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Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1911-12-07
He WAS WILLING TO WATCH
Burglar Wanted hIs Pal to Tackle
the House With ME "Load.
cd" Key.

The man with his coat collar turned
up, and his derby pitched down over
his eyes. who was slouching along in
the shadow OF the building. suddenly
beckoned TO the man on the other
side OF the street. Here's an easy
one. Pete" he growled. hoarseiy.
where's an easy onsI" snarled
Pete.
This here house. It's like taking
gum from a stcnogrsphsr that's fxin'
her hair Some chump has gone away
an left bis latch key In this door"
Pete took 4 swift look at the house
and began to back up. "You can 10
to It." he said. II don't want in on
t."
Are youse nuttyY"
Nav. ! Amt nutty But Dc Teller
wot lives derc Is q low down sneak
widout no feelin' fer nobody, an |
don't want nothin ter do with I'm
No, I don't know him. but I'm next ter
bis game He sticks that key in dere
TO ketch suckers like you. Dere's a
wire on dat key. an q million.volt
battery attached to dat wire.
wouldn't touch II n yer'd gimme do
First National bank. But 10 ahead
ri be acrost de street watchin' wot
happens
Nothing happened.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1911-12-07

There are some people in
West Liberty who are not
subscribers of the COURIER
who would not have a cory
of the paper in their home,
no not under any circumstan-
ces; who even go so far as
to try to dissuade others
from subscribing when they
are asked to do so by one of
the lady contestants for the
piano; who grow exceeding
ly caustic in their denuncia-
tions of the COURIER and its
policies. But notwithstand-
ing all this a copy borrowed
from an unwilling lender, we
dare say, is frequently to be
found within the portals of
the castle which shelters
these plumeless knights.
Well, we would like very
much to have an X-ray pho
tograph of the Ego of the
man who could be thus in
fluenced against subscribing
far his county paper. There
is nothing strange, nothing
startling about the efforts
II
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1911-12-07
Startling Revelation.

The most'starling devlope-
ment however, occurred last
week when the Stanly inves-
tigating committee got hold
os Wharton Barker of Phil
adelphia a we'll known ban
ker. Mr.. Barker Stated that
ideSMSlaM1' election d yi . he
was visiting New York on
business and in talking with
one of the great money kings
of that city was told that the
railroads had a deal with
Roosevelt. bywhich they were
to support and elect him and
on the other hand he was to
approve a law that looked to
be an important railroad re-
form but which in reality
was only a bluff. This law
was to be so drawn as to per-
NIT pooling, to do away with
free passage which had
grown to be intolerable and
afew other minor provisions.
While this is the first time
the information has been Civ
en- to the public it has nev-
the less, dawned on the
public of this country that
Roosevelt won his election by
a corrupt deal.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1911-12-07

We little fellows who have
no religion except the Col
den Rule, who profess moth
ing that we do not possess,
who make an honest effort
against odds to make a de-
cent living and to be, at
least, half way respectable,
are cussed and kicked, ma
ligned and ostracised because
we are presumptious enough
to believe that we have GER
tain inherent rights and be-
cause we sometimes make
bold to speak Of them. We
are denounced as obstinate
and stubborn because we do
not attend church when as a
matter of fact we have been
told in a way that is more
convincing than spoken or
written words that we were
not welcome in the houses
Of the Lord where Gods
elect q are wont to assem-
BILE for worship. Yes, we
are expected to do things,
worldly as we are reported
to- be, that the professed fol,
lowers of Christ refuse to do.
Yea, more is demanded Of
us than is required of those
who, according to their pro-
fessions, are the mainstays
of the church whose exam
Piles should be a shining
light, Illuminating the path
+ way of the benighted. Yes
we are expected to maxi
!, amends for a wrong which
we didn't commit didn'
come within a mile of com
Uniting, while every senti
|. 'VI'a aRtu q sl MT ne amehds }
, made by those who are will
i ing to prostitute their relig
! ion in order to encompass
. the downfall of a fellow
mortal.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1911-12-07
Powsr Of EnaIand,, prIm,l..

The archbishop Of Canterbury is
-primRte OF all England" He is 81.
dowed with the right to grant spe
cial licenses to marry and also ap
points notaries public. II is he who
grants dispensations to clerks OF the
church TO hold more than one bene
nee. subject to certain restrictions
imposed by statute in recent years
The archbishop ranks as the first peer
OF the rcalm after the princes Of the
royal blood. and hab the right TO
crown the sovereign. and To other
secular prerogatives.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1911-12-07
Pine Tree Lives Long.
The maximum length OF lie OF the
pine tree is said to be 700 years
.oys !, All.

Whep Socrates was asked why be
rad bdilt for himself so small 3
house. be replied. "Sman as u Is. !
wish ] could all II with friends
These. indeed. are al. that = wise
man would desire to assemble: for y
crowd is not company. aud faces are
but a sollery Of pictures. and talk
but 0 tingling cynlal. where there
is no love.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1911-12-07

. i IN I
being put forth by the paper
borrowers to keep others
from subscribing, but hon
est injun, how does this.
strike you, Mister Man, who
was asked to subscribe and
who was deferred from do
ing SO by the denunciations
of those into whose homes
borrowed copies are some
times found? 4
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1911-12-07
RANGE. Of Bow and Mod era Gun.

In the days OF mailed knights ano
battieaxes there was safety at dis
lance OF 400 yards That was about
as far as the best archers could shoot
an arrow. Meade, famous archer
under Charles l.. states that the ordi
nary range OF the bow was between
800 and 400 yards. though It is on rec
ord that one man was shot distance
OF 1853 yards with the wind Com
pared with this is the latest nava
sun with range Of 6ltees n.i.es.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1911-12-07

Have the taxpayers a
right to know about the f.
nancial condition of Morgan
county? We presume that
they have or else the law
would not provide for the
publication of a statement
of the fiscal affairs of the
county, alist of the claims
allowed, etc.
This has not been done as
yet; an oversight on the part
of those responsible we sup
pose.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1911-12-07
No Need for Fear.

On one occasion when General Jack
con was sailing down Chesapeake bay
in an old steamboat the waves we're
running high. and an elderly gentle
man present expressed some concern
"you are uneasy" said the general to
him; you never sailed with me DO
fore, ! see."AParton's Life Of Jack
con.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1911-12-07

Find fault. when you must md
fault, Ia private; and some time
after the offsnss. rather than
at the time The blamed are
less inclined to resist when taey are
blamed without witnesses; both
parties are calmer and the accused
party is struck with the forbearancs
OF the accuser. who has seen the
lault and watched for q private and
proper time for mentioning It.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1911-12-07

We are authorized to announce
JOHN PATRICK, Assessor john
of Grassy Creek, as a candidate
for the nomination for Assessor
of Morgan county, subject to the
action of the Democratic party.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1911-12-07

We are authorized to announce
REV. w. H. LYNDON
Of Insko, as a candidate for the
nomination for Assessor of Nor
gan county, subject to the act
ion of the Democratic party.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1911-12-07
H. G. COTTLE, EDITOR.
Weare authorized to announce

GEO. w. STACY,
of Grassy Creek, as a candidate
for the nomination for JAILER OF
Morgan County, subject to the
action. of the Democrat party.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1911-12-07

We are authorized to announce
SAM R. LYKINS,
of Caney, as a candidate for the
Democratic nomination for Sher-
iff of Morgan county.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1911-12-07
We are authorized to announce
G.. V. LYKINS

of Grassy Creek, as a candidate
for the Democratic nomination
for the office of County Judge of
Morgan county.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1911-12-07
Paid Antl-SaIoonists.

This league is being assisted by the
paid talent of the Anti-Saloon league,
which has sent into the state twelve
Of its hired reformers. These are led
by Purley A. Baker, superintendent OF
the league; Howard H. Russell; Judge
e. 2. Blair, of Adams county, Ohio;
G. w. Morrow, former Michigan super
intendent of the Anti-Saloon league,
who was caught colonizlng voters in
Michigan election and dismissed
from that state league, and others
equally as notorious.
The fight has been extremely bitter.
One Sunday-school association
adopted unanimous resolution, de-
claring "that any person who votes,
or in any way influences others to
vote directly or indirectly to so amend
our constitution as to admit of IL
cense of the liquor traffic, high or low
local or statewide, is equally guilty Of
giving his neighhor drink and putting
the bottle to him as the rum seller, ant
the woe of the prophet of God is upor
| him
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1911-12-07
Woman Leads Fight.

The leader of the prohibition cam
paign is Mrs. L. NJ. N. Stevens, ma
tional president Of the w. c. T. U.
She is a resident of Portland, Me.
Under her direction the whole state
has been flooded with campaign liter,
AZURE, and the prohibition side is be.
ing fought by church women, Sunday
schools and women and children.
The anti-prohibition campaign is
conducted by the Maine Non-Partisan
Local Self-Government league, which
is composed Of men Of the highest
standing and backed by the four lead
ing neEapapers Of the state. Nexe
Ing on the fact that the Maine fight
for the retention of the prohibition
amendment in the constitution is the
bitterest that has ever been waged
in the country. They regard 1t as a
sad commentary on prohibition, that
after sixty-five years trial the prohi
bitionists OF the state have to put
up the greatest fight of their lives in
order to retain their prohibitory
amendment.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1911-12-07
FIGHT IS BITTER
MAINE MAKES A DESPERATE EFF.
FORT TO FREE ITSELF FROM
PROHIBITION YOKE.
Paid Agitators Are Brought into the
state to Fight Against
People.

Augusta, Me.-The fight to take the
prohibition amendment out of the con-
stitution of the state of Maine has
reached its climax of bitterness. The
election will be held on September ii,
when Maine is expected to throw OIL
the yoke of prohibition under which
1t has staggered for sixty-five years
Statewide prohibition was adopted
statutorily by Maine in 1854 and put
in the constitution in 1884. Since
Maine has adopted prohibition the
movement has spread throughout the
south and some of the western states,
and radical prohibitionists speak OF
nationwide and worldwide prohibit
ton. Despite their rosy optimism on
the prohibition question the states
which have tried it are gradually re-
turning to a more sane solution, OF the
temperance question. With the return
of Maine to the legalized saloon 1t is
generally conceded that other states
will quickly follow her lead. The fight
In Maine for the retention of the pro
hibition amendment is being conduct
ed by the Christian Civic League o.
Maine.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1911-12-07

pose.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1911-12-07
LICKING VALLEY COURIER

TERMS One Dollar year in advance
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1911-05-18
GREATLY ATTACHED TO IT
Husband Who Had married Money"
Acknowledged the Truth to Ills
Friends Query.

Apropos of n beautiful young wife,
worth $40, 000, 900 who had just di.
vorced her penniless husband in or.
der to marry again, Henry L, Dixey.
the comedian, said at a dinner in New
York:
THE young man who marries for
money has none too easy a time Of II.
His rich wife Is likely to tire of him
and throw him out in a few years, or
else she is likely to limit his allow
ance to 25 or 80 cents a day.
81 married money q man once
said to me.
Wasn't there a woman attached
to ito | asked.
"'Yes, you bet there was he ex.
ploded. SO much attached to it that
she never parted with a penny"
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1911-05-18
ECZEMA BROKE OUT ON BABY

when my baby was two months
old, she had eczema and rash very
badly. l noticed that her face and
body broke out very suddenly, thick,
and red as a coal of fire. / did not
know what to do. The doctor ordered
CASTLE soap and powders, but they
did no good. She would scratch, as
1t itched, and she cried, and did not
sleep for more than a week. One
day l saw in the paper the advertise
ment of the Cuticura Soap and Cuti
cura Ointment, SO / got them and
tried them at once. My baby's face
was as Il cake of sores.
when l first used the Cuticura
Soap and C%uticura Ointment, / could
see a difference. In color it was red
der. l continued with them. My
baby was in q terrible condition. |
used the Cuticura Remedies (Soap
and Ointment) four times Il day, and
In two weeks she was quite we'll. The
Cuticura Remedies healed her skin
perfectly, and her skin is now pretty
and fine through using them. | also
use the Cuticura Soap today, and will
continue to, for it makes a lovely
skin. Every mother should use the
Cuticura Remedies. They are good
for all sores, and the Cuticura Soap
Is also good for shanpooing the hair,
for l have tried it. l tell all my
friends how the Cuticura Soap and
Ointment cured my baby of eczema
and rash" (Signed) Mrs Drew, 21O
w. 18th St, New York city, Aug. 26,
1910.
Cuticura Remedies are sold through.
out the world. Send to Potter Drug
& Chem. Corp, Boston, Mass, for
free booklet on the skin.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1911-05-18
THINKS FASTING CURED HIM
An Oklahoma Man Has Gone Without
Food 80 Days and Feels
Better.

Oklahoma City.-Clarence Patrick,
"a years old, telegraph operator, stu,
dent and globe t%rotter, completed the
thirtieth day of a fast which he has
undertaken for the purpose Of curing
himself of deafness and rheumatism.
Patrick lives at III South Hudson av-
enue, this city. He announced that
his hearing is as nearly perfect as be.
fore he became a victim of catarrh
and that all traces Of his rheumatism
has disappeared.
In the thirty days he has done with
out food he has taken nothing except
water. He says his eyesight and all
the senses are keener than in years
and that he feels no sense Of hunger.
His weight had been reduced from las
pounds to 1876. lie says he will con
tinue his fast another week at least
and perhaps longer.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1911-05-18
TAFT AGAINST ORGANIZATION
GAYS POSTAL EMPLOYEES SHOULD
NOT FORM UNION.
Use Of Strike and Boycott by Them
Would Be Source Of Danger to
the Government.

Harrisburg, Pa.-The present visit
was the first that President Taft has
ever made to Harrisburg. A large
crowd was gathered to welcome him
and he vas driven TO the Casino the
ater, where he addressed the Brother
hood of Railway Trainmen.
Governor John X. Tener introduced
the president. The president spoke
OF the right Of government employees
to organize labor unions and then athli-
ate with the American Federation of
Labor.
Il think some persons have gone to
the extreme of holding that 1t is en-.
tirely proper for combinations OF
postal employees and others to combine
in an association to affiliate with the
American Federation of Labor and
then to hold in reserve as an instru.
ment for enforcing their claims pre-
scented to congress for increased com.
pensation or the betterment Of terms
in other respects, the boycott and the
strike, which are instruments recos.
ni2ed by the American Federation of
Labor and supported and justified by
1t when used by the trades unions af.
tiliated in such federation" said the
president.
This presents Il very serious ques.
ton and II which, If decided in favor
of the right of government employees
to strike and use the boycott, will be
ELL - " --l
the republic. The government EN-.
ployes of France resorted to it and
took the government by the throat.
ut was seen that to allow govern.
ment employees to use such an instru-
ment was to recognize revolution as
a lawful means of securing an increase
in compensation for n class and
that a privileged class, at the expense
of all the public
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1911-05-18

John Burns, city prosecutor OF st.
Paul, was trying to show Judge Fine,
hout why some young men ought to
be fined for tearing pickets off the
fence of Mrs. Joe Goesik. Mr.. Burns
said:
Il know Mike Chicket tore off that
picket, and the lady took offence"
NO lady is charged with taking a
fence" replied Judge Finehout, and,
besides, this is no place for poetry"
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1911-05-18
AGAINST RECALL OF JUDGES
President Calls Il a "Political Nos.
trum" from Which He Hopes
We May Be Saved.

New York.-Denouncing the recall
of judges as a political nostrum,'
President Taft told the conference on
reform of criminal law and procedure
at it's annual dinner that he hoped the
strong sense of humor of the Ameri-
can people would save them from this
latest radical proposition"
The president, reviewing the his
tory of the American judiciary, cited
the gradual tendency toward restrict
ing the power of judges as a possible
explanation of the laxity of American
justice as compared with the English
brand.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1911-05-18
FEED YOUNG GIRLS
Must Have Right Food While Growing.

Great care should be taken at the
Just merging into womanhood that the
diet shall contain that which is up
building and nothing harmful.
At that age the structure Is being
formed and II formed Of a healthy,
sturdy character, health and happiness
will follow; on the other hand I'M
healthy cells may be built in and a
sick condition slowly supervene which,
If not checked, may ripen into a
chronic condition and cause lifelong
suffering.
A young lady says:
Coffee began to have such an effect
on my stomach a few years ago hat |
finally quit using It. 1t brought on
headaches, pains In my muscles, and
nervousness.
i tried to use tea in it's stead, but
found it's effects even worse than those
I suffered from coffee. Then for a long
time | drank milk at my meals, but at
last 1t palled on me. A friend came to
the rescue W the suggestion that l
try Postum.
81 did SO, only to find at first. that I
didn't fancy 1t. But ! had heard of so
many persons who had been benefited
by its use that l p~ersevered, and when
I had 1t made right-according to d.
rections on the package-I found It
grateful in favour and soothing and
Strengthening to my stomach. l can
find no words to express my feeling
OF what l owe to Postum!
"In every respect 1t has worked a
wonderful improvement the head
aches, nervousness, the pains in my
side and back, all the distressing
symptoms yielded to the magic power
of Postum. My brain seems also to
share in the betterment OF my phys
zeal condition; it seems keener. more
alert and brighter. ! am. In short, in
better health now than for a long
while before, and I am sure : owe 1t
to the use of your Postum" Name
given by Postum Company, Baltic
Creek, Mich.
"There's a reason"
Ever read the above Ietterf A new
enc appears from time 70 time. They
are genuine, true, and fuil OF hums.
interest.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1911-05-18
gag; MBX3,:"

A trial package of Munyon's Paw Paw
Pills will be sent free to anyone on re-
quest. Address Professor Munyon, SD g.
Jefferson SITS, Philadelphia, Pa. If you are
in need of medical advice, do not fail to
write Professor Munyon. Your communi.
cation will be treated in strict confidence,
and your case will be diagnosed as care.
fully as though you had a personal inter.
view.
Munyon's Paw Paw Pills are unlike
all other laxatives or cathartics. They
coax the liver into activity by gentle
methods. They do not scour. they do
not grippe, they do not weaken. but they
do start all the secretions of the liver
and stomach in o way that soon puts
these organs in a healthy condition and
]corrects constipation. In my opinion
constipation is responsible for most all.
ments. There are 20 feet of human
bowels, which is really a sewer pipe.
When this pipe becomes cloggcd the
whole system becomes poisoned, caus.
ing biliousncss, indigestion and impure
blood, which often produce rheumatism
and kidney ailments. No woman who
suffers with constipation or any liver
ailment can expect to have a clear
complexion or enjoy good health. IL
! had my way | would prohibit the sale
of nine tcnths of tho cathartics that are
now being sold for the reason that they
soon destroy the lining of the stomach,
setting up serious forms of Indigestion,
and so paraly2e the bowels that they re-
fuse to act unless forced by strong
purgatlves.
Munyon's Paw Paw Pills are n tonic
to the stomach, liver and nerves. They
invigorate instead of weaken; they en-
rich the blood instead OF impoverish
it; they enable the stomach to get all
the nourishment from food that is put
into it.
These pills contain no calomel, no
dope; they are soothing, healing and
stimulating. They school the bowels
to act without physic.
Regular size bottle, containing IS pills,
% cents. Munyon's Laboratory, SD &
jefferson SITS. Philadelphia.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1911-05-18
AGO Of Oysters.

Oysters grow only during the sum
mer and especially during the long,
warm summers at that, and are scarce
ly big enough for the mouth before
the third year. 1t is Easy after look.
ing owe n bunch of shells to tell how
old an oyster is. A summer hump and
the winter sink come across the shell
every year, but after the seventh or
tenth year full growth comes; then. by
looking at the sinks between the
humps 1t Is hard to tell anything
more about Miss Oysters age. oysters
live to be 20 years old.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1911-05-18
Confederates at Little Rock.

Little Rock. Ark.-Long rows Of
United States army tents are pitched
in Little Rock and hundreds of homes
have been thrown open for the recep-
ton of Confederate veterans and sons
of veterans of the war between the
states, who are gathered in great mum,
before their twenty-lirst reunion.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1911-05-18
To the Point.

Over IN Hoboken in a shop frequent
ed by Germans, hangs a sign framed
in mournful black. reading thus:
we regret to inform our honored
customers that our good and generous
friend, Mr.. Credit, expired today. He
was a noble soul, always willing and
helpful, but has been failing for some
time. May he rest in peace. PAY
CASH."
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1911-05-18
To Jail for Whipping Teacher.

McAlester, Ok.-Mrs. Henry Walker
was filed s. and sen to Jail for ten
days for attacking Miss May Stalcup,
a school teacher who had reprimand-
ed Mrs. Walkers son and later sent
him to the principal to be punished.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1911-05-18
LADIES CAN WEAR SHOES

one size smaller after using Aliens Foot Ease,
the antiseptic powder to Ice shaken into the
shoes. II makes tight or new shoes feel easy.
Rerkse substitutes. For Free trial package, au.
dress Allen 5. Olmsted, lie Roy, n. y.