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The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1914-11-04
DECIDED TO REMAIN SINGLE
Mountaineer, With No Prospects Of
Using Marriage License, Wanted
His Money Back.

"Here's license l done got in this
here court "a years ago, and l don't
seem to have nary chanst to ever
use it, so reckoned it best to bring
it back and get the money 1 paid you
uns for it."
This speech greeted the clerk in
the marriage license Office in the
courthouse at Williamson, w. Va,
shortly after a rugged mountaineer
had entered and asked for the 'feller
that fixes up the marriage papers,"
"You see," he said, "me and Eu-
,phemia always meant TO get married,
but she was so consarned contrary
like that she never was ready to
have the parson tie the knot when l
was.
81 lowed that l could worry along
a while with Euphemia in her tan
trums, but after "a years l got tired
and told her either we uns 'ud get
married or we wouldn't. ,.
"Euphemia lowed we wouldn't;
so I calkerlate we won't"
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1914-11-04
SOCIAL EVENTS
-

Mrs. S. f. Spratt will entertain at
her home on West Main street Fri
day afternoon at Euchre.
Mrs. J. w. Prewitt entertained the
children of her school Saturday
night with a Halloween party. All
present spent most pleasant even
ing. ..., ..... ,...- - =.
The following announcement will
be Of interest here, where the bride
is prominently connected and widely
acquainted, having been a frequent
visitor in this and Bath county:
Mr.. and Mrs. d. Edd. Bullock
announce the marriage of their
daughter
Judeth Amanda Cooke
to
Mr.. Edwin Ward Wallis
on Saturday, October the thirty first
Nineteen hundred and fourteen
Wedonia, Kentucky
At Home
after November tenth
Lexington, Kentucky
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1914-11-04
France

The entire North Sea has been de-
clared military area and merchant
vessels entering will be exposed to
gravest dangers. Between the
North Sea and the Disc the attacks
of the Germans have become less vio-
lent, according to the French re-
port. The Allies claim advances
south of Dixmude.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1914-11-04
THE SICK

There is little change in the con-
dition of Mrs. b. +. Cockrell.
Mrs. j. Clay Cooper who is i'll at
the st. Joseph Hospital in Lexington
is reported to be doing nicely.
Barker Hart, bright little son of
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Sid Hart is quite
sick at the Hart home on Maysville
street.
Mrs. M. b. French, who was oper-
ated on at Lexington several days
ago has sufficiently recovered to be
able to be brought home.
Sheriff Harry f. Howell has suf-
ficiently recovered from his recent
operation for appendicitis to be ,%e
to again resume his official duties.
Mr.. Rol. Ratliff, of Sharpsburg,
who was operated on for appendi-
citis at Lexington last week, is get
ting along nicely and now has good
chance for recovery.
Russell DeIIaven, left half-back
on the high school football team,
suffered a badly sprained ankle in
the game at Paris Friday and will
be laid up several days from playing
again.
Mrs. T.. b. Arthur i ill ~ tn.
Good Samaritan Hospital in Licking
ton, suffering from an enlarged
gland in her neck. An operation was
performed Tuesday and while sue
cessful, she is in a critical condition.
She is a daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
J. W. Hedden, who are at her bedside.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1914-11-04
RELIGIOUS

Regular services at the Baptist
church Sunday morning and evening.
The public is cordially invited.
Rev. W. NJ. Wood, of Irvine, and
Rev. ]. S. Wilson, of this city, are
holding revival meeting at How
ards Mill this week.
At the Christian church next Sun
day morning Mr.. Darsie will take as
subject for his sermon: Steward
ship" In the evening he will discuss
"The Jews, a Peculiar People" The
Bible school meets each Sunday at
9 80 q. m. and the Y. P. S. c. f. at
6 p. IN. ....
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1914-11-04
Send and Get One.

We are just in receipt of a cat
alog and price list from the Win
chester Nursery Co.,, of Winches-
ter, Tenn. The catalog contains
an especially fine list of fruit and
shade trees, shrubs, etc, with the
best illustrated instructions on
what, Where and How to
Plant" we have ever seen. We
have done business with the Win
chester Nursery Company and
can cheerfully recommend them
to our friends as everything we
have bought from them has been
exactly as represented and their
prices are reasonable.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1914-11-04
NO MORE cARicATURE.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, during
his recent visit to New York, said to
a New York reporter:
English authors nowadays sell
better in America, as q rule, than at
home. A sale of 10000 volumes is
extraordinary at home, but here a
sale of 100000 is hardly extraordi-
nary.
Zone consequence of this fact is
the disappearance from English fc-
ton of the American girl caricature.
The American girl in English fiction
today is, if anything, oyer-fattered.
But in the English fiction of yester-
day the American girl was Of the
type that says;
"'Gee, pop, hop inter b'led shirt.
Thar goes the hash hammer
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1914-11-04

weeks, returned to their home a,
Tampa, Fla. Thursday.
Mr.. Richard Apperson, of Ash
land, spent few days with his par
ents here last week.
Miss Ruth Womock, of West Lib
erty, is visiting the family of Mr.
Steve Pieratt this week.
Hon. Joe M. Kendall, of West Lib.
erty visited his sister, Mrs. Steve
Pieratt the first of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. B. Little, of Win
spent Monday with their
son, Mr.. E. X. Little, of this city.
Mrs. C. II. Petry returned Sunday
from a months visit with relatives
and friends in Lexington, Coving-
on and Georgetown.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1914-11-04
MENAGERIE STILL WITH HIM
Second Wreck Saw Every Reason for
Believing story Told by the
First Wreck.

Apropos of the "dryness" into
which West Virginia has entered by
a prohibition majority of 10000 III.
l.. Kirk, the mayor of Wheeling,
said:
"Well, for the next four years, at
any rate, you'll hear no such horrible
dialogues in our West Virginia bar
rooms as a man heard recently in
Parkersburg.
D.. "This man saw two thin, pale,
nervous wrecks standing side by side
tossing off whiskys one after another
feverishly.
"The first wreck, in the interval
between his ninth and tenth whisky,
wiped his mouth on the back of his
thin hand and said:
"I'm just up out Of a sick bed.
I've been awful sick. Snakes and
pink toads and green monkeys, day
and night, crawled all over me-
"The second wreck started. With
a frown he regarded the first wreck
intently. Then he shuddered and
drew back.
10 why, man, he said, they're
crawling all over you now P"-New
York Herald.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1914-11-04
Germany

The Berlin report says the Ger
mans have gained ground around
Ypres. Fighting on the German
north western flank is described as
savage in character.
II is thought the time has arrived
when the German cruiser in Honolu-
u harbor for repairs will have to
run the gauntlet of Japanese war
ships awaiting outside the harbor or
be informed until the close of the war.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1914-11-04
FREE TRANSPORTATION
FOR XMAS PRESENTS

The U. S. Government will send
the children of Europe a steamer
of Christmas presents. The boat
will leave Brooklyn November 10,
1914. This is nation wide move
ment to send Christmas presents to
the children of the European nations
now engaged in war. The Adams
Express Company will ship free of
charge anything you wish to donate
to this worthy cause but the ship
ment must be plainly marked
christmas gifts for the children of
Europe"
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1914-11-04
WAR NEWS IN BRIEF
Turkey

The Grand Vizier of Turkey has
apologized on behalf Of his Govern
ment for the warlike operations of
the Turkish feet in the Black Sea,
but it is stated in London and Bor-
deaux dispatches that the Porte will
have to go very much further before
the Powers of the Triple Entente will
agree to resume friendly relations,
and in this connection PREPARATION for
the Black Sea raid and dismissal of
all German officers in the Turkish
army and navy are mentioned. The
Ambassadors of France, Russia and
Great Britain have left Constantine
pie. A report comes from Constan-
tinople of the seizure of another Rus
sian vessel, and also that Bulgaria
had begun to mobolize her second
line of troops.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1914-11-04
CLUB NEWS

The woman's forward movement
to stamp out adult illiteracy in Ken
lucky and finance the moonlight
schools, is planning an active cam
paign all over the State. In this
city the last week in November will
be observed as campaign week, and
plans are already started to make
it a success and gain much money
for this worthy cause. Committees
from the Woman's Club, the Tues
day Club, the Junior Club, and the
Chautauqua have been organized,
and are carrying out the plans of
the campaign. There will be talks
before the schools, the Mems Club,
and later, an address by Mrs. Cora
Wilson Stewart. Every man, wom-
an and child is urged to give some
thing to finance the moonlight
schools. There will be boxes for
contributions in the Mayors office,
the Library and Jones' jewelry
store, and any sum will be appre-
ciated. Put your name in with your
contribution, and the names will be
published each week until the first
of December.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1914-11-04
Russia

The General Staff of the Russian
army reports that attacks Of the
German troops in Eastern Prussia
have been repulsed, and that beyond
the Vistula its troops continue the
offensive unopposed, except in the
region of Opatow, where the Aus
TRANS resisted with considerable
forces.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1914-11-04
DEAD IN EARNEST.

The suffrage ladies are asked to
put up their jewelry 80 that 1t can be
turned into money to help the cause,
and, according to reports there will
be a pretty general response. When
a woman can make up her mind to
do a thing like that it can be put
down as certain that she is dead in
arnest.-Philadelphia Press.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1914-11-04
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
PERSONALS

Judge c. w. Goospaster, of Ow-
ingsville, was in the city Monday
Mr.. Stanley Brown, of Charleston,
w. Va, is at home for a few days.
Mrs. Amanda T. Howell has re-
turned from visit to friends in
Versailles.
Mr.. and Mrs. Z. W. Heflin have
returned from visit to relatives at
Flemingsburg.
Mrs. M. A. Robards, of Louisville,
was the guest of the family of J. T.
Evans the past week.
Commonwealth Attorney w. B.
White is at Morehead this week at
tending Circuit Court.
Judge Ed. C. O'Rear, of Frankfort,
was in the city Monday and Tues
day on legal business.
Mrs. Ernest Cook and little daugh-
ter, Jessie, of Danville, visited Mrs.
Upton H. Wilson last week.
Miss Mary Adams, of Nicholas
vile, was the guest the past week
of Mr.. and Mrs. B. F. Pollard.
Attorneys Jno. A. Judy, W. C..
Hamilton and Henry Watson were
in Norehead last week on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. r. Little and
daughter, Miss Cora and Miss Mat
tie Pangburn, spent Sunday in Paris.
Mrs. j. w. Chenault has been the
guest of her granddaughter, Mrs.
Clinton Hawkins, at Versaillest the
past week.
Misses Mary and Elizabeth Lock
ridge were in Lexington Saturday
to see "The Girl of My Dreams" at
the Ben Ali.
DIR. M. V. p. Yeaman and Mr..
Robt. Marshall attended the meeting
of the Ebenezer Presbytery at Lex
ington last week.
Mr.. Lewis Fitzpatrick will return
this week from an extended visit in
Oldtown, Maine and a short stay in
Washington, D. G.
Mrs. G. B. Swango returned Mon
day from q four weeks visit to her
native home at Tazwell, Va. This
is her first visit there for many
years.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Orear, Mrs. S.
B. Darlington and Mrs. G. b. Sentf
motored to Lexington Sunday to
hear Rev. Sid Williams preach. Mr..
Williams is conducting revival
there.
Mrs. Thomas ID. Jones and daugh-
ter, Miss Mary Bruce, who have
been the guests of Mr.. j. G., Trimble
and other relatives here for several
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1914-11-04
England

By the release of the American
tanker Platuria, Great Britain has
conceded the right Of United States
vessels carrying oil to land their
cargoes in Danish ports.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1914-11-04
NOT A PLUNGER.

r've seen better days, num-" said
the tramp at the door. 81 once did
business in Wall street."
"You surprise me-" said the SYM
pathetic housewife. "Did you deal
in stocks and bonds2"
~No, mum. Pencils wuz me line"
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1914-11-04
HER PRACTICE.

"What ON earth is Eliza fretting
30 about?"
"About. the paper she has to read
before the Don't Worry club"
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1914-11-04
THE LACK.

'@The poor organ-man over there
10 in grinding need"
"Not Of food, surelyp
"No; of some new tunes"
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1914-11-04
CYNICAL.

He-What do you suppose the soft
pillow Of a woman's mind is forY
6he-To bolster some mans up
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1914-11-04
For Sale

Runabout automobile, also rubber
tired buggy. Would trade FOR horse,
Phone S42. 90. Ed. Taul.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1914-11-04
Save Money

Buy your furniture from
18-tf. }. w. Baber.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1914-11-04
CORN SHOW FOR COUNTY

Prof. M. }. Goodwin, Of the Coun-
ty High School has arranged for a
corn show some time in December.
Prof. Goodwin has had corn
shows at the school for the past two
years and considerable interest has
always been manifested.
Now is the time to have your old
saddles overhauled OF trade them in
on new ones. Quick service, reason
able prices-quahty and workman
ship the best.
1927. j. NJ. Conroy.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1914-11-04

Attend the. churches in your
city.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-18
"From Teacher"
F0RTY-SEVEN STUDENTS
FACE MEDICAL EXAMINERS
Many Applicants for License to Pruc-
tfce In This Stnte Before
DOnrd.

There were for:y-seven medical stu
dents assembled In the cXamina ton
room AZ the Medical College OF Vir-
Slnia yesterday morning, when the
State Board of Medical Examiners met
to test the qualifications Of applicants
for certificates emitting them 10 prac-
tice medicine In the State.
Four OF the candidates are colorcd
men. one of whom wants TO practice as
a. homeopath The class was first cx-
ahmed In obstetrics and cmbryology
ENamina tons in these branches lasted
all morning. In the afternoon the cam
dtdates were examined in anatomy and
surgery. The examinations will be
completed to-day. The examination
papers will then he sent to Secretary
Barney. of the Board Of Examiners, nj
Fredericksburg. The names Of the sue
cessful aspirants for license to prac-
tce Will be announced within thirty
days.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-18
PRAISE RICHMOND
AS SHOPPING CENTRE
Hotel Men Stay Over 70 DO Their
Christmns PurchaninE, After Con-
ventiOn CloHcs.

Many of the delegates who attended
Hotel Mems Association, which closed
Wednesday night, remained In Rich
inond yesterday and did Christmas
shopping. Nearly 200 delegates, rep
resentinS all Of the leading hotels OF
Virginia and North Carolina, attended
the annual gathering. The delegates
yesterday were loud in their praises of
Richmond as a trading centre. and cx-
pressed great pleasure at the manner
in which they were entertained here
during the convention. The next meet
ing will be held the cscond week In
December, 1915, at winston Sa lem.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-18
Report. stint. Free from Graft.

The report or State Accountant
Smyth to the Auditing Committee Of
the General Assembly. which was sub
the accountant in checking up the
books of the different State depart
mcnts found only few Inaccuracies
each due to . misunderstanding of the
law, according to a statement Of Mr.
Smyth. The accountant adds that he
does not believe there is another State
so free from grating as Virginia.
The Auditing Committee viii prob
ably submit its report to Governor
Stuart this afternoon or to morrOM.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-18
CocnIpe Cane Continued

The case against Matte Brown. col
orcd, charged by Policeman Bertucci
her poss ession lot of cocaine, was
Yesterday continued until December IL
In the Police Court. The case against
Leon Brown. arrested on the same
charge. was dismissed
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-18
SENTENCE DOUBLED
Charles Nelson Convicted In HustIny,
Court OF Petit Larceny,

charles Nelson was convicted of petit
larceny In the Hastings Court yester-
HaE ana sentenced to serve six months
OH ne roads. The case came to trial
originally in the Police Court, where
ne was given ntnety-day Jail SEN
Gamn, he appealed to the Hastings
day Increased TO six months
EDDIE Branch was tried on the charge
OF petit larceny and acquitted Ida
Green. tried on the same Charge, was
likewise found not guilty
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-18
Is|CNAL COMPANY FINED
$1,000 BY COMMISSION
Makers Of Railway Supplies Con-
ricted of Doing Business i'm vir-
Sinia Without License.
MUST PAY IN SIXTY DAYS
Contracted With Southern Railway
Company to Erect Automatic Sig.
nal Devices Along l47 Miles of
Track, to Cost S214,O4O.

The General Railway Signal Com
pany. New York corporation. was
yesterday fined $1,000 by the state Cor
poration Commission for doing business
IN Virginia without having obtained Il
certificate OF authority from the COM
mission
The costs OF the proceedings brought
against the company are alsc imposed on
the defendant foreign corporation. and
unless the amount is paid In full within
sixty days, ~" clerk of the commits
sion is instructed To proceed accord
ing to law and make the collection
The General Railway Signal Com
pany's principal office and factory are
operates under a New York charter,
and has an authorized capital of So
100000 II has branch factory in
Montreal Canada. and maintains
branch offices in New York. Chicago
and san Francisco
CONTRACTED WITH SOUTHERN
TO ERECT AUTOMATIC SIGNALS
II was shown ut the hearing before
the commission that the company. while
having no license to do business in
Virginia had entered into contracts
with the southern Railway in the
state TO manufacture and deliver its
prooucts. The aggregate distance COW
erea oE these contracts is IA miles.
and the total consideration the COM
pany Is TO receive is $2l40io This
represents only such contracts as have
come under the cognizance Of the COM
mission. The signal Is safety device
which works AUTOMATICALLY
The defense offered was that tho
main purpose OF Its transactions was
me sale of manufactured products. and
was commended that those transac-
tons were similar to the ordinary sale
OF goods by dealer in one State TO
a purchaser In another, and that the
transportation OF the goods so sold is
permitted under the Interstate COM
merce law
me commission, however. ruled
otherwise, holding that the object Of
the Southern Railway. the purchaser
was to secure permanent structures on
KS right OF way, and was not purchas-
ing goods TO be transported in inter-
| state commerce. The opinion in the
case was rendered by Judge r. r. pren
us chairman, and was concurced in by
Judges Rhea and Wingfield.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-18
Miller Rhoads
Special Announcement

Mrs Edith Austin, special representa-
tive from the Pictorial Review Company,
of New York. will be at our Pattern
Department TODAY and Saturday. This
is an excellent opportunity to learn more
about these most popular patterns. Mrs.
Austin will be pleased to explain why
Pictorial Review Patterns are more chic,
more graceful and more economical than
any other pattern.
Mrs. Austin will explain how YOU
time, labor and material by using the Cutting
and Construction Guides furnished with Pictorial
Review Patterns. and will be able to give sugges-
tions Of extraordinary value to the woman who
makes her clothes.
First Floor. Sixth Street.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-15
News and Notes
Of Grain Crops
By JOSEPH F. PRITCHARD.

CHICAGO, Feb. 14-Sentiment on
wheat is bearish because of the lack
of demand for the cash article in all
positions, coupled with the fact that
the plant is well protected with snow
and that the bulls are slow. to come to
the front and back up their opinion.
In the spring wheat country of the
Northwest, where it has been said
for some little time that the supplies
were down to bedrock, the wheat is
coming out again in increased guam
titles. This shows beyond a doubt
that there is more wheat available
than the bulls care to talk about
Southwestern farmers and country
elevator men are also inclined to sell
their wheat more freely, and it is eX-
pected that the run of receipts will
continue until such time as prices
decline to a lower level.
Speculation in wheat at Chicago
has again fallen off and the business
is confined principally between fields
The only chance for the outsider to
come into the wheat market on the
buying side is for some crop damage
reports to come to the front, and
they must be accompanied with buy
ing orders in order to convince the
average speculator that the deteriora-
ton is general.
The clearances of wheat from North
America last week showed that the
cal For orr CHI To-
than generally known. While a great
deal of the wheat and -four to clear is
sent out from the country north of
the international line the shipments
from the United States were of fair
proportion. Up to the present time
there has been little disturbance be-
cause of the crop losses in the Argen-
tine Republic, coupled with the re-
ports from Russia that the producers
there have the government behind
them in the matter of finances and
that they will not be required to dis
pose of their grain in order to meet
outstanding financial obligations. ia
pan has bought a great deal of wheat
from Australia and this fact will be
felt by the importing nations later on.
1t was expected all along that Eng
land and the continental countries
Wouiu De dDle 10 secure the wheat
from Australia, but the little yellow
man of the Far East has stepped in
and secured it.
The cash corn market is as dull as
ever and, while the bulls in that
cereal are endeavoring to bring about
change to higher prices their efforts
have proved futile UP to the present
time, the only strength shown during
last week being on Friday. The coun-
try is offering corn more freely and
the prospects are for a liberal move
ment off the farms, which will mean
the necessity of an improved cash
trade in order to hold prices around
the present level.