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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-05-04
Why Is III

"Of the $1,000 varieties OF things
about women's ways that It is impos-
sible for man to understand" said
a quiet observer Il will mention only
one. Why is it that women button
on their coats the other way from
the way in which a man buttons on
his coat? A mans coat is so made
that the buttons come on the left side
or half Of the garment. when 1t is
buttoned. In a woman's coat, the but
tons come on the right side. When
woman puts on a mans overcoat
the first thing she says is always this:
Why, 1t buttons on the wrong way!'
OF course. the man thinks that the
woman's way is wrong. and the only
thing that is certain about 1t is that
the mans coat buttons on one side
and the womau's on the other
New York Courier Pittsburgh Dis
patch.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-05-04
AT 2:3O P. M.

ing of all. whatever their nationality.
who are fighting for their country.
or who are laboring under the bur-
den Of war. Since the mass of the
people Of each Of the countries now
warning believe themselves to be
fighting. not aggressively, but in
self defense and FOR their national
existence. it urges the governments
Of the world to put an end to this
bloodshed and to begin peace nego-
tiations; snditemphatically demands
that the peace which follows. shall
be permanent, and therefore. based
upon justice and principles whichin
clude those adopted bythis congress.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-05-04
DO NOT THROW GARBAGE
in STREET OR ALLEY

The streets and alleys of Hopkins
vile were created for the purpose of
giving the public the privilege of
passage over same and not for the
public purpose of dumping garbage
and litter that may accumulate on
your individual premises, so bear in
mind that it is violation of the law
to throw garbage into the streets or
alleys and while you will be expected
to move all filth, which is apt to Gre
ate nuisance, off of your premises.
you must see that it is cared for ac-
cording to law so that it will injure
no one else.
r. w. CRAWLEY,
Sanitary Officer
Advertisement.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-05-04
Have You Made Your VIII?

Ia the current issue of Farm and
Fireside. the national farm paper
published atsprinsfield. Ohio. farm
ers are advised strongly to make
their wills Stories are told of farm
ers who. because of their neglect in
this matter. have brought great. ex-
pense to their estates. thus depriving
their heirs of funds which were
needlessly spent in lawyers fees and
other expenses. simply because the
deceased neglected to leave definite
word as to his intentions and desires.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-05-04
The Bravest Are The Belgians.

At the international congress, OF
women, at The Hague, Friday,
peace resolution was offered and
passed.
In moving the final resolution. Mrs
Rosika Schwimmer, president OF the
Hungarian Woman's suffrage asso-
citation, requested that all delegates
stand one minute in silent prayer
far peace. Mile. Hamer Of the Bel
CYAN delegation asked permission to
utter few words.
When this was granted she as
founded her audience with this dra-
matte exclamation.
81 am Belgian before everything
and cannot think as you do. There
can be no peace without justice. The
war must continue until the Bel
gians wrongs have been righted.
There must be no mediation except
at the bar of justice"
General sympathy for the Belgians
caused part of the audience to break
into cheers.
On the motion Of Miss Florence
Holbrook Of Chicago. ths word JUS
tice" was inserted in the resolution.
which reads:
The international congress Of wo-
men. Of different nations. creeds.
classes and parties, is united In ex-
pressing sympathy with the suffer
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-05-04
McGehee-Booth.

Mr.. Bryant McGehee and Miss Ma
bel Boo h were married at Carks.
vile Saturday. The bride is an at.
tractive and popular young lady Of
st. Bethlehem. the daughter of Mr..
ard Mrs. c. 7. Booth. Mr.. McGehee
is the Oldest son Of Mr.. and Mrs. T.
A McGehee. of this city and the
genial manager of the Seiz Shoe
Store.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-05-04
Captured in Ohio.

From the time Morgan and his
men crossed the river there was
scarcely day that there was not
more or less fighting. After twelve
days of marching and fighting part
of the command of which Capt.
Hockersmith was member was cap
tured at Cheshire, o.. and in a few
days Gen. Morgan and the remain
der of the command were taken pris-
oners at Burlington Island by the
Federals and thrown into prison at
Johnson's Island. The prisoners gave
the Federals so much trouble that
the commissioned officers were re-
moved to the penitentiary at Column
bus. Gen. Morgan had been taken
there when first captured.
Capt. Hockersmith was assigned to
cell on the ground floor and Gen,
Morgan occupied an upper cell. The
Captain, being a brickmason, began
to use his knowledge of construction
an discovered by tapping the floor
that there was hollow place under
meath. He confided his knowledge
to his friends, and, securing a knife.
began to excavate around the bricks
and in short time discovered that
the hollow sound produced by tap
ping the floor was real and that an
underground tunnel was directly I'M
der his cell. He at once contided his
discovery to Capts. Magee, Sheldon,
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-05-04
Hopson-Cowherd.

AT a luncheon given by Miss Laura
Coleman, at Gracey. last week. the
approaching marriage of Miss Emma
Leigh Cowherd and Mr.. Nick A.
Hopson was announced. The we'd
ding is June 8. The bride-to-be is
the charming daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. b. w. Cowherd.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-05-04
Built Two Churches.

Capt. Hockersmith was not only
soldier, but was man well beloved
by all citizens of jacksonville. He
was a member of the Methodist
church and erected two churches for
this congregation on the same site.
building the second structure and
when that became too small for the
congregation, erecting a third. A
fourth building now stands on this
site. He was a member of the Ma
sonic order and often presided over
the meetings of the order. He was
member of Rizpah Patrol, of this
city, and although very feeble, would
often attend the meetings of the
Shrine.
Capt. Hockersmith leaves a wife
and three children, Mrs. Laura Hayes
and William ]. Hockersmith, of this
city, and Mrs. Effie Tut, Of New
Mexico, says Madisonville dispatch
The burial was Saturday.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-05-04
Nice Shower.

A nice shower fell Sunday night in
some sections of Todd county, par
ticularly around Trenton. 1t amount
ed to mere shower here.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-05-04
Death Due to PARALYSIS.

II. Clay Lyon. Of Fulton county,
died at the Western State Hospital
Sunday Of general paralysis. sged So
years. He was received here about
. year ago. The remairs were shir.
ped 70 Futon Tor intsRmsnt..,
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-05-04
Debit Iiouidated.

"Wen. I've settled that there note
I've been OWN Jack Gap for so long!"
triumphantly stated prominent citi-
zen of the neighborhood of Rumpus
Ridge. THAT so?" returned another
and equally prominent resident OF the
same locality. "Where'd you git the
money!" Jaw. 1t didn't take no money!
! just shot Gap."-Judge.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-05-04
CAPT. l. D. HOCKERSMiTn'S
Served With Gen. Morgan In
Every Engagement Until Their
Capture and Thrilling Es-
cape at Columbus.

Capt. Lorenzo Dow Hockersmith
was born in Lawrenceburg, Ander-
son county, KY, November 9, 1888.
His father was a Pennsylvania Dutch
man and his mother was Scotch
Irish. At the age of years he NOV
ed with his parents to Louisville.
Here he worked with his father as a
painter. Soon firing of this trade
he served as an apprentice with Chas.
P. Weaver. then a brick contractor,
and later Mayor of Louisville.
In 1855 he came to jacksonville
and while in the employment of w.
0. Hall married his daughter, Miss
Mary Hall. He and his financee were
attending a Methodist conference at
Russellville when they were welded,
the Rev. w. w. Cooke, father of
Dayton Cooke, of jacksonville, per-
formed the ceremony,
From Madisonville young Hooker
smith went to Dixon and while work.
ing at his trade there the war be-
tween the States broke out. His
sympathies being with the South, he,
with Col. Adam Johnson and Amphis
Owen, Joined the Confederate army.
Hockersmith and his companions be-
came members of the Tenth Ken
lucky Cavalry. part of Gen. John H.
Morgan's famous command, and lat
err Hockersmith became Captain of
Company c., succeeding Capt. Walls,
who lost his life in an engagement in
Tennessee. At the close of the war
he was Lieutenant Colonel.
AT Gen. Morgan's Wedding.
Capt. Hockersmith joined Gen. Nor
gan at Paris, Tenn. and was pres
ent at the marriage of Gen. Morgan
and Miss Ready at Murfreesboro.
Capt. Hockersmith was an escort at
the wedding.
From then on he was with Nor
gan in every engagement, until they
were captured and escaped from the
Columbus penitentiary. He was one
of the dashing 100 who followed
Col. Bob Martin near Black Shops,
Tenn. With these picked men Col
Martin dashed upon detachment Of
5000 Federals, and they thinking
Morgan's whole brigade was upor
them, not discovering their mistake
until it was too late, fled in confu'
sion, leaving supplies and ammuni.
ton behind.
When Gen. Morgan determined on
his raid into Ohio and Indiana in the
summer of 1862 Capt. Hackersmith
and his company were ready for the
undertaking. They crossed the riv-
er at Brandenburg on July 20, and
the CONSERVATION produced by the
entry of the raiders into the enemy's
country is still recalled.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-05-04
NOTICE.

No picnic parties allowed at Ed
wards Mill. j. L. EDWARDS.
Advertisement.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-05-04
Taylor Hines and Col. Dick Morgan.
who was brother of Gen. Morgan
Digging To Liberty.

The work Of digging to liberty be-.
gan on the night of November 2.
1868, and on the night of the 18th OF
the same month the escape was msde-.
In order that Gen. Morgan should
escape his brother, Dick Morgan, ex-
changed cells with the General and
remained behind. The men passed
the guards and joined the army of
the South and all lived to the closes
of the war, except Gen. Morgan,
who was killed at Greenville, Tenn
Of the men who made their escape
from the Columbus penitentiary that
November night in 1868, Capt. Hook
ersmith, the man who planned the
escape, was the last survivor and was
the last of the seventy men who were
in the prison at the time, with the
exception of Gen. Basil Duke, Of
Louisville, Lieut.. Col. Coleman, Of
Lexington. who died January "a.
last, was one of the number.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-05-04
Slco Ilswa.u, SlvJ

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building up the constitution and assisting
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have so much faith in its curative pow
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for any case that 4 fails to cure. Send
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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-05-04

DIXIE BREAKFAST FOOD
is now on the market. Ask
your grocer. =
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-11-13
: LABOR CELEBRATIONS
ECoMMENDATIoNs ON
LAWS FOR WORKERS

What Federation recommends:
- world labor conference at the
s g of the present war, to insure
Establishment Of closer relations
With With labor in South and Central
:, That TIE y. .wgrk ct esganizin,g
pr9Aecuted by the. afederation.
esf sfiss f &c Sss
throughout the world. =.
| IS Laws prohibiting employment Of
armed guards or strike breakers by.
any organization:
s amsnd n 1 any way the La Toilette
labor safety in the United States
department. of commerce.
n1axa law y, allowing siyil service en-
A. law Prohibiting ron the interstate
shipment Of all goods made by
| 4 Law limiting Immigration and
vocational training.
That the principles of the initial
tive and referendum be- given sup
i: sststsn r:ss:s: b sa:
| ployment bureau ;.
A law salthorizing government
3ohns,n for cities 70 build homes for
f ere n.t l,esislatin in the states and
That all: aid be given the move.
m =. for the Organization Of school
Lxws TO BE URGED. =
The. Federation will urge con-
A model workmen's:, compensa-
tion. actor. the lab6rers eof> the :Dis4
tr1ct Of" Columbia. -; $50. :,
:. An act defining: :"pernieioas> >pse--
n not ors esttxttX oy federal employees
ton and Interstate Shipment 81
convict made products. : -, 80, -;
wasSinfR2scn ad Child b aeor in
shipment Of their output. 1900 1900
an act prohibiting the use of the
| Taylor ;"speeding-u up, system; In
! governm emit work.. T..
| Amendment to- the ''hours ST
service" law making a,,:.1ninilnum
An act providing a. minimum
wage forall employees Aof the, United,
Governnent aid: in. d., developing
ySea tl'n training and tndnstrial
An act authorizing federal pur {!
chase oksthe homes OF Washington'
/ An set granting rights Of s III
citizenship to Porto Rcans:G -. =.
ploymsnt: bureau BASED eau UPON A' IN
vestigation of conditions: =: -
An act encouraging the develop
ment vof the denatured alcohol in
ou Sof nrovi,7,n Z; ~ - ,afatv .nn,,
anees generally, but especially on
railroads. !. ::'.. >, 3 ::
An act reducing the hours for
labor tor postal clerks who are
working at night. ~ 4 - "
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-11-13
T0LEDoLABOR UNIONS.
AGAINST PREPAREDNESS

TOLEDO, O., Nov. 41:-oreanized
labor in Toledo will oppose President
Wilson's proposed" program for war
Preparedness ty1zas -
The Central Tabor union voted un-
animopslx to~ 4ht the movement and
instructed delegates to organize the
locals. The. action followed an ar
raignment of the preparation pro-
gram by Congressman Sherwood and
Postmaster PARRISH =.
Congressman Sherwood addressing
the C.. L. u, said: "A distinguished
citizen told me that President Wilson
is not strongly in favor Of this, war
preparedness program. but that he
has Endorsed it because he believes the
American people want it. If organ
lied labor were to protest the 1presi-
dent would not: support the scheme
The Prescott daily news., 1915-06-28
The Frank Case.

St. Louis Westliche Post.
 In committing the death sentence of Leo. M. Frank, Gov. Slaton of Geor- gia defied public opinion" and obeyed the voice of conscience. That in doing what he recognized as his plain duty he also showed more than ordinary courage is humiliating fact. It cer- tainly does not speak we'll for our state of civilization if the Executive of great American Commonwealth cannot exercise his legal functions without having to fear physical vio- lence at the hands of a mob thwarted in it's clamor for blood. That Gov. Slaton by doing the right thing, irres- pective of personal consequences, com- mitted political suicide makes his ac- tion the more praiseworthy and must insure him the respect and admiration of all reasonable and we'll disposed cit izens of this country, and they will rejoice that he at least escaped per sonal injury.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-06-28
WHAT IS \ PLACER?

A placer Is an unconsolidated de- posit accumulated by mechanical processes, carrying one or more min erals in commercial quantities. All placers are secondary deposits-that is, the material of which they are com posed was originally derived by erosion of bedrock. Although it is undoubt- edly true that under certain conditions nuggets of placer gold have been en- larged throueh chemical precipitation, yet this action is a ineligible quantity solely by rock weathering without water sorting but more commonly are the result of water transportation, sorting, and deposition. Many of the richest placers are those formed by the erosion of older placers and the recommendation of their gold.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-06-28
COMSTOCKERY DISCREDITED

Anthony Comstock, the New York anti-yice crusader, may still persevere In his purity work, but not as public official. The postoffice department has dropped him from it's list of inspectors. With his departure, it is to be pre- sumed that the standards by which matter passing through tn mails has Heretofore been judged will be little more rational. Simultaneously, Mr. Comstock has been removed from the active management of the famous So- cety for the Prevention of Vice which he founded 1? years ago.
 Nearly everybody wants decency ill 'ne mails, docency in newspapers and on the stage and everywhere else. but nearly everybody recognizes that me sort of exaggerated moral sensi- Weness represented for so many years Dy Anthony Comstock isn't necessarily uecency. There is such a thing as making clean; wholesome thing in- uecent by emphasizing aspects that clean-minded folk would never have hought of. That is the accusation "Ought against MT. Comstock by a instantly growing host of critics. HIS own super-human capacity for ..ehg shocked. and his unwearied eff iVfts In visiting condemnation on uings of which his own delicate con e'ehce disauproved, have surrounded ".'h impure suggestion many a work
 literature or art in which other "ise the public would have found n ssrrlless enjoyment More than that, "e hotoriety gained from his vehe- @'n' condemnation has given a vogue a"'ohg the pcurient-minded or idly
 1'ouS to "'any production that aOuiu otherwise have died d natural
 Na.h r. rom artistic worthlessness.
 n me Comstockian type of mind.
 Ough operating in the methopolis, is s1enOally provicial. It isn't of much ue any more. People are as clean h,. ued as they ever were, but not so sf0'ritical, not so much afraid of
The Prescott daily news., 1915-06-28
CATALOGUE OF EARLY GEOLO
 GIG SURVEYS

The Geological Survey has unearth- ed some copies of the Catalogue and index of the publications of the Hay den, King, Powell, and Wheeler sur veys," the four great Federal Surveys whose field work was carried on be- tween 1867 and 1879, when the United States Geological Survey was organ ized. The publications of these early Government organizations constitute a storehouse of geographic, formation concerning he western portion of the United States; and though theis use fitness may have diminished as a re- suit of more detailed surveys and more precise work, it is believed that this complete catalogue and consolidated index will bt welcomed by many stu dents, investigators, and librarians. The Geological Survey has no copies of the publications of these surveys for distribution, but the index Guile ton 222) may be obtained on applica- tion to the Director U. s. Geological Survey, Wa snington D. C.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-06-28
l-3 OF ARKANSAS
 FREED FROM TICKS
With Cooperation and Adequate Funds the Work May Be Completed in Two or Three Years.-lm-
 possible Estimate Cost.

Washington, D. C., June 26.-Very nearly third of the state of Ark ansas is now free from ticks and the entire state, it is estimate, can be re- leased from quarantine in two or thre years if adequate funds are forthcom- ing. At the end of 1914, 251 ,279 had been spent on the work of eradication of which $1774,102 had been expended by the Federal government, $76,293 by the State and $SS4 by the various counties benefited. It is impossible, however, to estimate from these fig ures the cost of completing the task, for the results of educational work are not immediately apparent in the release of territory. As the following table shows, however, the people of Arkansas have entered into the work with enthusiasm almost from the first, and progress has been steady:
The Prescott daily news., 1915-06-28

MT. Bartholdt, the eminent champ ion of peace and beer, is again puttino. forth his opinion in regard to prohi- bltlon on every possible occasion. Mir. Bartholdt reminds us a verse in Job. It reads: q also will show my opin- ion, for l am full of the matter; the spirit within constraineth me. Behold my belly is as wine which hath no vent; 1t is ready to burst like new bottles. l will speak that I may be refreshed; l will open my lips and an- swer." If Mir. Bartholdt's philosophi- cal dissertations are any source of ease to himself he should not be restrained. They do no harm to the cause of the Prohibitionisrs.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-06-28

Eradication would, it is said, be faci-
 litated by a greater concentration of authority. At the present time the
 Northeastern Arkansas Tick Eradica-
 tion Association has charge of the northeastern portion of the state. while
 elsewhere the state experiment station is in control. The Federal authorities therefore are compelled to cooperate with two independent bodies whose methods and policies are not always identical. Cooperation between all persors concerned is vital to success. The Federal government enforces in- Iterstate quarantines. but is not per
 mitted by law to build dipping vats
 nor to supply dipping materials ex-
 cept for experimental purposes. The
 state and county authorities must do
 this work themselves, and they must also enforce the quarantines on indi- vidual farms whose owners refuse to dip their stock in counties where sys- tematic eradication work has been un- dertaken. The necessity for these quarantines is obvious. No systematic work is undertaken in county unless the majority of the people agree that they wish to make a determined effort to rid themselves of the tick. One obstinate man who refuses to dip his cattle may keep the whole county back
The Prescott daily news., 1915-06-28
A Farm With Big Income

In the current issue of Farm ard Preside, the national farm paper pub lished at Springfield, Ohio, D. s. Burch writes an interesting article entitled "New Hay Machinery" in which he tells how modern implements enable farmers to put up their forage much faster, and at reduced expense. In the course of the article he tells aoout a successful manufacturer who once travelled from Ohio to Virginia to see how practical farmer there made an income of $40000 year from 800 acres of alfalfa. What this manufac- turer discovered about this farmer is described in the following extract talk en from the article:
 'He found him equipped with seven cylinder rakes, seven windrow loaders and the necessary wagons. He gets $20 ton for hay after shipping it by water distance of 20 miles. His gross income is $50 an acre-and even after taking out the expense of es- tablishing the alfalfa, making the hay and selling it, he has a splendid in- come. But it can be safely asserted that he is mighty skillful haymak- er."