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SOCIAL EVENTS


The following young people chap
eroned by Mr.. and Mrs. John M.
Barnes, composed a swimming party
at the Fin and Feather camp on
Slate creek last Tuesday: Emily
Hazelrigg, Mary Anderson, Marga-
ret Nesbitt, Louise Barnes, Lillian
Grail, Elizabeth Coleman, Matte
Pinney, Ben Turner, Russell French
and George Yeaman.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Y. Rogers
were honor guests at lovely seven
o'clock tea given by Mr.. and Mrs.
John Stofer at their home on the
Winchester pike last Tuesday even
ing. The following guests were
present to enjoy Mr.. and Mrs.
Stofer's hospitality: Mr.. and Mrs.
A. Tabb Bassett, Mr.. and Mrs. Geo.
r. Snyder, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry b.
Ringo, Mr.. and Mrs. Percy D.
Bryan, Mr.. and Mrs. II. VanAnt-
werp, Mrs. Amanda T. Howell and
Mr.. c. B. Patterson.
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BIRTHS

Mr.. and Mrs. Almanzor Allen, of
Fairfield, KyA announce the birth
of son on July 9th, 1916. Name
WARREN Hughes Allen; weight, 9
pounds. Mrs. Allen before her mar
riage was Miss Jessie Louise
Hughes, of Montgomery county.
Mother and babe doing nicely.
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HOME COMING DANCE

A subscription dance will be Civ
en- at the Farmers Tobacco Ware
house Thursday evening by the
young men of the city. The music
will be furnished by Smiths Saxa-
phone Trio and the young people
are looking forward to a most de-
lghtful evening.
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Lost.

Old-fashioned locket pin with
monogram L. B. II. on. same, lost ON
the streets of Mt. Sterling or on
the Grassy Lick pike between Gras-
sy Lick and Mt. Sterling. Finder
return to Advocate Office and re-
ceive reward or telephone Mrs. VIII
Mason, phone Gal VIZ.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
PERSONALS
.S.1:<:%:s:.s..::.'

Mr.. Kress Eskridge spent Sun
day in Louisville:
Mr.. William Pangburn spent Sun
day in Winchester.
Miss Bessie Shackelford is visit
ing relative in Tennessee.
Mr.. John Pegs has returned
from a visit to Swango Springs.
Mr.. John Crockett, of Sharps-
burg, was visitor here Monday.
COLI. C. Everett ana wife, of
Maysville, are visitors in this city.
Mr.. Allie Hunt spent Saturday
and Sunday in Louisville on bust
ness.
Mr.. Prewitt Harris, of Clark
county, was a visitor to this city
Monday
Mr.. folly Young, of Bourbon
county, spent Monday in this city
with friends.
Mr.. Catesby Woodford, of Bour-
bon county, was in this city Mon
day on business.
Miss Emma Clark, of Louisville,
will be the guest of Miss Elizabeth
sMeCoun this week.
Mr.. Warren Stoner and wife, of
Chicago, are visiting relatives and
Friends in this city,
Mr.. Norman D. Brown, of Win
chester, was visitor to our city
Sunday and Monday.
Mr.. Leslie Shrout, County Clerk
Of Bath county, was pleasant
caller at this Office Monday
Col. B. j. Robertson, of Louis
Vile, will be among those who will
attend the fair here this week.
MIR MIR. Warren NJ. Cline, of Falls
Mills, Va, is here visiting the fam
ily of his father, Mr.. Andy Cline.
Mrs. Logan L. Fountaine and lit
lie daughter, of Louisville, are the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Fl. B. Turn
err.
Miss Elizabeth Yerkes, of Lo>
Angeles, is the attractive guest of
her cousin, Miss Lucy Clay Wood
ford.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. E. Jones, Mr..
Carroll Jones and Miss Grace Jones
have returned from a visit to Mil
waukee.
Mrs. Cyrus Arrasmith and daugh-
ter, Miss Cullough, Of Bethel, were
the guests of MRS. Oscar Baird
last week.
DR.. W. R. Thompson and son,
William, visited DIR. Thompson's
Gather, Mr.. Malcom Thompson, at
Lexington Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur B. Russell,
Of jacksonville, Fla, are the snests
Of Mrs. Russell parents, Mr.. and |
Mrs. w. N. Scobee.
Mr.. NJ. E. Wilson, of Bourbon
county, former proprietor of the
Home Bakery, in this city, was a
visitor here Monday.
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lives in Cincinnati.
Miss Jean Kendall Is the guest
of her mother in Winchester.
Miss vitula Kinsolving, Of Louis
vile, is the guest of relatives here.
Mr.. Henry Caywood, Of Bourbon
county, was a visitor to our city
Monday.
Miss Nancy Yeager, of Stanford,
is the attractive guest of Mrs. K. N.
DeHaven.
Mrs. W.T.. Colvip, 70 Hunting
ton, w. Va, is the guest of Mrs.
Henry P. Reid.
Miss Jennie Adler and Miss Emma
Schmelzle, of Newport, are visiting
Mrs, Mary Senff this week.
Miss Clara Stamper spent Sunday
with her sister, Miss Bessie Stamp
err, in Cincinnati, o.
Miss Mary Beall has returned
from visit to Miss Frances
Strobe in Winchester.
Miss Lucille Stokeley, of Louis
vile, is the guest of friends and
relatives here this week.
Mr.. Ben F. Perry, of Lexington,
was in the city Monday shaking
hands with his many friends.
Buford Wyatt, formerly of this
city, but now living in Decatur, Ala,
is here for a visit with friends and
relatives.
Mrs. D. NJ. Chenault and Mrs.
nellie Weissenberg, or Richmond,
spent a few days with relatives
here last week.
Mrs. Mary Jones, of Richmond,
and Mr.. and Mrs. James Jones, of
Louisville, visited relatives and
friends here last week.
Mrs. Lewis Apperon and Miss
Elizabeth Apperon are visiting in
the East and while away will spend
few weeks at Atlantic City.
Mr.. Equire N. Williams, editor of
the Frenchburg Agitator, with his
wife and little child are spending
the week in this city with relatives.
Mrs. Frank Snyder and Mrs. Rob-
ert Snyder of Louisville, arrived
last Wednesday, to be the guests OF
Mr.. and Mrs. George w. Snyder
at "CherrXwood,' their beautiful.
country home.
Mrs. Carrie Tyler, of Mt. Ster-
ling, spent the weekend with her
son, John Tyler. Mr.. and Mrs. John
Tyler accompanied her home and
spent Monday in Mt. Sterling =
Winchester News.
Miss Williamson, one Of the staN
nurses of the State tuberculosis
Commission, spent several days in
Mt. Sterling last week going over
the city and county work with Miss
Frost, the community in Montgom-
cry county.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Johnson
and little son, Robert Nelson, mo-
tored here from Terre Haute, Ind,
to visit Mr.. and Mrs. John
c. Trimble and other relatives.
They also will visit Mr.. Johnson's
brother at Sharpsburg.
Mr.. Bratton Sutton and his guest,
Mr.. James Hollon, returned to their
home in Florida the first of the
week. Mr.. Hollon has been i'll tol
he past two weeks and was forced
20 return by rail, while Mr.. SuttoA
will make the trip alone in his car.
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MEETING CONTINUED

The attendance at the tent meet
ing at Towards Mill is attracting
large crowds. w. B. Wall and w. +.
Chapel, who are conducting the
meeting, state that same will con-
tinue until further notice.
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THE SICK


Mr.. Robert Young, who has been
at Middlesboro for the past several
months, is i'll at his home in this
city, suffering with typhoid fever.
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Trow's Perfection Flour ground
from old wheat. Special prices this
week. . T. X. Barnes e. Sons.
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CHILD DIES

Florence Amelia Drake the four
months-old child of Mr.. and Mrs.
Russell Drake died ut a hospital
in Parkersburg, w. Va, last week.
Mrs. Drake is a daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Warren and form
erly lived in this city, where she
has many friends ana relatives
who extend sympathy in her time
of sorrow. This is her second
child to die in infancy, the other
one living but three months.
Shirts, dressy and cool. Fine
variety of patterns that retail at
other stores at $3.50 at $1.OO 51tf
The Drummer Shoe Co.
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Bananas and oranges
a: vaparsdell's.
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"CASCARETS" FOR
HEADACHE, COLDS,
LIVER, BOWELS
Enjoy life! Don't stay bill
ious, sick, headachy
and constipated.
Get rid of bad breath, sour
stomach, coated tongue,
Indigestion,

IftI \ TW-ITTT NON now
The, re- unC' Cascarcls lten YOUR
liver clean ,our thirty feet Of bowels
and sweeieu your stomach You eat one
or two like candy before going to bed
and IN the morning your head is clear.
tongue Us clean. stomach sweet breuth
right aud cold gone Get box from
your druggist and enjoy the incest.
geutlest liver aud bowel cleansing YOU
ever experienced Jascarcts stop sic,
headache. bnousncss, Indigestion bad
breath and constipation
Mothers should give whole Cnscarrt
40 cross. bilious sick fevcrish children
any time They are harmless aud never
grippe or sioken Adv
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FIRST EXTRA SESSION SINCE %.

NASHVILLE. Tenn March a The
rNtu session of the Tennessee loglsla-
uU, met Tuesday on the call " CO.,
n g. Rye 60 investigate the conduct ot
Judge Jesse Edgington, Judge ol dt,is.
Iuu so T. criminal court Of shelby coun-
N. and d IS Estes sttorhey general ul
shelby county II IL the first such extra
session held since 1893
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NO G. 0. P. CONTEST
VOTE TILL 8 P. N.
Continued from P.s, Our J

chairman viii present the temporary iun
.l delegates which tsnoN brInE prepared
hN fuo committee
TH"rdaF AFTERNOON Tho ,omuut. ni
ual I. drd whether % would prcscu, tHe
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TIME TO SWAT FLY
so BABY FLIES MAY
NEVER 0PE TINY EYES

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name of temporary chairman "f lh"
convention. as Is frequently done. or
whether nominations for the place would
be made from the floor Of the convention
The usuU! committees viii be appoint
ID. and after they have reported the con
vention Is expected To proceed with the
order uf buslncs. which involves the Sc
lection of "A chairman and secretary Of the
state committee. national committee
man, four dole -atcs-at-lRr-o tu the ma
tioual convention. and four altrrnutos, 20
nominate presidential electors nrg"
and to transact such other business os
may Isoperly be presented to that body
Representation Basis.
/ Tn" basis uf representation of each
county tu the convention ie one delegate
for each 100 votes cnst. or major traction
/ thereof Gust for John Fields. republican
nominee Tor governor IN the gcncrd ,.yD.
/ ton of 1914 lyon this bnNs the tpu0r.
lionmcnt ' a. follows
Ndau "a, Nnlm. ~. At.ho, q. Hyn.
r.. o.. ueckmm Z. Blaine, 80, Bryan '.
clddo. %, comdau lo "aurr
Cherokee, D., chornn. o. Jmp.ruo
Cleveland ~ Coal a. om.n,H. lu
Douou. .. ,rng. 10. creek 22 custer
lS. Delaware. 4. Dewey @. Ellie. 10.
Garfield 90. Garyu. &; GRADY II; Grant
49, Greet g. harmon - Haskell @.
Harper o.. Hughes. II Jackson o. JET
fer>ou. g. Johnston q. Kay. 90. kuE-
fisher. n, kloVu. o.. lptm'' b, l"-
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SAWS lila would pDtDN nutlluT hpttpr
IMAM 10 lehu thc American Uo"lN NV"
"A wild chase mtn those mountains and
n,.,..
lhth hugh AT ihrlr eHorls |" llhu MN
SAN ANTONIO Texas March ~.
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the forces of Francisco NillR aud ihe
r1rrtum troups near Namauup' To-
wards Vhich American troops were 'h.
yuuolnE Monday night The outcome "'
the ,ucnrcmcut had not been reported
Dos General rcrrntng Tho latest ntiIrlh
f.UuIt showed the three lrHrhmcul'
o' Gruur rorshOus 'nr,r riding hard
into 'N. ultn and rhr ro.pr,'. io. a'
n... urr .. them tu 4,f into contact
with ..ln .,uurarer good
\.oug I.a am. uf communication and
at ,1.a. ,lrnd,. ,noIgn troop. have
h,rr lr.. .o finnish , ,upnurtInr force
j., ..,t tr,,. l., s,l..nc,r,. uur OF
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luIiu. .u unur from Gcn"rol irisl.
luE ebu "u'u .hr interest ot Those IL,
General nuu-'pu' u"'dpuWlcr" hul d'u
mot atodt" hh' '1rrN. IL was p',n'''
uu' ina Tho '.'l'. ''. 'fhh'nlH Non
1'. nlEh. reported MOVING ""nN ~"
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q" '"mmHnl.Fu"n ''h'r man iN'' n''
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me-. .au Uttered misfortune but WI.
IN mgr. again have r'udod uis pursu
ers ru. au rcpor's received here told
OF Villas encounter With Carr'nza
lorc's near NHmiquipt n villa defeated
Ih' N'h'an E"N'Iih'h' t"oN N WI
regarded ss prooablc that he had 'onun-
ned hlH movement ON mt" ih' soulh
wh"r" he might remain unmolrs''n 10.
some time u the report oI hlS d'I'a'
proves tue however the Amer ',Ahs "',
h'h'N'I 10 h''' an et''uch' 'h'n,' ~.
'''""h'''nE nun OF 'n' u'' y" ." '"'
country '''h'' To Tue ''"u' '' '''
Censorship TO Relax.
General Funston had no news ot 'lt
operations TUESDAY hut he ,,uccd
greater Willingness 20 make II public
when he does get u. lie explained that
the necessity for maintaining so strict
Ia .eusorship appeared To hr groWlni
lees and that unless the situation Wa
changed ihct" would perhaps hr con
s.a'rahl" relaxation ln 'Uorl' To- pit''h'
'nr publication "' news
IW" more ""'o-uuch companies "''
600 mem N'. west N' ,l''.. '''n ''
.'''"S p" ''Io'E u" '''"'' '' "'''n'
''.' W." u' N'".' -" .' E'lN',' n"nh '.'
r,.,s lrsnd,. ,s .non ,s the, ,-riye
Tho luarterma.tcr ~ Columbus report.
e ou today that the 'Nu truck trains thcr,
had been placed n service Monday ant
d that the facilities FOR transportation hat
2 been maieilau! lmnroed.
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Nuoug those prominent. mentioned
for delegate -latEc g. the tu.gnu
national convention ur Bird Ne.
Err,s and one of J. N.GuN .Hu.
purtcrs m hO. ppudids.N .Hr national
committeeman W " Soft mLrr o..
Nushogec. who has tNr support of lN.
Ilsrris delegation from Nu.No-,, ..u.
~. Jake s. llamou of E0nglup U.o I
Harris man. and John ficld.. a Ne.
Gruw uppurtcr
It is expected that the uhus u.ua.
ms viii use every ,ndcoyor To- prevent
the naming of flclds m this connection
Their" B.. talk among the dclcgutr. u.
naming the ueW chairman OF the .ut.
Committc, whoever may be- selected l0~
the place as one ul the four d,l,Lrlo.
To the Chicago convention This BE- ,ua.
tumai}. and IL is said that Other state.
almost Invariably have done this
II b. expected that Arthur II G,Is.ler.
the incumbent viii b, reelected stlt,
chairman Nthought hr has madr mo-
campaign to that end. most uf the ,uun.
tie. have instructed their delegate io
vote for his recollection lt I- pointed
out thpt hc hH- displayed much ability
In IN, position. hu. been absolutely 'uT
in the dts, hatEc Of his dut,cs uui h,s
manifested NO paltiAuship m any %.
th, acttUuel contests that hHyr d,grI
opod within the part, Im,. Many n'
the champions ur both N,Greu and llur.
fIa favor iirIaglIf s retention
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PERSHING NEAR
HIS QUARRY IS
BORDER OPINION
Continued from PAGE onsJ

SAYS Villa would enjoy nothing better
than 10 lead the American troops into
Il Wild chase into these mountains aud
then laugh at their efforts To find him.
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!. expected that when lU, state,
commI'tc, meets at O'Clock tins .N".
ming. everyone of the -.yeutg--'N"u
counttea viii he present either hy the
committeeman or his proNy.
Interest m the contest for national
committeeman b. intense It Is the alb
'orhing topic wherever republican poll
tlcians may ho found M rroups Regrets
have been expressed ht some that th.
contest hgs become sECrnNtrd to tN,
,Ntsnt that ~ seemingly ohscuroa other
matters tu come before the CouNputluu
Others express the belief that just such
affairs viii haN, the effect ot strring
the entire party In the state 10 mil
itancy
As tho hour approaches when the his
contest is tu be settled both McGrsw and
Harris men express confidence In the
outcome Recent events have indicated
that McGraw has somewhat the hest of
n at this time and he claims control "
more than 500 Of the total OF lGl dele
gates In tho convention ON the other
hand. Harris claims Co have 515 dele.
gate practically pledged Small poll
ticisns who are not specially biased are
sNvinE that the contest a very ,Ios,
and may he determined hy gcnrrplshp
ON the floor of the convention WoIuos.
dNy Al expect lt 10 hr the hvsnest rr.
publican convention ever held in the
state
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Dispatches arriving from Columbus, ~
NJ say that although II iE now more
than ten dsys since the Nila forces at
tackled Columbus and 1t has been rstnh
llshed finally that the bandit b. llrcinr
before the American oNpodluunay force
some of the residents NJ the town urr
not without fear ihst 'hc pii ma, b' 90.
pcuod Practical, an mon carry tire.
rw. aud almost ever, hou. now hl. i'
lItIn ready
when the brio, e,hoolhuu.. uu in
Mesa was opened for classc. tor th, nrst
umu after the raid a number of IN, Older
bows rumo tu school With revolver.
swinging from their ammunition bolts
ONLY about 20 per cent of tho surlllp,
pupils appeared The other had beer
cent away from town by their parents Z,
rDwsm until the danger Us removed
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1916-12-15

<<Y SEEN B. Sipkin this morning
getting out of a new twin six,
Louis Birsky the real estatel
said to Barnett Zapp the waist manu-
facturer. "That Teller goes from g
pushcart to ottomobeel in less than
five years."
"Less than two years, you mean,
Zapp said. "What was the price ticket
business before the war started, Biz.
sky? And since then he's been work
ing day and night manufacturing
tags for Tag Days. He told me he
could of sold twice as many tags If il
wouldn't be that it's so hard to get
red ink for putting red crosses on
EN-"
"The war amt been so bad that
way" Birsky said. tits done a good
deal to make people give to charities.
"War charities" Zapp corrected.
Charities oder war charities" Bir-
sky said. "Whats the difference?'
"There's whole lot Of difference
Zapp replied. "a business man which
gives away his money to charity may
Oser care nickel whether the flood
victims ever dry out or not, just SO
long as the newspapers don't spell his
name so badly that his customers
couldn't recognize it, understand. AT
the same time, Birsky, he's got the
satisfaction of knowing that he amt
helping out the Teller which caused
the flood and who has got plenty OF
money to assist the flood victims If 1T
wouldn't be that he is saving it to buy
dynamite for blowing up more dams.
Yes. Birsky, giving to some war re-
lief funds means relieving them gov
ernments over in Europe from the ex-
pense of caring for their wounded sol
diers and widows and orphans, so that
they can use the money they ought to
spend that way in buying ammunition
to make more wounded soldiers ana
widows and orphans for the Americans
to raise relief funds for
"Well, anyhow, Teller that gives
money for war charity is just so kind
hearted as Teller which gives money
to charity" Birsky said.
"Ttat depends on his intentions"
Zapp replied. "There is some French
er-Americans and COMMUNICATIONS
which has got pretty good idee that
war charity is matter of bookkeep'
ing, and you couldn't call it kind
hearted exactly if such a Teller would
inclose with his check a letter saying
Gents: Enclosed herewith please find
check for five hundred dollars fol- |
wounded soldiers. Would be obliged
if you will transfer the sum of five
hundred dollars from your Hospital.
account and credit same to your liquid
fire and gas account and oblige yours
truly"
'In that case" Birsky commented,
eff such a Teller thinks he's going to
make Il hit with the recording angel, |
understand, he might just so well |
save his five hundred dollars and get |
the same amount of credit by black. |
lacking couple of perfect strangers |
on a dark night
"Them fellers amt looking to make
a hit with the recording angel" Zapp |
continued. "They'll be perfectly sat
isfied with Double Cross of the
Legion of Honor or Red Eagle of
the Second Glass, Blue Eagle of the
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S2O,OOO,OOO WAGE
INCREASES MADE
Workers Over United States by
Various Companies Today

NEW YORK, Dec. 15.-What is per-
history of the United States becomes
effective today when the pay of $780,
600 workers of the United States Steel
corporation is increased 10 per cent
the gross annual increase approximate
ing 500 0000 900. The increase was made
by the company due to it's enormous
prosperity-its net earnings are now
estimated at $1,000. 900 a day. The in
crease is but one of many recently
made by large employing concerns
throughout the country Among them
are: Ten per cent increase to $4,000
employees of the American Wooden
company, Boston. Ten per cent in
crease to the $4,000 employees of the
Cotton Manufacturers association of
New Bedford. Thirty-lve to 40 per
cent increase to the $4,000 persons
employed by the American Clothing
Manufacturers association of New Bed
ford Thirty-fve to 40 per cent in
crease TO the 80 900 persons employed
by the American Clothing Manufact-
urers association. New York, effective
December IS. Ten per cent increase to
the 5000 employees of the National
india Rubber company Bristol, +. |.
Ten per cent increase to the 5000 men
employed by Independent steel mills
a. and near Sharon, p.
Increase of not less than % cents
a day TO 10000 employees of the Bay
ohne, Elizabeth and Claremont rein
cries of the Standard Oil company
Action taken after strike for higher
wages at Bayonne in which several
persons were shot to death.
The City of New York contemplates
wage increase of $i,l47,1 $50 to 1S,4SS
municipal employees This had not
been determined finally.
In each case, in announcing the in
creases, the concerns said they were
made TO enable their employees to |
meet the advancing cost of living.