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The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1913-12-26
What OUR FARMERS need.
Great Demand for Products Just Fairly
Begun and Must be Met,

The American farmer needs scien
tific aid. Man for man the American
farmer produces twice as much as
the farmer of Europe, but he re-
quires four or five times the area
to do it. His methods are poorer,
but his operations are larger.
In European farming there is
more hand and less machine work
than with us. There often the whole
family is in the field for long hours
of gruelling labor This means a
peasant farmer, and this we GER
tainly do not want.
Our need is the best farm meth
DDS that can be carried on by ma
chinery, cultivating smaller areas
in better manner. 1t is better to
raise 80 bushels yield, say of corn.
on 80 acres than 80 bushels yield
on so acres. Too often farming large
areas means two crops on the same
land, /. g., grain and weeds.
An hour cutting weeds in August
before seeding saves days fighting
their offspring the next year.
A trained farm demonstrator or
county agent" will carry to the
farmer in the field the best known
methods and show him how to ap-
ply them. In other words, how to in
crease farm profits and how to short
en- his hours of labor by an increase
Of brain power The farm demon
strator will quicken interest in
among the young. He will
show them the splendid opportunl-
ties and the large and sure reward
scientific farming opens to them;
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1913-12-26
BOY KILLS himself
while OUT HUNTING
Herbert Music, Age Seventeen, Found
Dead in the Woods Near
GIenhayes.

Robert, the II year old son OF
james Music. who lives near Glen
hayes, w. Va, about ten miles soutl
of this city. met shocking and un-
timely on Thursday OF last week.
He had gone hunting alone, and
about four o'clock his father heard
a shot, and as the boy had not re-
turned at dark, search was made
for him. The search had not been
continued long before the dead body
OF the unfortunate boy was found in
the woods not far from the home
he had left not many hours before,
From the position of the body 1t is
supposed that the lad had fallen
and in the fall the gun had been
discharged The entire load had ta-
ken effect in the poor fellows
head and face. II is thought the re-
port heard by the grief stricken
father was made by the shot which
killed his son.
The shocking accident brings a
sad Christmas to the bereft family
OF the dead boy.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1913-12-26

that it is a big business, an inter-
esting business, a dignified business,
and, when coupled with brains, in
dustry and patience, the best and
safest business in the world.
The farm demonstrator or"county
agent" will connect the farm with
the source of scientific knowledge.
He will aid in building up a com
munity spirit, will aid in co-opera-
tive movements and educational and
social development, out of which
will grow a higher type of citizen
the worlds most valuable and nee
essary mantle scientific, efficient
and prosperous farmer.
What Will We Eat in 80 Years
When Population is 2OO,O0O,OOO
We Now Consumes:
81 per cent of our wheat
9S per cent of our corn
In 1906, cattle exported, $4,000
head
In 1912, cattle exported 10000
head.
Decline, 70 per cent in six years
In 1906. cattle imported, 10000
head
In 1912, cattle imported S1S,OOo
head.
Increase, 1000 per cent in 6 years'
In 1907, number beef cattle, 51.566,-
900.
In 1913, number beef cattle s6,o3O.-
900.
Decline, 80 per cent in six years!
U. s. ten year wheat yields, farm
average, Ia bushels.
Farm average, Western Europe. SO
bushels.
Why? Read on.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1913-12-26
Pike Co. ELECTION
Declared invalid
Case Involving Circuit Judgeship De-
Cided by Judge Layman, and Coy
ernOT Will Appoint Judge.

Special Judge Layman, of Eliza
BEETHOVEN, was at Pikeyille last week
trying the contest case of j. M.
Robertson against j. f. Butler, in
yolving the Circuit Judgeship of the
Pike-Letcher district. On Saturday
he decided that this election of 1917
was void.
1t is reported that Judge Butler,
who has been serving for year,
will appeal the case. 1t is expected
that the Court of Appeals will hear
the case as soon as possible. If
Judge Layman's decision is sustain-
ed the Governor will appoint judge
to serve until January, 1916, No
election can be held next November,
as the law prohibits such elections
TO be held at the time when Con-
gressmen are elected.
The race between Robertson and
Butler was one of the hottest ever
held in this part of, the State. The
district is normally Republican, but
Judge Robertson, Democrat, present.
ed evidence which seems to show his
election So many Illegal acts were
shown to have been committed,
however, that Judge Layman nulli-
fled the election. Partisans on both
sides resorted to methods that
brought this result.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1913-12-26
FIVE MILLION ADDED TO
q. AND o. ASSESSMENT

Maysyille, Ky, Dec. 22.-Federal
Judge A. NJ. j. Cochran. OF the East
ern District OF Kentucky. listened
TO pleadings Of the attorneys for the
Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas
Pacific Railway Company. lessee OF
the Cincinnati Southern, on the mo-
ton OF the company TO enjoin the
state from increasing the roads fraI
chise assessment for 1919. Judge
Cochran decided that the company
must agree 70 pay taxes 10 an in
crease OF two million dollars on the
assessment before he sustains the
injunction asked for. thus making
the total franchise assessment $5,-
$4,000.
In the matter OF the G. and o.
Railway CO.. praying for an inJunc-
tion restraining the state from in
lcreasihg It's franchise assessment
from s2.74S,35o 10 s1S,79S.Oo Judg
Cochran added $5,00O,O0O to the
original assessment.
In the case OF the state OF Ken
tuciy VS.. the Adams Express and the
Southern Express on the same pleas.
Judge Cochran reserved his decis-
ion and viii give his opinion next
week. i
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1913-12-26
new CURRENCY LAW
NOW ON THE BOOKS
Congress Has Completed Most Impor-
tant Work Done in Half a
Century.

Washington, Dec President
Wilson signed the Glass-Owen cur
rency bill at Clio o'clock tonight in
the presence of members of the cab
met, the congressional committee on
banking and currency, and Demo-
racti leaders in congress.
With few strokes of the pen the
president converted into law the
measure to be known as the Fed
eral Reserve Bank Law reorganizing
the nations banking and currency
system and furnishing in the words
of the president the machinery for
Tree and elastic currency and un-
controlled credit put at the disposal
of the merchants and manufacturers
of this country for the first time
in fifty years"
Enthusiastic applause ran through
the ceremony not only as the pres
ident affixed his signature but as
he delivered an extemporaneous
speech eharacterizing the desire OF
the administration to take common
council with the business men OF
the country and Inc latter's efforts
to meet the government. advances as
the constitution of peace.
The event came at the close of a
day of rejoicing for congress had re-
cessed for two weeks for the first
time since it convened last April.
The Democratic leaders were jubi-
liant because they had completed two
big pieces of egislation-the tariff
and currency reform in nine months
a performance which they consider
ed unprecedented in the history OF
the country.
The bill passed the senate to-day
by vote of 43 to 20. Three Re
publicans and Senator Poindexter,
Progressive, Joined the Democrats in
voting for the bill in it's final form.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1913-12-26
PRISONERS IN BOYD
JAIL TAUGHT TO READ
c. v. Fitch, Held for Giving Bad
Check, Teaches His Fellow
Prisoners.

Twenty moonshiners held for triaI
In the Boyd-eo,, Kentucky. Jail and
a number OF foreigners, some OF
whom have not been able 10 talk
English until recently, are the pu-
pills OF G, v. Fitch, formerly schoo
teacher who lives on the upper por-
tion of the Big Sandy river, now in
Jail at Catlettsburg for giving a bad
! check. Fitch went TO Ashland some
time ago, and while drinking is said
to have given bad check for $15.
On this charge he was arrested, He
is now held for trial.
The school books being used by
the moonshiners, who previously
could neither read nor write, and
for the Italians, are being bought
by the men themselves and the
jailor, Sam Deboard, who is greatly
interested in the conversion of his
orderly jail into an educational in
sttution. Mr.. Deboard is doing ev-
everything possible to make the u
nique school success.
One Italian is said to be in the
third reader while number of the
mountaineers held for brewing moon
shine liquor, have written home to
their families, though before going
into the Jail they had never touch
ed pen to paper
At certain hour every morning
after breakfast, Fitch, a man who
had taught school for f2 years in
the Big Sandy hills, calls his chill
dren" to their books and gives gem
eral class lessons and individual in
struction where it is necessary.
The men, in age all the way from
20 years old to past so. although
some of them are slow at their les
sons, plod along in determined fash
ion and all are beginning to eke out
the rudiments of an elementary ed
ucation.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1913-12-26
JIsA, LAWRENCE COUNTY, KENTUCKY DEcEsBER 2e 1918

Geo. Corum, former Judge w. ]. A.
Rardin, Circuit Clerk c, w. David
son, and Mr.. Mccoy. Messrs. Corum,
Rardin and Mccoy never regained
consciousness after being stricken
and Mr.. Davidson was sick only a
brief time. Ashland Independent.
"Ab" Mccoy was well known here
and elsewhere along the Big Sandy,
having been an old time Portsmouth
drummer" for many years He was
a genial. generous man and his
death is much regretted.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1913-12-26
THE EPwoRTH LEAGUE.

On last Sunday evening at the NJ
E. Church South the regular ser.
vice gave way to the Senior Epwortt
League, which had a special pro
gram. The congregation was large
and appreciative. The young people
executed their interesting program
very creditably.. Miss Kizzie Clay
Burns presided. Rev. Keith gave a
most instructive lecture on his trip
to Bethlehem. at which place he
spent Christmas four years ago.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1913-12-26
Col. Mayo Visits Louisville.

Col. John C. G. Mayo, of Paints
vile, Ky, member of the Democrat
ic National Committee and million
aire coal and timber operator in
Eastern Kentucky, spent Saturday
and Sunday in Louisville. Col.
Mayo had been to French Lick
Springs and stopped over in Louis
vile on his way home to confer will
Judge Allie w. Young, who is as
sociated with him In business. Col.
Mayo expressed himself as highly
pleased with the achievements Of
the Democratic national administra-
ton and Congress. He expects to be
in Frankfort at the opening of the
Legislature just TO meet with the so
Ions and look In on their doings.-
Louisville Times.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1913-12-26
A. P. Mccoy DEAD.
Well Known Travelling Salesman Of
GIeenup Dies Suddenly.

A. p. Mccoy, one of the best
known citizens of Greenup, died
Sunday morning, his death being
due to heart trouble.
Mrs. Mccoy was awakened by her
husbands heavy breathing and wher
she attempted to wake him, was un-
able to do SO, she summoned the
other members of the family and
they in turn summoned medical as
sistance, but in vain as Mr.. Mccoy
passed away without regaining con-
sciousness. ssN
"Ab" Mccoy was about Sc years
of age and for many years has been
employed as travelling shoe sales
man and is highly respected trough
out this section Of the country.
He was active in Democrat poll
tics in his home county, and his old
est son, Jas. was recently named
postmaster of Greenup.
He was member of the Masonic
order for many years.
He Is survived by his wife.a daugh-
ter of the late Jas. Winter, and
four children, JAS, postmaster of
Purcell, bookkeeper for the
Union Grocery Company and for
many years assistant cashier OF one
Of the Greenup banks; Carl, a G.
and o. brakeman, and Miss Helen.
The funeral services we're held
this afternoon.
The death Of Mr.. Mccoy makes
the fourth sudden death OF prom
lnent Greenup men to occur within
A. few doors OF each other within
the past few years. County Clerk
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1913-12-26
MIR. AND MRS. CLARK.

Mr.. and Mrs. L. c. Clark and baby
son left. Louisa Saturday for Rich
mond. Va Mr.. Clark will be absent
about ten days, vixen he will re-
turn to continue the work of max
ing a complete valuation survey OF
the Big Sandy division of the G.
and o. II the new Big Sandy bridge
is built at Walbridge Mrs Clark
win again join her husband. The
many friends of Mrs, Clark regret
her departure and hope for her re-
turn at an early day.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1913-12-26
Goa AND TIMBER
DEVELOPMENT

Whitesburg. KY. Dec. 19.-The
Lifts Coal Co., Coeburn, Va, was or,
ganized few days ago for the pur-
pose Of making extensive coal de-
velopment on carr's Fork and Rock
house creek west OF here, In the
coal fields OF the Letcher-Knott
border within a few months, after
purchasing boundary Of about ten
thousand acres at big outlay of
capital. ]. L. Lifts is manager of
the new corporation and will have
personal supervision over the plant
soon to be opened up. II. Hardaway
well known coal financier OF Coe-
burn, and Congressman @. Bascom
Slemp are also known In the cor
poration, which was organized with
q capital of $1,000,000.
A large part of the company's
holdings are along the waters of
Rockhouse creek up which the Lex
ington and Eastern expects to build
an 1S-mile branch. u contract hav-
Ing already been awarded for its
construction. From coal and tim
Der standpoint this will be one a.
mong the most important branch
lines In Letcher county
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1913-12-26
HOW MAIL ORDER
HOUSES FOOL YOU
Result Of Actual Comparison Of ATti-
Giles is Favorable to Home
Merchants.

| IF you're the type of consumer
whose bible is the retail mail-or.
der catalogue and whose household
goods are mail order goods-if you
are the person who thinks the re-
tail mail-order house is always right
read this:
On August 30th, 1913, certain
magazine started an investigation
which was to consider the compara-
tive merits of mail-order goods and
those sold by local retailers.
Taking the catalogue of the big
gest retail mail-order house, they
turned to the front pages where
merchandise is sold under the head
ings Amy article on this page &c"
Any article on this page &c." Any
article on this page 25c." In other
words they bought the very goods
that the mail-order houses brag the
most about.
Four items were ordered. A dish
pan, a teapot, a wash-boiler and a
picture. The picture never came at
all-the other three items arrived
in good condition and were immedi-
ately compared item by item with
merchandise purchased from local
retailers.
The mail-order dish-pan was a
sixteen quart enameled, seamless
pan with wire handles, weighed 3
pounds and retailed at 4Sc.
The small merchants dish-pan was
a II quart enamel pan, hollow steel
handles, weighing three and three
quarters pounds and matching in
coating, color and design that of the
mail-order house The descriptions
given here show difference be-
tween the two times of merchandise
and the difference was almost ex-
actly the same as that between the
two prices. The mail-order "leader"
sold for 4Sc. The home merchants
for .60c.
Another dish-pan purchased from
the local retailer for 45c came near
er to matching the retail mail-or-
der 4Sc item than did the other,
SO that in two cases the mail-order
houses leader was matched and
beaten by goods sold by home mer-
chants.
To better compare the two tea
pots, let us offer:
x o o o o 20 o o o X
D Mail order teapot, 2 quarts OIL
. tin cover, blue and white e. o
> namel, 8 coats. o
o o o o o o o
( o o o o o XII
} Home merchants tea pot 2 0
, quarts,tin cover. blue and white o
} enamel. 8 coats. o
{ o o o % o o
t(Goufinuad nm napa
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1913-12-26
PROF. Il. 7. LITTLETON
is NOW CIRCUIT JUDGE
Former Teacher and Citizen Of Louisa
Is on the Bench in
Texas,

Il The following article from the
/ Morehead Mountaineer possesses
much interest to Louisa readers.
Judge Lyttleton and family came to-
this city about 80 years ago and
started the East Kentucky Normal
school, He and his wife were good
people, After teaching for some
time he began the publication of the
Lawrence County Index, which la
ter became the Big Sandy News.
From Louisa Judge Lyttleton and
family moved to Pikeville, where he
taught school year or SO and then
went to Texas.
| The NEWS is glad to give place
in its columns to this tribute to the
brains, perseverance and pluck of
|the mountain-born boy, and holds
him up as living object lesson,
teaching all who read what boy
can do if he properly tiies.
The Mountaineer says.
In Brushy precinct of Rowan-co.
there lived. not many years ago, a
little boy who, as to personal ap-
pearance, was very much like other
country boys, but whose opportuni-
ties were not to be compared with
the opportunities enjoyed by the
boys who live there now. But, this
boy had Abraham Lincoln's pluck
and determination, So along with
his wood-getting and other chores
each day, he gathered pine to make
a torch, which he used to study by
az night. Other boys whom he out
distanced in class and in usefulness
and in reaching the hilltop of sue
cess, have wondered how it happen
Cd tnat Henry Lyttleton got through
school and away from Brushy and
went to college and came back
graduate, scholar and leader,
about whom the young people of the
whole country flocked, and over
whom two counties contested hotly
for his service as a teacher. There
is nothing to wonder about. Henry
Lyttleton MADE his opportunity and
while others hunted and fished and
fought and played, he studied and
strove. The secret Of his success
was pluck and push. He could have
been but rabbit hunter, like many
other boys, and could have had
thousands of dead rabbits to his
credit; but he would then have been
known only to the rabbit world. He
chose the better part. A boy can
work his way out OF any difficulty.
and the greater the difficulty the
stronger the boy is after he has
overcome It, Henry Lyttleton knew
this. And, although his widowed
mother could scarcely provide the
bare necessities OF life. 30 poor was
l(Contlnued on page 40
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1913-12-26
G. l.. BURK WILL
MOVE TO OHIO.

G. Link Burk has traded farms
with Mr. Biffell, from Northern
Ohio, and the exchange will be
made within a short time. Mr.. Burk
will sell his live stock and farming
implements at public auction Sat
urday of this week at his farm, three
miles south of Louisa The farm he
will move to is near Toledo. Mr..
Burk is a good citizen, honest and
industrious, and the NEWS takes
pleasure in recommending him to
his new neighbors, at the same time
regretting to lose him.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1913-12-26
COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT
LAW IN QUESTION.

Frankfort, KY, Dec 22.--The
Court OF Appeals may be called up
pa at the January session to decide
Nhether county OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
|ere reelected at the last election.
|ould qualify without holding a
'tate Teachers certificate. The De-
'nrtment OF Education had ruled
lat when the act Of 1912 went in
10 effect, requiring county super
0tendents hereafter to hold certif-
1ates or pass nm examination equal
h . State certificate examination,
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1913-12-26
"one or The Best Ever Given

On Tuesday, December End, Mrs.
Francis Louise Ellison Keith came
and gave us an evening of song and
story. that was more than well re-
ceiyed. The high school auditorium
was well filled with the best of St
Adams cultured folk. The event was
pronounced by those who knew as
one of the best entertainments ever
given this public. Albans Cor
Methodist Layman's Herald.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1913-12-26
TO THE CHMDREN's HOME

Two bright little children, a boy
and a girl, were taken Friday by
Mr. Jas. Clayton from the county in
firmary to Louisville and were plac-
ed in the Children's Home. Each was
two years old, and they are now
where they will have an opportun-
ity for making useful citizens.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1913-12-26
TUBERCULOSIS NURSE
AT ASHLAND.

Frankfort, KY, Dec. 22.-Miss
Marian Williamson, Of Louisville,
who is employed by the State Tu-
berculosis Commission as district
nurse and who has been on an ex-
tended leave of absence attending
q patient at Asheville, the first OF
the year and will be assigned to
Ashland to introduce a system of
district nursing there.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1913-12-26
ASHLAND MAN NAMED.

Robt. E. Lee Wesley, of Ashland,
has been appointed to be clerk in
the Civil Service Commission, at a
salary of 1900 year.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1913-12-26

Continued on page 4.)
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kcontInued on page q
Evening journal., 1913-07-12
JUSTICES LOSE
LICENSE FEES
New Marriage Law Wipes
Out Profits for the State
Magistrates

GEORGETOWN, Del, July Ia
The marriage business in Sussex
county is falling off and some Of the
Justices of the Peace are talking Of
resigning- Under the old law hundreds
of couples slipped over the line from
Maryland and brought the Justices
fees for every marriage Besides the
money for the licenses, many Of the
Justices also performed the wedding
ceremony and collected additional
fees.
Now all is changed. Not only do
none of the Maryland couples come
into Delaware. but many of the Della
ware couples, in preference to taking
"a 20-mile drive to the county seat at
Georgetown. the only place in the
county where licenses are sold under
the new law. now slip across into
Maryland and have the ceremony per-
formed there. Where some of the
Justices were making from 81 900 to
$1,000 a year from the weddings, they
are now making nothing, and the
offices have become such poor pay
that in several cases IL Is impossible
to get anyone to accept the position.
In Milford there has been no Justice
of the Peace for some time.
Evening journal., 1913-07-12
STATE PEARS
RUINED BY INSECT
ViruIent PSyIIa, However,
Confines Damage to Single
Season

DOVER, Del. July l2.-Jacob Kessel-
ring, a farmer and fruit grower near
Dover, has had his pear trees and cut
tings examined by Professor @. A. Nc.
Cue, horticulturist, at the Delaware Ex-
pertinent Station, 10 learn what ruined
the pear crop this year The expert
found that it was the pear psylla, an in
sect which is very virulent one season
and gone the next. Professor McCue
said:
1T is difficult 10 combat because it
must be sprayed Just as the leaf bud
clusters are unfolding in the spring
There are only about three days in
which effective work can be done. The
tree should be sprayed with either kero-
sene emulsion or Black Leak 40, one
pound of common soap dissolved and so
gallons of water On account Of the
honey dew which covers the insect later
in its life, il seems 10 be impossible TO
combat it successfully then with any
spray