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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-08-14
Children VS.. Routine.

With the very young children It Ia
essential to have a fixed regularity in
the daily routine, If it can possibly be
carried out. This is necessary be-
cause 1t is the only way of getting
children into the habit of disposing
of the daily necessities in a routine
way. In the matter of eating, sleep
Ing and dressing, in putting away
toys and clothes, in table manners and
in the details of courteous conduct,
the routine may be observed with
never an exception. 1t is apparently
the only way OF making sure of the
habits. You know the saying about
being offered an inch and taking a
yard. Well, that seems to be particu.
larry true of children in the way of
learning the rules of Iife's game. A
change from the ordinary means a
license to ignore the rule. During this
period, therefore, every departure
from the routine involves a serious set.
back. When habits are being &C.
quired no exception should be permit.
ted. But after habits have been
formed they must not be allowed ia
interfere with common sense or with
our happiness.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-08-14
MUsT BEGIN AT THE BOTTOM
First Thing to Do IL to Improve Bad
Dirt Rosds--Money Required 10
Astonishinaiy Small.
-.-:.7-...-:.--==

The dirt roads are the real high.
ways of commerce. without them
you would have little use for macadam
roads or other highways OF like char
acter In the road fabric we must be-
gin at the bottom. AS the dirt roads
are improved year by year. by process
of evolution. when necessity requires
certain percentage Of them viii be-
come trunk lines and be converted in
to rock, macadam, concrete or roads
OF like character. This will come
about when the betterment Of the dirt
roads has so improved agricultural
and other communities through which
they pass that the wealth and popula-
ton and commerce justify It.
We cannot make all the roads rock,
macadam or concrete roads, but we
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-08-14

can make all our bad dirt roads good
dirt roads. We can make the rock,
macadam or. concrete roads in certain
sections and communities where coun-
try growth, wealth, population and
volume Of heavy traffic demand and
justify 1t. The amount of money
really required to convert bad dirt
road into good dirt road by the use
of modern road equipment is astonish-
ingly small.
Where the roads from the farm to
the railway station are partly bad dirt
roads, partly good dirt roads and part
ly rock, concrete or macadam roads,
the farmer must gauge his load not
by the good dirt road. not by the good
macadam road over which he passes
a part of the distance, but by the bad
dirt road he must travel What we
should do is to improve the road.
gauging the load the producer must
haul. If he has to struggle with bad
dirt roads, he is the man we wish to
serve. These roads are the arteries
Of the commerce of the soil. and our
very life, credit, prosperity, education,
church and future interests depend up
on them.
The closer we place the producer to
the markets the lower will be our cost
of living. The roads which serve the
producers today are the dirt roads,
roads of the people. roads reaching ev-
cry community. and 80 years from
now the great majority of the roads
serving the producers will still be dirt
roads. We must deal with things
real. not ideaI!-dov. Major of Mis-
souri,.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-08-14
NOTICE.!
We Have a few purchasers
for farm lands. Call on us
at once, if you want to sell.
RADFORD & JOHNSON.
flee over Anderson &
Fowler's.
Divine Nature.

Nature is pitiless; she never with.
draws her flowers. her music, her
loyousness and her sunlight from be.
lore human cruelty and suffering,
She overwhelms man by the contrast
between divine beauty and social
hideousness. She spares him moth
ing of her loneliness, neither butter
ny nor bird. In the midst Of murder,
vengeance, barbarism, he must feel
himself watched by holy things;
he cannot escape the awful reproach
OF universal nature and the implacable
serenity Of the sky. The deformity
OF human laws is forced to exhibit it.
self naked amid the dazzling rays of
eternal beauty. Man breaks and de-
stroys; man lays waste; man kills:
but the summer remains the summer;
the lily remains the lily; the star re-
mains a star.-Victor Hugo.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-08-14
The spIIt-Loa DRAG.

The split-log drag has contributed
more toward the economic mainte-
nance OF public highways than any I'm
plement OF modern usage. It does not
require special acts Of the legislature.
bond issues. nor expensive educar
tional campaigns to make II available.
az usually precedes construction work
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-08-14
Beneficial Foo.

A remarkable fog on the Peruvian
coast is known as the "garua." It oc.
ours in a region where rain is un.
known, and supplies sufficient mois
turs to support vegetation.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-08-14
We Grind Our
Own Lenses

We have just put in acomplete Lens
Grinding Plant and can save you
money on Glasses. Broken Lenses
duplicated while you wait. YOUR
EYES TESTED and Glasses accur-
ateIy fitted. We guarantee Salts
faction.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1915-03-26
Coal Mining Fatal
ities in February

Charleston. W. Va, March 2I.-Th.
list OF fatal accidenes in the coal mine- O.
West Virginia during the month of Feb.
ruary has just been made public by the
state Department OF Mines, and shows
a total OF Al deaths from various causes.
But for the unfortunste explosion st the
Carlisle mine in Fayette county on Feb
9TH, when % men lost their lives. the to-
tai number Of fatalities. IN all other So
tions of ths- rsss dnsike the nsnth i.
smaller than for any month during the
past year. OF the men killed 10 wer,
Americans ard 25 foreigners. and q class
ifiestion shows that 22 met death from
explosion. nine from fails OF roof and
coal, five from mine cars, two from elec-
trocution. one from locomotive, one from
a fall, and one under the head Of misceI
laneous.
BY counties the accidents occurred a.
follows: Fayette. 26; Mcdowell. Z:
Clay. ?; and one each i'm Brooke. Logan.
Marshall. Mercer. Ohio and Tucke coun-
ties.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1915-03-26
WHITE WOMAN As
SAULTED BY WHITE Man
Henkel, Charged With Crime, j,
Threatesed With Lyschiss.
Husband Leads Captors.

Portsmouth,, Ohio, March zl.-Mr-
William Barker, wife of an N. & W.
foreman, Ct near Haverhill, this county,
Wa attacked last night by . young white
man as she wss walking along the rail-
road tracks near her home. Her con-
dition was reported today TO be critical
w. II. Henkel, % years old, formerly
employed at the n. & w. terminals in
this city, is being held at the county Jail,
charged With the crime. Prompt arrival
on the scene By Sheriff Smith prevented
. lynching. after Henkel bad been cap
tu,ed nearby BY . posse Of men, headed
BY the husband OF the victim, who pur-
sued him on o hsndcsr. Henkel denies
he 10 guilty.
In bis possession at the time Of hi.
capture were found Mrs. Bakers purs<
containing $3.50 and . refunder alp from
. mail order house made out 10 Mrs
Bsker. HE description, it is said. tai
he'd with that given by her.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1915-03-26
LAST MEMBER uNCOLES
BODY GUARD DEAD

Washington, March 13.-Col. William
II. Crook. dtsbursine officer Of the White
House. who VS. President Lincoln's BODY
guard and who has been intimately &C.
qusintsd With every president since 1850,
died today sf his home here. He mad
been sick With pneumonis more than o
week.
Fifty yesrs Of service a. White House
employees. through the anministrstions
Of IL Presidents, made Col. Crook one
Of the most i.miIisr figures in ths Ma
tional capitol. and in his old age left
him rich In personal "reminiscences. Of the
intimate side Of White House life. The
asss~rinstioos Of Lincoln and Garfield.
various vsddinr st the White Hou.e.
and the impeachment OF President John
son, were among events which Col. Crook
recalled, IN memoirs Of his hslf-centurv
Of White Houss service, Published In q
magazine.
He We taken from the Washington
police forcs In Ise5 and appointed Prs.-
idsnt Lisesin's body guard. Prior 10
this ne bed ssrvsd In the Union Army.
He accompanied Lincoln on many II bis
walks and drivss. and is vss his duty TO
wssch over the Pr-ident during public
reosptions-
Coi- Crook collected letter. and other
memensos of the various preside nss uu-
der whom he ssrved, including nosss
from ell ths prssi<lens, Who spoke In the
hiehest ssrms d his fsithfuIns. and
sbilitiss. On ths occssion Of HE Sob
snniversssy Of snssrins The white House
ssrvics, which h cesebrsssd In yansary,
1913. hs 49, prsssnssd . cans given by
fr~id-.s WIZ snd ns.hss a -
w. nsnD -,
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1915-03-26
Cause Great Alarm and
Early Suspension of
Many Schools
MANY COUNTIES COMPLAINING
BECAUSE Of PRESENT
CONDITION

lack Of srhool funds. which i. IN y.,-
erai cry all over the state. is causiny
many -cl''ol- u close earlier than xh.,
"A- eNI"S'ted "r hoped. Children. by
the thousands. are sent home and the
u"or~ "i many schools are clo-e,i b.scau.r
oil the lack "f funds. This is a condition
u'At exists now. Not one that may .r-
ist- Counties IN tlie northern part of th.
state arr crying alond about their -chools
having to i'e rut off becau-e of the short
age "i iun'is- In the southern tier conn
tie- many "i the one room ..hool. an.
'~'ng ordered cio-s-i. Accor,iing u tls
'""' ti'r various county suls.rinten.ient.
"i -'h'S'l- are not IerinittsSi to .iyu anv
"r''rr- ~'e" there Is no money in that
'in". :" "il" can readily 49,. that along
the iin'~ "i tiIr educational fields of L..
Dor tii"-' Who are interested A. pun,l.
wanting u lse taught as we'll A- tho.
VII" ar" Z" tra"h. may have good ground
!" worry. STATE officers, eles-t.~I and
many Who arr holding anpointive no-i-
u"n- Will have % hold their breath i'm
expectancy tll something "turns m"
i'ead- "i "'ir state schools have b.~n no.
uiied 10y the departments u IL. .x...s but
!" look Tor nothing soon soon. n. therr
n nothing ina sight.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1915-03-26
The Consolidated Casu.
atty Company

The Consolidated Casualty Company
of Louisville, Ky, with . very strong
branch Office in Huntington, is making
an enviabae reputation for itself in this
meek of the woods" From q cssual
observation they seem to be in the ma
jority throughout the southwestern mart
OF the state They have opened up the
field with weekly insurances and they
insure whole families for what il would
take to pay one monthly premium on q
dollar . month policy They also pay
for the first weeks illness At Q most lib
eral rate.
very large number OF some of the
best representative men and women
boast OF being policy holden with this
company which has the unquestionabls
reputation Of doing just what they say
Their agent, Mr.. Justns. in this field has
won and 10 still winning the confidence
OF the public - man Of fairness af sest-
cd by the fact that bis chenille NUMBER
considerably In the hundreds. They
have additionally established and strength
ened the peoples confidence in them
and the company by the way with which
they 80 promptly honor their every
claim.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1915-03-26
THIS week STRONGLY
OBSERVED As NATIONAL
NEGRO HEALTH WEEK
By The National Negro
Business League
Booker 7. Wasbinstos Make Strong
Appeal to People and Church
e. to Make United Pull

In his address n the negro orvaniza.
tons BookerT T. Washington said. with
out health and until We reduce the high
death rate Il will be impossible for NJ D
have permanent succe-s in bu-ine-~. in
property gettinz. in acquiring education.
70 show other evidence of prozre--.
I'VE must reduce our high desthrste
defhrone dises-e and enthrone health and
long life. We may differ on other sub.
ject-, but there y NJ room for differenos
here. let Us make q strong. long united
pull togsther."
IL = gratifying n note how generals
30 many Of the frsternsl orgsnizstiop.
oil over the country. the churches withou,
regard n denominations in ever sersion
of the country have 30 freely responded
oil this week in sbsorbIng this all impor.
tAnt appeal for . reduction Of the b;vt
death rate among our people. Most o,
tbe real live videsvske churchs. Offered
special prayers and made psshe<.c spu>.l.
Tor . great succs>s OF this noble move
n>ns Of dsssroying d.ssse .zasas ou,
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1915-03-26
THE
OPEN
DOOR,
(By ;. b. Moon.)

(By ). b. Moon.)
More than a thousand years before the
Boxer uprising q prophet Of the Celestial
Empire had said that the time would
come when ''foreign deyils" would camp
in the temples and trample under foot
the gods Of The Child Of the Sun''-the
Emperor-and that this disaster would
be caused by q woman. The prophecy
has been fulfilled. The soldiers of the
world powers made merry in the sacred
places Of Peking while putting down the
Boxer rebellion and bringing to naugbs
the dreams Of the Dowager Empress OF
China. who deposed her weakling son
and sought TO exterminate the foreign
population. Her efforts failed; the Chi
nese Empire fell and the nations of the
west have since jeslously and zealously
maintained what is hypocritically called
The Open Door,
OF course, many missionaries have
Rone TO China since it, walls have been
leveled; but il was not q desire TO carry
the gospel to the heather that made all
the great nations OF the world clsmor for
free intercourses with the people OF
China; the necessity OF saving the souls
Of that people was a necessity that would
never have been realized had il not been
realized had it not been clear that mil
lions in good money could be made in
trade with the Chinese. A commercial
empire was Tn be built upon the ruins OF
the heather exclusiveness that had been
laid low. Great Britain, the United
5tates, Germany, France and Russia We'd
with each otLer in their esgerness TO sell
eoods 70 "John Chinsmsn" at the high
est prices and buy from him ct the low
est, giving him st the same time their
religion ss q present. that was esteemed
sufficient ssIve for any little disadvsnt-
sgss that he might suffer through the
sharp practices OF the Representatives OF
the enlightened nations Of the west The
Open Door became a reality; commerce
hOurished and missionaries vent about
without fear OF the gods Of Confucius or
the vengence Of pagan fanatics Europe
rejoiced and Americs rejoiced with her
The bars bad been let down never again
70 be put up; commerce was 70 ~ free
and untrameled; money, much money
wss % flow into the Golfers of the en-
lightened nations Of the world and the
Tospel w~ % be preached n every Chi
nsmsn. Oh, happy timei
Unfortunstely. the bs~t laid plans Of
ten have their weak points. Just Wien
all seemed well, the Jspsne-e showed q
surprising desire 10 embrsce the civil.
zstion Of the west, and an stiIit< in sb-
sorbins materially scvsntsgeous psrt of
that civilization that vas astonishing.
even welcoming the new religion with q
hsartines that vss mo~t di-conoerting
TO the western apostles Of commerce and
Christianity. Suspicions we're aroused
and Japan vss wstched; but Japan wss
urbsne; Japan vss (srcminely) - utter
~ without guile - . child in swsddliDs
cioth>s- To show ho~ much sbe loved
ths nsv civilization. japan conquered
C;.sns md shrsw vsds III door 70 The
Os1ns-ths dsnR als1ndy opsnsd by -
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1915-03-26
THE GOVERNOR vETOEs
WATER POLLUTION ACT
Exercises Executive Prerosative
In the Interest of Public
Health

'ov"rn"r Hatfield ha- vsto.-d IN. h;I,
Pa-'~'t 10y the last legislature which n~r-
'"it''~i coal nin'- Ia turn refuse water
from the mines into the streams. t;ov
Hatfield vet'r'd tile measure on ,h.
ground that. while IL would make ill.,
"oai Operators face a serious problem q.
70 what should be lone with the refu--
and waste waters from the mines. IL vould
also IT, a menaee ~ the public health IN
permit H.
The stream pollution bill. a. IL w..
known IN the legislature. cau-eI q great
ieai 81 discus-ion in both hou.e- IL
was similar u bill introduced and p.-.-
~d during the regular session, but which
~As Fetpsh 10y the governor. The second
''il VA introduced ~ a relief for the op-
orators, but the governor deemed IL
worse measure than tie r-t one and ve-
tpt,l Il also.
\ great many amendments were .ddst
10 the bill ia the house. The o,;.,,.I
bal provided tl'at the game warden should
have in charge IL enforcement. Thi- "a.
Hfnen'ied u put the endorsements ia ths
hands of the boards cf health. a. the
measure Wa one aimed at preserving the
health Of the people.
During the dying days Of the Iegi.Istur,
the bill cane back to the senate from tb.
house and Wa fathered by senator Goodv-
koon1, Who insisted that it be passed.
la explaining the hall he said
Everyone - for tins bill -
senator "Jim" Strother jumped u hi-
leet and asked:
Who do you mean ~ everyone7''
This ended tie debate and the bin va
I'a--ed almost unanimously.
In 'etoing the nneasure Governor Hat
field wrote lengthy veto reasons 70 ths
SECRETARY of -tate. in which ne in-i-s<d
t'iat he ~a- guarding the interest. Of the
health of the reople.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1915-03-26
No COLOR
IN PAIN
A Negro Doctor Over
comes Race Preju-
dice

Il. Garland Penn, in the :. W. Chris-
tian Advocate.)
coiored doctor boarded . Pullman
car IN certain city near the famous
Mason-Dixon Line en- route to his home
IN . certain southern state.
On entering the car he was the object
OF conversation and ridicule by q few
Angio-Ssxons from John @. Calhoun's
state who were not accustomed % thus
riding with the colored. Much was said
BY the South Csrolinians about the COL
ored for his benefit but the colored man
wss OF the sort 10 grin and b<,ar trusting
that the Lord would take him throush.
- often colored men do under smiling
circumstance The limited sped along
at fifty mile An hour gait when all st
once . hundred miles down the line one
OF the South Carolinians Wa taken seri-
oualy Ill with acute indigestion and the
conversation and ridicule OF the colored
man ceased and turned % inquire il
physician was aboard the train. When
every white passenger aboard had been
questioned. the South Carolinian reached
the colored man and biurtsd out, "Are
you a preacher Or DOCTOR" The col
ored man answ<sed politely but assuring
iy. Il am q pkysician and surgeon"
WELL" aid the South Oarolinian,
help this man.
The coiored physician said, Gentle
man. your conversation when | firt
came I'm the car put me i'm . very embar-
rassine position. I have been anxious
70 serve your friend but afraid to offer
my services. IL will please me TO do all
can" The coiored physician proccec-
ed 70 relieve the sufferer, see that he Was
taken 20 his berth and ministered unto
during the night "No charges" wm
the reply made when money was offered,
i"r the physician reminded them he was
IN this case Q good Samaritan. The next
morning the patent was IN good condi
ton, barring weakness, the party happy
and the relieved one thankful.
The eolored physician having been I'D
during the night, slep rather late next
morning, but the party, even though
through North Carolina, want
ri the colored physician 70 breakfast
with them in the dining car on the fir-t
rali. The South Carolinian went to bis
birth, got the doctor up and took him
into the diner and ate with him The
doctor ate q meal forty miles long, % he
says. and never had a better time in ali
his life than with John q. Calhoun's p<o-
pie These essentials to progress posse-s
ed and demonstrated and waiting ones
opportunity wins non essentials. Mans
extremity is Gods opportunity.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1915-03-26

ern s<Rrsssion- japan VS. an apt pupil
and soon learned enough 70 administer q
thorough thr,slng 70 sne Of the great
povers that he'd besn % intent upon the
saIvation Of the yellow race that n<tion
wss Russia The world THE enlightened
world) wss dumfouudsd. Then Il poor
heather were no longer poor heather
whose souls ought n b saved, but the
yellow Peril"-s manace 70 b. guarded
against with unwinking vigilance. Japan
10 anxious 20 take charge Of their rcousins,
the Chinese, and hasesn the complete a.
ceptance BY China Of thoss enlightened
ways, the teaching q which, the na-
tions of the wess gave u their excuse for
forcing their presence upon the p~ople OF
the once great empire Of the Orient. Bat
the nations OF Europe and the American
Colosus-the United Ssatts. are unwin-
ing 70 turn the regeneration land the
profts) Of China over 70 . nation - near
and % capable - the Japan-s-, and in
such unvillingness 10 made manifest the
hypncrisy that from the beginning has
underlain the cIamor for '.The Open
Door," Even the Wilssn- Bryan govern
ment 1t washingson hss taken ON q
swagRer since Japan's recent aegressions
upon China and has seat Japan q protest
% sharp and menscing that We are almost
persuaded 10 believe that ''the govern
ment At Washington seill lives" Great
Britain and Russia have for the time
forgotten that the Kaiser has threatened
to Germanise the world. and are hasten
ing Q" reproach Japan for her covetous
ness and TO remind her Of the trea ties
according to the terms Of which. they
are not 10 be deprived of share in the
good work Of enligntening land robbine,
China Who wac it that said, "The
more 1 see OF men, the better like
dogsr Well. he wss no fool.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1915-03-26
MRS. JOHN N.
nMGSTON DIES
Widow Of Former Mem
Der Of Congress and
80 Years Old

An. Carrie M. Laneston died sudden.
ly Tuesday afternoon of last week at heI
home, 2225 4th street northwest, wash.
ington. D. o. She was the widow ol
John NJ Laneston, who come years age
represented the fourth Congressional die
trict Of the state Of Virginia, was mimic
Ter 70 Haiti. and was at one time acting
prsuidsns Of Howard University.
Mr. Langsson. although eighty three
years old, retained her vieor and popu-
larity mp TO her death. She was born in
Raleigh, N. o., in 1884, and was the
daughter Of Col. Stephen b. Wall, who
fought in the Mexican war. She had
four brothers who fought in the civil war
She lived, when . child, with a Quaker
family in Ohio, and was educated at
Oberiin College She is survived by two
sons. Ralph F. Langston Of the internal
revenue service OF New York, and Frank
n. Laneston Of the assessors Office of the
District of Columbia; also one daughter,
Mrs. Nettie L. Napier. wife of John O.
Napier, formerly register of the United
States Treasury. Funeral services were
held at her late residence. Revs. J. F..
Moreland and ID. f. Rivers officiated.
lnesrment took place in the Woodlawn
Cemetery.