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The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1916-10-24
AMERICAN BOYS IN FIELDS
RATHER THAN TRENCHES

"why are you for. Woodrow VIII
son9" ] asked a mountain woman,
because / have ten boys, six of
them voting, and I'd rather have
them in the fields than to have them
either shot down or shooting down
others in the trenches. Il praise
Woodrow Wilson for keeping our
boys safe at home."-Mrs. Cora
Wilson Stewart.
This mountain woman has stated
the very strongest reason why the
mothers of this country are for
Woodrow Wilson and are asking
their boys to support him. 1t is
said that in Berlin and Paris, in
Vienna and in London every woman
you see on the street is dressed in
mourning. Death has invaded ev-
cry home in all of these cities.
Either brother, a father, or a
husband has been killed in the
trenches. We want none of this for
our mothers, daughters and wives.
We cannot spare our young men
from the fields to fight. Peace is
the greatest blessing any country
can enjoy, and war the most hor-
rible thing that can befall nation.
Woodrow Wilson has kept this ma
ton at peace and Charles Hughes
may criticize the way he has done
and indicates that it should have
been done some other way, but the
fact remains that we have peace,
and the others of this country, like
the mountain woman, are satisfied
to have peace and are not the least
bit interested in the fact that Mr..
Hughes is opposed to what Wilson
has done to secure it.-Elizabeth.
town News.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1916-10-24
Prompt delivery and courteous
treatment always, at VanarsdeH's.

Again we suggest that you speak
good word for this city. If you
look around you can find plenty of
opportunities for doing so, and the
more good things you say of the
city the more the people of the
city will say of you. The home
booster may make few enemies
among the chronic kickers, but he
will make hundreds of friends
among the solid people of the com
munity. Speak up and be heard.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1916-10-24
POLITICS AND WAR

81 have been in every capital in
Europe except Petrograd and on
every battle 'front.'" says W. G..
Sheppard, the great war cores
pendent. 81 have seen the horrors
of war and the results of war, the
mental, the moral, the physical and
material wrecks caused by war. l
have seen the efforts of the Allies
to draw the United States into
war with Germany, of Germany to
draw us into war with England.
There were times over there when
we held our breath lest the United
States be dragged into the struggle,
and war seemed the only way out.
"But always sane, sound, steady,
the United States came through. 1t
was a magnificent thing to see from
our point of vantage in Europe. 1t
made one thrill to realize that the
United States was his own country.
"Now, when | return home, find
an election campaign under way. /
hear men say that we have peace
without honor. We, in the Euro
pean capitals, who saw our govern
ment escape the war traps, felt no
loss of honor. We were always
able to look the other fellow in the
eye and be proud. No one over
there ever seriously charged us
with loss of honor, and men are
highly sensitive to such things over
there. .... .
eve were proud Of American
sanity and of American statesman
ship and that cool, calm reckoning
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1916-10-24
THE TROOPS ON THE BORDER7

"Charges that the troops on the
Mexican border are mistreated OF
starved are groundless."
Thus emphatically stated Captain
w. A. Rosenfeld, Of Rock Island,
ILL.,, now at home on a thirty day
furlough from the camp at Browns
vile, Tex.
Captain Rosenfield is one of the
leading Republican chieftains of IL
linois, but does not stand for the
Republican "dope" about the Ma
tional Guard. He continued his
statement as follows:
"There is nothing to the charges
that the troops have been mistreat-
ed or starved. They receive regular
army rations-nothing more. They
should have expected nothing more.
But there were kicks and plenty
Of them.
"Protests came from the soldiers
who in their lives back home were
used to anything. They are the
fellows who kicked. The soldiers
who were accustomed to the better
mode of living registered no pro
tests with the rations set before
them, They accepted the food,
knowing army life does not provide
the best of everything. They were
satisfied"
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1916-10-24
BURIED HERE

The body of Joe Shannon, who
died in a Cincinnati hospital Mon
day after a long illness, was
brought here Saturday and in
tered in st. Thomas cemetery.
Deceased lived in Carlisle and was
about forty years of age. He had
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1916-10-24

One way to be sure of having any,
thing you want is never to want
what you can't get.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1916-10-24
many relatives in this county,

Life is just one ahem after an
other, but we have vet to find one
who is in hurry to let loose.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1916-10-24

The merchant who advertises
never counts the flies on the wall.
"There's reason"
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1916-10-24
BROUGHT HERE FOR BURIAL

The body Of the two-year-old
child of Cleveland Kerns, of New
castle, Ind, who died Friday at
their home in the Hoosier State,
was brought here and taken to the
home Of Mrs. Kerns' father, r. w.
Greene, on Mitchell avenue, and
on Sunday was buried in Machpel-
ali cemetery.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1916-10-24

ave were proud of American
sanity and of American statesman
ship and that cool, calm reckoning
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1916-06-01
THE GALAX CATERERS
By Wallace Buchanan

In our study OF mountain litera-
ture we learn that the poor class oil
people in the North Carolina high
lands make their living as natures
seasons provide, that is, when gen.
sing season has passed the galax sea-
son is coming on.
The galax is found in the south.
ern mountains on the mountain
sides usually in thickets OF under
brush, as mountain laurel and ivy.
II is a one-leaf plant, but one root
may produce two to eight leaves.
The stem is about six inches long.
The leaves are circular and the
edges are notched beautifully. There
are two kinds-the green and red.
II the leaf is one year old IL will lie
green. and usually red il two years
old.
There are millions OF these leaves
found in the western mountains Of
North Carolina, especially on the
Great Grandfather and Linville
Mountains.
Families take food to do them
two or three weeks and go to these
mountains and camp during the last
Of autumn and all winter. They pull
these leaves when the snow is not
on the ground. They bunch them by
the campfire at night putting
twenty-six in q bunch, and always
punching green with green, select
ing those Of approximately the same
size.
Their log huts are made OF poles
in pen layers and the cracks are
daubed with mud. They also build
a chimney. As soon as they have a
wagonload Of leaves gathered they
have an ox-cart or team TO haul
them TO market. They get about
thirty-five cents per thousand for
them. The season lasts from the
first Of November until the last OF
April.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1916-06-01
LINCOLN INSTITUTES FOURTH
ANNUAL COMMENCEMENT
Lincoln Ridge, KY, Wednesday,
June IA, 1916.

A class OF twelve promising young
people will be graduated from sew
eral different departments. There
will be music by band, chorus, jub-
lice group and individuals.
The feature OF the afternoon ses-
sion will be an address on Negro
Minstrel Songs" by one Of Lincoln
Institutes trustees, Rev. VIM. 4.
Barton, DID,, Of Oak Park, ILL.,, a
suburb OF Chicago. DR.. Barton has
more than nationwide reputation
as author, journalist and preacher.
He has travelled widely, written
many books, is editor OF The Ad-
vance, one Of the two foremost
periodicals Of the Congregational de-
nomination, and is pastor of one Of
the largest churches in the vicinity
OF Chicago. He is a trustee Of Lin
coin Institute, OF Berea College and
many other bodies, and is in de-
mand far and wide as a commence
oBtdhCis lhO ihStitut6
very fortunate in securing him for
this occasion. He has made an ex-
haustive study Of the minstrel songs
OF both races, and his address, il
Illustrated as it will be by a picked
group Of the Institutes singers, will
be treat which should not DO
missed.
The morning program will begin
at $50 a. m, and that OF the after
noon at 200 p. m. The Louisville
and Interurban cars, Shelbyville
line, stop at Lincoln Ridge station,
on the Institute grounds.
Those who are interested in the
work OF the Institute will be re-
joiced by what has been accomplish
ed, and those who have been skep-
teal regarding the value Of Negro
education are invited TO come and
see what Kentucky's one WELL
equipped colored school is doing.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1916-06-01
BuIlfehtina.

In tradition the bullfght dates from
the time before Hercules Is said to
have visited Spain and driven OF the
wonderful cattle Of Geryon. In actual
recorded history It antedates Caesars
campaign In Hispania, but the fight
that is witnessed by the present day
visitor In Madrid. Seville or Valencia
Is far more exciting and cruel than the
contests between the noble spaniard
and the noble bull four centuries ago
A first class spectacle now involves the
torturing and killing Of seven or eight
bulls and at least thirty horses.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1916-06-01
DO YOU KNOW THAT

Today is always the best day u
clean up?
Fresh air, food, rest - these three
combat tuberculosis9
The U. S. Public Health Service
has reduced typhoid fever 80 per
cent in some communitiesf
Overeating, constipation, lack OF
exercise, foul air, eye strain, may
produce headacheS
Polluted drinking water causes
many deaths9
An efficient health officer is q
good community investment
Bad teeth handicap children
Insufficient sleep endangers
health?
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1916-06-01

The Worshipful Company Of Basket
Makers dates back to 1869. but basket
making was a recognized craft In Lon.
don more than a century before then.
In 1863 basket makers "and other for
eigners" were banished by the com
mon council to the old manor Of
Blanche Appleton. and In 1888 even
those English basket makers who were
still permitted to live In the city were
similarly dealt with. on account Of
their Indifference to the danger from
hre.-London Chronicle.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1916-06-01
Wreck On w. & I. Railway

The first wreck of any con-
sequence happened last Sunday on
the Winchester and Irvine short
line, when a freight was derailed
and a number of cars demolished.
No people were injured in the
smash-up. The east-bound passen-
ger had to go via Richmond over
the main line, arriving at its des-
tination at a late hour.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1916-06-01
Bell County Sunday School
Couvaufiou

The 1916 convention Of the Bell
County Sunday schools was held in
Middlesboro last week at tn e
Methodist Episcopal Church, South.
After the business Of the body was
dispensed with and officers for the
ensuing year were elected an in
teresting program was rendered by
a number Of live wires in Sunday
school work of Bell County.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1916-06-01
MAN AND MAN


We pray. o God, that in thy
providence,
All human jealousy and strife
shall cease.
Rebuke revenge and war, spare
innocence,
And give the people liberty and
peace.
Teach those who fight from sea or
air or trench
That in thy great all-comprehen-
sive plan
There is no German. English. Turk
or French
But that all men are brothers, man
and man.
Uplift us from the mercenary plane
or selfishness in all the years TO
be,
Till love shall be the everlasting
chain
That binds our hearts together
and 10 thee.
Edward Collins Downing.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1916-06-01
Cooperation And Conservation


On Thursday, May 25th, the prin-
cipal-elect of Tuskegee Institute,
Robert Russo Motion, delivered his
installation address at Tuskegec,
Ala, TO an immense audience, both
white and black. The address was
a most fitting one, strictly in &C
cord with the subject chosen, the
great work having been done by
his predecessor, DR.. Booker T. Wash
ington and the task that lies before
him as principal. In beautiful lam
guage did he recite the beginnings
of the great work at Tuskegee, Civ
ing due credit 10 those who were
the pioneers Of the work represent
ing the North, the South, and the
Negro; the three elements that had
TO be taken into account in this
adjustment Of race relationship. His
policy is that Of his predecessor who
insisted on team work on the part
OF the teachers, officers, students
and in every phase of the work. He
closed his address by quoting the
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1916-06-01
Estill Oil News

The past week was a record
breaker in the Estill fields. II was
marked with more activity and
good results in new wells than any
period Of equal length. The plans
for test work are gradually broad
ening out. New companies are
forming rapidly and the city Of IT.
vine is scene Of great business &C
tivity.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1916-06-01

following words from DR.. Washing
toms last Sunday evening talk: I'VE
want to have teamwork, not only
in the direction TO which l have re-
fered. but most Of all, we want team
work in our spiritual life, in our
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1916-06-01

Come 10 The Citizen booth and
examine our nice line Of premiums
that go with The Citizen at 75c.
for a trifle extra on Commence
ment Day when you subscribe for
The Citizen at 75c for one whole
year; or have your present SUBJ
scription extended.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1916-06-01
Lieut.-Gov. Black Addresses
Gradual Class

AT Pineville last Thursday even
ing a large crowd gathered TO hear
Lieut.-Gov. James d. Black deliver
an address to the graduating class
Of Miss Johnson's School. A num-
Der Of visiting friends accompanied
the speaker. An excellent address
was made and all in attendance re-
ported an enjoyable time.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1916-06-01
No Whishsy Advsrtissmsnts
No Immodsss Rsws lSansi
oUr-oP-DooRs

0UT-OF-DO0RS
The splendor Of the morn,
The evenings red glow.
The fields OF tasseled corn
And cowbells far and low.
The blossom and the fruit
The song bird in the tree,
The wind upon its lutte,
Are poetry TO me.
Out in the out-of-doors
Where toiling millions CLEAN
The mighty harvest pours
It's wealth OF gold and green.
Here life has found its cup
or Joy and love its crown,
With nature looking up
And heaven looking down.
Edward Collins Downing.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1916-06-01
The Local
Merchant Who
Fails to Advertise
Is Losing
Many Sales
Why He Was q Picture Fan

"Jinx is the worst moving picture
fan ever saw"
THAT sor
"Yes; he accidentally got into q
street scene being taken for a photo
play over a year ago. and he has
been haunting the movie houses ever
since like q wild man."-Florida Times
Union.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1916-06-01

part Of Alabama. A second trip
this fall through the Bluegrass and
Eastern Kentucky is being plan.
ned already.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1916-06-01

religious life, in the prayer meet
ings, in the preaching service. in
every devotional exercise. We can
get ii by each one forgetting selfish
ness, forgetting all that stands in
the way OF perfect teamwork"
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1916-06-01
UNITED STATES NEWS
CONTINUED from Pare One).

Englands war bill for two days
would provide the United States
with an aerial defense patrol, with
out which this country would be
at the mercy Of an attacking force,
declared Rear Admiral Robert X.
Peary, chairman of the Aerial De-
Tense Patrol Commission.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1916-06-01
IN OUR OWN STATE

ICohtInued rom Page Onel.
OF the building will be used for a
hotel. The building will be ready
for occupancy by next August.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1916-06-01

Louisville's trade tourists return
cd Friday night after q four-day
trip through Middle Tennessee and
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1916-06-01

James J. Hill, railroad builder and
flnancier, died Monday morning at
his home in st. Paul. His death, ply
sicians announced, was due to an
infection caused by bowel trouble
Expressions Of coincidence poured in
at his home from all parts Of the
country.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1916-06-01

The Senate on Monday passed the
rivers and harbors appropriation
bill, carrying approximately $4,000
900, by vote of 80 to 80, after add
ing many amendments.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-03
"OLD SLIM AGED AND CRIPPLED,
AGAIN LIVES IN CIRCUS SAWDUST
Once a Clown, John Link
Is Lured Every Day Back
to Joys of the "Big
Top"
Call of the Calliope Loud
and Sweet, But John
Can't Go = Injured in
Parade

Within reach of the puugent odor Of the
sawdust that characterizes the circus;
within hearing distance of the applause
that greeted the fearless bareback riders
and the applause which greeted the en-.
trance of the clowns within the charmed
circle OF the bally-hoo man. as he brazenly
announces to an enraptured crowd of
open-mouthed boys the wonders that can
be seen for 10 cents one dime, one.tenth
OF dollar, walked a man, prematurely
aged despite his comparative youth of
three decades
The lure Of the big top" has descended
once more on the mind of John Link once
circus clown As others of us feel the
impulse to get away from stuffy unven-
tilated offices and lie down on the grass
beneath tree or take a tour along road
banked by freshly-plowed fields, so the
magnet Of the sagging tents drew Jack"
Link back to the fold.
Not today alone, but every day this
week, has seen the same thing--a man
who once rode at the head of the process.
sion when the plat.plat of the elephants
feet ushered the parade into town--hang.
ing around the circus grounds wanting to
get In again with his former comrades
and knowing he will be unable to go with
them to the next stop through injuries,
injuries lie received while in the pro.
fession.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-03

Don't go out with a young man you
don't know Just because an automobile and
nice clothes make YOU believe he is re-
spectacle. You are taking long chance 4"
This advice to girls was given today by
May Naphy, Of 1922 South Front street
the 1s-year-old girl who very nearly killed
herself leaping from a speeding automobile
to escape the improper proposals of a
youth who had picked her up She is in
the West Philadelphia Homeopathic Hos
pital recovering under skilful treatment
from fractured skull and internal
injuries.
AS May views It, she took two long
chances. April Q, the night she and Mary
O'Malley went automobile riding with two
fellows" The first was when she en-.
tered the automobile at Broad street and
Columbia avenue: the second. when she
jumped out at Belmont and City Line ave.
nues. while the machine was tearing along
through the darkness at 40 miles an hour
Would she take the first chance again?
mo, i would not" was her emphatic
reply.
The second? .u
yes, would" she answered, in voice
low but just as decided She was prop
ped up in her bed in the women's ward.
a silver cruciflX was pinned to her bosom
and her chestnut hair. hanging loose.
framed her pretty, bruised face.
81 did wrong and I know It," she said
frankly And l will not do II again.
l didn't know that night what a chance
I was taking when Babe and / got in
that machine" She calls Mary O'Malley
Babe. 1t was she who found May un-
conscious in the road an hour later. after
the two young bloods" had elected her
and sped away.
babe and had just come from n re-
hearsal when these two fellows came
along in n machine and asked to take us
home. They looked like gentlemen. We
had never seen them before and 1t was
wrong to accept their invitation. But we
did IT, They stopped at two places and
got drinks. | thought it wasn't exactly
right and began to get nervous. At the
second place one of them looked at two
girls at another table and he said: There
are those two buns we had out last
night
with that told them to take us home
They said they would and we got in. Af-
ter a while the fellow on the rear seat
with me put his arms around me,
pushed him away and then he grabbed
me by the throat. l knew then and there
that it was to be a battle or jump for me.
He was stronger than l am. So / jumped
THAT jump taught me that a girl
mustn't take an automobile and nice
clothes as signs of respectability. She
is taking long chance If she does. Be
fore she goes out with a young man she
should get some one to stand for him
and she should learn something about him.
"Yes 1 might have had to jump IL
had known the fellow. But I'd have done
it, just the same. I'd be glad, just as 1
am now
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-03
STRIPED ZEBRA COLT BALKS
AT "SUBBING" FOR SACRED COW
Resents Harness Even of Sacred Go-Cart-Black-a
White Streak About Ring Upsets Bicycling
Bruins-Miss Dot Vernon Not Hurt

Trouble again with Sing Sing? Well,
rather. Sing Sing is the toughest. naught.
lest, meanest, most stubborn thing in
Philadelphia, and no amount of reforming
could make him pull go.cart the frac.
tion of an inch yesterday afternoon. Sing
Sing is zebra and his stripes suggested
the name.
Sing Sing has been stubborn all of his
whole year of life. He was born in Bridge.
port, Conn, where Barnum and Bailey's
circus has winter quarters, just before the
big show went on its annual tour last
year He was famed then as one OF the
few zebra colts in captivity. AS conse-
quence Sing Sing was spoiled just as any
other youngster will be who receives too
much attention. 1t was decided this
spring that he must be taught to do his
share of work in the world and he was
placed in harness. He didn't like bit
in his mouth nor collar around his neck.
but the harness stayed on him despite his
kicks.
Yesterday afternoon. between matinee
and night performances. Mr.. Patterson.
of the circus staff thought II would be a
good opportunity TO teach Sing Sing to
pull the sacred go-cart. 1t is used in the
parades and heretofore has been drawn
by sacred COW of India. Patterson
thought Sing Sing might prove u better
attraction than the sacred COW, but when
1t came to being put in shafts the zebra
positively refused to go near the cart.
Patterson called I'm Dot Vernon. a cow
girl connected with the Wild West Show.
and by means of "nose-twister" Sing
Sing was made to stand between the
shafts. Miss Vernon agreed TO drive the
sacred go-cart, and while half a dozen
cowboys held the zebra she climbed in
Then they let Sing Sing go-and go he
did!
1t was difficult to see Just what hap
pened. Miss Vernon was near the pad
room entrance when she climbed on the
cart, and 1t seemed only second later
when a white and black streak could be
discerned in the arena. The much-talked-
of 'hippodrome races" didn't have a thing
on Sing Sing for speed. Patterson had
everybody stand back in the padroom
and, with Miss Vernon guiding, Sing Sing
went by at a mile-a minute clip.
Everything would have been all right