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The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-10-16
Special Election Notice

In obedience to an order of the
Mason County Court, entered at the
September term, 1916, notice is here
by given that an election will be held
and poll taken in Mason county, Ken
lucky, at the usual and regular vot-
ing places in each of the precincts, on
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER z, 1915,
Between the hours of o'clock, a. M.
and 4 o'clock, p. m, on said date, al
which election all legal voters resid-
ing in said precincts, shall be given
an OPPORTUNITY to vote by secret bal
lot on the question whether the Fis-
cal Court of Mason county shall be
composed of three Commissioners to
be elected from the county at large
and the Judge of the County Court.
The order calling said election
specifying its purpose and directing
the manner in which same shall be
held, is as follows:
MASON COUNTY COURT.
September Term, September 4, 1916
Alfred NJ. Peed, ct ais, On Petition,
ORDER
This day came Alfred M. Peed and
others and filed a written petition
signed by eight hundred and forty
one OF the legal voters of Mason
county, requesting the Judge Of the
Mason County Court to submit to the
qualified voters of Mason county al
the next general election hereafter to
be held the question, whether the
Fiscal Court OF Mason county shall
be composed of three Commissioners
to be elected from the county at
large, and the Judge of the County
Court" and II appearing that said
petition is signed by more than three
hundred and fifty OF the legal voters
of Mason county, and the court beinf
advised, II is therefore ordered and
directed that the officers OF the cleo
ton in all the voting precincts IN
Mason county shall open a poll and
take the sense Of the legal voters In
said county upon said question, said
election to be held ON Tuesday, No
yember 7th, 1916, between the hours
OF a. m, and 4 p. IN. The Clerl
of the Mason Countq Court shall fur
nish the Sheriff of Mason county Z
copy OF this order, and said Sheriff
shall cause the same to be published
in all the county papers not less thar
four weeks previous to said election
and he shall also advertise the same
by printed handbills, posted not less
than two weeks before said election
I'm conspicuous place in each OF the
voting precincts In said county. Il
Is furthed ordered and directed that
the Clerk Of the Mason County Court
shall prepare ballots TO be used al
said election, each ballot TO have
printed thereon the question:
ARE YOU IN FAVOR OF THU
FISCAL COURT OF THE COUNTY
BEING COMPOSED OF THREE COM,
MISSIONERS TO BE ELECTED
FROM THE COUNTY AT LARGE
AND THE JUDGE OF THE COUNTY
C0uRT2"
Given under my hand. at my ONCE
IN the City of Maysyille. Mason coun-
", Kentucky. this s0th day Of septem'
Der, 1915.
John u. CLARKE,
sheriff OF Mason County
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-10-16
Correspondence
Orangeburg

Mrs. George Wallingford of Mays.
vile is visiting her son, Harry, of this
place.
Mrs. Lillian Bane was the week end
guest of Miss Cora Knoveshaw.
Mrs. Will Valentine is quite i'll al
this writing.
Mrs. DR.. Hord and son, Will, have re-
turned from a trip to Illinois and In
diana.
Mrs. Lillian Bane spent Wednesday
Of this week with Mrs. Mamie Coop
er.
Miss Ardella Lynch, who is attending
College in Midway, Ky, was called
home on the account of the death OF
her grandfather, Mr.. Lynch, of Mays
vile.
Mr.. Herman Bramble is digging a
oistern and improving his property.
Mrs. James Beckett and Mrs. Louis
Coils spent Tuesday with Mrs. Arch
Rash.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-10-16
THIRD ANNUAL RURAL CHURCH
INSTITUTE

The Third Annual Rural Church In
stitute of the Kentucky Christian Bible
School Association will be held at the
Fox Greek Church, Anderson county,
near Lawrenceburg, October %, q,
1916. Much attention has been given
recently to the study of rural life prob
lens, and Institutes of this sort are
full of interest to great many. For
mer Institutes were held at Providence
in Jessamine county and North Middle
town in Bourbon county. The last
named had over 600 in attendance, half
OF whom were out-of-town delegates.
A strong program has been prepared
for the Fox Greek Institute. Mr.. Oscar
Il. Kelley, of Terre Haute, Indiana, a
successful Rural Church specialist and
prominent lecturer, will be present to
give ten lectures and to lead In the dis
oussions ON the rural church. Other
speakers will be w. j. Clarke of Gin
cinnati. Adult Superintendent Of the
American Christian Missionary So
ciety; H. w. Carpenter, Chancellor OF
Transylyanit University. Lexington; A.
Mclean OF Cincinnati, o., president OF
the Foreign Christian Missionary So
ciety; II. w. Elliott Of Sulphur who
will present the Kentucky Rura!
Church; Prof. c. ID. Bohannon Of the
State University, Lexington; and other
leaders prominent in rural work.
The Fox Creek people assisted by
others in Anderson county will give
free entertainment in their homes for
the full five days 10 one hundred dele
gates. They are enthusiastically pre-
pairing for this great occasion and
have given assurance that warm well
come awaits all who will come. All
those coming to Lawrenceburg by rail
will be met at the station and taken di-
reotly TO Fox Creek by a committee
that will provide free transportation
Already reservations for entertainment
have been made b va number for the
fun Ave days, and the prospect for a
large attendance Is very good.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-10-16
Or. HARVEY ". WILEY
TO Vote For Hughes-He Says Wilson
Has Failed to Enforce Pure
Food Law.

II favor the election of Mr.. Hughes
to the Presidency for entirely differ
ent reasons than those held by most
of his supporters. 1t is not because
Of the Mexican policy nor the foreign
policy Of the Administration nor by
reason Of Its domestic policies. II Is
because of the apparent Indifference
Of the Administration of President
Wilson to the cause of pure food and
drugs. Practically all Of the abuses
which were injected into the Pure
Food Law by the preceding Admins
trations are still in force. BenzOate
Of soda is still regnant. The fumes
of burning sulphur are marching along
undlsturbed. There is evidently lul
in the activities of the Administration
Of the law. A well-knOwn beverage, de-
clared by the Supreme Court misbrand
ed and amenable to the Food Law has
not been molested. No attempt has been
made to enforce the law In regard to
the bleaching Of flour. The repeal of
the mixed -four law, that splendid
safeguard to the purity of our bread,
has been tacitly approved by the
Treasury Department.
"Mr. Hughes In his activities on
the Supreme Court has stood like n
stone wall for the proper Administra-
ton of the Food Law. believe his
election would see a radical change
in the attitude OF the government
towards pure food and pure drugs ST.
vital to the welfare of our people.
For this reason, l sincerely hope that
Mr.. Hughes may be chosen as our
next President.
II should expect Mr.. Hughes as
President to have the same attitude
toward the pure food and drug law
that he had as Judge on the bench
and to appoint secretary of agrI-
culture with subordinate officers who
would be enthusiastic and earnest In
the enforcement of the pure food law
for the benefit of the physical, men
tai and moral welfare of our people,"
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-10-16
A NASHVILLE INQUIRY
Answered BY the State Of a Maysvllle
Resident.

When first the long series of re-
ports of Maysville people who have
been relieved by Doan's Kidney Pills
we're published in the local press,
great enthusiasm and interest we're
aroused. But Maysville is now in.
curing How are these people keep
ing today? How has the benefit they
received withstood the test of timeG"
For that, after all, is the essential test
of a cure. On this point doubt can no
longer exist, for after many years
those who have been cured, emphati-
cally declare their cures to be last
ing.
Frederick Dresel, 1888 E. Second St.,
Maysville, says: 81 was troubled with
Inflammation of the bladder and an
annoyance from my kidneys. The pas
sages of the kidney secretions were
irregular and l had a severe pain
across the small of my back. which in
terfered with my duties. | got Doan's
Kidney Pills at Wood C Sons Drug
Store and one box gave me prompt
relief"
NO TROUBLE SINCE
OVER THREE YEARS LATER, Mr..
Dresel said; 81 haven't had any kid
ney trouble since l used Doan's Kid
ney Pills"
Price SOC, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mr.. Dresel has twice publicly recon-
mended. Foster-Milburn Co., Props.
Buffalo, N. Y.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-10-16
FINEST ENGRAVING

(Grand Rapids Cod. New York SUM
Godfrey e. Lundberg, of Spokane
Wash, has engraved the Lords Pray
er, containing 65 words, a total of 254
letters, as we'll as II punctuation
marks, on the head of gold pin for.
ty-seven thousandths of an inch in
diameter. He also has inscribed the
letters ~. s." on the point of fine
cambria needle
Maurice Lundberg, brother of the
engraver. brought the two engraved
articles here. They have been ex.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-10-16
RAILROAD TIME TABLES
Sa

No II departs 5:S5 a. m, daily ex-
cept Sunday.
No departs loo p m. daily ex-
cept Sunday.
No, 10 departs $40 p. m. daily.
No 10 arrives $3.50 a. M. daily ex-
cept Sunday.
No. IS arrives 2:05 p. m. daily.
No. IA arrives $3.50 p. m. daily ex-
cept Sunday.
No. 16 arrives 1880 a. m. daily ex-
cept Sunday.
No. IT departs 1850 a. m, daily en-
cept Sunday.
Sunday Only
No. III departs at 6 a. m.
No. 11S arrives at 11:25 D. m.
Schedule effective Sunda. May Is.
subject to change without notice.
II. S. ELLIS, Agent
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-10-16
GOOD sBys OLIVE OH :$ Il: . d" q CENTS 5FE u

hibited before the Mayor, city and
county officials When placed under
a 100 diameter microscope the letters
stand out boldly and can be read more
easily than newspaper type.
The two articles will be placed ~ a
New York museum for exhibition.
Lundberg explained that three yea 3
were required to complete the Lords
Prayer.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-10-16
TO THE HOUSEWIVES
OF MASON, FLEMING, ROBERTSON
AND BRACKEN COUNTIES-ANB
ALL OTHER COUNTIES WHERE
BREAD ~ USED:

Come into our store or any grocery
store where our bread is sold and lay
down dime for ten cent loaf of
breadour bread. Take it home and
eat It, If 1t is not the best bread you
ever tasted come to our store and tell
us about It and we will gladly refund
your money to you. Remember that
the bigger the loaf, the better the quail
ity.
The price may change but the quail
fly always remains the same.
TRAXEL'5
"THE HOUSE OF QUALITY"
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-10-16

Why not Try a Ledger Want Aaf
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-10-16
Chesapeake & Ohio Ry.

Schedule effective May 2sth.
EAST BOUND
No. 8. s;4l a. m.
No. 6. 1856 u. IN.
No. 2 l;4O p. m.
No. 16. $50 p. m.
No IS. $500 D. n.
No. 4. 1O;4s p. m.
WEST BOUND
No. 10. $50 a. IN.
No. 8. Sis a. m,
No. /. s;is a. m.
No. II. $3.50 a. ~.
No. 3, $3.50 y. IA
No. :. ASA p M
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-10-16

Elm trees have been known to live
six hundred years. This tree is said
to be in its prime at the age of $50
years
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-10-16

Schedule effective May ssth.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-10-16

A New Jersey inventor has patent
ed a garden tool that can be used az
a rake, weeder or shovel
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-10-16

The skin of the whale in places has
been found, IL Is said to be as much as
two feet in thickness.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-07-28
JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY
DIES AT INDIANAPOLIS
Verse-Maker's Philosophy of Life and
Manner Of Expressing 1t Won
RenoWn.

Indianapolis, July 25.-James Whit
comb Riley is dead at his home here.
He had asked for drink of water and
reclined on his bed again. Miss Gle
mentia Prough, the nurse, resumed
her vigil and noticing that he seemed
not to be resting easily approached
his bed. Mr.. Riley died before she
reached his SIDE His death was due
to paralysis.
Mr. Riley was born in 1853, but was
reticent as to his exact age.
Won Place In Hearts of Public.
The poets philosophy Of life and
his manner of expressing it in Hoosier
dialect won for him years ago place
in the hearts Of the public.
OF late years he had not appeared
at public gatherings to any great ex.
tent, but in nice weather could be
seen on the streets of Indianapolis in
his automobile. Riley Eever married
His nearest living relative Is sister
Mrs. Mary Payne of New York.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-07-28
THOMAS STRIPPING FOUND FILL.
ING OFFICE OF CHIEF OF PO-
LICE WHEN SENT BACK
TO PRISON..
SERVING LIFE TERM FOR
CRIME COMMITTED IN 1897
Romantic Story of Escape From Geor-
pla Prison, Flight to Virginia and
Election to Office Like Fiction
Found by Detective in DAN
E willie.

Savannah, Ga, July 81. = Thomas
Edgar STRIPPING, who was found filling
the ONCE of chief Of police In Danville,
Va, in March, 1911, and brought back
TO the state penitentiary here to serve
a life term for a murder committed in
1897, will go free Saturday. For more
than FIVE years his family and friends
failed in their efforts to obtain par
don. On Saturday, however, it will
be issued by Governor Harris.
Striplings story is so romantic that
in fiction it would be hackneyed He
shot and killed w. j. Cornell in Harris
county, Ca, in 1897. Despite his de-
tense that in shooting Cornell he was
enforcing the unwritten law, he was
convicted and sentenced to life impris-
onment. Through the connivance of a
ja!ler he escaped from the prison
where he was confined, pending his
appeal.
Elected Chief Of Police.
He fed North. In North Carolina he
entered the employ of railroad as a
detective. He prospered and his fam
fly joined him. The kin of his victim
never suspected that r. E. Morris,
whose exploits as railroad detective
sometimes got into the Atlanta papers,
was Thomas e. Stripping.
The railroad sent him to Virginia.
He made his home at Danville and his
reputation for honesty and daring was
such that the Prohibitionists elected
him chief Of police to clean up the
town. He did 1t. Two years later all
the interests that backed the blind
tigers" could not defeat him. On Mar.
8, 1911, Stripping was in his Office. The
next day was election day and there
was not the slightest doubt that he
would serve another term as chief of
police.
Found by Detective.
A stranger entered. He refused the
cigar the police chief offered him and
displayed star pinned in the lining
of his coat.
Il am ]. w. Smith, secret service
agent" he said. Are you Thomas
Edgar Stripling?"
Il am your man." said Stripping,
quietly; "let me call up my wife, will
your"
He called up the woman who had
shared his secret for Ia years.
II won't be home tonight" he
said, calmly They've come for me-"
His wife and 10 children returned to
Chipley, Ga, their old home.
Within a week of his Imprisonment,
strong efforts were made to have the
governor pardon him. s>
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-07-28
COMPLETE NEGOTIATIONS
FOR PURCHASE OF ISLANDS
Treaty-America to Get Danish
West Indies for $4,000, 900.

Washington, July 26.-Oficial an
nouncement has been made at the
White House that negotiations have
been practically completed for the pur-
chase of the Danish West Indies by the
United States from Denmark for $685.
900, 900.
A treaty closing the transaction
probably will be signed at once and
sent Immediately to the senate.
While details of the treaty are not
given out, it is understood that the
United States would come into COM
plete possession of the islands. Word
has been received from Denmark that
the treaty is practically certain of be-
ing ratified by the Danish parliament.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-07-28
BRANDEIS ENDS RELIEF WORK
Supreme Court Justice Too Busy to
Serve on Jewish Board.

Boston, July 26.-Louis d. Brandeis,
associate justice of the United States
supreme court, has rendered his res
ignation from the executive commit
tees Of the American Jewish Relief
organization and the Jewish congress.
In explanation of this action, his Sec
rotary, Jacob DeHaas, said the JUS
tees judicial duties prevented him
from giving the necessary time to the
work of the committees.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-07-28
MILLIONS ADDED
TO THE ARMY BILL
WHOLESALE REDUCTIONS IN APP.
PREPARATION MEASURE HALT
ED-INcREAsEs OF $3o,ooo,ooo
LAUDS DEFENSE CHAMPIONS
Chairman Of Military Committee Ar
raisns Senators Who Impugn Mot
ives of CoIIeagues-Town
Assails Mexican Policy.

Washington, July 26. - The Senate
called halt on Wholesale reductions
begun Saturday in the army appropria-
ton bill, voting down retrenchment
proposals and approving increases to-
falling more than $30,000,00O when
sections were reached carrying provi-
sions for ordnance and equipment for
the regular army and national guard.
Debate on the ordnance sections de-
veloped a predominating sentiment
that 1t would be unwise to limit ex-
penditures for ammunition and guns
too closely, despite the lessening ten
sion in the Mexican situation.
Increased by Million.
Decreases of $36,000,OOO ordered Sat-
urday related to transportation, sub
sistence, foreign service pay and
emergency estimates, put into the bill
by the House when the Mexican sit
uation was critical
Mondays increases included:
For medical supplies, increase from
100000 to $4.5Oo,OO0; engineers
equipment, $1,0O0.O0O to s1,77O,O0O;
ordnance stores, 100000 to $11, 000,-
900; automatic machine gums for
regular army, $3,600,000 to $7,725,-
900; automatic machine guns for ma
tional guard, 100000 to $s,5S6,15O;
armored motor cars, 100000 to ST.
100000; field artillery for national
guard, $S,0O0,O00 to $14,200,0O0; am
munition for national guard field ar
tillery, $8,00O,O0O to $14,O0O.OOO.
Defends Preparedness Champions.
During debate Chairman Chamber
lain of the military committee, arous-
ed by anti-preparedness arguments by
Senator Norris, vehemently arraigned
senators, who, he declared, constant
ly intimated that advocates of pre-
paredness were in q conspiracy with
munitions makers and others who pro-
fit by war. He defended the patriot
ism and honesty of the champions Of
preparedness in Congress.
Senator Townsend assailed the ad-
ministration Mexican policy, asserting
that the national guard had been call
ed to the border under false pretens-
es and that diplomatic correspond
ence disclosed that there never was
any intention of sending state troops
into Mexico.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-07-28
LONG TIME LOANS
PROVIDED BY ACT
RURAL CREDITS LAW ENABLES
FARMERS TO BORROW AT LOW
RATE OF INTEREST.
2 FARM MORTGAGE SYSTEMS
First Operates Through Regional
Land Banks and Second Through
Joint-Stock Land Banks-Asso.
Citations To Be Shareholders.

Washington, July 22-The Federal
Farm Loan act. popularity called "Ru-
raj Credits Law" which was signed
by the President, and became a law
July II, 1915, is of special interest
to farmers, bankers and business men
in general.
The primary purpose of this act IL
to promote agricultural prosperity by
enabling farmers to borrow money on
mortgage security at a reason
able rate of interest and for relative
ly long periods of time. To attain
this object, two farm-mortgage sys-
TENS are provided: % A system op-
Grating through regional land banks !;
and (2) a system operating through
joint-stock land banks.
Under Federal Loan Board.
To attract money to the farm loan
field. the act provides method
whereby those who have money to
lend can find safe investments in the
form of debentures or bonds, of small
and large denominations. issued by the
banks and based on the security OF
mortgages on farm lands.
These two systems are to be under
the general supervision of Federal
farm loan board in the treasury de.
partment, composed of the secretary
of the treasury, as chairman ex-officio,
and four members appointed by the
President.
Under the Federal land bank sys
tenn the act provides for Federal land
banks which make loans, for the first
IL months, exclusively through local
national farm loan associations com
posed Of borrowers. These associations
shall be shareholders in the banks
and in that way the members, who
are the borrowers, will share in the
profits of the bank.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-07-28
SIX ARE KILLED BY BOMB
IN SAN FRANCISCO PARADE
Forty Are Wounded When Anarchists
Weapon Explodes at Crowded
Street Corner. #

San Francisco, July rs. - Major
James Rolph, Jr, has offered reward
of $4,000 for the arrest of the person
who placed a bomb among the crowds
watching the preparedness parade, the
explosion of which killed six and
wounded more than 40, and the police
established separate bureau to run
down the culprit.
Two suspects have been taken In
by the police.
The outrage is laid at the door Of
tho foreign anarchists who have been
sending out threatening and warning
letters In connection with anti-mili-
taristic propaganda.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-07-28
AMBASSADOR ASSURES ACTING
SECRETARY POLK 1T is DE-
SIGNED TO PREVENT cAPI.
TAI SUPPORTING ENEMY.
FOREIGN OFFICE TO ISSUE
STATEMENT IN PARLIAMENT
officisis to Delay Announcement Beina
Prepared for Information of Ameri-
can Business PubIc-Give Atten-
ton to Individual Firms That
May Suffer.

Washington, July 27.-Acting Secre-
tary Polk has been assured by Sir Ce.
Gil Spring Rice, the British ambas-
sador, that the British black list was
designed solely to prevent British cap.
ital and credit being used to support
an enemy. This, it was said, will be
set forth at length in the forthcoming
foreign Office statement, which prob.
ably will take the form of an announce.
ment in parliament. Pending it's issu.
ance, the state department will delay
an announcement it is preparing for
the information of the American bus.
mess public.
For Relief of Firms.
The ambassadors visit was an infor
NAL one. For the present, while trying
to outline the general principles upon
which negotiations on the subject
should be conducted, the State de-
partment is giving chief attention to
the relief of individual firms who may
suffer, without intent on their part
of violating any legal right of the Brit
ish government.
The ambassadors assurances that
contracts will not be impaired is TAX
en- by officials to mean that consignees
will be instructed to carry out tran
sections already begun.
To Demand That List Be Revoked.
The organization formed last week
by individuals and firms affected by
the British commercial black list, ad
opted resolutions declaring it to be the
duty Of the United States government
to demand that Great Britain revoke
the black list. 1t was decided thai
the organization shall be known as the
association to resist British domination
of American commerce.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-07-28
Election Close in Texas.

Dallas, Texas, July "a second
Democratic primary will be necessary
for the nomination of United States
senator to succeed Charles A. Culber-
son, who is seeking reelection. This
was made certain when returns from
more than half of the 425,000 votes
cast showed no one of the six candi-
dates with sufficient lead to give
him a majority of the votes cast. The
proposal to submit constitutional
amendment for prohibition at a spe-
cial election next year had lead of
about 5000.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-07-28
Policeman and JAP Killed In Fight.

Seattle, July 26-Police Sergeant
John Weedin and ]. Hiro, Japanese
porter employed in a drug store owned
by Logan Billingsby, who has been ar
rested several times for violating the
prohibition law. were killed and Robert
Wiley, police chauffeur was dangerous
ly wounded in a revolver battle be-
tween the policemen and Hiro. Hiro,
shortly before he died, told the police
that Billingsby ha6 given the pistol
and told him tc keep walch on the
warehouse. He said they thought the
policemen were rotbeyS-