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passed away, was one of the most &C.
centric characters of that country
Since he became famous | have met
him in Birmingham and enjoyed few
minutes talk with him. We all called
him Whit in those days. He was a
sign painter. | shall never forget the
many times | have seen him on a
swinging scaffold painting signs in
our town. He always wore a Happy
Hooligan' cap placed at very acute
angle near his left ear. In his poses
he was local celebrity and every one
knew him. / have many times seen
boys and men congregate around
Whit Riley while he recited original
poems incessantly. He was somewhat
of a 'grog' consumer, and it required
only half pint or SO to get him off the
scaffold while he recited poems by the
yard. Riley was discovered while on
one of his sign painting adventures,
and afterwards became famous. Every
one knew him and he often said that
his poems, 'An Old Sweetheart of
Nine and Out to Old Aunt Mary's,
were purely local experiences Of his
own.
About Booth Harrington
"My acquaintance with Booth Tark-
ington was somewhat limited by rea-
son of the fact that he lived in Indian
apolis. He visited Lafayette often,
however, and l became more or less
acquainted with the author of the
Man From Home, founded on the city
of Kokomo, Ind. He was one of the
oldest of the famous men of that state
with whom | came in contact from
time to time.
"In my experience as hotel man
have met practically every man of note
in America during the past score of
years. 1t has been my experience, as
newspaper men will admit, that the
bigger man gets to be the less of
ficious he becomes. | have failed yet
to find real big man who was diff
ficult to approach or who tried to
make one feel small beside him. 1t
has been my observation that it is the
small 'gink' with little ballast that ac-
quires an inflated opinion of himself
and tries to put over something on his
fellow man.
at is naturally a great pleasure for
me to recall the boys of other days
who have become famous, and l have
that faith in all of them that if ever
they should see what | am quoted as
having said about them, that at least
majority of them would quietly smile
and recall the long ago with as much
pleasure as have"
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to the hotel every night getting lists
of guests. From time to time he would
disappear for day or two and | would
ask him: Look, boy, where the devil
have you been p
"'Ahl Hen,' he would reply, L have
been writing on my book
THAT will be fine book, you bet,
would be my invariable reply, while
we both laughed and took one more.
THAT book was, 'Graustark,' on
which he created his fame and which
brought Barr McCutcheon his greatest
amount of money. George wrote sew
eral books after left that part of the
country, of course, and is now a very
rich man | am told, He is delightful
fellow, He was always sure of himself
and despite the fact that he was un-
mercifully ragged about his prospec-
tive books, he never lost faith, and de-
tive books, he never lost faith, and de-
who are always arrayed against the
strugglers, he made good. have seen
that happen often.
"FIe is brother of John McCutch-
con, the famous cartoonist, whom ]
also knew well. Barr is the eldest of
the two, and l should say they are
about 40 years and 35 years of age, re-
spectively. 1t was no uncommon thing
for George Barr McCutcheon to walk
into the hotel, spy me, walk up, pull
back my coat and ask for a cigar in
this wise: Give me pimp stick, Hen,
old top
"Only the other day I met friend
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-13
British Weekly Claims LiOin9 Cost
Has Decreased In Past rs Years

/ tatoes. remain about the same, while
fruit is ever so much cheaper. Up to
Christmas, good cooking apples can be
bought at Id. per pound
Oranges are cheaper than they were
While, owing to certain shipping enter
prises. bananas. which used to be an
expensive luxury. are now the cheapest
of fruits. They are within the reach of
the humblest purse, and as they are
about as nourishing as so much meat,
| they must be reckoned as a very inn
portant item when calculating the cost
| of living.
| But it must not be forgotten that man
does not live by bread alone--that fact
is som metimes overlooked by the grumb-
| lers. There are other necessaries to be
considered There are clothes, manufac-
tured articles and travelling.
Clothing is ever so much cheaper
and better shoddy notwithstanding.
| Nowadays, instead of bad shoddy. we
clothier's price with one that is 20 or
even 10, years old. and you will see the
difference In price. When you see the
working man on a Sunday and remein-
| Der how he was dressed in the la st
century, you will see the difference in
! lappearance.
/ As far as the ladies' clothing is con-
tised in an old newspaper and compare
them with those advertised today. You
Will find a striking difference in favor
of today.
| thoroughly serviceable pair OF
boots can be bought today for ss.,
which would formerly have cost nearly
double.
Manufacture is tending to deviop on
a larger and larger scale, and the prod
ucts, as a result. are cheaper This ap-
plies not only to boots. but to nearly
every manufactured article.
Fares to and from work are IN itan,
In the budget OF nearly every bread
winner. And the triumph of the cleo
trio tram has more than halved the cost
of travel while giving Infinitely greater
speed and comfort.
All these things have to be taken in
to consideration when reckoning the
ccst Of living,
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from Chicago who is a member of the
Indiana club to which all these boys
belong, and he told me how they were
doing. 1t has been 20 years since saw
any of the crowd, yet Barr McCutch-
con told this friend to ask me for a
'pimp stick
"The father of the two McCutcheon
boys was Capt. Barr McCutcheon. He
was a captain in the federal army and
was shot in the ear, from which he
afterwards died. He was one of the
most aristocratic men of that part of
the country.
AIDE, Fun Maker
81 knew George AIDE intimately
when he was student at Perdue uni
versity, located at Lafayette, Ind. He
was one of the best students there. His
father was a we'll to do planter, and
the farm formerly owned by the elder
AIDE is now owned by George. There
he makes his home. OF all the boys in
college he was the most generally adj
mired. He was simply The funniest
kid with whom ever came in contact.
He could keep anyone roaring with
laughter for no end of time and was
famous even in his school days as a
wit. That inherited trait made him
famous. His fame came along after |
lost track of him. He went to Chicago,
worked on the Tribune there, made the
| Streets of Cairo famous, and has
been hitting it up ever since. He dear
ly loves Perdue, and it will be noted
that some of his most successful plays
are founded on college life. He is con-
nected with the alumni association and
keeps track of all his old classmates.
"Harry Horner, local superintendent
for the water works plant, is frater-
nifty brother of George AIDE, and Mr..
Horner tells me he receives letters in
regard to the college from Ade very
often. George Ade has on innumerable
occasions come into the hotel late,
after having been unable to get into
the college, and slept on the office
desk while was night clerk there. He
was a lovable chap in his boyhood. He
was attending school and | did not
have occasion to see as much of him
as Barr McCutcheon or his brother
John. Ade edited the college paper
and made that magazine almost IA
nous before he left school. Everyone
who knew him believed in his talent
and held the abiding faith that event
ually he would be a great man. | was
one of those having faith in that gang
Iof boys.
Riley, Sign Painter
"James Whitcomb Riley, who has
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/ large tolbooth his conscience got in its
work and he made a confession The
bones which had been dug up We're not
those of Daniel Clark lie didn't know
whose they were. Daniel was buried in
an entirely different place, and he guided
the officers to the proper spot. They
went to work with spades and dug up the
bones of the late Mr.. Clark. That he had
been murdered was obvious. Some of his
bones We're fractured and his skull had
been caved in.
In the excitement and enthusiasm over
this discovery the original bones were
forgotten and the mystery they repre-
sented never was cleared up. They also
indicated a murder, but the sea must give
up its dead before the identity of the vie
tim will be established.
Then Mr.. Houseman made an elaborate
explanation of the whole business He
and Clark and Eugene Aram had been
associated for some time in general
scheme Of swinding. Aram, who was ed
ucated and clever, directed operations.
and Clark and Houseman did the coarse
work. Aram wasn't exactly popular with
his associates He was domineering and
treated them contemptuously. He spent
his evenings in his cottage, reading and
studying while they were out rustlng.
and then they had TO call upon him and
divide the spoil Naturally they felt that
heel of tyranny.
One evening they made an especially
good haul, having disposed of some goods
which had been obtained by fraud and
when they called upon Eugene to declare
a dividend he complained that the cottage
was close and stuffy, and invited them to
take walk with him. Aram and Clark
went on ahead into field. Presently
Houseman heard them quarreling and
then heard the siclxening thud of club
striking human flesh. He ran to the
scene of the disturbance and found Clark
lying dead. Houseman was badly ratified
and ran away. The next day he visited
Aram's cottage, and Eugene threatened
him with all kinds OF catastrophes If he
spoke of what he had seen. Knowing
that Eugene was dangerous Mr.. House
man preserved a mastery silence. and
the murderer moved a way from the
neighborhood. The village sleuths got busy
and traced him to Kings Lynn. where he
was now quietly employed as an usher
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If you are the father of a family or
frugal housewife it is reasonable cer-
tain that one of your pet grievances
will be the cost of living has increased
terribly during the last few years. says
Pearson's Weekly.
In the company of your friends you
will gloat over items in your grocer S
bill and revile the political party to
which you belong.s But you do quite
wrong. The cost of living has de-
creased, not increased, during the last
| 20 years.
! or course, you can easily point to a
half dozen particular foods that have
gone up In price. That is not the
point. The point is whether. after ad-
ding together all the expenses neces-
sary to a decent existence, you are OF
are not better off
| First of all you can write down the
necessaries that have Increased. The
Hist Will not be so formidable as you
lthink-especiall If you take the av-
erage during the last 25 years. And
there Will be many important items
missing. Flour for example, has not
increased and bread can be bought al
the same price.
Next to bread In Importance comes
meat. And meat not only has not ris-
en-it is cheaper.
| Owing to the Improvement OF late
years In the machinery of transport
foreign meat can be sold so cheaply
that good cuttings. capable of making
La nourishing stew, can be bought at
I'd. per pound; while the housewife who
knows how to make the proper use OF
bones, can buy good breast bones al
half that price.
Or course. the more tasty varieties
of home meat are more expensive, But
those to whom the cost of living is a
vital problem. rightly regard this as a
luxury.
Vegetables, with the exception Of po-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-13
Historic Murder and Trial That
Still Lives In Song and Story

Certain romantic features of the crime
and trial of Eugene Aram appealed to
Thomas Hood and Bulwer Lytton, so the
about the murderer with the result that
the name of rather commonplace man
slayer remains household word and is
considered something to conjure with by
lawyers and orators, says the Kansas
City Star. So much sympathy was cre-
ated by Hoods poem that determined ef-
forts have been made at various times
and by various writers to prove that he
was a martyr, but the evidence against
him was too conclusive to be argued
away. One little matter has always been
overlooked by his defenders. On the
morning of the day that saw his execu-
ton, he admitted that he deserved his
punishment, and attempted to commit
suicide with razor.
One balmy day in 1850 some intelligent
British workmen were engaged in dig
gins out stone In quarry near Knares-
borough when they came upon human
skeleton. The bones were reverently col
lected and taken to town and the viii
layers engaged in a guessing contest as
to whose they might be; then one of the
Oldest inhabitants remembered that a
man named Daniel Clark had mysteri-
ously disappeared some Is years ago.
Daniel had a rather rancid reputation
and had caused the local constables some
annoyance, so 1t was taken for granted
when he dropped out that he had sought
a change of climate. However, now that
the bones were found everybody felt
quite sure that he must have been mur-
dered. Then another of the oldest inhab-
itants recollected that Clark used to be
quite intimate with man named House
man and somebody else was sure that
when Clark was last seen he was In
Houseman's company
Mr.. Houseman, who also had a some
what ragged reputation. so he was round-
ed up by the centurions and asked to ex-
plain the disappearance of his old time
running mate. At first he professed to be
greatly shocked that anybody would
think him guilty of contributing to Dan
iel's disappearance. His righteous indig-
nation was worth going miles to see. But
when he had spent few days in the VIII
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-13
FAMOUS INDIANA WRITER'S TYPICAL BOYS
IN A LOCAL MANS FOND "REMINISCENCES
Manager Bailey of the Hotel
Hillman Recalls Youthful
Escapades of George Barr
and John McCutcheon,
George Ade, Booth Tar
kington and James
Whitcomb Riley
BY CLYDE W. ENNIS

- BIRMINGHAM has few if any
n men among her 100000 citizens
possessed of more intimate
knowledge Of famous men than Henry
L. Bailey, manager of the Hillman
hotel, called some times by his inti-
mates among the "hihgbrows" by the
unusual title of Hen" For in his ca
reer of say 80 years of and on, as a
hotel bell hop, assistant clerk, clerk,
manager and real ''boss,p he has come
in contact more or less intimately with
practically all the real folks of Amer
lea. An informal conversation with
Mr.. Bailey, with any person acquaint-
ed with celebrates, will disclose, If he
should hit it off on that line, that
'fHenn knows the whole bunch and that
his acquaintance reaches back into the
dim and distant past. AS matter of
precaution he refuses to say how long
that extensive acquaintance does go
back, inasmuch as the question of age
with the afore-m mentioned hotel man
ager is rather touchy proposition.
AS a matter of course, during all
those years in which time he has been
with hotels, he has met and fused
more or less with all the celebrated
actors and actresses of the past 20
years. The whole list is included in
that. Naturally many highly priced
mementoes from the players and other
noted folks are among the proud pos
session of Mr.. Bailey.
The Famous Writers
However, the famous men whom Mr..
Bailey delights to recall are the In
diana writer's whose fame has circled
the globe and whose letters will never
die. The other day man registered
at the Hillman from Chicago. He was
recognized by Mr.. Bailey and imme-
diately there started a running fire of
questions from Mr.. Bailey about his
old friend George Ade, the famous
playwright and humorist, George Barr
McCutcheon, John T. McCutcheon,
Booth Harrington and James Whit
comb Riley. It appeared that the
stranger was of that old crowd that
made the life of Bailey, then the young
clerk of the st. Nicholas hotel, LaFay-
cite, Ind, miserable at times.
81 remember when George Barr Nc
Cutcheon was writing his book sGraus-
tark' very well indeed said Mr..
Bailey in one of his "reminiscences. He
was reporter at the time on the La
Fayette Courier, drawing 10 per cent
if the circulation was good. George,
as we all called him, would come over
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-13
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Substantial Savings ON w:

1895 for your sn. pick h,oda of Waists Vs g that that
$3.50. All the smartest styles of the season,
two and three of kind, odd lots in which the
run of sizes have been broken, though none
the worse for that. If your size is here-and
surely it is, r,all sizes "a to A are to be had
you've a real bargain treat in these Silk
Wolfe or Lingerie Waists at $395.
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Ct cE for one big lot of Waists that
p 1sOC were previously marked $500.
We have grouped on this table all small lots
of beautiful Waists of voile, lingerie or mulls,
in high or low neck models, and give you pick
now at one price of S1.65. This sale should
be taken advantage of by women who are con
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1913-08-29

Miss Jane Allen at Graves Shoals
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Borders al
Mrs John Borders. Of TheIma were
visiting their parents at this place
Sunday.
Frank Savage was calling on
Miss Tennie Hinkle Sunday.
Mrs Nell Skeens. Of Louisa and
Miss Blanche Hinkle, of Patrick
spent Saturday night with Mrs J.
w. Hinkle.
Everett Diamond is visiting his
parents at this place.
Miss Lelah Smith. Of Louisa is
the guest Of Miss Riley
s. R. Vaughan Is a business Wis
itOr in Louisa this week
Misses Anna and Carrie Bartlett
entertained q large number Of their
friends Sunday.
DARK EYED MAIDEN
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girl.
Mr.. and Mrs Ed waddell have
moved into the house vacated BY
Ceburn Wilson
Misses Irene Bowling and Ruby
Cooksey were calling on Miss Mag
gle Bentley Sunday last.
Miss Sophia Watson. who has
been visiting her cousin Maggie
Bentley returned to her home at
Columbus. O.. Monday.
Miss Lizzie Snuff. of Pollard.
KY. is visiting Mrs. Dorsa Hughes
this week
Mr.. and Mrs J. W. Rucker and
children spent Sunday at Webbville.
Mrs. Mary Mcconnell and daugh-
ter Miss Anna. Of ST. Louis. are
visiting the Misses Waddel-
Miss Belva Lawson visited Miss
e Ethel and Anna waddell Thurs
day night
Watson Rucker was calling on
home folks one day last week
Anna Kiger. who has been sick
Is improving
Mrs Jennie Bentley and .daugh-
ter are visiting her parents at Raj
elle. W. Va
Mr. and Mrs Eustaee lawson
and children were calling at Mr.
and Mrs- Jas LawsOn's Sunday
Charles Watson and Chas- Law
son went 70 Willard Saturday.
Erin Horton and Clarence Bush
were on the creek Friday
Mr. and Mrs J. D. Adkins at
tended church at Lost creek Sun
day. PUNCH AND JUDY
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LOWER GREASY.

Albert Dawson and Jno. R. John
son have been on the sick list
for quite while
WIN. Fannin is laid up with bad
hand
Albert Boggs has moved back to
Blaine. his former home from BObbi
Branch
Dr. W. s. Castle regrets to state
that he has quite a number of pa
tents at present He is up day and
night. in fact is an overvorked
man
Thos- L Lewis. the Democratic
nominee for Representative. has re
turned from Riverview hospital TO
his home at Bobb Branch much i'm
proved in health
John c. Ward and Mr.. Pack
went to Paintsville Saturday
LOWELL
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GKIFF1IH CREEK.

p. HoIbrook was a business Wis
ito in Louisa Monday
W. r. vancant. OF the firm OF
vsncant and Mccall has sold his
interest in the company TO John
Htehins. of Ashland. and a Mr.
Tapis. Of Gambia The new firm
viii be styled the Beaver Lumber
Company
Memorial services were held at
tl.i place Sunday for Mary and
II. Hensley by Reys. Ballard Bran
ham and William Lowe and were
largely attended.
Josh Summons and wife. Of Rock
castle are here visiting relatives
Jeff Holbrook called on Miss Mel
lie Hensley Sunday afternoon
II. T. Priest and wife. of Cherry
vile spent Saturday and Sunday
with the latter's parents here
Miss Maggie Beleher. who has
been visiting Louisa relatives for
few days, has returned hmoe-
Mrs. Bishop, cur teacher has re
turned from Louisville. where she
went with her two children. who
entered the Masonic Home
Leonard Childers and family Of
Chapman visited relatives here Sat
urday and Sunday
c. W. Shivel. ST.. and Jr.. and
Tad Hammers. of Contrary ATTENDED
church here Sunday
U. c. sammons is suffering from
eczema. which is giving him cOnsid
erably trouble
c. W. D. Pack. of Norris is herr
visiting relatives, MUTT
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RussEYvMLE-

The camp meeting has been quite
= success and had large attendance
Mr.. and Mrs Claud Ison, OF VIII
Hanson are visiting relatives at
this place
Mrs Bertha Beaver. of Ports
mouth has been visiting her broth
er and sister at this place
Mr.. and Mrs H. H Bradley and
children and Chas- J Hughes have
returned home from Nenifee coun-
y. where they have been Visiting.
Mss Violet Hays spent W4dnes-
day and Thursday n light WITH Lena
Clay.
Nit and Ben Pigg we're in Lou
lisa Saturday.
Graham Chapman. of Ohio spent
Sunday at t. H. Bove's-
A large crowd attended the bask-
81 meeting here Sunday.
Chas- B. Borders is visiting i
CHARLESTON
Bascom Fraley was ealing on Mis-
Emma Meek sunday.
A LONESOME GIRL
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EAST POINT.

Mrs. Robert Auxier and Miss
Aka Greer left Saturday for Crowd
er City. Okla. where they will visit
relatives and friends.
Miss Gertrude Kelly is visiting
her sister. Mrs. Geo. Donally at
Guyandofte. W. Va
There were two weddings In our
vicinity on last Wednesday. Mr..
Green Bingham 20 Miss Jessie
Wells ard Mr.. Marion Lilly TO Miss
Exer Johnson. both at the homes OF
the brides parents.
Mrs. Riddle Mayo. OF Prestons-
burg was visiting here one day last
week.
Bro. W. II. Mcclure. OF Morgan
county has begun q protraeted meet
ing on Little Paint
Mrs. Maggie Howell. of Hagei
Branch visited her mother, Mrs
Nancy Webb Sunday.
J. C. b. Auxier has returned iron
Mt. Clemens. Mich. much improve,
in health.
Mrs Milt Auxier. Misses Ami
Harmon and Agnes Auxier attend
ed church on Little Paint Sun
day. SUNSHINE
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RICHARDSON.

Mrs. John Crutcher and children
of Louisa we're the over Sunday
guests of relatives here
Miss Grace Marrs. of Prestons-
burg and Miss Elva Ward. OF Inez
were visiting Miss Tenie Hinkle
Saturday and Sunday
Miss Carrie Bartlett and brother
returned Saturday night from Nc
Weigh. accompanied BY their sis
ter.
Miss Nellie Hatcher. of Louisa
was from Saturday until Monday tn
guest Of her cousins Misses Kittie
and Gypsy Vaughan
Miss Goldie Price. OF KewSnee
is visiting Misses Anna and Carrie
Bartlett this week
Miss Kit Preston. of Emma spent
Sunday with Mrs. r. d. Hinkle.
Clell Vaughan and Reek Childers
who have positions with the big
mining plant at Muddy Branch was
visiting their parents here few
day thsis week.
Misses Anna and Carrie Bartlett,
Goldie Price. Minnie Meade and
Elsie Bartlett and Mr., Reek Chill
dsrs were the afternoon guests Of
the Misses Vaughan and their guest
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