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The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1917-11-30
THE TWO GLASSES.

The following poem Is being pablish-
ed by request OF Mrs. j. W. Yates and
for the benefit of the w. C. 7. u
Mrs. rates ,havins clipped the poem
from paper forty years ago:
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1917-11-30

claim S 'ss W 10 poles TO white oak.
/ S Is e l2s poles TO white oak; y 50 =
! % poles: N 10 z "a poles:t N Is Il Il
poles. N 10 Z l6 poles 20 poplar; thence
straight line to the beginning. con-
tanning As acres: being the mineral
rights reserved IN deed from VIM. Full
erson to Thomas Murphy by deed OF
record in Deed Book No. 50, page l6u
in the ONCE OF the Clerk Of Lawrencc
County Court.
Parcel Number Two.
Also the following described tract OF
land, below and nearsthe city OF Lou
lisa in Lawrence county, Kentucky.
to-wit:
beginning on a water-birch stand
ing on the bank OF the Big Sandy river
lust below he mouth Of the Wsllmar
Branch: thence with an agreed line
made by the FulScrson heirs and Jas.
@. Lackey. to the corner OF fence be-
longing to the heirs of John Friend. by
the side OF the old county road: thence
crossing the old road a westerly direc-
ticn to a small dotble black oak; thence
a straight line to the Wellman and
Wallace spotted oak corner on top OF
ridge by side OF old county road thence
continuing the said agreed lire, with q;
wire fence westerly direction 10 the
county road that runs to che Falls Of
Blaine, thence an easterly direction S
81 E II poles; s SO Z $50. poles; >
500 e 20 poles. SAX F. 20 poles: 5
76 f IL poles and 10 inks to 3 small
white oaks thence with the county
road to walnut corner OF Snyder broth
ers near county road: thence N EN- f.
with the division fence OF Snyder broth
ers passing a mulberry on the Well
man Branch, and marked stone on
main county road to the Big Sandy
river. and with the river down the
same to the place OF beginning. con-
tanning 100 acres more or less and be
ing the w. NJ Fulkerson home farm.
SAID lands VIII be sold in settlement
Of the estate OF Julia Fulkefson, de-
ceased and H.. w. Fulkerson. deceas-
ed and for the support maintenance
and education OF tho infants, Georgia
Fulkerscn and II. w Fulkerson, Jr.
Said sale viii ne made at one O'Clock
,. m. on said date At the front door
# the Court House in Louisa. Law
ence county, kentucky purchaser re
Iuirsd 10 give bond with approved Sc
.urity payable 10 the Master Commits
Toner SAID bonds to have the force |
md effect OF replevin bond with lien |
Claimed upon The land so sold for adj |
ltional security Of the purchase price
Parcel No l will be sold separately 4
nut as a whole.
Parcel No. will be sold as a whole
ut separately from parcel No. l.,
W. NJ SAVAGE, N. c., l.. e. C.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1917-11-30

/ c. o. X.
Ms. Agnes Pennington. wife Of Jno
Pennington. deceased. tell asleep Oc.
tober "a, 1917 at the home Of hsr
daughter Mrs +. /. Green at Webb
Vile. She had At her bedside her five
daughters Mrs VIM. Green If oan, !.
Mrs. T. L. Green. Mrs. Caudiii and
Wheeler OF Blaine. Mrs. Mart Thomp
son and the wife and children OF Andy
Pennington. deceased. II was a peace
full ending. after more than two .eaf.s
of almost constant suffering Grand :
ma Pennington. as we who knew and
loved her, were permitted to call ner.
was a woman to be greatly admired.
her life was one that never faltered
where justice and right dealing were
required; her heart was big enough 10
take in all who needed to be mothered
The people of this vicinity should be
proud TO know they have had wo-
man like Agnes Pennington in it's
midst. ] heard one say IL we only had
some one able to tell her life. tho
grand. noble things she has done. Her
wisdom and philosophy in her saying
will long be remembered.
Grcndma Pennington was one OF the
pioneer settlers OF this section. The
families were far between when she
came into this vicinity where she has
spent most OF her life. She has seen
generations born, and she has admins
tered to them in their dying hours
They have come and they have gone
still she moved as an angel among
them. She would say. Il don't know
what God is keeping me for. but Il Is
something" The last words l heard
her speak when she was wanting 10
be turned. We could not at first un
dersiand. at last we understood her.
She said. God can turn me over
OH how che trusted and loved Him
oh to be able to tell the good things
due this good woman.
Mrs. Pennington was 80 years old
last Easter. She was bern on April
1927 IN Powell Valley, Old Virginia.
She was he daughter OF John Stun.
CELL and wife. was married at the age
OF II to Levi Webb, OF Webbville leav-
ing Virginia at the early age OF seven
teen and moving 10 Lawrence county,
Ky. They lived for one year on Caney.
then moving TO what is now known az
the Webb farm on East Fork, Here
two children we've born to them. Mrs
l.. +. Watson, now deceased TIM
mother of the much beloved Senator
Watson. will mention here |
an unusual love ard comradship thai |
existed between Dr. Watson and his
grandmother. She never recovered |
from the shock Uf tue tragic death us
ler much loved Nor ton as size always |
,alled him. Her Other daughter is Mrs
Mare Thompson OF Lick creek.
When Mrs Penning ton and her first
husband moved,to Kentucky they rode
hror oh horseback bringing their
worldly possessions on pack horsa
rrrr Powell Valley. by only small
,ath made through the forest Mr.
Vel b died after four or six yaers OF
gedleck. A reasonable time after his
cath she was married TO John RVn
ington. No more VIII she be with us
iod in his goodness has called her
ONE. Silently she has drifted across
he dark stream, borne by a white
obe0 angel band to the land where
esus said Come unto me all ye that
,eary and are heavy laden and | will
i've you rest. c. X.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1917-11-30

The following poem is being pabllsh
ed by request OF Mrs. ]. w. Yates and
for the benefit of the w, c.. 7. u.
Mrs. rates having clipped the poem
from a paper forty years ago:
There 50 two glasses filed to the brim
on a rich man table rim 10 rim;
Ono was ruddy and red as blood.
And one was clear as the crystal flood.
Said the glass OF wine To the paiei
brother
LET us tell the tales of the past 10
each other.
car tell cf banquet aud revel and
mirth.
And the proudest and grandest souls
TN earth.
FIJI Under my touch as though struck
by blight
Where was king for ruled in might.
From heads of kings l have torn the
crown.
From the height of fame l have hurled
men down: 49,
/ have blasted many an honored nam.
have taken virtue and given shame:
have tempted the youth with sip n
That has made mis- future barren
waste.
Far greater than kings am l.
Or tan any amy beneath the sky
have made the arm of the driver fat
And sent the train from the iron rail!
have madc good ships go down at sea
And the shrieks OF the lost were sweet
to ME;
For they said. 'Pehold how great you,
be
Fame strength, wealth. genius before
you fall.
And your might and power ara over al
Hol Ho' pale brother, Laughed the
wine.
Can you boast OF deeds as great as
miner
Said the water glass: II can not boast
OF king dethrcned or murdered
host;
But ! can tell OF heart cnce sad
BY my crystal drop made light ard
glad;
Of thirst I've quenched and brows I've
laved,
Of hands I've cooled and souls I've
saved.
have leaped through the valley and
dashed down the mountain.
Flowed IN the river and played in trs
fountain.
Slept in the sunshine and dropped
from the sky,
md everywhere gladdened the land
scape and eye.
have eased the hot forehead OF fever
and pain,
have made the parched meadow
grow fertile with grain.
can tell Of the powerful wheel OF the |
mill,
hat ground out the flour and turned |
at my will.
can tell of manhood debased by you,
hat / have lifted and crowned anew.
CHI er. help. / strengthen and aid;
gladden. the heart OF man and maid: |
set the chained wined- captive free.
md all are better fol knowing me-"
'hese are the tales they told each 9TH
err
he glass OF wine and paler brother
8 they sa. together filled TO the brim, |
IN the rich mans table rim to rim.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1917-11-30
WILBUR.

There was M school az this place
last week, Our teacher Fred steele
was called 10 Louisville He ms r.
turned home ard VIII frssh his school.
Mr.. ana Mrs Bert Johnson ana
Mrs. g. G. HAYS were the guests ~
Mr. api Mrs Albert Ester SUNDAY.
last
M and MrE. Milton Burgess wers
cut car riding sunday.
john Niekoll OF Charley was cniIins
on friends al this place recently.
Davis spence, u Charley. passed
down orr creek Tuesday.
Charley Hays Of Fiat Gap rallied on
relatives AZ this place Sunday.
Ssvernl from this place attended
church al the head Of Brushy sunday.
BROWN EYES.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1917-11-30

In Russia the friends of Germany
seem to be in control of all the gov
ernment they have. and the prospects
are that Russia will become an ally OF
Germany If this should occur the jar
anese will no doubt swarm into Rus
sia and give her more trouble thsn sh"
mas ever had In any event 1t seems
certain that Russia will be the means
OF Drolonging tho war very consider
ably. thus making the task of the Unit .
ed States an enormous one For the
sake Of humanity. for the sake Of our
selves and our own free land We must
go forward until GermarN's military
s-overI. mpnt IS crushed.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1917-11-30
IN MEMORY Of MRS.
AGNES PENNINGTON

The hoaIy frost Of autumn
Falls upon some flower fading,
1t drops it's tired head
Its.@ golden hours are waning
Alas. it falls. here 1t rests
Alone forgotten upon the breast
OF mother earth, decaying
To rise no more.
Not so with man. II he die.
Shall he rise again?
Not here. where his feet must
Tread the bridge OF signs
Where all things will decay.
But In land OF celestial beauty.
Unseen by mortal eyes,
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1917-11-30
We Have For Sale

We Have For Sale
THREE PURE BLOOD sHoRTHoRN
CALVES. MALES FOR SALE THE
SAND THAT WERE ON ExHIBI
TToN AT THE COUNTY FAIR AT
LOUISA. TO ANYBODY WISHING
TO BUY WE WILL MAKE THE
PRICE RIGHT COME AND SEE
THE STOCK. REGISTRATION PA
PEERS FURNrcHED
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1917-11-30
COMMISSIONER SALE
Jay Shortiidgs Guardian. Etc
Pllintiff,
VS..
George shortrldge, Etc,
Defendants.

George Shortridge, Etc,
Defendants.
BY virtue OF a Judgment and order
OF snie Of the Lawrence Court made
at the October term 1917 in The above
Istyle6 cause. the undersigned will on
Monday. December u. 1917 tbeiny
county court day. proceed TO expose TO
public sale to the highest ami best
bidder. from the front door OF the
Court House in Louisa, Lawrence CO /,
Kentucky the following described prop
erty, to-wit:
A tract OF land situated in Law
renee county. Kentucky. on Cats Fork
of Blaine and bounded on the north
and east by the Culbertson fai m. on
the south by JEFF Collinswcrth farm
and tn ,he west by the Fugitt farin,
containing about thirty acres. and be-
ing the same conveyed by Jay Short
ridge to Maggie Shoi fridge during her
natural life and at her death 70 her
children by said Jay Shortridge. Said
deed being recorded in Deed Book So.
at page ass. Lawrence County Court
Clerks Office.
Sale viii be made upon credit OF
six months. bond with good personal
security required. payable TO the plain
tiff Also, lien will be retained upon
the land sold as a further security for
the payment OF said bond.
w. NJ. SAVAGE. NJ C L c c
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1917-11-30

The Italians have succeeded in holc-
ing back the Germans and Austrians.
They have fought like heroes, Inc
slaughtc. on both sides has been ter
rife. Reinforcements Of Fsench ann
British men ard supplies have st last
arrived IN the Italian front ana II Is
believed the invaders will be driven
out The fighting is mostly in tho open.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1917-11-30

Hats, ladies and Misses. all tic new
styles for fall and winter. suits, coat1
ana one piece dresses. A large line OF
evening.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1917-11-30

1t is believed Gen. Haig the British
commander is prcpeied to keep up his
drives on the German lines all winter.
instead of giving them a rest.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1917-11-30

losTi-Rlght-hand Or covered
glove. Please return TO poatoTee.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1917-11-30
COMMISSIONERS SALE.
J,Iia Fulker sons Administrator.
Plaintiff.

VS..
H. W. Fulkerson's Administering. sc.
Defendants,
BY virtue Of Judgment OF the Law
renee Circuit Court entered Of record at
October term. 1912. the undersigned
commissioner viii on the 18th day of
December 1917. it being regular Coun-
ty Court day, offer for sale the follow
ing described real estate to the highest
and best bidder on credit Of six,
twelve ynd eighteen months.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-05-03
JOFFRE WANTS j. S.
TROOPERSAT FRONT
HERO OF MARINE FAVoRs DIS
PATCH OF AMERICAN ExPE-
DlTloN FOR MORAL EFFECT.
Presence OF Troops Would inspire the
Allied Armies One of the Reasons
Given.-Flnancial Help
Also Asked.

Fortress Monroe, Ya.-France's war
commission to the United States
reached Hampton Roads on April "A,
and at night were on their way up
Chesapeake bay for Washington on
board the presidential yacht May
flower.
The mission, of which Rene Vivianl,
vice premier and minister of Justice,
Is the official head and Marshal Jof-
fire. member. brings no written in
structlons from the French govern
ment, the ministry having decided to
give its members unlimited power TO
negotiate on all subjects. 1t is pre-
pared to discuss the sending of an
American expeditionary force TO
France.
Marshal JOffre and other military
members viii indicate to American
officials several important military
reasons which they consider render the
sending of such force advisable.
The most important of these reasons
Is found in the moral effect to be had
from the presence of American troops
and the American flag on the battle
fields of Europe.
The French idea Of an American ex-
pedltion calls for a fighting force sup
ported by auxiliary services, such as
railway STATS, railway material, base
repair shops, telegraph and telephone
lines, automobile transport and
strong aviation section.
The French government Is ready to
offer whatever may be considered nee
essary In sea operations, including the
use for naval purposes of any or all
ports in France. The ministry of ma
rine has worked out for submission TO
the American government compre-
hensiye plan for overseas transports,
for both army and navy purposes, and
for the provisioning of the civil popu-
lation.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-05-03
SUBMARINE MENACE
WILL Be REMOVED
NEW DEVICES HAVE BEEN PER-
FEcTED WHICH WILL AID
IN THEIR DESTRUCTION.
British Admiral Declares Aiming Of
Ships is Severe Blow 90 German
Strategists as Submarines do
Not Like Armed Ships.

Washington, Submarines will soon
become less and less menaclng TO the
cause OF the entente nations. New
devices have been perfected and still
are being perfected which will detect
the presence of the U-boats and aid
materially In their destruction. Also
the general armlng Of merchant ships
IL proving severe blow to German
strategists.
This ray Of hope was held out on
April 20 by Admiral Dudley de Chair
OF the British war commission, In his
first interview with the American
press. Naturally the admiral said,
what Is being done in the way of new
inventions cannot be given In detail
but progress is constant
Does that mean the submarines
viii he In the future driven from the
seasf was asked.
Not necessarily that far" was the
reply, "but 1 am confident that II will
be sufficiently eiricaclous to prevent
German submarines from driving ship
ping from the seas"
Admiral de Chair talked frankly
about the submarine menace as n
whole and of his experiences while In
command OF his squadron patrolling
the North sen. He also smashed a pet
Idea that has been expressed generally
that merchant ships are helpless be-
rhre submarine attacks.
Naturally, darkness gives the sub
marine an advantage" said the adj
mlrul, "but | think Il has been greatly
exaggerated. The submarine must
come TO the surface to launch its tor
pcdo. The torpedo Itself leaves a
phosphorescent streak In the water.
IL your gun crew Is fully awake and
watchful IL would stand fair chance
Of potting the submarine.
"German submarines do not like
armed ships. We have not lost many
armed ships In the last year, not near
IS so many rs is popularity supposed.
They are leaving our armed ships
alone and going for the unarmed
neutrnls"
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-05-03
.FR|GHTFUL CARNAGE
IN FRANCE GOES ON
RECKLESS WASTE OF TEUToN
LIFE IN FURIOUS BATTLE
NORTHEAST OF ARRAS.
Germans Hurl Dense Masses of Their
Best Troops Against British and
French Lines Only to Meet
Death in Rain of Shells.

London.--A correspondent at the
front on April 20 reported the follow
ing vivid picture of the furious battle
now raging between the Allies and the
Teutonic forces:
Eight times in the last thirty-slx
hours Hindenburg has hurled gigantic
hecatombs of human flesh into the
teeth of British fire-belching death
dealers on the battle field northeast OF
Arras.
Eight times the battle-hungry Teu-
ton youths, the Hindenburg reserves
10000 to a mile-came on in dense
masses. Thin lines floated back be-
hind them like nightmare, the thou
sand fold toll of the cannon that had
battered their breast wall to bits.
The same thing happened again and
again on the front far to the south,
where Teutons and French face each
other I'm the supreme struggle on the
blood-soaked hills Of Chemin des
Danes, a stretch of about six and a
half miles.
Not an inch did these human batter
ing rams chip off the British line that
menaces their northern piyot-Douai.
Got the smallest dent did they ham
mer into the French circle of steel that
is threatening their southern strong
hold, Laon.
But this they accomplished on both
fronts-they checked their foes adj
vance, temporarily at least; checked
1t by heaping up in front of the Wotan
and the Siegfried lines mountains of
corpses. And still tonight they were
surging forward In dense masses,
stalking in a sea of blood, charging
over the breastworks of dead, attack
ing, attacking and attacking again.
To win the greatest battle in the
worlds history, the sheer weight of
multitude of men-or, more correctly,
of mems bodies-ls depended upon by
the kaiser's high command to stifie
the death-dealing fire gusts of man
made machines. Trenches, dugouts,
field works, Notifications ''lines"-all
these things are an echo, drowned in
the cyclone of the guns that brought
them to naught.
That is what happened in the west
and today and is happening
there tonight.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-05-03
HUNDRED TRAPPED
IN BLAZING MINE
DISASTER IN COLORADO COAL
MINE BRINGS SORROW TO
MANY HOMES.
Spontaneous Combustion Of Coal Dust
Wrecks Workings and Blaze that
Followed Snuffs Out Lives
OF Surviving Miners

Trinidad, Trapped in a bla2'
ing mine, 100 or more men are be
iieyed 10 have persisted.
There seems no chance OF escape
for any Of the men caught behind the
fire which broke out following nn ex-
plosioH on April 20 In the Hastings
mine OF the Yictor-American Fuel
company near Ludlow
All OF the bodies found were badly
burned, indicating that sheet Of
flame swept through the mine after
the explosion. probably killing all Of
the men Ia the mine instantly.
The explosion which caused the dis.
astsr Is said to have been caused by
sudden change OF temperature, re-
suiting IN spontaneous combustion Of
coal dust.
The disaster rs one OF the greatest
Ia the history OF the southern Colo
RADIO coal mining district. The few.
II any. who escaped the flames that
swept the Interior OF the mine are be-
iieycd TO have been sufSocated.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-05-03
Garden Pictures.

We allow geometry to interfere too
much with gardens, large and small,
and parks as well. We must at the
outset have design, but the design
should be early subdued and hidden
by the proper use of plants so that
natural charm is dominant and we see
things as they are in nature, with con-
ficting geometric design quietly OBJ
scured by natural charm of flower,
bush and tree. Then shall we have
pictures that attract all and offend
none, If the builder has planned Alright.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-05-03
HOMAGE RENDERED
FATHER OF AMERICA
THREE NATIONS BIND TIE OF
FRIENDSHIP AT THE TOMB OF
GEORGE WASHINGTON.
Representatives of England and France
Join with High Government
Officials in Pilgrimage to
Mount Vernon.

Mount Vernon, Va.-The flags OF
Great Britain, France and the United
States hoated proudly together on
Sunday over the tomb of George Wash
ington. Beneath them, spokesman OF
the three great democracies paid hom-
age to Americas soldier and states
man, and pledged themselves, each to
the other in the name of the dead, to
prosecute the present mighty struggle
against autocracy on the lines he him
self had followed in bringing Ameri-
ca into being.
In groups of twos and three, an emf
nent gathering, including the members
of the French and British war COM
missions, the presidents cabinet and
members of congress, had strolled up
through the sloping grounds from the
river bank until perhaps half hun
dred people stood with barred heads in
a semiclrcle before the tomb.
Without formality, Secretary Daniels
motioned to NJ. Viviani, minister Of
justice and former premier of France,
who advanced slowly into the CENTER
Before the tomb of Washington, whose
efforts towards liberty his own ances-
tors had gloriously aided, M. Viviam
delivered an address in which the
whole force of his emotional power,
deepened by the significance and SOM
berness of the occasion, fought for
expression.
Then came forward Arthur James
Balfour, foreign secretary OF Great
Britain, who stood for a moment in
silence, a tall, erect, kindly figure
Overcome with all that, the situation
meant in the lives Of the two great
Anglo Saxon countries, Mr.. Balfour
abandoned his decision not to speak
and gave expression to few poignant
sentences, evidently straight from the
heart. England has honored Wash
ington as she had never before, he
said
Marshal Joffre, victor of the Marine
and idol of the French people, spoke
two brief sentences:
''In the French army all venerate the
name and memory of Washington.
respectfully salute here the great sol
der and lay upon his tomb the palm
we offer our soldiers who have died
for their country"
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-05-03
la Follstts praI.es volunteers.

Waehington.-In his speech on the
army bill on Friday, Senator La Fol
lette made final plea that the United
States should exercise It's great in
finenee 20 bring the war 20 an early
conclusion. but said that II should not
be drawn into an agreement with the
allies that would prevent II from maxi
Ing n separate peace with Germany.
He praised the volunteer system, and
argued that men who would form n
draft army should have an opportunity
70 vote on the draft feature by refer
endnm
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-05-03
Guarding AGAINST Graft.

Washington Action TO prevent even
Il suspicion Of graft In the dlsburse-
meul OF S3OOO, OOOOO0 army funds has
been taken by the war department.
The following order has been sent out
The purchase Of any article, publica-
tiun or other thing by which an officer
OF the army would derive financial
profit will not be permitted to be made
from public funds during the present
y4or