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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-12-04
The Spugs.


In order to enIighten its readers
las to the rigin. meaning and OBJ
fleets OF SThe Spugs." whose name
Fhas frequently appeared IN public
print of late. the Telegram viii
briefly elucidaJe a "Spug is a
member Of the Society for the Pre-
vo1tion OF Useless Giving, which
was recently organized in New York
City by a group Of worthy persons.
. AS Will be perceived. the nick name
is derived from the initial letters of
the societys title. The chief object
OF the organization is to inject a lit
tie common sense into Christmas
benevoIenca.
A little reflection viii reveal that
the society has wide fed of use
fulness spread before it. or late
years. entirely too much foolish o.
tentation and needless extravaganee
have entered into the spirit OF
Christmas giving. Christmas pres
ents are given not SO much for an
expression o. friendship or OF love-
as it is for the purpose OF advertising
cardinal sin for any one to give a
Christmas present of less value than
the present he is expected to re-
ceive in return, regardless of his
pecuniary means, and a cause for
feiicitatic.1 II one giver can Guido
another A goddess. sordid. sense
less commerciaIsm thus transpIants \
the old fashioned but sincere spirit
OF CHRISTMAS giving.
Oae of the commendab,e objects l
of The Spugs is the prevention OF n
the idiotic custom of circulating \ 4
paper among employees 4
of an establishment for the purpose
of raising a fund with which to pur-
chase a costly gift for some Official. 4
or superintendent. of the concern,
Poor working girls. who need the
money far more than the higher
salar.ed official. are thus forced to
to a sum FOR a really
useless purpose, for the chances are
that the official will receive some
thing he does not need. a fear that
the management may hear OF a re-
f1lSaI OF some one TO SuDStElDS - 4
the fund s.ld thus raise a prejudice
against the clerk or a suspicion OF
d.sloyalty, impeIs the victims to sub
scribe. as consequence o. which 4
the subscription IS usually unani-
nous. The society seeks TO sup
press the idiots who start these sub
papers.
The society does not seek to
measure Christmas giving by any
standard OF dollars and cents. It's
object is to divert the money that is
spent for Christmas gifts into more
and more useful chan
neIs as well as 10 impress the les
son of needless extravagance. The
Spugs teach medication, sanity and-i
$ sincerity. which viii make the re-
membrane mean more and which
viii leave no bitter regrets in the
heart OF the giver. The creed is not
new. as il has been preached for
some time BY the pulpit and the
press: but there is pressing need
for its further incuIcatica and il
ought to have the earnest support of
every well meaning person.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-12-04

Good roads leading i6te Clarks-
burg. IS now a commendaSle slogan
on the part OF the board 4 trade
and other business orgals ations-
It may ne that good roads can. not be
had all over the county but they
can be IN Coal and Clark dis-
tricts, il the voters of those districts
but say the word.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-12-04
ADEveIrEc ho.

II you are detefh=lled to i've and
die a slave to ,custohss see that It is
at least good one p DAY
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1912-05-16

Dixie Robinson spent Friday in
Union City.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1912-05-16

Near the seaport Of Southampton.
England, there Is q remarkable edi-
fice known ~ Petersen's tower. which
marks the burying place OF q certain
John Petersen. a wealthy tea planter.
The man appears TO have been rather
an eccentric individual. and In order
TO prove to the world his belief In
concrete as a building material. be set
about the construction OF this great
tower. The building took many years
90 complete. but Is entirely OF con-
crete. and by the time the Anal lay
ers had been placed had reached an al
titude OF more than 800 feet II 10
about 90 years since the tower was
erected. and It's present condition 10
certainly justification OF the faith
OF the builder. Petersen left instruc-
lions that hk remains should be
placed under the tower, and this was
accordingly done. Another desire, that
the chamber at the summit should con-
tain light. was defeated by the Arm
stand which Trinity house, the light
house authority. took on the matter.
Such an Illumination would have been
visible for miles out at sea and would
have proved misleading to sailors
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1912-05-16
UNKNOWN LOVER a THIEF

An adventure. giving a good exam.
pie OF the romantic temperament of
the French. has Just befallen young
and good-looking American girl stay
Ing at ole Of the most fashionable
hotels In the Rue de Riyoli. Paris. A
while ago the girl. who had missed a
faVorite brooch containing a minia-
ture OF herself. and had given up all
nope OF finding It. was much aston
ished TO find fixed to her dressing u,
BILE the following note:
You are the most Ideally beautiful
thing have seen In Paris. Permit
me, therefore. to carry on, In addition
TO 80 many exquisite souvenirs which
you have left In my memory. the one
which has charmed me most. | In
close e200 as the price OF your
brooch"
The girls reply was prompt, and as
original as the strangers letter. She
caused a brief note to the following
eject TO be sent TO the other visitors
at the hotel: Mile. x. refuses the
f20O AS the price OF her brooch, but
will be pleased to have Herself photo
sraphed for the person who sends II
back TO her"
A photographer. bearing the missing
uinket. soon presented himself. and.
having handed over the brooch. took q
number Of photographs of the Amer.
lean girl. whose Identity. by her spe-
eial request, is being kept secret both
by the hoteI management and the DO.
lice
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1912-05-16
STRAY NEWS ITEM.

A body Of a woman was found in
Wolf River at Memphis Thursday OF
last week, and identified as that Of
Mrs. c. E. Patterson, who escaped
from the Gartley & Ramsey hospital
in that city several days ago. Mrs.
Patterson's home is in Hickman, Ky.
She had been in Memphis for the last
two months for treatment for pellagrs
which disease. the physicians say.
weakened her mind. She leaves a
husband and several children. The
Pattersons are prominent people of
near Hickman.-News.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1912-05-16
w. o. w. BURY A BROTHER.

Joe Paul Armstrong. age about IS
years, died at he home Of Mrs. Far
Is, on the Bond Hill, Friday, after a
long illness OF dropsy. On account
of continued bad health, he had been
reduced to bad circumstances finan.
cially. and was dependent upon the
local w. o. W. Camp for aid. OF
this order he had been a member for
two or three years, and carried 81.
600 insurance. The Woodmen laid
him to rest In the City Cemetery
Saturday afternoon, with the honors
Of the craft.
The last rites were indeed sad. No
relatives were there to drop a tear
upon the new made grave or say
last goodbye. except his little 10
year old daughter, who is left at
the mercy of the world. The lodge
will undertake to look after this little
one and bring her up to honorable
womanhood
Deceased had made his home in
Hickman greater part Of the time
for many years but had no relatives
In this section.
Peace 10 his ashes.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1912-05-16
COTS FOR SICK JURORS

When the Judge. court officials and
lawyers In the trial Of Revert Davis.
charged with the murder of James
Work, a deputy sheriff. arrived at the
district court in Oklahoma City. Okla,
the other day. they found the court.
room filled with white cots, on which
we're seven OF the twelve Jurors. too
III TO sit In the Jury box A trained
nurse was in charge OF the men. The
sudden illness OF the jurors. physi-
clans said. was due to hot weather,
lack OF exercise. or possibly a slight
attack OF ptomaine poisoning.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1912-05-16
n. M. !. TAKE OUTING.

The students, and teachers of Han
Moody Institute, of Martin, Tenn.
some 500 strong, treated themselves
to a steamboat excursion from Hick-
man to Mound City, Ills. Monday.
They arrived in Hickman on a spe-
cial train Of ten coaches over the
~, c. & st. L., where the excursion
steamer w. w., OF the Streckfus line
of st. Louis was waiting for them.
1t was a jolly crowd-well equipped
for a days outing having with them
brass and string band, and about
half car of fried chicken, ice cream
fruits, etc.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1912-05-16
RECORD IN PIANO PLAYING

The Paris newspapers record a feat
OF endurance on the part OF one
Thorpe. described as a native OF Bo-
hemia. vho played the piano for 80
hours and is minutes without stop
ping. II seems that there is a record
even In this kind OF folly. and that II
was formerly held by Mr.. Waterbury,
whose performance extended over ASH
hours. The report states that Thorpe
was fed and given stimulants during
the entertainment
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1912-05-16
ELECTION OF TEACHERS.

The election of teachers for the ru-
raj schools will be held June list.
Teachers wishing positions will pleas
file applications with the sub-district
trustees. State the number OF years
taught and the kind OF certificate
held.-Vlrginia Luten. Co. 5upt.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1912-05-16
ROPE-SklPPER AT EIGHTY-0NE

A spry old lady is Mis- Sue Voorhees,.
an eighty-one-year-old inmate OF the
Ithaca Old Ladies' home. While cele-
brating her birthday recently she
called out her friends on the lawn In
front OF the home and picking up q
little girls jumping rope skipped
twenty one times without the faintest
sign OF fatigue or effort
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1912-05-16

Justice ELI Cherry. of Grlllis Mills.
Tenn, was plainly worried. A PAD
sore on his leg had baffled several
doctors and long resisted all remedies
Il thought II was q cancer" he wrote
AT last l used Bqchen's Ar.hea
Salve, and was completely curea.
Cures, burns boils. ulcers. cuts. plies
and bruises. 25c at Helm 4 Ellison's
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1912-05-16

Floor dressing for sale by II. E.
Curtin.
j. Newton Tune. OF Rlves. Tenn. is
now on the job as assistant local man
ager for the Cumberland Telephone
Co. He arrived here Thursday and
Is the third man to be sent here by
the company since d. Owens resigned
a month ago. A. ]. Beadles, Of I'm
ion City. was manager No. 1, Tom
Hall. OF Dyersburg. manager No. 2.
and Tune is manager No. 3.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1912-05-16

Dixie Robinson spent Friday in
Union City.
FOR SALE: Young COW with calf:
young Red Polled Bull. registered; a
pair good young mules.-E. @. Mad
dox. Route 3.
Have you been waiting for a chance
TO buy a nice home in Hickman
cheap? Here IL Is. A nice 7-room
residence with Broom basement. The
house in excellent shape; basement
walled and floored with brick. Loca-
ton is all that could be asked-on
the best residence street in the city.
Large. roomy lot and we'll improved.
Good cistern, concrete walks and out
buildings. Entrance from three sides.
You win have to see this property
10 appreciate il. The price is $4,000,
half cash, balance to suit purchaser.
For further information ask for 80,
at the Courier office.
The management of the N, c. e.
St l.. is seriously considering the
matter Of remodeling their Old Hick-
man depot so as to make II more
convenient for both employees and
patrons OF the company. There is
a lot of room for improvement, and
our citizens will welcome a change.
Agent X. b. johnson is getting up
plans for the proposed improvements.
At present all railroad business Is
being looked after in temporary de-
pot in East Hickman, where II was
necessary to move during the flood.
This is very inconvenient for about
seven-eighths of the town.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1912-05-16

Capt. Lee Campbell, of Cairo, was
in Hickman Sunday.
Mrs. Fannie Shaw returned Thurs
day night from a visit with Mrs. AL
ice Wilson in st. Louis.
Floor Dressing, applied to the lin
oleum, preserves the Hnoleum, gives
longer life and makes the floor dust
proof. Sold in any quantity.-H. e.
Curlin's.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1912-09-27
Crawl on All Fours to Get Tall.

A mans organs and those of his
bones which are not subjected to
pressure grow continuously until he
is forty years old; that is to say, the
heart should become stronger the ca
pacity of the lungs increase, and the
brain should develop steadily until the
fourth decade of life. Also one should
wear a larger hat at the age of forty
than at thirty. A man ceases to grow
tall. however, at the beginning of the
third decade. because after that time
the downward pressure exerted by the
weight of the body while in the erect
position congresses the vertebrae, or
small bones In the spine, the discs of
cartilage between them. the pelvis
and the thigh bones, and this pressure
overcomes the natural elasticity of the
discs and the growth Of these bones.
However, British scientist contends
that were a man a quadruped and
therefore freed from the downward
pressure produced by his weight upon
his spinal column, he would continue
to grow in height for ten years longer
than he does at present. since 1t has
been found that bones not subjected
to compression increase up to the
fourth decade.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1912-09-27
TO RESTORE GARDEN OF EDEN
Sentimental Feature Connected With
Great Irrigation Project in
Asiatlc Turkey.

The restoration of the Garden of
Eden is sentimental feature of the
great irrigation project by which Sir
William Willcocks hopes to bring. back
the early fertility to a great region
In Asiatic Turkey. The country Dor,
dering the lower Euphrates and Tigris
rivers was long a center of prosper
ity and wealth. 1t was made to flour
ish by extensive irrigation works, the
ruins of which still exist, but the land
is now barren by drought, though
much of 1t is swept by occasional
floods. The engineers propose to re-.
construct the ancient works on an
enlarged and improved plan. They
have found depression in the des-
ert, into which the overflow from the
Euphrates can be led, and they ex-
pect to be able to regulate the Tigris,
though this is a more. difficult feat
that the ancients never fully accom-
plished. The probable great produc-
tiveness of the delta of the two rivers
under suitable irrigation Is indicated
by analyses showing the soil to be
richer than that of Egypt or the Su.
dan. 1t Is believed that the Garden of
Eden will be found just north of Ur,
at the ancient junction of the Tigris
and Euphrates. Ur is supposed to
have been a maritime town, but its
remains are now six miles west of the
Euphrates and 125 miles from the sea.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1912-09-27
Number Four.
A JOINT RESOLUTION.

Proposing an amendment to section
one OF article nine OF the Constr
tuition OF Pennsylvania, relating to
taxation.
Section /. Be it resolved by the
Senate and House Of Representatives
OF the Commonwealth OF Pennsylvania
in General Assembly met, That the
following is proposed as an amend
ment to the Constitution of the Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania, in ac-
cordance with the provisions OF the
eighteenth article thereof
Section 2. Amend section one Of
article nine OF the Constitution of
Pennsylvania, which reads as follows:
All taxes shall be uniform, upon
the same class of subjects, within the
territorial limits of the authority levy
ing the tax, and shall be levied and
collected under general laws; but the
General Assembly may, by general
laws, exempt from taxation public
property used for public purposes,
actual places OF religious worship,
places of burial not used or held for
private or corporate profit, and inLtitu-
tions of purely public charity so as
to read as follows:
All taxes shall be uniform upon the
same class of subjects, within the ter
ritorial limits of the authority levying
the tax, and shal! be levied and col
lected under general laws, and the
subjects of taxation may be CLASSIFIED
for the purpose of laying graded or
progressive taxes; but the General
Assembly may, by general laws, ex-
empt from taxation public property
used for public purposes, actual places
Of religious worship, places of burial
not used or held for private or cor
porate profit, and institutions Of pure
ly public charity.
A true copy of Joint Resolution
No. 4.
ROBERT McAFEE,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1912-09-27
ugh, and township officers, for regu-

Ou5n, dHC IoWuSulp OulCefS, AoE IS5U-
lar terms of service, snail DC ne-,.
the municipal election day; namely, the
Tuesday next following the first Mon
day Of November in each odd-number-
ed year, but the General Assembly
may by law fix u different day, two
thirds OF all the members Of each
House consenting thereto: Provided,
That such elections sha be acid in
an odd-numbered year: Provided fur
ther, That all judges for the courts
OF the several judicial districts hold
ing office at the present time, whose
terms OF office may end iii an odd
numbered year, shall continue to hold
their offices until the first Monday OF
January in the next succeeding even
numbered year.
A true copy of Concurrent Resolu-
ton No. 8.
ROBERT McAFEE,
Secretary Of the Commonwea. tn.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1912-09-27
PATHcS IN PARIS PAWNSHOP
French Marquise Bequeathes $4,000
to Be Used to Redeem Pledges
of the Poor.

The Marquise de Guerry has be-
queathed nearly $4,000 to the city
of Paris for the redemption of small
objects pledged in the state pawn
shops by the poor.
The legacy has it's origin in visit
paid one day by the marquise to the
chief depot of the Mont de Piete, as
the state pawnbroking establishment
Is called in France, where her atten-
tion was attracted by a silver chris
tening set, consisting of knife, fork
and spoon, such as is given to a child
on its baptism or fret communion.
The set was tarnished with age and
the ticket showed 1t had been in
pawn for half century.
The marquise was told that regu-
larly for many years since 1860, when
the little christening gift was pawned,
either the father or the mother of the
recipient had come and paid the tri-
Hing interest on the pledge, doubtless
a relic of dead child. Each year the
man or his wife was little older, a
little shabbier, little sadder, but the
interest was punctually paid.
Then the man ceased his annual
visits and only the woman came, un-
til she, too failed to appear Neither
was ever seen again, and the little
christening gift remained in it's wrap
ping getting blacker and dustier until
1t was seen by the Marquise de
Guerry.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1912-09-27
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS

TO TILE CONSTITUTION SUBMIT
TED TO THE CITIZENS OF THIS
COMMONWEALTH FOR THEIR AP-
PROvAL OR REJECTION, BY THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE
MMONWEALTH OF PENNSYL-
VANIA, AND PUBLISHED BY OR
DER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE
COMMONWEALTH, IN PURSu-
ANCE OF ARTICLE XVIII OF THE
CONSTITUTION.
Number One.
A JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing an amendment to article
nine, section four, of the Constltu-
ton of the Commonwealth OF Penn
sylvania, authorizing the State to
issue bonds to the amount OF tfty
millions of dollars for the improve
ment Of the highways Of the Com
monwealth.
Section /. Be it resolved by the
Senate and House of Representatives
of the Commonwealth OF Pennsylvania
in General Assembly met, That the
following amendment to the Constitu-
ton of the Commonwealth of Pennsyl-
vania be, and the same is hereby, pro
posed, In accordance with the elgn-
teenth article thereof
That section four Of article nine,
which reads as follows
Section 4. No debt shall be Great
ed by or on behalf of the State, eX-
oept to supply casual deficiencies OF
revenue, repel invasion, suppress IN
surrection, defend the State in war, or
to pay existing debt; and the debt
created to supply deficiency in rev.
enue shall never exceed, in the aSgre-
CRATE at any one time, one million OF
dollars" be amended so as to read as
follows:
Section 4. No debt shall be created
by or on behalf of the State, except
to supply casual deficiencies OF rev
enue, repel invasion, suppress insur-
rection, defend the State in war, or to
pay existing debt; and the debt Great
ed to supply deficiencies in revenue
shall never exceed, in the aggregate
at any one time, one million OF dol
lars: Provided, however, mat the
General Assembly, irrespective OF any
debt, may authorize the State to issue
bonds to the amount of fifty mtliions
of dollars for the purpose OF improV-
ing and rebuilding the highways OF
the Commonwealth.
A true copy Of Joint Resolution
No. /.
ROBERT McAFEE,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1912-09-27
Protecting Grapes From Bees

State Zoologist III. A. Surface, at
his Office in Harrisburg, has receiv-
ed several letters as.'ing how to
protect grapes from bees. One
writea from the central part of
Pennsylvania says: "They are
running them as soon as they be-
come thoroughly ripened. Can the
grapee be removed and kept wrap
ped in paper or packed in saw
dust?' The reply of Professor
Surface is as follows +:
"You can protect grapes from
bees by either putting bags around
the clusters, or picking them before
they are over-ripe, and wrapping
them mp, and laying them away.
The bees do not attack the grapes
until after their skins have burst or
are weakened by disease, or are
opened by some insect like the
wasp or yellow-jacket, and after
the grapes have become bruised or
opened the bees will, of course,
clean them out. Pick them before
they become over-ripe or burs, AMI
they will keep as well wrapped up
and laid away"
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1912-09-27
ROBERT McAFEE.
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Number Three.

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION.
Proposing an amendment to section
three Of article eight Of the Consti-
tuition of Pennsylvania.
Section /. Be it resolved by the
House of Representatives of the Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania Gf the
Senate concur), That the following is
proposed as an amendment to the Con-
stitution of the Commonwealth OF
Pennsylvania, in accordance with the
provisions of the eighteenth article
thereof
Section 2-Amend section three Of
article eight, which reads as follows:
'All judges elected by the electors of
the State at large may be elected at
either general or municipal election,
as circumstances may require. All
the elections for judges of the courts
tor the several judicial districts, and
for county, city, ward, borough, and
township officers, for regular terms of
service, shall be held on the municipal
election day; namely, the Tuesday
next following the first Monday of No
vember In each oddnumbered year,
but the General Assembly may by law
fix a different day. two-thirds of al
the members Of each House consent
Ing thereto: Provided, That such
elections shall always be held in an
odd-numbered year." SO as to read:
Section 8. All judges elected by
the electors of the State at large may
be elected at either a general or mu-
nicipal election as circumstances may
require. All elections for judges of
~. 60 s,,I ~ To-
txietA aAA for county. city. ward, bor