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Evening journal., 1911-11-18
THE GOING OF
THE GLAD HAND
BY The REV. R. L. JACKSON

Psychologists having put a ques-'
tion on osculation are now seeking
to end the time honored hand-shake..
After reading a long article last week
on the deadliness of the friendly hand
clasp. ] found myself terrified at the
thought OF meeting anybody / knew
we'll enough TO shake hands with. I
did not want to infect or be infected
have no murderous designs on any
body. ! hope nobody has murderous
designs on me. What are we con-
scientious people to do? Must wei
ban the glad hand as we banned the
Chatauqua salute and the osculatory
ceremony? Are we to bow to the be-
hests of the bacteriologist and keep
our hands muffed and pocketed when
We meet our friends? If we give him
this little inch will he not take an ell
and insist on our muffling our mouths
when We converse at close range lest
in the process there be a fatal ex-
change of deadly microbes?
No doubt the bacteriologist meansI
all this for our good He doesn't
want us 20 die before our time. We
sincerely appreciate his solicitude. No
doubt he is right. The glad hand is a
source of infection. But who of us
wants to forget it? 1t is such solid
symbol Of good will that it seems
pity 20 give it up. II il were simply
matter Of denying your hand to one
Of those uppish, airish individuals who
want you to believe they are granting
you a great favor to let you handle
the clammy exclusive fingers of their
right hand when some common friend
has the temerity to introduce them
to you it would not be so painful
But when a fellow who has been good
to you through evil and through good
report. who would get up in mid
winter at two o'clock in the morning
and go your bail. meets you and ex-
tends his faithful unfastidious hand.
you don't care If 1t is the habitation
OF billion bacilli and each one al
certain death dealer, you will take it
and give it a good glad shake.
We have already grown too fear-
somely fastidious to be happy. Are
we destined to grow too fastidious to
be hospitable? Must the glad hand
60 i'm the Interests of health and long
tNlN9 W III hOA SOiht NhtiLs'dl 6tuluS
suggest something 10 syerelize this
ancient and honorable symbol so that
we may still enjoy it with impunity?
Il is interesting to note that al
though VIC are repeatedly warned
against lingering the long green be-
cause Of the millions of miscellan-
eous microbes that infest it, none OF
us ever becomes psnicky when it is
pushed toward US. Even bacteriolo-
gists who refuse to shake hands with
you. will take your bank note aud
pocket it with an unworried look
Has it come to this that the glad hand
must be thoroughly sterilized or in
lieu Of this, must be lined with layers
OF tho long green?
Evening journal., 1911-11-18
PEOPLES COLUMN

Hamilton that environment up-to-
date is a man-made system, for the
greater portion of men had no say in
making It. We therefore positively
state that it is a class-made environ
ment of, by, and for the benefit and
interests OF a class who have assum-
ed the right to dictate to the masses
Wherefore only this class of men are
deliberately wrong, The great mass
never having had any choice or chance
TO be either right or wrcng The cleo
torate who are to compl wrongdoers
to do right are of this class. Does
Mr.. Hamilton call few CHOSEN ones,
whom he terms an electorate, COM
pelling the masses 20 do anything
whatsoever, Democracy?
Part ,. Socialism.
Mr. Hamilton says that Socialism is
difficult to define. that 1t is rare in-
deed to get any large number Of the
cult to agree, that they can only be
estimated in one way, and that is. to
discover if you can where they are
going.
All this is ratified OFF. and what
then? Nothing. He makes no eN-
planation. docs not tell why or where
fore. We wonder if the gentleman
thinks all Wilmington is going 10 take
his word for it? The writer knows
very we'll that the oc'alists have
national. state and city platform
which all the members endorse. How
then should such talk flow from his
pen as that very few Of the cult can
agree?
He declares the Socialists are ap-
preaching an experiment which he
thinks would be a disastrous failure
if it should go far We perfectly
agree with Mr. Hamilton that if the
masses OF the people did not under
stand Socialism any better than he
ooes Democracy, it would be a dis
astrous failure. If the Socialist
method Of government is TO be such
failure why are the so-called pro-
/ gressive Republicans and small d.
democrats advocating our principles
in part?
! According to Mr.. Hamiltons state
ment. Socialism would fail before it
! started. aud if the time should ever
come when men would be prepared
for Socialism. thcrc will be no need
for it. We reply that Mr.. Hamilton
/ cas- with great surety state before
hand that Socialism will be a failure
as he has been an advocate and stu
/ dent Of this system for so long a
time. and has seen its divine perfec-
{ ton
Law or politics exists for the equal
izing Of the production and distribu-
tiou Of wealth. Wealth has constantly
/ been produced by the many aud dis
tributed TO the few, and the few have
come in time TO own il all, and through
owning II have owned the political OF
! lawmaking powers, and the education
al powers, which they have used to
keep the producers in poverty and
Ignorance. The producers have always
been the vast majority the great mass
Of mankind, Socialism, or Democracy
has been teaching this great mass
how they have been cheated out Of the
greater part OF what they have prO-
duced, and the mass is rising to the
occasion, The Socialist Party stands
for economies FIRST, and politics sec
ond. The time is coming, and now is
when the supreme power Of the land
shall be in the hands of all the people
The Wilmington Socialist Party
W. w. Henry, A. w. Francois, Press
Committee.
Evening journal., 1911-11-18
FISHERMAN'S LUCK.

The lady bather had gotten into q
hole and she couldn't swim. Nor could
the young man on the end Of tho pier,
but when she came up for the frs.
time and he caught sight Of her face
he shrieked
"Helpl"
A burly fisherman saunterod to his
side.
"Wots up?" he hoarsely cried
MY wifel Drowning! / can't
swim Twenty pounds for you # you
save herl'
In moment the fisherman was in
the sea. In another moment he was
out of it, with the rescued lady bather
Swelling with expectation. he ap-
preached the young man again.
We'll. what about tho 20 quid? he
asked.
But is the young mans face had
been ashen before it was deadly pale
as he gazed upon the features of The
recovering dame.
Yes, I knowl" he gasped. But
when I made the offer Thought II
was my wife who was drowning, aud
now-now It turns out il was my
wife's mother"
Tho fshermon ~riled q long faco
Gust my lu.k," he mittered
thrusuug nis maud into his trousers
pocket How much do | owe you?
-Tit-Bits
Evening journal., 1911-11-18
:: With the Paragraphers !:

Beware OF cold-storage Thanksgiving turkey; pick
the feathers of yourself" admonishes tho Birmingham
Age-Herald But what is 10 be gained by picking the
feathers Of cold-storage turkey yourself not
actly clear.-Richmond News-Leader
And to think that by almost any ball player
in the country walk down the without in the
least interfering with trafhc.-Springfed Republic
An Orange IN. j man says he Is proud Of his wife
because she has never called him a ar Evidently
there is one woman who con keep a secret-st. Paul
Pioneer Press
Unless these wholesale murder mysteries stop. Chi
cago will soon have TO make e against the law 20
kill more than person at tipe--Louisville Post
Evening journal., 1911-11-18
COUGHING AT NIGHT

Means loss Of sleep which is bad for
everyone. Foley's Honey and Tar
Compound stops the cough al once,
relieves the tickling and dryness in
the throat and heals the infamed
membranes. Prevents a cold devel-
oping into bronchitis or pneumonia
Keep always in the house Refuse
substitutes. n. B. Danforth, Market
and Second streets.-Adv.
Evening journal., 1911-11-18

J. Z. Parker 2O2l No. 10th St., r..
Smith, Ark, says that he had taken
many kinds of kidney medicine. but
did not get better until he took Foley
Kidney Pills No matter how long
you have had kidney trouble. YOU will
find quick and permanent benefit hy
the use of Foley Kidney Pills. Start
taking them now. n. y. Danforth,
Market and Second streets.-Adv.
Evening journal., 1911-11-18

The Democratic County Committee of Kent has
taken important step in deciding that hereafter
in the nomination of candidates for the Legisla-
ture and for Levy Court Commissioners the Sc
leetons shall be made at primaries The plan may
also be extended to the nomination of candidates
for the county Offices. The Republicans in the
Milford district before the last election named
their candidates for the Legislature at a primary.
Under the present method of nominating candi-
dates by convention, as the Dover Index points
out, men often unthought of by the voters are
nominated. The Democrats will probably wait to
see how primaries work in nominating Levy Court
Commissioners and candidates for the Legislature
before applying the system to the county officers
Evening journal., 1911-11-18
A MAIL CARRIER,s LOAD

Seems heavier when he has a weak
back and kidney trouble. Fred Dueh-
rem, Mail Carrier at Atchison. Kas..
says: Il have been bothered with
kidney and bladder trouble and had
a severe pain across my back. When
ever / carried heavy load of mail
my kidney trouble increased. Somel
time ago, ! started taking Foley Kid
ney Pills and since taking them II
have gotten entirely rid of all nv
kidney trouble and am as sound now
as ever" n. B. Danforth. Mark,t
and Second streets.-Ady.
Evening journal., 1911-11-18
COOD ADVICF.

The minister had just finished a lit
tie opening talk TO the children, pre-
paratory TO the morning service, when
Mrs. Berkeley realized with all the
agony of careful housewife, that she
had forgotten TO turn the gas of from
the oven IN which she had left a nice
ly cooked joint, all reading for the
final reheating. Visions of ruinned
dinner and a smoky kitchen reused
her 10 immediate effort. and borrow
ing pencil from the young man in
front she scribbled "a note.
Just then her husband. an usher OF
Evening journal., 1911-11-18

tion of it. And f competent Acknowledgements
arc the proper solution of vexatious questions that
arise between public service corporations and the
public it is strange that in many states Public Utili-
ties Commissions have been established
Evening journal., 1911-11-18
FARMING A GAMBLE.
,hester Republioan.

Chester Republican.
There is one problem the farmer is
facing. There is absolutely no crop
he can plant with any real know
iedge of what that crop will be worth
when made. The farmer must be a
Evening journal., 1911-11-18

Backache. Headache, Nervousness
and rheumatism. both in men and
women. mean kidney trouble Do not
allow It to progress beyond the reach
of medicine but stop It promptly wits
Foley Kidney Pills. They regulate
the action Of the urinary organs,
Tonic in action qrick IN results
n. 3. Danforth. Market and Second
streets ADV.
Evening journal., 1911-11-18

Former Senator George F. Edmunds, who at one
time represented Vermont in the state and who is
recognized high authority on constitutional
law has sent letter to the Massachusetts Peace
Society in which he unqualihedly approves the ar
bitration treaty between the United States and
Great Britain. He believes it should be ratified in
the form in which it has been proposed TO the
Senate by President Taft One of the things for
which the Taft administration will be remembered
is the effort of the President to promote the peace
Of the world, and the arbitration treaty is help
in that direction The opinion of Mr.. Edmunds
should be of much value in the discussion of the
treaty by the Senate.
Evening journal., 1911-11-18

The power of Tammany Hall in New York city is
said to be waning rapidly 1t has waned before
Tammany stands some pretty hard knocks, but
comes into full vigor again after a while
Evening journal., 1911-11-18
HIS PRECOCIOUS BABY.

A porfessor of the University Of
Pennsylvania, who has greatly en-
deared himself 10 the students on &C
count Of his kindheartedness has one
particular failing-that Of absent
mindedness He visited his married
nephew a few days ago and had lis
tened to the young wife's praise II
her iirst-bOrn
The gentleman felt that hc must
say something to give the impression
that he was interested.
Can the dear little fellow Walk
he incurred. quietly.
wake" shouted the mother. why.
he has been walking for five monthsl"
Dear mel" exclaimed the profess
sor, lapsing again into abstraction.
What a long way he must have gotl"
Tid-Bits.
Evening journal., 1911-11-18
SHORT STORIES OF THE DAY

the church. passed her pew. With a
murmured Hurry" she thrust the
note into his hand, and he, with an
understanding nod. turned. passed up
the aisle and handed tho note to tho
minister.
Mrs. Berkeley saw the act in speech
less horror and shuddered as she saw
the minister smilingly open the note
and begin to read. But her express
sion Of dismay was fully ecualled by
the look of amazement and wrath on
the good mans face as he read the
words:
GO home and turn offNthe gas,".--
Tit-Bits.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1911-03-24
SUCKED BOOZE
THROUGH TUBE
Inmates Of Somerset Jail Have
the Laugh on the Of
ficials.

Somerset, KY, March 20.-United
States Deputy Marshall j. A. Cole
man, of this place, arrested Elisha
Burton on a charge of selling whis-
key without paying government tax,
the sales alleged to have besn made
to the prisoners incarcIated in the
Pulaski county Jail here. The unear-
thing of this scheme, which has been
puzzling the jailer and officers for
several weeks, exposed a most unique
plan of procedure.
AS no one is allowed in the Jail
without the pesence of the jadlerr or
turnkey the fact that the prisoners
We're often in an intoxicated condi.
tion has puzzled the officials for soms
time, but none of them would reveal
from what source they were procuring
the intoxicants.
Finally ONE of the TRUSTEES was
prevailed upon to "squeel" and he
told the plan. This was for man to
stand near the outside windows, which
are low and which front on a street
which runs by the Jail, and, while up
parsntly conWersing with some prisoner
through the iron bars, which protect
the windows he would us a hong,
small gum tube one end stuck into a
bottle of whisky carefully concealed
on an inside coat pocket and the oth5r
end protruding thorugh the window
and into the prisoners mouth. By this
means. no one would ever Notice any
thing unusual as passers by are fire.
quently seen in conversation with
prisoners at the Windows.
Each prisoner was charged five cends
for short suck or ten CENTS fcr q
long one suck meaning one swallow
The bottle holder guarded against be-
ing imposed on by any prisoner taxi
ing too long pull at THE tube by
squeezing the tube near the bottle
thus cutting off absolutely any flow
from the bottle. After the scheme ha
been exposed by the Officers of the
county and government, the long
tube, which was used, was turned ever
to the jailer, the prisoners seeming
to enjoy the joke of having put one
over on him. This episode will result
in the Jail being walled off entirely
from outside sources and the prisOG-
ers cut off from the privileges which
they have heretofore enjoyed OF con-
vensing with people on the outside
of the walls.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1911-03-24
Mrs. Glenn Entertains.

The Woman's Club met Saturday
March Is with Mrs. ]. S. Glenn. After
the program the ladies We're asked
by the hostess to repair to the din
ing room where a great surprise had
been prepared fQr them in honor of
dear old st. Patrick. 1t was ty-
pical st. Patricks entertainment.
The decorations were green and white
Everything that met the eye was sug-
gastlve of the day. The blarney stone,
the pig, the cigar, the frog, last but
not least, the Shamrock with a tiny
green and white pipe. The large
dining table had for decorations mir
rors edged with grass, frogs were on
the mirrors and grass. The ladies
after being seated were given sheets
of paper and pencils to write a Verse
sugg sstiOns of the day. The verses
We're collected and rapassed to be read.
The hostess being too kind to ask any
lady to read her own production.
Everything was given toast from the
kind hostess down to st. Pat him
self.
The ladies felt much honorEd to hav
their host Judge Glenn appear just as
the following menu was served
Roast Pig Apple Sauce
Potato Salad Bread and Butter
Tomato Salad Wafer
Coffee.
Crane Juice
Custard a la st. Patrick.
Cake de Shamrock
The ladies voted many thanks and
much praise to their very thoughtful
hostess, Mrs. Glenn.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1911-03-24
Hay Stack and Hay Wagon Fig
ure in Accident.

Glasgow, KY, Macrh IA message
from Mstcalf county states that Ar
thur lessee, the twelve-ysar-old son Of
Thomas lessee, prominent farmer
of Cork, in that county was probably
fatally injured by falling of hay
stack. The boy had climbed TO the
top of large haystack playing nnd
lost his balance, falling 10 the ground
brealoing his arm and receiving seri-
ours bruises. 1t is feared he It's irlser-
nally hurt
Mr.. Whitfield Hamper a weNl-known
farmer of Summer Shade. near the Ba
rem and MetcaH county line. wis
thrown from a wagon load OF hay late
yesterday afternoon and severely in
jured. He was sitting on THE hay whe
the team suddenly started md was
thrown to the ground, striking a
stone and beaNlng his leg below the
knee He will recover.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1911-03-24
Allen County Endorses 0'Rear for
Governor.

Scottsvflle, Ky, March 21.-rhe Re-
publican convention which met here
to rathfy tlfe nomination of Earl c..
Huntsman for Representative adop-
ed the following resolution calling on
Judge Ed G. O'Rear to make the race
for GOVERNOR
Therefore be dit resolved iby the Re
publicans OF Allan counAy, in conwen-
tion assembled, that We hail wish de
hight the information that Judge
o'Raan will take up the banrercf the
people and make the race for COVER
nor. That We earnestly urge him to
make said announcement ait such time
as To- him appears proper and that we
unreservedly endorse his prospective
candidacy and pledge him that if he is
candidate the vote of Allgn County
will be cast for him i'm the state con-
vention and the delegates from said
county will use all honorable means
to procure his nomination and elec-
tiOn,"
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1911-03-24
Deserts Baby on Train.

Riohmonnd, KY. March 1S.-Consid-
enbale mystery surrounds the deliv-
cry of a white girl baby to jaller
Jones this afternoon by small COL
ored girl. who said she had been di-
rected by a while woman TO deliver
the child to him. Investigation dss-
closed note pinned 10 the chiilds
clothing the note being addressed to
the jailer The Investigation also
showed that the white woman was at
a local hotel and was Mrs. Ella Nc
Guine of Jackson, Ky. She said she
was not the mother OF the child but
she was sitting in the scat ON the
train with woman who asked her
to hold the baby for moment. She
says the woman went out for a mo-
ment and never came back.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1911-03-24
LIVES were
STRANGELY ALIKE
Nonogenarfans, Spencer County
Folk, Die Almost Stimuli
taneously.-


Baskerville KY, March 11.--Coinci-
dence in their lives which had firmly
cementad their friendship for each
other persisted even in the deaths
yesterday of George William Snider,
aged ninety-five years and Mrs. Eliza
Nichols, aged ninety-three yeans, oc-
curing wildhin fifeten minutes. one
from the other They Were buried
side by side in the cenlesary near Sni-
der's this morning. The old people
ressidsd only a few doors from each
Other, on the Briar Ridge read
In 1885 Mr. Snidenand Mrs Nichols
then beth young people, Joined the
Baptist chucnh while revival was in
progress i'm log cabin which stood
on the present site of the Bathlehem
Baptist church.
Both married in the year 1899 and
strangely enough both raised the sam
number of children.
The odd condolences had drawn the
old people closely together, and when
death came to them the story of the
similarity of their Hives was the occa-
sion fcr wide remark among their
friends
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1911-03-24
Chicken With Four Legs.

Master Alfred Duke, the five year
old son pf Mr.. and Mrs. Jake Duke,
of this city, and grandson of Mr. and
Mrs. Alfred Garter, of route 1, called
at this office Thursday and showed us
one of the most remarkable curiosi-
ties that We have ever seen, which
was chicken with four legs. =
\. The chicken was matched Wednes-
day by a hen which Mrs. Carter owns,
and is perfectly formed. 1t did not
appear to have use at present of the
additional pair of legs, but was too
young to examine closely We have
never seen a chicken of that kind,
and it will be quite valuable If it
lives, and it now shows all lndica-
tons of living.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1911-03-24
CONVENTION To
Be CONSIDERED
Republican State Central Com
mittee to Meet in Louisville
on April First.

= The Republican State Central Com
mittee will get together in Louisville
April 1, i'm pursuance to oall ISSUED
by Chairman VIM. The question of
convention to nominate Rcpubli-
can candidates for State offices will
be considered. Two subjects of i'm
.portanca will be discussed. That is
division of opinion as TO when Re-
publicans should get. into the field.
One idea is that a convention should
be held before the Democrats hold
their primary, and the other Is that
the Repvblicaps should leave the Sc
lection of nominees to an August
convention.
In view of the call for the commit
tee meeting political gossipers are talk
ing lltole. The names of probable
candidates for Governor include those
OF Edward j. Morrow, Somerset;
judge E. C. O'Rear, Of Mt. Sterling;
Judge Mckenzie Moss, of Bowling
Green; Lieutenant w. H. Cox, of May
willie and Leslie Combs, of Lexington
E. T. Franks, OF Owensbcro, already
has announced his candidacy.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1911-03-24
Death Singing the Honey Bee.

Glasgow, Ky.,-Some strange dis
ease which promises to annihdlate the
honey bee of this section has made
its appearance and the bees are dy-
ing by the wholesale. Unless the
disease abates, or some remedy is
found home-raised honey will be a
thing of the past. Complaints are
coming thick and fast from every
quarter. Within the past few days j.
M. Oaks, who lives near Hubbard, in
the edge of Metcalf county, lCss 10
hives of 'baas; w, A. Oaks, IL hives;
NJ. M. Jeffries. six. and l.. Boston
about a dozen. In some INSTANCES
farmers have lost all thslr hives.
What the trouble is no one can
tell. When the first bee dies the enn-
tire hive succumbs in short time
In some sectionns where bees were
plentiful only a few weeks ago there
isnot single hive. Wild bees are
said to be dying the same as those
which are domesticatsd.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1911-03-24
Hartford College Notes.

The faculty and students are in
debted to friends of the College for
some excellent addresses and kind
ly interest shown in their work. DR..
Pendleton lectured to the Physiology
class in the Normal Department on
circulation. DR.. j. w. Taylor wih Lee
ture later on The Eye
Rev. Elgn conducted devotional
exercises at Chapel Monday morning
and spoke on the Power Of Thought.
Mr.. Marvin Taylor. Rochester and
Miss Alice Keown, city, entered the
Normal Department this week.
A number Of the students attend
ed the Basket Ball game bedween
GreenYille and Beaver Dam at the
latter place last Saturday.
Mr.. Estil Park and DIR. Taylor city,
Were among our visitors last week.
Misses Dona Hoover and Iris Ell
lott who have been out of school on
account CT sickness have returned to
their classes.
Misses Argent Shultz, Mary Elliot
and Bffie Bergman spent the week
end at their homes
The usual monthly tests We're held
on last Thursday and Friday.
Messrs. James Bergman and Allan
Taylor, Rochester, both patrons of the
school. We're welcome visitors Mon
day.
DIR. Pride addressed the students
body recently on Care of the Teeth
A timely subject we'll presented and
much appreciated.