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The Hartford republican., 1913-12-19
HARTFORD, OHIO COUNTY KY. FRIDAY DECEMBER 19 !

tile profits to be used for the enter
tainment of the guards, and that tn
pressing department charges guard
twenty-five cents for pressing suit
other than uniforms, which are fire,
that the laundry in the womans de
partment gives the warden and dep
uties special rates, and he demands
that the profits 70 these Department.
be accounted for. He alleees thai
In every prison court a member Oh
the warden's family takes down evi.
dence and charges for stenographiC
work.
As to the parole system he declare:
"The present Prision Commission has
ruthlessiy brrshed aside the plain in
tent Of the law and adopted the same
old log-roliing system about which
ed.'
John Butrum, White charges "a
third termer from Jefferson county
serving from one to five years for
grand larency, was paroled Septem-
Der 3, 1918, when he had sood re-
cord OF only six weeks. On ulyJ 16,
1913, this convict was fined seven day
for speaking evil of the hoard of
Prison Commissioners.
'Mack Modesty, paroled on Sep
tember 3. 1918. was fined five days
pay for violation of rpr.son rules;
Dave Samuels. OF Jcffesuon county,
serving two to twenty-spe years for
manslaughter. was paroled with a
good record of only two ,naonths,. An
honest leeislative investlgation Of
the parole question would beyond
doubt bring to light conditions that
are startling"
Continuing, White says: at can be
stated with positiveness that not
single appointment has been made
by the present Prison Commission
except in payment OF a political debt
or for a political consideration"
He declares qualified men are not
by the warden for Good po-
sitions and practically all the good
places are cailed by his reporters"
and charges that the warden has
been using his own son, boy OF
"A years oid, In knee Pants, as a.
guard. Attention is called to the July
and August payrotls."
He charses extravagance in the
of the Institution, and
says 1t viii show an increase in ex-
penses OF $4,000 the month. BY way
If conclusion. he says:
Nothing is here set down in NAL
ce or for revenge. 1t istrue the Gov
,rnor and the Prison Commission
their word when they failed
% reappoint me as assistant deputy
warden, but their refusal neither
surprised nor angered me-"
Mr.. White was appointed to a po-
'ition at Eddyville in 1906. and
to Frankfort in 1910 as
assistant deputy warden. The present
'oard made him Bertialon clerk. and
When the Attorney Generals Depart |
nent advised the State Auditor there |
vas no provision for the place MI.
White was continued in the office |
!. a guards pay. He resigned in
)ct0ber. He is a native OF Grayson
ounty and was formerly editor Of
he Leitshfield GAZETTE.
The Hartford republican., 1913-12-19
Holiday Excursion Rates.

During the Holidays the L & NJ,
will sell tickets at one and one
third fare plus 25c for round trip.
Minimum fare 75c.
H. E. MISCHKE, Asst.
The Hartford republican., 1913-12-19
Change Basis Of Representation

WaSh1ngt0n, Dec. 16.-The Re-
publican National committee tonight
decided 1t is clothed with ample
power to readjust the composition
of the party's nationa' conventions,
and had authority to make reforms
in convention rules. a procedure de-
manded since the 1912 convention,
and the Democratic victory last Mo-
vember.
With little bitterness and no tam
gible evidence that differences over
the methods could not be reconciled,
the committee took steps which
have been agitated in the party for
thirty years. w..
!. Without a dissen6ing vote the
committee decided to change the
basis of representation in national
which will greatly A.
feet the Southern states. fully rec
ognized the principle OF che primary
in the election Of delegates TO such
approved the Jaws re-
such elections adopted by
the several states which provide.
that all delegates be selected at
that the delegates property accredit-
ed by the state authorities be placed
On the temporary convention roll.
They informally agreed that the
new basis Of representation be re-
Ferred to the Republicans in the va
rious states for ratification, but the
1etcils of method of reducing the
Southern representation was LETT
20 a special subcommittee.
The Hartford republican., 1913-12-19
Bailey Sells Blue Grass Farm.

Lexington, KY. Dec, 16.-Former
Senator Joseph Bailey. Of Texas. to-
day sold his Fair,and stock farm near
here. The price is said to have been
$4,000. 1t is believed that Bailey will
retire from the horse breeding busi-
ness.
The Hartford republican., 1913-12-19

y, The annual meeting Of stock hold
ers Of (Hartford Division) Ohio Co,
Farmers Mutual TeephOpo Co.. viii
be held in Hartford Friday Jan. Q.
1914 ct 7:So D. N. ~.
A full attsndance 10 desired.
s,. C. p. KEOWN. prs-
The Hartford republican., 1913-12-19
For Sale or Rent.

A store room--next door to Bank
of Hartford. Address Box 2S5. Hart
ford. Ky. 2tA.
The Hartford republican., 1913-12-19

yspr Liver Lacks Grissby's Liv-ver-
Lax. Try bottle today. Satisfac-
tion guaranteed. Ask J. II. Williams.
Hartford. Ky. ~. lD2y
The Hartford republican., 1913-12-19

Ap parties having claims asainst
tha estats Of A. c. Leach. deceased.
are hereby notified to fi'e sauie prop
eriy proven. with me on or oefore
January 81, 1914. 4f-''r
~ J. 1. LEACH. Admr.
23t4 Central CITY. KY.
The Hartford republican., 1913-12-19
Noties.

henry PiRrLE. sec'y.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-04-27

1t IL a noteworthy sign Of the hold
religion has had upon the world that
so many Of its names, both OF persons
and things. have had directly relig-
ious Specification. In the Old Tesla
ment almost every name Is of that or
der. Our own language comes out
very badly here. The Hebrew, the
Greek and the Latin can express re-
igion in a sonorous and digniffed APP
peiattve which becomes only ridicu
ious when translated into our Anglo
Saxon. Theodore. Adeodatus. Chris
tophorus are entirely respectable as
they stand. But God given Jenkins"
or "Christbearer Jones" would ex-
cite a smile The Puritans tried this
nomenclature. with disastrous results.
There is the story of a certain Bare
bones, whom his parents christened,
IF thou belieyest not. thou shalt be
damned Barebones," His contempt
raries shortened the sentence into
Damned Barebones." Our English
Bible Is glorious treasury: but its
names, many OF them at least, hardly
At the modern ear, and we do we'll to
express our piety in other ways than
by fixing them on our children.
If our world were only as pious as
its names. we should be better than
we are. Santa cruz is we fear. no
holier today for being the City OF the
Holy Cross. The -Santissima TRIM
dada. one Of the leading vessels of the
Spanish Armada. on its way to murder
our English. Eliza bethans. derived. we
fear no great element Of Christian
charity from the fact that IL bore on
its Prov the name of The Most Holy
Trinity" Do the booksellers of Pa
ternoster row, we wonder, conduct
their business always under the sense
that 1t is carried on in the street dedi-
Gated TO Our Father?" Is Phiiadel-
phia today the ideal city OF "brotherly
love-? Dos st. Petersburg live UP
to it's apostolic name? Well at any
rate, the names are there, and cur
world, bad as it is. is the better for
them. They stand as testimonies to
an ideal as. amid all our secular fol-
lies. witness to eternal things.
Religious names have often begun
as nieknames, which afterwards, by
the sheer merit of those who bore
them, have been turned into titles of
| honor. The Quakers were so called as
term OF obloquy. but the community
/ thus Jeeringly designated has made
the name one which the world now
regards with a universal and singular
respect. The term Methodist" was
given to Wesley's little band at oxford
in similar hooking spirit. 1t was
I 'ioiiSd al them Dy MS OAIoTu con-
temporaries as term or ridicuie, be-
ing borrowed from the Methodist, a
sect of pagan Rome. who proposed to
regulate their lives by strict rule
and line. 1t has more than survived
that early ridicule. There Is the story
of an Eastern conqueror who bore as
his battle symbol a blacksmith's apron.
! in remembrance of the fact that his
father was a blacksmith. But upon
the homely leather the conqueror has
embroidered rows and rows of pre-
cious stones, and so the symbol gleam
/ ed before his troops as something IN
i fnitely precious in Itself and as a
memorial of glorious victories. To-
day the title OF the two communities
we have named is their blacksmith q
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-04-27

God with his own omnlpotent hand
has set the rainbow Of hone and
promise across the dark centuries of
China's past and the unavoidable
choas of empire is yielding unwilling
ly to the dominant power of demoC-
racy. "A light to tighten the
Genttles" illumines the ever broad
ening way of the fast-coming. tubi-
liant years, and fills the heart with in
effably rapturous, glorious visions of
the "wonder that shall be" when
China takes her place among the ma
tons that shall walk amidst the light
Of the glory of God, bringing their
glory and honor into the new Jeru-
salem.
No nation, however numerous its
people, can be greater and nobler
than the measure of greatness and
nobility of it's women. by which stand
ard China will be first among the ma
tons. for her women are high above
the women of all other non=Chris-
tian lands.
Wonderful women of wonderful
nation, preserved by God these thous-
ands of years for some purpose Of
glory devine! For II doubt not
through the ages, one unceasing pur-
pose runs" and Chinas women Will
have a share In the perfect millennial
Joys. privileges, blessedness, far
sweeter than all sweetest words Of
poetic fancy can express. Not mere
chimeras Of the exuberanCe OF ex-
trerne optimism are these. but sober
thoughts based on some knowledge Of
these women. endowed by God with
mental ability. perseverance. re-
sourcefulness. ready adaptability to
circumstances and environments
- nh ~
endurance Of Ills uubearahle to the
hetter-taught women OF the happier
lands.
No sublimer fntelligences than
theirs are. and on the alert 70 com
prehend. and to explore new fields
of thought Just fancy middle-aged
women, totally ignorant Of their diff
flcult printed language. setting to
work TO accomplish the impossible,
and in few months learning enough
to catch the CLEAN Of the treasures Of
the Bible, then on and on with indom-
table courage and perseverance to
fuency IN reading
A delightful memory comes 81 one
deartiittle half blind woman II fifty.
most limited in her range of intellect
and sphere Of thought. but saved
through faith in our Lord Jesus and
moved by the Holy Spirit TO learn to
read the Bible. Most pathetically she
prayed and worked. and begged
words from anyone who knew little
more than she did Her limitations
and difficulties became stepping
stones to higher things" than we
dared hope for her, and now she does
faithful work az Bible woman.
oh think Of number OF busy
school girls. helping by work 20 pay
their urav through school, and Vet
using "the Jennings OF time" especi-
ally Sundays, and some Of them in
three months memorizing all the one
hundred and fifty Psalms. hiding the
one hundred and nineteenth Psalms
away in memory as one might walk
along some lovely rose-bordered way
inhaHng the delicious fragrance OF It's
one hundred and seventy-s!x different
blooms
A reat-niece Of one Of China's
greatest statesmen. reared In a lux
urtous home in Yangchow with slaves
81 her beck and call, told as a short
time ago Of her success in cooking
and washing and how she had wieid-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-04-27

In response 10 an invitation from
the Atlanta churches the Associate Re
formed Presbyterian synod deter
mined to appoint commission" to
be in session during the time of the
meeting of the three general assem-
blies ito represent the synod in the
consideration of any measure that
may be brought before them at that
time"
It had been hoped that the synod,
which holds its annual meeting in Oc-
tober, would adjourn TO meet in May.
After considering the matter, how
ever. the synod took the following ac-
ton: In answer 10 the invitation ex-
tended by the Presbyterian churches
of Atlanta, through DR.. Ogden, to hold
a meeting In the city of Atlanta in
May, 1919. at the same time with
other Presbyterian churches, we would
say: That it would not be advisable
TO hold regular meeting OF synod
at that season: yet, as an expression
Of our appreciation of this courteous
invitation, and of our sympathy with
any movement that has as its object
a presentation TO the world of the
great principles held by the Presby-
terrain churches of every name in our
land, we recommend that a commits
sion be appointed, consisting or Rev
J. c. Galloway, Rev. r. G.. Miller.
Rev. J. S, MofTat. Rev. f. Y. Pressly,
Rev. r. If. Stevenson. Rev. j H.
Pressly. Rev. H r. Blakely. Rev.
Oliver Johnson, Rev. s. W. Reid, Rev.
T. G. Boyce. Rev, J. w. Carson, Rev.
w. II. Millen. Rev. A. r. Lindsay,
Rev. T. p. Pressly, Rev, E. b. Ken
nedy, Rev. G. G. Parkinson. Rev. r.
l. Robinson, Rev. /. s. Caldwell,
Rev. J. @, Kennedy, Mr. r. s. CAL
ioway. Mr.. A. G. Brice, Mr. George
s. Mower, Mr.. l.. S. Young. Mr.. J.
E Mcdonald. We recommend, fur
Their, that all of our ministers and
elders who may attend the meeting
of this commission be members of the
commission, and that the members OF
the commission meet in the city OF At
lanta at the time mentioned. and rep
resent this synod in the consideration
OF any measure that may be brought
before them at that time
While the synod itself will not be
in session, Yet the presence Of this
commission will carry out the origi-
nal purpose of the churches of Atlanta
LOT having representative body of four
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-04-27
ON NAMES

apron. Homely In itself. It flashes
with Jewels, Is bright with the splen
did records of noble living and OF
mighty deeds.
The name which all Christians car
ry as their religious desisnation-how
passing wonderful. how tremendous,
the fortunes Of that name To the
polite Roman world IL first emerges
in the one sCornful sentence in which
Tacitus, speaking of Christianity as
an exitiahilis superstitio, an abomi-'
nable superstition" declares its au-
thor was one Christus" who was
put TO death by the procurator Pom
thus PLATE. and whose sect. repressed
at the time, had broken out again
throughout Judea and in Rome itself
Tacitus was one of the greatest world
historians Could that calEi and saga
cious mind be restored for n moment
to our own day: could he have seen
his own imperial city crowned with
st. Peters and the Vatican; could he
have glanced back through the inter
vening ages and discovered there what
this "Christus," whose name he stab
bed with word and, then dismissed
had stood for through those centuries;
could he, beyond the Romanist bound
aries. in some English or American
Protestant gathering, have heard that
name sung with passionate devotion
as the name high over all. In hell or
earth or sky"-~one wonders what his
thoughts would be. He was the most
fact-lovtng man of all the classical
narrators, and here was fact for
him! II the miracles of the gospels
were recounted to him. would he not
he inclined 10 say that this present
fact and this piece of history formed
the greatest miracle OF them all?
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-04-27

Roman Catholics in the United
States built last year 373 churches at
an estimated cost of $7,500,0 900.
The Southern General conference
Of the Young Woman's Christian as
ISOLATION is to be held at Blue Ridge,
y. c., June 9Th to 18th.
The Southern Baptist convention
will meet in St Louis on May 14th,
and the Northern Baptist convention
in Detroit on May 2lst.
The various Protestant missions in
South America report a total of Ss1
Sunday schools. with SO, 524 officers,
teachers and scholars.
In a religious census Of San Ber-
nardino, Cal. adherents of forty-two
denominations were found among ten
thousand people questioned.
In seventeen Protestant universe
ties Of Germany there are this year
3,3s6 theological students. as compared
with 2,S25 for the session Of l91l-lZ =
On May 18th the general Assem-
blies of four Presbyterian bodies
Southern. Northern, United and Asso-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-04-27
Given Away---A Prescrip-
ton of Great Value
ny PENHOLDER.

The accompanying unique prescrip-
ton for physical, mental and moral
ills is worth more than gems from
the mountains and pearls from the
ocean" Nearly all moods, trials and
temptations find in this formula a
panacea. The wise viii make proof
Of its efficiency; the simple will neg
lect It, and by so doing will take
cubit from their stature.
Balm of Gilead
II you have the blues, read the
twenty seventh Psalm.
If your pocketbook is empty read
the thirty seventh Psalm.
If people seem unkind, read the nj
teenth chapter OF John.
If you are discouraged about your
work. read the one hundred and TWEEN
ty-sixth Psalm.
Ii YOU are going on q journey, read
the one hundred and twenty-hrst
Psalm.
If you are all "out OF sorts" read
the twelfth chapter Of Hebrews,
If you are losing confidence in peo-
pie, read the thirteenth chapter OF
First Corinthians
If you can't have your way about
everything, keep silent and read the
third chapter OF James.
If you imagine that your sufferinSs
are singular and superior. read the
fifty-third chapter Of Isaiah.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-04-27

The pulpit is not the place for mere
abstract thought, # is for thought as
applied to human life.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-04-27

Only little shriveled seed
1t might be flower or grass or weed f:
Only a box of earth on the edge
or a narrow. dusty, window ledge
Only a few scant summer showers;
Only few clear, shining hours
That was all. Yet God could make
Out of these for a sick child's sake,
A blossom wonder as fair and sweet
AS ever broke at an angels feet.
Only a life of barren pain.
Wet with sorrowful tears of rain,
Warmed sometimes by a wandering
CLEAN
OF JOY that seemed but happy
dream,
A life as common and brown and bare
AS the box OF earth in the window
there.
Yet II bore at last the precious bloom
OF perfect soul in narrow room
Pure as TIE snowy leaves that fold
over the flowers heart of gold.
Henry Van Dyke
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-04-27
THE MEETING OF THE ASSOCIATE RE-
FORMED SYNOD IN ATLANTA

PRESBYTERIAN churches in session at
the same time. For the commission
is empowered to receive and consider
anv matters that may be OF mutual
interest to all of the four churChes'
though 1t Will be without authority 10
apt
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-04-27

Thoughts for Every Day.
sunday-The blue of heaven is larg-
err than the cloud.
Monday--Gentle words, quiet words,
are after all the most powerful words.
Tuesday-There Is time enough for
everything in the course of the day II
we do but one thing at once.
Wednesday-No quarrels would
last long If the fault were only on one
side.
Thursday-We do not know how
cheap the seeds of happiness are, or
we should scatter them oftener.
F'riday--Every woman feels instinc-
lively that all the beautiful sentiments
in the world weigh less than a single
lovely action.
saturday-Hops is the cordial Of
the human heart.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-04-27

MY Mountain Tops" BY Lalah Ruth
Randle. Published by the Neale
publishing company. $500, post
paid.
The beauties of the Canadian
Rockies form the background for the
interesting romance of an American
girl In this little volume. The story
is wholesome, the girls sunny dis
position is infectious, and the atmos-
phere is that of the bracing mountain
climate. AS a whole. it is a delightful
book with which to while away an
hour.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-04-27

cred out a people for his name, and
many women and girls are being pre-
pared for that glad time when the
Sun Of Righteousness shall arise with
healing in his wings. SO we turn from
the perils of the present and look up
to the Bright Morning Star" and TO
that perfect millennial reign when
the nations shall walk in the light
thereof: and the kings of the earth
bring their glory into it."
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-04-27

RELIGIOUS WORLD

eiate Reformed-win convene in At
lauta.
Southern Baptists, who have $500
homeless churches, are now in CAM
paign 10 raise one million dollars as
permanent. loan fund for church
building purposes.
In the Moody schools at Mortified.
Mass, there are enrolled approximate
ly fifteen hundred young men and
young women, and 1t Is stated that the
number of applications each year is
fourfold the number Of vacancies.
At the recent session Of the Ha-
waiiau mission Of the Methodist Epis-
copal Church three Korean. two Jap
anese and two Filipino preachers were
received on trial
The Kansas conference Of the Evan
geliCal association, with a church
membership of 1850. paid for missions
during the church year just closed
$29,373, or an average Of $4.21 per
member
Presbyterian churches of Detroit,
Mich, have recently contributed s20.-
500 TO the special fund for the extern
sion OF the missionary work in China,
this sum being in addition to their
regular contributions for missions.
AS q missionary conference in Can
ton, China, under the presidency Of
John r. Mott, resolutions were adopt
ed urging the international congress
to be held in Shanghai to take steps
looking to the union of all Protestant
denominations in China,
The Michigan Christian Advocate
says: The tables of church member
ship for our Methodist Episcopal con-
ferences have been pretty we'll COM
piled for the year 1912, and show an
increase Of So 900. which is the largest
gain for any single year in six years"
Friends Of DR. David G. Wylie, pas
tor Of Scotch church New York city.
are urging him for moderator of thu
Presbyterian general assembly. DR..
Wylie has just completed twenty-five
years at Scotch church, and his entire
ministry Of twenty eight years has
been spent in New York.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-04-27

Prof. James Stalker. of Aberdeen,
Scotland, has accepted an invitation
to deliver course of lectures on re-
ligious psychology at tins Union Theo-
logical seminary. Richmond. Va, in
April OF next year.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-07
S24.45O.347,4lO INSURANCE
Assets OF Companies Carrying Year S
Business in State. Si,476,028,5 $50.

Albany. April 8. - The insurance com
panies doing business In this state. with
the exception OF fire and marine com
pauies. carried 81. 80. 3i5,4l0 OF insurance
last year. according 10 statement to-
dav by the state Insurance Department.
The aggregate assets OF the companies
totalled 3L476.02s. t52. They include all life.
casualty. fidelity and surety, real estate
and mortgage guarantee Insurance com
panles. fratcrnal orders, life and accident
and town and county fire in
surauce corporations.
The reports of the fire and marine in
surauce companies vii be made public
later.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-07
DIVIDEND NOTICES.
HETHLEmEM STEEL CORPORATION

Notice of Dividend ON Preferred stock
'Tbe Board OF Directors OF Bethlehem Steel
Corporation has declared a dividend OF nNe per
cent upon It's preferred stock, payable In four
quarterly instruments OF ia per cent each'
the first OF said instruments 20 be payable on
April o. 1918 20 stockh olders OF record al q
o'clock i. Nj. on April 10. 1913; the second on
July ], 1873 10 stockholders OF record al .
O'Clock j. NJ on June 10. 1913 the third on
October l. 1913. 10 stockholders Of record az .
O'Clock y. NJ on September Is. 1913. and inc
fourth on January 2, 1914. IN stockholders OF
record Al O'Clock T. NJ December To-
1913 checks viii be mailed
Dated March 49, 1913.
B. IL. JONES. secrtsry.