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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-01-02

Mrs. Harry Ycst and Mrs. L. l..
ElRin were called to Memphis Sum
day by The serious illness Of their
mother. Mrs Gray.
Mrs. Robert W Green. and chill
dren. who visited Mrs. Green's pa
rents last week. have returned to
Nayfeld.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Long. Mrs.
Henry Browning and daughter. and
Mrs. McGary. Of Darlington. visited
Mrs J. w. Twyman this week.
viii Calls has returned to Padu.
cab. Page Bakemore has returned
to Isabella. Tenn. t'airleigh Ware
has returned to Muskogee, Okla.
Paul Twyman. who spent the holi-
days with his parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
J. W. Twyman. returned to Bowling
Green Monday to resume his duties.
DR.. Fierstein. who spent few
days in Louisville. has returned.
Mrs. John Hubbard. Of Blythe
vile. Ark. is the guest of Mrs. c.
B. BIakemore. South Main street.
Daniel Wilkins. Of Lexington. is
visiting his sister. Mrs. Georgia
Thomas. on South Main street.
Miss Flossie Reynolds has returned
from visit to Nashville.
George Collins. at the head Of the
painting department of the Forbes
Mfg. Co.. is at home from Clarks-
vile. He has several new Jokes to
give out.
Miss Blanche Lebkuecher has re-
turned to Nashville after visiting
Miss Violet Owen.
Malcolm Shipp, stenographer for
the Forbes Manufacturing Co. was
married Dec. 26 at Princeton. KY,
and returned Tuesday with his bride.
Mr.. w. B. A. derson. Jr., broth
er-in-law Of Mr.. living Roseborougb,
has come over from GAINESVILLE to
take charge of the Acme Nils, |
which will start up in few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Park Buckley, of |
Strawberry Point. Iowa. will arrive
Saturday on visit to Mr.. and Mrs. |
W. 5. Dawson, South Walnut street. |
Mrs. James M. Forbes and her
s sters. Misses Katherine and Margie
Bass, will leave Monday or Tuesday |
for Pensacola. Fla. to visit the fam
lily of Mrs. Forbes father. o. L.
Bass.
Mrs. D. W. Kitchen will leave this
week to visit relatives in Houston,
Texas.
Judge j. I. Hanbery will go to
Wicklffe next Monday to act as
special judge in Judge Bugg's dis
trict.
L. L. EIgin left for Memphis Mon.
day night, having received a tele-
gram saying that Mrs. Elgin's moth
er was 70 i'll that she was expect
ed to live but a few hours.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-01-02

President-elect Wilson and Oscar
w. Underwood held a conference at
Trenton. N. ]. The majority leader
stated that the tariff would be TAX
en- up piece by piece and the sched-
ules enacted separately or as a whole
as might be desired.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-01-02
PLANTERS HARDWARE co.
Begins New Year With Two
New Statesmen.

Mr.. Lander Mescham can now be
found at the Planters Hardware
Co. Mr.. Mescham IS an experienced
salesman and came here from Ora
cey.
Mr.. Edward M. Cliborne has re-
signed his position with John Young
and is now with the Planters. and
would like to have his old customers
C II on him.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-01-02
Peace Prospects.

Notwithstanding apparently il
slrmountable difficulties attending
the peace conference in London.
prospects were said to be more fav-
orable to peace terms last night
than at any time since the confer
ference began.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-01-02
Music Stops Panic.

Singing Onward Christian Sol
diers." 200 children marched safely
out of the burning Lorimer Baptist
church 10 Chicago Sunday.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-01-02

Mr.. Sam Bumpus, of Lafayette.
has purchased the Lafayette Ice &
Electric Company's plant The price
paid has not been learned.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-01-02
More Chairs.

The first lot of dining chairs were
all sold. New lot will arrive Mon.
day. j. T. HALL.
Advertisement.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-01-02
$3.50 SIG 81
]. E. MCPHERSON,
Cashier.

Condensed Financial Statement
of the
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-01-02
Landed In Jail After 20 Years

Columbia. KY. Dec. 81. Thomas
Nelson. who killed man named
Smith in Adair county about twenty
years ago andsmade his escape after
the crime. was captured last night
by Deputy Sheriffs at his old home
at Chenille. this county.
Nelson has been making his home
Ia the West, and had returned to
his old stamping ground to spend
the holidays. He was lodged in Jail
here.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-01-02

VOW V4C.tC
A. H. ECKLES. Cash.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-10-14

HOBSON VS.. UNDERWOOD
n the Chattanooga Times.


Congressman Iobson and Underwood
are the leading candidates for United
States senator from Alabama, and 1t is
more than likely that one or the other
will be chosen at the Forthcoming cleo
ton. Alabama ha ma better known
sons. Hobsons fame is of long stand
ing, dating back from his spectacular
feat during the Spanish- American war,
but in recent years Underwood has be-
come the greater national figure A ref
erendum, no doubt, would show that the
democratic leader in the national house
Is considered by the people in general
as the greater man. Certainly he has
passed his rival in distinction in the
House. 1t was Underwood, not Hobson
who was deemed>by many last year as
of presidential size. The association of
Iobson with the presidency was too abb
surd for even his close friends and ar
dent admirers to imgaine Hobson has
worked hard and is fairly able man
in peace as we'll as in war. but his chief
opponent stands head and shoulders
above him In capacity.
would be no question as to the choice
Outsiders can hardly believe that Mr.
Underwood can be defeated by Hobson.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-10-14
,.. j. think. 1 inter; and spend my
malice in my breath.
-Corilanus.
Underwood and Hobson

In the House of Representatives
Yesterday Congressman Hobson at
tackled CONGRESSMAN Underwood; but
Mr. Underwood received tumuituous
annlause-sensation applause, as
one of the press dispatches has it
and at no single point was Hobson
CONVINCING If Underwood is any
thing, he is the personificatlon oil that
which is clean and fair in politics. lie
has lone been known and admired for
his sterling integrity; and 1t is all
but childish, not to use a hafshef
term. for anyone TO charge Under
wood the democratic leader, with be-
longing to Wall street or to the liquor
interests.
Hobson. as a candidate for the Uni
ted States Senate, sees the ground
slipping from under him. lie has be
come desperate. But he shooid De
man enough to go on and conduct ms
campaign on legitimate lines and stop
his mud-slinging.
The people of Alabama thoroughly
appreciate Mr.. Underwood's great
work for the democratic party. The
majority of them thoroughly appre-
ciate what it means to have an Ala
hama statesman Of Underwood's ma
tional prestige. Had the senatorial
election taken place week ago Mr..
Underwood would have won. When
the election does take place, Under
wood will be the winner by land
slide majority.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-10-14
Two Pictures

Sunday afternoon gathered the
atgest body of men ever met together
at one time in Birmingham. These cit
izens. old, young and middle-aged, as
senbled to hear an eloquent evangel-
ist preach the doctrine Of benevolence,
fraternity, faith, hope and charity.
His burning words fell upon ears that
were not deaf. Hearts long calloused
bv sordid selfishness were touched and
softened. Thousands resolved to lead
better lives.
Monday mornings Age Herald told
the story Of the wonderful meeting at
the auditorium on First avenue and OF
the inspiring message delivered by
Gypsy Smith. Many thousands not so
fortunate as to hear the words of the
preacher read them and We're bene-
fitted; learned of the remarkable gath
ering of Sunday afternoon and were
cheered to know that Birmingham S
spirit has had an awakening.
But Monday mornings Age Herald
told of other things. 1t, as in its pro-
vince it must, also revealed the other
side of the shield.
Three persons were shot to death
Sunday. Three others received wounds
from which it is probable they will not
recover.
When is this slaughter to cease?
How long will human life continue
to be looked upon as Jefferson coun-
TVS cheapest commodity?
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-10-14
THE AUTOMOBILE KINGS
IN the Brooklyn Eagle.


Upward of sl2,0o0,000 every week poure
into Detroit to fill the gasoline Golfers OF
the crop of new automobile millionaire
manufacturers in the "City OF the Strait .
That is to say, Michigan has over so pei
cent of the devil wagon manufacturing
trade of the United States and Detroit
has Go per cent of the so.
AS the total Michigan output il APP
proximately ss50.0o0o0o per annum--and Is
likely to reach $1,000, 100000 before 19l5--pe-
troit's share runs Into figures that make
the mythical riches of washbucklina
Monte Cristo look trifiing.
Whence comes this prodigious prosper
ity? What causes have combined to ere
ate a, new Pittsburg of the middle west
Surely there is some explanation.
1t is an interesting story--rivals ANY
of the tales of the Thousand and One
Nights" The curious part OF this ro-
nance of magic money conjurng is that
generally speaking. the supreme kings OF
this new Industry are not financiers.
They are instead, blacksmiths.
This wondrous anomaly becomes intel
ligible when one stops only for few mo-
ments to consider how the gasoline cal
has annually beaten its own marvellous
record for growth. 1t has advanced in
popularity with the speed OF an aeroplone
In ancient times-that IS to say. about
the year 1900-the men behind the vari-
our car models that have survived tile
tests of efficiency were mostly day labor-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-10-14
Remember the Auditorium

No man should be too busy to go to
the POLLS October 27 and cast vote
for the auditorium bond issue.
"What's the use? It's going to carry
anyway" will serve to keep down the
vote this time as it always does. Ii
everybody acts on this principle there
will not be any auditorium.
The Southern Labor congress Is GO
ing to meet in Birmingham next year,
and the auditorium should be availa-
bic when it comes. Right now the
Gipsy Smith revival meeting is daily
showing to thousands the city's need
of an adequate auditorium. Scores OF
conventions will come when we have
a place to house them comfortably.
We all know the numerous advant-
ages that will be afforded Birming-
ham by modern auditorium. The OPP
portunity to obtain one will be at
hand October 27. The bond issue is
going to carry. But every voter will
have a chance to show that he is ac-
tually working for the good of his
home town by going to the polls and
casting his ballot for this badly need
ed building.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-10-14
Birrningfam's Frightful Record

Homicides the Birmingham it Sun
day notb bring
Birmingham city of considerable
ders have been here than staid
communities The Birmingham district
the fact that employed the
hone have been attention the north
uncompmeny discussion metropolitan dais
tcaly killing the Brmn district credited the
of Birmingham municipality
enough
creasing a shocking
About ago pastors Birmingham representing
Protestant Catholic
dress touching wessne this county seeking public
sentiments but appalling situation
homcde of ciy-it appalling
The public must wake full realization of the farreacng
harm that exceptionally bloody record doing this rapidly
city Two contribute to the murders here: One is the
restrained habit of carrying concealed and the other is
police force dcuouy inadequate size The law against pistol
should nforced police
comparatively
policemen with murder in his heart feels
to his passion
commission replaced
SYSTEM ncent was the missions watchword The city was
financially bring
expenditures point within citys Birmingham
police of considerably
about $780, Recently there small
the traffic regulations
will allow for only liz n2s less than
service While everyone ieve that the
striving that which is for the
will mistake they police depart
instead of reducing it. In most cities the police
basis $50 inhabitants quiet sleepy
well with policeman
aion hardly city class that has not
policeman 800
policemen population and owing
Birmngham are5o policeman every 800
would be about right
Brmnghams population is nearly police
Chief under the cir
safeguarding but should the
other be
they are now, and would be ia ggering
Something must be done improve the situation Capital and
desirable homeseeers cannot be expected
Brmingham suddenly
Chief
policemen now common
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-10-14
POINTED PARAGRAPHS

From the Chicago News
Unreal pleasures are the most expen-
sive.
Taking things philosophically is easy
If they don't concern you.
And the heiress who marries title
seldom gets her moneys worth.
After hearing both sides OF a story
you are in q position to pass it up.
Jealousy will not listen to reason,
because it doesn't believe there is such
a thing.
y politician, Cordeiia. Is "a man who
devotes all his time to trying to keep
the rascals out.
We imagine that a dumb barber
would be even more satisfactory than
dumb waiter.
Let the small boy make the noise of
the neighborhood and he cares not who
does the work.
Ii man can't persuade some woman
to lead him into temptation he gets
busy and butts in of his own accord.
You can Halter man by calling him
sly dog. but call him Il measly eur
and he'll try to alter your map.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-10-14
business Methods in Birmin 9 ham

business methods in this city are rap
idly being adjusted to the increasing vol
ume of traffic and changing conditions
that prevail in this great CENTER" said a
business man.
Within the last decade or two great de-
partment stores have been evolved from
small dry goods shops; modern grocery
stores from the corner grocery; enormous
corporations from small mining and manu-
Ifactuing interests, and vast skyscrapers
from the one and two-story brick struc-
lures. To meet these rapid changes and
the needs of an enormously increased pop
ulation, the resources of the business men
of Birmingham have been taxed to the
utmost. Modern methods have been
adopted. Scientific business principles
have been studied.
Relations between customer and mer-
chant have been considered and adjusted
so that better and increased service is
rendered. Great corporations have mar
shalled their armies of worlxmen and dis
ciplined them in efficiency The captains
of industry in Birmingham have ceased to
live entirely in the present, and are begin
ming to build for the splendid future that
Birmingham holds in store for its active
and progressive Citizens.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-10-14

'Treland." said the Rev. Father Coyle,
who has lately returned from a trip to
his native land, lis no longer the most
distressful country that ever yet was
SEEM 1T is, on the contrary, happy and
prosperous, and home rule so long fought
fol. and longed for, will, when it becomes,
as it will of certainty next year become,
un fat aceompli will make Ireland, in the
words of Tom Moore:
+" Great, glorious. and free,
First flower of the earth and first gem
of the sea-
''The threats of civil war by the Orange
minority are nothing but bluff and buster
The Irish people, the best judges of the
situation, look on the proceeding of Car
son and his followers as mere opera
bouffe, They are amazed that anyone
should for moment take their threats
seriously, since moments consideration
would show that when the bill becomes
law and the signature of the King is at
tached thereto, then any resistance to the
execution of that law is treason, rebellion,
pure and simple, and will be handled, not
by the other provinces of Ireland but by
the armed forces of the English crown I;
by the might of British bayonets and the
Orange leaders, if they make the attempt
to kick the Kings crown into the
Boyne,' will have to reckon with the
forces of his Britainic majesty, King
George Yes, indeed, to quote the words
of our own poet-priest of the southland,
Father Ryan,
'f'Erin's dark night is waning, her day
dawn is Nigh.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-10-14
Restraining Governor Sulzer

Governor Suffers sensational
story is safely locked in the vault of
d. Cady Merrick, his chief counsel,
There it will remain until Judge Her.
rick has completed his duties as coun-
sci for Sulzer in the impeachment pro-
ceedings. Then it will be returned to
the author 1t will not be published as
long as Judge Herrick is the legal adj
wiser of the accused executive.
1t is entirely natural to assume
there is nothing in the lurid literature
written by Governor Sulzer to refute
the charge that he took money for use
in his campaign and with it bought
stocks in Wall street. Had there been
anything that could have been used in
his defense at the Albany trial, it
would have been put before the court
by his lawers.
Sulzer at various times has init
mated that he was prepared to make
public an account of horrible political
depravity displayed by Leader MUIR
ply and his lieutenants of Tammany
HALL But he has given out nothing
tangible or specific. He has attempted
to cause the people to believe that he
is being punished because he would
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-10-14
FIFTY YEARS OF STAGE FRIGHT

Henry Clay Barnabee in National Maya
zine for October.
I have often been asked time and time
again If ever had stage fright. Have l
ever had anything but stage fright? |
have played the part of the Sheriff of
Nottingham" nearly 10 hundred times and
/ cannot remember when I did not go on
in a state of tremor and trepidation per-
fectly indescribable. Many and many a
time I have called Guy of Osborne
tPeter I4ans) from his dressing room and
insisted upon going through the lines
of our first entrance. and often as | en-
tered the wings to go ON ] have shouted
in an agony of fear, For heavens sake.
somebody give me the first line of my
song, QuiclS.,r' and then 1 would walk on
with a s'know-it-all' look that would en-
courage my helpers.
1t has been said that an actor must be
scared nearly "out of his seven senses
to make him brace up and show what he
is made of If that is true, I must have
done fairly well, for with me it was a case
of brace up from first to last, though
kept it to myself and the audience never
"caught on" Hardly a night passes even
now In which l do not have some dream
of getting on to the stage, not knowing
what / was going to sing or say. Stage
fright, WELL do not believe there is any
terror like it, except perhaps the first
march onto field of battle, or the walk
to the chair of eectrocution, and I cam
not write of either of them from expert
cpca
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-10-14
IN HOTEL LOBBIES


1.-THE bond market is more active
than it was a while back; in fact, IL
is now very active said Leo Is. Stein
er, the banker.
4 have recently underwritten bonds
in large amounts issued by New De-
catur and certain Alabama counties and
found no trouble in selling them at
good figures. New York is a poor bond
market. The bond buyers there want
everything cheap. But high class bonds
find ready buyers in Cleveland and
Chicago.
"As to the general business situa-
ton, it is sound. Here in Birmingham
the banks are exceptionally well off
| in the matter of money reserve. II
there was talk of tight money few
months ago there is no reason for such
talk today. The early movement OF
the cotton crop is helping to make
money easier in the south.
"On the whole I am feeling very
optimistic"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-10-14
ure. but he is soon regarded as treas

ure, but he is soon regarded as a treas
ury.
Ever notice how polite a man can be
when he has a favor to ask?
There are other ways to do it, but no
woman ever drove her husband to drink
by keeping her mouth closed.
II she will provide for the inner man.
.he will usually provide for the outer
woman.
The reason women kiss each other when
they meet is because the Bible says we
should love our enemies.
a plump girl likes to do it. but you can't
get skinny girl to climb fence when
there is a man around.
When she Is love sick and he is sick
of love the poor old honeymoon begins to
feel weak in the knees.
Amy old time you find a man who thinks
he married the wrong woman you can
make nice, safe bet that his wife things
the same thing.
A girl can't wait to seleefthe right hus-
band. She is afraid she'll get left.
There is so much humbug about life that
We call 1t inspiration TO stand around an
art gallery all afternoon and absorb the
curves of the female form divine in oils,
water colors or marble. But If we take a
peek at the original model done in warm
flesh, we call 1t degeneracy.
Tact is when you cover your mouth
with your hand and make the other party
believe that the yawn was a smile.
| Tommyrot is an old nag who never runs
the same race twice The people who
don't want young folks to see September
Morn want sexual knowledge taught in
the schools. Why not teach them common
sense? Why not fit them for married life
| by teaching them that it Is impossible
for two normal human beings to agree all
| the time?
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-10-14
LEARNING TO SPEAK CHINESE
rom the Springfield Republican.

From the Springfield Republican.
At the University of London recently a
lecture was given by DR.. Jones on the
pronunciation OF Chinese, and In the
course of his remarks the speaker ex-
planned that the difficulties of learning
the pronunciation of Chinese, though real
enough, have been rather exaggerated by
those who have written on that subject.
When treated Theoretically the language
becomes not much more difficult to learn
than French or German.
The chief thing to remember is that the
study of Chinese is a matter of singing
rather than talking, Mr.. Jones said. In
English the variations In tone as We talk
mean variation in expression. In Chinese
variations in tone mean totally different
words.
A little of the Chinese method is pres
ent, even in our own language, and the
lecturer pointed out that the simple word
yes may be so varied in tone as to
mean 'It is the case" "Of course it is
the case 1T is really So and 1T may
be so. but I'm not quite sure"
The student who wishes to learn good
Chinese must faniliarize himself perfect
ly with at least six tones. There Is a
seventh, but that may be more or less left
out of account. According to the tone In
which they are pronounced, there are
words in Cantonese which have six sep
arate and distinct meanings The Chinese
word fan for instance, may be sc
pronounced. or. rather, sung, as to mean
six different words, and such widely diff
ferent ones as sleep. powder and cour-
ageous.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-10-14
cADpIEs. BEWARE

From Lippingcotts.
A young woman entered a sporting
goods store one morning and the polite
clerk went forward to meet her
Il want she said. ito see some
clubs
Certainly replied the clerk about
how many do you want?"
well, really" she responded, slowly.
II scarcely know. You see, | am just
learning to play golf. and | do not
know much about IL as yet. Why,
don't even know which end of the cad
die to use
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-10-14

New York is crowded with visitors, and
tits always an attractive city; but [ am
glad to be back in Alabama said Felix
M. Bremen of Drennen & Co.. who spent
few days in Gotham last week.
Business in Birmingham has been UNI
usually good all this year. l do not hear
of any city that is quite up to it when it
comes to solidity. The outlook for fall
trade was never better, and l think all
the merchants will be rushed from now
until the holidays