told me that a great
archbishop of his acquaintance in Paris
had set himself to make an exact de-
sign Of the imaginary abbey of The
leme. infinitely described by Rabelais.
and told him that II such an edif1ce
were to be erected it would be the
most perfect building every KNOWN
Conway's Autobiography.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-06-14
Bakert0n.

Mr.. Abijah Fairchilds of Mon
ticello, with the Red Cross Viz.
egar Co., was here last week.
We are glad to see Mr.. Fairchilds
as he is from the same county
we came from.
Mr.. Cook, with the Cookville,
Overall Co., was here Friday, he
was with Powell Lyle notion
Co., last year.
Mr.. ]. 2. Lloyd of Becks Store.
visited his daughter, Mrs. S. T.
Irwin, last Saturday and Sunday.
Alex Dillon went home with
his sister, Mrs. Wat Parmley, last
Saturday and staid over until
Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wat Parmley of
Whites Bottom, visited her faith
er, G. NJ. Dillon last Friday.
Mrs. T. e. Golf of Towards
Bottom, visited her son, W. H.
Golf near Leslie last week.
Mr.. w. H. Cole is on the sick
list at this writing, hope lie will
soon be better
Mr.. J. W. Simpson, of Breed
ing, was here today after a load
of fertilizer. Mr.. Simpson is
just simply a hustle, he knows
what it takes to make good corn
crop. There has been about
twelve cars of fertilizer received
at this landing this season.
/
Mrs. James Cole, the News
man, was here yesterday after
the mail for his section. Jim
says he wants to catch him an
amadillo.
Mrs. Bertha Burchett started
last week to Highlands N. J., to
visit her brother, Chas. F. Gid
well, who joined the standing
army.
Mrs. S. w. English was shop
ping in Bakerton yesterday.
S. T Irwin says three cheers
for Mr.. James Garrett.
Charlie, son of uncle Rufus and
aunt Amelia Baker, who has
been m a king his home at
Indianapolis, came in one. day
last week to see his mother who
has been sick for some time.
Charlie has been gone from here
twenty years.
The river is getting very low
if it don't rain in a few days il
will be too low for the little
boats.