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The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1913-02-14

He or she who hesitates Is lost.
Just ak days remain to take ad-
vantage OF the big Opportunity or
FOR OF the contest You cannot af-
ford to remain inactive when there
is so much at stake. This Is n
mammoth vote inducement which in
justice to yourself, you cannot re-
fuse 10 take advantage OF. for, upon
the amount OF effort and hustle You
put forth the next few days may
depend your success or defeat NJ the
ond.
q You naturally are working for both
the honor and the final prizes and
you cannot get one without having
the other thrust upon you. The
honor Is great and will always at
tnch itself TO yo In after years
and the prizes are valuable and GER
tainly worth your very best efforts
Double Votes Until Feb. 20th.
The big Opportunity Offer will
come 10 close az s D. m. Thurs
day, Feb. goth. Don't forget the day
and hour. Just double the usual
number OF votes will be given on
all subscriptions turned IN before
that time. Subscriptions sent by
mail VIII be counted and votes is
sued TO apply on this big vote offer
II the envelope Is p0stmarked not
later than D. m. Feb. 10th This
gives the contestants living al a dis
tnnce an equal chance with those
living In town. They can work right
up 70 the closing hour OF this big
vote offer and then mail their sub
acriptions at their local postoffice,
and votes will be issued and count
ed under this offer. No matter II
subscription Is sent from very
distant point. Il viii be counted on
the double vote offer II the enyel-
ope Is postmarked not later than
5 d. m. Feb. goth. After that time
the vote schedule will take drop.
Ten Morc Prizes Added
The contest manager Is pleased 10
announce that 10 more prizes have
been added to the large list. maxi
ing 10 prizes In all that will be
given away absolutely free In the
nrize campaign. This Is without a
DOUBT the greatest list OF prizes
ever given In a contest on any
weekly paper in Kentucky. 49,.
These prizes, consisting OF solid
gold bracelets, sterling silver brush
and comb sets. solid gold neck
..alns. eIc., are told about In the
big announcement made on another
page. They are all fine prizes and
any person may feel proud to own
any one OF them. Should a gem
ft.....,.. nd. ooa NJ fhaoa rrizQs he
viii be given something OF equal
value. This now makes nine prizes
In each district so that most any
contestant who puts forth much OF
any effort at all Will win some-
thing
0ood Chnnce For Active WORKERS.
With 10 prizes now In the Dig
prize list. the contest ma manager can, .h',
not ase 700 s'ionsy .ssa,, 'p,v.s and r prnsnec.
t t,va that ,hav have an unusuaIly
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1913-02-14
DEATH OF AN INFANT.

After an illness of only few days
the infant son of Mr.. and Mrs. r.
A. Stone died on Monday night, aged
about two weeks. At was buried
on Tuesday afternoon in the Jones
burial ground. after services con-
Quoted by the Rev. H. B. Hewlett
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1913-02-14
To BID ON BRIDGE.

Henry Preston. OF the contracting
firm of Preston & Crutcher, went
to Richmond. Va. to bid on the con-
struction OF the proposed new rail-
road bridge across the Big Sandy at
Walbridge. The result Of the letting
has not been made public.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1913-02-14
CHARGED WITH PADDING.

Charged with padding his payroll
r. ID. Allen, section foreman in the
employ of the N. & W., at Webb
w. Va. was placed under arrest
Wednesday night by a detective in
the employ of the railway company
It is charged that Allen for sew
eral months had been padding his
payroll and that the amount he Sc
cured last month through a system
he mad put in vogue was $500.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1913-02-14
10 MORE Prizes ADDED

10 Prizes In all That VIII
Ne Given Away Absolutely Free
In she Big Prize Popularity Con
eef. With Such Large List,
There h Now No Need For ANY
One TO Hesitate About Entering
shc l,ace. Now More Prizes Than
There Ae Active Workers. Start
Your Campaign To-day.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1913-02-14

now have more prizes than We have
active workers so that any candi-
dates who starts the campaign at
once should have no trouble at all
In winning one of the prizes.
We especially invite nominations
from new candidates in Wayne
county, W. Va. and other West Vir-
glnia points Also entries from Jen-
kins. Elkhorn City, Van Lear. Pike
Vile and other points up the Big
Sandy river. There Is an unusually
good chance for new candidates In
.he places mentioned
The Capital Prize.
The capital prize the beautiful
Royal pjano--is now on display In
Conleys jewelry store in this city,
and contestants and their friends
are invited TO call and inspect Il.
This beautiful instrument was Sc
lected after the most careful consid-
Grafton as the one which would
please the winner and bring the
most real enjoyment TO the lucky
owner. II was purchased especially
y for this contest from the Fulton
Music Company in Frankfort, Ky. IL
NV p,' i, ,rrsyad last
sue Is,,.assa. - ,nd,.as ~ neonle hnve
.aa,, and admirad II The other
I prizes will be place on display as
4, soon as they arrive.
May Poll More Votes.
co,na ,,aay tho * o0e
1T. ,.;,i, -. ,ais,ad ana untiI
so.e liha. W. n,aston ~ may noll
iul.nvl no ~ lac nal, stans-
snousn ~ ooo o' | odyance of the
ing ,o'vvo ,o's ,i,n. ,ss,e Eor
eauer :" .ne h;ahest s,anding M
,ns.anoe, ' J, sn e1a "a % ,s vau wish you
MAJ mi, enough votes to make
! your standing 1870 In the next
issue. However. II Is advisable TO
hold your votes back and keep
building up reserve vote for that
is what will win in the end.
1 A number OF the contestants DO
not seem to understand the above
ruling. Where contestant poiis
more votes than the limit allowed,
the extra votes are dropped back mn
to the ballot box and viii be count
ed in the next issue. several IAN AN
didates vo'eu invre n,n mn wy =, the
.nis weun III, NV adad @ ~ ,ha standinp
so.es W., o' "'' " -
next weeN, -.
h"ndfens OF 'os M
Votes that are torn or nnu''ia.su
IN any way ~ III, ~ 10 ,hrown ont and
mas ru,, oua' W. cov.ra, cnndidates
no, vo"nsea s, =, vata. ,his week
los' nanu.us ~ s,ora votes given
On .na. sa, aao'n 80 [ sood oniy five
on pusenases Ill. so ~ os soy nurchase ana
.,s.a u''ys ,Iv,n a,,arod d" from The naner must
be sent in before the date thereon
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1913-02-14
OPERATION FOR TuMoR.

James b.. Rice, OF New Cumber-
land. was here Saturday. He had
just returned from Baltimore, whore
he had taken Mrs. Rice for treat
ment The removal Of a large tu-
NOR was necessary. and she is now
In excellent health.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1913-02-14
THE sToRK's VISIT.

Congressman W. j. Fields was al
his home in Olive Hill this week
attending to one OF the events whicl
add to the duties of the census
taker. It's girl, the first, and It's
name Is Elizabeth Alice,
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1913-02-14
IN THE COURT OF APPEALS.

Ratcliff VS.. soward's guardian.
Pike; affirmed on the original and
reversed on the cross-appeal.
Soward's. ETC.. vs.. Rafcl4f etc.
Pike; appeal dismiaar =
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1913-02-14
LOUISA CHAPTER r.. A. NJ.

Friday night. Feb. 10. Is the time
for the regular monthly meeting OF
Louisa Chapter r. A. M A full at
tendance OF the members Is re-
quested.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1913-02-14
FIRE ON LOWER GREASY.

The residence of w. j. Ward, ~
Lower Greasy, johnson county, was
destroyed by fire last week Some
of his furniture was saved.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1913-02-14

A charming young lady from Pike
VILE. KY. who Is one of the strong
candidates in the big prize compe-
tition. Her many friends cannot help
but admire the aggressive way she
Is conducting her campaign and they
are watching her race with great
interest and doing all they can 70
help her.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1913-02-14

Ble Chance IN District No. =.
Especially Is this true in the sec
ond diatrict' IN this district we
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1913-02-14

Bach contestant Is allowed TO use
only three OF the special ballots
good for $4,000 extra votes each,
which should have been returned TO
the contest manager to be counter
signed before Feb. 3th IN order
that the new contestants may have
fcontinnod on pane four.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-10-25

abouts that the old darkey had worn
the selfsame suit of clothing for the
last 80 years.
His system OF dietetics is simple.
Soup and tobacco. tobacco and soup
and there you have his menu. Four
teen hours a day George sleeps; five
hours more than President Wilson
and ten hours more than Napoleon or
Thomas Edison.
George used to tell great tales of
himself and Of the events of long ago.
but during the last few years his
mind has gradually failed. and now
his tongue keeps up a babble as cease
less as it is meaningless. That his
memory isn't quite gone. however. is
attested by G. A. Smeeman of Grand
Rapids. now In his twenties. who re-
Gently visited here after an absence of
many years. When a lad of six Since
man was given some fish by George.
who in those days was an active old
man.
The ancient African, in his quaver
ing voice. rehearsed the story of the
fish in detail as he crinkled the parch.
ment-like skin of his face into a wiz.
ened smile.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-10-25
MRS. PANKHURST IS
ORDERED ADMITTED
PRESIDENT WILSON COMES TO
AID OF BRITISH MILITANT
SUFFRAGETTE.
MUST BE GOOD" WHILE HERE
Famous Leader Promises Not to
Preach vioIence-Must Leave When
Lecture Tour Ends.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Washington.-After having been de-
MED entrance to the United States by
he immigration authorities at New
York and held prisoner pending an
appeal to the commissioner of immi-
grafton at Washington, Mrs. Emmaline
Pankhurst, the British militant suf-
fragette, was ordered released and
given permission TO go where she
pleased in the United States, with
the understanding that she leave the
country when she completes her lee
ture engagements.
Mrs. Pankhurst promised to be
good" while she remained in this
country, assuring the authorities that
she had no intention of preaching mill
fancy to the suffragettes of this coun-
try.
An order releasing the much-dis-
cussed visitor from detention at Ellis
Island, n. Y, and revoking the depor-
tation order of the special inquiry
hoard was issued after President Will
son had conferred with Secretary Will
son of the Department of Labor AMI
after a formal hearing before Immi-
grafton Commissioner Caminetti on
Mrs. Pankhurt's appeal had been con-
cluded.
Secretary Wilson announced he and
the president had agreed Mrs. Pank-
hurst should be admitted ION her own
recognizance." with the understanding
that she would depart when she had
fulfilled her lecture engagements. Both
the president and the secretary agreed
with Commissioner Caminetti in the
opinion that there was an element of
doubt as TO whether the acts for which
Mrs. Pankhurst had been convicted in
England constituted moral turpitude
or were political in character.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-10-25
RODENTS CUT OUT CIRCUIT
Rat and Mouse in Electric Switch
Shut of Circuit for Forty
Five Minutes.

Memphis. Tenn.-A mouse and a rat
climbed into switch Of the Memphis
Consolidated Gas and Electric com.
pany lines, created a short circuit and
shut off all power for As minutes the
other night.
More than 500 offices Of a telegraph
company, between Nashville, Memphis
and Texarkana. Ark, and Cairo and
New Orleans, were out of commission.
Elevators In hotels and Office build
lngs were dead" and the other sorts
of business were still while men were
inspecting sources of trouble and
switching power onto other supply ca
bles.
Twenty-Five men worked from mid.
hight until four o'clock before the
cause of the trouble was found, and in
order to be certain of 1t, the men had
to inspect IL miles Of power cables,
lifting lids to manholes and testing
connections.
About four o'clock, one of the ex.
perts found troubles that caused him
TO climb the pole where the circuit box
was attached to an oil box. Taking of
the lid, he discovered the charred re-
mains of mouse and in a hole I'm the
oil box he found half the body of a
rat.
The new wires were connected and
In minute every power cable went to
working as usual.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-10-25
OUT II YEARS; is CAUGHT
Georgia Convict Returned From Sc
eurity In Another State to Scene
of Crime.

Dublin, Ga.-The desire that seems
to possess all fugitives from Justice
to return to the scene of their
crimes has resulted in the capture
of an escaped convict in this county.
who ran away from the gang twenty.
one years ago and has been living in
Florida. He returned to Laurens.
Ed. Anderson was arrested by Dep
uty Sheriff B. W. Raffield, who was
also the deputy who arrested him
when he was put in jail for the crime
OF bigaIcy, for which he was given
a sentence in the chain gang. Ander-
son was sent to the gang in 1898 from
Laurens. and as the lease system was
then in use In Georgia he was leased
to a big sawmill operator, who sent
him to mill at Amoskeag, near East
man.
After serving FIVE months he es
capped and for the last twenty years
has lived in Florida, where he has
married and where he left q family
to come back to Lsurens.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-10-25
PIGS AND CHICKS
ONLY COMPANIONS
Michigan Negro lis Years Old
Unmindful of All Health Laws
and EdiCtS.
UNAFRAID OF GERMS
George Banks, a Bangor, Mich, Pio-
neer, Has Worn the Same Suit of
Clothes for the Last 81 Years and
His Diet Is Simple.

Bangor, Mich.-Health demonstr.
ton trains run around the state.
health officers lay down their laws,
newspapers cry out-all with the doc
trine that cleanliness means longevity
and ancient George Banks goes
right along living. unmindful, in his
dirty old log cabin. Germs and George
have affinities for each other. or else
germs hate George so badly that they
won't go near him. George himself
neither knows nor cares.
AS near as has been figured out,
George is one hundred and fifteen
years old. That would fix his birth in
the year 1898. From a little picka-
ninny down on a Kentucky plantation
he grew up into a strong young slave
About 1927 he escaped, and he man
aged to stay escaped until the Civil
war came along and made him free
technically. George helped make him
self free, as a matter of fact, for he
fought all through the war on the
Union side. leaving his present abode
to join the army.
Ii was in 1876 that George came to
this region. He built himself a little
log house seven miles from Bangor
and there he reared a family. The
family has been buried for a good many
years, except for a granddaughter
now fifty-two, who takes care of him
to a greater or less extent-for her
granddad doesn't welcome too minute
affectionate or efficient attention
these days He's satisfied to live in
defiance of all health mandates and
let things go at that.
On sunny days he sits on a little
stool in the doorway OF his dingy log
cabin. while pigs and chickens uncon-
cernedly stroll In and out of the
house. On rainy days he-with the
pigs and chickens-stays inside. Not
in IA years has he been more than lOG
feet away from his house.
He doesn't approve of change of
clothes any more than he does of the
changes in scenery. 1t is said here.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-10-25

dig his own grave while being beaten
on the back by a saber in the hands of
Mexican captain.
After escaping from his predica-
ment he walked to the nearest rail
road station and came to FL Paso,
never TO return.
The Mexican major was arrested
In Juarez on trunped up charge of
sedltion, was taken to Chihuahua and
imprisoned in the dark cells with
other condemned military prisoners
and had nothing to eat but a few
beans, thirty-siX to be exact, for he
counted them, daily, and dry bread.
After being left alone in his cell,
without anyone to speak to and with
the vermin crawling over him, he was
taken from his cell at night by a de-
tail of soldiers in command OF a
federal first captain, marched to the
graveyard and there given pick and
shovel and made to dig his own grave.
While this was being done, the fed
eral captain beat him over the back
with the fiat side OF his saber. swear
ing at him in vile Spanish all TIE time.
Finally Major Echagaray says he
could stand 1t no longer and de-
manded that he be shot rather than
hear his mothers name insulted Just
as the firing squad was lining up in
front of him to fire the midnight bells
on the cathedral in Chihuahua rang
and were followed by a trumpet call
to cease firing. A reprieve had been
granted him and detail of officers
had been sent in an automobile to
notify the federal commander, who
was about to execute him. He was
liberated the next days as it was
found that he was not a spy and he
slept in the hills until he could
board a train and reach the border.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-10-25
PR0GRESSIVES NAME SULZER
Deposed Governor Accepts Nominal
nation for AssembIyman.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
New York.-William Sulzer, deposed
governor Of the state Of New York,
was nominated for assemblyman from
his home district by the Progressive
convention and accepted the nomina-
ton.
Sulzer does not doubt that the first
OF January will see him back where he
began his political career 20 years ago.
Sulzer will begin a campaign for the
assembly immediately and speak day
and night up to election time. After
that he will accept some lecture en-
gagements until January 1. If 1t is
then necessary for him to go to AL
bany, he will arrive there on the OPEN
ing day Of the legislature and start
the fight which he hopes will put him
back in the executive chair. His prom
Use is to make the "fur fly" il he is
made an assemblyman.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-10-25
Three French Aviator. Killed

Epinal, Francc.-Lieutenant GARNER
and Sapper Jenrot, of the Epinal mill.
tary aeroplane depot, were killed when
the engine of their monoplane stopped
suddenly. The machine capsized and
the aviators fell from a height of 500
feet. About the same time Corporal
Aviator Dautroche met with an almost
similar and fatal accident. The en-.
CINE of his machine became detached
and the biplane turned over and fell
into the river Moselle. Dautroche was
drowned.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-10-25
BRIDGE OF NANTES FALLS
Famous Point Maudit Goes Down
With a Great Splash When Arch
Gives Away.

Nantes, France-The old stone
bridge Of Nantes. known as the "Pont
Maudit" fatal bridge), which spans
the Loire, and which has been under
mined by the water, fell into the
river with great splash.
The authorities had ANTICIPATED
such an event and precautions had
been taken, although traffic was not
suspended until the day preceding.
The quays alongside the bridge also
are showing signs of wes kening and
have been cleared
The Pont Maudit was one of the
numerous bridges built across the
four branches Of the Loire. flowing
through Nantes, and with the Pont
du la Bourse and the Point Haudan-
dine 1t connected the center of the
town with the industrial quarters of
the Prairie au Due and the island OF
Santa Anna. The end OF the bridge
came when the keystone Of one Of the
arches gave way.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-10-25
MURPHY ASKS FOR INQUIRY
Tammany Leader Demands Grand
Jury Probe Of MitcheI's Charges.

Western Newspaper Union News Service
New York.-Charles F. Murphy. lead.
er of Tammany Hall, demanded a
grand jury investigation of charges al.
legged to have been made by John Pur.
roy Mitchell, Fusionist candidate for
mayor, to the effect that the Demo
cratic organization leaders are coloniz.
ing voters for use on election day. A
letter from Mr.. Murphy demanding
such investigations was placed before
the grand jury by Judge Malone.
u request that you Immediately sub.
NIT this matter to the grand jury, now
sitting" says the letter, so that
prompt action may be taken to inves-
tigate the charges made by Mr.. Mitch.
81. and IL they are substantiated.
to prosecute the offenders to the full
extent of the law"
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-10-25

London.-A dramatic appearance al
the suffragettes' weekly meeting was
made by Miss Annie Kenney, organic
er OF the Woman's Social and Political
Union, the militant suffragette organi.
cation. Suffering from the effects OF
2 hunger strike" in Holloway Jail and
looking extremely feeble, she was
borne into the hall on a stretcher.
The stretcher, supported on chairs.
was placed in the middle of the plat.
form. where Miss Kennedy lay mo.
tionless and able only to whisper Q
lev words
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-10-25
Rain Storm Injuries Five.

Cleveland. O.-Blinded by the driv.
ing rain and 36-mile wind, five per.
sons walked in front of automobiles
and two of them received fatal inju.
ries. Miss Mary Costello, As, was
thrown against the curb and her skull
fractured. She died on the way to
hospital. William Kepz. so. also thrown
against curb. sustained scalp wounds.
q broken leg and internal injuries. The
rain changed to snow and then to
sleet, which froze as il fell.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-10-25
OLD FRENCH FORTRESS

The first white settlement within
the present limits Of Vermont was
made In the summer Of 1866. when
Sieur de la Mothe, a captain of the
Carignan regiment, with a few com.
panions OF French soldiers, was sent
to what is now known as Isle La
Motto, near the northern entrance to
Lake Champlain, to erect fort.
which was part Of chain Of FORTH.
cations extending south from the st
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-10-25
DIGS HIS OWN GRAVE;
LIVES TO TELL OF IT
Mexican Army Officer Arrested
as Spy-Reprieve Granted
in Nick of Time.

FL Paso, Tex.-A California born
Mexican. a major under General
Orozco and a follower of Madero, is
the only man who ever dug his own
grave. faced a firing squad in Mexico
and lived to tell his experience.
He is Maj. c. II. Echagary, who
was held incOmunicado foi three
months in Chihuahua City prison, as
a Villa spy. taken at midnight to a
lonely burying ground and forced tc
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-10-25

Lawrence river. This fort was
dedicated to st. Anne, the mother
OF the Virgin. and here a chapel was
erected. In the fall of 1866 Fort St.
Anne was used as a rendezvous
TOT 600 French veterans, COO Cana
dian Inhabitants, and 100 Indians.
under command Of MARQUIS de
tracy, this being a force sent out to
suodue the Mohawks. Probably this
fort was maintained only a few wear.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-10-25

to be educated In America at her e.
pense. Kindergartens have pen
opened for quite young children, anu
every child is required to attend .
school on the first term after conpeS
ing its sixth year. Japan has woe
ans university. IN which the teacnit
Is said TO be of a high order Inei'
is a girls high school attached 70 '
Many professions and trades are "
ing opened to women.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-10-25
L0ADLHG NDA Q2zL CXa41YV

MOTHER unconfrmed report OF
the death of Menelik H.. emperor
of Abyssinia, has drawn attention
TO that monarch's isolated and lit
tle-known kingdom. which since
the mOnarch's illness has been
governed by council of ministers.
The present rulers reign began in
1889, when. taking advantage of
the disOrdered state of northern
Abyssinia, Menelik proclaimed
himself king of kings of Ethiopia
ON March 10 1870 and waS