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, opened his heart 70 me. AS he was clos
ing his confidential talk, he seemed to for
get himself and with great feeling cursed
his fathers memory. | had been told
enough to understand the untold His
father had not been a good man. On the
contrary, he had been very bad man,
and had sent this poor boy into the world
with the very worst tendencies of his
own character reproduced In his son. The
way that boy had to fight his inherited
proclivities was painful to see.
Life is hard enough at best; but to send
a child out into the world with everything
in his nature against him, to throttle and
destroy which costs intensest suffering by
day and by night, year in and year out,
is the coarseness of criminal selfishness
and absolutest cruelty. We read with
horror of the ancient nations giving up
their deformed or diseased children to
some form of a destroying Moloch. But
wonder if that dreadful custom was not
more merciful, than to send a child out
upon the path of life bearing In his heart
and nature the promise and potency of
a cursed character, that shall be to him
self. and probably to many others, worse
than a living DEATH This many are do
ing. They are transmitting to children
elements that are worse than death. II
it be said that people generally do not
know this. then they should defer mar
riage and parental responsibility until
they learn The laws of the state assume
a limited control of marriage contracts.
This control should be extended and the
laws ought to be more rigorous. No man
should have the sanction of the state 10
his marriage unless~he can produce a
clean bill of health" and certificate
of good moral character. And If the av.
ersge woman whose hand is solicited IN
marriage knew what marriage means
she would require the same.
! believe that simple justice demands
another right that belongs to the child
that Il, that the name he is to bear shall
he an untarnished one. Let the family
lhaine be what 1t may, Tudor. Planta-
genet, Guelphs. Hapsburs, Hohenzollern
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versary of her wedding was spent by
her in a bed at hospital. The first
child was still-born. The second was
rathetically scrofulous, the diseases ar
recting her eyes. The third child was
quite deaf, and from the day OF her
birth her head was mass of malignant
and offensive sores. The young mother
nal learned the secret of her children's
ahliction and long ago her love for
her husband had turned to loathing!
She used to ask, "Why has God so af-
flicted me?" But she asks this ques-
tlon no longer She knows that Goa
did not send these distresses upon her.
biological law was violated and this
law visited the sins of the father upon
The children and the innocent wife, who
once trusted in the honor and love of
the man she married. The law is be-
n1gn one, and is meant to protect and
TO warn the race, but it's violation is
ruia4ous and damning,
Has the unborn child no rights ?
1t has. Justice, one of the attributes
OF God, pleads for the child that it may
not in the iniquity of the father pine
away and die"
many forms of excesses that have al
ready started the unborn child on the
path to the hospitals for the mentally
iheiiicient and for the insane. o, it is
pitiful story-all of it. Talk of the
cvil OF race suicide. Why, in my judg-
ineht, TINS is far more desirable than
'he evils that are disclosed by the
statistics of hospitals and asylums for
the insane Perhaps it would be wei,
Il no more children were born. until
men and women learned more of the
solemn laws and principles that UNDER
lie ! he propagation of the species. There
might not be so many people In the
world as now: but there would arise
generation of stalwart men and stur-
uler women understanding the physiol =
Gsy of the human body and knowing
| sanitary principles that would protec,
vile and keep 1t in health.
Furthermore, the child has q right to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-11
<<DERTAIN { you know the way?
asked the poet, as he and the
~ oSitor, off for an afternon OF

<<DERTAIN you know the way"
y asked the poet, as he and the
~ eSitor, off for an Afternoon of
fishing, drove out of the city.
Know it! Sure" replied the editor so
confidently that the poet settled himself
comfortably in the buggy seat, and did
not think it necessary to state that he
himself didn't know that road from a
path leading out of Jerusalem. As mat
Ter OF fact, the editor didn't either.
But he thought he did. Years ago he
had gone fishing in day of exfravagant
idleness lie remembered distinctly they
had left town by that road Less dis
tinctly he remembered they had turned
off somewhere, and still more vaguely
lie had a dim recollection of having
turned off again somewhere else.
So of course he knew.
Tile day was very alluring; one of those
warm, spicey, Intoxicating days--the kind
of day that makes one feel an Irresistible
desire to say and do foolish things.
On the side of the sandy road rose
several diminutive mounds.
''LoolSw exclaimed the poet.
"Doodle--housesr
The editor grinned apprecia lively, and
felt a strong inward urge to take off his
shoes and socks and stir up those doodle
bugs with his bare toes. He knew Just
how the warm dry sand would feel.
That's the kind of day 1t was. If there
had been a pretty woman present the
poet and the editor would have made
love TO her beyond doubt. In the abb
sence of the pretty woman, they drove
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failed to appear. The scouts sent on in
advance by Bienville reported that they
could not find D'Artaguette and could
learn nothing of his whereabouts. This
was a sore disappointment to Bienville,
for he had counted much on D'Artaguette
and his veterans, but he could not now
stop. He still had about 1900 in his com
mand, and he was confident of success.
Bienville's plan was to pass around
Aekla. where the Chckasaws were strong
ly fortified. and proceed to the town of
the Natehez, overthrow the Indians there,
and by that means inspire the troops,
and at the same time demoralize the
Ghckasaws. In a council of officers now
called. he advocated this plan, but the
Ghoctaw leaders would not hear to Il.
They wanted to attack the ChiclSasaws
outright, crush them, and then quietly
return. Some of the French officers con-
CURED in the proposed policy of the Choc-
taws, while not few coincided with
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the slightest exposure of their bodies
Outside the palisades were a number Of
strongly fortified structures or cabins. The
fort Itself was OF triangular shape, with
the roof of heavy green logs. overlaid
with a thick stratum of dried mud,
double security against fire should the
French undertake the use of combusti-
bes. The imposing fortiheations had
disheartening effect even on the officers
of the French troops and much more
the men.
A careful inspection was made. and
there was nothing left but to plan for
the attack The French were to open
the battle, and the Choctaws were left
to attack as they might wish. Tie In
dams occupied camp some distance
from the others and proceeded to paint
and to deck themselves for battle They
stood in readiness as though waiting for
the battle to open. All plans were gotten
in readiness and at o'clock in the aft
ernoon the fight was TO begin by regu-
lar assault from the outset.
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or the most inconspicuous name of the
| obscurest citizen. 1t does not matter
But ii does matter vastly. whether or not
the name that the child is to bear through
life be clean name. unstained by wrong,
unsmirched by deed of dishonor He
has a right, since he comes into the world
without his volition, but at your call to
be untrammelled by a name that will
ever associate him with some act of per-
fidy or a course of life that was foreign
to integrity.
The child with bad name from the
very beginning of his life is fettered.
Communities do not forget. They re-
member the sins of the father, whether
Justly or unjustly, for many years; and
the sins Of the father are visited upon
the children that bear his name Poor
child, says the community, "it has bad
blood and a bad name; the father never
knew what honor was, though he was
shrewd enough to escape his deserts"
There are instances of mems changing
their family names because those names
had been soiled byN fathers or grand
fathers. and were unfit to. be borne by
those who hoped to grapple successfully
with life's difficulties and attain high
est places. bad name is like lead
that weighs man down, especially a
young man. while good name gives
wings to ambition and effort ii is bet
ter than wealth and fame. SAYS the
best of books. "A good name is rather
to be chosen than great riches" and
"a good name is better than precious
ointment"
Good name in man or woman, dear my
lord
| Is the very jewel of their souls;
Who steals my purse steals trash; tits
something. nothing:
| Twas mine, tbs his. aud has been the
slave TO thousands
| But he who filches from me my good
Robs me of that which not enriches him.
And makes me Door indeed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-11
INST THE CHICKASAWS-B B. F. RILEY

On May % 1916. they reached the region
where Cotton Gin Port Mississippi, now
Is, where Bienxllle built temporary fort
which he named Fort Oltbia, and after
securing his stores. locking his boats to
the trees, and appointing guard to pro-
tect them, ne started with Z days rations
to the Chicksaws' stronghold still 27 miles
in the interior
1t was racing season. the prairie mud
was deep, the inland streams were up.
the country a tangled region of under
brush, the banks of the streams slippery
with lime mud. and most of the host
already demoralized. They started inland
the men sometimes were forced to wade
waist deep in crossing the streams, the
march was slow and laborious, and the
prospect drew DINNER with decreasing
enthusiasm as they proceeded. There was
Struggling not little, but from which
Bienville was largely saved by reason of
the fact that they We're in the enemys
country and sense of common interest
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Bienville. The Choctaws seemed almost
uncomfortable in their frantic desire 10
seaeh the Chickasaws. To have heard
Aem rave one would have thought that
there was little use of the French in the
expedition at all.
Nothing was now left but to traverse
the remaining six miles and give battle
10 the waiting Chickasaws. The line of
march was again taken up, and another
half day brought them within full view
of the battements of the enemy. The
conditions were not such as to occasion
much inspiration. The fortiheations were
imposing, and seemed sufficiently strong
to resist any force.
On an eminence stood the fort of heavy
logs. Around it We're palisades with port
holes just above the ground while just
within the palisades was a french IN
which the defenders would stand, rest
their guns within the port holes and fire
with ease on the plain below without
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happiness, and to succeed even partial
~. There is premium upon the sound
healthy body, in the marts of the world
But the diseased man is disabled from
the very start. fhe world has not the
time to wait for him to catch up. He
is like Hawthornes lame boy in the
story
Yet what a sad tale medical statis-
tics relate. In this country alone 300.-
600 little ones die annually before their
first anniversary. to say nothing of the
thousands who are born deaf, blind, or
ibecile. and other thousands who are
epsieptics, and cannot die. Countless
thousands have organic diseases before
they come into the world, and are born
with scarce vitality enough to breathe
through the first hour of their little
lives.
There are many causes of this record
of tragedy. Sometimes no one is to be
blamed. Parental shocks, horrible
scenes that cause maternal fright, poor
Eealth of the mother often from pre-
vious illness, and thousand other
causes for which no one is responsible
may be charged with much infantile
suffering and many deaths. But not all.
Many people marry who have no right
to marry. and they are responsible for
rnany infantile tragedies. How shall +
say the things that are in my mind
My very purpose in this paper embar-
rasses me. | shall copy an entry in a
clcrgyman's diary. 1t is one case tax
sn from many.
You have come to ask me to marry
you to Miss Blank, pure and lovely
girl" yes doctor" II cannot marry
YOU. You have no right to marry and
you know 1t. / cannot be a party to
so gross crime. If you will bring me
a certificate from your physician de-
claring you to be in a physical condition
TO marry. ] shall change my mind" The
certificate, as | expected, was not forth l.
coming. They were married, but not by
the rector of the girls family.
Within six years the young wife was
hopeless invalid and the sixth annl-
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that the banks were overflowed. and one
which did not overflow but filled up suf
ficently so that waves were driven Over
the embankments. Nor was the rainfall
enc beyond the range of proba bilty. The
March storm probably broke all records
for combined intensity, duration and ex
tent. But for small drainage areas such
as these dS TO ia square miles) the rain
fall was not unprecedented. At least two
storms have occurred in Ohio in the last
40 years in which the rainfall in Is hours
was greater than that recorded in any
Is hours of the late storm at any station.
excepting Piqua, which is below the rever-
yoirs In question. And in at least one
storm in the same period. the rainfall for
u hours was within 06 inch of the highest
"a hour rainfall of last month (5.55 as
compared with 5.6lD
The faults in these reservoirs. then
We're not due to lack of knowledge as
to what to expect, but only to failure to
apply knowledge already gained In this
case, of course. state ownership put an
extra responsibility on the state to see
that its property was not a menace to
| its citizens. But, in any case, the state
| is the only institution which can see
| that such structures are adequately pro-
| vided with the necessary facilities to
make them safe. Johnstown ought to
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welded them together. They marched
past fortified villages of the Chickasaws.
which villages Bienville disregarded. but
he found 1t next TO impossible 20 restrain
the Choetaws in their hatred of the
Chicka saws from attacking these. one
fortified village, Schouafalay the Choc-
taws did attack. much against the judg-
ment of Bienyille.
There was partial relief afforded the
troops when they emerged from the tan
gled wilderness and reached the open
prairie Here was an abundance of game.
of much of which the troops availed
themselves, while they were cheered not
a little by the patches of ripe strawber-
ries growing in wildness on the plain. and
by the unbroken green of the prairie
dashed here and there by patches of beau
tiful blossoms.
They were now within six miles of the
object of attack. Here it was proposed
that the commands of Bienville and OF
D'Artaguette were to unite, but the latter
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\ EVER felt one surer Of success
" than Bienville when he took up
afresh his expedition against the
ehiekasaws. BY prearrangement d Arta-
saette was to descend from the Illinois re-
Hion' and meet him near the stronghold
o. the Chickasaws and aid him in their
subleetion. OF ardent temperament, Bien-
WIG was easily made overconfident, and
Yet he had but little on which to rely.
save the veterans OF the command, he
had little else.
Inc motley horde that had enlisted un-
Ter MS banner at Mobile was not worthy
OF trust in an emergency, nor did he
know how far he could depend on his
ihdlan allies, for Red Shoes hated the
Wflte man, only he hated the Chickasaws
the more. He was going not SO much in
ald OF the French as he was to punish
the CEickasaws. This made his influ-
ehee doubtful quality, and that influ-
ehee was great witlr the choctawsA But
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1913-01-23
Notice.

To consumers Of Natural Gas:
Beginning with the regular
meter reading in January we
will follow the rules of all gas
companies and not allow our me-
ter reader to tell any one the
amount of their gas bill while
reading meters, except in case
the consumer wishes to pay the
bill and discontinue using gas.
Monthly gas bills are made out
and collected at the Bank. Any
mistake will receive our best at
tention.
Learn to read your own meter
and help us to avoid any mis-.
takes. Call at the Bank after
January 3lst and ask for card
showing how to read your meter,
MORGAN COUNTY HEAT,
FUEL & LIGHT Co.
1861 Jan. II, 1913.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1913-01-23

Florida Distributing Company,
according to your contract, | am
going to publish this letterin the
Courier, verbatim, in order that
my readers may know who you
are and what you are doing for a
livelihood and incidentally to let
them know what l think of you
and your business methods.
What do | think of you, Ell?
Why yes: | think you are ads
honest, INSCRIPTIONS person, en-
gagged in the business of defraud-
ing honest publishers out of adj
vertising space. | will not only
publish this letter but will send
a marked copy of the paper con.
tanning it to every newspaper in
Eastern Kentucky. By 81. doing
| may be the means of prevent.
ing some unsuspecting publisher
from being. victimized by you as
| have been.
Yours truly,
H. G. CoTTLE,
For Licking Valley Courier,
West Liberty, KY.
Jan 8, 1918.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1913-01-23
BUSINESS UNDISTURBED.

The country is showing the ut
most confidence in the ability and
judgement of the democrats in
revising the tariff downward in
accordance with the democratic
pledges and the usual business
check occasioned by tariff legis-
lation has not been noticed this
year and it does not seem that
there will be the slightest check
to our present prosperity by rea-
son of the democratic tariff bill.
On the other hand industries are
showing unusual activity in all
lines, and when the bill becomes
a law all business will be help
ed.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1913-01-23
SHOW THE RASCALS UP.

The following letter was mail
ed to H. Nelson Gidlestone, who
represented himself to be an ad-
vertising agent and defrauded a
number Of newspapers out of
their advertising space. The
Courier proposes to adopt this
method of showing up dead
beats, be they at home or abroad.
When firm or an individual in
tentionally defrauds a newspaper
the management of that paper
is not courageous if it does not
expose the scoundrels.
H. Nelson Girdlestone,
General advertising
Pensacola, Fla,
Yes, that sounds rather big,
does it not? Well, Mr.. Grid, how
would you like for the Courier's
thousands of readers to have an
opportunity to see that purity"
name of yours, together with its
high sounding handle, in print
one of these good days? Well,
since you refused to pay me that
bill for advertising "Moles off. !"
what ever that may be for the
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1913-01-23

Hereafter instead of assigning
the democratic members to the
various Senate committees by the
chairman Of the caucus they will
be chosen by a Committee on
Committees" so that lone man
power" will no longer prevail,
but the same method as was
adopted by the democratic House
will be the rule. The progress
ives have had the unfalterin g
support of President-elect Wilson
and this has enabled them to
triumph over the leadership of
the Conservatives. Senator Hoke
Smith, of Ca, Thos. P. Gore, the
blind Senator from Okla, Luke
Lea, of Tenn, and Senator Stone
of Missouri, and Seantor Pomer-
enc of Ohio have been active
participants in this fight for
wrestling the Senate from the
hands of the n-progressives.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1913-01-23
MAGISTRATES Court.

f st District-W. G. Short, First Mon.
day in each month.
Second Districts. S. Dennis, Tues.
day after First Monday in each
month.
Third Dlstrlct-Eli w. Day, Wednes.
day after First Monday in each
month.
Fourth District-Charles Prater, Fri.
day after First Monday in each
month.
Fifth Distrlct-Frank .Kennaird, Wed.
nesday after Second Monday in each
month.
Sixth District-J L. Lewis, Friday
after Second Monday in each month
Seventh District-A. +. Blevins, Thurs.
day after Second Monday in each
month.
Eighth District - Franklin Walter
Thursday after First Monday in
each month.
County Officers.
judge. C. Ferguson.
Attorney. p. Haney.
Sheriff. B. Brown.
Treasurer-W NJ. Gardner.
Clerk. H, Sebastian.
Supt. Schools-T. ~ Barker.
Jailor-H. c. Combs.
AEsessor-Whitt Kemplin.
Coroner-C. f. Lykins.
Surveyor-M. p. Turner.
Fish and Game Warden-W. c. Fugett
Deputy G. Vino. NJ. Perry.
!
The County Board of Education TO
Morgan county holds its regular meet
ing the Second Monday in each month
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1913-01-23
TARIFF HEARINGS.

Tariff hearings are now rapid
ly progressing before the Ways
and Means Committee. Hon.
Oscar W. Underwood, of Ala,
chairman of this committee an
nounces that the hearings will
terminate on Jan. 81, and then
the committee will settle down to
prepare the bill which will be
presented to Congress on the as
sembling of the extra session
which it is understood will be
called by President Wilson pro,
bably' about the middle Of
March.
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ton is as guilty as they are. Therefore,
pending the investigation of the charges
and countercharges of perjury by The
Clark county grand jury, set aside the or
der granting bail TO Fischer Deaton and
remand him 10 Jail without bail"
1t required a high orderof NOR
al courage to do that. Musty
precedent so hedges in our courts
that it is a rare soul that will
strike out an original line to OBJ
tain the truth in criminal actions.
But conditions in Breahitt are so
and human life held
so cheap that nothing short of
the most drastic action will bring
respect for law in that county.
1t is said that, though local OPP
ton in name, Jackson's and
Breathitt county's tiger" men
vend liquor almost as openly
as though license prevailed. A
condition like that could not pre-
vail unless a great number of
men were willing to perjure
themselves, or the officers of the
law are criminally refraining
from enforcing the law. Coin
cident with the operation of the
blind tiger" springs up a class
who will swear falsely to shield
the vendors of whisky, and from
perjury to save the liqour seller
it is an easy step to perjury to
shield the perpetrators of graver
crimes. 1t is a stupendous task
Judge Benton has assumed, but
we hope he will succeed, and we
assure him that his course has
the commentator of all good
citizens.
There are hundreds of goot
men in Breathitt who deplort
the conditions there, but, seem
ingly, they are powerless to rem
edy matters. Against the alleged
organized lawbreakers they arr
powerless. Officers seem unwill
ing or unable to enforce the law
Such conditions would not be al
lowed in the judicial districts O
Judge Benton, Judge Hannah
and many other circuit judges O
the State.
The cases transferred to Win
chester seem to confirm the allie
cation that the criminal practic
of law in Breathitt has reache,
a low standard, and to arrive a
the truth will require still furth
err drastic action.
We understand that the de
PENDANTS made affidavits IN form,
paaperis and that the State ha
borne the expense of the defend
ants witnesses. If this matte
lis within the discretion of tn
Court it might simplify matter
if the granting it be guarded
limited, Or denied entirely.
1t is a startlingly significar
that many of the defense vii
nesses in these trials have bee
defense witnesses in most of tn
Breathitt murder trials recently
In the Robinson trial, transient
, ed to Morgan not long since, tn
same witnesses, or many of then
were here for Robinson, but tn
jury gave him a life sentence.
All honor to Judge Benton an
, here's hoping that he will sit
the alleged conspiracy of perjur
q to the bottom and arrive at I'll
D truth. The job is one frol
which the bravest might shrinl