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The Lexington advertiser., 1915-10-15
OVER THE COUNTY
BOWLING GREEN.

- Rev. L. 5. Cole preached an excel
lent sermon Sunday to good sized cor
gregatIon.
". (. Mcclellan and wife spent Sun
day with MIR. Manuel Mcclellan and
family.
Mrs. Angle, Of Livingston, Ala, is
making her home with Mrs. Ida
Ihurmond.
Mr.. Walton Thurmond and family
spent Sunday with J. W. Maddox and
family, at Owens.
We are sorry to say that Miss Mamie
Mcclellan is victim of typhoid fever.
We hope she will soon be veil again.
M. L. Weeks, Norman Weeks, Nor
ris Alm0n and Miss Inez Weeks visited
Mr.. Matt Weeks and family Sunday,
making the trip in Mr.. Weeks new
car.
Mrs. r. S. Roby visited Mrs. d. I.
Mcclellan Sunday Afternoon
Mrs. l.. G. Truitt and Mrs. L. A.
Carnathan visited Mrs. A. H. Miller
Sunday and spent the night to help
nurse Mrs. MILF. who, we are sorry
to say, is seriously sick.
DR.. Roby, NJ. l.. Weeks and Miss
Inez Weeks accompanied Mr.. Norman
Weeks to Durant on his way to New
Orleans.
Mrs. M. H. Hill, of Grenada, has
bought land of Mr.. Downer Eads, near
Emory. She will move with her mo-
ther-in~Iaw, Mrs. A. A. Hill. until
January !, when Mr.. Eads gives pos
session.
Mrs. J. F. Weeks after spending
several weeks with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. H. c. Rogers, returned Fri
day to her home at GaIIman.
Mr.. Norman Weeks left Sunday af
ternoon for New Orleans to work tr
the railroad in Louisiana.
N, o 1 Mrs. W. C. Downer, P M
Eowner, Miss Nettie Hill a ie Lex
lngt0n a business and social visit Fri
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. S. Hill visited
friends in Lexington Friday,
Mrs. J. H. Shines visited her sister
Mrs. 5. J. Ellington, Saturday, re
turningsSunday afternoon.
NJ J. Evans, of Fairview. passec
through our "city" Friday, Afternoon
accompanied by Miss Eliza Gresham
one of Bethesda S popular school teach
ers, who was goin & to sperd a few
days with Misses EValu and Ann Is
Evans.
J. II. GuIledge is supplying Lexing
ton market with pork nowadays HI
sends dressed hog over there every
day he is not depending entirely OF
cotton for money. Mr.. Galledge has
me lot nf hogs tor market and also ha!
The Lexington advertiser., 1915-10-15

a fine herd of Angus cattle that he
raised on his well regulated farm.
Mrs. }. H. Shines spent Tuesday
with Mrs. Clara Tate.
W. c. Sheehy visited friends in Du-
rant Sunday.
Good wishes to all.
KIT KARSON.
The Lexington advertiser., 1915-10-15

Have purchased the splendid stock of seasonable
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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-06-03

Five hundred thousand Leo FrI
right, Harlow N. Higinbotham, part
Mary De Eany Fisher of Southern.
o'Connor, delegation to the goVerno
100000 women signers. d
Atlanta, Ga, June 3.-Atlanta has
had a change of heart Atlanta does
not wish Leo M. Frank to hang and
Atlanta is letting Gov. John NJ Slaton
know it, Prominent men and court
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-06-03

judges of the city, yes, and through
out the state of Georgia, too, are
appealing to the state prison commits
sion and the governor to at least COM
mute the condemned mans sentence
The Ely miner., 1915-07-16

suppressing q momentary flash of an.
ger that had REDEEMED his face, and
controlled himself as If by a super
human effort
Il believe you really love that man
Kennedy" he exclaimed in tone that
was almost a hiss. But l tell you,
Elaine, he is all bluff. Why, he has
been after that Clutching Hand now
for three months-and what has he
accomplished? Nothing"
He paused. Through Elaine's mind
there flashed the contrast with Ken
nedy's even temper and deferential
manner.
Bennett, by another effort, seemed
to grip his temper again.
While Elaine and Bennett were talk
ing Kennedy and had entered the Of
fee.
Craig stopped the boy who was
about to announce us and asked for
Benefits secretary instead, much to
my astonishment.
We found the secretary hard at
work at the typewriter, copying a
legal document. Without word Ken
nedy at once locked the door.
The secretary rose In surprise, but
Craig paid no attention to him. In
stead he calmly walked over to the
machine and began to examine it.
Might / ask"-began the secretary
"You keep quiet" ordered Kennedy
with nod to me to watch the fellow
"You are under arrest-and the less
you say the better for YOU"
/ shall never forget the look that
crossed the secretary's face Was it
the. surprise of an innocent man?
Taking the mans place at the ma
chine Kennedy removed the legal pa
The Ely miner., 1915-07-16
Speaker Hard to Fool.

Iris Speaker is the hardest player
In the American league for me to
pitch to- says Bill Steen of Detroit.
He can hit anything | throw up to
him: | simply can't fool him. I've
tried everything in my pitching roper
toire with Speaker up, but it has
ayailed me nothing. He refuses to
hit at balls inside, ant when he gets
one outside he slams it down the
foul line at mile-a-minute clip. Craw-
ford and Cobb are hard to fool. Both
show their greatest weakness in go
ing after slow balls"
The Ely miner., 1915-07-16
SYNOPSIS.

The New York police are mystified by
a series of murders and other crimes
The principal clue to the criminal is the
warning letter which is sent the victims,
signed with a "clutching hand" The lat
est victim of the mysterious assassin is
Taylor Dodge, the insurance president.
His daughter. Elaine. employs Craig Ken
hedy, the famous scientific detective, to
Try TO unravel the mystery What Ken
nedy accomplishes is told by his friend
Jameson, newspaper man. Enraged at
the determined effort which Elaine and
raig hennedy are making to put an end
Ia his crimes. the Clutching Hand as
TINS strange criminal Is known, resorts
10 ali sorts of the most diabolcal schemes
To put them out of the way. Each chap
ter of the story tells of a new plot
against their lives and of the way the
great detective uses all his skill to save
this pretty girl and himself from DEATH
The Ely miner., 1915-07-16

At that moment we were startled
by the sudden appearance of Elaine
She entered the room carrying in
her arms huge bunch of roses which
she had evidently just received
The moment she saw Craig, how.
ever, she stopped short with look of
great surprise.
Her keen eye had not missed the
fact that several of her letters lay
scattered over the top of the desk.
What are you doing with my let
ters, Mr.. Kennedy" she asked, in an
astonished tone, evidently resenting
the unceremoniousness with which he
had apparently been oyerhauling her
correspondence.
AS guardedly as possible, Kennedy
met her inquiry, which / could not
myself blame her for making.
81 beg your pardon. Miss Dodge"
he said, "but matter has just come
up which necessitated merely a cur
sorry examination of some purely for
NAL letters which might have an i'm
portant bearing on the discovery of
the Clutching Hand. Your aunt had
no idea where you were, nor when you
might return, and the absolute neces-
sity for haste in such an important
matter is my only excuse for examin-
ing few minor letters without first
obtaining your permission"
She said nothing. At another time
such an explanation would have been
instantly accepted. Now, however, it
was different.
Kennedy read the look on her face
and an instant later turned to Aunt
Josephine and myself.
Il would very much appreciate a
chance to say a few words to Miss
The Ely miner., 1915-07-16

ruly mule" After being considered by
justices of the peace, one circuit Judge,
three judges Of the court of appeals
and four supreme court justices the
mule is exonerated by Judge Lamm as
follows:
There are sporadic instances of
mules behaving badly. That one that
Absalom rode and went from under
him at crisis in his fate, for instance
The mule don't kick according to no
rule saith the American negro. His
voice has been matter of derision
and there are those who put their
The Ely miner., 1915-07-16
CALLS BALK ON CATCHER

One of the most peculiar in
cidents ever seen In ball
game came up in the Tufts
Dartmouth game recently. With
a Tufts man on third, the sig
nal for squeeze play was Civ
en-. The Dartmouth pitcher
started to wind up, and the
man on third dug for home.
The Dart m ou tn catcher
jumped out of his position and
yelled to the pitcher, who had
just time to defect the ball to
the left. AS it came, the batter
moved out of his box, and,
stretching around, hit the ball.
The base runner came rushing
in and the ball hit him.
This was a fine mix-up for
the umpire. He called a balk
on Wanamaker, the Dartmouth
catcher, for being out of his
box, and allowed the runner
to score. The batter was or
dered back to bat, the ball
counting nothing against or for
him, being dead on account OF
the balk.
In addition to this decision,
which was the logical one, two
plays might have been called.
The batter might be put out for
jumping out of his box and bat
ting the ball, or the base runner
out for being hit by a batted
ball. The balk occurred first.
and therefore took precedence.
1t was play that could not
come up in years. Not all base
ball fans realize that a balk
can be called on the catcher as
well as the pitcher.
The Ely miner., 1915-07-16

was limited to % natives and eight
foreigners. Spain is justly proud of
her Order of the Golden Fleece, which
is. and has always been, sparingly be-
slowed
Italy decorates her most herofs war
riors with her military Medal of Merit.
Portugal has the Tower and Sword, a
very old order.
Sardinia has medal for distin-
guished conduct on the field of battle,
and a special military DECORATION be-
sides for deeds of outstanding cour-
age.
The Ely miner., 1915-07-16

tongue in their cheek when speaking
of 1t.
However, the faithfulness, surefoot-
edness and good sense of the mule, all
matters of common knowledge, may be
allowed to stand over against his
faults and create preponderance in
the scale in his favor"
The Ely miner., 1915-07-16

distinctive badges in the fairly famil.
lar form of the Legion of Honor.
Germany is proud of her Iron cross,
while Austria confers her Ancient Or
der of Maria Theresa on her heroes.
Russia distributes her Cross of ST.
Vladimir sparingly to her gallant SOL
diers.
Denmark has one of the most illus
trious orders of chivalry, the Order
of the Elephant, which ranks as high
as the British Order of the Garter.
Sweden has her noble Order of the
Seraph, founded in 1920 This order
The Ely miner., 1915-07-16

Dodge alone" he intimated. 'T have
had no such opportunity for some
time. If you would be so kind as t(
leave us in the library-for few min
utes-"
He did not finish the sentence
Aunt Josephine had already begun tc
withdraw and l followed
For moment or two Craig ant
Elaine looked at each other, neither
saying word, each wondering JUS
what was in the others mind
Craig cleared his throat, the obvious
manner of covering up his emotion.
Elaine" he said at length, dropping
the recent return to Miss Dodge" fol
the moment, Elaine, is there any
truth in this mornings newspaper re
port of-of your
She had dropped her eyes. But he
persisted, taking a newspaper clipping
from his pocket and handing it to her
Her hand trembled as she glanced
over the item:
SOCIETY NOTES.
Dame Rumor is connecting the
name of Miss Elaine Dodge. the
heiress, with that of Perry Ben
nett, the famous young lawyer.
The announcements Of an engage
ment between them at any time
would not surprise.
Elaine read no farther. She handed
back the clipping to Kennedy. AS her
eyes met his she noticed his express
sion of deep concern, and hesitated
with the reply she had evidently been
just about to make.
Still, as she lowered her head, it
seemed to give silent confirmation to
the truth of the newspaper report.
Kennedy said nothing, but his eyes
continued to study her face.
He suppressed his feelings with a
great effort then, without a word,
bowed and left the room
walter" he exclaimed as he re-
Joined us in the drawing room. where
was chatting with Aunt Josephine.
we must be off again. The trail fol-
lows still farther"
An hour or so later, Elaine, whose
mind was now in whirl from what
had happened, decided to make a call
on her lawyer and the confidant of her
father, Perry Bennett.
AS Elaine entered his private Office.
Bennett rose to greet her effusively
and they exchanged a few words.
81 mustn't forget to thank you for
those lovely roses you sent me- she
exclaimed at length. "They were
beautiful, and appreciated them ever
so much"
A moment later Bennett led the
conversation around until he found an
opportunity to make tactful allusion
to the report of their engagement in
the morning papers.
He had leaned over, and now at
tempted to take her hand. She with
drew it, however. There was some
thing about his touch which, try as
she might, she could not like. Was it
mere prejudice or was 1t her keen
womans intuition?
Bennett looked at her a moment,
The Ely miner., 1915-07-16
GOOD WORD FOR THE MULE
Supreme Court of Missouri Hands
Down Decision In Favor OF
Abused Quadruped.

In what is described by Justice
Henry Lamm Of the supreme court of
Missouri as a celebrated case" the
court has handed down decision ex-
onerating the Missouri mule. Some
years ago one Lyman sued one Dale
for damages done to the plaintiffs
buggy by ''the aforesaid wild and un-
The Ely miner., 1915-07-16
per that was in it and put in a new
sheet Then he tapped out, as we
watched:
BE AT HEADQUARTERS AT IL. DE-
STROY THIS IMMEDIATELY.
TINcTURE OF IODINE
THREE DARTS OF
THREE PARTS OF

| This is his contention - whereas
TRUTH is the only goal and MATTER
is nonexistent-
ITTTTTTTTTTTTT
| Look, Walter" he exclaimed as he
drew out the paper from the machine
/ bent over, and together we com
pared the Ts with those in the Clutch.
ing Hand letter, the paper from the
bomb and the letter which Craig had
taken from Elaine's desk.
AS Craig pointed out the resem.
blances with a pencil my amaze
ment gradually changed into
comprehension and comprehension
into conviction. The meaning of it all
began to dawn on me.
The writing was identical There
were no differences.
While we were locked in the secre-
tary's Office Bennett and Elaine were
continuing their chat on various social
topics. Suddenly, however, with a
| glance at the clock, Bennett told Elaine
that he had an important letter to die
tate and that it must go of at once.
She said that she would excuse him
few minutes, and he pressed but
| ton to call his secretary.
OF course, the secretary did not ap-
pear. Bennett left his office, with
some annoyance, and went into the ad-
joining room, the door to which Ken
nedy had not locked
He hesitated a moment, then opened
the door quietly. To his establishment
he saw Kennedy, the secretary and
myself apparently making close ex-
animation of the typewriter.
Gliding, rather than walking back
into his own Office, he closed the door
and locked it. Almost instantly fear
and fury at the presence of his hated
rival, Kennedy, turned Bennett as it
were, from the Jekyll of a polished
lawyer and lover of Elaine into an in
sanely jealous and revengeful Mr..
Hyde
With look of intense horror and
loathing Elaine watched him slowly
Shch6O iIoIu we COLuPooCu, CdIul, III
tellectual Bennett she knew and re-
spected into repulsive, mad figure of
man.
And his. long, sinewy hand slowly
twisted and bent until he became the
personal embodiment Of the Clutching
Hand.
AS Elaine, transfxed with terror,
watched Benefits astounding meta
morphosis, he ran to the door leading
to the outer Office and hastily locked
that also.
Then, with his eyes cleaning with
rage and his hands working in murder
Gus frenzy, he crouched nearer and
nearer, toward Elaine.
She shrank back, screaming again
and again in terror.
He was the Clutching Hand.
The Ely miner., 1915-07-16
Pickerino Still In Gam.

Ollie Pickering. the famous out
fielder who finished his big league
career with the Senators some years
ago and was with the Minneapolis
Millers for some time after that, is
still playing ball at forty-one. He Is
manager of the Winnipeg team this
summer.
The Ely miner., 1915-07-16
Dissatisfied With Speaker.

There has been report going the
rounds for several weeks that the Bos-
ton club is dissatisfied with the work
Of Iris Speaker this year. The great
center fielder is drawing down $16,509
for his seasons work and under the
present conditions that is somewhat
burdeDsome to pay.
The Ely miner., 1915-07-16
No Longer hitIesa Wonders,

You can't dub the White Sox hitless
wonders this year! They are hammer
ing the ball SO hard and successfully
that the records show that they have
made more hits and runs than the 9TH
er American League teams up to date.
The Ely miner., 1915-07-16
Booking a Route.

I'm all mixed up again. Am 1 due
tomorrow evening at the Wombat re-
ception or the Billtop ball?"
Il don't know, mother Why don't
you hire a booking agency to arrange
your dates ?"-Louisville Courier-Joup-
nal.
The Ely miner., 1915-07-16
Indians sian coIIeaian.

Floyd Wright of the University OF
Kentucky baseball team will join the
Cleveland Indians for tryout. He
is said to be fast and good hitter.
The Ely miner., 1915-07-16
Orders Of chiyaIrv

In war times it is interesting to
note that most countries have re
wards for valor similar to the British
Victoria cross. France confers her
The Ely miner., 1915-07-16

1t never will du no good to make
fuss wi a man; if yew just waits
and let's him have his own way, he'll
punish hisself L the end.-,Ellsa
Thorneycroft Fowler.
The Ely miner., 1915-07-16

Here are the leading sluggers of the
American, National and Federal
leagues, according to the latest fig
ures. Ty Cobb and Jake Daubert are
familiar figures as leading swatters.
but in Manager Lee Magee of the
Brookfeds the fans see new fence
breaker. ..u.-e.ys = = yss,s.s.- :
The Ely miner., 1915-07-16

With this instaIIment the mys.
terry Of The Clutching Hand is
solved, but the story will be con-
tinued under the title OF
NEW EXPLOITS OF ELAINE.
The authors have involved
Elaine in another series of
thrilling and sensational expert.
ences more interesting than her
previous ones, which will be re-
lated in the coming instalIments.
You will find them highly enter
tanning and worth reading.
The Parker post., 1915-07-17
TAINTED POLITICS;
BY Peter Radford.

This country is suffering more from
tainted politics than from any other
malady at the present time. There IS
scarcely a campaign speech made, a
platform demand written or mea-
sure enacted into law that does not
carry the taint of personal gain OF
some politician or political faction
thereof
There is more blue sky in cam
paign promises of many politicians
running for office than was ever con.
tanned in the prospectuses of the bold.
est promoters of chimerical business
schemes. There are more secret com
binations formed by politicians in the
name of My Country than were ever
aliases. There are more political re-
bates hidden in the phrase BE it en-
acted" than were ever concealed un-
der any and all other disguises.
The inordinate thirst for political
power and unrestrained passion for
mastery has caused more distress in
this nation than the greed for gold,
and it ought to be regulated by law.
No business combination ever pursued
their competitors as relentleSSly or
visited more heartless cruelty upon
their customers than political party
that seeks to make junk Of an in
dustry. or cripple a business for party
success, through tariff measures, po-
litical supervision and ofttimes de-
structive legislation. Many political
platforms are as alluring to the voter
as the story of the rainbow with its
pot of gold and their consummation
about as far-fetched Self-gain is the
first law in politics There are many
men in Office today who, If they
could not shake plums off the tree OF
American liberty or cut melon taken
from Uncle Sans commissary, would
have less desire to serve the public
The country is surfeiting with patrl-
OTIS, who will bare their breast to bull
lets in defense of their country, but
there are few men in public life who
will bare their breast to voters or run
the gauntlet of party disfavor in de-
l6ilS6 Ol agriculture VI luuuSIIy 1NO
representative of the people, who will
permit personal prejudice to dethrone
justice, party success to disfranchise
reason or the rancor of political
campaign to influence judgment can
render capable service.
The preservation of our prosperity
depends upon wisdom courage and
honesty in government, and the Amer
ican voter should seek these attrl
butes as implicitly as the Wise Men
followed the Star of Bethlehem and
they will often be found to rest over
the stable; the plow or the staff of
the Shepherd. The surest cure for
tainted politics and machine rule is
fresh air and sunshine and these I'M
portant elements are most abundant
upon the farm, and when farmers
bankers and merchants are elected to
membership in legislative bodies, much
of the trouble in government will dis
appear.
The Parker post., 1915-07-17
THE GOLDEN RULE.

Do as you would be done by.-Per-
sian.
One should seek for others the hap
piness one desires for ones self
Buddhist.
What you would not wish done to
yourself do not do unto others
Chinese.
He sought for others the good he
desired for himself Let him pass
Egyptian.
AL things whatsoever We would
that men should do unto you, do ye
even so unto othem.-Christian.
The rule of life is to guard
and do by the things of others as
they do by their own.-Hindu.
Let none of you treat his brother
in a way he himself would dislike to
be treated -Mohammedan.
The law imprinted on the hearts
of all men is to love the members of
society as themselves-R Roman
The Parker post., 1915-07-17
Federal. INDUSTRIAL
COMMISSION
BY Peter Radford.

The recent investigation of the
United States Commission of Indus
trial Relations brought together the
extremes of society and has given the
public an opportunity to view the rep
resentatives Of distinct classes, side
by side, and to study their views in
parallel columns.
Capital and labor have always been
glaring at each other over CULTS of
Industrial Commission attempts to
bridge the chasm, it will render the
public distinct service.
The farmer has been sitting on the
fence watching capital and labor fight
for many years and incidentally furn-
ishing the sinews of war and it is
quite gratifying to find them talking
with. instead of about each other
When honest men smile and look into
each others souls, it always makes
the world better and far more salts
factory to the farmer, who in the end
bears the burden of conflict, than
resolutions, speeches or pamphlets
containing charges and counter
charges.
The love for justice makes the
whole world kin. Understanding is an
arbiter far more powerful than the
mandates of government, for there is
no authority quite so commanding as
an honest conscience; there is no de-
cree quite so binding as that of the
Supreme Court of Common Sense and
no sheriff can keep. the peace quite SO
perfect as Understanding.
We suppose the time will never
come when capital and labor will not
be occasionally blinded by the light
ming flashes of avarice or frightened
by the thunder peals of discomfort.
But Understanding is a Prince of
Peace that ever holds out the olive
branch to men who want t0 do right.
A mans income is always a sacred
thing for in it are the hope, ambition
and opportunity of himself, and fam
ily, but there is nothing in human
heart quite SO divine as Justice and
Understanding is its handmaiden.