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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-10-07
Rev. E. W. COakIey Resigns.

ItCFs IL W. OUdhICy NUOISIIO.
Rev. E. w. Coakley has rendered
his resignation as pastor of the Bap-
list church at Cadiz. to take effect
the first day of next January, His
future plans are not announced
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-01-01
THE PARCELS POST.

Is there need of rural parcels post?
If there is, the law providing for it
should be enacted into effectiveness. The
proposed parcels post pending in Con-
gress is receiving the strongest oppo-
sition from the express and tTansporta-
ton companies, and therefore this oppo-
sition should be viewed and considered
as a recommendation, an approval of
the proposed plan of transmission, I'M
der the direction of the United States
government
There is much in favor of the parcels
post. It would be serviceable to mil
lions of the people who are now depend
ent on express and transportation COM
panies, which being, as it were, trust
or a combine, are permitted to enforce
rates which are exorbitant, and fire.
quent1y equal to, if not exceeding, the
value of the articles expressed.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-01-01
STATE CONSERVATION
Commission Will Probably Meet in
Shreveport.

The Picayune's Baton Rouge special
says: The first meeting of the State
Conservation Commission since its re-
organization will probably be held in
Shreveport, the date to be announced
later. Fred Grace, register of the State
Land Office, an ex-officio member Of the
commission, is now i'll correspondence
with Chairman Hardtner of the commits
sion in regard to the time Of the meet
ing.
Shreveport will be the place for the
meeting for the reason that it is close
to the Caddo oil and gas field, where the
first activity of the commission will be
centcred in an effort to close the wild
gas wells.
Chairman Hardtner and Secretary
Gamble have returned from Oklahoma,
where they inspected the work done in
that State Oklahoma has license tax
on oil, such as the Conservation Com
mission of Louisiana is authorized to
collect, and it was for the purpose of
going over the methods of collecting
this tax that the members of the DOM
mission made the trip TO Oklahoma.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-01-01
A Deal In Antiques.

A certain dealer in London, having
a number of alleged Chippendale chairs
for sale, approached well known no
bleman and succeeded in selling the
set for $4,000 to the latter. Later on
the purchaser, being Informed that the
chairs were faxed, wrote to the deal
err and demanded his money back. The
willy dealer wrota back a hurt and Of
Tended letter to his patron, protesting
that his honesty had been impugned,
but to show his good faith be would
be willing to pay LOCO guineas to get
the chairs back. So it was done. and
within a few hours the nobleman's
receipt for that amount was being held
under the nose of an American mil
lionaire as proof that the chairs had
been bought from that well known
collector. Lord -. OF course the
dealer must have his profit. and the
American millionaire finally handed
over d cheek for s12,50O and carried
his bargafn triumphantly across the
AfsAa4&e
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-01-01

Z
tiply IN Atlanta. yet the bfeeferzaf po-
lice barracks IS thick with ci7arges OF
pistol-tot1ng against young mef-iflaiay
of them youths without the trace OF mar
on their faces.
What sort OF 'c'viilzahon IS II tilat
does not rise UP III crushing protest
against parental and legal laNity thdt
sets the teet CT children upon paths that
lead 10 homicide
Ibis plant from Atlanta IS as re-
echo OF the same conditions from COM
nunlties where all law, scit-reSPect and
decency are set at defiance. And who
are they who proht from these orgies
from these dissertations, these proStltu-
lions OF the Christmas
There was a time when Shreveport
experienced this same disregard OF
Christmas; when men by the hundreds
were seen staggering on the streets;
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-01-01

On Three Acres in Cotton Cleared Over
Four Hundred and Fifty Dollars.

Washington, DC, Dec. 27-The more
one investigates the uses of the land the
clearer becomes the conviction that any
where and every where in this country
land in its productiveness is just what
the cultivator makes it, provided he
Starts with a reasonably good soil
By combining thorough til1age, crop
rotation, barnyard manure, and a judi
cious use of commercial fertilizer, Mr.
w. H. Dubose of Brundidge, Ala, has
succeeded in producing seven bales of
cotton from a three-acre tract, using
nothing but the ordinary cotton seed,
the cost per acre being $3.50, as fol-
lows: Breaking land $3.50; rebedding
$500, hoeing $1.5o, cuftivating $500,
picking $1,000, ginning $3.50, and haul
ing $500.
On the three-acre tract Mr.. Dubose
cleared over $4,000 In recent letter
to the Southern Commercial Congress,
Washington, D. c., Mr.. Dubose gives
full details as to the method of cultiva-
ton used by him, copy of which will be
furnished upon request.
All through the South farmers and
planters are getting similarly excellent
results with various other crops. It all
depends upon the man who gets the
land. If he knows his business, gener-
Gus nature will return him such rewards
for his industry as is not possible in any
other line of effort. 1t is just ques-
ton CT mixing brains with the soil
Several profitable bulletins on cotton
growing have been issued by the United
States Department of Agriculture, one
of the most instructive being bulletin
No. $40, "A Profitable Cotton Farm, !
which describes in detail the various
steps to success. This bulletin can be
obtained upon request from the South
ern Commercial Congress, or from tht
Secretary of Agriculture, Washing.
ton, D. C.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-01-01

tedious excursion through typewrit
ten documents with the family law
yer and then, feeling himself a lonely
and hopeless millionaire, hurried down
to the old jewelry store across sixth
avenue.
Kenwitz unscrewed a magaifying
glass from his eye, routed out his par
ent from a dingy rear room and
abandoned the interior of watches fot
outdoors. He went with Dan. aud
they sat on bench IN Washington
square. Dan had not changed much
He was staIwart and had a dignity
that was inclined to relax into a grin
Kenwitz was more serious, more In
tense, more lsarned, philosophical and
aocsalistic.
Fl know about It now said Dan
finally. 81 pumped II out Of the emf
nens laaal Hehts that turned over t.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-01-01

me poor old dads collection of bonds
and hoodle II amounts to So .00o.000.
Ken. And am told that he squeezed
it out of the chaps that pay their pen
MES for loaves of bread at the little
bakeries around the corner. You've
studied economics, ;. Dan. and you know
all about monopolieS. and the mus~2>
and octopuses, and the rights Of labor
ing people. never thought about
those things before Football and Try.
ing to be white to my fellow man were
about the extent of my college curriru
tum.
But since | came back and found
out how dad made his money I've been
thinking I'd like awfully well Ia
pay back those chaps who had to give
up too much money for bread. l know
it would buck the line Of my income
for good many yards, but I'd like to
make it square with 'em. Is there any
way it can be done. old Ways and
Means"
Kenwitz's big black eyes glowed
ferily. His thin. intellectual face took
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-01-01
Subscribe for the Caucasian.
MARSHAL,S SALE.

No 2o38-In the City Court of Shreye-
port, Louisiana VESSEL & Co. VS..
David Hughley. 4
By virtue of writ of fieri facias, is
sued in the above numbered and entitled
suit, by the Honorable L. G. Blanchard,
Judge of the City Court, Shreveport,
Louisiana, and to me directed, | have
seized and will sell at public auction, OF
the Texas street front door Of the court
house of Caddo Parish, Louisiana, be-
tween the legal hours for sales, on
SATURDAY, JAN. II, 1911,
The undivided one-ffth (1-5) interest
in lot No. IS of the Perrin & Zeigler
subdivision of Io-aere LOT AIlenda1e,
city of Shreveport, La; also one-ffth
(I-5) interest in all improvements
thereon. The above property seized as
belonging to said defendant and to be
sold to satisfy the debt specified in said
writ say sum of 5000, and all costs.
Terms of sale cash, with benefit of APP
praisement. CT. GERALD,
Caucasian Dec. 20. City Marshal.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-01-01
PROHIBITION DECREASING IN
SANITY.

Atlanta Constitution Dec. %. "Prohi-
bition decreases insanity" Such was the
interesting statement made yesterday af-
ternoon by Ordinary John R. Wilkinson,
who is called upon to pass on all insaf1-
ity cases from Fulton county
Judge Wilkinson gave interesting and
convincing figures to back up his asser-
ton. In 1907, the last year of the whis-
key saloon in Georgia, there were Io4
persons adjudged insane i'll the ordi-
.nary's court Since that year a steady
decrease has been shown In 1908 there
were 81 cases of 1unacy in Fulton; in
1900 there were 80 cases, and in 1910
there have been about the same number.
"The decrease in lunacy cases since
prohibition has been about 10 per cent,
said Judge Wilkinson, and ! am thor
oughly convinced that prohibition is
largely responsible for it. During the
years of the saloon we always ran over
100 cases, but not in any year since pro-
hibition have we had as many as 100.
There is only one plausible explanation
for it, and that is that the absence of
the saloon is the cause"
1
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-01-01
A REFLEX FROM ATLANTA, GA


Commenting on the observance of
Christmas the Atlanta (Ga.) Constitu-
ton says:
"The Christmas of our time has be-
come day that celebrates its dawn
with drunkenness, reaches its high noon
with fratricidal brawls, and marks its
sunset with murder and the Whiplash of
futile penitence.
christmas Day! The anniversary of
that time the Prince of Peace made His
entrance into this world while the
morning stars sang together" and the
wise men of the east ended their weary
journey at the manger.
1--WE boast that Christianity in its
practical aspects makes Roadway.
But shall we ever reach a time when
the post-Christmas papers do not reek
with the sale, nationwide, of battle,
murder and death?
Particularly is the crimson story en-
phasized in our section Of the country
1T seems we can not fttingfy mark
the greatest day in the Christian calen-
dar save by slaughter. Doubly horrible
| is that grotesque coincidence which APP
pears to make brothers-sons of the
same mother-select the birthday of ths
Galilean as a day appropriate to steep
| ing their hands in each others blood
Analyze the news reports, and the ag.
gregate of such tragedies is amazing.
Churches and Sunday schools null
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-01-01
By 0. HENRY

The poet Longfellow-or was it Con
fucius, the inventor of wisdom?-ra
marked:
Life is real, life is earnest.
And things are not what they seem
AS mathematics are. or is-than,s
old subscriber-the only just rule b.
which questions Of life can be meas
ured. let us by all means adjust on
theme to the straight edge and the bal
anced column of the great goddess
Two and Two Make Four. Figure
-unassailable sums in addition-shall
be set over against whatever opposing
element there may be.
A mathematician after scanning ihr
above two lines of poetry would say,
"Ahem Young gentlemen, if we rs
sumo that X plus-that is, that life t.,
real-then things (all of which life ill.,
cludes) are real. Anything that is real
is what it seems. Then if we consider
the proposition that things are not
what they SEEM Why
But this is heresy and not poesy.
We woo the sweet nymph Algebra.
We would conduct you into the pres
ence of the elusive, seductive, pursued,
satisfying, mysterious x.
Not long before the beginning of this
century Septimus Kinsolving, an old
New Yorker, invented an idea. He
originated the discovery that bread is
made from flour and not from wheat
futures. Perceiving that the -four crop
was short and that the stock exchange
was having no perceptible effect on
the growing wheat, Mr.. KinsoIving
cornered the -four market.
The result was that when you or my
landlady (before the war she never
had to turn her hand to anything;
southerners accommodated bought
five cent loaf of bread you laid down
an additional 2 cents, which went to
Mr.. Kinsolying as a testimonial to his
perspicacity.
A second result was that Mr.. Kin
solving quit the game with 100000
prof-er-rakeoff.
Mr.. Kinsolving's son Dan was at
college when the mathematical ex-
pertinent in breadstuffs was made.
Dan came home during vacation and
found the old gentleman in red
dressing gown reading Little Dorrit"
on the porch of his estimable red brick
mansion in Washington square. He
had retired from business with enough
extra two cent pieces from bread buy
ers to reach, il laid side by side, fifteen
times around the earth and lap as far
as the public debt of Paraguay.
Dan shook hands with his father
and hurried over to Greenwich village
to see his old high school friend, Ken
WITT. Dan had always admired Ken
WITT. KenWitz was pale, curly haired,
intense, serious, mathematical, studi-
ous, altruistic, socialistic and the nat
ural foe of oligarchies. Kenwitz had
foregone college and was learning
matchmaking in his fathers jewelry
store. Dan was smiling, jovial, easy
and tolerant alike of kings
and ragpickers. The two foregathered
loyously, being opposites. And Their
Dan went back to college and Ken
witz to his mainsprings- to his
private library In the rear of the jew
slry shop.
-Four years later Dan came back to |
square with the accumu- /
atoms of B. A. and two years of
europe thick upon him. He took |
ilfal look at Septimus Kinsolvfngs
elaborate tombstone in Greenwood and
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-01-01
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING.

The annual meeting of the stockhold-
ers Of the Grand Opera House Company
viii be held at the Office of the secretary,
No. 5I8 Spring street, on Saturday, Jan
uary 7, 1911, at 4 o'clock pm, for the
purpose Of electing officers for the en-
suing year and such other business az
may be presented S. N. KERLEs
December 8, 1910.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-01-01

fill the order. will drive by there on
my way home"
The voice was familiar. The watch
maker paused.
''Mr. KenwitzI' cried the lady hearth
". How do you do?'
Kenwitz was trying to train bis So
cialistic and economic comprehension
on, her wonderful fur boa and the car
rage waiting outside.
"Why, Miss Boynei'' he began.
'eMrs. Kinsolving," she corrected.
"Dan and I were married month
ago.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-01-01
EUBINAdE LAW
ing Enforced by Chief Lucar
7 and the Police.

men who are cohabiting with
women are being made uncom-
re by the police. Chief Lucar with
5of the police have been raiding the
hses of such individuals with re
J recorded. V. L. Spil1er ard Julia
4, J. o. Wright and Katie Ware,
Alter Swadlcy and Vickie Miller.
The penalty, on conviction, may be
o years Imprisonment in the pen.
thief Lucdr has also been active in
-esting individuals who have been dis
garding the law beyond the restricted
tits.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-01-01

In that almost bare room a w
woman sat sewing at q machine
nodded to kenwitz as to a family
quaintance. One little stream Of
| light through the dingy windOy
nished her heavy hair to the q
an ancient Tuscan's shield Sb,'
ed ripping smile at KenWif'
look of somewhat clustered inF,
KinSolving stood regarding ' .'''
and pathetic beauty in heart ''''''>
silence. Thus they came init i''N
anca of tho los+ ton, If +ho 4nce-
How many this week. Nm
asked the matchmaker. fo"" ''' ~
of coarse gray shirts ldl'o" nv
floor.
Nearly thirty Dozen" que o"H-
woman cheerfuIly ~ maui az
most 81. I'm improving men II, " II"
l hardly know what 90 win
much money" Her." '.l ~ u
brightly soft, in the tion u Eau
A little pink spot q ou' ." "V'
round, pale cheek.
Kenwitz chuckledhe uldoo'i'
raven.
.en1;ss porro, I'D, let me pre-
sent Mr.. KinsoIvi llle sun VI 'ue
man who nr+ bra.lp five years ago.
He thinks he wq IKE " uo Soiie
thing to aid thu VIM "eie ihIon
venienced by tn he'' .-
The smile Iofhe young woman's
faro sbo rosold pointed her fore
fingor toward fdoor. This time she
Iool,od L<inso1k straight in the eye.
hut n woe IA look that gave de-
light.
Tbe +vo Invent down into Varick
streot KoTtz, letting all his pes
simism andlncor and hatred of the
octonns col to the surface, gibed al
tbo money side of his friend in an
ocr;d torr5 of words. Dan appeared
70 boI 1;,hfng and then turned to
Iyon,,,;+z Id shook hands with him
warmly.
stI'p, fged to you, Ken, old man.
he saiKaguely. "a thousand times
obliged
enc Colt! You are crazy" cried
tbn vlchmaker, dropping his specta
cles / the first time in years.
:
ri months afterward Kenwit2
WEI into large bakery on lower
midway with a pair of gold trimmed
aklasses that he had mended for the
pprietor.
lady was giving an order to a
ERIK as Kenwitz passed her.
'sThese loaves are 10 cents said the
ERIK.
Il always get them at s cents up
wn," said the lady. "You need moi
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-01-01
BIDS INVITE

BIDS INVITt
Bids are hereby iavite{ building
bent bridge 90 feet long ard Five
over Cross bayou on IMPORT and
Greenwood road Accord parish
specifications Bids to bed at the
Police Jury meeting thdd Thurs
day in January 1911. Jserves the
Nj to reject any andHs.
w. T. CRAW, Pres.
- A. 1. DURINGER. q
December 1tA1o1o.
- -
We havs just p do some
work for you. May I have not
tried our printing. PRoo.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-01-01

90. L. - - = :. @.;:ss1l
1.-THE last item or the instance is.
come and will show you. said Ken.
WITT, rising.
The sociaIistic matchmaker was
happy He was a millionaire batter by
nature and a pessimist by trade. Ken
WITT would assure you in one breath
that money was but evil and corrup
ton and that your brand new watch
needed cleaning and new ratchet
wheel
He conducted KiusoIving southwark
out Of the square into ragged pov,
erty haunted Varick street Up the
narrow stairway Of a squulid hricF
tenement he led the penitent oGSpriIH
of the octopus. He knocked on
door, and Il clear voice called to thar
to enter. fa,
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-01-01

The poet Longfellow-or was it Con
fucius, the inventor of wisdom?-ra,
marked.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-11-01
Bishop Then Speaks
at Auburn Meeting

AUBURN. Neb,, oct, a,-(special.)-
Bishop Then Sunday made his first visit
TO the local church since his elevation
to the bishopric, and the enthusiastic
manner OF his reception evidenced the
universal good Will had for him In
protestant as well as Catholic circles.
He has been visitor in Auburn before
as q priest and as a speaker on the local
Chautauqua platform. The day began
with the celebration OF early morning
mass and high mass at 1880 o'clock, fol-
lowed by confirmation and sermon by
the bishop In the afternoon a reception
was rendered him In st. Joseph's paro-
ohial school, at which addresses OF well
come were delivered. one by Mayor
Fraser ON behalf OF the city and one
by Edgar Ferneau on behalf Of the eiti.
gems OF Nemaha county. To these the
bis'-- responded In his most gracious
manner, In the evening he delivered &c
large audience his famous lecture or
'Materialism."
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-11-01
Nebraska Central
College Heard From

CENTRAL CITY. Neb.. Oct. a.-(Spe-
cial)-NehraskR Central college is coming
once more 10 hold the high position in
the athletic circles OF the state that II
occupied few years ago when it's fac
ulty decided upon the disoontinuance OF
the foot ball team, which was followed
by a general loss OF interest in all forms
OF abilities at the college, AT that time
the college possessed foot ball team
which ranked among the best In the state,
Its basket ball team was 'of championship
oaliber and on the track II came within
a few points OF winning the intereoNegi-
ate championship, and some OF its men
set state records In the field events.
When foot BAN was abolished the other
branches Of sport were neglected. Now
Nebraska Central is back on the grid
iron with a foot ball team which prom
lses TO redeem the reputation OF the col
lego in athletics. and unusual interest is
being taken in other branches OF sport
The foot ball schedule from now until
the close OF the season Is an exception
ally strong one Next Saturday they will
play the Grand Island Business cellege:
saturday. November H. they win meet
the Grand Island Young Mems Christian
association team; the following Saturday,
the strong Kearney Normal team, and the
season will eliminate with a champion
ship contest with the Grand Island team
on Thanksgiving day. All OF these games
will be played on the local field ia the
Ormsby pasture just northwest OF the
| city,
! The local college lads have no veterans
/ In their lineup, as foot ball was resumed
only last year, but they are improving
with every game. They We're being
coached by Prof, Esseck Perry. one Of
the instructors in the college and former
star in Whittier college in California. and
are showing remarkable improvement
with each game. They expect especially
hard games with the Grand Island Young
Mems Christian association team, which
has several former college stars I'm its
lineup and with the Grand Island Bap-
lists. The Baptists won on their own
field at Grand Island last Saturday by
a score OF Is TO Q, but Il was the local
second game Of the season and all OF the
touohdowns except one were scored In the
first half. and the Quaker lads really
outplayed their Baptist rivals In the sec
ond half The Grand Island Business col
lege and the Kearney Normal also have
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-11-01
MISS ZIMMERMAN CHAMPION
Successfully Defends Tennis Title
Against Tournament Winner
MISS FEILERs FIGHTS HARD
Miss Zimmerman Retains Title In
"a Hard Fought Hattie with Miss
Lucille FeIIers--DriIIiant
Playing In Match,

Laura Zimmerman successfully de-
Tended her title as the girls singles
champion OF the Omaha High school by
defeating Lucille Fellers. winner OF the
fall tournament, In a hard fought match
on the courts at Twenty-seeond and Cap
itol avenue Tuesday afternoon.
Miss Zimmerman won three straight
sets by the score, 6-2, Sc, Ga. Her oppo-
nent put up a game and most clever
fight, however, and showed remarkable
flashes OF form. especially during the
second set Miss Zimmerman had a
snappy serve, which completely outwitted
her opponent and forced her at times TO
make poor returns.
The feature OF the match was Miss
Zimmerman's agility IN covering ground
and her swiftuess and snappy playing
saved her many n point and game Miss
Fellers was the most brilliant player OF
the two and pulled Off several grand
stand" plays, which drew considerable
applause from the gallery present. Both
players remained away from the net and
play most OF the time was IN the back OF
the court. Miss Fellers possessed the
greater endurance ability OF the two and
did not seem to tire In the least during
the entire match.
BY successfully defending her title
Laura Zimmerman viii retain the high
school silver loving cup during the next
year. There has been considerable mis-
understanding with regard 20 this cup
Miss Zimmerman has now won tho school
championship for third time but has
won the cup but twice. as II was not Of
/ fered as n prize until last year. II she
again successfully defends her title IN
/ the tournament next spring the cup will
/ become hers permanently.