davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-08-18

Washingtoh,'D C.-The: following
letter has been addressed TO, the pub
lie by Mr.. Fairfax Harrison. president
of Southern Railway Company:
"The automobiles has greatly in
creased the comfort and convenience
Of life, and It has been an important
factor in the improvement Of country
highways and so has contributed to
the progress Of civilization Of our
time, but, just as the railroad did
when it revolutionized commerce, the
automobile has introduced new social
complications and new risks, moral as
well as physical.
1.-The American people are said to
be Enthusiastically reckless OF hui
man life, and perhaps in nothing Is
this statement more justified at the
moment than in relation to the use OF
automobiles-not even the railroads.
My particular interest in the ques-
ton is, where my public responsibility
lies, in the combination Of the two
in the accidents which. occur to auto
mobiles and their occupants where
highways cross railways at grade: and
this Is a question Of sufficient import
ance to warrant the attention of every
thinking nan in the South.
Record For One Year
"The following table shows the ap-
palling record Of such accidents on
lines operated by Southern Railway
Company in the South during the year
andad lima n 141S-
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-08-18
souTA, AS GRAIN SECTION
EXPLOITED BY SOUTHERN

: Atlanta, Ga-The s~uperlative adj
vantages Of the, South as a grain pro-;
ducing. section will be given great.
prominence in exhibits. which South.
ern Railway; Mobile and Ohio Rail-t
road, Georgia Southern and Florida.
Railway. Virginia and Ssuthwesterni
Railway, and. affiliated lines will make
at. thirty state, district and county
fairs in. the North and Middle West;
during; the coming fall.
An especially fine collection of
grains. will be shown while the grass
es and. forage crops exhibited will. be-
Of very high character. From. the.
wheat growing section OF the Sonthl
grain sheaves. will be shown from.
fields yielding as high as 40 hAsheis
to- the, acre. and the character OF oth-
er. exhibits will be in keeping ThR
fruits and vegetables to be shown, In
jars include.a wide variety.
These exhibits come from Yarinus
districts Of the entire Tertiary serws
ed by Southern Railway and affiliated
lines in Virginia, North and South
Carolina. Georgia, Alabama, Florida
Mississippi, Tennessee and: KentuckE.
They will be shown in Pennsylvania.
New York, Indiana, Michigan and II
linois and. each exhibit will be attend.
ed by agents, well equipped to- tell
callers about the various, sections Of
the South.
The first two exhibits Will be shown
at fairs in Indiana. For all fairs In
the Middle West a special exhibit
tent has been provided, arranged SC
that a large number OF people can
see the exhibit. at the, same time.
Throughout many Of the states the
Southern Railway exhibit has become
well known and is looked for.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-08-18

without seeking to avoid just 70
sponsibility for what the officers or
employees Of the railroad do or omit,
but recalling that a railroad employee
whose ~carelessness causes an acct
dent is, in the public interest, subject
to discipline which affects his liveli-
hood, it is probably fair to say that
a large proportion Of these accidents
happened solely through the careless
ness Of the drivers Of automobiles,
or their lack Of experience in dealing
with vehicles at high speed. There
are among them also we'll authenticate
ed cases Of deliberate assumption OF
risk by the drivers Of automobiles
from pure love Of excitement and
speed, evidenced by racing with trains
and seeking the thrill Of a narrow es-
cape. Our enginemen report such &C.
currences daily. II fortunately they
are without fatal consequences In the
great majority Of cases. they are al
ways paid for by a heavy strain on
the nerves Of all concerned, particu-
larly those Of the locomotive engineer,
who maintains speed from duty and
not for fun. It Is not too much to
claim for the locomotive engineer a
larger equipment Of experience and a
greater habit Of precaution than the
average automobile driver. AS a class
the locomotive engineers are sober,
steady and conservative men Of long
experience in meeting and avoiding
risks, for theirs is a dangerous
patton. Their every effort Of charac.
ter, Of instruction and Of interest is
to avoid an accident. Most of the &C
cidents to automobiles at railway
grader crossines could be avoided If
there was the same restraint Of x
perienee and attention at the wheel
of the automobile MS at the throttle
OF enc locomotive.
Public vitality Interested
1T does not suffice the public IN
any moral sense that the fund made
up of the revenues collected by the
railroad Is usually made to respond
in damages for consequences Of such
accidents. Suicide to collect life in
surance las never been deemed hon.
orable, while no one would deliberate
ly sell the life Of a mother or wife, |
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-08-18
WILD FLOWERS OF
THE UNITED STATES

Companionship with the wild flow
srs that bloom by the doorway and
wayside from early spring until an-
tumn through all u states is en-
outraged by a study of these flowers
recently prepared for the National
geographic Society, in order that
americans may develop as deep an
interest and as complete an under
standing for the lavishly expended
beauties of their flora, as the French
man and the German have for theirs
Inc study was prepared for the So
clety in the spirit of the student of
botanical personalities; not only the
~sclentlst, but the artist and the lover
of flowers speaks. A review of this
study has been prepared by the So
clety for the press, and is given here
IN the hope that it may lead many to
look with new eyes at natures moods
around them.
Among the stateliest and proudest
of the members of Americas flower
family none excels the larger blue
nag, which also wears the names of
blue iris and 1eur-de-lis. Ruskin calls
It the flower of chivalry, which has a
sword for it's leaf and a lily for it's
heart. Longfellow pronounces it "a
flower born in the purple. to Joy and
~pleasance." 1t blooms in the wet, rich
marsh and meadow, from May to
July, and finds it's home from New
foundland and Montana to Florida
and Arkansas. The flag flower must
look to the insect world entirely for
It's propagation, particlarly to the
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-08-18
SOUTHERN ELIMINATING
MANY GRADE CROSSINGS

Danville, Vain connection with
the double track work which 1t has
had under way in Virginia and North
Carolina during the past fiscal year on
1924 miles Of its Atlanta-W Washington
line, Southern Railway has eliminated
"a out Of 70 grade crossings. By the
building Of undefpasses 20 were elm
mated, by overhead bridges 10, and
by changing the direction OF public
highways Is. The 10 which remain
are so located as to make their elimi.
nation physically impossible or they
involve prohibitive damages to abut
ting property.
In all construction work involving
the relocation or double tracking Of
its lines the fixed policy Of Southern
Railway Company Is to separate all
important highway crossings OF the
revised lines wherever practicable.
Though this policy mea large addi'
tiohal expense, such expense is under.
taken as a permanent investment fos
safety.
Southern Railway has also co-operat
ed with municipal and county author
tiles in the elimination Of many dan.
gerous crossings on others Of its lines
throughout the South. 1t has devoted
10 work of this character as much as
its resources and other obligations
make possible and President Fairfax
Harrison has announced that this poi
icy will be continued.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-08-18
WANT ORGANIZATION
KINGDOM OF POLAND

Vienna, Aug. 1.-THE Polish fac
ton In the Austrian parliament has
issued a manifesto calling for organi-
cation of a kingdom of Poland as an
integral part of the Hapsburg mon
archy.
The Polish national committee, en-
dorsing the manifesto, has issued a
call to the people of Polish territory
now free from Russian domination to
send delegates to a general national
convention to perfect an organiza-
ton intended to work for a reunited
nation.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-08-18
ZEMERINE HEALS CUTS. SORES

ZEMERINE HEALS CUTS, SORES,
etc. The best remedy for Eczema.
Gives relief when other remedies fail
Stops itching and heals permanently.
Recommended by prominent doctors.
SOC and $1.00 at G.. A. Milford G. Co.
or from Zemerine Chemical Co.,
Orangeburg, S. C..
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-01-16
Real Military Wedding.

Paris. January 13.-The first mar
riage under fire has Just occurred
near Arrss. At midday the bride
groom, Private Lenoir, emerged
from the trenches, scraped the mud
off his clothing. washed up and
marched. with a couple Of soldier
comrades. to the City Hal, where
he met the bride, Partisan dress
maker. who hed journeyed thlther
by special p rmit. Shells fell thick
in the village during the ceremony
and the subsS quent mass. After the
wedding bre,kfast Lenoir should
cred his rifle end returned to the
trenches. The bride proceeded to
Paris.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-01-16
E. M. MOSS
is NO MORE
Funeral Services At Methodist
Church This Morning at
10 O'clock.

Ebert Munsey Moss died Thurs
night at $3.50 o'clock, at the home Of
his father-in-law, Mr.. r. M. Ander-
son. No. 212 East Sixth street. He
had been in very bad health for sew
eral months, suffering from a COM
plication of diseases, but the imme-
date cause of death was apoplexy.
Mr.. Moss was a gunsmith and was
forty-four years old. For a number
of years he was engaged in business
in the city.
His wife, who was before her mar
riage Miss May Anderson, and two
children survive. Mrs. Riley But
Ter, of Frankfort, is a daughter.
His funeral services will be held
at the Methodist church, of which
he was member, at 10 o'colck this
morning and the interment will take
place in Riverside Cemetery.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-01-16
The War Blight.

In his own forceful style. Irwin S.
Cobb, of the Saturday Evening Post,
writing in the RI Cross Magazine
for January. tells of the misery he
he saw during his recent trip
in the European war zone. Speskirg
of these made homeless and desti-
tute by the war. he says in part:
Il saw them trsmping aimlessly
along wiz d-swept. rain-washed
roads, fleeing from burning and de-
vastated villages. | saw them Sleep
ng in open fields upon he miry earth
with no cover and no shelter. | saw
them herded together in the towns
and cities from which many OF them
fled. existing God alone knows how.
| saw them-ragged. furtive scare
corresponding in the shattered
ruins Of their houses, seeking salvage
where there was no salvage to be
found. saw them living like
the beasts of the field. upon such
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-01-16
SET FORTH BY
GOVERNOR
Mr.. McCreary Specifies Revenue
and Taxation, Roads, Educa-
ton and Prohibition.

Frankfort, KY, Jan. 13.-tive big
issues will confront the next Admir-
istration and General Assembly for
settlement, and perhaps, cut a large
figure in the approaching State cam
paign." said Gov. McCreary. They
are revenue and taxation, public
roads, insurance regulation, revision
or the educational laws and proba-
bly, constitutional amendments rela-
tive to Statewide prohibition and
woman's suffrage"
Referring to them categorically,
the Governor said:
''First-Revenue and taxation.
This is bound to be question of
great Importance.
"Second-Public roads. The fact
that the State increased the State
tax five cents on the 500 for the
benefit of public roads at the last
session of the General Assembly pro-
vides a large sum of money to be
spent in their improvement; and the
Good Roads Bill which it is said Con-
gress will pass, giving to each State
an appropriation for the benefit of
road improvement, gives the road
question great Importance.
Third Insurance 1t will be re-
membered that the insurance law
passed by the last General Assembly
was opposed by insurance companies
so strongly that many of them with
drew from the State and refused to
do business in Kentucky for a time
A compromise was effected whereby
a commission was appointed to pre-
pare a bill for submission to the mex
General Assembly.
"Fourth-Revision of the educa
tional laws. There is decided de
mand for such revision.
"Fifth-The outlook indicates that
there will be great efforts made tC
enact laws ia regard to Statewide
prohibition and woman suffrage"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-01-16

forks at the lift of he plate in the
order in which they are to be used
and the knives and spoons at the
right in the same order. This does
not irc'ude the silver for desert,
which is brought in with the desert.
Bread ard butter spresders are fire.
quently laid on the bread and butter
plltes. For q dinner of soup, meat,
salad, desert and coffee, the silver
is arranged thus: at the left of the
p ate the fork for meat on the out
side and the salad fork next, at the
right Of the plate. the meat knife
next to the plate snd the soup spoon
next to it on the outside. Bjuillon
spoons are used for Sup. | have
never heard of using them for
canned fruit"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-01-16
GORDON NELSON
ACTIVE HEAD
OF The Farmers Bureau of
Information on
Tobacco.

In accordance with the action of
farmers, held here several days ago,
the executive committee named at
that time held meeting and select
ed Gordon Nelson as the man who
should be in active charge of the
Office to be opened in Hopkinsville
and where the farmers are to be fur
nished all possible information rela-
tive to the present condition of the
tobacco crops, the market and where
they are to be advised when they de-
sire it as to " hen is the best time to
sell and what prices they should Sc
cure. Mr.. Nelson spent a number
of years in the tobacco business as a
buyer himself and therefore is in
close connection with it, but in ad-
dition, he has gone vigorously to
work to secure further data and in
formation. He will have his Office
Eith that of County Agriculturist
Richardson, and he will be available
ITO the farmers at all times.
This is in furtherance of the de-
cision of the farmers to take action
for the purpose of securing better
prices for their tobacco. AS yet
these plans have not fully masured,
but already it is evident that the
plan for holding is being looked up
on with favor, although the advanc-
ed prices now being paid for tobacco
are beginning to be alluring to the
growers.
Also, it was ordered that another
mass meeting Of the growers of the
county should be held here this af-
ternoon to further consider the to-
bacco situation and possibly arrive
at more definite plans for holding
the crop and for marketing it.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-01-16
Hospitals in Berlin.

There are / 100 military hospitals
in operation in Berlin, according to
the German Information Service.
According to the latest figures,
says the bureau, Berlin has at
present about HOO hospitals for
the care of the wounded. The SMALL
est accommodate forty cases. viii e
the larger On IS have from 400 to 600
b EDS. In all there are said to be
about 5000 wounded in B srlin hos
pitfalls. A very large proportion of
the wounded are soon discharged as
fit for du'y and return to the front,
No definite figures are available. but
an army surgeon who has had lsrge
experience both in the file d and il
the base and reserve hospitals esii'
mates that about 70p.r cent. of the
wounded are returning or will re-
turn to duty. only 80 pc cent. beiDg
permanently unified for military
service.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-01-16
AGED 1O4 YEARS.
Probably Oldest Person In Chris
tian Dies.

Titia Moseley. col, probably the
oldest person in Christian County,
died a few days ago at the home of
her youngest son, Griffin Moseley,
near Laytonsville. Aunt" Titia. as
as she was familiarly kno Wn. is said
to have been 104 years old. She was
n servant in the family of the late
John L. Moseley for many years and
was born in Virginia. Her youngest
son, with whom she had made her
home for some years, is about 70
years old.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-01-16
WARNING TO
TEACHERS
Must Hold School Six Hours
Each Day or Lose Ger
tiGCateS.

In visiting the schools in the Coun-
ty, especially since the weather has
been bad, Ihave found several teach
ers who are not teaching six hours
per day as required by law. The law
requires that every teacher put in
six hours per day exclusive of time
given for recess. l have called at
tention to this matter in other ways
but now am compelled to make the
matter public and want the coop
eration Of the public. 1t is impossi-
BILE for the trustees and County Su-
perintendent to be present every day
to see if the teachers are in their
places the required amount Of time.
therefore, this is sacred trust rest
ing almost entirely upon the honesty
and integrity of the teachers.
For the purpose Of bringing the
offenders to time shall welcome any
information from any district where
the teachers are not teaching full
time and if a genuine case be estab-
lished shall not hesitate to revoke
the certificate of the guilty party.
This article might seem to be a re-
Election upon the entire teaching
force in the county but it should not
be so construed, for while there are
dozens who are negligent and care
less there are more than a hundred
faithful teachers who are doing more
than is required by law. This is not
to call the righteous" but sinners
to repentance.
! (Signed) L. f. FOSTER
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-01-16
The February Woman's
~ Home Companion.

One Of the striking contributions
to the February Woman's Home
Companion is an article by the Rev.
Charles Stelzle entitled Making the
Church Do Real Work" in which he
considers the question of the high
cost of salvation. He does not. of
course, consider that the money cost
per convert which church pays is
any evidence as to the efficiency or
inefficiency of that church, but he
does show wherein some churches
are vastly superior to others in the
service which they perform to a
community. In any event, his arti-
:. Gle is highly entertaining and
thought-provoking and will undoubt-
edly arouse considerable discussion.
In the same issue, Ida M. Tarbell
writes on the ''The laxative Wo-
man." and Anne Morgan, daughter
of the late j. Pierpont Morgan,
writes another talk to "The Ameri-
can Girl"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-01-16
In Caldwell County.

Princeton. KY, Jan. 15.-Ano her
Postum Hunter outbreak occurred
in this county a few nights ago when
a band Of men visitt d jim jenkins.
a farmer, a d accompl shed the OBJ
ject of their visit by giving him a
thrF shing.
The motive which prompted the at
tack is unknowp. The rewards fix.
ing a price of $500 per head have
been offe ed for the conviction of
any Possum Hunter in the county,
and this is the first outbreak that
has come to light since the offering
of these rewards, several weeks ago.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-01-16

things as the beasts Of the field
would rejsct. | saw them standing
in long lines waiting for their poor
share Of the dole of charity which
already was nearly exhausted. l
saw their towns when hardly one
stone stood upon another. saw
their abandoned farm lands where
the harvesis rotted in TIE burrows
and The fruit hung widowed and
ungsthered upon the trees. | saw
their cities where trade was dead
end credit was a thing which no
J, nZer tx sted. saw them stagger-
gering from WEAKNESS and from the
WI akness of hunger. saw al these
sights repeated and multiplied in
finitely-yes. and magnified, too
but not once did see a man or wo.
man or even a child that wept or
cried out"
The horrors or war as portrayed
by Mr. Cobb are enough to startle
hardened criminal. He tells of
seeing soldiers in tstte's aud streams
Of wounded rourirg back from the
front enol ly. 1t is a strict reu
trial word picture he paints in the
future. TIE tit'e of the article is
: The War Blight"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-01-16
A Curious Predicament.

In the January Woman's Fome
Companion Fannie Heaslip Lea, witt
ing a fiction story entitled Sicily
Ann and the Pot of G H." has a
character. married woman, who
comments a. foil rvs on the money
he had when she was a girl and the
nonev she does not have now: q
4" Wnen / was a g ri nsver need
ed to be CAREFUL Of W rat spent, and
since I've been a woman I've never
h4d enough to learn how to be care
full,
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-01-16
Oldest Pony.

"Old Pat" probably the oldest
pony in Southern Kentucky, died at
Bowling Green of old age at the
home OF its owner. Mr.. Joe u. Smith
on the Scottsville pike says the Mes
senger. This pony was born in
Louisville thirty-three years ago and
while its first owner was riding the
animal in playing polo it threw the
rider and he died from his injuries.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-01-16
HOW SILVER Is ARRANGED
AT A BIG DINNER,

In the Home Problem Department
of the February Woman's Home
Companion, a subscriber asks for a
description Of the proper way to
place soup spoons. fruit spoons,
knives. forks. and so on. at a big
dinner. The editor of the depart
ment answers the question as follows:
"The accepted way of arranging
silver at each cover is to place the
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-01-16
War Cost In Figures.
(Signed)
L. E. FOSTER.

+ Berlin, Jan 13.-The V0rwaert
estimates that the aggregate war
expenditures eff the be'.igc rents for
the first five months have been ST.
800 600 600. The daily expenditure
i figured at $48 100000. The dam
age to Belgium a1i East Prussia is
estimated at 81 $40. 100000 aud the
shipping losses at $11 OOO,OOO,OOO.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-01-16
Americanizing Belgium.

The most powerful army in the
world cannot leu, onize Belgium. ="
says Alfred Nerinex, burgomaster of
Louvsip, but America. armed with
bread, is AmercarizIng b lgium."
No greater eulogism could be paid
this great country of ours than that
contained in the above simple Ian
g1age.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-01-16
Mrs. ]. D. Powers.

Ms. Clara Halves Powers. wife Of
Col j. d. Powers. died in Louisvil q
Sunday night at their home at 1888
South s xth street. She was 66 years
old. Mr.. and Mrs. Powers would
have celebrated their gol1"~ wedding
anniversary next DC ober. Toe re-
mains were taken to Hawesville for
interment.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-01-16
8,516 Silos in Texas.

Farm aid Fir = de says: The
Texas Business M MS Association
reports 8.51S Silos in Texas. Two
thirds of these we're built in 1913.
and silcs we're going up lastsummer
at the rate of about Is a day"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-01-16
Found Dead in Bed.

Murrry. KY. Jan 13.'-Msck Hall,
one of the oldest and best-known
men in this county. was found dead
in bed by neighbors at his home.
Mr.. Hall was sixty Ave years old.
aud is survived by one daughter.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-01-16
Porterheld Promoted.

Paducah, Ky" jim. f3.-Accord-
irg to reliable information, j. F.
Porterfeld, superintendtn mt of south.
ern lines of the Illinois Central, vii
be succeeded by Supt. L. W. Bald
win, of the Kentucky division. o.
er changes will TO low.