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The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1916-02-11
SUCCESSFUL MEETIse' CLOSED.

Rev. NJ. C. Reynolds. pastor OF the
First Methodist Church OF this city,
closed very successful series OF
evangelistic meetings at Cliffe, Floyd
county. near Prestonsburg, last Sun
day evening The meetings resulted in
large number OF conversions and ~
accessions to the church. Mr.. Reynolds
said that a new church will be built at
Cliffe at once. and the congregation
there is strong and growing.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1916-02-11
PIKE DELEGATION RETURNS
FROM FRANKFORT.

After a titanic struggle to prevent
the division OF Pike-co.. which was
defeated in the Kentucky State Senate
by one vote last week. the large party
Il Pike men who were on the Job at
Frankfort throughout the hearing OF
the bill and long before. arrived at
Pikeville in groups last week from day
TO day,
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1916-02-11
RETURNED FROM VISIT.

Miss Eliza Davenport, who had been
the guest of relatives and friends at
Catlettsburg and Ashland for several
days. returned to her homo at Pike
vile last Friday evening. Catlettsburg
was Miss Dayenport's former home
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1916-02-11
PIKE COUNTY NEWS

Uhe Indian. with his pipe OF peace,
Has slowly passed away;
But the Irishman. with his piece OF pipe
Has come prepared to stay.
! Anon.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1916-02-11

A jury was selected Monday after
noon and the damage suit OF Ech
Combs against the Louisville a Nash
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1916-02-11

WHITESBURG. KY, Feb. 9.-Tele-
phone adyices from Willard. Pike. coun-
ty east OF here late Monday night tells
OF the sudden serious illness OF Ed.
Peter Adkins aged about IS years. for
merly OF this county who moved to
1.-THE Forks" in Pike county about ten
years ago. The report says that Ed.
Adkins death is hourly expected. He
has many friends and admirers all
over Letcher county who will be griev-
ed to hear OF his dangerous Illness. Two
sons, w. b. Adkins resides on Rock
house in this county. while DR.. Boaz
Adkins lives at Neon.
tttt
Republican County Chairman ID. ].
Day has made a call for county con-
vention TO be held here Feb. 26 for the
purpose OF selecting delegates 10 the
State Convention at Louisville March
1. An effort will be made to closely
unite the party in the county this year.
tttt
A jury here Monday afternoon tried
Harrison Whitaker of the Kings creek
section OF the county on charge Of
lunacy. He was adjudged insane and
will be committed to the Eastern Ken
lucky Insane asylum at Lexington.
Whitaker Is about Is years old.
tttt
U. s. Marshal John NJ. Riddle. Mon
day morning arrested Calvin Madison,
aged 20, on a charge OF peddling and
Bookkeeping moonshine whiskey in the
vicinities of Fleming and Raymond in
the coal fields section. He was brought
10 Whitesburg where he will be tried
before u. s. Commissioners Samuel Col
Inns.
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A jury was selected Monday after
noon and the damage suit OF Ech
CombA against the Louisville q Nash
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-03-21
HAYNES AUTOMOBILE co. TIED
UP BY STRIKE

When the Haynes Automobile Co.,
Kokomo, Ind, found out its employees
were organizing into union it began.
firing every man it discovered car
ried a card. The men resented this
by calling a general strike. Every
man in the plant, 1000, is out. The
men are satified with wages and con-
ditions, but want recognition of the
unions.
w. F. Kramer, international presi-
dent of the blacksmiths' union, says
the strike was not fOmented by labor
organizers.
"The men decided they wanted to
organize and asked the International
to send organizers to show them
how said Kramer.
The strike affects machinists,
blacksmiths and all. sorts of wood
and metal workers.
An attempt to run the plant with
strikebreakers failed and no work is
being done.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-03-21

by it.
Here is the answer in the language
of a conservative economist, Prof.
Jacob H. HoIlander of Johns Hopkins
university. It is only a highbrow
statement of what every sensible
man knows, but it should prove use
full in answering those who are i'm
pressed by titles and who demand
authority for everything.
Testifying before the commission
on industrial relations. in New York
on Jan. 20, 1915, Prof. Hollander,
who is known among economists for
his conservatism said:
'The statement is commonly made
that after all it would do no good if
wages were universally increased
because labor would be obliged then
to pay that much more for its pro-
duct. 1t would be a sort of attempt
to lift ones self by ones boot straps.
Well, there are several considera-
lions that figure.
'In the first place, it is not clear by
any means that industrial profits are
uOL .CACCDDlNC. " b44C ACE3ACC GLAdG
they are, an increase in wages would
be at the expense of excessive profit.
In the second place, it is very prob
able that increased wages would re-
suit in increased productivity, on the
theory that, to the degree that I'M
derpaid and therefore Undervitalized
work people receive larger earnings,
their Industrial efficiency would be
enhanced.
Finally, the assumption of uni
versaI and simultaneous rise in
wages is fantastic That is not the
way industrial betterment moves. It
takes place from one occupation to
another and does not increase the
cost to the IaboTer as a consumer in
the same proportion as his income
rises as a producer.
"The doctrine that an increase of
wages would not benefit the Iaborer
because it would add to his cORS11mD-
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-03-21
trine is not accepted by economists
at this day"
HAY BILL TO GO THROUGH THE
HOUSE THIS AFTERNOON

Washington, March 21.-Passage
before adjournment today of pre-
paredness bills. Hay army reorgan-
ization measure in house and Till
man 81, 100000 government armor
plate project in senate, hope or con-
gress leaders.
Final vote on armor plate bill late
this afternoon was certain. Doubt
about final house action on Hal bill
coming today.
Ultimate passage of both bills was
foregone conclusion. Final stand
against Tillman measure was expect
ed from Senators Penrose, Oliver and
others.
Amendment giving president free
hand to call out regular army re-
serves in case of war or threatened
hostilities was made by house today
to Hay army reorganization bill.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-10-26
ISAAC |. bLOUT TO
Be BURIED TODAY
Services for President Of WASH
ington Hebrew Conerega-
ton Held at Home.

Funeral services for Isaac l. Blout.
president OF the Washington Hebrew
Congregation, who died at his residence,
no Seventh street northwest, Tuesday.
aged seventy-nine. were held at his late
home at / o'clock today. Later services
were to be conducted at the Eighth
street Temple by the Rev. Abram Simon
and Louis stern. DR.. Stern delivering the
eulogy.
A program Of sacred music was 10 be
given by the temple organist. Lewis
Atwater.
Interment will be at the cemetery OF
the, Washington Hebrew congregation.
near Congress Heights.
Mr.. Blout was born in CasseL Ger
many, I'm 1897. where he received his
education and also studied music. He
came to the United States In 1858 and
made his home in Baltimore for several
months. later travelling through several
Southern States. teaching music. He
came to Washington In 1861 and a year
later opened a millinery store, which he
conducted until his death.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-10-26
WILLIAM N. CHASE,
FAMOUS ARTIST, DIES
Did More Than. Any One to
Bring Recognition to Ameri-
can Painter.

NEW YORK. Oct. 26.-william Merritt
Chase. foremost among American art
lists in this country today and one OF
the handful OF men who brought about
the development of American art to It's
present important position throughout
the world. died yesterday afternoon at
his home. 234 East Fifteenth street.
He had been III for months. most Of
the time confined to his bed, and al
though his family kept the seriousness
of his condition as secret as they could.
Il was understood for some time among
his friends that the aged painter could
not live long.
Mr.. Chase would have celebrated his
sixty-seventh birthday next "Wednesday
had he lived. He passed through a time
when Americans were looked upon sole
ly as people who bought works of art.
but could not create them to the time
when American canvases held their
own in the galleries and salons abroad.
And 1t was largely through his own
work. both as painter and teacher that
this change was brought about.
Perhaps a majority OF the American
artists whose work IL ranked high today
have passed under his tutelage. He
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-10-26

himself In recent days used to tell OF
the time when he was first recognized
by the public. when prominent dealers
begged him to go abroad and 90 hls
painting there, offering to pay MN IN
twice the money they were wiling TO
give for his canvases turned out from
his studio on Fifth avenue.
Mr.. Chase's career Is typical or the
one that is expected to. be told OF great
Of a retail merchant in. Franklin. Ind.
who had little sympathy for his ambi-
ton and wanted to put him into bust
ness. But he used the wrapping paper
Of his fathers store for his sketches un-
I'll he was able to get instruction from
y. +. Haynes. an 1ndianapolis artist.
The latter soon told Chase's father that
he had taught the boy all he could learn
In that city, and urged him to send
young Chase to New York.
This was done in 1869 and for two
years Chase studied under J. q. Eaton
and In the National Academy OF Design
When his father failed In business the
boy went to st. Louis and opened
| studio where he eked out the family ex.
penses with still life pictures. IL seemed
as though his career was at stand
still. but a group Of wealthy men tooh
notice of him, made up a purse and sem
him to the Royal Academy In Munich
In his eight years at that school Chass
won first medals in all six OF the de
partments. His money ran out and hi
scraped along by pot work. He wen
hungry often. and he wore out the solei
OF his shoes toting his canvases from
| one dealer to another, only to have then
| refused.
The tide of his fortune set In, however
when Carl Won Piloty, director of thu
Royal Academy. commissioned him Il
! paint portraits OF the directors I've
children. Immediately the dealers oegli
| clamoring for his work.
Whan he returned to the United states
! In 1878 he had earned n reputatio!
| abroad that he soon Increased in his ma
! tive country. From that time on. al
though he was an inveternte traveller
his home was in this city.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-10-26
DUTCH STEAMER is
SUNK; Is MISSING

Sixteen men are missing and ten were
saved from the torpedoed Dutch steamer
Furtuna. and twelve are missing from
the Greek steamer George Embiricos, n
Lloyd report cabled to the State Depart
ment yesterday declared. The British
steamer Ethel Duncan was torpedoed
and her crew saved by trawler. The
Swedish bark Theodore was mined. The
Swedish steamer Svartvlk was set on
fire. the crew being landed.
When the Norwegian steamer Ron
noy was torpedoed here crew was given
ten minutes warning and was picked up
by torpedo boat The British steamer
Cabotia rs believed to have been sunk.
The following steamers also are re-
ported sunk; Arts. Greek; Drain, Nor
wegian: Danish, Fritz Emil; lobe and
lIelga, Danish; Lekna, Swedish bark;
vi, Norwegian Wilhelm, Swedish.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-10-26

Writing from Rock Island, Illinois, n
grateful mother says: Il miss Father
Johns Medicine when l am out OF 1t
more than anything else from my medi-
cine chest. / have it on hand summer
and winter. l give 1t to my two chill
dren whose pictures are shown. 1 hope
that other mothers may learn to know
its value as have. (SigneD Mrs. G. ii.
Bicbl, 1904 Eleventh Ave.
Thousands OF mothers know from ex-
perience the value of Father John s
Medicine as tissue and strength
builder at this time of year. 1t is all
pure and wholesome nourishment which
the system easily takes up and changes
into fighting strength to ward off dis
ease. Because 1t does not contain alco-
ho or dangerous drugs Father John
Medicine is safe for children as well az
older people. Get what you call for.
-AdVt.
The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1916-01-27
BREED YOUR cows TO
FRESHEN IN THE FALL
(By C. A. Hutton, Division of Exten.
sion, University of Temessee.)

(By C. A. Hutton, Division of Exten.
sion, University of Tennessee.)
There are several advantages % in
having dairy cows freshen in the fall.
1. The largest amount of milk is
produced when the price Is highest.
The average price of butter fat is from
six to ten cents higher during the win
ter than during the summer months.
2. Fall fresh cows give a larger an
nual production than those freshening
during the spring months. BY feeding
silage through the winter and turning
on to grass in the spring the milk
flow is kept up for longer time.
8. More time is available for dairy
work in winter when farm work is not
rushing.
4. 1t is less expensive to care for
milk in winter, because less ice is re-
quired.
s. Cows are dry during the hot,
dry season of the year when flies are
bad, pastures short and farm work
pressing.
6. Calves born in the fall should de-
velop into better COWS than those born
in the spring, since they can receive
better attention and are ready to run
on grass in the spring.
Breed as many as possible of your
cows in December and January, and
have them freshen in October and No
vember and get the benefit of high
prices for dairy products next winter.
The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1916-01-27
KEEP THE SEED CORN DRY
Uneven Stands of Corn So Common
They Go Unnoticed.
(By J. G. McAmis, Division of Extern
sion, University of Tennessee.)

(By J. G. McAmis, Division of Extern
sion, University of Tennessee)
Uneven stands of corn are so com
mon every spring that they often go
causes, some preventable, and some
more or less beyond practical control.
The chief cause is bad seed. Even
here in the south, where the climatic
conditions are 30 favorable that seeds
should be almost perfect and stands,
therefore, approach the IDEAL they are
far from it. Mature corn kept dry in
winter gives very little trouble from
lack of termination.
Rarely is seed immature in Tennes-
see. The chief defect is that it is not
thoroughly dry before cold weather
Comes. Low temperature does not
effect dry seeds, but it often destroys
or weakens the power of termination
in damp ones.
KEEP SEED CORN DRY! That re.
quires a dry place with a free circu-
laticn of air. These conditions are not
found in the field, or even in the crib
They are more ~ften found in the
attic, provided each ear is kept sep
arate from the others
Thanks to the late season, with no
hard freezes. it is not yet too late
Get an abundance of seed corn in the
attic now, even though you have to go
to the crib to select it. 1t will pay
big returns.
The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1916-01-27

with three tracks extending through
same and a work shop 81 TT. by 100
it., both equipped with overhead pow
er cranes and full complement of ma
chinerv and tools for repairing steel
cars.
During the past ten years South
ern Railway has purchased $4,000 all
steel and steel underframe cars and
the new shop will provide better ia
cilities for keeping them in repair
than could be had in the old shops
which were originally built for hand
ling only wooden cars.
Contract for the construction of the
steel frame for the main shed has
been let to the Virginia Bridge and
Iron Co. and the material will be
Fabricated at the Memphis plant.
Construction will begin before April
LIST and will be completed within six
weeks from that date.
Other additions to be made to the
facilities at Coster shop will include
a scrap dock with retaining shop
for handling and reclaiming future
accommodations Of scrap resulting from
repairs to cars and an additional
wash and locker room for the use of
employees. The erection of these
buildings will necessitate a revision
of the track layout at the north end
of the yard.
With the exception Of the steel
frame for the steel car repair shed
all construction will be done by the
company forces.
The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1916-01-27

situation between England and Ger
many that was acute in 1911 had
been entirely relieved A few DAYS
later six English battleships were in
the friendly harbor of Kiel during
the great Kiel Week. Officers of
both nations danced gaily on the
decks of the British dreadnought
Ajax.
Five weeks later the Ajax with a
great fleet was in the North Sea TO
capture or destroy their hosts of
but short time before.
The German Emperor cut short his
yearly visit to Norway. President
Poincaire hurried back from Russia
to France; Earl Kitchener was
stopped at Calais on his way to Egypt
and brought back to organize Eng
land for war. Germany's threat pre-
vented Russia from disturbing Aus
trias Balkan policies once before.
The mailed fist" had worked against
almost every country in Europe and
yet no war had occurred. Then sud,
denly it fails, Germany's threat of
mobilization is met by mobilization
elsewhere and the Emperor finds
himself isolated fighting half the
world and with little sympathy from
the other half. With him is Austria,
which precipitated the struggle, and
to whose assistance he went, and la
ter on Turkey, which saw a chance
to regain in the melee some of the
ground which it had recently lost
in other wars.
And now, from August 4. 1914,
when the German Army began at
tack on Liege, Belgium, to this date,
the conflict has ragged, and the loss
CONTINUED on page four)
The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1916-01-27
DAN EMMETT.

Daniel Decatur Emmett, an old
time minstrel, who died at his home
town, Mount Vernon, Ohio, in 1904,
figuratively asked for bread during
his lifetime, and he is about to be
given stone after his death. He
was one of Bryant's minstrels, one
of the earliest organizations of this
character in this country, and when
he wrote Dixie" in 1859 he had no
idea that he was doing anything that
would live beyond a few nights or a
week or so. He wrote and sang
Dixie" and since then the words
and the music have become familiar
to all Americans, while the strains
of the wonderful composition thrill
foreign multitudes and win applause
wherever they are heard. Dan En-
NETT left the stage many, many years
ago, and when he died he was far
beyond the three-score years and ten.
Like most shOwmen, he lived up to
his income while he was active in
life, and after he retired from the
business he had to depend upon the
munifiCence and bounty of his
friends. For a long time AL G. Field
the popular minstrel, who is known
intimately and fondly loved through
out the country, provided for his ne
cessities, and made life easy for him.
AS regularly as the week rolled
around he received a check from the
successful minstrel man, and he was
never in want or distress, and was
never denied the ordinary comforts
nf h. Ia
ago the lodge of Elks to which he be-
longed furnished the funds to give
him a respectable funeral, but his
old-time benefactor did not want to
be left out when it came to paying
the last sad tribute which the living
can pay to the dead and he insisted
on bearing the funeral expenses. This
Dan Emmett's local lodge would not
agree to, so compromise was
struck, the lodge paying half of the
expenses and the Snowman paying
the other half. Now comes veal
thy bachelor named James Lewis
Smith, of Ashtabula, Ohio, where the
great railroad wreck occurred some
years ago. and he has agreed to take
the matter of erecting a monument
to Emmett out of the hands of a cit
liens association of Mount Vernon
which was not making progress as
as he thought it ought to do
and he WILL at his own expense, erect
a suitable monument which will bear
the following inscription: ITO the
memory of Daniel Decatur Emmett,
1S15-1904, whose song, 'Dixieland,' in
spired the courage and devotion of
the Southern people, and now thrills
the hearts of a reunited nation. This
tablet is erected by James Lewis
Smith, Ashtabula, Ohio" This is a
merited recognition of one whose
genius or good fortune, or both, has
made his name a household word
throughout the country. Dan En-
NETT was modest and unassuming.
but he reached his supremacy at a
time when great things were hap
pening, and he caught the drift of
events, seized an opportunity and de-
veloped it into something of perra-
nent value and wonderful magnitude.
The country will unite as one man in
it's gratitude, to Mr.. Smith for the no.
BILE work he is undertaking Memphis
News-Scimitar.
The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1916-01-27
THE FALSE FLUCTUATIONS OF
PEACE.
COLDS NEED ATTENTION

Internal throat and chest troubles
produce Inflammation, irritation, and
swelling or soreness, and unless
checked at once, are liely to lead to
serious trouble. Caught in time DR..
Bells Pine-Tar-Honey loosens the
phlegm and destroys the germs
which have settled in the throat or
nose. II is soothing and healing.
Pine is antiseptic; honey is soothing,
both together possess excellent me-
dicinal qualities for fighting cold
germs. Insist on DR.. Bells Pine-Tar-
Honey. 25c, all druggists.
The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1916-01-27
FOR CHHDREN'S COUGH

You cannot use anything better for
your child's cough and cold than DR.
Kings New Discovery. 1t is prepared
from Pine Tar mixed with healing
and soothing balsams. 1t does not
contain anything harmful and it is
slightly laxative, just enough to ex-
pei the poisons from the system. Dr.
Kings New Discovery is antiseptic-
kills the cold germs-raises the
phlegm-,oosens the cough and
soothes the irritation, Don't put off
treatment. Coughs and Colds often
lead to serious lung troubles. 1t is
also good for adults and the aged.
Get bottle today. All Druggists.