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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-05-27
Historic Spelling.

There is a sentiment against slmpli-
fed spelling because It tends to destroy
the historical continuity of the English
language, but this claim is answered
by the assertion that the present spell
Ing very materially infringes upon for
mer methods. Upon this point CORE
spondent Of the New York Times says:
We have only to go back very short
way I'm order TO see the modern upstart
character Of what is called historical
spelling. We now write pleasure"
measure" and feather" but not very
long ago those words were spelled
"plesure," 'mesure." "fether" Again,
"tung'' and "yung," as spelled by Spen-
ser, have more historical aspect than
tongue" and young" Why write
"girdle" when the old spelling was
''girdelT' The only answer 10 this ar
gument and similar ones Is that our
immediate ancestors learned how TO
spell better than our remote ancestors,
which is only claiming that the makers
OF the words left their spelling TO sue
ceedlng generations. which is absurd.
There is abundant proof that our ances-
tors were better spoilers than the sue
ceeding generations.-Ohio State Jour-
nal
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-05-27
NEW CLEWS

"UF you please. Mr.. Langdon, may /
speak to you a moment, sir?"
III The deferential voice halted
Philip as he was on. his way
from court to Mary's cell. and he
-SS6ng about with the frown of one
}yhose days are made up of unpleasant
Interruptions by strangers.
Langdon had been at the office most
of the night looking up certain points
of law and his temper was none too
good.
weir" he snapped. and the pallid-
Aced man with the stopped should
ders WINGED and drew back little.
'I'm sorry. sir. but thought ought
to tell you. sir. It's-lts' about the
guns"
"The gunsr' The frown faded from
Langdon's face, and he looked down
at the man with a sudden interest
"Who are you"
James Watson. sir. I am a waiter
at the Criterion Club where Mr.. Pol
Jock resided. 1 also acted as his conf
Dental man during my Off hours. sir.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-05-27
Distant Thunder.

II we count the seconds that elapse
between our seeing a fash OF lightning
and our hearing the thunder we can
tell how far off the thunderstorm is.
As light travels $4,000 miles a second,
we may for all practical purposes re-
gard ourselves as seeing the lightning
the instant 1t flashes. But sound travels
only LOST feet Il second. If, then, we
multiply 1,0S7~by the number of sec
onds that elapse after the fash before
we hear the thunder we get the dis
lance that lies between us and the
storm. If we count five seconds the
flash is u mile away. AS a rule, we do
not hear the thunder at all If the storm
is more than from twelve to fifteen
miles away from us. But the rule has
exceptions. In Symons' Meteorological
Magazine Mr. Harold Wilson reports
that last August he saw two flashes of
lightning in the west northwest Of
England and only heard the thunder
after intervals Of 115 and 112 seconds
respectively. He calculates that the
first flash occurred 24.4 miles and the
second flash 23.S miles away. Profess
or Alexander S. Herschel, 1t Is said.
heard the thunder that followed a flash
of lightning forty-four miles from
where he was.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-05-27

He broke off abruptly, then leaned
forward staring up at Langdon, the
lifelong servility of the man who
serves falling from him for a minute
as he said sharply:
''Mr. Langdon, Mr.. Pollock had a
fight with somebody over the telephone
at the club that night, and he didn't so
to the Hotel Republic alOne!"
"WhatT'
Philips exclamation was shrill in its
excitement but before he could ask
any questions that rushed to his lips,
the bailiff raped at the door, announc-
ing that His Honor was ready to re-
open court.
With shrug of impatience Langdon
gathered up the papers he had sung
upon the table.
81 shall have to put you on the
stand, and ask the questions l would
like to ask now" he said to the waiter
You don't mind. | suppose?"
There was a note OF anxiety in his
voice.
"That Is what I am here for, SIR, ''
said the little man with a calmness
that was not without dignity. "My
wife is In the court, sir. waiting to
hear me-"
He spoke rnther proudly; the atti-
tude of waiter seemed suddenly to
leave him.
He was like soldier who has hest
lated. and then, having made up his
mind to fight. goes invincibly 10 battle.
Langdon smiled. and clapped him on
The shoulder In a friendly fashion that
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-05-27

"Oh, no--tnere was shale. I thought
you meant somebody else.'
"who is shale7"
well, he's a sort Of pal OF the
chiefs-that Is, he used to be. dunno
exactly how TO describe him. He and
Mr. Pollock were IN ON some deals to-
gether. and when the chief wanted
anything special done. he allus sent
Shale. Folks called shale 'Jim's Jackal'
"Mr. Pollock seemed to think a lot
Of him, though. and took him around n
good bit. When he was good humored,
he used 70 say he took Shale along be-
cause he knew what he was up to
when he was with him"
"When did this man Shale join Mr..
| PollOckY
after the show, or, rather, during IL.
had been Off to get a snifter, and
when l came back Shale was sittin' in
the car smokin'."
"T'm waitin' for JIM he says: and
I says, Go as far as you like SO he
/ give me a cigar, and we sat there
smokin' till the show was over and
Mr.. Pollock came out"
"Was Mr.. Pollock surprised TO sec
this man in the machineT
mo. He was used to It. He seemed
TO have been expectin' him. l saw him
looking about in the crowd as IL he
was huntin' someone, and when he saw
shale IN the car he looked relieved"
did you drive direct to the Hotel
RepublicT
Eyes, sir, we did"
"And Mr.. Shale went in with Mr..
Pollockp
"Oh, no, sir. AS soon as the car stop
ped he went Off down the street and
Mr.. Pollock went into the hotel alone"
There was no doubt that both these
unexpected witnesses had made a good
impression.
The district attorney was not pleased;
but Langdon, happy in the knowledge
| that the terrible ordeal for Mary Page
was drawing to an end, left the court
room that day feeling younger and full
/ Of power.
] SOOn-sOOn-
: But he hardly dared to dream his
= wonderful dream.
RIO ba continuad
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-05-27

enjoyed his sudden plunge into the
limellght.
"Did Mr. Pollock take anyone TO
the theatre with him?"
mo, sir"
did he give you any instruction
about what TO do after the theatreP
"Yes. He said that | was 70 wait for
him near the corner. instead Of coming
back after the show. Il may need you,
he said. and III rather you'd wait. If
you stay at the corner can see you.
whether l come out at the front Of the
theater or through the stage door,"
'He took a guest back TO the hotel
with him after the performance. did
he not?'
"No, sir"
The chauffeur was very emphatic.
DO you mean that there was no one
In the car except Mr.. PollockT
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-05-27

volvers-duellin' pistols, he called 'em
but that there gun in court amt one
of those.
at was his own special one. He had
the barrel sawed Off extra short so 1t
would fit easy in his pocket. He showed
1t to me, and said that IL anybody ever
did for him, they'd have to move
quicker than he did. And then. sir. 1t
was his own gun that killed him.
LIES a queer thing, amt itT'
Langdon nodded vaguely, too dlsap-
pointed at the failure of this new hope
to pay much attention TO what the
man was saying.
II suppose" he said drily, you
won't mind telling that fact in court,
will your"
He looked sharply at the waiter
"No, SIR"
The waiter hesltated a moment, then
flushed and stammered, I'll wish it
might have been one Of pair, sir, If it
would have helped the young lady; my
wife and ! admired her picture so. l
took quite an interest, you see. being
as how ! knew him, sir. I'd seen her
photograph In bis room. too, and
know what sort of a man he was. /
amt sorry he's dead. and I'd like to
help If ! could.
"One night | saw him grab her by the
arm and could see that she hated him
ana that he was maxim her life miser-
able by his attentions.
IL saw her that night. Mr. Pollock
gimme pass. and afterwards saw
him
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-05-27

The witness wiped his brow, and
glanced down at the spectators. as II
looking for the sympathetic face Of bis
wife.
In his excitement, and because the
next question came so fast, be did not
have n chance 70 see her.
Watson. you say you saw Mr.. Pol
lock after the theatre -whereT
II had been TO the show. sir. and was
coming out when saw Mr.. Pollock
Just ahead Of me. | thought he was
looking for his limousine. saw II and
hurried up. intending to tell him where
It was. when he caught sight Of It him
self. was just behind him. therefore.
when he stepped into IT,
was there anyone in the automo-
bilepr
yes"
could you see themT
Langdon was overjoyed at the ready
answers he was receiving.
III he had trained this man for n cou-
pie Of days he could not have asked for
better results.
"No | could see an arm as somebody
opened the door for Mr.. Pollock, and l
heard voice say, It's all right, chief.
It's n cinch.'
"Then the engine made such n noise l
couldn't hear any more. You know how
those machines do drown out every
thing sometimes, sir"
"Had you ever heard the voice be-
fore?"
81 couldn't say, sir. | didn't notice"
The bailiff came and whispered a
word in Langdon's ear, handing him at
the same time a slip Of paper.
On il was scraWled: "Pollock's chauf-
| feur, Carter, is in court You can
call him right away. I'll have the other
here in n jiffy, Brennan"
With smile of relief Langdon turn
cd back TO his witness.
"Was that the last time you saw
Mr.. PollockT
"Yes, sir"
"That is all, thank you, Mr. Wat
SON"
And as the waiter stepped down
with a smile on his face, Langdon
said clearly:
"Call Frank Carter
There was a stir through the court
room, and some commOtion as the
chauffeur got to his feet in confusion,
and stared at LangdOn.
"D'you mean me?" he asked blunt
ly; and when the court crier repeated
the name, Crank Carterg' he scram-
bled over the intervening spectators
and went down the room excitedly.
He did not seem happy over the
prospect of being made so conspicu-
| Gus.
"YOu were Mr.. Pollock's chauffeur,
were you not?" asked Langdon, and
the man nodded.
"Then will you please take the
standT
Still looking somewhat bewildered
at the sudden call, Carter took the
oath, and Langdon. after the prelimi
nary questions, said slowly, as II seek
ing to make definite effect:
"Mr. Carter. you drove Mr.. Pollocl
continually. did you notT'
Eyes, sir"
"Then you must have known mos
of his friendsT"
"I did, sir, and some Of his enemies,
said the chauffeur grimly.
did you drive the limousine on tn,
eight Mr.. Pollock was shot?"
81 did. sir" the witness answered
readily.
He saw that he was important now
and, like most of his class, he rather
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-05-27

am have them here, sir, don't you
fear"
brought a flush of pride to the face
of the older man.
Then he led the way out into the
corridor again.
At the door of the witness room he
paused moment and opening 1t, called
10 Brennan, the detective who had
figured in the trailing of Daniels, and
said quietly:
II want James Pollock's chauffeur.
If possible, have him I'm court within
an hour or two"
"Yes. sir
"Apd Brennan-get the carriage man
at the Hotel Republic, too The man
who was on duty In front OF the hotel
on the night Pollock was killed. It's
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-05-27

MARY PAGE, an actress, is
accused of the murder of
James Pollock, and is defended
by her lover Philip Langdon.
Pollock has been pursuing Mary
fof many months ssSssvcr.iS &c
win her love and her hand In
marriage, but his attentions have
been very unwelcome to her.
Knowing her stage aspirations,
he has, unknown to her, financed
her starring tour under the man
agement of Daniels.
On the night of the murder,
Mary leaves the banquet hall in
the Hotel Republic and enters
the Gray Room alone expecting
to meet Langdon. She has been
lured there by Pollock, who has
been drinking.
A few moments later a shot Is
heard and Langdon and others,
upon entering the Gray Room
find James Pollock shot through
the heart and Mary Page lying
in q faint beside him with Pol
locks revolver not six inches
from the ends of her fingers.
At Mary's trial she admits she
had the revolver. Pollock had
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-05-27

You see. am an extra, not regular
waiter In the dining-room."
Iangann drew deep breath and
laid his hand on the others stopped
and servile shoulder.
This Is not the place to talk" he
said quietly. "You'd better come down
~ my office with me. l have few
hnutes yet before the recess is over"
The man bowed, and Langdon, turn
ing. led the way into the private room
beyond the courtroom, and waving
the waiter 10 a chair, sat down HIM
self OH the edge Of the table.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-05-27

Now" he said. what about the
guns?"
"Well, it's this way. SIR" said James.
twirling his hat in his nervous fingers.
81 used to be in Mr.. Pollock's room a
lot, sir, and | knew all his guns. BE
had lot of them-they were a sort OF
fad Of his. There was two pairs of re-
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-06-10

tism, govt, gravel, neuralgia and
sciatica result. It was DR.. Pierce
who discovered new agent, called
"Anuric" which will throw out and
eradicate this uric acid from the sys-
tenn. DR.. Pierce believes "Anuric" to
be 81 times more potent than hthia,
and consequently you need no logger
fear muscular or articular rheuma-
tlsm or govt, or many other diseases
which are dependent on an aceumula-
ton of uric acid within the body. Send
DR.. Pierce, Invalids' Hotel, Buffalo,
n. Y, 10c for trial package or $1.00
for full treatment of "Anuric."
DR.. Pierce's reputation is back o.
this medicine and you know that his
Pleasant Pellets" for the liver and
his "Favorite Prescription" for the
ills of women have had splendid
reputation for the past so years
Adv.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-06-10
MISS MABEL BIGGART TO.
APPEAR IN ADAM REDE.

Those who have met Miss Mabel
Biggart on her two visits to Pensa-
cola will learn with the greatest
pleasure that she will give her IA
nous presentation of Adam Bede on
Thursday evening for the benefit of
the Pensacola Equal Suffrage League.
Miss Biggart studied under the
great tragedian and playwright,
Dion Boucicault, and also under Rob
erts of New York, one of Americas
famous actors, and her rendition of
George Elhott's famous novel is said
to be one of the best of the times.
Sir Beerbohm Trees recent appear
ance in the United States has been
of wide interest, and the fact that this
famous English actor recognized Miss
Biggart's wonderful talents to such
an extent as to offer her a part in
one of his companies is evidence of
the gifts which are hers.
Miss Biggart has had a most in
teresting life, filled with study and
travel, and is in Pensacola at this
time in the interest of a new maya
zine, the Semi-Tropical Magazine,
which she is to launch soon in Mo-
bile. She has lectured in many coun-
tries and her beautiful speaking
voice, with its wonderful sympathetic
quality, added to her talents as an
actress have given her an enviable
place on the entertainment platform.
Miss .Biggart will give her famous
presentation of Adam Bede at the
home of the president of the Pensa-
cola Equal Suffrage League, Miss
Marguerite Ingraham, on Thursday
evening, at eight o'clock, the enter
tailment to be an al fresco affair.
She win also speak at the meeting
of the Pensacola Equal Suffrage
League on Monday evening at the
city hall.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-06-10
If You Suffer from Backache.
Lumbago, Kidneys or Rheumatism,
Take Hot Water and .ANURIC"

American men and women must
guard constantly against kidney
trouble, because we eat too much and
all our food is rich. Our blood is
filled with uric acid which the kid
neys strive to filter out, they weaken
from overwork, become sluggish; the
eliminative tissues clog and the re-
suit is kidney trouble, bladder weak
ness and general decline in health.
When your kidneys feel like Jumps
of lead, when your back hurts or the
urine is cloudy, full of sediment. or
you are obliged to seek relief two or
three times during the night, when
you suffer with sick headache, or dir
~, nervous spells, acid stomach, or
you have rheumatism when the weaLn-
ever is bad, get from your druggist
"ANURIC." Because of uric acid in
over-abundance in the system, back
ache, pains here and there, rheuma-
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-06-10
VAST NUMBERS
SLOWLY POISON
THEIR SYSTEMS

Advanced medical authorities as
sert that auto-intoxication is the
foundation of most Of the ills and
diseases to which the human flesh
is heir. '"This condition" says L. 7.
Cooper, who has made an exhaustive
study Of the subject, ''is nothing more
nor less than the slow self-poisoning
of the vital organs, produced by the
excessive mental and physical strain
we are forced to endure, which rem
ders the organs lame and inactive
and permits toxins-actual poisons--
to be generated within ones own
body.
Sometimes the trouble starts in
the liver and kidneys, and sometimes
it starts in the stomach, or elsewhere,
but in any case the blame lies with
the faulty method of living, which has
become so prevalent of recent years,
and it is the more important organs
that suffer the final damage. AS
when they faIter or fail in their du-
ties the body fills up with poisons and
the victim readily yields to their
baneful influence. Bright's disease,
stomach and intestinal troubles, ca
taTrhal affections Of the mucous mem
! branes; in fact, may be called auto
intoxication or seIf-poisoning.
"a tired, dragging feeling Of the
body" continued Mr.. Cooper, cor
sluggish mind and dull memory, in
j tense nervousness, headaches, stom-
ach and bowel troubles, poor circula-
ton, imperfect digestion, constipa-
ton and dependency, are common
symptoms Of administration, and
nine out of every ten people in the
average city like Atlanta are likely
to be so affected"
Tanlac, the powerful reconstructive
tonic, was designed especially to
overcome these troubles, and IL is Mr..
Cooper's theory that the Tanlac treat
ment is the direct remedy therefor.
/ There is not a single portion Of the
body that is not benefited by the
healthful work of this celebrated
preparation, which begins its action
by stimulating the digestive ard as
| Sl4IlLdk4NG VI So4Aag AAACAIbS EAAA ANA1AAS
the blood and invigorating the entire
system. Next, it enables the stom-
ach to thoroughly digest the food,
, thereby permitting the assinilable
products to be converted into blood,
bone and muscle. 1t overcomes that
great exciting cause of disease
weakness. 1t renders the body Wig
orous and elastic, keeps the mind
clear and energetic, and throws of
the symptoms of nervousness and in
J digestion. It builds up the constitu-
} ton, weakened by disease and mental
/ and physical overwork, quickens con.
: valesence and is an unfaiiing source
5 Of comfort to those suffering from
:. these troubles.
. Genuine Tanlac IL sold only ant
exclusively in Pensacola by the Crys.
\ tai Pharmacy.-Adv.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-06-10
LOST CHILD FOUND
CRYING ON STREET
EDGAR J. PURDY ATTRACTED
BY PITIFUL PLIGHT OF LITTLE
BOY AND HAS LATTER IN HIS
OWN HOME.

Crying pitifully, a little boy, sick
and hardly four years of age, was
found late Thursday afternoon at the
corner of Jackson and Tanagona
streets by Edgar J. Purdy, and the
latter, attracted by the little fellows
distress, took him to his home. Mr..
Purdy then reported the matter to
the police, but up to late last night,
no report of a lost child had been
telephoned the station, and it is pos
sible that the little stranger is from
some place out of the city.
Evidently approaching the kind
ness of his temporary guardian, the
little boy yesterday confded to Mr.
Purdy, that his name is "Mack." That
was as much as could be learned OF
his identity, so that, if anyone has
lost a little "Mack," the latter may
be found by calling for information
at the Pensacola police station.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-06-10
DEPARTMENT HEADS
IN CITY BE NAMED
DURING NEXT WEEK
PRESENT OFFICERS WERE
ELECTED FOR YEAR AND
TIME DOES NOT EXPIRE UN-
TIL WEDNESDAY, JUNE Ia.

1t was announced at the city hall
yesterday that the term of the pres
emit heads of city departments will
n t expire until June Il, they having
been elected for a year. 1t was
further stated that these officers
would hold office until June IA. This
being the case, the two hold-over
commissioners and the commissioner
elect, Mr.. Hinrichs, were seeking adj
vice from the city attorney. Should
it be found legal, the commissioners,
after organizing Monday and looking
after other business, will conclude to
hold a special meeting on Wednesday
for the purpose Of filling the posi-
tons.
Thus far, it was said, there has
been no conferences relative to fill
ing the offices, most of the men at
present employed being almost as
sured of reelection. The Office of tax
collector, made vacant by the resig-
nation of j. G. Whiting, is one place
for which the commissioners viii
have to cast about for man, while
the office of building inspector, made
vacant by the resignation of Cade E
Shackleford, viii also be filed by q
new man, it is reported.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-06-10
ASKS REQUISITI0N
FOR RETURN OF Z
MEN WANTED HERE
CONSTABLE S. ]. JONES EXPECT
ING PAPERS FOR PAT RILEY,
IN ATLANTA, AND GILMAN, IN
SAN ANTONIO.

Requisition has been asked for the
return, in the custody of Constable
Steve J. Jones, of two white men
wanted here for serious offenses, one
of them being in Texas and the other
in Georgia. But Riley, wanted for
the alleged theft of a gold watch, is
in Atlanta, and E. II. Gilman, in San
Antonio, is wanted here for unload
ing worthless checks, are the individ-
uals held for local officers. Gilman,
however, is under charges in Texas of
unloading worthless checks, and until
the authorities of the Lone Star
state get through with him, he will
not be turned over to Florida officers.
Riley, however, is being held until
Florida authorities can reach Atlanta
with proper requisition.
Constable Jones has a warrant in
each case, and was last night expect
ing word from Tallahassee that a
requisition for Riley had been issued.
He will leave for Atlanta either to-
night or tomorrow, expecting to re-
turn Tuesday or Wednesday with his
man.
Should Gilman be returned here, it
is understood taat several charges
will be pressed against him, as he is
alleged to have unloaded worthless
checks for varying amounts on ten or
more citizens, and his victims are
very anxious that he be brought back,
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-06-10
Bowel Complaints in India.

In a lecture at one of the Des
Moines, Iowa, churches a missionary
from India told Of going into the in
terror of India, where he was taken
sick, that he had a bottle of Cham
berlain's Collie, Cholera and Diar-
rhoea Remedy with him and believed
that it saved his life. This remedy
is used successfully in India both as
a preventive and cure for cholera.
You may know from this that it can
be depended upon for the milder
forms of bowel complaint that occur
in this country. Obtainable every
where. adv