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The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-09-08
: Prominent Citizen Dead

A few days ago DR.. ]. c. Nor
gan left this city for a visit to his
old home in Tennessee. He
spent Saturday night with his
niece at Cleveland, Tenn, and in
tended to return to Richmond on
the early train Sunday morning.
When they called at his room to
awaken him, no response was re-
ceived, and entering the room
they found DR.. Morgan in an I'M
conscious condition from which
he never rallied. He died about
two hours later without regain
ing consciousness.
DR.. Morgan came to this city
about 80 years ago and engaged
in the practice of his profession.
He was noted for his cheerful dis
position and probably had as
many friends as any man in Rich
mond. He stood high in his pro-
fession and in the commercial
and social life. He was a mem
Der of the Methodist Church and
was always regular in his atten-
dance. DR.. Morgan was a promi-
nent Mason, having taken all OF
the degrees in the Blue Lodge,
the Chapter and the Knights
Templar, and stood high in lodge
circles.
DR.. Morgan will be buried al
his old home in Dayton, Tenn,
where he has many relatives.
The city was profoundly shock
ed when it learned of the sad in
telligence, and his friends gather
ed in little groups over the city
and discussed his life and were
lavish in his praises. Many mem
bers of the local lodge attended
the funeral which will be held to
day at Dayton, Tenn.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-09-08
Auto Accident

Mr.. and Mrs. George Phelps
Mrs. Mary Neale Thompson and
Miss Margaret Smith came near
having a most serious wreck on
Thursday afternoon while on
their way to Mr.. Milton Coving.
tons in Mr.. Phelps Car.
They were coming on the bridge
below Mr.. Will Wagers when
they met the truck belonging to
Mr.. Lorish and in order to save
themselves from being thrown
overheard were compelled to run
into it. Fortunately the occu.
pants were not seriously hurt,
but the Car was put out of com
mission, Mr.. Lorisch brought
Mrs. Phelps and Mrs. Thompson
to town and Mr.. West went out
to the rescue of the of the other
members of the party.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-09-08
Luke McLuke Says
Cincinnati ENQUIRER

haven't seen it done yet but some of
these days smooth-faced man is goirg
to get up in street car and give his seat
to woman who has mustache
A woman's reputation aud her complex
ion are usually what she makes them.
Half the world owes money it can't pay,
and the other half has money owed it that
it can't collect
The slim girls are wearing little fool
ballet skirts. But the corn-fed girls be-
lieve that men are from Missouri.
The mutt complains that his wife can't
cookslike his mother used to cook never
thinks of marrying an old woman with
his mothers experience.
When girl has sore throat she always
imagines that you imagine that she gotsit
the wav she didn't get it.
We have lot of fool ideas. A woman
with eight pounds of store hair on her
dome is supposed to keep herShat on at
indoor gatherings. And a bald-headed man
is No Gentleman if he doesn't take his
hat off,
The old-fashioned woman who used to
bawl when she went to see East Lynne
now has daughter who kisses the william
in the movie films.
| Many fine blacksmith has been spoiled
because fond mother imagined he had
musical talent.
One reason why mothers scissors are
always sharp is because she can use ia
Tiers razor if she has anything tough to
cut.
AS long as the dear things let the men
retain the "obey" clause in the marriage
contract never let it be said that women
| have no sense of humor.
%SOf course no husband and no wife would
admit it. But if husbands and wives were
absolutely frank with each other they
wouldn't live together long.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-09-08
Small Blaze

The Fire Department was call
ed out Thursday afternoon in an.
swer to a call of fire at the Glib
son Infrmary. Some excitement
prevailed for a while for fear it
would be disastrous to some of
the patients in the Infrmary, but
the fire department very speedily
extinguished the flames and al
layed the excitement. The loss
done amounted to only small
sum. The fire originated from a
defective kitchen fue.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-09-08
New Pike

The enterprising citizens of
the Bend below Valley View,
have raised $1,000 with which to
construct something over a half
a mile of turn pike with the ulti-
mate purpose of connecting the
Carvers Ferry Road with the
Whitlock and Silver Creek pike.
Mr.. C.. w. White has the con-
tract and work was commenced
on the road Monday August 81.
They hope to have it completed
by the early fall.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-09-08

r. c. Oldham has purchased
the interest of his uncle, c. X
Oldham, of Mt. Sterling, in the
dry goods business, which has
been conducted here for the past
year under the firm name of
c. K. & R. C. Oldham. Mr.. c. K.
Oldham will devote himself to
his duties as Mayor of Mt. Ster.
ling
Carlisle Mercury
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-09-08
OUR OPPORTUNITY
GRAPES

Madison county is adapted to
grape culture. No finer grapes
can be found anywhere than
those produced here; yet absolute
ly nothing is done in this line.
Three or four vines planted in a
portion of a garden is about tn e
extent of it. We don't believe
that in the history of the county
that an extensive vineyard was
ever planned or set on foot.
With railroads traversing the
county east and west, north and
south, the question of transpor-
tation is settled. Besides, Madi.
son county is blessed with good
turnpikes and good dirt roads,
and there is not a section of the
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-09-08
County Lists

P. S. Whitlock, our popular
and efficient Assessor, has COM
menced the taking of the county
lists. He will be assisted by w.
Jarman, of Kingston, Jas. Baker,
of Berea, T. H. Parks, of White
Hall, Rosco Whitlock, of Union
City, Robt. Gaines, jr., of Million,
and Jas Adams, of Kirksville.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-09-08
Ghmrr4
Mates
A big protracted m

A big protracted meeting will
commence at the Bethel Chris,
tain church near Baldwin this
week with the Rev. George Peel,
of Nicholasville, in charge.
1t is said that the recent tent
meeting which was. held in that
locality has done a wonderful
good, and prayer meetings have
been started at the various school
houses and the churches2 and in
the homes of the people, and it
is expected that this meeting
held by brother Peel will also ac-
complish much good for the com
munity.
DR.. E. B. Barnes filled his pull
pit on Sunday morning and night
preaching in the morning on
WAR
S. S. attendance BIC
Collection S2O,47
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-09-08

Mrs. Kearsey h a S started a
singing S c h o oil at Woodland
Heights School H ous in the
western part of this county with
a good attendance. She taught
there once before and was very
much liked. She is In accom-
plished teacher.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-09-08
Neutrality Of Poles In America

In its various statements issued
to the press the Polish National
Council of America has defined
its attitude of the Poles toward
the war in Europe.
The Polish National Council
in America (Polaska Rada Moro
dowa Amerec.) is a recently or.
ganized federation of various
Polish organizations and parishes
which are scattered over the
whole United States. In these
parishes it establishes citizenship
schools and organizes Polish
scouts. 1t conducts its own
press bureau for the dissemina-
ton of truthful news about Poles
which also maintains relations
with similar bureaus in London,
Paris, Rome and Switzerland.
The Polish National Council
has issued a warning to the Poles
now residing or sojourning in the
United States, urging the m
strongly not to respond to the
calls for reservists of the three
powers Russia, Germany and
Austria-Hungary) Which has
dismembered Poland, nor to send
now any money to Europe, al
though our countrymen there are
compelled to serve in the armies
of each of the three countries,
and even frequently are engaged
in battles with there own country
men on their native soil. Poles
can not Sympathize with any of
the three powers, and the dread
wrong and prosecutions, which
have been inflicted on them for
more than a hundred years both
by the Germans (Prussian) and
the Russians, make it impossible
for them to wish success TO either
of. these powers. Poles wish
however, that the struggle ex-
hauSt and weaken them to such
an extent as to make it possible
for a great war to break out for
the independence of the various
Slavic people who are oppressed
by the Monaghan rule of Russia,
as we'll as by the despotic and ex-
terminating rule of Germany
(Prussia). <
1t is both the desire and the
hope of the Poles that the out
come. of the European war may
become similar to the revolu-
| tionary war in the American col
onies at the end of the eighteenth
century, a war for the liberation
of the Slavic nations, to which
besides 25,0OO,0OO Poles also be
long 100000 Ruthenians, as
well as Czechs, Servians, Croats
Bulgarians, etc. If such7a wal
were successful as t e celebrated
/ war of the American colonists, il
would be followed by a coalition
of the Slavic nations, each witt
its own government, which woulc
constitute the possible security O
universal peace and lead to the
ultimate disarmament of Europe
toward which the people are
striving but thus far have beer
successfully thwarted by theil
monarchical governments.
4 Madame Piotrosks
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-09-08
Housing the Weed.

The following well-known citi-
zens have just completed tobac-
co barns all of which are practi-
cally within sight of each other:
James Rhodus, 5 acres; Willie
Kanatzd, 3 acres; A. D. Burrus,
6 acres; Ed Burrus, 3 acres; 3
acres; Jas. H. Jones, 6 acres and
B. A. Masters, 4 acres. All these
barns are within view of Baldwin
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-09-08
Anderson Record Sell Out

The Anderson County Record,
which was started at Lawrence
burg about two months ago, has
sold out to Mr.. Jesse Alverson,
proprietor Of the Anderson News
who will fill out the unexpired
subscriptions. Mr.. Arthur Tim
oney, of Danville had editorial
charge of the Record.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-09-08
Paint Lick Playing Some Ball

Paint Lick beat the Richmond
five on the latters ground Satur-
day by the score of 4 to 2. Rich
mond put up some classy ball
but was taken into camp by the
sturdy five of Paint Pick. The
game was interesting from start
to finish.
The boys play all t h e teams
they can and always come out
victorious, the team woks good
together Lancaster Record.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-09-08
Colonel Ellis Appointed Adju-
tant General

Colonel ]. Tandy Ellis, of Lex
ington. was appointed Adjutant
General last week. He has been
acting AdjutaHt General since
the resignation of Colonel w. G,
Haldeman, two years ago.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-09-08
New was received several day:

New was received several days
ago by relatives in the county
announcing the death of the lit
tie two, year old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Fox, of Dawson. Ga,
the child having been ill only a
few days. Mrs. Fox was before
her marriage Miss Eva Phelps,
of this county. Much sympathy
is felt for the family in their be-
reavement.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-09-08
Largest Docket

The largest docket in its his.
tory confronts the Kentu ky
Court of Appeals for the Sep
TENDER term. There are Asst APP
pearance cases filed.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-09-08
CORN

Madison is oneof the best corn
counties in the State. Hemp
wheat and other staple crops do
well.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-09-08

Get our cards For Sale" For
Rent" Furnished Rooms For
Rent" 10 and Is cents each.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-09-08

A L. Colt wants all the eggs you have
got" He pays you the highest cash
price. lift
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-09-08

Rough and Dressed Lumber,
(61tf) Blanton Lumber Co. Phone AIS
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-09-08

Flooring, Ceiling, Siding, Laths.
16tf) Blanton Lumber Co. Phone AZ ;,
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-09-08

Red Cedar Shingles. Blanton Lumber
Co. Phone AS. 16-tf
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-09-08

Good quality of white Corn for
sale. Phone 447, or apply to
Harvey Chenault.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-09-08
For Sale

| have a fine fresh milk COW for
sale. ]. E. Greenleaf
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-09-08
FOR SALE
A nice house and lot in Bur-
namWood. Jeff Stone. If
For Sale

| will sell privately my residence
and lot on East Main street, ad-
joining the property of the late
Jno. Donaldson-for part cash
and on liberal terms. Phone 760
or call at Mrs. John DonaldSon's
on West Main Street.
If Mrs. M. A. Francis
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-09-08

Madisonian $1.OO Per Year.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-09-08

Save your fruit by spraying with
LIME SULPHUR. Get if at
Perry's Drug Store. Q7tf
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-09-08

Wewant your logs, or will saw them for
you while you wait. Blanton Lumber Co.
Phone AIS. loft
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-09-08

Messrs. A. D. and c. D. Miller
have sold out lock, stock and
barrel their holdings on the Scan
Ian farm and all farming imple-
ments, stock ETC., to Broaddus
and Chenault, who will take pos
session Immediately.
Mr.. Charlie Miller will proba-
bly, locate in Florida at an early
date.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-09-08

The automobile which we
mentioned in our last issue which
was taken from Harrison Scott
while he was at a dance at Mich.
olasville, seems to have been
taken by two young men, Lee
Basket and Carl Burgin for d
joy-ride. The machine became
unmanagable and left the road
falling over the cliff. The boys
were arrested and later released
on bond.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-09-08

Carlisle Mercury
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-09-08
On Thursday October 8.

at 10 O'Clock a. M, | will
offer for sale at public outcry one of the
best Blue Grass farms in Kentucky.
The Holbrook news., 1914-06-19
Ryron's Dread of Growing Fat.

Byron was a striking exception to Sir Francis Cations theory that notabilities are great eaters, for Byron. like many less clever people, had a morbid dread of growing fat and was won't to mortify the flesh accordingly. While at Athens he drank large quantities of vinegar and water and seldom ate more than a little rice, and at another time he restricted himself to six bis cults day. Again in 1916 he lived on a thin slice of bread for break fast and a vegetable dinner, keeping down his hunger in between by chewing tobacco. And he achieved his end. for the last time he was weighed he went ten stone nine pounds.-Iondon Chronicle.
The Holbrook news., 1914-06-19
Asking Too Much.

"1s you de s. P. c. A.?" asked the negro with his arm in sling.
 q am a member of the society" " replied the earnest looking young man.
 "Well. 1 wants to repo't my mule to you. been arrested twice on his account. an l ain't zine to hab no mo words wifi i'm"
 ''Has anybody hurt him ?'
 ''No, boss. But look at me l has been kicked, tromped on an cussed in mule talk. If I's got to be kind to dat animal | wants some understandin' dat will compel reef procity or, at de very leas, arbitra- tion Washington Star.
The Holbrook news., 1914-06-19
Absentminded.

Benson-l have literary friend who is so absentminded that when he went to London recently he tele- graphed himself ahead to wait for himself at d certain place Smith Did the telegram have the desired result? Benson-No; he got it all right, but he had forgotten to sign his name, and, not knowing who it was from, he paid no attention to it.-Pearson's Weekly.
The Holbrook news., 1914-06-19

less of it for soft. The more clay the harder the pencil. The pencil with q big lead. extremely soft, such as carpenters use. has only enough clay to hold the particles of graphite together.
 The largest use of graphite, how ever, is for a lubricant. It is also employed extensively in the mixing of paints to give "body." The fa- miliar shiny look of gunpowder is given by graphite. which furnishes coating for the individual grains and prevents them from sticking together. Other uses of graphite are in electrotyping and manufac- ture of stove polish.
 For high temperature crucibles the only suitable graphite is that obtained from Ceylon, which has an unusual structure. being fibrous. Mixed with clay for binder, it's fibers interlock, and with expansion and contraction they work in and out, so that the crucible does not break when heated or cooled. Such crucibles are made from an inch high to sizes big enough to hold gal lons.-St. Louis Republic.
The Holbrook news., 1914-06-19
nrinin of Mountains.

When the Lord was about to fash ion the face of the earth he ordered the devil to dive into the watery depths and bring thence a handful of the soil he found at the bottom. The devil oheyed, but when he fill ed his hand he filled his mouth also. The Lord took the soil, sprin- kle5 it around, and the earth ap- peared, all perfectly flat The devil, whose mouth was quite full, looked .on for some time in silence. At last he tried to speak, but was chok- ed and fled in terror. After him followed the thunder and the light ming, and so he rushed over the face of the earth, hills springing up where he coughed and sky cleaving mountains where he leaped.-Ral- ston in Russian Folk Tales"
The Holbrook news., 1914-06-19
How +he Daisy Was Named.

Of all the flowers of the field the daisy is the most appropriately nam ed. Probably not one person in hundred understands the signif- canoe of this little flower. Hun dreds and hundreds of years ago it got it's name, and in all parts of the world the name means the same thing. The nature lover who nam ed the daisy had in his study of the wild flower observed that it opened its eye with the opening of the day and closed it with the setting of the sun. So with the simplicity of the true artist he called it the eye of the day. the dayseye or, as we spell it today, the daisy.
The Holbrook news., 1914-06-19
WINDMILLS OF HOLLAND.
0ld Fashioned Methods Still Prevail
 In Operating Them.

In Operating Them.
 It is said that there are 10000 windmills in Holland. The number is said. however, to be less than it was fifty years ago, for the Dutch have, in measure, substituted steam and other forms of power for the capricious wind.
 On the eastern end of Long Is- land there may be seen old wind mills. The curious may observe l1that there is d tiny windmill in many cases perched on the top op- posite the great arms, feature that suggests a pug dog's curled tail. Those who have investigated the mechanism of the windmill know that the little windmill is the Yankees method of automatically keeping the sails on the great arms always in the wind. As soon as the wind changes it puts the small wheel in motion. and this quickly rolls the top of the tower and the big wheel around until it again faces the wind. Then, being itself out of the wind, it stops.
 Whenever the wind changes in Holland hundreds of mill keepers come forth and Iaboriously turn the tops about by hand. They may be seen pushing and straining on the galleries surrounding the towers midway between the ground and the top or tugging at the spokes of wheel on the ground.
 Zaanland is especially the home of the windmill. It lies to the north and west of Amsterdam, and every town or village in this district be- gins or ends in ''zaan."
 Zaandijk, according to one travel CT, perpetually reminds one of the old query, Do you see anything green?" Everything in Zaandijk is green. Bridges, fences, doors. win dows, walls, are green, ranging from the green of peas to that of apples, olives, grass, malachite, beryl, old bottles and verdigris.
 In q little museum of thlS place there are shown many models of windmills, among which is that of the first windmill erected in Zaan- dam. It stood in the water, and when it was desired to turn the sails toward the wind the miller was obliged to get into his boat and. taking a line, tow the whole struc- ture around until it was in a work ing position again. Later on the mill was set on a post and the whole turned about this as an axis, in the same manner that one revolves bookshelves. Then another method was devised. The entire edifce was turned about from the bottom like a monitors turret Finally the comparatively modern type was adopted, that of cap holding the axle and sails with cogwheel and spindle inside and easily moved from below by hand wheel or windlass to secure the proper front age at will-Harper's
The Holbrook news., 1914-06-19
GRAPHITE AND ITS USES.
Mexico Supplies the Finest Brand of
 This Transformed Coal.

This Transformed Coal.
 In the central part of the Mexi- can state of Sonora, twenty miles from the mining town of La Colo rada, is one of the most desolate spots on earth. A few rude shacks give sign of human occupancy, and there are other evidences to show that mining operations are going on. Here and there are huge heaps of some intensely black stuff.
 One soon discovers, however, that the black stuff is graphite-not only that, but it is from this source that the world gets most of the material for its best pencils.
 The stuff, oddly enough, is obtain I'd from coal beds which in places have turned into graphite. In fact, the same beds are actually being mined in other spots for coal. Ge- ologists say that the metamorphosis was brought about by 2 plutonic agency-granite "dikes" pushing their way up from molten hot strata down below and changing the coal into graphite. which today is soft and friable enough to be dug out with pickax and shovel.
 On being brought to the surface it is spread out in the hot sun to dry, and then thrown into piles to await shipment. Mules not much larger than St. Bernard dogs haul it to La Colorado, whence it is for warded by rail to Michigan for treat ment.
 Water is so scarce in the graphite producing locality that it is doled out in kerosene cans, ten gallons a day to each family. There is not enough of it for reckless washing, so that the miners look like negroes.
 The famous Siberian graphite is hard to get out, transportation fa- cilities in that part of the world being poor. and even the best Ger man graphite has to be Aoated in water and settled no fewer than ninety times in order to rid it of its impuritv But the graphite from Sonora demands no such elaborate treatment. Velvety soft and smooth to the touch, Jumps of it are easily crushed in the hand. After being ground il is lair hoated"-that is to say, exposed to gentle blast of air. The heavy particles tgrit) settle first and are thus separated out What remains arc particles almost infinite ly small. like soot.
 The graphite thus refined is mix ed with clay in certain proportions for making pedeils. A good deal of clay is used for hard pencil leads,
The Holbrook news., 1914-06-19
Evolution of Bread.

Unleavened bread was common in the days of Abraham. In early Eng land people had no other method of making bread than by roasting corn and beating it in mortars, then wet ting it into a kind of coarse cake. In 1896 rye bread and oatmeal formed a considerable part of the diet of the middle classes. During the reign of Charles 1. barley bread was used. White wheat bread did not become popular until recent years, when bread baking at home ceased to become common and bak- cries began to thrive.