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The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1913-01-03

A drinking bout at Matewan on
Christmas day resulted fatally to
Will Griffith. aged 80. employed as
a driver by the Marvin Coal Com
pany. From evidence obtained at
the coroner's inquest it appears that
Griffith, in little more than one
hour, drank forty-two Tom G Jer-
ries."
From the evidence before the cor
oner 1t appears that men in the sa-
loon began to make wagers as to
whether Griffith could take another
drink. One witness testified that he
watched the count from the eigh-
teenth to the thirty-sixth drink.
Those who were making the wag-
ers were warned that the excessive
amount of intoxicants would kill
Griffith but the game was kept UP.
Finally it became necessary to prop
Griffith up at the bar but he emf
tied his glass as fast as 1t was fill
ed. up to the forty-second drink.
After the firty-second drink Grit
fifth became desperately Ill and DR..
was summghedN but his
condition was such that nothing
could be done for him and he died
in few minutes.
Coroner Keadle and Prosecutor
Stafford went to Matewan to hold
The inquest. At their direction a
post norton examination was made
by Drs. H. c. Goings, of Matewan
md j. B. Willard. of Williamson.
The coroner's jury returned the
,erdict:
He came to his death by drink
ng too much whiskey given him by
Jan Adams and Jim Crawford"
Griffith was married man and
caves wife and two children
lingo Republican.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1913-01-03
Chesapeake & Ohio Ry.


Effective November ~. sOfa.
Local trains leave Louisa. south
bound. 1850 q. m. week days, aud
5;Ss p. m. daily.
North bound. leave Louisa s:2s
a. m. daily. 4;o2 D. M. week days.
Arrive Ashland lo:f5 n. m, daily;
$50 p. M, week days.
To Lexington. Louisville and We,1
Leave Ashland 1908 D. m. l:sS
a. m. daily. Local. week DAYS 10
Lexington. 1880 a. m.
10 Cincinnati and West
Leave Catiettsburg. express.
daily. 4:l3 n. m, s6;12 a. M, i2:l2
p. m. Locals. 5:4s n. m, week days.
1895 .. m. daily.
Leave Ashland, express. daily.
1880 a. M. 6;23 n. m, 1900 D. m
Locals sos a. n..week days 12:ts
p. m. daily.
Eastbound. Main Line.
Leave Ashland. express. daily.
Sbo p. m. 1920 D. m. 1880 q. a.
Local. daily to Huntington. 12:4s n.
N; runs to Hinton. week DAYS.
Local, week days. to Huntington,
SEAS D. m.
8. J. JUSTICE. Agt., Louisa. *.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1913-01-03

the Norfolk & Western Railway be
sides being member of several Sc
cret orders. who took charge OF his
body. The shock of the sudden TAX
ing of his own life startled our city
and created surprise and consterna-
ton. His wife, who was absent at
the time of the shooting, arrived
Tuesday night and left with the
body Wednesday morning. William
son West virginian.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1913-01-03

Charleston, w. Va. Dec. 10.-Be-
meath sunny skies the ceremonies of
the unwilling of the magnificent
statue of the typical West Virginia
soldier here at the capitol grounds
this afternoon took place. The statue,
which is in bronze. is the work of
the celebrated sculptor. Henry X.
Bush Brown, of Washington, and is
the gift OF Colonel William Seymour
Edwards, of Charleston to the state.
Rev. Carl G. Doney, president OF
West Virginia Wesleyan college de-
livered the invocation, after which
the statue was unveiled by Master
William Seymour Christensen Ed
wards. OF Coalburgh. The flag fell
slowly away from the exquisite fig
ure. AS the great throng of people
viewed for the first time the classic
outlines a hush fell upon them and
then great cheer burst forth. The
work is distinctively the best of the
kind ever seen in West Virginia
and is so suggestive in its portrayal
of the period of the sixties that the
most critical persons have nothing
but praise for the statue.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1913-01-03
CataTTh-CataTrh-CataIrh

The country seems almost alive
with Catarrh Germs. II you have
this dreadful disease you know the
disoomports OF it. i haven't time 10
explain the symptoms, but all You
want to know Is where 10 procure
q remedy to speedily recover your
Normal Health. You win find w.
ID. FITzPATRICK's CATARRH REL
EDY IN sstock ut THE LOUISA
DRUGIsSTORE 90. rr hns assev
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1913-01-03

Charleston. w. Va, Dec. 30
Rev. w. ]. Hubbard. former super
intendent of the Davis Child's Shell
ter, in this city, was released by
Justice U. B. Atkinson after a pre-
liminary hearing. lasting three days.
on the charge of having attacked
11-year-old Goldie Portia Hylton, a
ward of the institution.
In refusing to hold Rev. Hubbard
to the grand jury. Justice Atkinson
said he believed the defendant had
been made the victim of circum.
stances.
A demand for dismissal from the
Institution of certain attaches will
probably be made.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1913-01-03
Hints For Housekeepers

Keep Foley's Honey and Tar
Compound always on hand. and you
can quickly head off cold by Its
prompt use. 1t contains no opiates.
heals and soothes the inflamed air
lges. stops the cough. and may
save big doctor bill. In the yell
low package For sale by All deal
ers.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1913-01-03
or less interest.

Both parties to the action are
well and prominently known not
only in Huntington, but throughout
the entire Tri-state region. Mr..
Bromley having been engaged in the
moving picture business here and
In Catlettsburg for some time. Mrs.
Bromley is one of the most promi-
nent young women of West Hunting.
ton. The action came as a sur
prise to the many friends of both
young people.-Huntington Republi-
can.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1913-01-03

kersburg, w. Va. Dec. 80
After teating the head OF his faith
ar, siilt.n McLain,, aged rs years
Into pulp at IL o'clock last night
a. his home on Division street
South Parkersburg.. Homer S. Nc
Lain. aged 80, walked to Parkers-
burg to the home of his cousin J.
NJ. McLain owner OF McLain's meat
N arket and told him that he had
tigh.. with his father and that
he had injured him. The two ri-
turned to the McLain home wher,
they found the aged man lying OF
bed in his room dead. They mott
fed persons who live in the vicinity
and within few minutes call was
8 MT to the police headquarters
r. s. Dawkin's store. Lieutenant Ed
Pickering, Patrolman Chas. Smith
and County Coroner DR.. Karl Stein
beck, were taken to the scene IN
an automobile and the murderer
was taken into custody and placed
in the county jail. He made no eff
fort to resist arrest and was walt
ing for the officers when they ar
rived.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1913-01-03
4 west ( VIRGINIA IRIlGl'IIlHI|IIA NEIGHB6RS.
BOINGS OF PEOPLE WHO LIVE
JUST ACROSS THE RIVER.

Buckhannon, w. va.-Cigarette
smoking has been tabooed in West
Virginia Wesleyan College, as two
students, Jesse B. Small of Weston
and Arthur P. Howard, of Bluefield
are in position to attest.
When the present term opened
Or. Carl G. Doney, the president,
announced that under no circum-
stances would cigarette smoking be
tolerated and that any student vio-
iating the rule would be dismissed.
At first the students were disposed
TO look upon the order as joke,
but after several of their number
lad been called before the president
for alleged infraction of the rule
they knew that no joke was intend
ed.
Recently Small and Howard at
tended social affair in the town
and INDUCED in their craving for a
few quiet smokes, never dreaming
that their disregard for the college
edict would ever come to the knowl-
edge of the president. The next
morning they were called before DR..
Doney and told to leave the college
at once
Dr.. Doney is heading movement
to have the next Legislature pass a
law making sale of cigarettes in
the State misdemeanor.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1913-01-03

DIR. A. A. Farley, son of Mr.. Thorn
as Farley of this vicinity, died early
Wednesday morning at his home,
1897 Eighth Avenue. Huntington.
Death was caused by acute gastritls
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1913-01-03
THE NEW YEAR.


"A friend stood at the door;
In either tight-closed hand
Hiding rich gifts. three hundred and
three score;
Waiting to strew them daily DER the
land,
Even as the sewer.
Each drops he. treads 1t in, and pass
es by;
1t cannot be made fruitful till 1t die
Friends. come thou like a friend,
And whether bright thy face,
Or dim with clouds we cannot com
prehend;
Well hold our patient hands, each
in his place,
And trust thee to the end;
Knowing thou leadest onward %
those spheres
Where there are neither days, nor
months, nor years.
Miss Mullock. in this beautiful
poem gives our ideas better than we
can express them. The idea OF each
day being a gift, hidden from us
until its hour comes. is pretty
thought. So many gifts, SO much
time to use for either profit or loss.
and so many hands are held out eae'
erly for thecoming days. looking for
them to bring happiness. or gain OF
some kind. The spirit sometimes
grows faint before the unknown fut-
ure. consequently II Is enough 10
take one day at time and try to
make that good. II Is hard enough
even than and sometimes II Is best
TO go hour by hour. One day at
time 10 thesecret of every noble life
One day at time. taken up bravely
with its duties faithfully done as
hey come. its trials patiently borne.
is temptations firmly resisted It's
ross cheerfully carried, Its Joys
rightly used. and its gladness gath
,red from every hour as II passes on
instead OF making many resolutions
It the first OF the year TO be quickly
broken. let US strive to meet each
lay bravely. and take what It brings
lnquestioningly.
oh. hang some lamp like hope
Above the unknown way,
Kind years to give our spirits fres-
scope.
Ind our hand strength TO work Will
1t is day"
FOR THE NEW YEAR.
Have the courage to start right
nd keep right.
Have the courage to turn from
vii and cling to that which is good.
Have the courage TO prefer com
ort and propriety to fashion in all
hings.
Have the courage to wear your
Id clothes until you can pay for
ew ones.
Have the courage to discharge a
ebt while you have the money In
our pocket.
Have the courage to obey your
onsciences at the risk OF ridicule
'om men.
Have the courage to own you are
Dor and thus d!sarm proverty of its
iarpest sting.
Have the courage to wear thick
pots in winter and insist on your
lie and daughter doing the same.
Have the courage to do without
lat which you do not need, however
uch your eyes covet II.
Have the courage to speak to
lend In a "seedy" coat even
Tough you are in company with a
CHI man and richly attired.
a. =. u
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1913-01-03

pInoA smoo o. suose sulIlu pun asud
not make orconstitute the first faint
flush OF the first streak OF dawn OF
It's second morning, Eternity, thou
pleasing dreadful thought" That
never ending reign succeeding the
crash of matter and the wreck OF
the worlds. suns. retems. Intellis-
ence has achlyed triumphs. 1t has
read the stars OF heaven and can for
tell to asecond when the great fle-y
sun will be hidden in partial or total
eclipse; 1t can read the history OF
creation on the rocks o; nature and
unfold the secrets hidden by God In
the bowels of the earth; but when It
attempts to grasp the significance OF
eturnity It stands abashed aud
at its inability to COM
prehend an infinite plan.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1913-01-03

The home of Jacob Akersan East
Williamson was entirely destroyed
by fire Friday night about 5 O'Clock.
The blaze is thought to have origin
ated near the kitchen flue and was
burning on the roof when discover
ed. Only few pieces of furniture
we're saved by the neighbors. Mr..
Akers had $500 insurance on his
household goods and $1,000 on the
building. Mingo Republican.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1913-01-03

The records in the circuit clerks
office today, showed that suit for
divorce has been instituted by Mrs.
Lillian Crawford-Bromley agains.
Samuel Bromley. through her attor-
ney, Jean F. Smith. The bill Of al
legations are based on stationary
grounds, containing matters of more
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1913-01-03

Senator Chiffon has introduced 4
bill prohibiting the granting of gov
ernment license to manufacture or
sell intoxicating liquors in any state,
county or local division in which the
manufacture and sale of liquors is
prohibited by the state of local law.
There is considerable question as to
the constitutionality of the Kenyon
SLEEPER bill. and Senator Chiffon be-
lieves that this bill about the con-
stitutionality of which there Is no
question would lie just as effective
In preventing the sale of liquors in
dry territory in violation Of the To-
cal or state laws.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1913-01-03

Mr.. w. N. Gaskell, who came to
this city few months ago and OPP
ened a mercantile house on Third
avenue, committed suicide in his
room early Monday morning last. =
seems that Gaskell had become en-
gagged in a game of cards with sew
eral other parties and had lost about
eight hundred dollars. One of the
party. comparative stranger in the
city, won most of the money. After
the gambling was over and the
stranger was leaving on an early
train, Gaskell went to the train and
told the man that IL he would let
him have four hundred dollars Of
the money he had won, he would
give him his note for 1t, otherwise
he would commit suicide. The man
thought he was joking and refused
to comply with his request Where
upon Gaskell went to the Beall
Hardware Company and purchased a
revolver and retired to his room.
wrote note stating that he had
been robbed of eight hundred dol
lars and that he had nothing to live
for. He deliberately went to bed
pulled the thick covering over his
head, placed the revolver at his ear
and blew his brains out. He had
locked his door and the report of the
pistol had not been heard. Aboit
. o'c ock friends entered the room
through window and found the
suicide in pool Of blood dead. He
was soon afterwards taken to Balls
Undertaking Establishment where
bis body was prepared for inter-
ment. On "Wednesday his body was
taken to Pocahontas for burial BIZ
friends. Mr.. GaskeIl leaves a fam
lily and friends in other sections on
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1913-01-03

The Hon. 2. T. Vinson will speak
at the Jewish Synagogue. tomorrow,
Sunday night at 1880 O'Clock. HIS
subject has not been given out, but
1t is understood it will be on the
Universal Brotherhood of Man"
The Gentiles are always welcome
to all services at the Synagogue and
are cordially invited to hear the
free lecture by the learned and elo-
quent gentleman who will speak Sun
day night. Huntington Republican.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1913-01-03

]. H. Long. editor and owner OF
the Huntington Advertiser. has made
known that he Is an applicant for
the appointment as postmaster at
Huntington to succeed Congressman
Hughes father. He has had talk
with Senator Chiffon and will Sc.
others. He bases his claims for APP
pointment on long and earnest party
service. Logan Democrat.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-15
A $4,000 Hair Cut of 1000 Years AGO
The Baby Giraffe Just 1t Atans Its Enormous Nl C.L

sembled in the theatre armed with
spear and shield, and taken to the
sanctuary of Agraulos, at the foot of
the citadel, where they bound them
selves by a solemn oath to the
service of their country.
For the two following years they
served as guards on the frontier,
and after that they were admitted
to full citizenship.
The statue is of bronze, two feet
seven inches in height, and dates
from about the fourth century B. c.
In the attitude of the figure it
bears a resemblance to the famous
Lycian Apollo of Praxiteles. It's
artistic character also suggests that
beautiful statue Signor Pariben,
director Of the National Museum,
has decided, however, that 1t does
not represent Apollo but simply an
ephebus. It belongs in the same
class with the most beautiful works
of Greek sculpture that have been
discovered.
The youth raises his hand to his
head with a very natural attitude,
as if conscious that there is some
thing very unusual about his hair.
The attitude is a graceful one and
rather feminine in character. A
youth who had been brought up
with long hair up to his sixteenth
year would. of course, have to fol-
low feminine methods of keeping it
in order.
The mirror has been partly
broken off, but the nature of the OBJ
ject can easily be discerned. Other
wise the statue is in almost perfect
condition.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-15

mously long, many times that of It's
body, while in the adult fish the rays
are very small. The infant fish is
short and stout, while the adult is
remarkably thin and elongated
The adult ribbon fish is occasion
ally cast up on the shores of Scot
land. 1t is excessively elongated
and fiattened from side to side. while
the fins are its least conspicuous
feature.
In the great ocean depths there
arenO disturbing currents, and hence
the possibility of using long, thread
like fin rays such as distinguish the
young ribbon fish. But what purpose
do they serve? Judging from what
obtains among other and adult fishes
of these regions they serve as organs
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-15
HOW q Talented Pet Cat
VIII Help Govern France

KT POINCARE, the newly
W elected president of the
French Republic, is a cat
lover. So were, and are, other cele-
hrated among them
Victor Hugo, Theophile Gautier and
Pierre Lott, whose feline pets are
immortalized in their writings.
President Poincare has a cat
which he 'esteems so highly and OF
which he is so fond, that right at
the moment Of receiving the greatest
and most profitable honor in the gift
of the French nation. he pauses to
write its praises. Manifestly a cat
of such quality will not be without
a paw in the new administration
NJ. Poincare writes:
This cat is gifted with a strange
and complex personality. Voluptu-
Gus and epicurean, treacherous and
cunning, hayward and ferocious,
authoritative to the point of
tyranny, it has, you observe, nothing
but faults. but these faults. which
in any other cat would be absolutely
insupportable, become in the case of
this cat. by the manner in which he
uses them, qualities of the highest
value
He has a perfect sense of humor,
and knows exactly the value of a
well-timed joke. His tact is won
derful; he can end a difficult situa-
ton in the most graceful and natural
manner. I have never seen this cat
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-15

T HE study Of human babies and
children has now become a
- highly developed science, but
The study of animal babies is Of
almost equal Importance.
From the animal babies we can
learn how the development of human
babies may be aided, and we learn
other facts Of the life process. The
Carnegie Institution, through its
various experiment stations, is now
engaged in very exhaustive study
of animal babies from the highest to
the lowest forms.
Among the most important secrets
which have been wrested from ma
ture by the study of infant animals
is that all animals other than the
most primitive forms pass through
a series of metamorphoses. or com
plete changes before they reach the
adult state. These changes in the
human being take place largely in
the embryonic period, and are diff
cult to observe. Hence changes in
lower families of animals are use
full as throwing light on human en-
bryology.
Baby crabs are almost entirely
different animals from adult crabs,
as we can see from the accompany
ing illustrations. Until recently sci
entists classified two curious sea
creatures as "zoea" and "megalopa."
hut now they have found that they
are both stages in the evolution Of
the crab.
When the little crabs hatch out
they are perfectly transparent. In
the earliest stage they are remark
able for having an enormous head"
and a long, thin tail. A little later
the head produces a very long spine
from it's upper side.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-15

n REMARKABLY beautiful an
"A cient Greek statue has been
unearthed at Sutri, near
Rome, and has been purchased for
$4,000 by the government for the
great National Museum founded
some years ago in the Baths CT Do
cletian. This museum is devoted
to works of the classic period found
in and around Rome.
1t was discovered by a peasant
while digging in the fields. Evil
IDENTIFY it was an art treasure that
had been brought from Greece by
the ancient Romans and had lain
buried for many centuries.
1t represents a handsome Athen-
ian youth, or ephebus, who has Just
had his hair cut and is looking at
himself with interest in a mirror
The statue has been described TO-
cosely as a hair cut that cost
S0U,UUU,
An ephebus at Athens was
youth just turned sixteen. The
completion of the boys sixteenth
year was the occasion of festival
at which the ephebus made a drink
offering to Hercules and entertained
his friends with wine
mis- hair, which had been Worn
long up to that time, was cut and
the locks dedicated to Apollo. For
the two following years the ephebi
were mainly employed in gymnastic
exercises.
Then they came up for an exam
ination intended TO test the purity
of their descent and their physical
capacity. The ephebi were next en-
tered On the list of their tribe. as
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-15

embarrassed, nor guilty of faux
pas With astonishing celebrity he
will choose between two solutions Of
a question, not only the better from
his own point of view as suiting
his interests, but the more elegant
and agreeable, and the one most
likely to draw approval upon him
self
"Flattery is another thing this cat
eXcels in: not that obvious and
direct variety which embarrasses
and offends sensitive people, but that
variety which caresses exquisitely
ones amour propre. He never dis
obeys his master unless the latter is
not present, or unless he is engaged
in some absorbing task Then he
Will go and sit where he has been
told not to. near the radiator. Dis
covered, he smiles gently and runs
over to me, looking at me as though
to say, oh, yes; I was there right
enough, but merely for the instant.
l wished only to warm my feet, you
understand. because it is a little cold
this evening. But l didn't stay there
the best proof of which is that |
am here now. But why do you look
at me like that? Anger, you know,
is a capital fault Come, let US be
good friends and enjoy ourselves
Then he always starts off to
amuse me. He jumps all over me
and all over the room, with every
comic antic it is possible to think
of. 1t is impossible to resist him:
you are simply disarmed and con
quered."
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-15
Four Very Different Stages of
the Shore Crabs Growth.

of touch, and the curious arrowhead
tabs of skin which run up these rays
probably give increased sensitiveness
either to touch or temperature.
In some of the deep sea fish some
OF the rays or supporting rods of the
breast fins can be worked up and
down, forwards, sideways and back
wards as the fish moves about seek
ing at once both food and direction.
They remind us of the way the blind
man guides himself by the tapping
Of his stick.
A very curious fact has been ascer-
tanned by watching a baby of that
very rare family, the giraffes. 1t has
been found that just as the baby
giraffe reaches its adult form and
leaves its mothers care there is
much more rapid development of its
neck than of any other part of its
body.
This appears to prove clearly that
the neck was evolved in order to
secure food Obtainable only from
high places.
The baby chimpanzee will prob
ably shed more light on the origin
of man than any other animal It
has been found that in infancy the
chimpanzee is far closer to man than
in adult life; that it is remarkably
intelligent, and can learn many things
which were thought possible only to
a human child. The baby champan-
zee can be thought to read and
write simple words.
The rhinOcer0s, the widest and
most savage of all animals, is as
tame as a kitten when young, but
that is the most that can be said Of
it. 1t has no intelligence worth
mentioning.