The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-04-16
IN OUR OWN STATE
Our Sick Millionaire

Every effort is being made TO save
the life of John C. C. Mayo, the lum-
Der king Of Paintsville. For several
weeks he has been lying at the Jew
ish Hospital in Cincinnati suffering
with Brights disease. His brother,
Washington Mayo, has given a quart
of his own blood TO be injected into
the veins Of the dying man.
II is said that over $4,000 has been
spent in the fight for life.
Better Forest Protection
The leading timber land owners OF
Harlan County have organized for
est protective association which will
cooperate with the state authorities
in keeping down forest fires. The
aim of the association is TO enroll all
the timber land owners of the
county. A tax Of one-quarter cent
per acre will be assessed to employ
a man whose constant duty shall be
to look after the property of the as
ISOLATION. This man will also be
appointed State Forest warden and
so the county and state will divide
the expenses.
Corn is King
The corn crop of Kentucky is
worth more than all the other farm
crops combined. It's estimated value
in 1913 was S56,S67,OO more than
twice that Of the States tobacco
crop.
But we are not doing our best.
The average crop per acre for the
country was twenty-three bushels,
while in Kentucky our average yield
was only twenty bushels per acre.
In some counties the average is as
low as fifteen bushels per acre. This
is due solely TO poor methods, as
boys corn clubs from every section
Of the State, from the mountains to
the Mississippi river, have made
records Of one hundred bushels and
upwards to the acre.
No Jockeying on Court Days
The city of Winchester is doing
away with time-hOnored custom
by fOrbidding horse jockeying" on
the streets on court days. The or
der is backed by the Humane Soci-
ETY.. In many cases spurs and drugs
are used TO give the horses action
and the riders are oftentimes intox-
icated. The Jockeys" deal princi-
pally in plugs" and interfere with
traffic by racing the animals up and
down the street.
Other county seats might follow
this example.
To Trust Convicts
State Warden Wells is trying out
a plan for allowing cOnvicts to work
and live on the RefOrmatory farm
without a guard. Ten men, half
white and half colored, were assign
ed to work on the farm and the first
few days have proven satisfactory.
The men promised TO behave in an
orderly manner, to work cheerfully
and to make no attempt to escape.
If cOnvicts were treated more like
men we might be able to reclaim
more of them.
Six Good 0rations
, The twenty-seventh annual con-
test of the Kentucky intercollegiate
Oratorieal Association was held in
the State University chapel at Lex
J ingtOn Friday night.
Harold Holland of Kentucky Wes-
leyan, spoke on The Superiority OF
the English Form of Government ov-
er that of the United States"
John Howard Payne, of State Uni
yersity, spoke on THE Concord of
Nations"
Carol Crow BatsOn, of Berea Col
, lege, spoke on Industrial Peace"
Lewis NJ. Bratcher, of Georgetown
College, spoke on The Cry of the
Children
:. ID. Boggs, of Central University,
spoke on Southern HerOism."
Reuben NJ. Sims, of Pennsylvania
University, spoke on "Our Peril
Within"
All of the Orations were well writ
ten and well delivered, but there was
general lack of that element OF
persuasion which marks the high
est type of oTatory.
The medal was awarded TO Mr..
Payne and Mr.. BOggs took second
place.
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