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The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1914-08-05
Two Big Firms COnsoli
date.

One of the largest business
consultations ever perfected in
this section of the state was
made known last week, when
the Cumberland Grocery Com
pany and the George P. Taylor
Company, merged. The Cumber-
land Grocery Company is CAPT.
talized at 100000, and has
branches at Monticello, Burn
side, Somerset, Junction City,
Lebanon and Glasgow. The
George p. Taylor company is the
oldest produce house in the
mountains of Kentucky, and its
business runs the hundreds of
thousands, It's main office is at
Burnside, with branch houses
at Albany, Burkesville and Som
erset. W. J. Davidson is pres
ident Of the Cumberland Grocer
y Company, and N. |. Taylor is
treasurer and president of the
George P. Taylor Company.
There will he no changes in the
management on account of the
consolidation. Stanford Journal.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1914-08-05
Fuel of the Future.

One of the most important
commercial problems that the
world will have to face in the
near future is that of the supply
of fuel oils. The automobile, the
motorboat and the immense num-
Der of stationary engines that
now use gasoline have made the
demand for that fuel four times
as great as it was a few years
ago. The increase in production
has not kept pace with the de-
mand. Prof. Vivian B. Lewes,
of the Greenwich Royal. Naval
college, says that the stores
of petroleum, coal, and shale in
the world are being rapidly de-
pleted, and that it will not be
long before we shall have to
turn to alcohol. He believes
that alcohol, denatured with ten
per cent, of benzol and a trace
of anilin dye, will give motor
fuel that is safer and pleasanter
to use than gasoline, and that
gives off less offensive exhaust
gases. Moreover. the heat en-
gendered renders water-jacket-
ing less necessary, and thus saves
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1914-08-05

bought wedding ring and en-
gagged a clergyman. The we'd
ding was to have been performed
on the day following Miss Moores
disappearance.
Somehow or other George
Kunz, of Lynchburg, who had
been paying attention to Miss
Moore. heard of the prospective
marriage and hurried north as
fast as a train could carry him,
accompanied by friend They
visited the Paight home, where
Miss Moore was a guest and
Kunz talked with her a few min
utes.
On the day following, the
young man met the girl with an
automobile and hurried to Port
Chester, N. Y, where Kunz and
Miss Moore were married. The
latter sent back word to Mrs.
Paight that she was sorry for
Fred, but she had married the
man she loved best.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1914-08-05
Kentucky Fair Dates.
Veterinary SURGEON

The following are the dates
fixed for holding the Kentucky
Fairs for:1914, as far as reported.
Officers of fairs are requested to
report to us..any omissions or cor
rections of dates:
Taylorsville, Aug. 4-3 days.
Mt. Vernon, Aug. 5-3 days.
Leitchfield. Aug. Ia days.
PerryviIle, Aug. l2-3 days.
Vanceburg, Aug. 12-4 days.
Burkesville-Aug. III days.
Hardinsburg, Aug. l8-4 days.
Shepherdsville, Aug. I8-4
days.
Stanford, Aug. 1913 days.
Lawrenceburg, Aug. 19-4
days.
Elizabethtown, Aug. 25-3
days.
Grayson, Aug. 29-4 days.
Shelbyville. Aug. 26-3 days.
Frankfort, Sept. ID days.
Alexandria, Sept. Is days.
Barboursville, Sept. 2-3 days.
TompkinsvilIe, Sept. "A days.
Hodgensville, Sept. 8-3 days.
Scottsyille, Sept. 1913 days.
Kentucky State Fair. Louis
vile, Sept. 14-6 days.
Horse Cave, Sept. 23-4 days.
Pennyroyal Fair, HopkinsvilIe,
Sept 29-5 days.
Glasgow, Sept. 80 days.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1914-08-05

The Government will monop-
olize the business of supplying
coal and provisions and operat.
ing repair facilities.
Great dry docks, wharves,
warehouses. repair shops, and
other facilities to cost 50, 900, 000O
are under construction.
All permanent buildings will
Of the Italian Renaissance style
of architecture. The route of
the canal will be beautified with
trees, etc.
Storage for 100000 tons of
coal, maximum capacity, is pro-
vided. Normal storage capacity
is $1,000 tons. Oil, 10000 bar
rels.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1914-08-05
GOOD Reason for his EnthuiaSm

When man has suffered for sever
al days with collie, diarrhoea or other
form of bowel complaint and is then
cured sound and well by one or two
doses of Chamberlain,s Collie, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy, as is often
the case, it is but natural that he
should be enthusiastic in his praise OF
the remedy, and especially is this the
case of a severe attack when life is
threatened. Try it when in need Of
such a remedy. 1t never fails. Sold
10y PAUL Drug Co. AID.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1914-08-05

expense in running, and lessons
the weight of the engine. AL:
though the ca lorific value of such
a mixture is only six-tenths that
of gasoline, the smaller amount
of air required for combustion,
the increased explosive range of
the mixture, and the fact that
higher compression could be
used in the cylinder, all combine
to make alcohol the ideal fuel for
motors. There is no chance that
the supply will ever run short.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1914-08-05
Summer Coughs are Dangerous.

Summer colds are dangerous. They
indicate low vitality and often lead
to serious Throat and Lung Troubles,
including Consumption. DR.. Kings
New Discovery will relieve the cough
or cold promptly and prevent compli-
cations. 1t is soothing and antiseptic
and makes you feel better at once. To
delay is dangerous get a bottle of
DR.. Kings New Discovery at once
Money back if not satisfied. SOC and
SL00 bottles at your Druggist. PAUL
Drug Co. AID.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1914-08-05
Panama Canal Facts.

Time required to 60 through
the canal, from 10 to IL hours.
Freight will be charged $1.20
a ton; passengers are free.
The canal will save 5000 miles
between New York and San
Francisco.
New York is brought 5000
miles nearer Valparaiso and the
West coast of South America.
Our Atlantic seaports are 1000
miles nearer Australia.
The distance to the Philippine
islands is not reduced materially.
Bulk products, like wheat,
lumber, minerals, wool, and hides
will get lower freight rates
through the canal from Pacific
ports.
Eastern machinery, textiles,
manufacturers, and finished
products will enjoy cheaper rates
to Pacific ports.
Staple products of the South,
cotton, iron, coal, lumber, and
ship supplies will have similar
advantages to the Orient and
Pacific ports.
immigration will be detected
in larger numbers from New
York to Pacific ports.
The cost of operating the cana
will we exceed 100000 an.
nually.
About $500 employees will be
required.
To pay interest on the invest
ment and operating expenses ap
proximately SIS, 100000 revenu,
per annum will be needed.
Traffic experts estimate tina
for the first few years thu
average annual tonnage will b'
10, 900, 900 tons, not enough a
the $1.20 rate to make the cana
self-supporting.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1914-08-05
About Cutting Tobacco.

Forty-nine years ago | began
growing tobacco. A few years
later | decided that there were
certain days better than others
on which to cut tobacco for it to
cure up nicely and have a rich.
waxy and heavy body. To find
out the way to tell these dates,
and to tell them ahead has been
a hard job, but l was finally sue
cessful.
To explain, let me say that
tobacco has an oily substance
which is its natural possession.
1t has sap (water) like other
vegetation. When the sap rails
es, it runs the oil out through
the pores of the leaves, on the
principle that oil and water
won't mix, and oil being the
lighter is pushed out by the sap.
Tobacco cut and cured in this
State will be light and "chafy"
you see, there is nothing but sap
in the tobacco and when cured
this sap is gone. 1t evaporates
and leaves the tobacco light and
worthless. But to cut tobacco
when the sap is down and the
oil has full sway, you can cure it
up nicely and with a heavy body.
1t will be rich and 'waxy."
This happens because the tobac-
co is full of oil instead of sap,
and the oil can't evaporate and
remains in the leaf to make it
rich and heavy.
1t has been my experience that
we must cut tobacco when there
is oil in it, if we expect to have
oil in it when cured. For in
STAGE, you have experienced cut
ting one week and have excel
lent luck and then cut a few
days later, probably OFT the same
piece of ground and with ripper
tobacco, and have no luck at all.
shall be pleased to answer
any correspondence from to
baccogrowers who may want to-
writeme, provided postage is sent
for reply. Yours truly,
D. V. Davis.
Fork, N. G..
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1914-08-05
EIopes With Old Lover.

Changing her mind at the elev-
enth hour, Miss Ruby Moore, 20
years old, a student in a school
for nurses at Lynchburg, Va,
eloped with the man that she
really loved. and Ere d eric k
Paight, an estimable young man
of Stamford. Conn.,, is heartbro-
ken. He had furnished a home,
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1914-08-05
Constipation causes sickness.

Don't permit yourself to become
constipated, as your system immedi-
ately begins to absorb poison from the
backed up waste matter. Use DR..
Kings New Life Pills and keep well.
There is no better safeguard against
illness. Just take one dose tonight.
25c. at PAUL Drug Co. AID.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1914-08-05

A saucerful of lime placed in a
damp closet will act as a disin-
fectant and absorb dampness.
The lime should be renewed
once in two weeks or as often as
it slakes.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1914-08-05
How the Trouble Starts.

Constipation is the cause of many
ailments and disorders that make life
miserable. Take Chamberlain'S Tab
lets, keep your bowels regular and will
avoid these diseases. For sale by
PAUL Drug Co. AID.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1914-08-05
Capturing Live AIisators.

OuOOtln& alIlSdLOrS Is Tame
business compared with t h e
methods of capturing them en-
ployed by a Mr.. Lee, of North
Queensland, Australia. With
lasso and DOTS he captures them
alive, but it is perilous and ex-
citing business. There is no dish
an alligator likes so much as a
nice dof, and knowing the rep
tiles weakness in this respect,
Mr.. Lee bats his trap with a
yelping canine, who, however,
suffers no injury.
On the sloping bank of creek
infested with alligators Mr.. Lee
constructs a trap, consisting of a
barrier composed of sticks and
brushwood, with a small hole
like the entrance to a kennel.
Behind the barries he places a
dog as bait, and the barking of
the animal soon attracts the at
tention of one of the reptiles. AS
it scranbles towards the barrier
the dog, which has been trained
for the purpose, flies out and at
tacks the reptile, while Mr.. Lee
hurles a lasso owes the alligator's
head ere it has time to retreat.
Whipping the other end around
a tree and securing it, Mr.. Lee
armed with a forked stick at
tached to rope with a running
moose, tries to thrust it into the
alligator's mouth. Every moment
there is the danger of being
seriously injured, if not killed,
by sweep of the powerful tail,
or crushed in the reptiles jaws.
Sometimes the struggle continues
over an hour, but once the stick
is thrust into the mouth of the
exhausted alligator the rest is
comparatively easy. The jaws
and tail are rapidly trussed up
with the rope, and the monster
lies helpless.
To Mr.. Lee belongs the credit
of having caught alive in this
fashion the largest alligator in
Australia. The capture was made
when executing an order for a
live alligator for firm in Mel
bourne. Though the tip of it's
tail was missing, the reptile still
showed a length of II feet 6
inches.
Mr.. Lees expertness in catch
ing alligators recently led to a
bet that he would not recapture
one 49, feet long, which he had
sold to the layer Of the bet, in
ten minutes. Mr.. Lee accepted
the challenge. the alligator was
set free in a creek, and MIR. Lee
assisted by his sons, caught it
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1914-08-05
OF Interest to Farmers.

account of the dry weather and
the failure of the crops.
Orchard grass seems to be
about the most reliable crop fol
the farmers. Many who have
passed this up heretofore will
try it from now on.
The Mcleod farm in Bourbon
county near Paris, sold for P165
an acre last week. There seems
to be no decrease in land values
in the bluegrass.
Large applications of potash
may not be needed in most soils
for the growing of vegetables.
The lighter soils, no doubt, re-
quire the most liberal applica-
tons of this element.
Temperance of black leg
in Campbell county has aroused
farmers near California. 1t is re-
ported cattle are dying despite
vaccination. State officials are
investigating.
On June Is the average price
of meat animals, hogs, cattle,
sheep and chickens was 1922
per 100 pounds, compared with
$7.19 on June Is a year ago, So
81 two years ago. $5.45 three
years ago and S7.29 four years
ago,
Receipts of live stock at the
Chicago market last week were:
3O,O95 cattle, 5000 calves. 49,
297 hogs and LAB sheep. On
the corresponding week of last
year the receipts at that market
were 81, 376 cattle, 5,640 calves,
I16, 724 hogs and 88, 719 sheep.
The Live Stock World reports
the average price of good steers
on the Chicago market last week
was S9.05, the highest average
on record. For the correspond
ing week in recent years the av-
erages for steers were for 1913,
$40; for 1912, S8.l5; for 1911,
$6.15; for 1910, $3.50; for 1909,
$3.50.
The average prices for live
stock on the Chicago market
last week as complied by the
Drovers' Journal, were: Cattle,
1896; hogs, $3.50; sheep, SIS. 40
and lambs, $500. For the CORE
spending week Of last year the
averages were cattle, $8.35; hogs,
S9.UO; sheep, "a. ~; ana lanDS,
s7.7O.
H. S. Caywood, of Bourbon,
bought within the past few days
in Madison county, for Swift &
Co. meat packers, 700 head of
beef cattle at prices ranging
from SITS to $3.50 per hundred
pounds. The purchase of the
entire lot of cattle represents an
outlay of about $4,000.
4 saucerful of lime placed in 9
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-01-19
PLANE TAEOUSTIN WON.
DIHS

FLondon. Eng. The structure and con
lsition Of the great spiral nrbula !
kldromcda. the most beautiful an
liking apparition which celestial ph'
Scra,h has revealed. has been made ~
Inject of much controversy l. was Su.
tJstcsl some two wears ago that the mel
lla was not gaseous. hut was q uuivcrS
~ stars external Ia nur own galaxy. TIL
inference. made hN Y. VI. Sliphrr. WI
on the appearance &c crrtai'
Fraunhofcr lines IN it, light Sncctrni
which were Inconsistent with the Idle
hat Il was 4 gl>ruu> nrhula. The sam
observer. by examining the shift of th
in its spectrum from four gn"'
MATES obtained some months AGO ha
the Snrcd IA which the nrl
MIA is moving. lie obtains the >%tarilin
that the nrhula j. %aprrn1chin
ne nj the rate Of 1>6 M les 4 second. !
- n little difficult a. credit that sue
!, VAST object ~ This. which 40 the lcas
estimate must hc hundreds If million
~ miles in diameter could hc mnNin
~ so great a speed. Moreover no moy'
ment sideways ~ the nchula hl> eve
l..en detected. aud therefore. since +
,los.s not seem probable that h can y
coming toward our telescopes Direct
.head on" il must either IT, AZ 2 vcr
distance 81 else there Is >"mcthin
in the observations.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-01-19

Paris. France Another humorous
tory Of Abdul llamid former SULTAN IF
turkey. ~ related ~ one of the Paris
npcrS concerning his daughter who was
lncring from appendicitis. An opera
ION was necessary. but before he would
How this ~ IT, performed abdul llamid
| required proof OF the surgeons X II
recordings. the Surgran removes the an
cndiX from 4 woman who was IN a hos
ital suffering from a disease ~ the ear.
he operation was successful AMI The
nrmcr sultan consented TO il being made
y hiS daughter. The woman. however.
.Xpcricnccl regrets that she hid allowed
cr>,lf IA h. ,iy.>ccted and claimed dam
ec> from ABDUL llamid the restitution
I her appendix being impossible. No
rci>ion has vet been reached ia this
~clicatr matter.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-01-19

You have ~ good a right 10 run for
Governor II Texas a. ! have. and n 10
the wisdom az doing So AZ this time Is
\ question ! leave for Won Ia decide. ]
would not Le frank with Won IL | did
not say that YOUR prospective entry int"
this governors race l. the only danger
hat now confrontS the prohibition cause
IN this State Should Won not listen Z"
common sense suggestions. the die
tntr> N SELF preservation" the plead
ings q, patriotism and the heart heats
~ the unSclfi>h thousands who have
%>triven through long wears To drive the
saloons from Texas" and persist in en-
tcring this race for governor. and bv 60
doing divide onr forces and defeat the
cause ~ prob hilton. On YOU and Won
clone will he visited thc resentment IT
these un~clf>h PATRIOTS" Since Won re-
Quest that ! suggest a better plan than
that %pronoScl." AMI yn'I profess IN h.
~artuated nv a desire L. serve" | sub
nit the following proposition in settle
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-01-19
NEWS OF THE DAY
- LOST WITH STEAMER.

Hamburg. Ger. No doubt remains
that the German ste, mcr .Aci.ia j. lost
with IT, crew of forty eight aud fifty
passengers. a telegram from l'unta Ar
.cnaS, Chile. say the bodies Of Two Of her
Officers were picked up today among a
mass of wrcckaee in Moat Channel.
north of Picton Island. Terra Del Fuc.
big steamer SAM there some time ago.
The Acilia was a vessel Of $500 tons net.
built in 1900. and chartered by the Kos
mos line. She left Corral. Chile. October
=. for Hamburg. \ telegram from Var
parairSo on Wednesday last reported
finding two of the A%cilia'S boats i'm
tguirrc Bay. Terra Icl Fucga. contain
ng the bodies Of her second mate and
two Seamcn.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-01-19

Austin. Texas. Jan. L.. lali.-I Hon
Cullen Y. Thomas. Dallas. Texas: Nv
Dear Sir-lour open better addressed
10 Hon. W. III. Mayc~ and myself. which
appeared in the press throughout The
state on January I was published NJ p
time when ! was absent from Austin 90
a tour Of Inspection IF the pcnitentiarv
SYSTEM. did not return ~ my desk
until Monday. the 10Th inst. and for
that reason my answer has been some
what DELAYED.
| have carefully read and considered
what Won have 10 say relative Ia the
euLrrnatorial situation III Texas. and
stripped 81 Ill ccgaw v~crnacular. rhct.
nrical flnnri~hr>. grandeur of diction
and cXplicativc adicctivcS. ] find two
distinct propositions. First. that ,
submit my andidacy for governor alon.
With Your 10 a proposed primary con
ycntion for the purpose of elimination.
Second that ! forthwith withdraw
from the race ia case | will not con>rni
"a bc thus eliminated
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-01-19
CNNNL None IMPRESSIVE.

This report. which j. based on per
.unal ~iH~I~rti " NO the canal route hA
Daniel 4. French. the sculptor. and
Frederick Law Olm~trnd. the landscape
gardener. suggest that any further orna
mrntHtiuH NJ the waterway should IT,
undertaken only after serious cun>idera
tiun. l%W.lring IN mind that the uut~tInd
ing fcaturr ~ the canal j. utility rather
than adjournment.
Tho canal. the report adds. like the
pyramids M some imposing object in
scale AMI simplicity AMI dirrtnr>>. One
feels that ANYTHING lone mrrcl, for the
purpose vi Identifying il would not only
fail a. accomplish that purpose, but
Won II IT, an imprrtincncr. In such a
work the most that the artists could
hope 40 40 would IT, % aid in selecting
~ between alternative forms II sub
.~tAntially equal value from the engineer
ing point IL view. those which are likely
~ prove most agreeable aud appropriate
Ia appearance"
A LIGHTHOUSE. PERHAPS.
II the foundation difficulties are not
tnu serious. the report suggests il might
IT, advisable "a erect a monument Ia the
form nf a lighthouse specially designed
fur the purpose IA either side of the
canal ~ the Atlantic entrance. The re-
port points ont that the present aids a.
navigation in the canal. including light.
houses. small range lights and tripods.
al made If reinforced concrete. ARE
nearly alI open "a criticism ~ to details
If appearance" hut since most of them
are completed ID H. too late 10 modify
the designs.
While II would appear desirable Ia
mark the Pacific end of the canal ia
4 manner similar Ia that proposed for the
Atlantic cnd. il j. said that the Pacific
entrance j. - occupied ~ docks and cold
storage facilities that any e~Ntraneous
structure would H. ia conflict. More
ever" the report adds. there are points
~ interest a. one approaches the canal
from the Pacific with which il would be-
unwi>r a. attempt a. compete by any
structure built for artistic reasons alone.
The shore itself with it, rugged range ~
mountains j. inspiring. AMI the islands
guarding the entrances are interesting
in the extreme"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-01-19
DECLINES THE PROPOSITION.

To both uf these proposition ] firmly
respectfully and courtcou>lv dccl ne to
submit. Since You seem to hr fortified
behind an imprcgnablc position which
has made vou bold in submitting these
two propositions. am sure that ynu
will take NO exception Ia my holiness ~
an>Wcrin. them and submitting counter
propositions which in my Judgment.
more properly meet the present acute
political situation which confrontS uS.
Your first suggestion ! dccl ne To en-
terrain: first. for the rca>o nthat This
proposed movement had its inception
III envy and ~partiSan>hop: second. H.
cauSe | ann Il Democrat and will not
participate IN any political movement
calculated 10 create a party with y the
Democratic party: and third. because
. could not bc elected Governor of
this State IA this time even though Won
should receive the endorsement of the
elimination convention and Mr.. Mavcs
aud myself should zach withdraw IN
YOUR favor. III Won have not permitted
Vour desire "a enter this race for gov.
crnor ~ predominant over Your reason
ing faculties. this fact ought t. be better
known to Won han To m other person
III Texas. The influences that would op-
crate Ia prevent Your election are 80 well
known 10 Won and every other well in
formed man in this State that II H. not
necessary for me 10 cnumeratc them ~
this time.
| cannot accept your second propoSi-
toon for the reason that | rs the ONLY
candidate 50 FAR in the race who stands
IN uncompromiSing opposition H. the
liquor traffic. announced my candida.
N for governor several months ago
have already spent much time and eN
ncndch considerable money IN prepare.
ton for the campaign. have my litcra.
turc nearly all printed AMI ready foI
distribution. have my forces well organ
izrl for the contest. my platform prac
tically completed. AMI expect Ia make
my opening campaign speech within tn
next sixty DAYS. In announcing my can
1idacy for governor and in making thes'
preliminary arrangements for the con
test. | have not pre- empted any fields he
longing 10 Won.