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The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1914-06-03
UNWILLING OF MONU-
MENTS IN MACHPELAH

The unwilling of the beautiful
monuments erected by the
Woodmen of the World to the
memory of Sovereigns Rufus
Dunn and o. M. Willoughby at
Machpelah cemetery last Satur-
day was witnessed by a good
crowd.
The services were in charge of
Gate City Camp No. Ala and the
w. o. w. unwilling ceremony
was conducted in a very impress
sive manner by the following Of
hcers: w. P. Apperson, Consul
Commander; H. F. Howell, Ad-
visory Lieutenant; M. J. Good
win, Banker; T. H. Wilson, Cap
tain; R. H. Turner, Master of
Ceremonies; Wilmot K. Prewitt,
Clerk; DR.. P. K. McKenna,
Sentry.
The poem, ooh Why Should
the Spirit of Mortal be Proud
was beautifully read by Mr.. Kel-
Ter Greene.
Hon. c. w. Nesbitt, the ora
tor of the occasion, delivered a
very forceful speech. His eulo-
gy on General ]. c. Root, the late
Sovereign Commander, the
founder of Woodcraft, was es-
pecially beautiful and appro-
pirate. He truthfully stated
that the Woodmen of the World
was the only fraternal order
that erected monuments to the
memory of all deceased men,
bers. The exercises closed with
the Camp Honors.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1914-06-03
GREAT MARE

At Green Briar Farm, Mt
Sterling, KY there's a four
year-old mare by Mcdonald
Chief, out of Rosie Lee SOL
just nicely started in her educa'
ton as a gated mare. When
finished there will be another,
more like Edna May in color
set, air and manners than any
thing in Kentucky. If fortune
plays fair with this one Nc
Don aid Chief bids fair to furnish
another champion, - Farmers
Home Journal.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1914-06-03
BURIED AT OLD HOME

The body of Mr.. Harry Thorn
as, who died last week at Macon,
Ca, was brought to this city
Saturday and inferred in the
family lot in Machpelah GENE
terry. Mr.. Thoams lived in this
city during his boyhood, but has
been making his home in Macon
for several years past, being in
terested in the drug business.
He was about thirty-fve years
of age. Deceased had many
friends in this city who will
learn with regret of his death.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1914-06-03
CHAUTAUOUA-

The Chautauqua will begin in
this city July 9th. A represen-
tative of the Redpath Chautau-
qua will be in this city the latter
part of this week or the first of
next with the programs, etc.
We are advised that Rev. A.
H.. Hibshman, formerly of this
city, is now connected with the
Redpath people and that he has
written friends here that the
Chautauqua this year is even
better than it was last.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1914-06-03
GRADUATES THIS MONTH

Miss Elizabeth, the talented
and beautiful daughter of Judge
VIM. A. Young, will graduate
from Nazarath Academy the
Goth of June. Miss Elizabeth is
highly accomplished in music,
both piano and violin. She is
one of Morehead's favorite
daughters of which we are
proud.-Morehead Mountaineer.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1914-06-03
Magazine Agency.

have established a magazine
agency and am taking subscrip-
tons for all sorts of magazines
I can furnish any combination at
the very lowest rae. Your pa
tronage solicited. Telephone 46e
Mt. Sterling, Ky, or write me
general delivery Lexington
Ky.
Mrs. Eliza Samuels Ross
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1914-06-03
FINE COLT

Mary Perkins 64o2, by Forest
Denmark 1853, has foaled a bay
stud colt (42 inches) by Emer-
aid Ray. Quite. a number OF
breeders have seen this foal and
al pass him up as the classiest
colt yet reported in good old
Montgomery county this year.
Mrs. Sanford Perkins owns the
dam.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1914-06-03
GOOD YEARLING.

Mr.. Nat Young, Jr., of this
city, is the owner of a yearling
FLY that is being trained at Lex
ington that has worked a quar-
ter in 35H seconds. She has
been pronounced by good judges
one of the greatest FLIES in the
country.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1914-06-03
COMMENCEMENT

The Annual Commencement
exercises of the Mt. Sterling
High School will be held at the
Auditorium Friday evening,
June 5th. President Henry S.
Barker, of State University, will
deliver the address. Mr.. Bark
er, previous to becoming the
head of our States largest edu-
cational institution, was for sew
eral years a member of the SUI
preme Court of Kentucky. He
has had an opportunity to view
life and knows what it is. There
fore, it is assured that his adj
dress will be full of practical
thought and one worth going
miles to hear. The Lexington
Opera House Orchestra will fur
nish the music for all occasions
during commencement. 1t is
the best one to be secured in
Lexington and will furnish a
musical program of real merit.
Next Thursday evening, JUNE
4th, the Grammar School Com
mencement will be held at. the
High School Auditorium. The
class is composed of the follow
ing members: Albert Bailey,
Hattie Haney, Margaret Steph-
enson, Nellie Shrout, Elizabeth
Mcnamara, Dyke Duty, Claude
Fitzpatrick, Mayme Wilson,
Martha Coleman, Marcella
Chiles, Ray McCarty, Jesse
Hainline, Jenmol Gatewood.
Kenneth Withrow, Jas. Nesbitt,
Rebecca Jones, Vivian Mark
well, Leila Rogers, Jas. Pinney.
Harold Brooks, Jamie Shoemak-
er, Willie Foley, Laura Hart
Loretta Kearns, Mary Coons
VIM. Hockaday, Gladys Henry
Edith Henry and Chiles Van.
Antwerp.
On this occasion the following
program will be rendered:
Music
Chorus-Hark Hank Hark
-Veazie-Class.
MARY Jane and P'-Recita,
tion-Margaret Stephenson.
Music
The Peevish Wife"-Dia
logue-Mary Coons, Albert Bail
ey.
only a Pin"-Recitation-
Jesse Hainline.
Boys Quintette-Morison
Dyke Duty, A. Bailey, Jas. Pin
ney, Jesse Hainline, Harold
Brooks, Ray McCarty.
Music
Trouble in the Amen Cor,
ner" - Recitation - Elizabeth
Mcnamara.
Rock Me to Sleep and Re
sponse"-Recitation - Marcella
c. lies, Hattie Haney.
Music
Our Boost" Reading Chile:
Van Antwerp.
Music
Kentucky Babe"-Chorus-
Class.
Class Giftorian-Dyke Duty
Address-Rev. Clyde Darsie.
Music
Presentation of Diplomas
awarding of prizes, etc.
Benediction
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1914-06-03
DON'T MISS 1T

Sampson, the greatest picture
show of the age at the Tabb
Opera House tonight. Given
under the auspices of the ladies
of the Baptist church.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1914-06-03
WILL WASH STREETS

Mayor Oldham has advised us
that the city authorities will en-
deavor to have the brick streete
washed thoroughly every Satur-
day. This will not only make
our city more sanitary, but will
give it a neat clean appearance.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1914-06-03
D.....os Kant Slip Shoes for
ID uIlIlCI Little Folks.
BETHEL CITIZEN DIES

William Coons, of Bethel, Ky.
died Friday morning at 3
o'clock, and was buried in
Bethel cemetery Saturday, at
3 o'clock. He was one of the old,
est and most highly respected
citizens of his neighborhood
He was an uncle of ]. T. Coons
of this county. Also a brother OF
John c. Coons, of Hallsville,
Mo-, and James F. Coons, OF
Bath county and had been a de-
vout member of the Christian
church at Bethel for many
years.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1914-06-03
FISHING PARTY

Messrs. Howard Refs, Oliver
Howell David Howell and jill
son Whitsitt have returned from
a weeks fishing trip on the Ken
lucky River. They report only
fair luck.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1914-06-03
NICE PRESENTS

Monogram correspondence
cards and paper and a nice line of
writing paper to select your
commencement present from.
Nothing shows better taste.
Come and see our line.
Advocate Publishing Co.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1914-06-03
White Goods

Special sale for this week, all
of our white goods, choice for
Toc a yard-regular price I5c
and zoe a yard. Large line to
select from. Come early and
get the pick.
The Fair.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1914-06-03
Boarders Wanted

Several table boarders. Apply
to Mrs. F. r. Harper, Main ST.
Aft.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1914-06-03
Dirt Wanted

Would like to buy about rs
loads of dirt. Apply at
this office, or phone "a. Att
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1914-06-03
CHANGE OF FIRM

Mr.. A. c. Upton has sold his
interest in the Mt. Sterling
Laundry Co. to his partner,
Thos. Kennedy, who will add
new machines and improve the
service
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1914-06-03

Mr.. G.. F. Coleman has been
appointed Special Agent for the
Hail Department of the Henry
CLAY Fire Insurance Co. He will
work throughout the State of
Kentucky.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1914-06-03
Bath Towels

Regular $50 and 4oc towels
this week only 2oc each.
The Fair.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1914-06-03
Princess Slips

This week reduced to 6oc
each-regular price $I.oo each.
The Fair.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1914-06-03

For Sale-House and lot on
Howard Avenue, with all modern
conveniences-water, gas and
bath. r. X. Weldon,
48-4t Phone 532.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1914-06-03
For Sale

Jersey cream. Phone IL.
IS-2t. Mrs. H. X. Prewitt.
Evening star., 1914-08-23
AMERICAN ZINC IN DEMAND.
,x.-:s .sfsvf - = -
War Qbstructs Operations Abroad at
sFas ~ Our Smelter9 PROFIT.

4Goyernmsnts officials assert that
American zinc smelters. now have an
Qpportunity. to grab. a lions snare Of
the WORLDS trade because of a. suspen-
sion of operations in practically all
of the big smelling centers of conti-
mental Europe.
BY a. coincidence. the great smelling
centers of Europe are in regions where
active ,dghting is now In progress or
soon may pc expected :. The zinc smelt-
Ing Industry In: Europe. therefore. will
pc, rpuchn demoralized while the war
continues The effect is expected to be
felt for. some time after the conflict
ends. -.
Opening the Panama canal, necessary
establishment of American lines TO
South America, Australia and the or
lent, and. In the present crisis. the
dependence OF those countries on the
United States for their supply of zine
are conditions which combine to has
ten the early introduction of Uncle
SANS products to those continents
The. sine smelling capacity of this
country has been increasing of late
years. much out Of proportion to the
consumption.
Evening star., 1914-08-23
S AND 81 MONEY
REC ULATI0Ns TO GOVERN
VISITING VESSELS OF WAR
Forbidden to Take on Coal Without
Permission-Use Of Wireless
Prohibited.

Vessels of war putting into an Amerf-
can port will not be permitted to take
on coal or other supplies without per-
mission Of the collector Of customs. nor
will they be allowed to use their wire
less apparatus while in port. These
are supplementary instructions issued
by the Secretary of the Treasury re
garding observance of the neutrality
laws. While the duty of preventing
violations of neutrality is charge
upon collectors of customs. they are
empowered by these supplementary in
structions to call upon the revenue cut
ter service or officers Of the navy or
army for such assistance as may be
necessary.
Collectors of customs are directed to
appIy to officers Oh the revenue cutter
service or navy tor advice as to the
quantity of coal ana ouner supplies
that may be taken ABOARD by wai res-
cerning radio communication involving
neutrality are to be referred to the
commander of a naval radio station or
OF a naval vessel In port by the col
lector OF customs. IT there be no such
stations or vessel at the port, the col
lector of customs will roilow the in
structions of the Navy department,
issued August 6, and, III necessary, 10
enforce THESE INSTRUCTIONS, Will seal UP
merchant vessel of a beIiigerenL
power. srbese seals to remain until thu
yesAels departure. In case of war yea-
sells, their commanders are to be notl-
Ned that their wireless apparatus cam
not be. used while in port.
Evening star., 1914-08-23
new YORK BANKS.

NEW YORK, August 22.-The state
ment Of the average condition Of clearing
house banks and trust companies for the
week shows that the cash reserve de.
creased s., ,213, $50, leaving q deficiency Of
SO 719 900 below the legal requirements
The statement follows:
Average condition:
Loans increased $7,02S.OOO
Specie increased $3.433.OOO.
LEGAL tenders increased $1.42A,OU.
Net deposits decreased $89 600.
Circulation increased $14. .622 .OOo.
Banks cash reserve In vaults, $321,oa4,- =
900.
Trust companies cash reserve in vault
S66. .O1O 600 .,..,ooo
Aggregate cash reserve. 1887 ,594. COO
Deficit cash reserve increased $o,212.-
35O
Trust companies reserve with clearing
house members carrying % per cent cash
reserve, $51.9oS.OUo.
summary of state banks and trust
companies in Greater New York not IN
cluded in clearing house statement:
Loans and Investments. $512 .064, 30O' de-
crease, $4,000: gold. S41,S59,lOO. de-
crease, 81, 1,4Sl, 500; currency and bans
notes, $11, ,S36 500, Increase. $61, 600; tota
deposits, 1854. .1152N, decrease. 81 4dS,4 ,4oo
Evening star., 1914-08-23

is. unconsciously, the most dramatic
creature nature ever made-and az
they pass people around make an aisle
for them. And there is a sudden hush
to elamorous good-byes. The truekmen
box from shoulders to hands and then
carry IL with slow carefulness up the
plank.
And you know that some son of old
Maryland who had many a time come
aboard a. passenger is making his last
trip as freight.
Yes, the water front is great little
old place to study other ruts than
ours. Go down there some Sunday aft
ePnoon. And take your kodak along.
Two Indians were sightseeing up
Capitol Hill way. Both were civilized
to the extent Of cheap clothes that
didn't fit. and. as small concessions to
tribal past. both wore a single quill
in his gray sombrero. Also, one wore
gold hoop earrings, and the other dis
played on his breast a Catholic medal
and cross. They shuffied along list
lessly until, as they came to the LIZ
brary, each stopped with sudden alert
Evening star., 1914-08-23
HOUSE MAY CONSIDER
ALLEY BILL TOMORROW
Veto on Union Station Plaza ELL
Also Held Not
Improbable.

Unless the House sets aside Dtstrict
day tomorrow in favor of q vote on
a special rule for the war risk Dill, the
alley bill, In which Mrs. Woodrow VIII
son was 80 Interested. will be brought
up for confederation. Chairman John
son of the District committee hopes to
be able to pass that measure and also
to get q vote on the Union station
plaza bill.
The latter measure 10 long overdue
for q final vote. Only forty minutes OF
general debate time 10 left on the
measure. and after that . vote is due.
barring q possible attempt to amend
or to discuss tho one section under
the five-minute rule. The matter now
lies between the plaza BILL as reported
to the House by the public buildings and
grounds committee, and the plaSa bill
a. introduced by Representative Jnhn-
son. The latter measure aims at the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company.
limits the amount to be paid to. that
corporation and prohibits q member
Of Congress from serving on the COM
mission to settle the long deferred con-
troversy. The public buildings and
grounds measure appoints 4 commits
sion, on which Elliott Woods, supertn-
tendent Of tho Capitol, IL q member.
The commission is authorised to ac-
quire the property anew by purchase
or condemnation
Evening star., 1914-08-23
Road BUILDERS TO MEET.
Fourth Congress Called to Assemble
at Atlanta in November,

Six thousand delegates ara expected
at the fourth American road congress
to be held at Atlanta, Ga, during the
week Of November ..
Gov. Slaton has requested governors
Of other states to act favorably upon
the invitation Of President Fletcher to
name Official delegates to the congress.
Forty-seven organizations. including the
American Bar Assoc. alton. American
Bankers Association and the National
Civil Service Reform League, are to par
ticipate.
Logan waller Page. director Of the
United States once Of public roads. Is
to preside at one or more sessions Of
the congress. Austin d. Fletcher. state
highway engineer Of California. IL to
open the sessions. and with be assisted
by Vice Presidents e. NJ. Bigelow. state
highway commissioner Of Pennsylvania;
A. N. johnson. formerly state eng neer
Of Illinois: W. 3. Atkinson. state high
way engineer Of Louisiana, and Charles
A. Nagrath, chairman Of the Ontario.
Can, highway commission, s..
Evening star., 1914-08-23

oflcials OF the bureau Of plant indus
ny and chemistry Of the Department of
Agriculture declare that such a bread,
made from four and potato. would not
% unpalatable. and would probably be
a good substitute for whole wheat
bread.
"As far as using potatoes in bread
Is concerned" said one Official Of the
bureau of plant industry this morning.
a bread that has a small amount of
potato In 1t Is all right
II remember when I was a boy, we
Used to use potatoes In our bread, in
connection with our yeast. 1t was used
As a sort of nutriment for the yeast.
and helped make d light bread I can
rot say whether a bread made Of equal
parts OF -four and potato would be pal
ltable or not, but / should think So"
Officials of the bureau Of chemistry
stated that the bureau Is at work now
,n -four substitutes. and that potatoes
are one of the substitutes under con-
sideration. AS the official report has
Iot yet been made. officials of the
bureau would made no statement an to
,he advantages or disadvantages of po-
.atoes used in breadmaking.
Evening star., 1914-08-23

It ia always a satisfaction to glimpse
other ruts than ours-if only to wonoer
why other people should want Things
we have no use for ourselves
Say, for instance, you should freshen
up a DUH Sunday afternon by a, trip
to the water front that winds you up
at an old rat-gray wharf, with the
river siding against its piles-lap, lap.
lap.
The nrst thing you notice is a big
heau Of sacks. Now, sacks like that
never come into your life, but the
wharf master tells you they repre-
sent a seasons grain crop for some
farmer down the bay. 1t is his Fut.
And look at those crates, Will you,
with the peaches blushing between the
Stats! And those splint baskets nlled
with hems-mostly dominickers-some
of them with their bills and COMBS
thrust through wire-top meshes, and
the chicken run will know them never
again. Never mind what the wise men
say about dumb creatures lacking IN
tuition. What would you want with
all that truck in the raw! You ana
Those cumbersome things, all wood
and steel, stacked up over there by
the warehouse. are plows. Plows!
SVppOse-of course, IT Is most
ridiculous idea. but-suppose you and
a mule had to guide a plow like that
over fifty acres of clods from dawn to
sunset, instead Of leisuring at your
nifty desk with a fly fan on the side.
What would your Fut say to an imposi-
tion like thar And, yet, son
You look up at farmer in village
store clothes who IL standing on the
deck of steamer that is about to
make her round trip to Baltimore and
will drop him at one of the Potomac
landings on the way. The restfulness
Of the country is in his eyes and there
is q sense Of self-ownership in his free
and easy lankiness that makes ycu
question II your rut is the better one.
after all. You. and your pay-envelope
jobI
You would have no use whatever for
all those carts and barrels and rope
coils and farm Implements; they would
only clutter up your rut. And rs to
that black wagon, casting its black shad
ow like q black pail over 80 much vel
The captain, with his silt-banded cap
jauntily awry, stands on the lower deck
to welcome passengers as If he were host
instead Of q skipper-a rut worth trying
IL one could sonshow exchange. But who
Evening star., 1914-08-23
AUSTIN h. WATSON KILLS SELF.
Had Suffered Agony From Injury In
Aicted nv Bounding Golf Ball.

BEACON, N. Y. August 22-Austin
Hall Watson. former president of the
New York Credit Mems Association
committed suicide at his country home
here this morning by shooting himself
with a pistol through the heart. For
six weeks he had been almost frantic
with pain from an injury sustained
when a hard driven ball bounded baci,
from q stone wall on tho golf links
near his home into his eye. II 10 be-
lieved that he killed himself to end
the agony.
Prior to his retirement several years
ago, Mr.. Watson was . director OF the
Metropolitan and National Shoe and
Leather banks and of the Mutual ALI
ance Trust Company Of New York city
He was also a member OF the Consoli.
dated Stock Exchange and a veteran OF
the civil war.
Evening star., 1914-08-23
AMERICAN SHIP CHASED.
Steamer Panama Brings German
Reservists From Canal Zone.

NEW YORK. August 22.-The Pana-
ma railroad steamer Panama, in today
rom Cristobal. with 1874 passengers,
.orty Of whom were German reservists
from the Canal Zone. reported that
while passing between ceiba and Haiti
she was chased by a cruiser which the
captain thought was British Though
he Panama fiies the American nag her
speed was increased and she outdis-
:anced the war vessel.
Among the Panama's passengers was
Francisco Duenas. minister from Sal
.ador to the United States.
Two hundred and nfty German re-
servists. passengers said. were in the
canal Zone awaiting an opportunity
20 Sttempt to Join their colors.
Evening star., 1914-08-23

would want to plod the narrow way OF
those way-down-in-the-cou men and
women who are going aboard? Still.
traditions count for whole heap. and
every last one Of those passengers might
be ''straight-down'' descendants Of cava-
liers who made the laws Of their state
and died in their defense.
Tho farmer man himself doubtless
bears tho name Of his ancestor who
came over with Lord Baltimore and
that weather-beaten little old woman
over there~the one anxiously fussy about
the preserve jars 2 truckman Is racing
up the piank-may be the greatest great.
granddaughter of a dame who danced
f,,inuets with royalty In the days Of Jew
eled buckles and powdered wigs. You
when the blue-shirtsd. Laughing and
swsaty truckmen have swarmed down
on the last pile Of inoongruous CARGO
considered from your own view-and nus
tied It aboard they 60 over to the black
wagon and haul out q mox. II is q! ong
box, with q woodsy smell Of fresh-cut
pine, and 1t is heavy.
The biggest black fellow whips on
his rag Of a cap. and his mates, not
aifssdy barehsadsd. follow his lead,
they step together with stateltnesg
All the more solemn because unstudied
and unstudied- because the black man
Evening star., 1914-08-23
SOLD STOLEN JEWELRY CHEAP.
Two Watches, Two Diamond Rings
and Necklace Net 81. 80 to Thief.

William Schmick. fifteen years old.
who says he formerly lived at Brook
lyn. Anne Arundel county, Md. was
locked up at the house Of detention
last night for the Montgomery county
authorities. It is charged that he took
two diamond rings. two gold watches
and O gold necklace from the home of
his employer at Derwood.
The police say that Schmick admitted
having taken the articles of jewelry and
disposed Of them. He 10 said to have
admitted having sold the rings in Rock
willie for 40 cents. the watches for O.
Evening star., 1914-08-23

tanning prices, and the investment
situation is in no danger Of becoming
demoralized. Some slight concessions
are made to buyers OF unlisted bonds.
but these CONCESSIONS are only from the
regular Offering prices Of early in the
year, and would not correspond to q
reduction from tha last selling prices
Of listed issues.
When investors realize that there are
not likely to be further reductions OF
the war. 1t is considered possible that
investment demand for good eecuFtties
Will gradually expand until conditions
close to normal again obtain IN the
sure from abroad will have to Sc eon-
sidered In this connection, although to
no such extent as 1t will In connection
with the stock market.