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The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-01-25
THE WHOLE BLAMED FAMILY.

Who swears and RACES all the dayi
Who slaves for cash, the bills 20 pay
Father!
Who Is the angel sweet from heaven
Who works from dawn till nearly
'leVeni
MOtherl
Who smokes a pipe and cigarettel
Who's always broke and deep In debt
Son!
Who does not wash a single dish,
Yet gets her hearts most dearest wlshi
Daughter!
Who scratches at his NANCY side
And then In fathers bed doth hidei
Dog!
Who purrs and ticks her fur so clean
Who never with mouse is scent
Cat!
Philadelphia Ledger.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-01-25

of removing screens from saloons. re-
quiring $1,000 bond with state license,
both forfeitable for violations by suit
in the Franklin Circuit Court; de-
claring saloons violating laws nui-
sances; making second offense against
local option laws felony; and limit
ing the amount of liquor that can BE-
shipped to any one person in dry ter
ritory.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-01-25

Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Eitel will leave
Wednesday for Daytonia, Fla, where
they will make their future headquar-
ters. From there they expect to visit
different parts of the state. Mr. Eitel
after years of business is now taking
a we'll earned vacation. They will be
absent about two months.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-01-25

A birthday party in honor of the
friends of the City Mission will be
given by the board of managers at the
headquarters at 113 Sutton street, on
Wednesday afternoon from to 5
O'Clock. All are invited to be pres
ent and bring with you the equivalent
of your age in pennies. Refreshments
will be served.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-01-25
BIDS WANTED.

The specifications and plans for the
building of the NJ. f. church at Muir
physville are now in the hands of the
committee and can be seen at Mr.
Shell Rhodes, r. d. No. 2, Maysville,
Ky. All bids must be in by February
10. The right is reserved to reject
any and all bids.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-01-25
M A r RAG ES
MlichelI:TlIfnn.

Monday afternoon County Clerk
Owens issued marriage license to
Lafayette II. Tilton, 81, and Miss
Amanda NJ. Mitchell, q, both of Ma
son county. The couple was mar
ried Tuesday i'm this city
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-01-25

Mr.. Edward Barbour while playing
indoor baseball Saturday morning in
the High School auditorium, fell and
broke his left wrist However, he is
now getting along very nicely.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-01-25
Naturalization.

Tuesday afternoon County Judge w.
II. Rice married Wiley Ralston, %,
and Miss Florence Abbott, 81, both of
West Union, o. After the ceremony
the couple returned to the home in
Adams county.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-01-25

Our price this week for butterfat,
80 cents Maysville. Bring it in any
day, any time of the day, and receive
your check promptly.
NASHVILLE MODEL CREAMERY.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-01-25

Mr.. and Mrs. X. K. Hoeflich will
give a reception Saturday evening
from to 10 o'clock in honor of their
son Robert and bride.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-01-25
COUNTY COURT.

The will of John ID. Langhorne, filed
and probated in the District of Column
bia was produced in court and after
due examination was filed and pro-
bated.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-01-25
FOR SALE.

S. C. r. l. Red and Golden Laced
Wyandotte Cockerels. Eggs for hatch
ing. Satisfaction guaranteed. S. II.
Mitchell, Mayslick, Ky.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-01-25

Mr.. W. S. Wheatley of Sardis, was in
Maysville Monday attending the to-
bacco sales.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-01-25

DR.. Maurice Waller of East Third
street, was removed to Haywood Hos
pital Monday for treatment.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-01-25

Mrs. Amanda c. Wood and daughter,
Mrs J. F. Fansler, are visiting rela-
tiyes and friends at Newport and Nor
wood.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-01-25

Mr.. William Trouts, Jr., entertain
ed a number of friends with dinner
at the Central on Sunday
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-01-25

Mr.. James Seeley, the popular ton
serial artist of the New Central Hotel
barber shop, was a business visitor in
Cincinnati Monday.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-01-25

The condition of Mrs. James NJ
Woods is somewhat improved after
serious illness at her home on Forest
avenue.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-01-25

Mrs. r. L. Wood of Cleveland, is the
guest of her mother, Mrs. Mary b.
Griffith of East Front street
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-01-25

Mrs. r. n. Hoefich and Miss Mary
E Hoefich are visiting at Waverly,
Illinois.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-01-25

Judge J. NJ. Lee of Vanceburg, was
in this city Monday on legal business.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-01-25

Mr.. w. p. Bowman of Vanceburg,
was in this city Monday.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-01-25

Mr.. w. w. Perry of Fleming county.
was in this city Monday on business.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-01-25

Mr.. Austin T. Davidson of Ripley,
was in this city Monday on business.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-01-25

Mr.. w. ]. Asbury of Mt. Olivet, was
in this city Monday on business.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-01-25

Mr.. J. e. Kearns of Paris. was in
this city Monday on business.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-01-25

Mrs. A. c. Respess of Lexington, is
visiting Mrs. d. r, Fee and Miss
Rogers.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-01-25
NAIL ORDERS PROMPTLY FILLED.

For all grades of WHISTLES and
liquors. Our prices are right. Order
today. Poyntz Bros. Covington, Ky.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-01-25
500 BILLS
In Hand Of Legislative Committees AZ
Frankfort From State Art Com.
mission To Repeal Of
Dog Tax,

Almost everything in which any mi
nor group of the great common people
could be interested has been provided
for in bills introduced the first two
weeks of the Kentucky General AS
sembly, which reconvened at Frank
fort Monday, and yet only 500 Of the
probable thousand measures are in
committee hands. The legislative ga
NUT runs from a state art commits
sion to repeal of the dog tax.
The dog tax, always a subject Of
learned debate in the lower House,
may be diverted from school to agri-
culture at this session. After paying
for the thoroughbred ewes, each with
two lambs. which appear from the
auditors report to be the only kind Of
mutton a dog will eat, the balance to
the credit of the dog tax is turned
into the school fund. Former Com
missioner of Agriculture J. w. New
man appeared before the House COM
mittee today to argue in favor of turn
ing this sum into an emergency fund
for the Department of Agriculture, to
be- used in such situations as that pre-
scented by the foot and mouth disease.
The $6S,OO0 asked to be appropriate
ed to pay for stock destroyed in fight
ing foot and mouth disease is said to
be the only appropriation the Govern
or will stand for.
Little enough is being asked for at
this session. The state board of con-
troll asks for 100000 for improve
ments at the Eastern State Hospital,
and nearly as much at Lakeland, but
this is so badly needed that the board
decided to put it up to the admins
tration and General Assembly, so that
whatever happened, no one can blame
it, A small sum for fire escapes, wat
er plant and hospital at the Institute
for Feeble Minded was asked just be-
fore the Franklin county grand jury
took cognizance of conditions and di-
rected the county attorney to inform
the Governor.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-01-25

Euchre tonight at Eagles Hall.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-01-25

Miss Stella Archdeacon of this city,
is visiting friends in Columbus, o.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-01-25


whatever happened, no one can blame
it, A small sum for fire escapes, wat
er plant and hospital at the Institute
for Feeble Minded was asked just be-
fore the Franklin county grand jury
took cognizance of conditions and di-
rected the county attorney to inform
the Governor.
Convict Labor Law.
With the anti-pass bill through the
Senate, the corrupt practices act, an
ti-lobby and antitrust measures, will
be followed by the convict labor law,
measure placing all common car
riers under the State Railroad Com
mission, and amendments to the rev.
enue law, as administration measures.
Chairman Finn of the State Rail-
road Commission and the Governor
are not at one on railroad legislation
The chairman stands by his bill to
give the commission authority similar
to the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion, but he is making no Roadway
with the bill introduced by Senator
Bob Scott of Paducah, and Represen-
tative Meriweather Smith of Harrods =
burg.
The Governor is keen for the new
county of Stanley, which will half in
close Pike, making a perfect semi
circle, with Pikeville the fixed point of
the compasses, which manlfestly were
used in drawing the boundary line
that divides Pike.
The Governor takes the position
that if the people want the county,
II is a matter of local concern, and
up to the General Assembly. He be-
lieves it will cost the state nothing,
and if the new county is compelled to
raise the assessment to get sufficient
means to run the county, the state
will profit thereby Meantime, people
Of Pike county opposed to the divi-
sion, say West Virginia mine opera
tors and town site owners are financ-
ing the movement; that people from
one end of the new county will have
to ride through West Virginia to the
county seat and cross a toll bridge
owned by private parties, who also
have all the public utility rights in
the town site, across from William
son, w. Va, where the new county
seat is to be. Advocates of the new
county charge that the financing is be-
ing done on the other side and that
the people within the boundaries of
the new county want it, while outside
interests are opposed.
State Wide Amendment
The state wide prohibition amend
ment will get its second reading in
the Senate. For the first time the Sen
ate will actually vote on the amend
ment that has passed the House fire.
quently and been strangled to death
by the rules committee of the upper
body.
The amendment taking the State
Superintendent out of the list or con-
stitutional officers, has been killed by
committee in the Senate There re-
main the suffrage amendment, a
workmen's compensation amendment
and one permitting telephone com
panies TO consolidate.
Railroad legislation, besides the an
ti-pass and Finn bills, require pay
ing of wages semi-monthly and limit
the length of trains and require ca
bOOses.
Mining laws require all foremen TO
be examined and regulate the weigh
ing OF coal. on which mine wages are
based. and the division of coal mined
on royalty basis
Liquor regulation goes 10 the extent
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1916-08-11

II it's in the Courier it's So.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1916-08-11
SYMPATHY FOR A BACHELOR
Never Since History Of Man Began
Has He Been the Marked Man
Ne 10 To-Day In Europe.

II single men continue to be
singled out as victims for tax collcc-
tors and recruiting s%crgcants, the
great trinity Of human rights will
be changed to read. life, liberty and
matrimony." For where can the
bachelor find happiness in a world
tina, marks his income as the first
to be seized by a ]rapacious state and
his precious person as the first to be
exposed to the encmy's bullets?
Never since the histor' Of man be-
gan has the bachelor been the marked
man he is today, a writer in the
Brooklyn Eagle asserts. In England
Premier Asquith's famous promise
was given to the married men, the
'onscription bill excerpts the married
men, the state supports the wives and
'hldrcn Of enlisted married men. In
France the state supports not only
me legally established wives nut
those whom soldiers acknowledge rs
their wives the assumption being
that the legal ceremony will follow
when the war comes to an end. Thus
wen the man who promises 10 be-
come married is favored by the state.
And as for taxes. the bachelor has
long been the victim of his own dis
,rct.on. Even Uncle Sam, who is
ordinarily the least given to making
iuvldIous distinctions among his citi-
zcnry, grants the married nan a
$1,000 exemption on the income tax.
In Europe the discrimination
against the bachelor is much NOR,
marked-so marked, in fact, that
hachcIorhood is more of a mxur,
than a limousine.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1916-08-11
DEMING'S FAREWELL

Deming, oh, Deming! you beautiful child
You have all the pleasures that nature oegule'
You stoop to the grand and the little as we'll
To send our Columbus far down into .'''''
What think YOU Of service or anything else;
You have brought on the trouble that u make Sou@Se'' o''O''
When YOU ask for the vote of our village you Know
just go to the army and get II by 10.
You talk of the water we haven't down here,
If YOU only had one of our wells YOU would cheer;
So stand by the way and watch our folks laugh,
At Deming-her boosters-ard all of her gah.
Money, Oh money, what a curse 1t has been,
To work upod minds as well as on men;
But the greed Of some people, cut out all respect,
That our own little village severely reject.
Now, Demiug, just stand by the way for awhile,
And take al our soldies and place them in file;
And when you run ont Of the water up there,
Come down to Columbus, we have it to spare.
l.. j. Peach
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1916-08-11
WHAT DID HE A

Wife-And will you miss me while
] am away, dear?
Husband-Nou bet ! will.
Wifc-Well, that's some consola-
ton to me.
Husband-And 10 me also, dear.
Wife-But why to YOU;
Husband-It will be a consolation
to have the pleasure Of missing YOU
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1916-08-11
CRUEL NECESSITY.

Glove is all in all, says this poet. "
"In a fine frenzy, no doubt"
"Nou can't always tell. He may
have written this sonnet to pay the
butcher"
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1916-08-11

81 see where they are making pa
per out Of brewery hop refuse"
THAT shows how modern inyeu
ton keeps on In. jump"
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1916-08-11
CYNICAL EXPLANATION.

"Truth is stranger than fiction
said the serious citizen.
Naturally replied senator Sor.
yhum. Its so much %scarcer."
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1916-08-11
APPROPRIATE REMEDY.

doctor, what shall | take for that
rundown feeling"
81 should recommend a pick-me
up"
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1916-08-11
II USUAL WAY.

Biggs-l hear you are financially
embarrassed is it true?
Diggs-No; my creditors seem to
De a little embarrassed. but I'm not
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1916-04-07

his men, and while Seagrue kept a
guarded eye on them, suspicious of
some counter-move, Rhinelander and
Storm accompanied Lyons and Helen
into the station.
Seagrue's men, crowding after their
triumphant foreman, gave the laugh
to the Tidewater gang, who stood with
their hands in their pockets, and
started after the ties.
Inside the office a perplexed and
d~isgruntled group gathered around
Helen. She showed the dispatcher's
message to the conductor. Seagrue,
not to be outfaced, came inside to
to know again of the puzzled conduc-
tor whether the ties were not plainly
enough for him. In the face of the
conflicting evidence the conductor did
not know what to decide. Flight it
out yourselves, boys! give it up"
was all that could be got out of him.
And Seagrue, declaring he would I'M
load the ties anyway, left the Office.
Once outside, he again spurred De-
laney to haste.
Storm followed Seagrue from the
office and once outside and away from
Helen he protested vigorously. Rhine
lander, behind him, told Storm to keep
cool. At that moment Delaney, break
ing in, almost precipitated a riot. Get
o of this thing" he beloved at
Storm, land keep out! Do you get
that? You're talking too much"
With the words, he pushed Storm
back. 1t was the wrong moment to lay
hands on the stalwart young engine
man, now greatly wrought up. His
arm shot out and his fist caught De-
laney on the jaw. The big foreman
staggered.
Seagrue, glad enough to find himself
outside the center of the brawl, walked
away only to encounter Spike as the
latter, dashing in from the highway,
sprang from his horse and hurriedly
beckoned Seagrue to him.
The two conferred in quick under
tones together and Rhinelander, who
stood with Helen and Lyons, watching
them, saw them run to the tie cars, re-
move the billing cards and bring them
back. Seagrue, with the air of a man
aggrieved, showed the cards to Rhine
lander.
What do you say to this?" he de-
manded, in the confirmation of his
claims. Call off your men. They're
starting a riot here to keep me from
taking possession of my own prop
erty."
Rhinelander, as near angry as he
ever got. stamped his foot. Il tell you
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1916-04-07

body in the room. OF these, the OPP
position bosses for the unloading jobs,
Delaney and Storm, became the most
heated and seemed about to come to
blows. But Rhinelander, checking
Storms indignation, advised restraint
and referred the whole thing to Helen,
asking her to find the real fact out
from the dispatcher. Helen sent a
hurry-up message and the answer
came from the dispatcher's office with
in a few minutes:
"Local will set out four cars ties at
Signal for RhineIander's construction
gang. n. c. W."
Lyons, without comment, passed the
message to Rhinelander, who read it
and showed it triumphantly to Sea-
grue. Seagrue entered ar emphatic
dissent. Il don't care what those
boobs at Oceanside say" he snapped.
Those ties are for me and you'll find
out I know what I'm talking about"
Fast words followed. Storm and De-
laney again eyed each other fiercely.
Then the sound of a freight train pull
ing in started everybody in the room
out for the platform. The moment the
train stopped the disputants crowded
forward, each side eager to reach the
conductor first. The conductor, a man
of peace, listened unmoved to the vio-
lent contentious addressed to him. At
length he produced the waybills for
the property In dispute. Seagrue got
hold of them first. To his delight he
saw that, as expected, they read to
him as consignee, and he showed them
with an injured air to Lyons. Rhine
lander, reading the doctored bills rel
Lyons shoulder, was COMPOUNDED.
Seagrue meant to let nothing of his
advantage slip for lack of action. He
whirled on Delaney. Get our ties off
those cars, Bill, and do it quick"
Storm took a hand In. He felt his
side was beaten, but would not quit.
Hold on" he said gruf1y. mot yet.
This thing is in dispute. Take your
time" he added to Delaney, and a sig
nificant look lent strength to his words.
Again Rhinelander quieted Storm
down Delaney began giving orders to
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1916-04-07

freight train. When the train drew
near, Spike handily boarded the head
end.
Some moments later the hind-end
brakeman, sitting on the caboose. saw
a tramp In the door of a box car. The
brakeman started forward to investi-
gate and had he been able to see all
that occurred just a moment later, he
would also have seen the tramp cling
ing to the side of a car of ties remov-
ing Rhinelander's name from the bill
ing card and substituting therefor the
name of Seagrue.
One after another of the billing cards
OF the four cars of ties Spike manipu-
lated in the same way. In the mean
time the two brakemen, one of whom
had caught a glimpse of him, were
consulting as to how to get him. But
by the time they had made their plans
and were ready for q forcible laying
Watching the trainmen walk forward,
he dropped lightly from the last car
and waiting for the caboose, which
was empty, swung up by the hand rail
and went inside the car. He grabbed
the waybills from the rack box and ex-
amined them. Finding those for the
cars of ties, he carefully erased Rhine
lander's name from each of them and
taking his time inserted S~eagrue's.
Having done what struck him as an
artistic job on these, he replaced the
bills and climbing into the cupola
looked outside.
It was then by good fortune that the
conductor and one of the two brake
men spotted him. To get back quick
they tagged the engineer-the train
raj going at a pretty good clip-and
started for the side. But this suited
Spikes own game, for a. the train
slowed he dropped off and the crew,
thinking themselves well rid of a
nuisance. signaled their engineman
ahead.
The train was running not far from
Beaman when Spike left it, and stink
ing into the woods adjoining the right
Of way he made his way as fast as
he could up to the Beaman telegraph
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1916-04-07
SYNOPSIS.

Little Helen Holmes, daughter of Cen
eral Holmes. railroad man, is rescued from
imminent danger on a scenic railroad, by
George Storm, a newsboy. Grown to young
~womanhood Helen makes a spectacular
double rescue of Storm. now a freight
fireman, and of her father and his friends,
Amos Rhinelander. %financier, and Robert
Seagrue, promoter, from a threatened col
lision between a passenger train and a
nav freight. Safebreakers employed
by Seagrue and Capelle. his lawyer. inter-
rupted by Helen while stealing General
Holmes survey plans of the cutoff line
for the Tidewater. fatally wound General
Holmes and escape. Storm and Helen
chase the murderers on a light engine and
capture them. Spike has hidden the plans
and manages to inform Seagrue where
they are cached, Her fathers estate bad
ly involved by his death, Helen goes to
work on the Tidewater. Seagrue helps
Spike to break Jail and uses him to set
fire to a powder train hauled by Storms
engine. Helen saves Storm from a horri-
BILE death. Helen RECEIVERS the survey
plans from Seagrue. and though they are
taken from her, finds an accidentally
made proof of the survey blue print.