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The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1912-06-28
FALLsBURG AND GAIT.

We have four fine Sunday schools
in our neighborhood. Fallsburg;
Long Branch; Mcdaniel and Green
Valley; all progressing nicely with
large attendance.
Corn in this part of the country
is looking fine.
Bro Harvey filled his regular APP
lpointment at Fallsburg Sunday
night.
Several young folks from Falls
burg attended Sunday school at
Long Branch Sunday.
Mr. Austin Rife wife and little
daughters, of Louisa, have been Wis
iting Mr.. Rifles father, ]. w. Elk
ms for the past week.
Fred Stewart made a business
trip to Potters Saturday.
o. j. fowler and sister Leila,
who have been visiting friends and
relatives here have returned home.
Mrs. Clifford CANNED, of Lavelet.
w. Va, is visiting her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. George Yates, OF Falls
burg.
Richard Thornsberry and Willie
Neal called at w, NJ. Sayage's Sun
day.
Nellie and Verge Lambert were
calling on their cousin, Anna Rice
Sunday.
Miss Hattie Carter was the over
night guest of the Rife girls satur-
day.
The new firm OF Belcher and
Belcher is doing a flourishing bust
Aless at Cadmus now.
Misses Sophia and Pearl Fugate
attended Sunday school at Long
Branch Sunday.
Miss Rosa. curnutte, of Ashland
who has been, visiting her cousins,
Fannie and Nahsy skeenes has re-
turned home.
Henry Justice, VI East forA
was on the streets OF Failsourg
Sunday. v,
Richard Thompson has returned
home from West Virginia.
Edgar Scott and Alfred Rice az
tended Sunday school at McDaniei
Sunday.
Mamie Elkins and Effie Shortridge
were out driving Sunday.
Ida Savage has returned home af-
ter an extended visit with relatives
on East Fork.
W. ". Roberts made trip to
Louisa Saturday.
Miss Jessie Stewart is visiting rel
atives at Bell Strace this week.
The Misses Fannie and Nancy
Skenes entertained several of their
young friends Saturday evening,
Miss Addie Woods attended Sun
day school at Green Valley Sunday.
Miss Dovie Rice who has been or
the sick list for few days in able
to be out again.
Grover Thornsberry was at c. b.
Shortridges Sunday.
Wesley Rice. of Nebraska, is Wis
iting his uncle DR.. w. A. Rice OF
Fallsburg.
Charley Elkins called on his cous-
in Albert Thompson of Potter SAT
urday.
Mrs. Lindsey Collinsworth and
daughter, who has been visiting at
Inez have returned home.
There will be services at Falls
burg the fourth Saturday night con-
Quoted by Bro. Copley. also an ice
cream festival the 29th. Proceeds
for Bro. Mclean.
GREEN APPLE.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1912-06-28
ANINTERESTINC CHARACTER.
Facts About a Kentuckian Who Has
Been Maligned.


In simple justice to man who
has been badly misrepresented by
the unreliable and hostile Louisville
newspapers. the following editorial
was written recently by Harry SOM
mers, of the Elizabethtown News
one of the best and cleanest news
papers in Kentucky
Gen. Percy Haiy is the master poll
tician OF Kentucky and we doubt II
his equal can fbe found anywhere in
the United States. He is loved
and ADMIRED by his friends and a.
ousco yiiiffed by his enemies.
inose NO nave been associated
nos' 4seiy with him swear by him
Nose who have been against
MIN swear at him. In spite OF the
fact that he has been in the lime
light for twelve years, and perhaps
has been the most abused man in
politics. except Col. John Whallen,
his enemies have never been able
to show anything against his integ-
rity or his character They have
talked about him as If he was the
yilest of the vile in the way of
politicians and yet not a single
door with any proof to sustain tive
take it that man who has done
80 much and fought so hard is
cleaner in his private life and ~
his public acts than the average
man or his enemies would have
been able to find something on him
which would have crippled or de-
stroyed his influence. His friends
say tnat ne is a poor man VINO mas
made nothing out OF poiities Out
reputation lor neiping ms iriehus
ana ms party.
RAISED IN frahAior'' ne nau very
po'f u tuiiy IN cary iiie ah'
secured a very limited eauca'ion
In spite oi environment wnich was
against niln' ana uenied many VI
the .ninss IN 'he way oi aeeonipiisu
hsn's Wnicn must poii'ieians na'e
ne mas surinouh'eu al uiiiioui'i's
anu = quay recoen,1eu do 'ne pes.
pontician IN heh'uehy' ne secrst
VI us wohuetiui suoeess 70 MS spie
aiu common sense anu 'ne iac' pn''
ny mas ue'o'eu ms '.me almost w
ciusiVeiy 70 poiitics' he KNOWS
every man OF importance In points
IN hentucky ana ne KNOWS Just now
maSG he osl s. q wnere ms s'rensth
lies. who has inidi Win niiu'
He uses this kno,.wieoge IN every
campaign. pulls every string at ms
and beats me otner sac
by the superiority of ms organiza-
ton. It was Percy Hay $ ilne or
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1912-06-28

There Is no real need for anyone
being troubled with constipation.
Chamberlain's Tablets will cause an
agreeable movement of the bowels
without any unpleasant effect. Give
them trial For sale By All deal
ers.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1912-06-28

A new lot of silver mesh bags in
all the latest styles just received at
Conley's store.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1912-06-28

Good ready-mixed paint at S1.25
per gallon at Snyder Hardware Goa
Also have higher priced paint.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1912-06-28
rYpEMRITER FOR sALE.

TYPEWRITER FOR SALE.
A new model No. 10 Smith-Prem-
Ter visible typewriter for SIS. Easy
payments allowed to responsible pur
Louisa. KY.
chaser. Apply to NJ. F. CONLEY.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-07-07

At last. my dears. I pulled myself to-
gether. It was time a woman took charge
Of affairs.
I corralled three stewards. head one
and two underiings. threatened them with
dreadful things II they didn't lead from
room to room. till I found my trunk. bag
and sketching materials.
1t was quite an imposing little process
sion we made. as We promenaded from
stateroom to stateroom. Even the first
cabin was not sacred to U.s. We boldly
invaded its innermost precincts. Others
Joined us. My brother. a first cabin mob
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-07-07

had plenty Of deck space. a smoking
room. a library and a salon. with q good
piano. which was kept working pretty
nearly every hour Of the day.
We didn't miss the gorgeous trappings
Of the first class bit. but We were
pleased to be allowed to go over and see
them by special invitation. and when We
came back we talked to those who had
not gone OF the salon Mauresque." the
salon mixte." the salon de CONVERSE
ton" the "appartementes de grand
luxe" the Aubusson tapestries and the
ranneaus de CASTOR Ia Touche.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-07-07

Of unimpeachabls character. but somehow
cannot feel tenderiy oward them. Being
British. though they were sharing such
cramped quarters. they he'd never struck
up enough Of q friendship TO discuss little
things like luggage. and each had sup
posed my trunk and bag belonged to the
other. and had deiicately refrained from
touching them or mentioning them.
And there. was all those weary. bag
gageless hours, eating my heart out for
the touch Of a vanished powder pun and
the Joy of clothes that were clean.
Yes, there = certainly such a thing as
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49, several friends and the ubiquitous
iv Gommissaire. 1t was like cine
q z soh picture. You know the kind.
Eer,ething has happened or some one Is
being chased. and fresh people keep tag
giiig along.
All Of sudden gave a sdueal Of Joy.
I had found me cheild, mean my be-
longinga There they were nestled In
cosey little cabin occupied by two English
ladies' who happened along At the moment
OF discovery. am sure they were women
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-07-07
MOMENT THAT

As far as atmosphere was concerned.
my dears. must confess was disap-
pointed. There were no artists, no counts
and countesses with aristocratic bearings
and shabby clothes. and only q few the
atrical and operate stars Of no great
magnitude. The majority Of the passed.
gers were good. thrifty members Of the
French bourgeois class. who had left COM
Portable retail businesses In New York
and were taking their wives and families
for a brief holiday In their native land.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-07-07

Dear ones. believe me. II that man
hadn't been a sea captain he'd have been
a grand lightning calculator.
At last felt my poor head whirlins in
an effort to add, subtract and multiply his
conversation. and / thought we had bet
ter tack.
What about icebergs?" shouted. try
ing to get the best Of the wind.
do you think we'll see any. or does
the southern route make that impossi-
ble7"
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being too refined and reticent and wish
the British were more open hearted with
each other.
Wen. anyhow. that night appeared at
dinner quite radiant In my very glad
rags. Your little Aunt Kate had care
fully kaisomined her nose. her puffs shone
like molten gold. and her sogsiss beamed
contentment.
We were very comfy in our humble Sec
ond cabin Quaftsrs. Our statssoons were
good sized and daintily sfurnished. We
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-07-07

the loss Of my Baggage as n re-, -
matter. They would hive io5n i =.
combs and brushes. hathrobcs and ev, :.
toothbrushes. the dear communistic Great
ures, but declined all.
Every day M. lie Commissaire. looking
perfectly spotless and beautiful. came to
report:
m. lie Captains compliments. and be
regrets deeply madame's shofidng pre-
dicament. but everything Ii beng done"
etc.
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AUNT KATE REMAINS FIRM.

] was polite ana respectful, but quite
firm. the way / am when some one wants
to squirm and wriggle out of an inter-
view, and know that It is for the good
Of his soul that he should be interviewed.
But. just the same, your Aunt Kate
was a little exhausted when she finally
got her way and her passage. And then
quite suddenly all the relatives and
friends subsidized and forgave. and came
in a sort Of triumphal procession to see
me on.
There were elderly ladies and elderly
gentlemen and youths and maidei.s and
babes in arms. And most of them bore
with them fruit and floral offerings and
even various kinds of food in case
found didn't care for French cooking.
The next time leave a place / am go
ing to do the thief in the night act
Never again will 1 be attended by a
multitude.
Do you ask me why, oh my sisters?
Well, III tell you. Because among
them all lost my baggage.
Don't try to find out how It happened
/ don't know myself. 1t will always re-
main one Of the great mysteries Of my
young life.
i
once and tried to answer them all at
once. Then somebody ordered me up the
gangway.
Tho confusion was terrible.
Passengers crowded each other on the
deck to have a farewell look at those
on shore.
At the very last moment a French
bridal party arrived. The bridegroom, a
submissive, WHISKY youth, the bride,
buxom young person in semi-bridal ar
ray, with white ribbons. flowers and be-
decked with hair which she quickly COW
cred with q black and white checked
steamer cap.
You know I'm sentimental; can't
help 1t, and / got so interested in that
wedding party that I forgot to notice If
my baggage had followed me.
MY BAGGAGE! OH MY BAGGAGEI
When 1 came to myself and looked for
IT, It hadn't done the Mary's little lamb
act at all. It was nowhere around.
Frantcally I leaned over the side and
called out to my delegation Blank
looks from them; they couldn't under
stand my agitation. they couldn't hear
my appeal
Frenzied thoughts Of what should be
without my sketch book, my powder
pun. and oh. lots of other things. lent
strength to my voice I shouted ss I
never have before.
And they caught It They heard me.
There was much rushing to and fro.
Then finally they all assembled at the
end Of the dock as the ship was moving
slowly Of and with one accord they
screamed out to me:
It's all on board, on board, on boardr'
1t swelled like a triumphal chorus. and
1 sailed away to its refrain
Then came the aforementioned slump
which rendered me Niobe-like for a few
brief seconds and !. me swollen about
the eyes and shiny in the vicinity of
the proboscis :
Ny bag. my powder. some eau de CO.
logne! They were necessary. I Jew
to my room to look upemy things An
other shock. They were not there, after
all!
waited little while; then made my
way out into the saloon. In all the pas
sages were groups Of people Sometimes
there would be French family party
blocking the way. the father terribly ex-
cited and upsetting all arrangements as
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-07-07
Things Became Roster. However, with the Ad-
vent Of 1Sea Legs" and Sea Appetite, and
She Found Hersef Taking an Interest
in Such Things as Bridal Parties and
the Life History of the Captain.

We weren't troubled by any first class
camaraderie and Q friendliness among US
like unto that Of q theatrical boarding
| house.
We told each other the story of our
lives. We chatted with each other or
about each other with perfect Impair
TALLY. We got dreadfully excited over
the little hirtations in our midst. and
We surveyed the first class magnates
with interest untinged with envy.
For the first few days didn't care a
bit how they fed us. Food was anath-
ema! But with my baggage and my
sen legs came q sea appetite. and your
little auntie did her share at every
meal. In fact she threw in a few extra
meals.
didn't talk as much French as I
should have. I know that. but oh. NY
dears. 1t is so much harder than you
think 1t Is going to be- I had my gram
mar and a dictionary with me and had
learned many sentences SO I could say
them right OF without thinking. But
they weren't at all the sentences I want
ed when did want any. and before we
wasn't going to get enough Of the Ian
euage to interview the divine Sarah and
Maeterlinck the moment I arrived
Then. too. what made It harder for a
patient and painstaking student was
that the stewards were just as anxious
to learn English as was to learn
French. and they wouldn't be chatty
with me in their native tongue. Wasn't
it mean Of them. when It was one of the
reasons why travelled on their line?
thought of going up to the officers
and making them feel a sense of duty
toward me and my French. but you
know I am not pushing. and they
seemed SO busy. When they didn't have
little oficial Jobs to perform they filled
UP the moments by taking snapshots of
each other in groups talking to ladies',
or singly, posed against bulkheads and
things
They really were very nice boys. but
no use on earth as French teachers.
The captain, OF course. held aloof most
Of the time. but he couldn't always escape
auntie. Once. she waylaid him when the
wind was blowing hard and he was going
the round Of the ship. She felt she must
have a heart to heart talk with him that
moment. and she wore heI large-eyed
wonder look as he passed her way.
WAYLAYING THE CAPTAIN.
OF course he fell TO II. Isn't It funny
what YOU can do with them even when
they're covered wirb authority and gold
lace?
I asked him most intelligent questions
while the wind was blowing ever go many
knots an hour.
Oh. We are martyrs. We women martyrs
to duty.
Well. he Just unburdened himself to
me- He made mo the recipient Of all
sorts OF statistical details of the ship. He
told me how many tons Of coal we were
using. how many we would use and how
many We would have used by the time We
arrived.
He tugsied with figures when he spoke
Of the crew and the passengers. the food
and the rooms.
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At the Outset of the Voyage Came That Awful
Sailing Slump; Then a Frantic and Fruitless
Search for Her Missing. Baggage. These {
Were Bad Enough, but They Were Bliss
Compared with the NAL de Mer."

soon a. the placid. practical mother uaadc
them.
Again there would Be little b,.lch Of
nuny haired chorus girls. siggiing and
chatterfng or some specialized academic
hishbrows.
And all these lucky shipmates Of mine
had beionsinss. while was to face the
terrors Of the ocean with only the clothes
on my back, Q handkerchief and q purse.
ON the VERGE OF PANIC.
The more thought Of 1t the more
frantic I got.
I stopped stewards wherever I met
them and begged them to put aside all
other duties and find my baggage. Some
times they were Of the all-French variety
and did not understand a word I said.
Sometimes they were half English in their
conversation. in which case they would
be ''pairfectiy arranged one leetle mo-
ment"
On and on I few. even up to the deck
where uniformed officers listened grsvely
to my sad story.
I'm sure I should have made my way
to the captains cabin had I not encoun-
tered one Monsieur lie Commissaire. who
by infinite tact and diplomacy headed me
of and soothed and Gained me by reas-
surances and promises. He was SO sym
pathetic that felt had found q friend
and a brother.
The keynote on that boat was SYM
pathy, but he had all the others beaten to
FRAGILE I really believe, girls. that that
man will be President Of the French Re-
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Yes. all the year, but particularly In
May and June
think by this time he wanted to
escape me and go back and steer the
ship, or whatever captains do when
they're not seen around. but he was'aw
fully Franch and awfuIly polite. SO my
next question kept him chained to the
spot a little longer.
Have there been any great iceberg ac-
cidents besides the Titanic?"
Yes. indeed. madam. he sail gravely.
Before the days of the wireless a ship
just disappeared No trace OF her or her
passengers ever found, undoubtedly an
encounter with an iceberg"
Then got personal in my next effort
Have you ever had an accidentr'
'Neveri' he replied. most emphatically.
"Oh. touch wood" implored-
AMERICAN SLANG.
He looked puzzled. but he was SO polite
he did It at once. and did II, too, and
then I explained its significance. It was
a new one on him. but he said he was
glad he did it
told him Just pitted him all he had
on his mind-tons OF coal. icebergs and
foss and things-and he answered:
Madam. II is true there is much upon
my mind. but all Is compensated for by
the pleasure of conducting charming
ladies across the ocean"
Then he bowed and I bowed as well as
I could with the wind flashing me as II It
had a personal grudge against me. and
he bowed again and was gone.
All. me. do like Frenchmen. They've
got a sort Of a way with them.
I didn't see him again the few remain
ing days Of the trip. but he Will always
remain my ideal sea captain
I do think he must have miscalculated
about the tide. though. because our svelts
and good ship advertised that she would
dock at a real dock when she got to
Tavre. No small boat business for her.
Well, she went as far up in the channel
as she possibly could. and then started
rolling and pitching. and a cute little.
neat little pilot came aboard and told US
there wasn't tide enough for US. and IL
was tugboats or no catching the Paris
express
Now. I didn't want the Pars rain
anyhow, and I Just said to myself No
baby boats in mine The good stanch
ship for me-
But, bless you. It didn't do any good
to plan that
on had to go With all the rest of
them, two hundred packed IN at tins
and the rain pelting down on my one
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~ K.se carsw.


TTAvE you ever had the saihne
slump?
,vfu,, =, oor.. an N = moment. snap,
JUST hke mat!
lou may De as )ony a. senoooy Ae
nea Oh going on 10 foreign ei
niay % sousiyins tne s.eA'
your me ana neaps Oh o'ne'
when the Whistles Dug" Ano "a" -,
eiahs ano INC srea. snp :.
away from niue Gu we" :.
catches you the esinns STUMP anu 80
want 10 turn your me- " 'Ao '"' ~
give one long now o.
It's a sort OK nunsrS ioe' NOME -
motnef sensauoh. ~ uoesn '
last more than rev SECONDS. out ~nen
IT'S gettins m i's me "ofA' mus. .
oao ns tne WORST tootnache you ever hao
You Know your Aunt hA'e nus oeeh
pihins 10 me ner away :" ias oi' Janus
tof asee. ono NEE 'u'. pu''onnoieu
friends eiauves ana eoilors wherever
sne mas met tnen' ana oy way Oh s'aft-
ing eonsefsa'ion mas saio "on's W eo
10 Europe
NO suouety aoous II At All.
ana al iast got my way ana PACKED
up my sAetcnoooK ana prepared tor the
journey.
MOT opeN IN orcrAroN
I'll admit was somewhat set In my
ideas regarding the trip wished 10 take.
l had certain convictions as to the most
satisfactory method Of getting across the
millpond, and ! simply waved aside all
suggestions with the air Of one who has
nothing to learn
j wanted to go on a brand new boat
so as to be able to boast little about #.
] wanted &c go second class for the ex-
perieace and atmosphere I felt there
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GOING ASHORE IN THE RAIN.

don't want to throw any bouquets OF
daffodils at my sex. but must say We
rose to the occasion better than those
mere males did. They grumbled and
swore and complained like poor. spoiled
darlings, and I believe they felt some
symptoms of just plain scare. for there
were two husky pugilists being sent
over to show the French fighting as she
is fit. who took of their coats TO be
ready to leap overheard If all did not
go we'll
But 1t did.
We got In safely. II most uncomfort-
ably. and then 1 found that I was the
only person who wasn't going on that
Paris express. Yes, the one And only!
My own brother babe me a hasty
goodby and few to secure a seat
May Preston dashed past, telling a
hurried tale OF how the Louise Closer
Walter Hales were going to meet her in
the Gay City and go on a motoring ex-
petition with her. Gilbert White and
his wife took time to shake hands and
give me the address in Paris where Gil
bert IS going to work on wonderful
Greek mural decorations for a govern
ment building somewhere IN the U. s. A.
can't remember where. and then they
were all lost like shadows in the mist.
and I was left by my wild lone.
My, but New York thought pretty
good to me then. and my. but expos
tulated forcibly with myself for having
wanted to go to England by way of
France.
Well. had to find the boat that was to
bear me thence. anyhow; so like a waif
in melodrama / prowled about the docks.
I discovered three small French boys
ready and anxious to work. and each took
one precious piece Of baggage.
They hustled me around. and studied
the gabled town. so gray and picturesque.
I gazed at the gay. green suffered cafes.
at the hospitable lights from the windows
Of little homes and at the stage sendarmes
in blue caps and the stage soldiers In red
trousers. Can you see Kate hiking all
around the wind-swept auays, her um-
with its wreath Of white flowers drenched
to a pulp her temper frayed at the edges
and tears and raindrops dfmming her
goggles?
At last the three French boys said
"Alors" In chorus. Madame had arrived.
There was the boa. for Southampton.
There was a motherly stewardess on
board. and she soothed me and gave mo
tea and tucked me up in bed, so I forgot
my troubles. Then the next morning.
when the sun shons and the breeze seemed
laden with the scent Of English wild
flowers. I was glad I had come. and I
perked up and said quite chirpily:
Sing no. for good old London town.
Copyright. 1912. Nsw-York Tribune