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The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1912-08-15
Pensions Delayed.

There will be 20 Confederate
pensions paid in Kentucky I'M
til November 9Th. The applica-
tions could not be acted upon in
time for payment August 9Th the
time when it was expected that
these pensions would first be
paid. Payments when made
November 9Th will be for all the
time since the application was
first received. The regular dates
of payment for these pensions
will he February 9Th, August 9th
and November 5th.
Up to this date there has been
1900 applications for Confeder-
ate pensions in the state and
they are still coming in.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1912-08-15
Killed BY Automobile.

Henry q Smith was run down
by an automobile near Wlnchps-
ter Sunday afternoon and so Sc
rIous!y injured that he died two
hours later. The unfortunate
was a son of "Uncle" James
Smith, of near this city, whose
death was noted in this paper
last week. The remains were
brought to this city Monday and
taken to POwen's Valley and laid
to rest by the side of his father
who was buried just one week
before.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1912-08-15
Whiskey and Cigarettes on Increase.

The people of the United States
produced more whisky and rum
and smoked more cigarettes dur
ing the fiscal year 1912 than ever
before in the history of the coun.
try, according to the preliminary
annual report Of Royal p. Cabell
Commissioner of Internal Rev.
enue, submitted to Secretary Nc.
Veagh Tuesday. The consump.
tlOn of whisky was exceeded only
by the year of 1907, but beer
drinking fell off substantially.
The unprecedented smoking of
11,121 1924, O84 cigarettes, exceed.
ing the record of 1911 by nearly
1900, 900, 900, amazed Treasury
officials, who were unable to
account for the enormous in
crease.
Stored in warehouses the cOun.
try over are 263, 786,O7O gallons
of whisky and rum, the greatest
on record. In Kentucky alone
are stored l58,OOO,OOO gallons,
s&hieh exceeds the total at whisky
and rum in the whole United
States eleven years ago. The rec
Ord production Of these intoxi.
cants for 1912 was 1880 600
gallons, or 13,OOO,OOO gallons
greater than 1911. The consump.
ton of whisky and rum for 1912
was 1873, ,45S gallons, the near
est approach to the record of
134, O3l, 900 gallons in 1907.
The consumption of beer for
1912 was only 81, 1O8, 1913 barrels,
a decrease of over ,1O8, 900
barrels as compared with 1911.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1912-08-15

Mr.. John w. Mize received a
telephone message Yesterday af-
ternoon advising him of the Sc
riOus illness of his sister, Mrs.
Minnie Hale, who it was thought
at the time the message was dis
patched could not live through
last night.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1912-08-15

The collections of the Internal
Revenue Department in Ken
lucky last year were $32, 1877 1915.
This is the third largest amount
collected from any one State,
Illinois and New York leading
Kentucky.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1912-08-15

Mrs. Ben Mastin, of Walters.
vile, is visiting her daughters,
Mesdames Besse Parr and Stella
Patton and other relatives and
friends in Cincinnati, Ohio.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1912-08-15

Mrs. Q. G. Eaton, whose seri-
Gus illness has been heretofore
noted in these columns, was tax.
en- to Lexington to the hospital
some days ago where she seems
to improve.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1912-08-15
viii Have to Prove School Population.

Will Have to Prove School Population.
The average per cent. of school
children to the population is less
than % per cent. but in some
places it runs PUP as high as 30
per cent. State Supt. Barksdale
Hamlet has rulsd that cities hav-
ing greater tban 30 per cent.
viii have toy we their list. The
|citiss,cQ atft te'V~re Oovington
|~iYi6h snow d, ,ey'scent. and
Paris which ...yws, 90 per cent.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1912-08-15

Edgar Curry, of Lexington, il
visiting his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. j. j. Curry.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1912-08-15
AtkinsOn..Ewen.

Mr.. O. 9. Atkinson and Miss
Nellie Even surprised their
friends by going to Lexington
Wednesday and getting married.
The ceremQpy was performed
by the Rev. Marx Coils Of the
Christian church, at the home OF
the officiating minister. The
bride is the beautiful daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. j. 5. Even, of
Stanton, and the groom is the
popular assistant cashier of the
Clay City National Bank and a
rising Young attorney. They
are receiving the congratulations
of their many friends.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1912-08-15

Mr.. ana Mrs. James Wilson, of
Lexington, were here with the
formers parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
K. N. Wilson Sunday.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1912-08-15

Mr.. and Mrs. Bob Henry, of
Winchester, are visiting rela-
tives i'm the county.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1912-08-15

Home grown watermelons are
on the market and they are of
excellent quality.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1912-08-15

The city is having considerable
gravel hauled and spread on our
streets. Thanks to our city
fathers.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1912-08-15

Miss Ada Johnson is visiting
her cousin, Mrs. Mirtie Johnson,
at Lexington and attending the
fair,
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1912-08-15

0:3O Devotional Exercises
$40 Address of Welcome -Corbett Davis.
$3.50 The Sunday-school at Work Pat Henry.
10 How Hold the Youth in the Sunday Baker
10 20 The Relation of the Pastor to the Sun
day-schOOl Bro lowery.
10 :}5 The Adult Bible Glass N. E. Florence.
1875 Round Table w. j. Vaughan.
II 80 Reports from Schools.
II $50 Appointment of Committees.
3sOU Dinner e go <4arts--@~@a'~ - s.'f'
80 Relation the Sunday schoo to the Churc c. Haney
300 Measuring Sunday-schoo w. j. Vaughan.
22O Reaching the Boys and the Girls Paul Derthck.
2:3O Offering.
300 Reading the Bible in the School Bessie Curry.
800 Adjournment.
NIGHT SESSION.
7:30 Devotional Exercises
7:45 Home Study Paul Derthck.
500 Stewardship w j. Vaughan.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1912-08-15

+. n. Wilson has been very
sick this week but is now much
improved.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-10-24
A New Race
BY ELBERT HUBBARD.
Copyright. 1912. Inter ma tional News Service

Doctor Kane. in his very ln'e'
esting memoirs, tells how TINS ''-'
drifted on an ice foe and llha"'
reached the mainland.
Doctor Kane found MacgregoI "
Uppernavik and offered to take i',"
back to civilization. The Scolc",,
man declined the invitation anu
explained that he was headed "'
MacKenzies Land, where ne pV.
posed to start a Utopian co'1'N :
lead the Ideal Life.
That was the last reliable inlo'
nation that the world had oil MAJ
pherson Macgregor, of NJ"
ford, formerly of Glasgow
If there is any connection D.
tween Professor Stefansson s us
covery and the last tidings OF Wa,
pherson Macgregor, let the "0''
assume it.
Stefansson is a great man w
he seems to lack the poetic mae
nation. as well as being sho'' '
perspicuity and perspicacity
And in any event, Professor
cv Shaw, the noted biologist Is
perfume in his remark when me- ~.
claims: "Esquimos in Mache"1,, en-,
Land with red hair! We'll ~
color hair would you expect them
have?'
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-10-24
Copyright. 10

~ r o F f S SOR EFANSSON
reports the discovery of a
tribe of Esquimos in MacKen-
zies Land who have red hair.
These people have no history that
they can recount.
There are about two thousand of
them. They have a degree of intel
ligenee which the regular Esquimos
do not possess. They have red hair,
blue eyes and a tendency to argue
about religion. Some Of them are
artistlcally freckled
Many of their names begin with
Mac, and they have a way of add
dressing each other with something
that sounds like "Hoot Mon!"
Oats grow farther north than
wheat Whether these Esquimos are
fed on oats or not Professor Ste
fansson does not say.
But the world will not rest easy
on Professor Stefanssons report
until we find whether haggls and
oatmeal have played their parts in
the hirsute color scheme of this
tribe of Esquimos. who not only
have red hair. but are red headed.
Evidently Professor Stefansson
has never heard of Macpherson
Macgregor. who was lost off the
New Bedford whaling ship, Mary
Ann, in Baffins bay
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-10-24
By THOMAS TAPER.

hlsh as Injuries used to be. Ten
years ago pound of chuck steak
cost about one-third of its present
price.
And yet the best restaurants are
50 crowded with guests that if Won
have the 20 cents for half norton
of turkey, and a little extra for
boiled potato and the waiter, Won
may have to stand around a half
hour before you can sit down and
begin to give up the money.
But back of all these high prices
there Is a solemn fact.
We are a wasteful nation.
Every man is as good as anv
other man, and everybody wants
grape fruit for breakfast.
And there is another solemn fact
Very few of us have even an ele.
mentary knowledge of how to spend
money.
Earning money Is a necessity.
Spending money is an art that
many of US never learn.
And good many people are be-
ginning to think that we are poor
hands at making what we buy 30
as far as possible.
l have mentioned turkey in this
article, for this reason:
I saw man order a half portion
While the waiter was in the kitchen
getting 1t the man picked up the bill
Of fare and discovered that he had
signed away 20 cents without
knowing It.
1t made him mad. When the
waiter came back with the white
meat and the dressing, the man BE-
gan to argue with him about the
ridiculous price. But, Of course
the waiter could not deliver the
goods for less than the C. o. D.
price.
Then the man called the hotel
steward and argued with him He
TOO, was powerless to reduce the
NNA'e VI Nv ms O4i CIldl OCCdbiOHt UC-
cause he had received his orders
from upstairs"
The upstairs" man had not yet
returned from Europe Even Il ne
had. the angry diner could not have
accomplished much; for he would
have been referred to the market
man, then to the next man, and so
on down the line until he reached
the man that had raised the turkey
And he, the turkey raiser would
probably dodge behind the hay
stack, and refer him to the presI-
dent of the United States as the
one cause of the whole trouble
Which is, of course. unfair to the
president
Meanwhile, the half portion on
the table is getting cold The man
has nothing to do but to go back
and partake of it,
And the price on the check VIII
be 10 cents, just the same.
With ten cents added, in some
places, for bread and butter
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-10-24

that the price OF cucumbers has
gone down, but it is impossible to
economic through them very much
because there is a limit to cucum-
bers as a steady diet.
Now. these restaurant prices
merely reflect the prices in the
market. Many a family has had,
gradually, to stop buying the bet
ter cuts of meat because wages
are insufficient
Even the secondary cuts have
gone up in price until they are as
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-10-24

WHEN we find that the price
w of roast turkey has risen in
the best hotels until for a
half portion you pay seventy cents,
it seems certain that few people can
have turkey away from home.
Did you ever see such a half por-
ton?
A lot of dressing. three or four
little pieces of dark meat, each
about the size of walnut, and two
slices of white meat, cut amazingly
thin And all for seventy cents.
The poor can not afford to eat
turkey at this price.
And yet it makes us wonder
whether the rich have grabbed it
all, or whether a great multiplicity
of causes are at work to put up
prices.
In few years the population has
increased twenty millions.
Maybe fewer turkeys are raised
than formerly.
Perhaps it costs more TO raise
them now that the young men are
leaving the farms and coming to the
cities.
And yet some politicians tell you,
glibly and without blushing, that If
you vote right they will fix the tar
if and prices will be down again.
Who pays the tariff on hotel
turkey?
You.
Can a politician alter that?
Not unless he calls personally on
the hotel man and points out the
injustice, to the purchaser, of tur-
key at seventy cents per half por-
ton.
And, speaking of restaurant food,
have before me the prices charged
in 1904, eight years ago. Compare
these with the prices charged in
the same restaurant in 1912.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-10-24

Earning Money Is a
Necessity and Spend
ing 1t Is an Art Few
of Us Learn, as Each
Insists Upon Being as
Lavish as His Neigh
Dor.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-10-24
Your Sphere of Ideas.

she is the most ctarmi1a wom-
an ] ever knew" we hear enthu-
siastiCaQy spoken of some one who
seems to us plain. insipid. com
monplace, until we come within
range of her personality. We may
not even have a chance to talk with
her We may only catch the flash
of her smile, or a glance of her
eye But by these We have had a
glimpse of the real woman that I'M
derlies the unburn.shed exterior.
Brief as it was, we have made an
excursion into the world Of her
ideas, and found it good
In what world of ideas do YOU
live? Is it filed with principles
and truths, or crowded by person
alities? Is it your habit to come
home, after a day of shopping, and
say: THAT was a magnificent sun
set on the bay" or That is a Won
derful device for ventilating pas
senger cars l saw demonstrated
this afternoon. This is the way l
understand it works ?" or do you
say, Il never was so mad in my life
as | was at that red headed Jen-
ME Jones. I'll never shop with her
again if l live to be a hundred. She
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-10-24
View Rosy Side of Life.

What is the color Of the world
you live in? Is it black with gloom.
or gray with passive acceptance Of
things az they are, but which you
might make better, or is 1t ROSY
with the rays of undying hope?
That color depends upon you.
What is the climate of the world
you live in? Is it damp, with Gull
tivated despair? There are persons
whose atmosphere is as moist and
chill as a frogs slipper. or is II
full of the moving airs OF hope and
courage and good will? Persons
who live in such worlds are tonics
as breeze from the sea.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-10-24
LIVING IN A WORLD OF IDEAS

I \ what kind of 4 world do you
| live? BY what ideas is it peo-
pied:
We say of rbis person. How
charming she is" and of that
What disagreeable man" We
mean, "ln what a hopeful happy
world of ideas she lives" or BY
what morose, selfish thoughts is he
companioned."
Surrounding this earth is atmos-
phere, about five miles in extent
In that atmosphere we can live and
breathe and work, perform the hu-
man functions OF loving and mat
ing. Of hoping and developing and
worshiping But should an ambi-
tious aeronaut pass beyond the at
mospheric limit he would reach
stratum of rarefied air, in which he
would soon die This atmosphere is
the worlds envelope, unacceptable,
indispensable. Every person has his
atmosphere. Indispensable and in
escapable. 1t is the world of ideas
in which he has his existence.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-10-24

grabbed lace bordered handker-
chief l wanted, right under my
nose, OF Il met Sallie on the ave-
nue. and sallie said to me; then I
said Sallie"
1t is we'll to be Interested in per
sons. Such interest satisfies the
hunger for human contact. We need
ii to keep us harmonious, and
mentally well rounded, but iris is a
topsy-turvy world We live in. if
it is filled with personalities. To
keep poised and sane. we must fix
the eyes of the mind on some truth
that is mighty. on principles that
are changeless. as mera human ma
ture can not be-
Js it a little world or ? liz am
Ideas need not be few and small
because we live in village, or in
back street, or a tenement. Our
ideas need not be narrow because
our lives seem to be. In these days
of reading matter, both good and
cheap, our thoughts may rove the
earth and lee as wide as the uni
verse. though we live in hall bed
room We may live in a world of
pigmies or Of giants according to
o,,u ,,-;11
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-10-24
BY ADA PATTERSON.

point What kind of thoughts do
these persons think?
This woman radiates perVasWe
cheerfulness, that man high hope
and supreme courage. we say to
them, This half hour have spent
With YOU has done me good. 1t
has made me better and brighter
and Drawer l don't know why"
But we do know why. They have
tinsod our pale, anemic thoughts
with the vivid colors of our own.
Our weakness has borrowed from
their strength. Our mental atmos-
phere has absorbed some of their
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-10-24
Radiating Cheerfulness.

one person attracts us. another
repels. Unless we have the habit
of analysis we are puzzled by the
fact that two persons of apparently
equal gifts and amiabiity should
so differently affect us. We know
that we would like to know one of
them much better, and we would be
glad If we never had to see the
other. Yet there is no real mys-
terry about it, The thought world
in which one lives pleases us The
thought atmosphere of the other
displeases.
Magnetism and personality are
terms for which philosophers have
gone seeking to profound depths
and at dizzy heights. yet whatever
the terms they have given to their
more or lqss valuable discoveries
they bring us back to the starting
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-10-24

mere is group of startling pic
lures taken during the recent dem
onstration against the suffragettes
in Wales The top, left hand pic
ture shows a woman being protect
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1912-10-04
FIVE OF ONE FAMILY DROWN
MEMBERS ARE VICTIMS OF PIG.
EoN RIVER TRAGEDY.
Canoe Overturns When Canadian
Hooks Fourteen-Pound
MuscaIonge.

Toronto, Ont. Oct. Five mem.
bers of one family we're drowned in
the Pigeon river. the victims being
VIM. McCaffrey of Toronto. sales man
ager Of an electric company, his moth.
er, wife and two children.
The dead: VIM. Mccartney, Laura
Sager McCaffrey. his wife; Mrs. Mary
Mccartney. his mother: Grace Maxine
Mccartney. IL years old. his daughter,
Howard Sager Mccartney. aged 8. his
son.
A fourteen pound muscalonge which
had been hooked by Mr.. McCaffrey,
was responsible for the drownings.
When the bodies were recovered.
clutched In the hands Of the father
was a trolling line and on the hook
was IA pound muscalonge. The big
fish thrashed the water violently when
he was drawn In.
The party were out In a canoe and
the coroner declared that during the
efforts Of the father to land the fish.
the canoe was overturned.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1912-10-04
EVIDENTLY OUT OF PLACE
Indignant Frenehman Had Some
Fault to Find With Postmaster.
and Said So.

A Frenchman with a name spelled
a Ia Paris and pronounced something
like Ca-choo had never learned I'd
read or write. but he managed to dis,
guise the fact pretty we'll until he
moved to new community where the
name was not common. Going to the
postofiics one morning he inquired:
Got any mail for Joe Ca-choof"
What's the manner" inquired the
clerk.
"Ca-choo. Joe Ca-choo"
How do you spell it?"
Cant you spell Joe Ca-choof"
No" said the clerk. 81 never heard
II before"
Then the disgust OF the Frenchman.
which had been constantly rising,
boiled over and he snorted:
well. II you cant spell. why don't
you sell your old postofice to some
one that cam"
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1912-10-04
CRIPPLE TO GIVE LEG.
Generous Offer Accepted for Skin.
Grating.

Gary, Ind. Oct. l.-When William
Rugh appears again at his newspaper
stand he will be supported by two
crutches instead of one. When Miss
Ethel Smith is able to go home from
the Gary general hospital, she will
have an excellent chance to get well.
Both these conditions will ne the
result Of the generous offer OF the Al.
year-old newsboy to submit to an CD
Grafton which will remove his left leg,
that live skin may be obtained to graft
upon the body and legs OF Miss Smith.
The girl was burned while riding on
a motorcycle recently.
Rugh was placed upon the operat
ing table Sunday. In an adjoining sur.
gerry. doctors prepared Miss Smith for
the delicate process of grating live
skin upon the places that were burned.
Rugh went happily about his bust.
ness Of selling papers at Sixth avenue
and Broadway Saturday night. He is
crippled by the shortness of the leg
which the surgeons are to take from
him and he uses one crutch in walk.
ing about the news stands.
I'll get another cruteh and get
along nearly as WELL" Rugh said.
But you'll be in the hospital some
time after the operation and youu
probably suffer a lot" was suggested
by one of his customers.
YES" smiled Rugh. but I'll be
saving girls life, and there's a 10,
Of satisfaction In knowing that"
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1912-10-04
Potteries Prosperlno.

The output of the pottery industries
of the United States had a value Of
$s4.5ls.56O in 1911. according to the
United States geological survey chart
of clay products production. by states.
compiled by Jefferson Middletown. the
pottery production for 1911 was greater
than for 1910. when the output was val
ued at $33,7s4.67s. the increase being
$73S,SS2. or the total production.
Ohio was first. with an output valued
at $l4,774,265: New Jersey second.
with sS.401.s41; West Virginia third.
with s2.SS0,202: New York fourth.
with $2.17S.364; Pennsylvania fifth,
with $2.156.S17. and Indiana sixth,
with $1.004.737. The output Of NO 9TH
er state had q value in excess Of .
million dollars.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1912-10-04
TO HAVE DISTINCTIVE POSTA( {
GOVERNMENT TO PRINT UNIQUE
STAMPS FOR PARCELS POST.
So Different as To Avert Any Pos.
sibIe Confusion With the
Ordinary Postage.

Washington, Oct. 1. - Arrange.
ments have been made by Postmaster
General Hitchcock for the engraving
and manufacture Of stamps. unique in
size and novel In design. for exclusive
use In the forwarding OF packages by
the parcels post. The special parcels
post stamps will be so distinctive as
TO avert any possible confusion with
ordinary stamps which cannot be used
for this purpose.
The new issue will be in three series
or designs. The first will illustrate
modern methods of transporting mail.
the stamp showing the mail car on a
railway train: another on ocean mail
steamship; third. an automobile now
used In the postal service; and a
fourth. the despatch of mail by aero.
plane.
The second series will show at work
In their several environments, the
four great classes of postal employees
-postoffice clerks. railway mail
clerks, city letter carriers and rural
delivery carriers.
The third series will represent four
Industrial schools showing the princiI
pal sources of the products that prob
ably will be transported extensively
by parcels post.
The stamps will be ready for distri,
button Dec. 10 in order that the &C. 600
postofiices may be supplied with them
before the Law becomes effective Jan.
1.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1912-10-04
Sees No Trouble In ireland.

New York. Oct. 1.-The Ulster.
ites' demonstration against home rule
at Belfast is no more dangerous than
this fash light" exclaimed VIM. H.
Redmond. Nationalist member oil par.
lament when his speech at a large
mass meeting in Carnegie hall was in.
tsrruptsd by the photographers work.
The speaker. who is brother of John
e. Redmond. leader of the home rule
movement. was given an ovation. A
letter was read ffom Cardinal Farley
expressing his warm sympathy.