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The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1915-07-01

| ' plillS0 operating LlS liOl
mines on the Michigan PENN,
sula and in Northern Minnesota, has
often walked single handed into sa-
looms where a hundred drink crazed
miners, Croatians, Sicilians, Firms,
Lithuanians and Montenegrins, were
battling with knives. He has chased
murderers through the black depths
of underground iron mines and al
ways emerged with his man. OF
course, the man was generally some
what mussed up, but always ready
for trial after a few weeks in hospi-
tai.
Mr.. Foley has a rare fund of per-
sonal experience, but, being about as
garrulous as a ton of iron ore, he has
to be approached with great caution.
If the listener has patience enough
the moment will come when Mr.. Fo-
ley, his face lighting up with ANNA
ton, will tell story to his breathless
audience. Such a moment arrived the
other night and the buzz of CONVERSE
ton quoted down as it became ap-
parent that Dave Foley was suddenly
moved to talk. His face lighted up
as he said:
"And have we ever heard of the
time we put the lads in the biggest
clubhouse on the range into night
gowns? There wuz four hundred of
the lads in this wan big clubhouse.
They wuz mostly Monteniggers AMI
Croatians an Maltese, with here and
there Finn an a Wap. The com
pany had the idee of lettin' 'em live
their own ways in tn clubhouse ami
each divil had a bunk, in which he
slept and where he always kept
blanket an a shirt an three err four
yards of sausage an couple of bot
ties o. beer an half a cord of black
bread an a bushel of garlic. When
they turned in fer the night they
jest crawled in, clothes, boots an
all, with tn beer an the sausage an
he garlic.
"But wan day an officer of the com
oany comes out from Pittsburg, or one
If them seaport towns in the East,
IN he takes one look into the bunk
house, an they carried him out in a
lead faint. We had no pulmotor in
hem days, but we gave him all the
resh air on the Mesaba range an
'urnt rag under the nose of him AN
ent all the way to Hibbing fer ;
ottle of O. de cologne out of the bar
er shop to sprinkle on his face. I
when he comes to he goes to the '
flee an he says few things, an t
hen the superintendent sends fer me t
n he says: Foley he says, it's t
ew order. The men cannot sleep in c
heir office clothes any more at all, t
n they must be taught that It's I'M II
in the land of the free d
n the home of the brave fer to go f
} bed with their muddy boots still o
listened tite on the feet of 'em. An S
ley must get over the foreign habit s
sleepin' on top of tn groceries, n
Obey. Let the garlic and the sausage S
kept elsewhere. And Foley saws
;, rather shame-faced like, 4 must t.
IL We, furthermore, that the order t.
that the men from now on and W
revermore shall wear becomin' v,
ghtgowns when they retire to their h;
st each an every night. That's all, ri
1ley.' b,
" An after | git the heather into pl
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1915-07-01

Paper Made Many Centuries Ago.
Paper was made from rags In
Arabia more than ten centuries ago,
the art being brought to Europe In
The thirteenth century.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1915-07-01

Who indeed could stop it!-Beaumar-
chais.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1915-08-04
THEY'RE BETTING THAT
WE'LL GET INTO THE WAR

New York, Aug. 2.-The betting
in London is even money that the
United States will be in the war in
five weeks. Passengers arriving
here on the Adriatic. of the White
Star Line, declared that when they
left London to embark on the YES
sci, which sailed from Liverpool on
July 81. many bets were being laid
at the hotels and clubs on the pos
sibility of the United States enter
ing the conflict.
Opinion seemed about evenly di-
vided, they declared, but so sure
were those who thought this coun-
try would become embroiled that
they asked no odds as long as the
limit was set for six weeks at the
longest.
At one widely known London club
wager of 81, 900 ($5,000) was laid
the day before the Adriatic sailed,
one passenger asserted.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1915-08-04
FAYETTE Is TO VOTE ON
S3OO,OOO OF ROAD BONDS

Lexington. KY, Aug. IAN or
der was entered in the County Court
yesterday afternoon to file the petit
ton which has been presented call
ing for an election on the proposed
100000 bond issue. The petition
was signed by more than the requir-
ed $50 voters, and County Judge F.
A. Bullock stated that he would call
the election for September 80. The
money realized from the bonds is to
be used in improving the highways
of the county and to aid in building
a bridge across the Kentucky river
between this and Madison county.
By the terms of the petition the pro-
posed bond issue is to be for $780,
900, the interest is to be not more
than s per cent. and the bonds are
to be I'm denominations of not less
than 500 or more than $1,000. The
provision is also made that none of
the bonds are to be sold for less
than par value.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1915-08-04
SENATOR JAMES GIVES
OUT VIEWS ON SUBJECT
OF Statewide Prohibition
Lines Himself Up With
President Wilson.

The Louisville Times of Friday
says:
Declaring his opposition to State
wide prohibition as undemocratic in
that 1t denies to the people of Ken
lucky local self-government, and
that the Democratic party stands
committed to the county unit law,
United States Senator Ollie M.
James, who is spending a few days
in Louisville, gave out an interview
last night.
81 believe the Democratic party
he says, should declare in favor of
the continuance and strict enforce
ment of the existing county unit
law. l hope that no Democrat will,
by his vote, directly or indirectly do
anything to force upon our party a
declaration in favor of Statewide
prohibition.
81 take my stand squarely with
President Wilson, the leader of the
Democracy of this nation. in favor
OF local option as the true Democrat
ic doctrine upon the question of the
regulation of the liquor traffic. The
President stated that he was a thor
ough believer in local self-govern-
ment, and believed that every self
governing community, which consti-
tutes a social unit. should have the
right to settle this question. This,
in my judgment, is the true Demo
cratic doctrine, for local self-govern-
ment, which in it's very essence is
home rule, has long been the watch
word of Democracy. 1t is the gran
lite foundation upon which the Dem
ocratic party has builded, not for q
day, not for political emergency
but as a fundamental truth, and for
all time. Upon the platform OF
1911, embodying this doctrine, we
went to the greatest victory within
tweny years. Whatever else may be
said about the Democratic party. nc
one has ever charged that it was a
shuttlecock, that it blew hot in one
platform and cold in another one
Its principles have been lasting, and
its faith has been constant"
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1915-08-04
BOSWORTH WITHDRAWS
FROM GOVERNORS RACE

Lexington, KY, Aug. 2.-State
Auditor Henry M. Bosworth this af-
ternoon withdrew from the race for
the Democratic nomination for Gov
ernor in a signed statement in
which he declared that the contest
has become square issue between
the county unit law and Statewide
prohibition, and that he has decid-
ed to sacrifice his ambition rather
than take part in discord in his
party.
In his announcement Mr.. Bos-
worth makes no recommendation as
to which of the other candidates his
friends shall support, but Fire Mar
shall Clifford c. Bosworth, the late
candidates brother and campaign
manager, tonight turned over his
precinct organization to the workers
for A. o. Stanley. and it is said will
tomorrow issue a letter to the Bos-
worth followers to give their sup
port to Stanley.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1915-08-04
STATE BREAKS RECORD
IN COAL PRODUCTION

Washington, July 31.-Kentucky
broke its record of coal production
with an output for 1914 of 20.3S2,-
1853 short tons. valued at the mines
at $2O,S52, 463. the years output
exceeding the previous high mark in
1918 by 766.163 tons. This was
made public by the United States
Geological Survey to-day. The
statement says:
"The increase was all the more mo-
table because it was made in year
when most of the coal fields of the
country showed a decrease. and 1t
was due to activity in coal mining
in the Eastern part of the State. par
ticularly along the, Virginia border,
and TO the construction of new rail-
roads.
"The number of men employed
increased from 26.332 in 1913 to
2S.764 in 1914. The average daily
production per man also increased
from 3.5 tons in 1913 to 3.S in
1914. the increase being due to the
extended use of mining machines.
"The coal produced by the dan
gerous practice of shooting off the
solid amounted to only a little over
IL per cent. in 1914 as compared
with over Is per cent. in 1s13-an
excellent record. The number of
fatal accidents. according to the bu-
reau Of mines. was sixty-one."
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1915-08-04
DOUBLE ELBCTROCUTrON
AT EDDYvILLE PRISON

Eddyville, KY, July 30.-Turner
Graham, Jr.. "a years old, Hardin
county farmer, and Will Lane, 25
years old, a Pineville negro. we're
electrocuted in the Eddyville peni-
Tertiary this morning, the former
for the murder of Sheriff Robert T
McMurtry. at Elizabethtown, on De-
cember 70, last, and the latter fol
uxoricide.
Graham never lost his calm bear
ing from the time he left his cell
until he was strapped in the chair
On the other hand, the negro be-
came wildly excited, chanting hymns
and praying aloud on his way to the
death house.
1t required two shocks to kill
each man. Graham took his seat in
the chair and the straps were adj
justed at 3:1S O'Clock. He was
pronounced dead at $3.50 O'Clock. II
took five minutes to execute Lane
from 3:43 to 3:4S o'clock.
The only witnesses were Warden
]. B. Chiffon, his deputies, the pris-
on physician and one OF. two outsid'
erS
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1915-08-04
STANLEY MAKES GREAT
SPEECH TO BIG.CR0WO
Outlines His Views On Public
Matters In a Very Lucid
Way.

Hon. A. o. Stanley, candidate for
the Democratic nomination for Gov
ernor. spoke at the court house here
Friday afternoon, according to an
nouncement. The big court room
was crowded to its fullest capacity,
despite the sultry weather. Mr..
Stanley was at his best and deliver
ed one of the greatest speeches of
his life, which has been noted for
his forensic ability. Mr.. b. F.
Graves, of Buford, introduced Mr.,
Stanley In an enthusiastic way as
"Kentucky's next Governor"
Mr.. Stanley devoted the first part
of his speech to eulogy of the
Democratic party from its early his
tory to the present day. Gradually
and in the most fitting language he
approached the subject of the
States affairs, Said the first thing
he would do after being elected
Governor would be to break the
Frankfort ring" and turn on the
light. He lined himself up with
President Wilson in tire matter of
States rights as embodied in the
questions of Statewide prohibition.
He is in favor of local self-govern-
ment and the County Unit law.
which comprises one of the principal
planks Of the last Democratic plat
form, which still holds good.
Mr.. Stanley paid his respects to
Mr.. H. v. McChesney, who. he said,
has repudiated the Democratic par
ty, which has honored him and un-
der whose banner he has marched
as a faithful party man. Mr.. Stan
ley said that, If honored with the
Governorship, he would use his best
efforts to enforce the County Unit
law to the letter. He cited the in
stance where the lower House of the
last Legislature was about to shove
through Statewide Constitutional
amendment, but it was squelched by
the very party leaders who are now
for 1t, because "the time was not
right He showed bow Mr.. Nc
Chesney had offered to reduce the
taxation of the big corporations
which would have the effect of plac-
ing this same burden on the heads
of the poor. The Book Trust. said
Mr.. Stanley, would cease to reign
over Kentucky schools after he was
elected Governor.
Mr.. Stanley was enthusiastically
applauded at many points of his
speech and he was given the closest
attention by his large audience. The
big Simmons Cornet Band made
music for the occasion. which was
made gala day in Hartford.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1915-08-04
DIR. ELGIN'S DEATH DUE
TO FALL FROM WINDOW

In giving an account of the death
of DIR. Roy Elgin, son of Rev. Virgil
Elgin, formerly pastor of the Meth
odist circuit here, last week, We
were unable to state the cause, but
the following explains the natter
Hopkinsville, KY, July 27.-Dr.
Roy Elgin. son of the Rev. Virgil
Elgin, was killed by fall from a
hotel window yesterday in New Or
leans. This fact was learned when
his widow arrived here this after
noon with the body for burial. DR..
Elgin had gone to New Orleans pre-
liminary to a trip to Vicksburg to
attend a Masonic celebration. He
was in his room on the second floor
of the hotel with some friends and
sat down in the window. He leaned
back against the screen, but this
was not fastened and gave way,
causing him to pitch out and onto
the ground below. He was dead
when picked up.
Funeral services will be held to-
morrow morning at 10 o'clock, con-
Quoted by the Rev. r. f. Hayes. Of
Pembroke. Burial will be in River
side cemetery.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1915-08-04

Mrs. Fred Packard, secretary of the
local humane society. has been help
ing the family and has been making
a special appeal to the citizens for
aid.
Harrison is charged with shooting
Fred Johnson, of s21 West Pennsyl-
vania street, in the calf of the leg
near the Msyns dimension mill.
where Harrison had secured employ
ment as Waterman on his return
from Kentucky early in June.
Harrison denies that he shot
Johnson. He says that 1t Is a
scheme of "possum hunters" to &C
cuse him of the shooting so as to
prevent him appearing in a Ken
lucky court this fall as chief wit
ness for the State.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1915-08-04
o 0 o o . 6 O @ o o O O o o -
Q GOOD ROADS c
o RESOLUTIONS.
Q G o . O 0 G o o o 0 @ O Q @ G

The executive committee of the
Ohio County Good Roads Associl-
ton met in Hartford, July 30th, and
after general discussion, the follow
ing recommendation were adopted
to be presented to the meeting in
Fordsville, August IA, 1915:
LIST. That we urge the vice pres
idents and other officials and good
roads enthusiasts to the immediate
enrolment of at least 1000 paid
memberships in our association.
I'd. That We offer to cooperate
with the Fiscal Court in having the
"Oounty-Seat-to-C ounty-Seat' roads
when State aid is expected-lo-
Gated. surveyed and estimates made
so that we can see whether a bond
issue would be advisable, &c.
Sd. We suggest that all other
roads that are worked at the coun.
tvs expense. be located with the
same care as the county-seat roads
4th. We believe that property
owners along or near the proposed
improved roads should cooperate
with the association and the Fisea
Court.
9Th. We believe that no perma
nent construction work should be
done on roads not included in sec
tions 2 and 3.
9Th That we offer suitable prizes
to common schools for best work
done on roads.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1915-08-04
PRISONER PUTS BLAME
ON POssUM HUNTERS

Evansville. Ind, Aug. 2.-That
Kentucky "possum hunters are
the cause Of Andrew Haprison's de-
tention In the county jail here on a
charge of assault and battery with
intent to kill. is the belief of Har-
rison and family. Only few weeks
before he was arrested he was whip
ped by the ''possum hunters near
Greenville. KY, and when Harrison
exposed them to the sheriff of that
county. they threatened vengeance
he says;
AS result of Harrison's deten-
tion. his wife and three children are
in destitute circumstances. They
are living in single room In the
rear Of the store of Thomas Mcclure
at Third Avenue and Ohio street
with practically no financial aid,
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1915-08-04
BECKER ELECTROCUTED
FOR ROSENTHAL MURDER

Sing Sing Prison, Ossining, N. Y,
July 30.-Charles Becker was put to
death in the electric chair here this
morning for the killing of Herman
Rosenthal, the New York gambler.
The former New York police lieu
tenant retained his composure and
protested his innocence to the last.
He went to his death with a photo
graph of his wife pinned on his shirt
over his heart. Three shocks were
given before the prison physicians
pronounced Becker dead at $3.50
o'clock.
Becker led the way to his own ex-
ecution. The condemned man sat
up all night on the edge of his cot.
calmly talking to Deputy Warden
Charles II. Johnson.
81 have got to face it," said
Becker, land l am going to meet 1t
quietly and without trouble to any
one.'
The Deputy Warden left Becker
about an hour before the time set
for the execution and when the
priests-Father w. e. eashin- the
prison priest, and Father Curry, of
New York-came to administer the
last rites. they found the man who
instigated Herman Rosenthal's muir
der with his face resting on his hand
gazing at the prison floor. The
priests remained with him to the
end.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1915-08-04
EARTH ROADS ARE
FIRST NECESSITY
In Construction OF Our
Thoroughfares.
SOME VALUABLE SUGGESTIONS
Upon a Subject Of Very Great
Importance To All
the People.
PRACTICAL IDEAS PUT FORTH
(By o. II. Taylor c. Ed

(By u. ii. Taylor. {. E.)
A very considerable portion of
the total road mileage of the State
is constructed of earth. In this
county the mileage of roads improv-
ed by any means whatsoever is so
small as to be entirely negligible. 1t
takes no great amount of reasoning,
therefore, to arrive at the conclu-
sion that the earth road question is
one that is with us now and that
it will be with us for long time to
come. Indeed, all roads must rest
upon an earth foundation and no
matter what material composes the
wearing surface of the road, if the
earth subgrade is not properly con-
structed the entire road will be a
failure. Common sense will teach
us that no road will carry a metal
wearing surface successfully if the
road is not made a good earth road
before the wearing surface is APP
piled. | do not mean by this that
because a certain stretch of earth
road is not now a good road it can
not be made a good macadam road,
but do mean that before it can be
made good macadam road it must
first be made good earth road.
In considering the question OF i'm
proved roads, particularly macadam
roads, it is we'll to remember that
the macadam itself is nothing but a
wearing surface. The real road is
that upon which the macadam rests.
Then, since all we have in this
county in the shape of roads are
made of earth, and since in order to
have good roads of any kind we
must first make these roads into
good earth roads, does it not seem a
timely thing to bring our earth
roads into such a shape that with
the addition of an improved wear
ing surface We can convert them in
to hard surface roads? This can be
done with minimum expenditure
of time and money, at the same time
securing more efficient service from
the roads, if the maintenance of the
present roads is along a line of sys-
tematic endeavor to bring the pres
ent earth road up to the standards
set for the construction of the sub
grade for improved roads.
L not .onefhlo ma o..r IN .4I,
roads into the proper condition as
to cross-section, location, grade and
drainage with our maintenance work
as far as the limitations of our
means will allow. and thus make
our money spent for maintenance of
, earth roads count in on the con-
struction of improved roads in the
future?
This plan of action is now rem
dered practical and possible for the
first time in this State by the estab-
lishment of definite standards for
State Aid roads. AS occasion per-
mits, it will afford the writer great
pleasure to discuss in the columns
of The Herald questions relating 10
the fundamental principles of road
construction - namely. location,
drainage and grades. 1t will be his
further pleasure to call attention to
the standards established by the
State of Kentucky in accordance
with which all State Aid roads must
be built.
Beaver Dam. KY. Aug. 2S.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1915-08-04
The Most important.

The Elizabethtown News says;
There are three great fights going
on in Kentucky, every one Of them
greater and more far-reaching than
this political conflict. They are
these TO stamp out adult illitera-
cy by the means of moonlight
schools; the construction Of good
roads by the means OF State aid, and
to decrease the mortality among in
fants by the proper education for
the care OF babies.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1915-08-04
Fatal Quarrel Over Geese.

Jackson, KY, July S1.-As the
result of controversy over the kiln
ing of two geese. Amos Fugate.
aged nineteen, shot and instantly
killed Mrs. Granville Williams at
her home on Quicksand creek, about
four miles from Jackson. Young Flu
gate had killed two geese belonging
to Mrs. Williams, and when she
complained to him about 1t he shot
and killed her.
This is Fugate's second killing.
He killed man named W. NJ.
Combs. in this county, two years
ago.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1915-08-04
Notice To Democrats.

take this method of introducing
to the Democracy of Ohio county
Prof. v. o. Gilbert, of Bowling
Green, who is asking to be nominal
ed for State Superintendent.
know Prof. Gilbert personally. init
mately and we'll. know him to be
christian gentleman, polished
scholar. loyal Democrat and album
dainty qualified for the office &c
which he aspires.
gladly and most cheerfully rec
ommend him to you for your consid'
Grafton. Sincerely yours,
OZNA SHIII .TS 8 6 d q
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1915-08-04
Notice To Tobacco Growers and
Farmers.

The A. s. of Il. wishes to meet all
the tobacco growers and every one
in Ohio county who favors and de-
sires home tobacco market at
Hartford, KY, for the year 1915. OF
the future, on Saturday. August IA,
1915, at the court house at 10
o'clock a. m.
Don't fail to be present II you de-
sire this home delivery.
HENRY M. PIRTLE, Sec'y.
p. s.-All parties who wish their
fertilizer at a much reduced price
for their wheat are requested to be
there.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1915-08-04
Quarantine Lifted.

All of Kentucky. including the
Bourbon stockyards. was free from
quarantine Monday for the first time
since the Federal authorities insti-
tuted repressive measures against
the foot and mouth disease, Novem-
Der IL. 1914. Advancement Of the
entire State into the free area class
ification was effected by order of D.
f. Houston. Secretary of Agricul-
ture.