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The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1914-06-12
Grsduation-Then WHAT

Last month the high shoots. of
our community sent forth many
graduates into the world OF
affairs.
What will the future of these
young men and women be-.
Much depends upon their own
moral stamina. but we of matur-
er years owe duty to them.
1t is incumbent upon us to ex--
tend to them the opportunities
for advancement and expansions
which we ourselves sought in our
younger days, for as we extend
to them the hand of fellowship,
we instil into their souls a sweet
essence of humanity, the foun-
dation of character which makes
of them real men and women.
They are leaving the institn.-
tional walls with an exhiliration
and exhuberance which will lead
them afar in the search for life's
vocation and happiness.
They will meet with many OBJ
stacles and disappointments. but
we have faith in the young peo-
pie of this community, and we
fully expect to see many of them
shed honor and lustre upon their
names and their native heath,
1t is IN their blood, and il needs
but the opportunity for fulfill
ment.
Let this paper be one of the
first to extend to these young
graduates the hand of fellowship
in their entrance to the serious
side of life.
. May the future grant to them
the fullest measure OF happiness
and prosperity.
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1914-06-12
RAILROADS ASKING FAIR PLAY
Can no Longer Stand Combination Of
Heavier Expenses and Low Rates

Fair Playl This is the cry of the
railroads. FAIR play from the peo-
pie, and fair play from the Inter.
state Commerce Commission. The
railroads are certainly entitled to q
living wage. Ever since the pas
sage of the Act to Regulate Com.
merce, in 1887, railroad rates have
steadily declined and the cost OF op-
eration has with equal steadiness
Increased. The time has now ar
rived when the railroads are unable
70 stand any further decrease In
freight rate end must be assured of
an increase in revenues or adopt
programs VI retrenchment.
1 The railroads of the United States
have spent millions in the last ten
years in erecting new terminals. re-
placing old equipment with up-to-
date material. They have increased
the hauling power of locomotives
and their train loads are heavier
now than ever before. In view OF
all this the favorable charge of the
polIticions that the railroads are
inefficient does not seem to stand.
What has brought the railroads to
this present situation? Granted
that abe ancient and much publish
ed charges of former crimes are
true; the railroads are no longer the
playthings of multi-millionaires.
The length of the stockholders list
continually increases. Labor also
is feeling the effect of the strangle-
hold on business, and it will soon be
evident to many that railroad bait
ing is not the king of indoor pas
times" it once was.-American In
dustries.
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1914-06-12
n. D. Coward Making improvement
New Shoe Fixtures and Count.
or Added

Mr.. III. ID. Coward has made
quite au improvement in his new
tore recently. He has Installed
new shoe fixtures and new count
ers and show cases which makes
this store one OF the most mod.
ern equipped stores in the coun-
try. Mr.. Coward came to Earl
ington a poor boy from the farm
and has by his industry and hust
ling qualities and his honesty in
business methods risen in a few
yeas to be proprietor of one of
Earlington's most progressive
mercantile esta blishments., The
experience gained while con-
Quoting the business of Barnes
CowaDd & Co. for mum Der of
years has eminently fitted Mr..
Coward to do a successful bust
ness for himself.
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1914-06-12
MAY LILLIAN
FISH FIRST
In Green River Contest Trip With
GIadys Whltford A Close
Second.
MONA Fault or ST. CHARLES THIRD

The Green River Contest trip
is farley launched and the con-
testaDts are taking quite great
deal of interest right on the start.
Miss May Lillian Fish of this
place is first this week with Miss
Gladys Whitford close second i,
Miss Mona Fault of st. Charles a
near 3rd. Miss Beatrice Robinson
of Madisonville comes next with
30, 500 votes to her credit. Miss
Ruby Cook, of st. Charles, is fifth
and Miss Winnie Hart, of Madi.
sonville, sixth. The contestants
should have no trouble getting
people to subscribe for the Semi
Weekly Bee and the 'rReliable
Poultry Journal" at the low price
of one dollar the year and as they
receive 5000 for each dollar paid
in on subscription the votes pile
up fast. They should also ask
their business friends to give
their job printing and advertis-
ing to the Bee and to give them
the votes on 1t. This is going to
be one of the most pleasant trips
the Bee has ever conducted and
the addition of a handsome gold
wrist watch as second premium
should create additional interest
in the contest. Remember we
are putting out the Domestic
Carpet Sweeper" and vacuum
Cleaner'' with a years subscrip-
ton to both papers for $500 and
this gives you $4,000 votes
Get busy and sell few carpet
sweepers and you have the con-
test won.
Following is list of contest
ants to-date:
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1914-06-12
ST. enables
ANOTHER PREMIUM
Added to Bees Green River Trip Con-
test-GoId Wrist Watch TO
Second Winner

In addition to the $50 Champ
ION Drop Head Sewing Machine
offered as first prize to the win
ner of the Green River trip who
has the highest mum Der of votes
we have decided to give a second
prize to the party holding the
second highest number of votes,
This premium will be hand
some gold wrist watch and can
be seen in the show window of
L. @. Wiley's Jewelry Store
The machine has been ordered
and will be here in a few days..
1t will be put on display as soon
as it arrives. Both of these.
premiums are valuable and are,
well worth working for in addl-
ton to the pleasures of four
hundred mile river trip showing
some of the grandest scenery IN
this country. Remember you get
5000 votes with every dollar
turned in on subscription and
1000 for every dollar paid on job
work or advertising.
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1914-06-12
New Music

l have just received 900 copies
of the latest popular music -
Melodies Bamboo Land'3
"Hesitation Waltz" BLUE Rib
bon Rag and many others, call
and get yours now. Over 800
copies to select from. Price 15c
per copy.
-s w. III. aWHITFORD4 *.
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1914-06-12
WANTED

wANTED:-
A good solicitor, one who Is not
afrain to knock at the door Of every
home in Darlington, Madisonville,
Mortons Gap. NortonvIlle, White
Plains and St. Charles with . good
proposition. Will pay good salary
and commission. Apply at this Of
fee. Telephone AZ Darlington.
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1914-06-12

TIE country. Will our reason, our
heart, our conscience. permit us TO
turn away from the opportunity TO
take our part in the accomplishment
OF this work?
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1914-06-12
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Princeton. Cornell. Michigan
Each Tx n Inches

All best quality felt with felt head-
ing, streaners, letters and mascot
executed In proper colors. This
splendid assortment sent postpaid
for 80 cents aud 8 stamps 10 paw
postage. Send now.
HOWARD SPECIALITY COMPANY
Dayton. Ohio.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1914-10-02

en- gwine make 'em cry en- cry" She
had forgotten the incident OF that day,
when he had read her fortune. but
now the quavering prophecy came
back to her with shivering sense Of
reality. ''Fo' dah's fab en- she ain
afeahd, en- dah's watah en- she ain
afeah'd. Els de thing whit eat de
haat outen de breas'-dat whut she
afeah'd of" II It were only fire and
water that threatened her! ft.
She struck her hands together with
an inarticulate cry. She remembered
the laugh in Valiant's eyes as they had
planted the roses, the characteristic
gesture with which he tossed the wav-
ing hair from his forehead-how she
had named the ducks and the pea.
cock and chosen the spots for his
flowers; and she smiled for such mem
cries, even In the stabbing knowledge
that these dear trivial things could
mean nothing to her In the future.
She tried to realize that he was gone
from her life, that he was the one
man on earth whom to marry would
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1914-10-02

darling! Don't throw our love away
like this!" tUt Mo
His entreaties left her only winter,
but unmoved. She shook her head,
gazing at him through great clear
tears that welled over and rolled down
her cheeks.
II can't fight" she said. II have no
strength left" She put out her hand
as she spoke and dropped 1t with a
little limp gesture that had in 1t tired
despair, finality and hopelessness. 1t
caught at his heart more strongly than
any words. He felt warm gush OF
pity and tenderness.
He took her hand gently without
speaking, and pressed it hard against
his lips. 1t seemed to him very small
and cold.
They passed together through the
wet bracken, his strong arm guiding
her over the uneven path. and came
to the open in silence.
Don't come with me-" she said
then, and without backward glance,
went rapidly from him down the SHIN.
mering road.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1914-10-02

he Isl But he's got Greet King to
reckon with yit!" He looked at her
balefully and shook her.
voice. "Ye remember me. I'm bad
one ter fool with. Yer nav foun' that
out, ! reckon. Now yell promise me
yell tell nobody who we've seen. I'm
only tramp; dye hear?" He shook
her roughly.
Rickey's fingers and teeth were
clenched hard and she said no word.
He shook her again wiciously. the
blood pouring into his, Scared face.
".Ye sniyelin' brat. yer" he snarled.
"I'll show yer!" He began to drag
her after him through the bushes. A
few yards and they were on the brink
OF the headlong ugly chasm ofiLovers'
Leap. She cast one desperate look
about her and shut her eyes. Catching
her about the waist he leaned over
and held her out in mid-air. as II she
had been kitten. "Ye ain't seen me,
hev yer? Promise, or over we so. Ye
won't look 80 pretty when ye're
layin' down there on them rocks!"
~ -
The child's face was paper-white
and she had begun to tremble like a
leaf. but her eyes remained closed.
"One-two-" he counted deliber-
ately. " l.tl-
Her eyes opened. She turned one
shuddering glance below, then her
resolution broke. She clutched his
arm and broke into wild qualifications
II promise. promised" she cried. "Oh,
don't let go! I promised"
He set her on the solid ground and
released her, looking at her with a
sneering laugh. Nov well see eff We
belong here or up ter Hell's-Half
Acre." he said. Fine folks keeps their
promises, I've heerd tell"
Hickey looked at him moment
shaking; then she burst into a passion
OF eobs and with her face averted ran
from him like a deer through the
bushes. ~
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1914-10-02

Men pitied him because he was so blind.
They wondered why he neither saw nor
"a guessed: , -.t.,,.. rF g41s>
His wife had woefuI narrowness of mind,
And meager were the charms that she
possessed;
To petty jealousies she grimly chung.
And there was venom on her busy tongue,
Men pitied him because he lacked the wit
To see how shamefully he was be-
trayed,
Because he was content to meekly sit
In silence while her meanness was dis
played,
Because through spite and jealousy and
hate
She caused his friends to leave him to his
fate.
a.r angn
Men pitied him because he lacked the
heart
To suffer through her tyranny no more:
But they were foolish thus to take his
part, ~ "a
To think his case was one they might
deplore;
Within his corner silently he sat
And thought her something to be mar
veled at.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1914-10-02
EFFICIENCY IN "NEWS STYLE"
Columns Of the Modern Journal Con.
tain, II Is Claimed, the Best OF
English Phrasing.

II Is seldom that good word Is
said in academic circles for what is
termed newspaper English" meaning
the terse, trenchant style In which the
best journalists are in the habit of ex-
pressing themselves. The College of
Journalism, however, recognizes the
value OF this style, and Prof. f. w.
Beekman, well-known educators.
says:
with all it's faults still believe In
the news style as the most efficient
style of this modernNday Of presenting
information through the written word.
II has been hammered out In the heat
and stress of newspaper work to meet
the demands OF the millions for some
thing to compel their attention. inter
est them and give them Information
in the quickest. clearest way possible"
There Is much truth In this. but not
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1914-10-02

band. Don't YOU" she burst in a
paroxysm OF passion; don't you even
speak her name! II you do. I'll kill
you'll"
So fierce was her leap that he fell
back step in sheer surprise. Then
he laughed loudly. why. ye little
spittin' wile-cat!" he grinned.
He leaned suddenly, gripped her
wrist and covering her mouth tightly
with his palm. dragged her behind a
cfump Of dogwood bushes. A heavy
step was coming along the wood.path.
He held her motionless and breathless
in this cruel grip till the pedestrian
had passed. 1t was Major Bristow his
spruce white hat on the back OF his
head. his unsullied waistcoat dappled
with the leaf-shadows. He stepped
out briskly toward Damory court,
swinging his stick, all unconscious Of
The fierce scrutiny bent on him from
behind the dogwoods.
Greet King did not withdraw his
hand till the. steps had died in the dis
lance. When he did. he clenched his
nst and shook It In the air. There
he goes!" he said with bitter hatred
Yer noble friend that sent me up
)or SIX years Z break my heart on
~ ssak-pilei Oh. he's , top-notcher.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1914-10-02
CHAPTER XXI.
Tho Evening Of an Old Score.

inc Evening OF an Oio score. n
Observation-Disclosures Bristow's
ivory-headed camphor-wood stick
thumped on the great door of Damory
court. The sound had tang of imps-
thence, for he had used the knocker
moro than once without result. Now
he strobe to the end OF the porch
and raised his voice in a etentorian
below that brought Uncle Jefferson
shutting around the path from the
Kitchens with all the whites of his
eyes showing.
you dog-gone lazy rascal!" thun-
dered the major. what do you mean.
sab. by keeping a gentleman cooling
his heels on the doorstep like tax
collector? Where's your master?"
'Fo' de Lawd. Major. All ain seen
Mars John sence dis mawnin'. Staht
out aftah breakfas' en- he nevah
showed up ergin ct all. Yo' reck'n
whut de mattah. subj" he added anx-
iously. "'Peahs lax sumpin' preyin'
on he mind. DON seem er bit hese'f
lately"
"H-m-m!" The major looked thought
full. isn't he well?" at .tr'
mo, sub. Ain ct no morn er hum
min-buhd desc las few days. Jes'
hangs eroun' lonesome lax. Dom
laugh no mo-, don sing no mo- Ain
play de pianny sence de day aftah de
ball. Me en- Daph moght'ly pestered
bout him."
"Pshaw!" said the major. Touch
of spring fever, rackon. Aunt Daph
feeds him too we'll. Give him less
fried chicken and more ash-cake and
buttermilk., Make him some juleps."
The old negro shook his head.
"Moghty neah use up all dat mint
bald All foun,." he said, "but ain do
no good. Majah. Abs sho' 'feahed
sumpin' gwineter happen"
"Nonsense!" the major shifted.
What fool ideas got under your wool
now? Been seeing Mad Anthony
again, I'll bet a dollar"
Uncle Jefferson swallowed once or
twice with seeming difficulty and
turned the gravel with his toe. Oats
So" he said gloomily. "Ah done see
de old man de yuddah day bout ct.
Ant'y, he know! He see trouble err
comm en- trouble er-gwine. Dat same
night de hoss-shoe drop often de
stable do, en- dis ve'y mawnin' er
buhd done fly inter de house. Das'
er mighty bad hoodoo, er mighty bad
hoodoo"
"Shucks!" said the major. You're
as loony as old Anthony, with your
internal signs. II your Mars Johns
been out all day reckon he'll turn
up before long. I'll wait for him a
WHILE" He started in, but paused on
the threshold. did you say-ah-
that mint was all gone, Unc' Jeffer.
SOM"
CTo BE coNTINUEDJ
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1914-10-02
The Woman,s Fault.

"You told me-" she said, when you
persuaded me to elope with you that
you would never permit anything to
come between us-that you would
cherish my love all your days, and
that should never have cause to re-
greet for moment that l had placed
my happiness In your keeping" '
'"Oh, well, confound It," he replied,
whats the use harping on that now?
If YOU hadn't kept lot Of your faults
hidden from me I'd never have fallen
in love with you or wanted you to
elope, so you have only yourself to
blame" aal
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1914-10-02

be to strike to the heart her love
and loyalty to her mother. and she
said this over and over to herself in
varying phrases:
you can't! No matter how much
you love him, you can't! His father
deliberately ruined your mothers life
your own mother! It's bad enough
to love him-you can't help that. But
you can help marrying him. You
would hate yourself. You can never
kiss him again, or feel his arms around
you. You can't touch his hand. You
mustn't even see him. Not II 1t breaks
your heart-as your mothers heart
was broken!"
She had turned into an unbeaten
way that ambled from the road
through track of tall oaks and pines,
scarce more than bridle-path. wind
Ing aimlessly through bracken-strewn
depths so dense that even the Wild
roses had not found them. In her
childish hurts she had always fed to
the companionship Of the trees. She
had known them every one-the black
gum and pale dogwood and gnarled
hickory, the prickly-balled button
wood" the lowly mulberry and the
majestic red oak and walnut. They
had seemed friendly and plying coun-
sellers, standing about her with arms
intertwined Now, with the rain weep
ing in soughing gusts through them,
they offered her no comfort She sud-
denly threw herself face down on the
soaked moss.
ooh, God!" she cried. II love him
so! And had only that one evening
1t doesn't seem just II could only
have him, and suffer some other way!
He's suffering, too, and 1t isn't our
fault! We neither of US harmed any
one! He isn't responsible for what
his father did-why. he hardly knew
him! oh, God, why must 1t be SO
hard for us? Millions of other people
love each other and nothing separates
them like this!"
Shirley's warm breath made little
fog against the stareyed moss. She
was scarcely conscious of her wet and
clinging clothing, and the soaked
strands of her hair. She was SO
wrapped in her desolation that she no
longer heard the sound of the perse-
vering rain and the wet swishing Of
the bushes--parting now to hurried
step that fell almost without sound on
the spo1 gy forest soil. She started
up sudderly to see Valiant before her
He was In a somewhat battered
walking suit of brown khaki, with a
leather belt and felt hat whose brim,
stiff with the wet. was curved down
visor-wise over his brow. In an in
slant he had Drawn her upright, and
they stood, loo king at each other,
drenched and trembling.
How can you?" he said with a
roughnees that sounded akin to anger
Here In this afro cious weather-like
this!" he laid land on her arm.
You're wet througi !" U
IL don't mind tie rain" she an
swered, drawing ay ny, yet feeling
with a guilty thrill the masterfulness
OF his tone, as we'll as its real concern.
I'm often wet"
His gaze searched her face, feature
by feature, noting her pallor, the blue
black shadows beneath her eyes, the
caught breath, uneven like a childs
from crying. IIs still held her hands
In his.
a
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1914-10-02

all the truth. Sc-called newspaper
English" has left fits indelible mark on
the literature and especially the fc-
ton of our times. The most success
full stories are those told in the few
est words. The old-fasbioned flowing
periods, which produced verbal melody
instead of recording facts. have lost
their charm for novel readers, whose
eager brains are anxious to absorb the
tale rather than linGar over "fnt
writing"
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1914-10-02
THE OLD DOG.

ut is hard" said
the man with the
infrequent locks,
ito teach an old
dog new tricks"
Not" replied
his skeptical wife,
"if I h e teacher
h a p p e n s t o b Q
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1914-10-02
CHAPTER xxIx.-contlnued.

The inquiry was drowned In shrek
from several children In unison. They
scrambled to their feet, casting fear
full glances over their shoulders. The
man who had been lying behind the
bush had risen and was coming toward
them at sloucfing amble, one foot
dragging slightly. His appearance, in
deed, was enough to cause panic, With
his savage face, set now in a grin, and
his tramp-like costume, he looked
fierce and animal-llke. White and
black, the children fed like startled
rabbits, older ones dragging younger,
without a backward look-all save
Hickey, who Stood quite still, her wild
ening eyes fixed on him In kind OF
blanched fascinated terror.
He came close to her, never taking
his eyes from hers, then put his heavy
grimy hand under her chin and turned
her twitching face upward, chuckling.
"Ain't afeard, d--n mel" he said
with tn fine folks white-livered young
'uns! Know who am, don't ye?"
"Greef King" Rickey's lips rather
formed than spoke the name.
Fright. An I know you, too. Got
jes' tn same look ez when We wuzn't
no higher'n my knee. So We amt at
tn Dome no mo-, eh? Purkle an fine
Timing an dedication. Hobo! Coin
ter make We another ladyess like the
sweet ducky-dovey that rescooed we
from tn lovin' embrace O. yer fond
step-parient, eh?"
Rickey's small arm went suddenly
out and her fingers tore at his shirt
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1914-10-02
Sad.

These are the melancholiest days of all
the dismal year:
I do not care so much because the leaves
are turning sere: :
I do not mourn the summer time. to do
so would be vain:
I am not sad because the snow will soon
drift in the lane
But this 1t is that makes me sad and
causes me to sigh.
The mince pie seasons here and I've been
forced to give up pie.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1914-10-02
Should Have Explained.

Mabel. who was that IDIOT you had
in the parlor till IL o'clock last
night?"
THAT was BERTHE Spoodlekins, the
only son and heir of the Mr.. Spoodle-
kins who has just made $11,000,000
by cornering the turnip crop"
"Oh! Why didn't you let me know.
so that / could fix the furnace? It
must have been disagreeably cold for
both of you
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1914-10-02
young and pretty"
Can Such a Thing Be True7

"A remarkable woman, that Mrs.
Goodwin"
THE most remarkable woman ever
saw. She and her husband have lived
for three years at a fashionable family
hotel and, so far as l know. she has
never been talked about"