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Some Born Pins.

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sister.
Some Born Pigs.
But Margaret Ellington says, I'm
worng, and maybe she knows. for she
plays the sacrifcial sister in Henry
Arthur Jones.s drama,.The Lie" at
the Harris Theatre, New York, sla
nights a week, and two matinees. and
grows happier and more content
with life each day.
II there is anything the matter with
this logic, you'll have to blame Miss
Ellington, not me-. She mixed her
CHEEKY self and the saddened Fillmore
shale so thoroughly together over the
tea cups that it was hard to tell
where Gilmore left of and Margaret
began.
II suppose after all" says she, sits
the way you're made. II you're
born a selfish pig, you can take and
take, no matter what 1t costs other
people, and still be happy.
IF you're born a human being with
a heart in your breast, you've got to
give and give and give, II the hap:
piness Of others demands it-and you
find more happiness in being miser-
able than you would in being happy.
under the circumstances; do you fol
low me?" I
Euyins Peace Of Mind.
J 1 set down my cup 1--WE were having
tea at the Knickerbocker), wiped my
Hips with the damask napkin aud
took a large. semi:circular bite Of
buttered trumpet before answering.
1T is well to be deliberate in deciding
grave matters.
Besides, Miss Ellington is so pretty
and her voice. even with a cold in it
is SO musical and SO vibrant with
sympathy, that l hesitated, in the
hope that she might continue.
.You see, nobody Is really to blame,
each person must act according to his
make las Mark Twain wrote in one
serious book. Every n acts from a
selfish motive. II you give me some
thing you want very much yourself,
you really buy your own piece OF
mind by making the sacrifice.
Now, in this play, i really win out
over my selfish little sister. I keep
the greatest things In the world-my
~self-respect and spiritual dignity; the
Consciousness that l have not destroy
ed the happiness ofthe man 1doye;
the affection Of a child; the! friend
ship of a good. strong:mans 4:
my sister SLOWS To- hate herself
And that added Miss Ellington, with
an %earrestness that belongs to Elm
ore shale, rather than to her own
merry self that Is the worst thing
that can7happen tosany human being.
When you hate somebody else you
can avoid them. When you hate
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yourself you've got to stand it at close
range, and there's no hope.
P~ua.faeed Youth.

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after all, I feel rather ashamed
of choking little sister in the fourth
act. She Furnishes herself enough by
her selfishness and her lying, with
out my adding anything"
Ono doesn't have to agree with
Miss Ellington Il one doesn't wahtstol
She isn't any more like the elachry-
mose heroines she portrays than a
stage thunderstorm is like a shower
bath. NJ
She has the sort Of features that
never look older than the teens. Her
brown eyes turn upward at their out
er corners. Her mouth is forever slip.
ping into laugh curves. And her sense
OF humor is strong enough to keep
her from taking her own self seri'
ously.
mo. I'm not pretty" she insists;
1--WE pug.faced people enjoy fun and
keep youthful.looking; that's all. Be
sides-1'm happy! Look who's here!"
The who's here" strobe to the tea
table and accepted a cup sweetened
with three fat Jumps of sugar.
But that is another story. The in
terview was with Miss Margaret Il.
ltngton, not Mrs. Edward Bowes.
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GreatInterest in
DiamondSt. Revival

az -
The large congregation in Diamond
Street church was strangely moved
last night as the pastor portrayed
what it means for a city. a church. a
home or an individual to send Jesus
Christ away. Hundreds pledged them
selves not to send him away and when
the Invitation was given one young
lady came forward to dedicate her
life to the service Of God.
The sermon tonight will be on .'sin,r
Its revelation, its abonimation, its,
damnation. The singing by the large.
choir, assisted by the entire congre-
CATION, is inspiring.
Prayer service is held each evening
from Z to 1880 in the Prayer Room"
in the basement. The church is work.
ing for a genuine spiritual awakening
and the Indications are that their pur-
pose in that respect will son be real
lied. During his ministry Of more
than twenty years Rev. Workman has
had some notable REVEALS in his
churches. and has never served a
charge in which there was not some
revival.
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making the property transfers during.
the months Of February and March.
The regular work Of assessing the.
property real, perconall and mixed
will begin on April 1 according to the
provisions Of the law
The assessors say that TO begin the
work Of assessing properties on April
first Is too late. BY the time that the
field work is done 1t gives too short q
time to make the extensions, correc:
tions and comparisons. In the local
Office for instance, the force was kept
busy working night and day during
the entire summer in order to get the
boks ready for the sheriff and to make
the return to the state auditors Of:
fee in time. But &C did not stop at
working night and day but Sundays
and Sunday nights were given over
TO making up the tax books. XXI
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I contend, are of ali wrong. j can't.
see why you do not owe yourself as
square deal as you owe your little
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CHILDREN Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
CASTOR

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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1915-08-12

y. g. Cooke and Miss Lillian
Fields. well known and popular
young people of leading Fulton
families. were married at noon
Tuesday at Oakland, Cal.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. NJ. Davis and
children, Mr.. Brooks and Mr.. Car
ney, of Mayfield, spent Sunday
with Mrs. Il. Case and Mrs. Lena
Parham.
G.. b. Parrish, manager of the
Cumberland Tele. Co.. left Yes
terday for Madisonville, Ky, Il
spend several days.
k. V. Putnam, of the Hickman
Laundry, is installing a complete
clothes pressing plant in connec
ton with his laundry.
Don't forget our Gold Sea-
syrup-best on earth. -Betters
worth.
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quick march TO get warm In an hour,
however, the sun was already too ar.
dent a friend, and took shelter IN a
caravanserai aud from the ever.
steaming samoyar prepared my morn.
ing tea
The village street was full OF life,
crowded with wagons and wagoners
standing half Ia the bright new light
OF day aud halt iu the deep, damp
shadow OF mud walls and banks sat
down opposite the village school The
school door was wide open. and saw
all the village children sitIing IN desks
round the mud built room There
were about thirty children. aud they
were a pretty sight. the bows IN tur.
key red cotton trousers. the girls ia
red frocbs. with their black hair IN
plaits There was only one row M
desks. but Il went right round the
room In the middle space were iva
teachers sQuatting on Garnet spread
on the floor Each and every child
was saying his lesson at the top OF his
voice. and sing SONG but not the
same thing, an direren, according TO
the page the bow or girl was at some
far behind another far IN front
One might ASK where Is ramerlaue.
where the warriors. the robbers the
camp followers of the hordes' The
Easierns YOU meet are all gentle as
children No one needs TO carry a
weapon Where Is the old spirit u
fighting? The answer might be- found
In the thousands OF Cossacks aud Rus
sials who have been travelling these
roads an this past autumn, coming
thousands Of miles TO die and conquer
l1r .uly on the far battlehelds OF
Poland
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HICKMAN POLICE COURT

The following vases have been
tried before Judge W Is Am
berg since our last report
W. &. Archie, breach Of peace,
fined 1850.
II T Barnes violating lOcAl
option law, fined 800 and scn.
fenced 70 10 days IA jail.
sam Andrews breach Of peace.
fined 1850
Jas Bradberry. Interfering
with stock marshal Ia mpound-
lng stock, fined Sll.jO. In con
ucction with the same ease be Is
.harged with breach OF peace
aud again fined $3.50
Leonard Walker, Emma Myers,
Ola Templeton, Dal MAchld and
Rodney Jones. all charged with
breach OF peace, fined Sll3O
each.
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country with a majestic past but
with a little present Tanersue the
rartar Was once emperor Of Asia and
a p0teutate of greater fame than Alex
ander At the head OF the Tartar
hordes he conquered all the nations Of
the East aud ra,aged every land, com.
hitting deeds Ut splendOr and OF bar
barrie cruelty The cruelty that is
In the CossaCk and the Russian, aud
the taste for barbaFic splendor comes
directly from the Tartar aud the Mon
gol but the greatness Of the Tar
tars has passed away they are all
tfadesmen today and the greatness
Of the Russians has come about they
are all soldiers.
There stand among the deserts OF
TuTkestan and beside the irrigation
cotton fields OF new civilization the
remains and ruins OF medieval glory.
the mosques aud tombs and palaces
OF the days Of Timour aud OF his
loved wife. Bib Khanum For Timour
was the true name Of the emperor;
he was only nicknamed Tamerlane
for his ugllness. The Russians are
not touched ~ archaeology and have
no interest ia pagans even splendid
pagans English people have consid'
cradle difficulty In obtaining permits
sion TO enter the country. SO Tanner
lane Is little thought Of Yet In two
successive years he conquered India
and eastern Russia lie wore what
was additionally held to be the ar
NOR OF King David lie dethroned by
power OF arms twenty kings.
Yet today who so poor as TO do MIN
reverence ONLY the beautiful name
OF Timour and the ruins OF his tomb'
and mosques remain--giying a strange
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w. X. Bowen, one of Fulton
county's best farmers and road
workers, tells the Courier he will
head list to work free of charge
his section five miles, of road
IN order TO save the county tins
expense, ii the county will save
that money aud apply II on gray-
el road construction. He be-
ieves other road workers through
out the county will do likewise,
thus giving the county big lift
on the expense of hard road
building. This is certainly very
liberal, pubhc-spirited offer, and
We are glad to see our farmers
reaching the conclusion that good
roads are worth something and
showing a willingness TO help
build them. Mr.. Bowen is a man
we'll along in years, and certain
~ our younger men, accredited
with more public spirit and push
than the older folks, will not al
low MIR. Bowen to out do them
IN tins case. = l.. Dodds and as
SOCRATES are now engaged IN
building a gravel road from Hick-
nan east four miles-doing the
work and paying the bills-at
their own expense, except some
state aid. Its going to be a dan
DIV road-and will be sample"
of what Fulton county should
have everywhere. Let's get in
behind this good roads movement
every mothers son Of us -
and put II over. II can be done.
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Gus Thomas Thanks the People
OF Fulton County.

Now, since il has been definite
ly ascertalned, that | have been
nominated at the recent primary
election, for Judge Of the Court
of Appeals, IN the First District
ia Kentucky, | wish to extend
my profound thanks TO the voters
of Fulton county, for the hearty
and generous support, which they
gave me in that election. They
have placed me under a debt of
gratitude which | shall endeavor
10 pay by making them a faithful,
industrious, honest and upright
officer.
II will be my ambition to serve
you in such Il way as to bring no
blush of regret to any voter,
whether he supported me or not.
| could not have won this nomi-
nation without the hearty and ac-
tive support of my friends in
your county, many of whom
would like to especially mention,
but the list would make this arti
Gle to long. Suffice it to say that
you will ever occupy a green spot
IN my memory and warm one in
my friendship, and whatsoever
can serve any of you in an honora.
bic way, the night will not be too
dark or the road too long to pre-
vent me from doing so.
Again thanking you most
heartily from the bottom of my
heart.
Most sincerely,
Gus Thomas.
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BATTLESHIPS TO MEXICO.
ON VERGE OF CRISIS.

The situation in Mexico con
tmes 10 grow worse. Carranza
has sent u defiant message to
Secy. Lansing and border Skin.
mishes have become more fire,
guent. The entire L. 5. fleet
has been ordered prepared to be
ready 10 move to Mexican waters
Three battlcships the Louisiana
New Hampshire and Connecticut
are enroute TO southern wat
ers ~ Rapid developments may
be expected 1900 troops are
already ON the border and $4,000
more are in readiness to move
Some of the national guardsmeI
may also be called.
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CARD or THANKS

As | cannot see and personally
thank all of those who made pos
slblc my election 10 the office Of
CircuIt Court Clerk, | take this
means OF expressing my sin
ccre appreciation Tor the good
vote and support given me last
Saturday. | shall do my very
best 10 merit the honor conferred
upon me. My opponent Mr. j.
W Morris, fought a clean fight
aud acted the gentleman | be
heycd him 10 be-, all through the
canvas cannot critlciSe him in
a single instance, and my en-.
deavur was 10 treat him likewise.
With deepest gratitude, am, re
spcctiuily W l.. Hampton
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The shipment was made in 700
boxes. aud these were loaded ON
10 twenty-five motor trucks. A
squad of mounted police rode be-
sides the trucks on the trip from
the railroad station 10 the sub
treasury, a uniformed policeman
sat besides each chauffeur aud
four armed guards sat ON top OF
the boxes on each truck.
Crowds lined the streets as The
trucks passed through and .
throng watched the unloading oil
the shipment at the sub-reasury.
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SOME LEGAL TENDER. "

One million, fifty thousand
ounces of United States gold CON,
valued at $40, 534, 200, consigned
in England to j. T.. Morgan a
Co., and brought across the Allan
Tie by a British warship, reached
the end of its long voyage today
at the United States sub-treas
ury in Ney York, after IT had
been carried Ia twenty five motor
trucks three miles through the
streets under heavy police guards
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Go TO the Crystal tonight

l0c-no more, no less is the
price at the Empress.
Household goods OF every DE-
scriptiJn =, stark & Co.
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piles Cured in o to "A DAYS

Your druggist viii refund money II PAzo
OINTMENT tails 10 cure any casc OF Itching
Hind, bleeding OF frotruding Piicsiuoto 10 days.
The hrst applicaIion gives Rase and kest. SOc.
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WEATHER.

WEATHER Fair tonight and
Friday
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KENTUCKY Sheriff
COMING FOR SUSPECTS
Wires Williams Warming That Trio
Held Here in Connection with
Murder "Are Dangerous

Concerning will and John Tyree
and Will Harms or Cooper, the three
men arrested on household at White
Bluff Friday afternoon by Deputy
Sheriffs j. l.. McBurnett and Angus
Mcneil and Constable NJ. l.. McBurnctt
CT Barraque township, Sheriff r. H.
Williams yesterday received the fol-
lowing message from the sheriff of
Laurel county. Kentucky:
Your message received. Hold all
parties. Am leaving London on first
train for your city. BE careful. They
are dangerous.
s"B. w. 7HURBERT, Sheriff. "
London is situated about 70 miles
south of Lexington, KY, in the noun
taincus country. Laurel is separated
from Breathitt county by one county.
The three men held here are said
to be wanted in connection with the
murder of 4 man named Barnes. All
are said to be crack Shots Each
denies any knowledge of the crime.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1915-03-21

A mode of punishment in the early
lays was that Of performing penance
in church. Bishop Meade, in his His
tory OF the Virginia Church" tells how
offenders would stand in church.
wrapped In white sheets. with white
wands in their hands, in 1851. i'll Sa'
lem, Mass, two women We're so
adorned in white and placed on stools
In the center Of the aisle OF the meet.
lng-house, having on their heads ?
paper bearing the name Of their crime.
a popular punishment for the drunk.
ard was to place him in a large.siz"d
barrel. with the bottom removed and
two places made on the sides for his
hands to come through, and the victim
Of Bacchus thus walked through the
streets with his head and legs alone
showing from \ huge barrel
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10000 negroes
SICK ALL THE time
So Booker Washington Has Innugur,
ated Health Week 10 Try and
Save x.5.OOO, 900.

Tuskegee. Ala. March 20.--Begin-
miniw tomorrow by the advice and
with consent of the executive com
mittee of the National Negro Bust
ness league. Or. Booker Washington
has invited number of organizations
to ioin in what is called national
health week. Among those who have
signified that they will participate
are daily ara weekly newspapers,
health journals. the National Medical
association. the National Association
Of Graduate Nurses.
DR.. Washington states that in the
South aloae $4,000 negroes are seri-
ously i'll all of the time: that the an
nual cost Of this sickness is $4,000
900. One hundred and twelve thous-
and negro workers in the South are
sick all the time. The funeral eN-
penses in the South alone amount TO
S15 100000 annually, $1,000 200 of
which can be saved. Sickness and
death cost negroes $100000,000 annu-
ally. half of which can be saved.
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PRISON SENTENCE
FOR rogers BANKER
w. +. Talley Sentenced to Two Years
On Charge OF Receiving Deposits
When Bank Was lmSOlyent.

9entonville, March 20.-W e. Tai
ley, president OF the defunct Bank
OF Rogers, WAS convicted of charge
of receiving deposits knowing the
bank to be insolvent. and sentenced
to two years imprisonment The bank
failed July 16. 1914, causing loss to
creditors of 100000.
Talley charged that activities of
the state banking department. as a
result of ia personal difference with
j. d. Convey, deputy state bank com
missioner. caused the bank to fail
The bank was one Of the Oldest in
northwesl Arkansas
Lee Graham, cashier of the bank,
will be placed on trial Monday on a
like charge. Three other officials OF
the bank are - be tried next. They
are George Jennings, j. w. Walker
and j. Everett stroud.
Talley appealed to the supreme
crurt and gave bond for $500.
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REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

Transfers of real estate in JET
fcrson county recorded yesterday are
reported by the G. W. Byington Alb
stract company, as follows:
William Peterson to Henry FIELD
hue w Y NV 13-3-11. $4,000.
Roy e. Ferguson, to Margaret
Cruber SW SW 27-G-10, $121o
J. d. Miner, ct AL, commissioners,
to c. NJ. Philrot. ct al, SW. Sc. 10
10. Ct al, $4,000.
6. D. Niece lister, e. al, to J. H.
Shelby, SW SE 4-5-l0, ct AL 81. Other
cons iderations.
f. e. Renfrow. ct al to J. II. Shelby
SW Sc 4-51o, ct al 81, Other con-
sideratiOns.
Mrs. Tennie Conner, to Leila Flor
ence Monk, block 2, Park View addi-
ton. S2.350.
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BULLETS INTERRUPT
FUNERAL SERVICES
Young Clergyman Tells OF Burial o.
Soldier on Rattlc Field in
Flanders.

London March 2O.--un 4 L. ter a
Young Meth; c,s1 Eiiis '"pd ',crsy-
man row serving the medical corps
in Flanders tells the story OF a
soldiers burial. He had gont for-
ward on rainy night with the
stretcher bearers 20 wtere the Ger
man star shells were Illuminating the
landscape in wierd fashion and the
Jack ,iOEnsons" We're falling. rhe
party entered barn used as dress
Ing station for the wounded.
A corporal announces: Sir, we
have one dead here"
lone dead" cries the captain o.
the clergyman's party. I'VE did MOI,
know that. ;yr have no chaplain"
The sergeant whispers to the cap
tain that stretcher bearer IS a
Wesleyan minister. The captain
calls him. '"ha clergyman continues
he story.
care you oanistcr::'
"'YeS, slrs
"'Can you bury this man:'
YES. sir
Garry On. then"
".What Is his religion-t:e dean
HAL No OuC ruOWS. SJuC OF tNC
soldiers has prayer nook on M,
so we decided to read tEc Chnrcll Of
England service
"Ovcr the road opposite the build
ing, is patch OF ground-;;ast cab
bage catch, a grave has been dug.
j,si as he fell in the trenches, His
the dead soldier lies IN it uncovered.
just as he fell in the trenches. His
arms are folded on his breat A piece
of clcth hides Ills face from our s!shi
He lies two feet from the surface
no more. Three Of us stand by the
grave. The corporal hands me an
electric torch. and | begin 20 read the
burial service
Ping ping "A bullet whi.zas
over us Out goes the torch-and
VIC finishe dwith an eXtemnore
prayer. Five minutes later two of
his mates are filling up this soldiers
grave. and another Is cutting ont Il
rough wooden t:'oss. Ten minutes
more and We are away with our
ambulance"
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Why Spain I aos Behind.

In thousands OF villages and small
:owns in the Interior oi Spain no one
knows how to read or write. There
are in Spain 10000 rural villages with.
out schools OF any kind and many
thousands which can be reached only
by bride oath. there being no high
roads or railway communication OF
any kind. Attendance at board schoole
is voluntary, not obligatory. Seventy.
six per cent OF the children in Spain
are illiterate, and this is especially
noticeable in the capital
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Book Windows.

Socks are The windows through
which the soul looks out. home
without books is ike room without
windows. No man has right to bring
up his children without surrounding
them with books, II he has the means
to buy them It is & wrong to lie
family. He cheats then! The love OF
knowledge comes with reading, aad
grows upon t. And the love Of knowi
edge. in young mind, IS almost war
cant against the inferlor excitement o.
passions aEt vices Henry ware
peaeEar
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links" a. Apciica to Colt.

And speaking OF games. how many
xnuw the origin of the word links as
applied 10 the field on which golf Is
played? The dictionary Gays mat
links" means sire 5ch CO sandy soil.
interrupted by heather. Bus it comes
from an old Saxon word hive, which
means a ledge ali enabankWent. a
boundary Malvern Link and the
Links of st. Andrews were there and
,omabody invented game TO 20 sitf
hem
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PcataQe STAN %.

The postage stamp first made IT.
appearance IN 1882. Its inventor was
James Chalmers. a printer OF Dundee
who died in 1853. England adopted
The adaes,v" stamp In 1899, and issued
sha first stamps for the use OF the
public In 1910. A year late: stamps
were introduced into the United
States aud Switzerland. and soon aft.
erward m:.de their appearance In
Trance. Be!g!nn and bavaria
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1915-03-21

In Haverhi!l, Mass, where thex
know. they sag that pair Of men,s
dress shoes weighs a little more th.n
two pounds, pair OF mems street
shoes aDou.. two and one-half pounds
and pair Of mems work shoes th-ea
pounds or more. \ woinan's sboa
weighs about three-quarters Of a
pound. 4 pair OF silk pumps ma,
weigh only a pound
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Sure He Had u.

She Ito husband who has armful Of
bundles) Good heavens, Jack! What
are all those thiEgs for?" He-"Well.
couldn't remember the thing you
told me to get. so l got all the things
thought it might have been."-Judga