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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-01-25
WARNING
SENT OUT
Posters Addressed to Tax
Payers Say Prison Rates
Are Far Below Neighbors.

An unsigned poster dated in Lex
ington, Ky, and postmarked from
New Jersey has been received by the
Kentuckian containing some state
ments, important II true. II follows
Two prison labor contracts at the
state penitentiary at Eddyville expire
April this year. These contracts are
held by the Reliance Manufaciu irg
Company, Chicago corporation,
which manufactures shirts. ~.
ut pays the state 80 cents a day per
man for l75 men, and 671 cents a day
for rs more men. 1t does not pay
anything for factory space, power,
heat, light or water. These are given
by you free of charge to the corpora
ton.
Virginia gets So cents day per
man and charges for all these items.
Tennessee gets $i.l0 day per
man from the Gray-Dudley Hard
ware Company.
'If you had gotten So cents day,
YOU would have received $23,O5O
more last year for the $50 men than
you did. In addition, you should
have gotten at least $1,000 for space,
power, etc.
eff you had gotten $l.10 per day
per man, you would have received
$40, 43l more than you did last year.
And this is for one year only.
"How do you feel about losing
these sums yearly to foreign cor
poration?
1.-THE contracts expire April 1. Will
the Prison Commission award new
contracts to the present holders with
out advertising bidders? The law
calls for due advertising.
"Ask the commission what it is go
ing to do about these contracts?
"Why shouldn't Kentucky get at
least 81 day per man?
COR hetter still, why not have the
men work for you and not foreign
corporations?
eff the commission is going to adj
vertise for proposals, when is 1t g.
ing to do so?
''Where is it going to advertise?
Will the advertising be done in time
to get bidders other than the present
holders?
Taxpayers of Kentucky, you have
the right to know.
Lexington, KY, Jan. is, 1917.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-01-25
WANTED

A colored family for work on a
stock farm in Union county. Good
house, garden spot and use of mich
cow furnished. Also privilege OF
raising fowls and a few hogs. Wages
81 day to man and $50 a week to
his wife as iaundress. Caa use ether
members of family on a cash basis.
Steady work for right parties. Inquire
at Kentuckian Office.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-01-25

germ of action bites him and makes
him famous whether he likes II or
not. There is no humorous writer in
America who can turn out anything.
quite like the Hogwnllow stuff, and
in his patent on its quaintness lies the
secret OF Bingham's power to attract
raiders. -Paducah Sun.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-01-25
MARRIAGES.


A marriage license was issued
Tuesday to Ohio Sharber and Miss
Zelia Hight, young people Of north
east Christian. Mr.. Sharber is son
of r. B. Sharber and is 10 years old.
Miss Hight is daughter of Pete
Hight and is II years of age.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-01-25
Lives Lost.

The Seattle assistant fire chief was
killed, one man is missing and eight
were injured by falling walls when
a theater was burned there Saturday.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-01-25

The movie people are about to
agree among themselves to cutout in
decent pictures. This is commend
able, but not the way to get at it.
The censorship should be exercised
by somebody besides the producers.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-01-25

Frances. aged three. was very
naughty all day. doing everything she
should not do. Her mother shook her
by the arm and said: at seems the
devils got hold Of you today" Wig
Cling TO get loose she promptly an
swered: Let go. then"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-01-25
Certainly a Hard one.

"What do you consider the, most
difficult feat In the worldP" rWell,
there may be things harder than prov
ing to your wife that she is extrava-
CANT, but 1 don't know what they
are"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-01-25
Farris.Caldwell.

Silas Farris secured license Tues
day to wed Miss Sarah Caroline Cald-
well. The young people live in this
county.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-01-25
Grimn-Huddleston.

A marriage license was issued
Tuesday to @. G. Griffin, son of Jack
Griffin, and Miss Lizzie Huddleston,
all Of this county. The age of each
was given as 80.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-01-25
Death at Trenton.

q. A, IalleY ieweler at Trenton
and one OF the Oldest business men at
that place, died Sunday of heart dis
ease after brief illness. He leaves
a widow and three sons.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-01-25

The Presidents proposal has
brought forth unfriendly criticism
from the English press. John Bull
believes in grabbing all iii sight and
holding all he can.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-01-25
Robertson-Oliver.

j. D. Robertson and Miss Evie
Oliver, Of Caldwell county, were
granted a marriage license here Mon
day.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-01-25
Come on Over, See
Ny Corn Fall Off"


"See--ali you have to do Is to uoe
your two fingers and lift the corn
right on. That's the way 'Gets-It
always. works ,, You Inst put or
only ahriveis, but loosens from the
toe, without affcctlng the surround-
ing flesh In the least Why. les al
most a pleasure TO have corng and
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-01-25
difference In pous.

You can keep a real fine dog In food
at an expense OF about $40 a month,
while real sorry dog can get out and
make living for hlmself-Fort Worth
Star-Telegram.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-01-25
Collins-Barnett.

Leslie Collins, aged "a, and Miss
Vera Barnett, aged 81, both of this
county, were married here Tuesday.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-01-25

Il don't SUPPOSE there amt no gen.
tleman here as knows nothing of no
old silk hat knocking around no.
whereT
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-01-25
'Th's COW wsi a.s Wiz Eiss .ss ssers. h"'


see how 'Gets-It' gets them OF IN q
hurry and without the least pain.
can wear tight shoeg, dance and walk
as though I never bad corns.-
~Gets-It" makes the use OF toe
tape, p1asters and other things not
only foolish, but unnecessary. Use
this wonderful discovery. "Gets-It."
for any soft or hard corn or callus.
way, and II never falls. You'll never
have to cut a corn again with knives
or scissors, and run chances of blood
poison. Try, "Gets.it' tonight.
a bottle, or sent on receipt OF price by
q. Lawrence & Co. Chicago. Ill.
Sold in Hopkinsville and recon-
lended as the worlds best corn
emedy by L. L. ELGIN.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-01-25

The Licking is out Of its banks and
many towns are flooded.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-01-25

Eggs dropped to 81 cents at Balti-
more Monday.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-01-25

Clergymen-Strait-hour day.
Observation-Disclosures day.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-01-25
FOR SALE.

No. 10 watchmal,er's curtain top
bench, Victoria lathe complete, with
lathe wheel chucks md nickel plated
counter shaft, etc. Only used short
time. win sell at bargain.
G. w. MORGAN,
Crofton, KY.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-01-25
Another Accidental Killing.

FL Paso, Jan. pas he stood at
attention and the regimental band was
playing the Star Spangled Banner at
retreat late Sunday in the Fourth
Ohio camp, Private Harry L. Baker
OF Marietta, Ohio, was shot and al
most instantly killed when the rifle of
one Of his comrades was discharged.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1917-12-08
intend No Wrong Against German
Empire.

We intend no wrong against the
German Empire. no interference with
her internal affairs. We should deem
either the one or the other absolutely
unjustihable, absolutely contrary TO
the principles we have professed to
live by and to hold most sacred
throughout our life as a nation.
The people OF Germany are being
told by the men whom they now per
NIT TO deceive them and to act as their
masters that they are fighting for the
very life and existence Of their en-.
pire. a war OF desperate selfdefense
against deliberate aggression Moth.
ing could be more grossly or wantonly
false. and We must seek by the utmost
openness and candor as TO our real
aims 20 convince them of its false
ness
We are. in fact. lighting for their
emancipation from fear along with
our own, from the fear az well as from
or rivals Or schemers after world EN-
pire No one Is threatening the exist
enoe or the independence Of the peace
full enterprise of the German Empire.
The worst that can happen TO the
detriment OF the German people Il
this, that II they should still. after the
war Is over. continue to be obliged to
live under ambitious and intriguine
masters interested TO disturb the peace
OF the world. men or classes of men
whom the other peoples OF the world
could not trust. II might be impossible
70 admit them TO the partnership of
nations. which must henceforth guar
antee the worlds peace
Must Be Partnership OF All Peoples
That partnership must be partner
ship OF peoples. not mere partner
ship Of Governments. II might BE- i'm
possible. also. in such untOward cir
cumsiances. 10 admit Germany 10 the
free economic intercourse. which must
inevitably spring out of the other part
ncrships OF real peace. But there
would be no aggression in that. and
such situation. inevitable because OF
disirust. would in the very nature OF
things sooner or later cure itself BY
processes which would assuredly
got in
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1917-12-08
No Opinions OF Their Own.

II is in the full disclosing light OF
that thought that all policies must be
conceived and executed In this mid
day hour OF the worlds life
German rulers have been able &c
upset the peace OF the world only be
cause the German people were not SUI
fered under their tutelage to share the
comradeship OF The other peoples OF
the world. either in thought or pur
pose
They were allowed to have no opin
ion OF their own which might BE- set
NJ a. a rule OF conduct for those who
exercised authority over them But
the congres, that concludes this wal
will feel the full strength Of the tides
that run now In the hearts and con
sciences OF free men everywhere Its
conclusions will run with those tides
All these things have been true from
the very beginning Of this stupendous
war; and cannot help thinking that
if they had been made plain at the
very outset the sympathy and en-
thusiasm OF thu Russian people might
have been once for all enlisted on the
side Of the Allies. suspicion and dis
trust swept away and a real and last
ing union Of purpose effected
Russian People Poisoned BY Lies.
Had they believed these things from
the very moment OF their revolution
and had they been confirmed in tina,
belief since. the sad reverses which
have recently marked the progress OF
their affairs towards an ordered anG
stable government of free men might
have been avoided. The Russian PEG
pie have been poisoned by the very
same falsehoods that have kept the
German people in the dark. and the
poison has been administered By ihe
very same hands The only possible
antidOte is the truth. II cannot be
uttered too plainly. nor too often.
From every point of view. therefore.
II has seemed 10 be my duty to speak
these declarations OF purpose, 10 add
these specific interpretations TO wha,
/ took the liberty of saying to the Sen
ate in January Our entrance into 'he
war has not altered our attitude TO
ward the settlement that must come
when II Is over When | said in Jan
uary that the nations of the world
were entitled not only to free path
ways upon the sea. but also to assured
and unmolested access to those path
ways. / was thinking. and am think
ing now. not of the smaller and weaker
nations alone. which need our counter
ance and support. but also OF the great
and powerful nations. and OF our pres
snt tnemies az ''-"---'
n the
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1917-12-08
Wrongs Must Be Riohted.

The wrongs. the very deep wrongs.
committed in this war will have to be
righted. That. of course. But they
cannot and must not be righted by the
commission OF similar wrongs against
Germany and her allies The world
will not permit the commission OF simi
lar wrongs as a means of reparation
and settlement. Statesmen must by
this time have learned that the opin
ion OF the world il everywhere wide
awake and fully comprehcnds the is
sues involved. No representative OF
any self-governed nation will dare dis
regard it by attempting any such GOV
enants of selflshness and compromise
as were entered into at the Congress
OF Vienna
The thought OF the plain people here
and everywhere throughout the world
the people who enjoy no privilege and
have very simple and unsophisticated
standards of right and wrong. is the
air all Governments must henceforth
breathe II they would live
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-28
Saturday Evening DEC. 1. 8:15 O'CLOCK. ADMISSION FREE.
 H 2S s

weeks time. Mrs. Wheeler was over 30 years of age and had been a life long resident of this village and until a few years ago had been an untiring worker in the Methodist church of which she was member. She is sur vtved by several brothers and sisters. The interment was in the family plot in the local cemetery. Rev. George Powell officiated at the services,
 MT. and Mrs. William Purdy and Miss Eleanor Purdy of Bridgeport have been guests at the home of ZaI- mon Purdy. -,-...t
 Schools in town will close on We'd nesday and reopen on Monday for ob- servance of the Thanksgiving holi- day, ..-..,,s.
 Frank Perkins of Waterbury has spent a few days with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Perkins.
 A supper with the following menu will be served at the Baptist church parlors on the evening of Dec. 7th from till g. Baked beans, brown bread, escalloped potatoes, pumpkin pie, coffee. An entertainment wifi follow the supper. Admission 25o which includes all.
 |, Mrs. Lydia Crandafl who has beer spending the summer with her daugh- ter, Mrs. Eugene Northrep has Jeff for Danbury where she will stay fol several months. Miss Ina Nichols of Huntington has visited her friend, Miss Bertha Mic hols. st
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-28

President Wilson and Mrs. Wilson were spectators of a drill of cavalry and artillery units at Fort Myer un- der the auspices of the Army Relief Society.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-28
SlNN FEN IS rfF STILL \ THORN
 TO GOVERNMENT
Seem on Point of Imminent Outbreak But Overt Acts
 Do Not Materialize.

Dublin, Nov. za-(Correspoudenc of The Associated Pfess-1-The eann Fe1n agitation continues to steam without boiling oyer into actual re- beafion- Tho purpose of tho aann FelnerB fs alleged to be to keep the nsrvss of the sovsrnxnent on edge, to produce the impression that they medttate very dreadful deeds and at suitable moments to provoke govern nrsut action as an evidence that Eng land is. holding down Ireland by forca- Their notion Is said to be that the military measures taken against them pretudfce England in neutral countries, and in Ruasza-
 The attitude Of the military com rnandees is that 1t is their businees to check anything that could facilitate another armed revolt The last time they were caught napp1ng and be- sddes, incurred a formidable list oa caSualties in killed and wounded. The government had to pay three million pounds because 1t was obliged to ad- init responsibility for the failure to protect the lives and property of peaceful citizens, They are resolved that that shall not happen again That ts why they have forbidden drilling. or uniforms. or porceesions, A dtsctpiinS6 body Of men marching in military formation. and trained to the word Of command. even if armed only with hurleys. could outmaster any local polytcs force and control any town. Hence such processions are prohibited, Today there were to be Enn Fsin national pArades in uni form all over Ireland with a great meeting i'm the neighborhood of the Currah camp, That has been pre- vented.
 The military authorities are partie- ulariy keen on preventing the aoqui- sftion of arms, The Sinn Feiners main. hope of getting arms is not from Germany but from the British army, and there Is a constant activ- fty to steal or purchase arms from individual soldiers.
 For the present the government is in the position that through the con- vention 1t is offering the Irish people home rule, But the convention drags along without coming to a decision If 1t should ont form a plan of gov. ernnrsnt Ireland will be left where il was at the beginning, with the knowl edge that there can be home rule fol 2e counties, and that Belfast will no .one in and cannot be forced in. Int eitration then. would be that the gov, ernment would be obliged to suppres. 70 sam Feiners.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-28

Capital stock of the Edison Ster- age Battery Co.,, of West Orange, N J., will be increased from $2,500,e00 to 5000, ,00O.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-28

A colored soldier of the N., Y. N. G., 18th Infantry, was shot and kill ed In a 5crap game at Camp Merritt, Tenafly, N. '.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-28
'STEPNEY

The funeral of Mrs. Pamela B. Wheeler was held at the Methodist church on Sunday afternoon and was attended by large crowd of sorrow fnx relatives and friends. Her death @seurrsdna na few days previous in Sey- mour, where shs Fas spending a few
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-28

According to the confidential secre- tary of Premier Kerensky, who re cently arrived in England, the pre- snieF is safe and is planning for. fur ther activities,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-28

An option on 5000 acres was obtain ed by the Marine corps for rifle prac- tice on the Great Piece Meadows, N. J.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-07

orroIl.d for Uncle Sam 4s,424 men, IL
cimding the outlying villages wnich co ~
stitnte the suburbs. The whois 20
N,Iwaukee County has registered 90,
ga which exceeded all expectation
Az About one-half of all who registered,
Of 86s. claimed exemptions: Most u
1hcr, were men with families to sup
port. while others gave as tnelr oe'u
nations. truck gardeners, farmers OF
yorkers in munition factories. vi t hI
twenty-six prisoners at the county jan
who registered, only one claimed eH-
emn.ion on the ground that ne was
morally unit. o L;oh
1418 are alien enemies. west AIMS
where the big Allis-Chalmers plant u
located. had the largest registration
outside of the city, and also the larges'
nroportion of aliens. or total OF
! ,4e9, 46l were aliens and torty-lout
Germans. That plant Is at preseh'
making war munitions.
Several late corners were gwen a
chance TO register to-day, providing
their reasons for not appearing June .
we're good. Two who said they had
been fishing were turned over TO inc
CITY attorney. After checking up sew,
eral who had been warned because Oh
stated intentions not TO register, 1t Is
thought that all have now done so.
The state fell short OF estimates, to-
falling 2l6.7QO, as against 100000.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-07
Phillips, Student Foe
Of Draft, Willis After
Night in Tombs Cell
Columbia Man Pleads Guilty
Now Ready to Comply
with Order

4 night in the Tombs wilted the
bravado of Charles F. Phillips, one of
the Columbia University anti-conscrip
tionists. When he was arraigneG be-
fore Judge Mayer in the Federal Court
Yesterday for refusing to register, h'
pleaded guilty and announced he was
now ready to comply with the Presi'
dents proclamation.
But it is not likely that his belated
profession of willingness to obey thS
law will save him from Jail sentence
Whether he will be permitted &c
register is a matter the United States
authorities will decide to-day.
Arraigned for pleading with him
was Louis Kramer, the only prisoner
in the Tombs who refused 10 register
Kramer pleaded not guilty. lie styles
himself "a citizen of the world"
Both were indicted earlier in the day
by Federal Grand Jury for failing to
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-07
Both Men and Women In
ciuded in Inventory of
Military Resources
Allow No Exemptions
Governors Proclamation Pro.
vides Penalties for Neglect
to Answer Questions

Albany, June 6, A proclamation or
dering a census and inventory of the
military resources Of the state, to be
taken between June II and June IS, was
issued by Governor Whitman tonight.
All persons, both male and female, who
have attained the age of sixteen years
and have not reached their tifty-hrst
birthday will be required to give such
information as the state desires con-
corning themselves and their property.
no one between the prescribed ages
will be exempt from answering the
census questions except persons IN the
military or naval service of the United
States. convicts, the insane and Indians
on reservations.
The proclamation contains a warning
of liability TO arrest and imprisonment
for any one who neglects or refuses
10 appear personally when called upon
TO do So" or "who makes incomplete or
equlvocal or wilfully false or mlslead-
ing answers" or who refuses TO be
sworn or in any manner neglects or
fails to comply with this proclama-
ton"
Identification cards will be issued TO
all persons who personally give their
answers to the census questions as evil
dence of such enrolment. Each census
cnumerator also will be provided with
a special card, to be used when he
finds a man between the ages of eigh-
teen and forty-five, and will serve upon
that man notice that he is thereby en-
rolled upon the state militia list.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-07
Big Meeting to Fight
Draft Enforcement
Emma Goldman TO Speak
Under Auspices of Col
legiate League

Another demonstration against tho
enforcement Of the conscription LAYS
will be held next Monday night a'
ROYAL Hall. 10 West Hath Street ul-
der the auspices OF the Colleg.at
League for Peace and Democrac".
Emma Goldman. head OF the Notion
scription League. announced at 20 Faf'
l25th Street yesterday that the mcc.-
inc will be on scale equal to that o.
the demonstration in The Bronx las
Monday night. when rioting occurred.
The speakers are TO be Leon Samso
Daniel Cooper, of Harvard University,
Miss Goldman and professors and stu
dents. I'VE will demand immediate
peace and the repeal OF the eonscri0.
ton law" said Miss Goldman. "De-
spite the assertion Of the Federal an
thorities that the registration was ?
great success, we have learned ina'
10000 men in New York and about
500 600 throughout the country did not
register. As many more registered
but claimed exemption. That mgkcr q
million eligible men who arc opposed
10 fighting. We will argue that this
shows the country is opposed TO con-
scription and wants the law repealed.
julius Gerber. secretary Of the New
York branch Of the Socialist party,
Yesterday announced that, in spite OF
the designations of prominent social
lists because they favored the war. the
membership in the last four months
showed a big increase