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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-11-11
We Salute Judge Slack.

IL we must have Republican cir
cult Judge in the Greensboro district,
how fortunate are we that it is to be
Robert W. Slack
Search the district over and where
could be found member of the bar
who would be more acceptable and
more trustworthy in the estimation
of the whole people?
We have known Bob Slack pretty
tolerable for thirty-four years
more than a third of century. We
have kno Vn him intimately. We have
known him as Democrat and as a
Republican. We have known him,
more than this. as lawyer and q
man. And all these years we have
never known one thing of Bob Slack
to his discred.t. We have never
known him to do q dishonorable
thing. We have never felt that he
was capable Of doing dishonorable
thing. There has never been time
when we would not have trusted our
all with Bob Slack. There was never
man of greater loyalty to his friends
than Bob Slack. There was never a
truer friend. There was never. in
our observation. man of a higher
sense Of honor than Bob Slack.
He has lived in Owensbero nearly
forty years. He has gone through
many personal trials. He has reared
a large and most interesting family
He has suffered adversely, but strug-
gled on manfulIy, never relaxing in
bis efforts as good citizen and as a
lawyer to do the best for his COM
munity. in the dark hours, as in the
brighter ones; and has made good
His unfailing optimism, his radiant
and infectious smile. his great chart
ty toward his fellowman has served
him and those who have erjoye his
friendship well.
AS lawyer his has held his own
among the best; as a judge he could
only be fair and just, and in point of
ability he will be far above the aver
age Of those on the bench in Ken
lucky.
The circuit judgeship comes to him
at most fitting time of life. and he
will at all times lend dignity to the
Office. Every lawyer aud litigant
will get justice. nothing more and
less. at the hands of Judge
Robert W. Slack. -Urey Woodson in |
Greensboro Messenger,
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-11-11
DAIRY
FACTS
RULES FOR FILLING A sILo
Iowa Agricultural Experiment station
Offers Some Excellent suaaes-
lions on the Work.

To farmers who are filling silos this
year for the first time, the Iowa agri-
cultural experiment station offers
these suggestions:
The corn should be cut when the
kernels are dented, or when about a
fourth of the husks and lower leaves
are turning brown. IL should be as
near maturity as possible and yet con-
tain enough moisture to insure fer
mentation.
Either a halfinch Of three-quarter-
inch cut is best because that length
insures less waste and a larger pack
OF corn in the silo.
Slow filling makes ii possible to
pack the corn more thoroughly and
get in a larger tonnage. With rapid
filling the cost is less, but to fill to
capacity the silage should be allowed
to settle and then refill.
Corn should be uniformly packed in
the silo and with good distribution of
stalks and ears. II the sides are kept
about two feet higher than the cen.
ter. the silage wedges against the
sides, keeps in the heat of fermenta-
tion and kills molds.
Water needs to be added when fill
ing if the corn in the silo is not moist.
Water must always be added when the
corn is very ripe, when the corn is
severely frozen before 1t is properly
matured, or when filling late in the
fall with shocked corn.
Keep the sides of the silo alright
by filing cracks with soft clay, if the
silo is wooden, or with cement if of
masonry.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-11-11
TO DIsINFEcT cow STABLES
In Case Of Contagious Abortion Any
of the Standard Coal Tar Mixtures
viii Be Found Good.

For disinfectant in cases OF con-
tagious abortion in cows, any of the
standard coal tar disinfectants are
good. Crude carbolic and bichloride
of mercury are two good ones.
Contagious abortion Of cows is a
serious trouble and must be handled
with extreme care if it is to be sup
pressed. The proper disinfection of the
COW stables and the entire premises
that may become infected is very
important Under ordinary farm con-
ditions the infected animals should be
separated from the rest of the herd
and kept where there is no chance for
the infection TO spread. If it is found
that they cannot be cured they should
be disposed of.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-11-11
SERIOUS DISEASE OF CALF
White Scours Usually Appear Within
Two or Three Days After and
Are often Fatal.

White scours, or calf cholera, come
on so soon after birth that often the
calves are dead before they are con-
sidered to be seriously sick.
This disease usually appears within
two or three days after the calf is
dropped. Seldom do any cases devel-
op after the calf is two or three
months old
The symptoms are usually failure to
eat, the calf lying down much of the
time, the eyes grow dull, and a pecu-
liar pasty white excretion is notice
able. The calf often dies within "a
hours. Only immediate attention will
save it.
The disease is usually contracted by
infection through the navel cord. Pre-.
vention is better than cure.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-11-11
MILK PRODUCER MUST KNOW
Many Dairymen Attempt to Make
Business Without system-Rec-
ords Ought to Be Kept.
CBy. wILRER ]. FRAsERl

(By WILBER ]. FRASER)
The chief obstacle to progressive
dairying is carrying 1t on in a slip
shod manner without the application
of business principles. The milk pro-
Queer must stop guessing. and know
for sure what the results will be Of
the different operations conducted in
different ways. and in each case adopt
the one that will return the most
profit. 1t is the net result from COW
that tells whether she is making a
profit or not. We cannot know what
that net result is If we do not keep
a record.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-11-11
Henderson has started a move

Henderson has started a move
ment to erect city hospital to cost
$4,000. Hopkinsville already has a
good building worth $4,000 that
could be converted into a tubercu-
losis hospital at a profit of $4,000,
since it is proposed to tear it down
and sell it for $4,000. A building
as good as the Gay Street School
building ought not to be demolished
at such a heavy loss. There are
many uses II eOulite put to.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-11-11
Judge Mckenzie Moss.

The very fiattering majorities re-
ceived in every county in the judicial
district by Judge McKer zie Mo $
must be very gratifying to his many
friends and supporters. Party lines
were evidently lost sight of in this
RICE. The fact is, there ought to be
a non-partisan judiciary. The trou-
bic is that when you get to talking
about politics out of the Offices, the
law-makine powers push in the BIZ
partisan feature. in order to get in
more offices without increasing ef-
ficiency. Judge Moss has made
good Judge. He has made mistakes
like all the balance of US have done
and will do. His six years exper-
fence on the bench will the better fit
him for the term which he is just
now entering-B. G. Messenger.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-11-11
HORSE LABOR is NECESSARY
Many Important Factors Can Be Con-
trolled by Manager in Making Dairy
Farming Successful.

Horse labor is necessary item on
the dairy farm and should command
much attention from the manager. II
its efficiency drops the profits of the
farm are decreased, and the profits
from the cows must bear loss in the
horse-labor item. II is seen then that
successful dairying is not making a
success with cows alone. but profitably
combining number of factors. Man.
labor and crop yields per acre are
other important factors that can be
controlled to a considerable extent by
the manager.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-11-11
InlAIIL[4AT
lDFZIIIEU
PROPER CARE OF THE UDDER


Many good cows are lost TO use
full life on the dairy farm by the neg
lect Of a little necessary care at q
critical time. This is particularly true
Of heifers and extra heavy mixers.
Sometimes IL is true of mediocre cows
that have been fed too stimulating
foods for a time prior to freshening,
writes /. B. Henderson in Farm, Stock
and Home. Under normal conditions
the udder of the COW should not re-
quire special attention, but the far
ther we get from natural conditions
and the more we incline to forced pro.
duction the greater the likelihood of
trouble. s-.aa-s-s-~-.---,---~--..
A cold cement floor, cold ground,
bruising of the udder. sudden chills,
etc, are some Of the external causes
of udder trouble. The preventive rem
edies can be easily applied. But should
the udder become congested or in
famed just before or after calving,
immediate steps should be taken to
effect cure. lamentations with hot
water several times a day, a gentle
massage with the fingers, and the APP
plication of warm lard will help to
alleviate the trouble. The rubbing
should be toward the milk veins so as
to get the blood away from the udder
if possible. A dram or two of salt
peter once or twice daily is also said
to assist. In very severe cases, Of
course, the veterinary should be
called, as it is poor economy to risk
the life of usefulness of a good pro-
Queer. For mild cases of udder trouble
the average dairyman should be COM
petent to treat and with little obser-
walton it should be possible to develop
little skill in treating such troubles.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-11-11
FLAVOR Of MIX Ansntsd

The odor and flavor Of milk are very
readily affected by rape, cabbage, tur-
nips, and other feeds having strong
doors. and if these are used they
should be given after milking. in
which case there is little danger Of
imparting an unpleasant flavor or
odor TO the milk.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-11-11

The largest chrysanthemum ever
grown was exhibited at the annual
show of the New York horticultural
society. The cone shaped yellow
flower surface was II feet in dame
ter and six feet high. 1t had 1900
blossoms. Several other specimens
were IL to IA feet in diameter.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-11-11

Representative Claude Kitchin.
Democratic floor leader. has notified
President Wilson that he cannot sup
port his national defense r1grsm
Then the logical thing for Mr.. Kite :
in to do is to resign as house leader
and let an administration D-mo,rat
take his place. -5a,
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-11-11

Julia Arthur, who retired from the
stage Is years ago and is now Mrs.
Ben P. Cher ey, Jr.. of Boston. will
return to the stage in the Eternal
Magdalene." At its first New York
showing the past week all critics
were loud in their praises of the play
and Miss Arthur's enactment.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-11-11
GETTING returns Erom cow.

If the COW eats just little more
than is required to keep her alive her
yield will be small and the cost high,
while If she eats a large quantity
above what is required to maintain
her body, she win give returns from
larger proportion OF her feed.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-11-11
rZEl IN '!El'!Z''7Il y q III
NEEzzsz-lzE- s<zr-1--E18
Milk Bottle Holder.

ate frame is secured to the corner
angles. A longitudinal bar is riveted
to the middle frame near the center
Corrugated strips are riveted to the
intermediate frame and the longi-
tudinal bar, these holding the milk
bottles in place by acting as side
supports. Various deviations of the
main idea are covered with three 9th
er patents.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-11-11

The poisonous factory of the Ger
mans at Dornach, Alsace, was de-
stroyed by French aviators. The
manager and AZ workmen were suf-
located by fumes and other employees
had to be sent to hospitals.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-11-11
EFFECT OF COOLING ON MILK
illustration Given Herewith Shows
What a Difference 20 Degrees In
Temperature VIII Make.

The cut is a graphical representa-
ton of the effect of cooling on milk.
A is a single bacterium; B shows
bacterial growth in "a hours with milk
kept at so degrees. At c is the fam
lily of a single bacterium after "a hours
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-11-11

The United States Geological Sur
vey now has available for distribu-
ton its annual statement on the clay
working industries in 1914. The to-
tai value of all clay products mark
eted in the year was $3.50, 9S6 983.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-11-11

A young and beautiful New York
girl has declared her intention to
become a nurse end join the leper
colony in fa-.off Molokai. The young
woman to choose this living death is
Miss Mary Characteristic. aged 20.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-11-11
Ideal Straw Shed.

The old thick-walled straw shed for
any kind OF farm stock is about ideal.
after all that is said to the contrary.
The thick walls keep out cold and
prevent drafts and sin grant an ideal
ventilation. You never ,nd any frost-
Cd inside walls In the straw shed.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-11-11

Bryan and Kitchin are to work
together in an effort to further split
the Democratic party on the eve Of
a presidential election. Bnt the Re-
publicans may not have enough to
nominate Roosevelt.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-11-11

Miss May Beveridge, an American
actress, has been refused passport
to go to Germany to wed German
officer. The British protested against
her as a possible bearer of messages.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-11-11

The Germans have 'ntenced Ga
brielle Barthel, a Lorraine girl, to
five months Imprisonment by referr'
ing to Prussian soldiers as "boches."
Before we pass judgment, we would
like to know what "boche" is? 1t
is evidently different from our bou-
quet.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-11-11

A Washington small boy had the
distinguished honor of being hit by
the Presidents automobile. He was
knocked to one side but not hurt.
He jumped up, rubbed his arm and
grinned.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-11-11
Demand Boa oalry Rutter.

There is always a good local de-
mand for really good farm dairy but.
ter. There is a sentiment connected
with homemade butter which is not
attached TO thai made in butter fac
tories. which impels people 10 buy Il
81 somethips above the going prics.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-11-11
Production of Coke.

During the year 1914 there was
produced in the United States 3D.
555,9l4 short tons of coke, valued at
$SS. 334,3l7. according to the annual
statement on the manufacture Of
coke now available for distribution
by the Geological survey.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-11-11
USEFUL MILK BOTTLE HOLDER
Corrugated Strips Riveted to lnterme-
date Frame Hold ACKNOWLEDGED
Vessels in Position.

There are upper and lower rec
tangular frames to a milk bottle case,
recently patented by a young San
Francisco inventor. Corner angles
unite the two frames, and intermedi-
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-11-11

7. ]. Nutty, at White Plains, N.
Y, was permitted by the courts to
change his name to Nutley. He OBJ
jected to the slang.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-11-11

Mrs. Gait is said to be worth $780,
OCO in money, but the Presidents
valuation has not been made known.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-11-11
BULBS.

We have just received from Hol-
land our importation Of bulbs. con-
sisting Of Hyacinths, Narcissus. yell
low and white, Tulips. etc.
T. L. METCALFE. Florist.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-11-11
Mllk-cooIlns Effect.

at 20 degrees. 1t is easy to see what
a difference 20 degrees in tempera-
ture makes. At so degrees the null
duplication is five-fold. at 20 degrees
1t is ESQ fold.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-11-11
THURSDAY. NOVEMBER Il

Let us hope that M. Skouloudis'
the new Greek premier, may be able
to make himself heard.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-11-11

The apple crop this year amounts
to two bushels for every man, won
and child in the United States.
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SUNDAY MAGAZINE FOR APRIL 25, 1915

thereon; the dollhouse flowers, the bril-
liant lights, the Madeira vouched by the
wine merchant as being that of the famous
comet vintage, to aid in the digestion of
the artistic efforts of cordon bieu,-not
even these, | repeat, for one minute dis
PEELED the gloom that had settled upon us.
Talk of Banquo at the Macbeths. He
was CHEEKY person. At least he did not
talk ancestry. | was fated to take in a
giddy young thing of sixty in amber with
Roman pearls. She was as generous in an
outrageous display of antique neck and
shoulders as she was in her frank EXPOSE
ton of forgotten scandals.
The present generation was fearfully
new. "They We're not in Society when !
was a girl" Everybody's grandparents
had lived on State street near the Bat
terry, or on tho Bowling Green. AS for the
slightly and odorous Washington News
into studios, you might have thought they
were Visigoths and Vandals. One elderly
gentleman still referred to the Square it
self as the Potter's Field, as it was CEN
fury ago.
But Matte was in her element. She
was beaming. Vandam himself took it all
in with twinkle in his eye.
PUT there is an oasis in every desert. I
~ suddenly discovered that opposite me,
half hidden by huge construction of tr-
lips, was my friend of other days, Flora
McMasters.
have previously alluded to this lady
as my most formidable rival. She had a
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and hung them here. A Stuart which he
valued highly was put in the oak-paneled
dining room, in company with two dark
portraits, one of a fat burgher with
crimson nose, and the other of an ample
lady with a ruff, picked up for mere
song in Amsterdam.
Now and then Matte consulted me
while the furnishing was in progress; but
| was made to understand that she would
not need my assistance to conduct her
social campaign She was doing this on
original lines, and she considered me a
toady of the newly rich.
THE first dinner given by the Charlton
Varick Vandams in their Fifth avenue
residence was not even what the French
call quiet success. The setting was adj
mirable; but the cast, in the theatrical
sense, was hardly up to the mark
do not put my Credo in the all-reach-
ing power of money. There are Knicker-
bockers and Knickerbockers. A few of
the old sort survive; but the majority has
preserved it's identity by following the
trend of today, and by marital amalga-
nation with later arrivals. You have
only to read Washington Irving, Astor
Bristed, and Curtis of the last century to
find out how it was in their times.
Matte had made Charley refurbish his
memory as to the names and whereabouts
of Vandam relatives; she had studied the
Social Register, and when she had not
found them there she had gone through
the archives of the two revolutionary So
cieties to which she belonged. l really be-
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axe me away
from this cruel
place ! Take me
home to St. Mdry!"

lieve she had canvassed boarding houses
and suburbs like Staten Island and Flush
ing and dug up an assortment of sufficient
ly decayed gcntlcpeope who had long ago
dropped out of sight.
was truly sorry for these resurrected
descendants of Vandams. There was
veritable tragedy in it ALL Not even the
perfect appointments-the gray-haired
family butler, the latest acquisition from
a bureau of social requirements the Eng
fish footmen in Vandam liveries, blue and
buff colonial; the oak-paneed dining
room, with its ancestral portraits, its gem
erous display of old Dutch silver, and its
wonderful service with the family arms
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as distinction and millions, she could af-
ford to be independent. Matte admired
her eXtravagantly; but considered her a
renegade, because she preferred to be sur
rounded by amusing and successful peo-
pie and did not care a fig for genealogical
pretensions, if there was nothing else to
back them up. This was the new regime
of the knickerbocker.
l saw through it all. In the words of
Iolanthe's Lord High Chancellor, "Said
to myself, said l, Matte Vandam,
know your little game. 1t is futile one,
though. Not one of your assets will get
you into that set. When you find YOUR
self up blind alley, perhaps you will call
on me-"
After dinner l managed to get Flora
away from the crowd in the drawing room,
and found little nook where we could
have a talk. There was the usual ex-
change of compliments. In her direct
manner she asked me what l was getting
for my promoting job.
II hope this is not sample of it," she
said. Nothing doing in ancestry or
salons. What bunch of dreary frumps!"
In my turn, was Matte trying Cor
Susan Delamer and her crowd, and as
dear Flora the particular wire?
We both made honest confessions.
Flora had met our Vandams abroad, and
they had been most kind to her
"If she thinks Susan Delamer is going
to take her up said Flora, "she will get
sadly left. She is a nice little thing, but
fool, and you know Susan has no use for
that class of women not even if she were
Mrs Midas. Vandam, however, is COM
ing man. Delamer tells me he is already
stirring up rumpus in the Street. If his
wife gets in, it will be on his account"
TT was not only a gay winter in New
York, but one of unusual interest. The
moneyed monarchs were busy in getting
control of all the railways there were on
the map. There We're several systems or
syndicates, and the high financiers quar-
relied among themselves over the division
of the spoils. 1t was the last days of the
Wall Street wizards.
Society had taken to high finance. The
wives of the magnates played their part
in the scheme, and gathered into the fold
all the stray lambs that might be worth
shearlng. Wherever you went everybody
talked money and shares and investments.
Families and old friends were divided in
this or that camp. 1t was hazard to
steer clear of complications and keep in
the middle of the road.
Charlton Vandam was silent man,
waiting his chance. His little Western
line might be a link in third chain to the
Pacific, or, if it could be acquired, it could
fit snugly in certain plans of manipula-
ton. But the stock was held tight, and
there was none on the market. l had a
modest sum stored away, waiting for in
vestments. l kept away from Mattie's
large dinners and receptions. knew she
was not yet in sight of the port.
Vandam and had luncheon downtown
now and then, and we talked over matters
generally l saw that he was encouraging
Matte in her Quixotic plan; but he was
like clam when limited at business adj
vice.
MRS. MADISON DELAMER'S crush
- ball was to be the brilliant finale Of
the winter. Cards had been out since the
holidays. l had received my bid early in
January.
Now for the unexpected! Just four
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keen nose for the latest-arrived aspirants
with fat bank accounts; but of recent
years she had retired from the chase. A
wealthy uncle had left her comfortable
legacy. Where could she have met the
Vandams, and what was she doing here?
Then | remembered that she was an init
mate of our Mrs. Madison Delamer,
whom we have advanced to the rank of
a royalty in our Society.
This grande dame was exceedingly well
born, and had married a railway mag
nate, one of the sons of historic family.
She was original, brainy, had a keen sense
of the ludicrous, and biting wit. Her
position established by birthright, as we'll