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The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1912-05-08
A FRIGHTFUL METHOD
OF SUICIDE ADOPTED
Henderson, County Girl, Being
DespOndent, Sets Fire
to Herself.

Henderson, KY, May Sat
urating herself with coal oil and
then setting fire to her clothing was
the manner in which Miss Helen
Smith, a pretty brown-eyed girl,
committed suicide late this after
noon at her home at Onton, KY, a
few miles east of Sebree.
For several years the girl had
been respondent over an affair, the
nature of which was unknown to
her family but which was believed
to be over an old sweetheart. She
was driven insane and was sent to
the asylum at Hopkinsville about
two years ago. She left there only
a short time ago and was brought
back home.
She had made several attempts
to end her life and early this morn
ing her family found her at a pond
near the house preparing to jump
in. She was rescued and watched
very closely.
Shortly after noon she disappear
ed again and the family. hearing
screams in the orchard near by, ran
out and found her running about
with her clothing in flames. Be-
fore they could be extinguished, the
flesh on her body was falling off.
Medical aid was rendered but with
out avail and she died at $3.50
n,clnck
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1912-05-08
NINE PLACED FOR ENEMY
SINKS MERCHANT SHIP
And l40 Turks Are Drowned
at Entrance of Gull
of Smyrna.

Constantinople, May 2.-One
hundred and forty Turks were
drowned at the entrance of the
Gulf of Smyrna early this morning
when the steamer Texas, belong
ing to the MISREPRESENTATION
Steamship Company, struck a mine
and sank.
1t is alleged that the disaster was
due to the Texas deviating from the
course indicated by the pilot boat
preceding her through the mine
field.
At the time of the anti-Greek
boycott the fleet to which the Texas
belonged, and which consists of
eight vessels bearing the names of
American States, was authorized to
fly the United States flag by the
United States Consul General be-
cause the company was largely con-
trolled by American interests.
The Texas was flying the Turkish
and United States flags, and was
engaged in carrying mails from
Constantinople to the Levant.
1t was at first stated that the
Texas was an American vessel, the
error arising from the fact that she
is part of the feet of a local con-
Germ trading under the name of the
Archipelago-American Steamship
Company.
The Gulf of Smyrna is one of the
finest harbors in the Mediterranean
and Smyrna itself the principal
seaport of Asiastic Turkey. The en-
trance to the gulf was extensively
mined some time ago by the Turk
ish authorities in order to protect
the port against an attack by the
Italian fleet.
The Texas was a vessel of 261
tons net register, built at Newcas-
tie, England, in 1888. She was at
first called the Olympia, then re-
the Marguerite, and fl
nally received the name of the |
Texas.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1912-05-08
The Ingenious Farmer.

After Matching chickens from his
incubator, Allen McNeal, a farmer
living near Graham, Nodaway coun-
ty, conceived the idea of Matching
young grasshoppers to feed his
chickens. He got a few shovels-ful
of dirt in place where he believed
grasshoppers had deposited eggs,
placed them in the incubator and
awaited developments. The scheme
worked to perfection. The warmth
caused the eggs to hatch, and in a
few days McNeal had a big swarm
of grasshoppers.-[Miami (Mo)
News.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1912-05-08

Kentucky to teach the farmers how
to build concrete silos.
The expert from Washington will
help construct the first few silos
and teach some one or more men in
this State how the work should be
done and then the men here can
carry on the work. Commissioner
Newman says he will furnish the
frame work inside which the con-
crete silos will be built, and a
man to show the farmers how to do
the work and expects many farmers
to take advantage of this opportun-
ity to get a first-class up-to-date
silo at a small cost.
He estimates that any farm of
100 acres can save at least $3.50
every year by having a silo, and
when one of these concrete silos is
built 1t will last practically forever.
1t has been clearly demonstrated
that these concrete silos keep the
stock feed sweet and nice for many
Mr.. Newman estimates that in
two years he will help build enough
silos in this State to save the farm
ers nearly 100000 a year. The
time for building the silos is in
warm weather and the expert from
will come to Kentucky
n the next few weeks and begin his
work of instruction.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1912-05-08
Great Weekly at Low Price.

The Cincinnati Weekly Enquirer,
twelve-page paper recently trans
formed into the size and appearance
OF daily. will be furnished in con-
nection with the Hartford Herald
at only $1.S5 for the two papers.
This price stands good on renewals
for The Herald. The Weekly En-
quirer is an ideal newspaper, con-
tanning a big variety of reading and
is especially suited to the farming
classes. 1t is Democratic and pro-
gressive. This Is certainly a low
price for lot of good reading. tt
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1912-05-08
How About This?

PATRONAGE home institutions
cries the country editor from week
TO week. THAT is right" says the
merchant. give it to those who go
to some other town to buy goods. ="
Then, with his heart filled with
kindness to the loyal editor, he
sends his job work elsewhere, or
utilities a piece of wrapping paper
to write an order on for goods or
send a statement to p customer.
Funny, isn't it?-[Logan County
News.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1912-05-08

j. w. Jordan, a we'll known dent
st of Hopkinsville, KY, recently
lad an operation for his kidney
'rouble, but he says: THE first
'eal relief / got was after taking
Foley Kidney Pills. They eased the
'errible pain in my back and &C
omplished more good than any
hing l had tried. l gladly recon-
mend them" Sold by all deal
>rs. m
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1912-05-08
The Demons of the Swamp

Are mosquitoes. AS they sting, they
put deadly malaria germs in the
blood. Then follow the icy chills
and the fires of fever. The appe-
tite flies and the strength fails;
also malaria often paves the way
FOR deadly typhoid. But Electric
Bitters kill and cast out the mala-
ria germs from the blood give you
fine appetite and renew your
strength. after long suffering"
wrote VIM. Fretwell, Of Lucama,
y. c., three bottles drove all the
malaria from my system, and I've
had good health. ever since" Best
for all stomach. liver and kidney
ills. soc at James II. Williams. m
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1912-05-08
WILL TEACH FARMERS TO
BUILD CONCRETE SILOS

Frankfort. April 29.-Commis-
ioner of Agriculture j. w. New
nan has completed arrangements
with the Department of Agriculture
1t Washington to send a man to
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1912-05-08
THE COUNTESS
WAS KIDNAPPED
And Robbed While on Way
to University.
THIS HAPPENED IN CHICAGO
Was Grabbed Up from the
Street and. Carried Away
In An Auto.
RETURNED AND THROWN OUT

Chicago, ILL.,, May 2.-Countesl
Gertrude Gorecka, 10 years old, de
scendant of noble Polish family
and a student in the University OF
Chicago, was kidnapped by three
men in an automobile, drugged and
robbed of jewelry and money while
the car was speeding through Jack
son Park, and then thrown out of
the car on the Midway, according
to a report that was made to the
police of the Hyde Park Station to-
day.
The young woman is said to be
in a serious condition as a result of
the hysteria caused by the expe-
rience. Count Gorecka visited his
daughter to-day, and in lucid mo-
ments she told him something of
her experiences.
They gagged me and blindfold-
ed me-" she said. when we we're
in the park they took off the gag
and made me drink something out
of a bottle. | believe it was some
kind of a drug. One of the men
stuck something sharp into my
arm, and | think it was an injection
of another drug. | tried to scream
when the gag was taken off my
mouth, but two of the men choked
me so that l could make no out
cry"
The girl, whose father, Count
Stephano Gorecka, is a wealthy rear
estate dealer on the West Side, was
crossing the Midway on her way to
classes when three men jumped |
from an auto and seized her.
The car ran into the park at high
speed. 1t was not until the long
stretch of road on the lake shore |
was reached that the men robbed
her. While one of them held the
gags in place, and another held her
TO prevent struggling, the third re-
moved her rings and earrings,
which were studded with diamonds,
and a gold chain that was around
her neck.
The trip through the park was
in less than rs minutes
and the car was driven back to the
where it was slowed up
and the girl thrown out on a grass
plot. After lying in the parkway
FOR a short time, she was revived
by the cold rain and went to Blaine
Hall, where she fell unconscious.
For Sale, Farms-All sizes, from !
to 800 acres. We can please you
2 uO,, M 30 h,,x, IoaA
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1912-05-08
RefOra Edison.

Teacher-Who was the first cleo
trician?
Pupil-Noah. He made the arc
light on Mount Ararat.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1912-05-08

For Sale. Farms-All sizes, from
8 to 800 acres. We can please you
II you want to buy land.
A. c. YEISER G. CO.,
Hartford, Ky.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1912-05-08
Situation at Hickman.

Hickman, KY, May 2.-The Mis-
sissippi river continues to rise rap
idly here and will. no doubt. reach
I stage that all of the lowlands will
1gain be flooded. Some of the per-
sons from flooded homes, who were
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-24
$4,000 A YEAR
SELLING PAPERS

CHICAGO. May "A. The striking news
BOYS in Chicago have suffered very little
from giving up their business They
don't have to worry about where the next
meal is coming from for the simple rea-
son that the create majority Of them
have laid by fortunes. and number arc
almost in the plutocrat class, earning
about $4,000 year
Tho general public does not have any
real idea of the profits MADE by tho So
called 'newsboys And thAe boys
who struck are that in name only. for
their ages. range from twenty TO sixty
i've years. Also the income Of their bust
ncsses arc as prodtsiafe as those in any
olhor line Of trade, and in many instances
much greater
Another thing thai IS not generally
anoWn is that the profit of almost The
poorest news stand thatsis. street stand
is at least $500 a year. While none Of
hose in the loop district, or the promi-
uent outlying ones at elevated stations
and the like is worth less than $500
a year
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-24
MORSE |SlBACK
IN WALL STREET
Continued From Page One.

him IS that Morse is no eiopgel the
Morse Of Atlanta. Very pianly he
shows that he is no longer the .qpon9ed"
man. His everH action, gesture, his
tone and enumeration proclaim that he
is once more 1he active, aggressive
business man who engineered the
coastvise shipping trust and who fnGs
with the forthcoming opening of the
Big Ditch" through i Panama. loads
more of congeniat work foa his in
genius mind.
When steamship companies are being
formed every week and the eye Of every
American ship owner is turned to tho
lsthmus, the return of c w. Morse Is
hailed in marine circles as highly sig
nificant a least
OF himself Morse said. You can see
I'm eturuing to health and returning
rapidly That bears out the statement
of my physicians in Europe. who said
was good for some time, any way,
and I'm out for q complete recovery
But while I'm doing so we'll l do not
want to overdo it and so I'm compelled
to refuse the invitation of my old fcl-
low toWnsmen or Bath, Maine, who
nave arranged reception in my honor
I'm going TO see them some time. III
cour Sc. and tell them how good thei.
friendship makes me feel, but for tho
present III confne my visiting to few
friends near home and I'm going to
stay pretty CLOSELY about the Mnano
apartments at III West Fifty-eighth
street"
AS to Lawyer McConihe and his sum
mons, Morse said that was not new TO
him. for the attorney had tried to ex-
anime him while he was in the Atlanta
prison. "But'I was so sick they re-
fused TO let him question me, and now j
hear he says that sailed to Furops
eludipg him, when had promised to
see him in New York That is not
true"
Mrs. Morse IS constantly with her
husband She says that in spite Of the
suits tho Morse family reunion has
been the happy event Of her latter lifs
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-24
Revolt Given-Death
Blow, Says HuertO

MEXICO CITY, May 24.-Generai
Uuerta, commander of the federal forces
in the north reported officially to Pres
ident Aadero today that the Orozco
revolt had been dealt death blow oy
the government victory a Rellano
that the rebels had lost more than 1000
killed wounded or captured, and that
Genetal Orozco was in fun fight, pun
sued by the victorious federals.
According to General Huerta. tile
ground over which the rebels are fleeing
is worse than that which they traversed
after theil defeat at Conejos and he
Said tina, they soon would be overtaiIcg
ana forced 20 surrender or die.
1.5o0 Rebel Deserters Fleeing.
Fifteen hundred rebels are reported
20 have deserted Orozco and fed toward
the border hoping TO escape to TIM
United States.
The battle of RelIano began at .. nt.
Wednesday and lasted until late yester-
DAY During that time General Huerta,
who is the Oldest general in the Mex
can army. neither ate no slept. but d.
rected every move of his troops.
He narrowly escaped injury seVerzI
times ana his private secretary. Ben
jamin CaInanera. was fatally injured,
dying last night
General Huerta was TODAY acclaimed
as a new national hero by the govern
ment and probably will be made minis
ter of war if his success continues.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-24
FISH LAW VIOLATION CHARGED

ALBANY. GA. May II Q. Eol-
ton has been arrested charged with
violating the state game and FISH law
Deputy Game Warden Hobbs charges
that Bolton had fish baskets in the
Flint river This Is the first case O.
this kind to come up here under the
new game law.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-08-30
PROMINENT OIL
MEN ARE INDICTED
Are Charged With Conspir-
acy to Destroy the
Pierce-FOrdvce Co.

Dallas, Texas Aug. 30-The federal
grand jury of the northern district of
Texas late has returned an Indictment
against a number of prominent oil men
as representatives of the Standard Oil
company. The charge is restraint of
trade and commerce and unlawful con-
spiracy and combination in violation of
the antitrust laws
1t is alleged that individual defend
ants, the Standard Oil Company and the
Magnolia Petroleum company conspired
to destroy the business of the Pierce
Fordyce Oil association of Texas.
The specific offense is alleged to
have occurred June %, 1912. The names
of the following persons appear in the
Indictment.
Calvin n. Paine of Titusville. Pa !;
John D. Archbold of New York; Henry
c. Folger, Jr. of New York; John Sealin
Of Galveston; a. c. Ebie of Dallas; z.
r. Brown, of Corsicana, Texas; W. S.
Teagle of Plainfield, n. J. and the
Standard Oil company of New York and
the Standard Oil company of New
Jersey and the Magnolia Petroleum
company of Texas
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-08-30
DR.. W. G. TAYLOR HAS
SOME THINGS TO SAY
Well Known Veterinarian,
Educated at Famous Uni
versity, Now Wealthy
Stock Man, | alks.

Here is story of a Fort Worth doc
tor widely known in this section of the
state, that must carry with 1t weight
and conviction Dr.. Taylor is the owner
of a fine ranch near Stockton, Texas.
and is a practising veterinary surgeon
He is a native of England and gradu-
ate of the famous Cardiff, Wales, Uni
versity, having finished there seventeen
years ago. DR.. Taylor says:
Il have suffered severely for the last
year with a complication OF stomach
and kidney trouble. two weeks ago I
began taking Plant Juice and now feel
that I am all right again, am recon-
mending it to my friends.
Plant Juice is the worlds latest,
safest, most efficient and reliable nerve
tonic, revitalizer and general invigorant
it banishes pain, weakness, dullness
and disbursement and in their place
brings brightness, energy, and strength,
it will do you more good than month
spent on a farm, those who take Plant
Juice find the change comes rapidly and
the results are lasting.
Men and women whose nerve force
is gone. who are run down from work,
worry or other causes, who suffer with
stomach liver kidney and blood de-
engagements, should lose no time in call
ing on the Plant Juice man at Kelly
Pollard's drug store, he will be glad
to answer your questions
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-08-30

has a firm, balanced step. and
there is nothing slipshod or lazy about
such a person
"a person like that is bound to have
an upright, even character, and to be
energetic and persevering- OF course,
all those things mean that he will get
rich if he tries to, so the proverb IS
perfectly correct
The undecided person doesn't accu-
mulate money so fast and there is
nothing that shows so plainly in old
shoes as indecisiOn- These shoes are
partly worn out on either side of the
heel, because the person stands first
on one foot and then on the other,
balancing the weight unevenly, some
times on the inner side of the sole and
sometimes on the outside Of the sole
Shoes like that are very hard to patch,
and the undecided person is almost al
ways extraTagant-
You can always tell a slovenly per
son by his shoes. for they viii be down
at the heel badly polished, with laces
or buttons in disorder.
"Of course. the girl who is very vain
still pinches her feet and wears shoes
that are too small for her, and any
shoemaker who gets a worn pair Of
shoes of this kind in his hands. could
tell right away that he had to deal
with a young person who hadn't yet
got brains enough to know that she
must be comfortably shOd IL she wants
to be happy.
Comparatively few women wear
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-08-30
ROMANCE
HAS DOUBLE ENDING
Girl Accepts Two Who Are
Chums and Both VIII De
mand Final Choice.

Hackensack. N J. Aug. 30.-A girl
on a farm near Topeka, kans.. whence
eggs are evidently shipped as far east
as Hackensack. has a fOndness for the
romance of egg she'll acquaintances-
Her name and address on two eggs fell
into the hands of Theodore SidOra and
George Zile. warm friends who room
and board together, at the breakfast
table, several months ago Neither of
the young men told the other of the
discovery, but quietly started d cor
reSpOndence which resulted in each re-
Ceiving the girls photograph and man.
letters. Finally two proposals went
westward. and each brought letters of
acceptance.
One evening when the chums were
together recently each gccused the 9TH
er of being lOvesick, Whereupon the
confessions were forthcoming that each
was the victim of the same egg shell
romance. Neither cOnceding that the
other had really won the girls heart
both are making preparations to go
west to let her decide which it viii be-
The loses is to be the bes- man.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-08-30

shoes too small for them nowadays.
The better class of women don't seem
to mind how large their feet are and
vanity is still confined to very ignO-
rant young girls who will soon learn
better
You will wear your shoes out
much sooner by standing on them in
an awkward way than if you stood and
walked in a well balanced and grace
full manner.
People are heavy on their feet very
often because they are depressed and
low spirited; the minute they are hap
pier the tread becomes light and buoy
ant again. so you see that I not only
judge character I could almost tell
your fortune by looking at your old
Shoes
Since this conversation with the old
shoemaker. I have taken great pains
to notice how my shoes were wearing
out and I'm glad to say that I'm be-
ginning to wear them out in the right
place. just under the ball of the foot.
and the down-trodden heels no longer
worry me.
had to learn to walk all over again.
but think IL is worth while. taught
myself to walk gracefully by balanc-
ing a nnmber Of books, piled up on my
head, while I was walking TO and fro
in my room.
Another thing which most girls for
get is to keep their arms still and not
swing them to and fro, which is most
awkward when you have long arms
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-08-30
: A BACHELORS DIARY :
He Finds Himself Engaged to Miss Leonard
By MAX

= WISH, Diary, dear, that I had the
brains and ability TO write for the
newspapers. I would like to use
the power Of my pen in getting a GER
tain question forever disposed of.
The newspapers decide the com
plexion of the inhabitants of Mars. and
how much Cruel a woman should give
her baby. but they let this question 7
want settled severely alone.
It is this:
When is a man engaged?
The answer seems easy to you, does
it? You will say gibly, When he
proposes marriage, and the woman ac-
cepts."
But no man proposes marriage. At
least very few do. He calls a few
times, he takes the girl out occasion
ally, and he pays her an idle compli-
ment or two. All this is done in a
pleasant dream, and when he wakes
up he is standing before a preacher.
He didn't intend to become engaged.
Perhaps he can't afford marriage, ard
perhaps he doesn't really love the girl.
He just likes her She is pleasant and
pretty to look upon, and youth and
environment make drifting easy, and
so he just drifts.
And finds himself marooned on Mat
rimonial Isle.
Why I once knew man who vas
married and seemingly happy, yet he
never asked his wife to marry him. He
had been transferred to another town,
and called to bid her goodbye.
How 1t Happened.
He was going next morning, he said.
1T will hurry me-" she replied, but
can be ready by then"
And they were married next morn
ing and she went with him to his new
home!
I have heard married men claim that
all a man has to do is TO say to
girl that ne is tired of boarding and
she takes it as an avOwal that he
wants her to be his cook for the rest
of life.
That may sound like SANDER, Dairy.
but il is only what all the married
men say. Of course, their wives don't
agree. Every wife claims her lover
went down on his knees and fairly
begged for her hand, and most OF them
contend that they always made it a
rule TO refuse a man the first seven
times, and take him on probation the
eighth.
Ask this question anywhere in the
world and it will start an argument
between husbands and wives that is
anything but pleasant. So I want it
settled, Dairy, dear, not alone in the
hope of stopping this matrimonial
wrangle, but to find out my own status.
Am 7 engaged, or am I not? A
week ago was free to offer my hand
and heart to any woman in the world.
Now 1 am facing marriage with a
woman I never dreamed of marrying.
and whom I don't want to marry, and