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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-08-20
First Methodist Church.

FIST METHODIST Church.
Rev. J. A. Thomas, Pastor.
The regular preaching services will
be held at II a m. and p. m. by
the pastor.
Sunday school at $3.50 a. m, with t.
NJ. Furlow. superintendent. The pub
lie is cordially invited.
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The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1916-12-08
POINTS THE Way
THE STATEMENT OF THIS FORT
GAY RESIDENT WILL INTER-
EST OUR READERS.

Our neighboring town, Fort Gay
points the way in the words of one of
its most respected residents:
R. Frasher, M. D.. Fort Gay. w. Va.
says: THE residents of this vicinity
suffer considerably from kidney and
bladder complaint, due to the poor quail
ity of drinking water. have found
Doan's Kidney Pills to be the one med
icine that can be depended upon for
relief. 1t has been my experience that
all ailments caused by weak kidneys.
such as irregular passages of the kid
ney secrstions, gravel, dropsical swell
ings, lumbago, pains in the back and
hips, etc, can be removed by Doan's
Kidney Pills. A few doses Of this med
icine taken Immediately when the trou-
BILE is first noticed. will save much mis-
cry"
Price soc, at all dealers. Don't simply
ask for a kidney remedy-get Doans
Kidney Pills-t same that DR.. Trash
er had. Foster Milburn Co., Props.
Buffalo, N Y.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1916-12-08
Acids IN STOMACH
SOUR THE FOOD and
Cause INDIGESTION
"PAPE's DIAPEPSlN" FIXES SOUR,
Classy, UPSET sToMAcHs
IN FIVE MINUTES.

II what you Just ate is souring on
your stomach or lies like n lump of
lead, refusing to digest, or you belch
gas and eructate sour, undigested food
or have feeling of dizziness, heart
burn, fullness, nausea bad taste in
mouth and stomach headache. you can
surely get relief in five minutes.
Ask your pharmacist to show you
the formula, plainly printed on these
fifty-cen cases of Pape's Diapepsin,
then you will understand why dys-
peptic troubles of all kinds must go,
and why 1t relieves sour, out-of order
stomachs or Indigestion in five min
utes. "Pape's Diapepsin' is harmless;
tastes like candy though each dose
will digest and prepare for assimila-
ton into the blood all the food you eat;
besides, it makes you go to the table
with healthy appetite; but what Will
please you most. is that you will feel
that your stomach arid intestines are
clean and fresh, and you will not need
to resort to laxatives or liver pills for
biliousness or constipation.
This city will have many "Pape's
Diapepsin" cranlSs as some people will
call them, but you will be enthusiastic
about this splendid stomach prepara-
ton, too, II You ever take It for indi-
gestion, gases, heartburn. sourness,
dyspepsia, or any stomach misery.
Get some now. this minute. and rid
yourself Of stomach misery and indi-
gestlon In five minutes.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1916-12-08

OF the European war. Prices have ris-
en- in almost every line and to re-
markable extent in many lines. 1t is
well known in this vicinity that w. D..
Pierce was good buyer and that he
had i large stock OF staple goods when
he turned over his stock recently to W.
II. adams, the present proprietor. Mr..
Adams is selling a lot OF these staple
goods in the various departments at
prices less, in many instances than the
same goods can be purchased for today
at wholesale. Many others are going
at the same as present wholesale prices.
For instance, salesman for a large
shoe factory came into Mr.. Adams
store a few days ago and asked what
he was retailing his line at now. Mr..
Adams said $3.50. He said the whole
sale price is $3.50 and you ought to
raise the price.
or course, when present stock is ex-
hausted the low prices will be a thing
OF the past. This is first hint. Read
his advertisement and go and see for
yourself.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1916-12-08

Mr.. L. w. Graham. Of Cherokee bet
ter known as Lem announces his
candidacy for Taller OF Lawrence CO.,
subject to the action OF the Democrats.
The county has no better citizen than
Mr.. Graham. He is popular at home
and wherever known. His character
is above reproach and he would add
strength to ticket.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1916-12-08
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
A. c. Rostwick. Pastor.

Sunday. December 10.
Morning The Christian Nomencla-
ture." Evening: THE Engineering OF
Eternity"
Wednesday. Dec. 10.
"The Growth OF the Christian Soul
No. Q. Christianity and Educative
Process" (b)
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1916-12-08

The public hears good deal OF talk
about the prices OF goods and IT is
very vital and interesting subject be-
cause it affects every household and
every individual. Conditions have been
very unusual during the past year or,
two. largely due to the disturbing effect
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1916-12-08

WANTE D;-Saiesma acquainted
with trade In Kentucky capable Of
earning sl25 or more per month. Fine
to build up permanent and
profitable business. STETSON OIL
Co, Cleveland, Ohio.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1916-12-08

Mt. Sterling. KY, Nov. 2s.--Willian
Phillips, OF the brick plant at Olive
Hill. was struck in the right eye by a
piece OF fire clay. The eye became
badly infiamed, and in order TO save
the sight OF the other eye DR.. ]. F..
Reynolds removed the injured one.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1916-12-08

TAKE MEINHARDT's GERMAN
REMEDY FOR WHooPlNG COUGH
AND ALL AFFECTIONS OF CHEST
AND LUNGS. ONCE USED, WILL
ALWAYS USE.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1916-12-08

TAKE MElNHARDTs GERMAN
REMEDY FOR couoHs.coLDs AND
GROUP. ONCE USED, ALWAYS
USED.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1916-12-08

Did you know that w II. Adams de-
partment store sells Mennen's famous
talcum powder at Is cents? The reg
ular price is Csc. Other Items also be-
low the marnet
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1916-12-08

FOR sALE:-Storeroom, dwelling
house, one acre OF land and stock Of
goods win sell at Sacrifice. Write j..
F.. MILLER, Hopewell, Ky. dec1-st.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1916-12-08

Elegant line OF new Oyercoats and
Raincoats at prices that cannot be du-
plicated. take advantage OF this oppor-
tunity at A. ]. Loar & Co.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1916-12-08
:
DISTRICT MANAGER:-To rel

DISTRICT MANAGER;-To repre-
sent one of the best old line compan-
les, writing Life. Accident and Health
Insurance. Splendid opening for right
party. No experience necessary, Write
u. S. G. ANDERSON, General Agent,
West Va. decS-St.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1916-12-08

Mr.. and Mrs. Forrest Sammons have
moved from Catlettsburg TO Louisa. He
is performing the duties in U. S. En-
gineer's office at this place while Mr..
Guerin In sick.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1916-12-08

Mrs Rebecca Osborn is moving from
Louisa to Virginia. Her son, attorney
John S. Osborn, will remain in Louisa.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1916-12-08

Don't miss your chance. Look at A..
j. Loar & Cos bargain prices on trunks
and suit cases.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1916-12-08

WANTED;-25 men to work in woods
on new job. Good wages with board.
II. II. HAMILTON. Blair, West Va.
Lock Box las. nov3-5t.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1916-12-08

New stock OF the latest style hats for
young men. Something different are
now on display at A. ]. Loar & Cos
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1916-12-08

Study piano, violin or band instru-
ments with Prof. w. G. Hunter, Ken
lucky Normal College. Ask about the
Teachers Course beginning January
first. dec9. ct.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1916-12-08

The condition OF Mr. G. M. Guerin.
who has had typhoid fever for several
days, Is satisfactory.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1916-12-08

Mrs. Hattie Akers and children who
recently moved TO Ironton, Ohio. have
returned to Fort Gay. w. Va.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1916-12-08

Study violin, piano and band instru-
ments at the Kentucky Normal College
under Prof. w. c. Hunter.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1916-12-08

New stock Boy Scout shoes, nothing
better at the Same old price at A. J..
Loar & Co.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1916-12-08

Mrs. Alden Sea who was very sick
for several days with pneumonia, is
improving.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1916-12-08

Study violin, piano and band instFu,
ments at the Kentucky Normal College
under Prof. w. G. Hunter.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1916-12-08

DR.. Henry Hatcher has returned from
having spent Thanksgiving with his
parents at Prestonsburg.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1916-12-08

TAKE MElNHARDT's GERMAN /,
REMEDY FoD ASTHMA, PHTHiSIc |
AND SORE THROAT. ONCE USED,
WILL ALWAYS USE.
The mirror., 1916-12-21

passes between individuals and
this note issue is not definitely Sc
cured by any charge on the COM
pany's assets. 1t is possible to
float them by reason of the known
financial standing of the borrowers
and they are usually given for a
very limited period. These notes
are also quoted and dealt in on the
Exchange.
We have seen, therefore, that
the New York Stock Exchange is
a place for the bartering of COM
pany securities, as outlined above;
that only members of the Elk.
change are allowed to exercise the
privileges of buying and selling
thereon, and that these members
are bankers and brokers. How
then would a man proceed to buy
some of the securities above men
toned? He would first pick out
what stock or bond he desired to
buy or sell, and in the case of pur-
chase, depending on what object
he had in mind in buying, he
would instruct his broker to buy
The mirror., 1916-12-21

that stock or bond for him. In
case he desired to buy it outright,
he would then hand his broker a
check for the amount of the pur-
chase and on the purchase having
been made, the broker would make
what is known as delivery" of the
stock to him. This consists in
handing the purchaser one or more
stock certificates or bonds, as the
case may be.
If, however, the buyer does not
want to buy as an investment pure
and simple, but because he thinks
that certain stock will advance
or recede in price: in this case, &C
cording to universal custom among
brokers, he is called on by the
broker to put up what is known as
a margin" This margin is a
payment in cash made by the buy
er to the broker of ten per cent of
the par value of the stock in ques-
tion. The payment will also in
clude the brokers' commission,
which in the case of the New York
Stock Exchange is one. eighth Of
one per cent. The broker then
buys the stock outright, the re-
naming ninety per cent being bor-
rowed from his bank, as q call
loan," the broker handing to his
banker at the same time, as collat-
eral security for the loan, his stock
The mirror., 1916-12-21

Pat Murphy, a contractor, be-
came rich and prosperous, and
bought an expensive automobile.
So Mrs. Murphy invited Mrs.
O'Hara for a ride in it.
Whatever you do, Mrs. O'Hara,
don't talk to the shoffer; not
single whisper to him. for it'll take
his mind off what he's doin'."
They started out at a rapid clip.
The chauffeur tipped around one
corner and then around another,
at times the car would be on two
wheels. Finally Mrs. O'Hara
touched the chauffeur on the back
and said apologetically:
''Mr. Shoffer, 1 beg your par
don. l was told not to speak to
you, but Mrs. Murphy amt been
in the car for the last ten minutes" :"
The mirror., 1916-12-21

Nominally buyers we're supposed
to buy stocks therein, but in reali-
ty only a small margin of about
two per cent was put up and no
legitimate purchase or sale ever
took place. The buyer simply
made a wager with the broker
that certain stock would rise or
fall in certain time. If the buy
er's hunch was correct he would be
paid the difference between the al
legged purchase price and the then
selling price; but if the buyer did
not have it doped right, then the
broker would forfeit the amount
of money he had received from the
buyer. These brokers' Offices
bucket shops--were simply wide
open gambling dens. Of the most
decided character and the Louisi-
ana lottery had nothing on them.
We always think of Wall Street
and the New York Stock Ex-
change as the places where all
prices, so far as the standard COM
pany issue are concerned, are
made-and so they are. True,
there are, in almost all the larger
cities, local stock exchanges, but
there operations are confined en-
tirely to their own peculiar local
stocks. There is stock exchange
in Minneapolis and another in
Continued on page 81
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certificates. The bank, therefore,
is vitally interested in the rise and
fall of stock values, as they must
see to it that their customers keep
their stock margins up to certain
definite safety point. In this case
the buyer does not get delivery of
his stock-it remains in the hands
Of the brokers' bank, subject to an
order to sell the same whenever
the market may warrant it. This
in reality is what is known as
speculating in stocks,
In this connection we may refer
to what are known as bucket
shops" which used to flourish so
promiscuously but which have been
frowned down by the large stock
exchanges as we'll as the govern
ment until at the present day they
are about as dangerous an opera
ton as conducting a hand book.
Bucket shops were in reality small
brokers' Offices, usually possessing
private wire from one of the
large centers, over which the daily
prices of stocks were quoted.
The mirror., 1916-12-21
1.-The Old-F ShiOned Christmas
By Nal Rose in The Saturday Globe.

Oh, come let join in a Christmas song
To the old time Christmas, gone so long,
When Winter Winter from August till May,
With ride in the old fashioned sleigh
Ger the hills and the valleys of dred white,
While the good Lord smiled the pleasant sight
OF Christmas of true delight
Ah, those the grand old days.
Oh, come let sing to the feasts we had
When our hopes were high, and our hearts were glad,
And of kish and kin
And many friends wee Invited In
Oh, the roasted turkey which we fed.
And the puddings and the jelies red,
And the cakes and cookies and ginger bread,
All, those the grand old days.
Oh, come let us sing to those happy times
OF Christmas carols and Christmas chimes,
And old fashioned chimueyS and gabled roofs
And jingng sleigh bells and reindeer hoofs.
While Santa Clauses with wondrous packs
Were scattering presents with heaps and stacks
Of goodies in boxes and bundles and sacks
All, those the grand old days.
Oh, let sing Of the sturdy pine
And the metoe and the tvning vine
That brought from the woods for the Christmas
And ladened and trimmed for the jubilee
While the children would gaze with
And with delight each surprise
While the big folks would echo their Joyous cries
All, those were the grand old days.
Oh. come let us Join in glad refrain
For those days to return and forever remain,
When we know dire distress,
No envous hearts and selfishness
And we live for the love of the pure and right,
While the Good Lord Smiles at the pleasing sight
Of q Christmas season of true delight
All, those the grand old days.
The mirror., 1916-12-21
THE PROGRESS OF OPULENCE
The Riches of Nations Lies in Their
Agricultural Development
Adana Smith, IN The Fra

man born to a great fortune is
seldom capable. And if little i'm
prOvement Was to be expected
from the great proprietors, still
less was to be hoped for from
those who occupied the land under
them. In the ancient state of
Europe, the occupiers of land
were all tenants at will. and prac-
tically slaves. To these succeeded
a kind Of farmers known at present
IN France by the name of met
ayers" whose produce was divided
equally between the proprietor
and the farmer, after setting aside
what was judged necessary for
keeping up the stock, which still
belonged to the landlord. To these,
in turn, succeeded, though by very
slow degrees, farmers properly so
called, who cultivated the land
with their own stock, paying a
fixed rent to the landlord, and en-
Joying a certain degree of security
of tenure. And every improve
ment in the position of the actual
cultivation of the soil is attended
by corresponding Improvement
of the land and of it's cultivation.
After the fall of the Roman EN-
pire the inhabitants of cities and
towns were not more favored than
those of the country. The towns
were inhabited chiefly by trades
men and mechanics, who we're in
those days, of servile, or nearly
servile, condition. Yet the towns
men arrived at liberty and inde-
pendence much earlier than the
country population; their towns
became free burghs," and were
erected into commonalties or COR
porations, with the privilege of
having magistrates and town
council of their own, of making
bylaws for their own government
and of building walls for their own
defense. Order and good govern
ment, and the liberty and security
of individuals, were thus estab-
lished in cities at a time when the
occupiers of land in the country
were exposed to every sort of
violence.
The increase and riches of COM
mercial and manufacturing towns
thencefOrward contributed to the
improvement and cultivation of
the countries to which they be-
longed, in three different ways.
First, by affording a great and
ready market for the rude produce
of the country. Secondly. the
wealth acquired by the inhabitants
of cities was employed in purchas-
ing uncultivated lands and in
bringing them under cultivation;
for merchants are ambitious of
becoming country gentlemen, and
when they do so, are generally the
best Of all improvers. And lastly,
and manufactures grad
ually introduced order and good
government. and with them the
liberty and security of individuals,
among the inhabitants of the
country.
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y
civilized society is that carried on
between the inhabitants of the
town and those of the country. It
consists in the exchange of rude
for manufactured produce, either
Immediately, or by the interven-
ton of money, or of some sort of
paper which represents money.
The country supplies the town
with the means of subsistence, and
the materials for manufacture. The
town repays this supply by send
ing back part of the manufac-
tured produce to the inhabitants of
the country. The town, in which
there neither is nor can be any re-
production of substances, may very
properly be said to gain it's whole
subsistence from the country. And
in how great a degree the country
is benefited by the commerce of
the town may be seen from COM
parison of the cultivation of the
lands in the neigbborhood of any
considerable town with that of
those which lie at some distance
from it.
As subsistence is, in the nature
of things, prior to conveniency and
luxury, so the rural industries
which procure the former must be
prior to the urban industries which
minister to the latter. The greater
part of the capital of every grow
ing society is therefore first direct
ed to agriculture, afterwards to
manufactures, and last of all to
foreign commerce. But this natur-
al order of things has, in all the
modern states of Europe, been in
many respects entirely inverted.
The foreign commerce of some of
their cities has given rise to their
finer manufactures, and manufac-
lures and foreign commerce to-
gether have given birth to the
principal improvements of agri-
culture. The manners and GUS
toms which the nature of their
original government introduced,
and which remained after that
government was greatly altered,
necessarily forced them into this
unnatural and retrograde order.
In the ancient state of Europe,
after the fall of the Roman En-
pire, agriculture was greatly dis
couraged by several causes. The
rapine and violence which the
barbarians exercised against the
ancient inhabitants interrupted the
commerce between the towns and
the country; the towns were de-
serted and the country was left
uncultivated. The western prov
inces of Europe sank into the low
est state of poverty, and the land,
which was mostly uncultivated,
was engrossed by few great
proprietors.
These lands might in the natural
course of events have been soon
divided again, and broken into
small parcels by succession or by
but the law of primo
geniture hindered their division by
succession, and the introduction of
entails prevented their being d.
vided by alienation. These him
ORANGES to the division and conse-
quently to the cultivation Of the
land were due to the fact that land
was considered as the means not Of
subsistence merely, but of power
and protection. In those disorderly |
times, every great landlord was a
sort of petty prince.
Unfortunately these laws of |
primogeniture and entail have
continued long after the circum-
stances which gave rise to them
have disappeared. Unfortunately,
because it seldom happens that a
great landlord is a great improver.
To improve land with profit re-
quires an exact attention to small
savings and small gains, of which