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The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1917-11-22
Monday, December 3rd, 1917,

County Court Day,
At or about 100 o'clock p. m, sell to
the highest and best bidder, in front
Of the Court House Door in Rich
mond, Ky, the following property,
or so much thereof as may be ne
cessary, TO make the sum OF. s373.20:
A tract of land on the south side
OF Berea and Big Hill pike, in Mad
ison County, Ky, adjoining the lands
Of Martha Golden and Valentine
Williams, being the same conveyed
to Ferrill Bratcher by deed recorded
in Deed Book 81, page ii5.
Terms. Credit Of six months, the
purchaser TO execute bond with APP
proved security, bearing six per
cent interest from day OF sale, and
secured by lien retained on the land
sold. Bidders should arrange in ad-
vance 10 execute bond as soon as
sale is concluded.
]. ]. Greenleaf, Master Commissioner
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1917-11-22
COMMISSIONERS SALE

Hardin Golden. Plaintiff,
VS..
Ferrill Bratcher. Defendant.
As directed by a judgment en-
tered in the above styled action at
the October term, 1917. Of the Mad
ison Circuit Court, the undersigned
will on
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1917-11-22
ATTENTION.!
Farmers Near Berea

We wish to announce that The
STANDARD WHEEL Co will remove
their Plant next summer
II YOU wish to market your Spoke
Timber, now is the time, while prices
are good, and YOU have the chance
to market at home
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1917-11-22

J. ]. Greenieaf, Master Commissioner
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-13
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PATRoLMEN TO REPAIR ROADS
To Keep Recently Constructed High
ways In New Hampshire in condl-
tion Many Men Are Employed.

Within the last ten years 442 miles
OF gravel roads have been built in.
New Hampshire at an average cost
OF $3,S26 per mile. II is clear that
auto travel would ruin them in a short
time If they were not maintained I'm
good condition all the time. To meet
this necessity several hundred patrol
men are employed from the last Of
March to the first of December in
patching every little run and hole that
appears, in cleaning the bitches and
culverts and in spreading oil lightly
over the surface. Each patrolman has
a section Of road assigned to him and
is required to furnish a One-horse
wagon, a shovel, a rake, a drag and
such other equipment as is needed for
his work. If the road is not oiled it is
smoothed with the drag after every
rain; oiled roads do not require fire.
quent dragging. The patrolmen are
paid an average wage Of 1926 the
day. In 1915 the total cost of main
tanning these roads was S240 the mile.
The road officers of New Hampshire
reckon that well-maintained gravel
roads cost about $3.50 the mile an
nually less than any of the more ex-
pensive types of road for the class of
travel on four-ffths of the through
routes in the state. On One-fifth of
these routes the travel is too heavy to
be carried by gravel and more expen-
sive construction is necessary; no
amount of maintenance of a gravel
road will make it strong enough to
carry more than a certain density Of
travel, particularly where automobiles
are numerous.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-13
DAY OF THE RIFLE NOT OVER
Is stu Valuable In Warfare, Despite
Advent Of Machine Gun, Hand
Grenade and Other Weapons.

The overwhelming position in the
war picture occupied by the big guns,
the machine guns and Lewis guns, the
Importance of trench mortars, hand
'grenades, bombs, rifle grenades. and
other accessories of trench warfare,
make some men think that the day of
the rifle as an important adjunct to
success In battle is well-nigh past.
Such Is not the case, declares Fred.
eric Coleman In the Saturday Evening
Post. Those of us who can remember
the brave advances of the Prussiap
Guard at Ypres, when they marched
In battalion formation right up the
Menin road, straight at our trenches
on one occasion, If not more, march.
Ing to almost sure death at the goose
step-knew the value of accurate.
rapid rifle fire. So do these Prussian
guardsmen, If any of them are still
alive. Not many of them were left
when the broken waves of gray were
swept back, like leaves by an autumn
wind.
The rifles did most Of 1t. Machine
guns we had, to be sure, but woefully
few of them. Those that we had
were overworked to point that made
US wonder, not when they jammed, but
when they worked long without JAM
ming. The rife, in the hands of man
who can shoot straight and shoot with
great rapidity, is a wicked weapon
still; and the value of cold steel,
though it is not subject on which
men who have seen It used love to
dwell, has not, so far as 1 can see,
changed greatly, If at all, in the three
years of grim war in Europe.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-13
PROBLEM OF ROAD BUILDING
Highway Official Tells How Great
System Can Be 6uiIt-First
Essential Equipment.

Thanks to the pushful, pervaslve
motOrcar, American road building has
,"got a move on" at last. There is every
where the cry for roads, for more roads
and for better roads. The drawback
has been that, as yet, there has been
no coordination of these multitudinous
enterprises. The president of the Ma
tiOnal Highway association, Charles
Henry Davis, in a recent paper stated
that we spent last year $249,955, 967,
or more than two-thirds Of the total of
money expended so far on the con-
struction of the Panama canal-for
road improvements throughout the
country. Mr.. Davis contention is that
good roads, roads that run for thou
sands of miles through state after
state. are, properly, not the RESPONSE
bility of the state, but of the nation,
says Boston Transcript. He would
have the federal government build a
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-13
SHOES MAY SETTLE THE WAR
Germany Has a Badly shod Army, Do
cIares American Just Returned
From the Front.

Berlin dispatches via London are
not the best criterion Of how Germany
is standing up under the burden Of
war, but late bit Of news regarding
the scarcity Of leather there is cor
roborated by frst-hand information.
The dispatch says, according to the
Baltimore News:
"Berlln's bank clerks today set an
example in patriotic self-sacrIfice. To
aid the movement in economy Of leath-
er, the clerks discarded their shoes.
Scores Of barefooted individuals were
seen on the principal streets gingerly
stepping along and saving their. tender
feet as much as possible. Berlin's shoe
stores are now selling wooden sandals,
the only leather being in toe guards"
In the News there was an interview
with DR.. Joseph Ames of Hopkins, who
has just returned from the front on
government business, having been sent
there as a member Of the national re-
search council. Curiously enough,
Doctor Ames saw but one sign of weak
ening in Germany, and that, he said
was shoe leather. To quote from the
interview:
Il saw thousands Of German pris-
oners while 1 was in France, and in
none was there the slightest further
sign of want or privation except.shoes.
They all wore shoes that were in bad
shape, and that, you know, is a thor
oughly good sign, for a badly shod
army is half-crippled army"
1t may be put down as certain that
the army Is the last to be deprived
either Of food or Of clothes and shoes.
In war the needs Of the people at home
must yield to the necessities of the
men at the front. An army without
shoes is in bad way. The dispatch
and Doctor Ames' account of what he
saw with his own eyes are interesting
as indications that Germany is having
troubles of her own and, doubtless, a
great many more Of them than we
know anything of.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-13
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children
In Use For Over 80 Years
s's r. &: . Of Gz&Azzza..
Eouaht Hard for Freedom.

In ancient and early medieval times
Khiva was a part of the kingdom of
R5Afia, Parthia and Persia in turn.
M great Genghis Khan overran it In
he year 1921 and $50 years later 1t
Tell beneath the ruthless sword Of
Tamerlane. AS early as the seven
teenth century the COssacks had dis
covered the wealth of the province.
md in 1717 Peter the Great made an
Unsuccessful effort TO annex it, A
century and quarter later Gar Mich
olps also attempted to conquer it, but
With no greater success. Finally, In
1873, three Russian columns were set
In motion with the design of squeez-
ing the country into submission. In
May of that year Khiva capitulated
and the khan agreed TO pay a war in
lsmplty of $11,000,00O, a debt which
IN being liquidated in annual in
Unconstitutional Geographic So
y Bulletin.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-13
Saved NapoIeon's Heart.

So the American military leaders
have been visiting Napoleon's tomb, re-
marks the London Chronicle. Did
they, one wonders, hear the story of
his heart, which the tomb incloses?
On the night that he died his body was
prepared for embalmtng and the heart
was placed in water in a silver ever.
An Irish soldier who loved Napoleon
sat up with his old muzzle-loader to
guard the body, for Longwood
swarmed with rats. In the midst Of
his vigil he heard splash in the
ever. He fred, just in time to save
the heart from the vile rodents which
were dragging 1t away. Americans
knew that sentry's grandson, Sir Ar
thur Sullivan, and loved his music.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-13
HE DIDN'T HAVE 100000
Man From Kentucky Thought for q
While That He Might Buy the
Coal Baron's Property.

New York Is chock-full Of little Dix
iers. who are here seeking opportunities
TO invest their nest eggs, which usual
ly run in the five figures, a Pittsburgh
Dispatch correspondent writes. One of
them, a man from Kentucky, who had
wished himself into the wealthy class,
met wealthy coal baron from Par
kersburg, w. Va, and let II be known
that he was not averse to acquiring a
good mining property. "Tve just got
the property you want" said the man
from Parkersburg. Lets have dinner
together and talk II over"
. The coal man went to his room in
the hotel and brought down an arm
load of papers. every one of my
mines Is a producer" he opened up.
They're all developed and are paying
S5 per cent on the investment" They
spent two hours studying the maps
and figures on the daily output and the
present price of coal. Finally, the
question Of the amount of money in
volved in the deal was preached. "How
much do you want for the whole prop
Iosition?" asked the Kentuckian. 1.-TWO
million dollars" answered the Parkers-
burg man. Gee, hadn't figured on
putting more than $4,000 in mining"
said the man from the Blue Grass
state. "In fact, that's all I got to
spend"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-13

system of national roads joining the
West with the East, the North and the
South, connecting every part Of the
country, as is the case with the ma
tiOnal highways of Europe, and, as
history shows, such as was the essen
tial equipment Of every first-class pow
er of the past.
How would such an enormous con-
struction be paid for and kept up?
suppose" asks this eminent engi-
neer, "the government built 100000
miles of properly planned roads, and
at the same time purchased, say, 300
feet Of land on either side. This land
would so continually increase in value
and in demand for leasing on long
rental, that the cost Of the road and
the land purchase would soon be paid.
A rental rate of $666 per acre would
pay the interest on the cost of con-
strucHOn. But such would rent at
vastly higher rates in cities and towns,
high enough to give the nation an in
come equal to its total annual ex-
penditure," from these national high
ways alonel
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-13
THINGS WORTH KNOWING

New York Is the largest city in the
world, according 10 the census Of 1910.
The Sioux, when on n Journey. rode
In single Gle, the chief and hunters
first.
Newark IN. j. window cleaners
have secured the nine-hour day and IN
increase in wages.
More than 10000 bound volumes
were added to the library Of Oberlln
college last year.
An eight-hOur day for woman work.
ers in stores, laundries and other es-
adjustments is proposed in Montana.
An automobile with five persons
takes more gasoline than when onel
person is riding, but the increase Isl
very small.
Privates Of the Boston fire depart
question of afiliating with the Amer
lean Federation of Labor.
Although 400 different species of
birds have their home in Nebraska, It
is said that no more than 200 are &C.
be found in any one locality.
For riding on water there has been
invented a tricycle. with hollow, water
tight wheels, the rear pair being pro-
vided with blades for propulsion.
Sausage castings valued at sol, 070
were invoiced at the American con-
sulate at Puma Arenas, Chile, for the
United States during 1916 against
S101, 007 worth for 1915.
Devils currency was the name given
by the New Englanders to the wamI
pun which the Dutch settlers in Man
haitian and New Netherlands adopted
as their currency from the Indians.
The mastiff and st. Bernard are de-,
scended through the molossus Of the
Romans from huge, wolflike creaturel
that was already dOmesticated by the
Assyro-Babylonlans 5000 years before
our era.
During the war of the Bavarian sue
cession, something less than 100 years
ago, the question of potatoes became
so urgent that the struggle itself came
to be known as the Kartoffelkrieg-
the potato war"
The isolation Of tongue, characteris-
tic Of the British people-especiall
the lower classes-has been done away
with by the war. The huge army sent
over to France has out of necessity
learned something of the French Ian
guage.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-13
Mice overrunnlna Australia.

Mice by the million are overrunning
a large part Of Australia. They are
adding nightly 10 the wartime trou-
bles of the farming community and
ofiicials-particularly the former. The
havoc they are causing in bagged
wheat-for Australia has not the grain
elevator system as outstanding in
many rural districts awaiting possible
shipment to overseas markets is fast
becoming a question of grave national
import.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-13
Advertise inSThe KENTUCKIAN
GUARD TO BE IN SPOT LIGHT
State Troops VIII Have Major Place
In Thoughts Of General Public,
Says Regular officer.

'Tt seems to me-" remarked an off,
Ger Of long experience, according to
the Army and Navy Journal, that a
little friendly, earnest advice to our
National Guard units would be strictly
In order at this time. The members
of the former state regiments are pc
culiarly placed In the great organiza-
ton which is to include all our forces.
They will have a major place In the
thoughts Of the general public, which
always has ignored, except in the most
abstract way, the existence of a regu-
lar army. Unless things go wrong the
Guard will be over the water and In
the midst of things before the regis
tered lads have mastered the intrica-
cies of extended field maneuvers. And,
without dwelling on the justice of it
you can bet that Company Q of Po-
dunk will be mentioned oftener in the
press stories than any similar unit Of
Pershing's boys. For this reason and
Others, would say to our Guardsmen:
"The National Guard will soon be
engaged in one of the largest and most
difficult undertakings, in a military
way, that has been attempted in this
country since the Civil war. That is
your mobilization at camps, transfer
Ito the coast, embarkation and crossing.
Things should move with comparative
lsmoothness If every man jack Of you,
from brigadier to rear-file private,
takes advantage of the experience
gained in the mobilization of last
year."
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-13
One Foot Walks Faster Than Other.

You may think il is, silly to ask
Shich foot walks faster, but it isn't.
W you will take a pavement that is
clear and walk briskly in the center,
you will find, before you have gone
so yards, that you have veered to one
side. You must not make an effort to
keep in the center, but If you will
think Of something, and endeavor to
walk naturally. you will not be able
to keep in a direct line. If you lose
yourself on an expanse Of black moor
land and walk on, you will describe
a complete circle. The explanation
lies in the propensity of one foot to
walk faster than the other, or take a
longer stride than the other, causing
you to walk to one side. To make as
surance doubly sure. try placing two
sticks about eight feet apart, then
stand off about sixty feet, blindfold
yourself, and endeavor to walk be-
tween them.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-13
KENTUCKY FAIRS.

Following are the dates of Ken
ucky fairs as far as reported to us.
Secretaries are requested to correct
any errors of omissions:
Kentucky State Fair, Louisville,
Sept. 10, 6 days.
Scottsville, Sept. 10, 8 days.
Nun ray, Sept. 26, a days.
Paducah, 0 iober 2, a days.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-13
SAYINGS OF A CYNIC

A handsome profit is one that is per-
fectly clean.
Better a barefaced lie than a two,
faced woman.
A train of thought is the real thing
In rapid transit.
When a woman argues she can all
ways convince herself.
Laziness is the one thing that
knows the conceit out Of pride.
An ounce Of performance is better
than a pound of promise.
The individual who thinks he knows
1t all has the most TO learn.
While there are numerous woman in-
ventors, not one OF them has been able
% devise 8 '..c.y ~. will successfully
" curb gVssiping tongue.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-13
The FurIonc.

The measure of length known as the
furlong represents one-eighth of a
mile. Originally It was the length Of
the ancient acre in England, which
had a definite form, being 40 rods in
length and four rods In breadth. On
the old English open or common field
system, each furrow plowed eQualed in
length the acre, and the distance was
called furlong, that is, furrow-long, or
40 rods, or $50 feet, equal to 300
yards or one-eighth of a mile.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-13
Too Much Practice.

Lady-What are you crying for. my
little man?
Bobby-My father has been beatln'
me.
Lady-Well, don't cry. All fathers
have TO beat their boys sometimes.
Bobby-But my fa-father isn't like
other fa-fathers. He's in brass band.
and Bobcats the big drum.-London
Tit-Blts.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-13
Eats Carry InfantIIe Paralysis.

here have been many facts dis
ed TO prove that infantile paralysis
transferred from rats and mice to
ans. The line of transfer is usu-
the flea, but as well the contami-
on may occur by the rodents be-
among and over the food of the
sehold or storehouse.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-13
Daily ThoiInhf

To give and benefit one person is
good, but to give and benefit many,
much better--as bearing a resemblance
to the benefit Of God, who is the uni
versal Observation-Disclosures.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-13
THE WAY OF 1T.

$50 the old miser is i'll. Are his
relatives expecting the worst?''
Hardly that, but they're hoping
for it."
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-13
BLOT ON THE LIGHT.

"The kaiser still inG;sts on occu-
plying a place in the sum-"
ooh, well; let him pass for one of
the spots"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-13
Money Wasted.

Thousands of dollars are wasted
every year through the purchase Of
cheap woven wire fence. Only the best
should be purchased.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-13
Most DeIlohtfuI Place.

Make good roads, and the country
will be the most delightful place in
the world to live.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-13
Pure Water suppIy.

stop ana think about the water sup
f'T. II shouo be secured IRON a
source uncontaminated by impurites
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-13
RALLY.

$50 they wanted to draft your
Did they succeed?"
"No, sir. | came out fat-footed
against it,"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-13
POPULAR SCIENCE

New Zealand exported 44,82S gal
Ions Of whale oil during 1914.
The state of North Dakota has $780,
100000 set apart in land as an endow-
ment for public school purposes.
The supports for a recently con-
structed New Zealand wharf include
cotton concrete piles 100 feet long.
An original method Of producing
artificial silk is claimed by a Jap
anese inventor. The chief ingredients
are vegetable essences and mulberry
tree bark.
Meat inspection revealed the fact
that last year pa per cent Of beef and
8 per cent of the swine slaughtered
for food purposes were affected with
tuberculosis.
Specimens Of almost every precious
mineral have been found In Spitzber-
gen, but there are no signs, according
to biologists, that precious minerals
exist in paying quantities.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-13
IMPOSSIBLE THINGS

To make player plano play
as well at home as IT did in the
store.
To get in the last word with a
life insurance agent.
To keep woman from writing
on both sides Of the paper.
To get the buttons in a white
vest out without breaking one Of
the commandments.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-13
Serious Farm Problem.

The fertilizer problem is one Of the
most serious confronting the farmer
today.