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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-11-25

weather that Joe Blair ascribed to the
cats presence. When they discovered
the old leak, that had caused them
more or less trouble the last trip, had
stopped, 1t was the cat-according to
Joe. Nothing but the cat saved one
of the foremost hands from serious
by something in the nature of a mira.
Gle, landed unhurt upon his feet on
the deck. Again 1t was the cat that
steered them into a school OF pollock,
and brought the cook the luck Of land
ing some hundred and nifty pounds Of
them as he trolled line astern.
Day by day the cats benign .nflu-
ence grew apace; and day by day
Captain Beale waxed more wroth and
disguised.
Say, after the luck we've had this
trip, dunno as ! should want to go
to sea again in this schooner, II the
cat want along" the cook confided,
and the remark set Captain Beale to
thinking and planning.
Plainly the cat was becoming all
too popular. She babe fair to be a
permanent fixture unless something
was done to shadow her with dis
repute. Somehow or other suspicion
must be brought to rest on her. Cap
tain Beale meditated long and deeply.
~ don't want to lose such a cook.
and III be eternally cussed II I'll have
cat aboard" he ruminated. II
guess likely the best way out OF 1t Is
to have something nulucky happen
while she's aboard. Something un-
lucky, that's the ticket" he repeated
with a chuckle. a plan already be-
ginning to unfold itself to his mind.
Long that evening Captain Beale sat
before the little table in the cabin.
figuring laboriously.
She's got to 60 on the ways before
long and have some new plank In
her bottom. anyway" he unused. the
while q smile OF satisfaction wreathed
his homely face. He consulted an al.
manac at his elbow. Now. il she
was to hit Shovel Rip Ledge to-mor.
rer, say about six In the evenin', the
wust she'd do would be to hang there
till high tide. long about nine. and.
maybe, pound out plank or two
She might Jest as we'll 60 on the ways
this trip as any, That's the ticket
let her pound out couple OF plank
while she's hangin' on tho ledge
jest enough to git her leakin' so'st
all hands, includin' the cook. will have
to work the pumps for dear life the
rest Of the way to Rockville. and then
let's see what becomes OF that cussed
cats reputation. I'll bet they'll heave
her over themselves"
To aid the captain in his plan, the
next afternoon gray mist began tc
rise from the sea. Steadily 1t thick
ened. until by five o'clock 1t WAS ar
impenetrable pail In tho bow tbs
fog-horn in the hands OF the lookout
doomed and bar-r.r-hed in nonotonous
fashion, sending out its hollow wal
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-11-25

The day after the funeral Kenyon
walked into Berger's office at the
bank. In one luxurious year he had
become an old man, white-haired.
emaciated, infirm, and the heavy.
deep-set eyes that regarded Berger
peered out from a face white and
drawn.
"Mr. Berger, I've come TO set my
self right here. 1 don't care whether
I have to give up my place or not.
I've passed the point where anything
matters one way or the other. But
I've been under suspicion here, and
as an honest man l want to keep my
reputation clean.
you've been wondering where I
got the money to live as I've been
doing the last year. I'm going to tell
you. A year ago 1 had five thou
sand dollars, inherited from an un-
Gle. I had three thousand dollars I
had saved-the savings of thirty years
thirty long, hard years OF grind.
There wasn't a year when I didn't
save little, even when / was get
ting only twelve dollars week.
That made eight thousand dollars,
Mr.. Berger, and I raised little more
on my life-insurance. ! got few
hundreds more by selling some
jewelry my grandmother left, and a.
And besides that. l had my salary.
That gave me enough to live as I've
been doing. I'll show you my pri-
vate accounts If you're not satisfied"
you mean to say that was all you
had-and that you spent it," Berger
was gaping up at him in amazement.
"That was all I had" said Ken
yon, land 1 spent it-spent every dol
lar Of It,"
Butt don't understand why you
should have done that" stammered
Berger.
Perhaps you never will understand,
Mr.. Berger-unless you know what it
means to be told you've got to lose
the only person in the world you care
about. A year ago the doctors found
that my daughter had an incurable
disease. 1t hadn't developed then
knew nothing would loosen it's grip
on her. They told me she might live
year at the very longest. So I
made up my mind I'd do all 1 could
for her that year-and I've done 1t
My daughter had always had un,
bounded faith in my ability to climb
to the top. She'd always looked for.
ward to time when | would be
rich and when We should have the
luxuries of life, without having to
watch the pennies all the time.
You'll get there some time, father.
she would say, and l could see how
that ambition had got hold Of her
and worked itself into her life till
1t was her constant thought and hope.
80, when the doctors told me she
couldn't live more than a year. I
said to myself. She'll have her am
bition realized, anyway.
eft wasn't so much the luxuries
she wanted after all It was to see
her faith in me justified. 1t was only
the other day that she said, Father
I don't care so much what happens
to me now that you've got up to the
top
That's how It was. Mr.. Berger
end 1t was worth it."
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-11-25

JUST as the first gray streaks in
~ the sky to the east were herald
ing the approach of day. the
weird, nerve-racking walls, which had
sounded internationally since midnight
from the branches of q maple close
10 the bedroom windows, began again.
Scarcely had the first melancholy
note shattered the frosty stiffness
when the back door was opened cauti-
pusly, and down the steps came Cap
tain Solomon Beale, the collar OF his
hastily donned overcoat turned up
about his neck and his bare feet
thrust into pair CT vell-wCrn carpet
slippers.
In one hand he bore a stout gunny-
sack; in tho other was a saucer Of
cream. which: nc balanced gingerly as
he uptocd to tho foot of the maple
High Up in the branches above his
head, furry cbon ball. crouched on
ono OF the spreading limbs, showed
lin the position OF the enemy,
The captains lips set in grim de.
termination. He held out the saucer
o! cream in onticing fashion, the
while he strove to work something
Hike Establishment into voice OF ur-
usual gruffness.
Come. kitty. GOMEZ" he coaIod, but
the black ball above him. possessed,
seemingly, of some inkling rs to the
true inward1ess O; the captains sud
den hospitality, refused to venture
from It's retreat. A pair of green
eyes stared down at him. as ii already
they more thal half suspected the
treachcry he was planning.
Captain Beale put down the saucer
At the foot OF the tree and moved
away a few PAGES. There was ligh
movement OF the branches. the sount
OF outsprcad claws upon tho bark
and down the trunk camo the cat
shifted suspiciously tho contents O
the saucer, and then began to lick thu
cream with o relish that was mos
apparent.
Tho grim expression upon Captain
Beale's taco became more pronounced
Licking Valley courier., 1915-11-11
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MALONE.

Elders W. F. Lykins, of Grassy
Lick, and James Davis, of Mont
gomery, preached at South
Liberty Sunday.
L. A. Music is erecting a new
barn for James Henry at Florress.
The youngsters OF Malone as
sembled at the home of Tom
Walsh Saturday night in honor
of Miss Geneva Walsh. The par
ty Swas entertained with music
by N;s;C..Ada Risenor and singing
W the Malone choir. All report
a fine time. The following were
present: Misses Hester Risenor,
Matilda Steele. Edna Frisby,
Sola Lewis, Lizzie Barnes, Emma
Lewis, Ada Risenor, Geneva
Walsh and Pearl Steele, Messrs
E. F. Sparks, Jerry Steele. j. W.
Havens, Edgar Frisby, Lewis
Henry, Seitz Lewis, Dee Walters
Auty Lewis and Edgar Mcclure.
Things are quiet now but may
have more news to write when
a few of the boys returns from
up Salt river.
SQUARE DEAL.
Licking Valley courier., 1915-11-11

statHps hive a-two cent passenger rate
and | whaever loss is incurred is recov-
eret thIugh freight revenue. The JUS
tice of och a procedure was recently
passed Upon by the Supreme Court
of NestVirginia and the decision is
SO far-raching that we have asked
l.. u Jhnson, president of the Nor.
folk and Western Railway, whose road,
cont 4est& the case to briefly review
the tuit, Mr.. Johnson said in part:
Iom9 ten years ago, passenger
faras wEe fixed by the legislatures
of , lar number of states at two
cents a mile. AS a basis for such
economic legislation, no examination
wGs made of the cost of doing the
business SO regulated, nor was any
attention given to the fact whether
such rate would yield to the rail-
way companies an adequate or any
net return upon the capital invested
in conducting this class of business.
"Such law was passed in West
Virginia in 1907. The Norfolk and
Western Railway Company put the
rate into effect and maintained 1t for
two years, Its accounting during
these two years showed that two
cents a mile per passenger barely
paid the out-of-pocket cost and moth
ing was left to pay any return on
capital invested 1t sought relief from
the courts. Expert accountants for
Licking Valley courier., 1915-11-11
Wants Municipal Theaters.

William Faversham, one of
Americas greatest actors, who is
touring this season in "The
Hawk, is advocating the small
town municipal theater. ''The
Movies, ," says Mr.. Faversham,
which every small town has en-
joyed for several years now, has
created an enormous demand
which will soon assert itself for
the spoken drama. 1t is newt
able that this demand will come,
and when it comes the small town
will have to do something for the
amusement of its population to
take the place of the movies
| suggest the establishment of
municipal theaters, subsidized by
the towns and smaller cities, to
which travelling companies play
ing the better class of plays may
be induced to come on guaran-
tee. OF course an admission fee
should be charged and the
theaters should be kept in good
condition regarding cleanliness
in front and back stage. The ex-
pense would not be great, and
most excellent companies GO"
go on tour for the expires
pose of playing the qua
or municipal circuit.
Faversham's idea is receivh.
enthusiastic support of a nun
of university professors
educators.
Licking Valley courier., 1915-11-11
GREEAR.

We are having some nice dry
weather for corn gathering.
Ed. j. Il. Ferguson and wife
started Sunday morning to visit
relatives Of the latter in Magof-
fin county for a weeks stay.
Volney, son of w. B. Greear,
who has been sick for a while, is
better.
The Sunday school at Sycamore
Grove is doing well and makes a
splendid place for the youths to
spend Sunday afternoons as well
as the older folks.
We are having a fine school this
year under the management of a
most worthy instructor, Willie
Elan, Jr. assisted by the patrons.
We are planning to have a good
time Saturday evening Nov. 13.
Everybody is invited to come, buy
a pie and hear our program.
TULIP.
Licking Valley courier., 1915-11-11

out at cost. He is planning to go
into the goods business at Irvine
in the near future.
Frank Crutcher made a bust
ness trip to O. & X. junction last
week.
Harry Hoffman, of the Hoffman
Insurance. Agency, was in town
last week on business.
M. L. Conley was away from
town on business the latter part
Of last week.
Mr.. Yandall, President of the
O. & X. R. R. was here last We'd
nesday and Thursday looking over
the road.
Messrs. Sam Spencer and w.
D. Archibald were here on busi-
ness last Thursday and Friday.
Miss Minnie Hollon, of Nicola,
attended the program of the U. V.
Literary society given here Oct.
29th.
Dog Head" Roberts, the fish
and game warden, was here last
week doing a rushing business.
He succeeded in corralling eight
men who were hunting out OF
season and without a license.
The defendants were fined SIC
and costs for hunting out Of
season and bound over until next
Circuit Court on charge of hunt.
ing without license.
The students of Camel City
graded and high school are hav.
ing the golden age of opportunity
under the supervision Prof. A. E.
Mcclure and assistants.
Mrs. H. H. Gambill, who has
been in Ashville, N. C. for some
time on account of her health, is
reported improving.
Dear Editor: | am in favor Of
appointing,Judge Murphy Gov.
of Ky. and convicting Stanley
and Marrow of breech of the
peace.
A large crowd attended the
Epworth league at the Union
church last Sunday night.
Miss Leila May spent Saturday
night with her aunt, Mrs. G. w.
Leslie, who lives in the east enc
of town. 1
Dorsie Patton and Miss Ine2
Sebastian were entertained by
Miss Goldie Rice last Thursday
night.
PORK & BEANS.
Licking Valley courier., 1915-11-11
Card Of Thanks.

We desire to thank the good
people of West Liberty and the
county for their kindly ministra-
tions during the last illness and
after the demise of Mrs. Uriah
Cottle.
May the time be long before
we are called upon to pay them
in kind, but should the opportu-
nifty ever be ours it will be a
pleasure, tempered, of course,
by the sadness of the occasion,
to do all within our power to re-
ciprocate. THE FAMILY.
Licking Valley courier., 1915-11-11

DR.. A. P. Gullett will be at
Wrigley Nov. 22-23-24-25-26 to
do dental work. 282-2t.
Geo. w. Royse, of Maysville,
special agent for the Mutual
Benefit Life Insurance Co., of
Newark, N. ]. is here this week
soliciting business for his COM
pany.
He will probably appoint a
local agent at this place.
R. F. Cottle and family left
Tuesday morning for Rcssville.
Kas., where they will reside in
the near future. Frank is a good
citizen and the people of this
county regret to see him leave,
but wish him and his family
success in the State of their
adoption.
Mrs. Martha Caskey, and her
sister, Miss Josie LeMaster, of
near town, paid the Courier a
pleasant call Wednesday after
moon. Mrs. Caskey brought a
freak potato of one large potato
with \ four other large potatoes
growingept oft. 1t had eighty
seven eyes and @as& big one.S
She also presented the editor and
foreman each with a jar of nice
sorghum molasses.
Licking Valley courier., 1915-11-11
Two Hundred and Fifty Stories.

And every story a good one.
They are entertaining, but that is
not all you can say about them.
You know there is hardly a peri
odical published that is not full
Of time-wasting stories, but not a
single story in The Youths Com
panion is a time-waster. Take
the stories Of c. A.. Stephens.
1t would be hard to pick out one
from which you can not learn
something useful and yet enter
tanning.
Some of The Companion stories
refresh your knowledge of geog-
raphy; Some tell you Of the mys-
teries Of chemistry, and some re-
veal the secrets of forestry and
Of general farming. They cover
a wide range. They are chosen
with an eye to the possible lik-
ings Of every member of a Com
panion family stories of vigor-
Gus action and stirring adventure
for boys, stories of college life
and domestic vicissitudes for
girls, stories that range all the
way from sheer drollery to deep
seriousness for men and women.
There are no stories quite like
those in The Companion.
If you are not familiar with
The Companion as it is to-day, let
us send you sample copies and
the Forecast for 1916.
New subscribers who send So 90
for 1916 will receive free a copy
of The Companion Home Calen-
der for 1916, in addition to all the
remaining 1915 issues from the
time the subscription is received.
The YOUTHS COMPANION,
Boston, Mass.
New Subscriptions received at
this Office,
Licking Valley courier., 1915-11-11
CAMEL CITY.

Every one is still talking about
the election.
A large erowd is expecting to
attend the Ciceronian Society
program next Saturday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. T. Faulkner
and family ysleft last Thursday for
Tucson, Ariz., where they will
make thef future home.
The Spdulding Mfg, Co. has
just received two car loads of
buggies which they will distribute
in Morgan and surrounding
counties.
A large crowd attended prayer
meeting at the Union church last
Thursday hight.
Joe Reed dmade a flying bust
ness trip tb Cincinnati last week.
Bill Holiday, a successful
merchant qf this city, is selling
Licking Valley courier., 1915-11-11
Rural Credit and Rural Thrift.

The South and the West and
the Northern agricultural states
have much to learn in the way of
rural thrift from the New Eng
land rural communities. The
constant cry is easier credit for
the farmer, but what the farmer
most needs is more thrift.
Some of the Southern states are
cursed with crop lien laws which
are holding back the rural COM
munities by allowing a man to
mortgage his future work and
hopes and keeps him continually
in debt instead of allowing him
to lay something, aside. 1t is an
astonishing fact that Massachu-
sets has five times more savings
bank deposits than have twelve
southern states. In Massachu-
setts there are 100000 people
and 2,250, 600 Of them have saw
ings bank deposits. In three
years the savings banks in con-
nection with the public schools
showed l, 400, 900 deposits.
Every school in the rural COM
munities ought to have a course
of thrift talks" whereby the
teacher could lay before the
scholars the necessity of saving
a portion of whatever money they
might earn. This money coulc
be deposited in savings banks
and, later, when it has grown,
could be used to purchase good,
safe bonds paying three and one.
half to five per cent interest,
The child mind, as well as the
minds of those who are older,
should be impregnated with the
fact that it is not what one earn:
that makes a competency for ole
age, but what one lays aside.
Licking Valley courier., 1915-11-11
W. c. 7. U. Directory,
191S-191S

The West Liberty w. C. T. U.
will meet on Friday evenings at
the following times and places
from Nov. 5th, 1915, to Feb. 1lth,
1916.
Mrs. Sallie Seitz, social meet
ing, Nov, IL, 1854 7 o'clock.
Executive meeting, Nov. 26th,
1915.
Mrs. Nettie Carter, "Silver
Tea," Dec. Sd, 1915.
Mrs. Martha Womack, social
meeting, Dec. 10th, 1915.
Baptist church, National
Cal" " Dec. 18th, 1915.
Mrs. Lizzie Cox, social meet
ing, Dec. oath, 1915.
Christian church, Willard
Memorial" " Dec. 31st, 1915.
Mrs. Sallie Seitz, stephens
Birthday" Jan. 7, 1916.
Mrs. Allie Phipps, social meet,
ing, Jan. 18th, 1916.
Mrs. Leora Hurt, social meet
ing, Jan. 18th, 1916.
Mrs. Hattie Baldwin, socia
meeting, Feb. 4th, 1916.
Mrs. Ida Keeton, social meet
ing, Feb. 18th, 1916.
M. E. Church, South, Election
Of Officers, Sept. 1st, 1916.
Licking Valley courier., 1915-11-11
Attention -PythianS.

R. A. Young, Grand Chancellor
of the Knights of Pythias of
Kentucky will shortly arrange
for a county meeting for Morgan
county to be announced later on.
Every Pythian, actual or poten-
tial, get ready to come.
must be revived- 2sl-tf.
Licking Valley courier., 1915-11-11
A Correction.

In last issue of the Courier we
stated that w. G. Franklin and
family had moved to Florida.
We were misinformed in the mat
ter. Mrs. Franklin and children
are. spending the winter in Flor
ida, but w. G. is still here and
will remain selling shoes. He
informs us that he has no inten-
tion of removing to the Sunny
South but will remainhere and
still sell shoes.
Licking Valley courier., 1915-11-11
Production of Coke.

During the year 1914 there was
in the United States "a, :
555, ,9l4 short tons of coke, val
ued at SSS, ,S34, 2l7 according to
the annual statement on the
manufacture of coke now avail
able for distribution by the Geo
logical Survey.
Licking Valley courier., 1915-11-11
A Sample.

Here is an item which was sent
to the Courier, by a correspond
ent who failed to sign his or her
true name, for publication this
week. The names Of persons
and place are not the true ones,
however:
John Doe has Sold to Richard
Roe the house and lot that jim
Jones used to own for 275 on elm
ridge"
Correcting such articles as the
above is what make editors pre-.
maturely gray.
Licking Valley courier., 1915-11-11
OUR PUBLIC FORUM
II---L. {. johnson
On Two-Cent Passenger Rates

both the State and the Railway Com
pany testified, that the claims OF the
railroad were sustained by the facts,
Two cents did not pay the cost Oh
carrying a passenger a mile Inc
State, however, contended that the
railroad was earning enough surplus
on its state freight business to give
fair return upon the capital used IN
its passenger as we'll as its freight
business. For the purposes of the
case, the railroad did not deny this,
but held to its contention that the
State could not segregate its pas
senger business for rate fixing with
out allowing rate that would be
sufficient to pay the cost Of doing
business and enough to give some
return upon the capital invested in
doing the business regulated. This
was the issue presented to the Su'
preme Court, It's decision responds
to the judgment Of the fair;minded
sentiment Of the country. The Su
preme Court says that, even though
a railroad earns q surplus on a par
ticular commodity by charging rea
sonable rates, that affords no reason
for compelling it to haul anothers
person or property for less than cost
The surplus from reasonable rate
properly belongs to the railway com
pany. If the surplus is earned from
an unreasonable rate then that rate
should be reduced. The State may
not even UP by requiring the railroad
to carry other traffic for nothing Of
for less than cost.
The decision is wholesome one
and demonstrates that the ordinary
rules of fair dealing apply to railwa!
companies. The fact that one makes
surplus on his wheat crop woult
never be urged as a reason for com
pelling him to sell his cotton at les
than cost. 1t would not satisfy tn,
man who wanted bread to be toll
that its high price enabled the cottoi
manufacturer to get his raw produc
for less than cost In this case th
court reaffirmed. the homely maxim
that each tub must stand upon it
own bottom"
Licking Valley courier., 1915-11-11
Jail Delivery.

Roscoe Fraley, charged with
house-breaking, and Jim Gallo
way, charged with forgery, made
their escape from the Morgan
county Jail Tuesday by breaking
through a ventilating shaft. Fra
ley was captured by Sheriff L. A..
Lykins before he had gotten out
of town. Jailer H. C. Combs
rounded up Galway in a brush.
pile in Twenty-Five hollow, about
three.quarters Of a mile south
east of town.
They were both safely return
ed to the bastile where they will
probably spend the remainder of
their. incarceration in the cage
instead of the corridor.
Licking Valley courier., 1915-11-11
Run Over by Wagon.

Mrs. Robert Patrick, of Flor
ress, was run over by a loaded
wagon and seriously hurt Satur-
day. We have not been able to
learn the exact nature and ex-
tent of her injury, but it was
thought at first that her recovery
was doubtful.
DIR. L. D. Carter was the at
tending physician.
Licking Valley courier., 1915-11-11

There is more Catarrh in this section OK
the country than all other diseases put
together, and until the last few years
was supposed to be incurable. For a
great many years doctors pronounced it e
local disease and prescribed local reme-
dies, and by constantly failing to cure
with local treatment, pronounced 1t incur
constitutional disease. and therefore re-
quires constitutional treatment Halls
Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J.
Cheney & Co.. Toledo. Ohio. is the only
Constitutional cure Oh the market. 1t is.
taken internally. II acts directly on the
blood and mucous surfaces OF the system.
They offer one hundred dollars for any
case 1t fails to cure. Send for circulars
and testimonials.
Address: f. ]. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Licking Valley courier., 1915-11-11
Seriously Burned.

Mrs. Richard Caskey, who lives
about three miles north east of
town, suffered an attack of
epilepsy Thursday OF last week
and while suffering from the
paroxysm fell into the fire and
was seriously burned about the
face.