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The Washington herald., 1915-10-31
A. A. A. Officials and Hotel
Owners Plan a Route
Through Picturesque Ter
ritory of Nearby States
Which May Rival New
England's Ideal Tour.

Nearly every one who motors hal
heard of THE Ideal Tour" the famou.
motor route through scenic and historic
New England. 1t is q conservative esti.
mate that 100000 motorists have ira.
versed its length since It come into
existence and that 1,O0o,ooo others have
expressed q desire to do so-and will dc
so sooner or later.
Shortly after New England began to
realize the benefits accruing to the CON-
munities that harbor good roads, a plan
was formulated to exploit the fact that
New Englsnd's roads were the best and
that New England's scenic attractions
were unsurpassed. Idea was added to
idea until out of a mass of ideas came
The Ideal Tour. The automobile clubs
OF the North Atlantic country, aided by
the newspapers Of the section, worked
tirelessly to project the tour.
Everyone Hoped.
To sign-mark highways. improve bad
stretches of road and circulate literature
over all the country, money was needed.
1t was natural that this should be
supplied by those the tour would benefit
In the largest degree. Every one helped.
All Of those who would benefit directly
and indirectly, and those whose souls
were full of community pride.
That was several years ago. New
England has since profited immeasurably
through advertising the fact that 1t had
good roads and charming scenery. Since
then other sections of the United States
have established well-defined motor tours
under one name or another and each
has proven highly profitable to the COM
merical interests OF the towns through
which the tour passed and the motorist
has returned home cherishing the memory
The Washington herald., 1915-10-31

Nero, who was near-sishted. had q
small transparent jewel, probably an &C
fidentally formed lens. through which he
watched the sports in the arena. The
principle of the lens not being known.
the power Of the Jewel was supposed to
be of magical origin. and the gem was
regarded as very wonderful tailsman.
The Washington herald., 1915-10-31

to a great extent the strain on the
various departments.
In Washington the National Is sold
by the combs-Howard Co. on II
street northwest.
The Washington herald., 1915-10-31

The social center established at Wilson
Normal School has seventy-six ladies' en-
rolled for the domestic science course;
nfty-two for the millinery course; over
sixty men and women for the comrnun-
tty chorus, and seventy girls for gym
nasfum cIassea
The Washington herald., 1915-10-31

Miss Edith Pierce has won the tennis
title among the contestants at Central
for honors. Miss Hortense King. as run
ner-up. was beaten only IN the finals.
The Washington herald., 1915-10-31

Every girl among the advanced stu.
dents at Tech builds her fall millinery
and "tailors" her winter suit. Principal
Frank c. Daniels has decided to hold an
exhibit in the spring Of the beautiful
and useful work done In the domestic
science and domestic art departments of
the school.
The Washington herald., 1915-10-31

Poured cement work, made in
moids for ornamental flower pots.
urns and window boxes, has been In
troduced into the art work by Miss
May Atlee. as auxiliary training for
pottery work.
The Washington herald., 1915-10-31

Marks for the first advisory" in
all high schools went in Friday. In
one high school formal printed no.
tees were sent to parents where pu-
pills had failed.
The Washington herald., 1915-10-31

Irene Postles and NJ. NJ. Mcclure have
been designated for the two leading parts
In THE Country Store" which is to be
presented by Business High Dramatic
Society before the Thanksgiving holi-
days.
The Washington herald., 1915-10-31

Half hundred parents and friends
OF the Petworth Home and School
Association met at the school on
Tuesday night and enjoyed a musical
program and social hour. Decora-
tons of palms and autumn leaves
lined the corridors and library, where
the teachers received the guests.
The Washington herald., 1915-10-31

Membership on the senior girls basket
ball team Of Central High School has
been announced as follows: Sylvia OPP
penheimer. Hortense King, Alta Heap.
Edith Swartwout, Edith Pierce. Eleanor
North and Valerie French Hortense
King Is captain.
The Washington herald., 1915-10-31

DR.. Hamilton E. Cogswell, newly ap-
pointed director of music, addressed
pupils of Central at chapel on We'd
nesday morning. after which he sung
Spirit of Victory" one of his own
musical compositions.
The Washington herald., 1915-01-03

first salvo had settled, the sea once more
sprang into life. a full score of spouts
rose to meet the sky, a score more of
shells went whining and weeping to the
far distance. The golden sun cast its
beams through the falling water and
thousand rainbows danced and glittered
in the warm. clear air.
The flashes from the heavy guns were
rapid and steady now, for the men behind
the guns had got the range and were
sOCking it home. Crash after crash.
shrek after shrek, geyser after Seyser
filled the air, while through it all was
felt, more than heard, the Ominous growl
of the death-deaIing rifles. The very
heavens seemed to cry aloud in agony.
and the silent, awed watchers, standing
on tip-toe with mouths agape to relieve
the pressure on the eardrums, could feel
the atmosphere around them quake and
quiver from the shock
The great target RATS, weighing many
tons, plunged and creaked in the sea-way
caused by the weight of falling steel
AS each target was struck large splinters
went sailing of to windward and the raft
would plunge nose under in smother Of
foam. without warning. the mast of No.
3 raft collapsed and the net, reduced to
ribbons, went futtering into the waves.
The Delaware had literally shot her
target to pieces. The significance was
that in real battle she had met the enemy.
and sank her. The firing ceased as sud
denly as it had begun and, save for .
The Washington herald., 1915-01-03
New Use for Horse.

ENERGY of the horse is transformed
l. into electricity by an apparatus de-
vised by an Ohio inventor. The
device consists of a circular sweep which
operates a dynamo. the horse causing
power to be generated as he walks slow
ly around fourteen-foot track. An cleo
trio bell and whip attachment keeps the
horse going. II the animal should slow
down too much, or stop, the bell immedt-
ately rings and the whip gets into ac-
tion, neither of them stopping until the
horse has resumed his normal gait
The Washington herald., 1915-01-03

describe It. like a heavy freight train
pulling III; steep grade at full speed.
One. two. the shells hit the water, then
faint and far. like the rolling boom OF
distant thunder. came the rsverberations
of the big guns, the concussion causing
the bell bottoms of the watchers trourers
to flap. The flagship had fired two range
shots, the spoilers way up in the tops
of the cage masts had got the range
and all was set. The next would be for
blood
A long tense silence followed. An
anxious craning of necks, a straining OF
eyes Again from the ship leading came
the ball of flame-slitted smoke, and along
the line of ships. way out there where
the sea and sky met. ran a row of little
balls of hame-slitted smoke. One, two.
three, four-a full score of flashes, each
one conveying a message of destruction
speeding onward at the rate of more than
twenty miles per minute.
The smoke drifted asteTn and dis
solved Another row of smoke balls and
little darts of fame. That smoke drifted
astern and vanished. Then, with a
mighty kissing roar, score of hot shells
hit the water in front of the targets or.
passing through them, sent column after
column of water seeking the ethereal
blue, to go bounding and bowling, like
lost weary souls, on and on. skipping and
spouting, to sink to a watery grave, miles
away.
Before the falling column from the
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ringing in the ears and the low arguing
voices of the men with money up, silence
reigned once more.
The engines on the towing ship stop
ped. and the battered, shattered RATS
came to a rest. The first division had
turned its nose this way and was speed
ing to be in at the finish. From the big
tug that had been following the repair
gang now put off in the whaleboats
Their duty, it was, to board the RATS,
take in the old screens, repair the broken
lattice work. put up new screens and
make everything as 1t was before, for the
ships now arriving had fred from the
starboard side and must needs repeat
their performance from the port side.
As we watched. the small boats from
the tug arrived alongside of the raft and
the men swarmed aboard, working knee
deep in the warm, clean water. An oc-
casional splash showed where somebody.
determined on taking a swim, would
accidentally" slip from his foothold and.
with much laughter, swim around until
ordered aboard by the officer in charge.
Even at work Sailor Jack must have his
play.
Rapidly new splices were made, new
stays woven through, the old screens
furled and placed in the boats, new
screens run up, and all was ready for the
next turn The mutilated targets were
then taken aboard their respective ships.
stretched fiat on the decAI and the hits
counted. The screen is gone over care
The Washington herald., 1915-01-03
BY r. E. wATTERsON. 7. s. n.

~ HEY had steamed out to the
rendezvous the night before,
those eight huge, grim dogs
of war. Lying at anchor at
riding distance, they pre-
sented a formidable front. Dark and
desperate they loomed in their gray
coats of warpaint, their big guns bris-
Ting from the turrets and their small
guns peeping from the ports like ever
watchfuI eyes There they we're, just as
ready for battle as to shoot up an ire
sponstve and insensate target.
1t was an April morning, and the
weather conditions were perfect for the
work on hand 4 Istless, flat sea;
warm, clear sky and the air perfectly
still
Twice every year Uncle Sans navy
holds target practice Twice every year
a patch Of the sea, about thirty miles off
tn Vir>iHya capes, is alive with the ships
of the No~th Atlantic fleet. There, for
g period covering several weeks, the air
resoun.s With the noise of heavy gun
FIRE. f,r now here else in the world is the
TlNdlIN So htt'Il d btlNttu llf Hlldl "
eyed youngsters that man those rifles of
destruction.
Never did the gods of Olympus strive
harder for coveted prize than do these
bronzed Young strplings in blue, for the
red pennant with the black -balIed cen
ter and the bronze tablet. the most high
ly valued trophy in the navy. Torpedo
boats and destroycrs darted here and
there. official messengers during practice.
Busy tugs piled about, each one with
target in tow. for Uncle Sam wastes no
time while here.
When the suns rays first showed above
the horizon, a flutter of flags trailed to
the top Of the signal halyards on the flag
ship. a message to the ships to get under
way and proceed with the work on hand.
The decks, cleared for action. sprang into
life The silvery notes of the bugle
sounding assembly" were waited along
on soft southern breezes.
The piping notes OF the boatswain's
whistle rose and fell, and the gruff com.
mand All hands up anchor" brought
ing just what to do. and each one doing
It. Soon the big anchors were broken
from their resting places. and the big
chains Clanked and grumbled their way
through the hawse pipes until all were
hove in and all made secure.
Thin streamers of smoke from the
stacks showed that the men in the fire.
rooms we're breaking up the fires and
pushing a full head of steam. Slowly
the big ships forged ahead, one behind
the other in steaming formation, proceed
ing slowly to the course.
The first division, composed Of the
wyoming. Florida, Delaware and North
Dakota, was the first to go on the range.
The South Carolina, of the second divi-
sion. was detailed to tow targets, and the
Louisiana, flagship of the second division,
to spot shots. Along about 10 o'clock the
word was quietly passed along the decks
The Washington herald., 1915-01-03

fully by the umpires. the ordnance off,
GER, members of the gun crews and the
sea lawyers who always are on hand
with their "If it was doing that" and
Il told you SOS" on all occasions.
Every square foot of the rag was
cOnned for the coveted ragged rents. with
as much care as an aviator overhauling
his machine for a fight. In some places
two or more shells used the same spot
in going through and hot arguments arose
between the rival gun crews before the
matter was fully settled.
The anchors we're let go. the bugle
sounded mess and we drifted below to
feed up, our tongues busily wagging over
the events of the morning. The dove Of
peace preened its feathers and peace
reigned over all.
The Washington herald., 1915-01-03

of the towing ship that the first division
was coming on the range and anyone,
not on duty. and wishing to witness the
firing, could do so We repaired to the
superstrucutre deck. and there an ave
inspiring sight met our eyes.
The South Carolina was bowling along
at about six knots speed. and behind us
at regular intervals, plunged the enor-
nous rafts with a mast at each end. The
target and raft is composed of a steel
hull about fOrty-two feet long and rows
of heavy Stating. both horizontal and
vertical, forming a lattice work. Over
this is drawn a net screen of heavy cord
twenty-five by sixteen feet, on which is
scwed three strips of black canvas. one
at each end and one in the center, to
represent the stacks of ship.
The raft is then baIlasted until it is
awash, and the screen flush with the
water. Five RATS in all. and beyond
them thin curl of foam from her cut
water and curl of black smoke from
her stacks, plowed the Louisiana with
the big tugs hugging her lee On our
starboard beam, torpedo boat cut it's
sinister way through the deep. The first
division was nowhere in sight.
Suddenly the cry arose: There they
are!" Way, way Oft on our port quarter
dim haze hung over the water. Minutes
passed and the haze resolved itself into
five little ships seemingly no larger than
the little leaden toys one played with as
a boy. Sixteen thousand yards read the
range finder, almost nine miles. A silence
as of death seemed to fall on the watch
ers. SO still we're things that the throb-
bing Of the turbine engines on the torpedo
boat was plainly heard. All eyes were
on those FIVE little. leaden ships away
out there on the horizon. every nerve
strained to catch the first sign of the
firing.
Closer and closer they crept.
Twelve thousand yards read the range
finder Suddenly. from the ship leading.
sprang a tiny burst of flame surrounded
by a black ball of smoke. Another squirt
of flame another ball of smoke that
quickly passed astern and dissolved. then
a great roar, the water around the first
raft sprang into the air like a gigantic
geyser ascending to the height Of several
hundred feet while the big shell from
the Wyoming's gun weighing $40
pounds. went hurtling. and screaming off
into the distance. striking the water at
intervals and sending columns of water
into the air that, falling. reflected the
sunshine in kaleidoscope of colors.
The projectile, in fight. was plainly
visible. Another roar. another geyser,
another she'll went whistling and spin
ming, over and over, looking for all the
world like a wild duck in a very great
hurry. The spinning and bouncing of
the shell, called a ricochet. was caused by
the velocity when the shell hit the water.
And the screaming, roaring noises that
followed in its wake were beyond descrip-
ton. It sounded. as nearly as one can
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1915-07-14

interest in the city? Most of it is just
the natural excitement of landing; but
it's the best advertisement for a steam
boat in the world.
A city can do the same thing, in a
way. 1t, too, can make its river front
permanently attractive, so that when
steamers land the passengers will see
the bright and appealing side of Owens
boro. The river park should be beauti-
fed and everything done about the levee
and the park that can be done to make
it an adequate front yard" of Owens
boro.
OF course, we cannot require the
mayor to be standing in the park every
time a boat lands, groomed and inn
maculate, initiating Capt Edgar Viii
liams on the upper deck of the Tarascon.
But at the same time, it's the best city
booster in the world to "look good.
And greensboro could look better on the
river front It's time we learned
lesson from the packets-owensboro
Inquirer.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1915-07-14
spent last Saturday In Hardinsburg.
Miss Laura Satterfeld In much i'm.
proved after several days illness.
BASHAM-SEYBERT
Miss Mary Dee Basham Mar
ried to James Alvin Seybert
June 19, at Newport.

A marriage of interest to relatives
and friends of this county is that of
Miss Mary Dee Basham and Mr.. James
Alvin Seybert. The wedding took place
at the home of Mr.. Horace &. Drake,
OF Newport, KY, June 10. The mar
riage was solemnized with the ring
ceremony at seven o'clock that evening
by the Rev. John +. Herget. The
wedding music was PLAYED by Miss
Anne Rockstraw. A number Of frie nds
were present.
The bride wore white lace over white
silk, large picture hat and carried a
bridal boquet of brides roses and valley
lilies.
Immediately after the wedding Mr..
and Mrs. Seybert left for a wedding
trip to Chicago, Milwaukee and other
points North. They will make their
home at Waterloo, Iowa, where the
groom is representative tor Hunt, Helm
Ferris & Co., of Harvard, Ill.
The bride is one of Kentucky's pop.
alar teachers and has a host of friends
in Breckenridge and Hancock counties,
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1915-07-14
Subscribe Today
Our Fair.

Hardinsburg, July with prospects
for excellent crops III our county. this
should be year of prosperity, and all
citizens therefore are appealed to and
solicited to aid us in having the great
est fair in the history of our county.
There is nothing to prevent this being
one of the leading fairs of our State.
We have the ideal location, beautiful
grounds, ample shade and passenger
trains running to the gates of the Fair
Grounds. The named advantages can
not he boosted of but by few fairs in
our State. Our Floral Hall is not sur
passed, our Grand Stand is the largest
and better arranged than any, other
than found in counties of greater
wealth; our race track is all that can be
asked. We have all the necessaries
that go to make an ideal Fair Grounds
all of these things we are justly proud.
We appeal in eaI nest for the CO.
operation of all citizens in our coming
fair August 10, ~ and 20.
Speak good word for the fair, write
your relatives and friends to be with us,
get yorr stock ready, bring something
for the Agricultural Department. We
kindly ask the ladies not to neglect the
Floral Hall display.
The premiums offered in all these de-
partments invite competition. Amuse-
ments for the children, attractions for
all-soIuething to anuse and instruct
the young and the old-will be on the
grounds. Arrange to be present all
Three Days.
Write the Secretary for Catalogue.
We kindly seek your influence.
Respectfully,
THE COMMITTEE.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1915-07-14

turned home after few days visit with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. b. Squires.
Miss Eva Lee May and Miss Eliza
Nav have returned from Cannelton
after a visit to Mr.. and Mrs. George
May.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. b. Bell, who have
been visiting relatives in the county,
returned to their home in Mattoon, Ill =,
Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. J.. Weber are at
home in Louisville at 1918 WOODBURY.
Avenue after a wedding trip to Gin
cinnati.
Mrs. Oscar Hartman and Mrs. |.
Wright have returned to Evansville
after visiting their aunt, Mrs. J. T.
O'Connell.
Misses Elizabeth and Judith May
Squires have returned home, near Irv.
ington, after a months visit with their
grandmother.
Mrs. Mollie Cobbs and daughter,
Miss Nellie, St. Louis, Mo-, came last
week to visit her daughter, Mrs. Ed.
Dillon, Hardinsburg.
Mrs. w. II. Bowmer spent last week
at Benton Harbor, Mich and Chicago,
the guest of her daughters, Mrs. Chas.
K. Minary and Mrs Hugh Atkinson.
Mrs. ALI eastman, of Stephensport;
Miss Liss eastman, of Union Star, and
Mrs. Clarence Hunt, of Kokomo, Ind. +,
are the guests OF Mrs. Harry Hannah.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Williams left
Sunday afternoon for Chicago and
Grand Rapids, Mich, where they will
visit her parents, Mr.. ard Mrs. Van
Frank.
Mrs. Henry Pate and daughter, Mrs.
Wave A. Rolf, and son, Marion Clay
Rolf, who passed month visiting in
New Mexico and Nickerson, Kansas,
arrived home last week.
Mrs. ). E. Wilson has returned home
after visit with relatives near PAYNE
vile. She was accompa nied home by
her two nieces, Misses Pearl and Hattie
Kennedy.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Randall Balls have
been transferred from Canton, Ohio, to
Mansfield, Ohio, and are at home at
146 West Fourth street. Mansfield is
the home of Mrs. Fred Herring, who is
remembered here as Miss Adele Fisher.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. B. Skillman, of
Morganfield, are the guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. A. b. Skillman. Miss Elizabeth
Skillman is passing the summer trav-
cling in the West where she will visit
many interesting places en- route to the
San Francisco exposition.
E. S. Moore, of Parkersburg, w. Va,
spent last week the guest of Edward
Bovine. Mr.. Moore is interested in the
Murray Roofing Tile Company, and
said that Mr.. Bovine has built one of
the best tile plants in the United States.
Mr.. Moore is very optimistic business
man and is assured trat the financial
conditions of the country will be better
soon.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1915-07-14
ACCOUNTS OF ONE.DAY VISITS
i Motor Tours. River Trips
and vacationettes
Of the Summer Season

Mrs. Sam Bishoff visited in Irvingtor
Sunday.
Mrs. X. b. Pierce has returned home
from Louisville.
Mrs. Katherine Carter has returned
home from Irvington.
Hear DR.. Paul Shell Powell at the
Methodist church this week.
Edward Morrison, of Irvington, is
spending the week with relatives.
Miss Eva Basham, of Stephensport,
is the guest of Miss Leila Tucker.
Mrs. Crenshaw, of Versailles, is the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. David Phelps.
Mrs. H. v. Duncan is visiting Mr..
and Mrs. David Duncan in Branden-
burg.
Miss Jane Crenshaw, of Versailles, is
the guest of her sister, Mrs. David
Phelps.
Miss Susie Haffey has gone to Evans
willie to be the guest of friends for a
few days.
Jewell Holder, of St. Louis, arrived
last week to visit his grandmother, Mrs.
Tom Boiler.
Misses Mabel and Lottie Trent, of
Big Spring, spent the week end with
Kathleen Squires.
Mrs. d. M. Dorst attended the funer'
al of her uncle, Geo. E. Lewis, at
Hardinsburg Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Head, of Ev-
ansville, are spending two weeks with
Mrs. Virginia Williams.
Mrs. Rufus Mccoy is visiting at
Bowling Green where Mr., Mccoy is at
tending the State Normal.
Pope McAdams. of Louisville and
Hawesville, was the guest of Miss
Florence Fairleigh this week.
A large crowd attended the funeral
of Mrs. Susan Nicholas, which was held
at the Baptist church yesterday.
Leon Office. of Columbus, Ohio,
came Saturday to accept position with
the Murray Roofing Tile Company.
Miss Laura Satterfeld is i'll at her
home on the hill. The readers OF the
Hill Items miss her sple ndid writing.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. d. Squires have re-