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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-04-26

Now the fresh rumor comes that
Greece is about to enter on the side of
the allies.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-04-26
Cash For ]. Bull.

Great Britain will receive the first
proceeds, to an amount as yet unde-
termined, of the $5,000,000,0O0 bond
issue soon to be offered to the public.
The amount OF the British loan, il was
stated authoritatively, and other de-
tails probably will be announced by
Secretary McAdoo within iew'days.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-04-26

When you want fire,
tornado, life or bond in
surance in the Oldest
Strongest Companies
see H. D. WALLACE,
office up stairs, over
Anderson-Fowler Drug
Store, Corner Ninth and
Main.
The Detroit times., 1917-07-13
What the Single Taxer Said
BY OR. FRANK CRANE
Copyright. 1915. by Frank Crane)

| see said my friend the single taxer,
that there is professor by the name of
Henry w. Farnum up at Yale university
who comes out with the statement that
we can remedy the food shortage Of the
country by making everybody stop using
tobacco, as there are 1.368,000 acres of
land used to grow tobacco which could
be used for potatoes and beans instead.
! don't smoke myself, but | would like
TO say word here for the benefit of my
tobacco-afflicted friends who have quite
as much right to their nicotine as Pro-
fessor Farnum has to his bughouse
economics.
And that word is this: Why jump on
the 1,36S,000 tobacco acres when, ac-
cording to the census of 1910, there are
0,346,575 acres of land in the United
States that are not used at all? Be
sides this, the Department of Agricul-
ture states that only 27 per cent of the
arabic land in this country is in use.
Wouldn't it look like more sense to use
the 10 per cent of idle land than TO go
to wigging the tobacco victims? And
this could be done very easily, of course,
by simply putting such tax on land val
ues that the people that are not using
the soil would have to let go of it.
see also that another statesman sug-
gests to his millionaire friends that an
other good way of lodging the duty of
supporting the government by taxation
besides purchasing government bonds is
to switch their investments from reve-
nue-producing securities to vacant lands.
AS these lands produce no immediate in
come they would bear no federal taxes.
And nothing is more certain than the
increasing value of vacant land All the
millionaire has TO do is to hold on to
his soil until the present period of war
taxes has passed and he will escape the
heavy war taxes entirely
You would naturally suppose, wouldn't
you, that somebody in congress would
have seen the folly of taxing everything
in creation, all of which simply amounts
70 tax on labor. and put the tax on
land, which is tax on opportunity?
A third item that | read in your dis
tinguished paper is to the effect that
West Virginia has just adopted law
which requires every able-bodied man
to work at least thirty-six hours a week.
If he doesn't, he must go TO jail or be
banished from the state
| would like to know why they don't
make law to get after the man that
withholds an opportunity from the
willing worker.
Suppose there should be a strike or
lockout in West Virginia coal fields.
The coal owners would violate no law, no
matter how long they might withhold
their lands from use, but the workers
could be jailed for idleness within
week
To remedy this, too, it wouldn't be
necessary to pass criminal law against
the idle opportunity holders. All that
would be needed would be to put heavy
tax on land values; then, if a man did
not use his coal fields he would have to
let go of them.
/ guess this single tax business. how
ever, is entirely too simple. 1t is so
simple it looks crazy
The Detroit times., 1917-07-13

Win miserable house drainage. car
ryine AZ times the deadly germs o.
Uphold fever
This summer the waters may be
more dangerous than usual because
~ tho hurried arrangements Of
military camps with tho want o.
sanitary planning 60 protect orr
nrines and streams
Don't Do deceived by tho old.fash.
oncd pump 'he boiling springs and
fho clear water ripping over the
pebbles ia our little mountain
streams for frequently 'hey have
been poisoned by people who are
nor yct sufficiently educated 20 pro
foct The streams thoroly against pol
nuon
When camping in strange loca-
lions never drink The waters with
out flterinr or boiling II possible
carry pure drinking water with you
in bottles or jugs
Most typhoid fever is contracted
from drinking water n is tho great
carrier and typhoid enters the sy
tom by drinking. by cleansing the
teeth. bv rinsing the face and
mouth. or thru raw vegetables that
arc washed in infected waters
The Detroit times., 1917-07-13
Baby Gardens
NJ ". ADDINGToN BRUCE
Author OF The Riddle OF Person
Rlity." Psychology and
Parenthood." etc.

The conservation OF the child Is
not an acnaemic problem. IL Is "a
most practical one, OF national i'm
portance This has been increas-
ingly appreciated the last few years.
and IL Is safe 10 say that IL will
become universally appreciated as
one result OF the world war.
But universal appreciation OF the
Importance OF the problem will not
of itself mean successful conserva-
ton. That can come only wh,y IL
also is universally appreciated that
child conservation involves intensive
development or both the body and
the mind OF every child during the
first few years of life.
This Is something that decidedly
Is not appreciated today. iona Gale
justifiably points out;
I'VE are accustomed 10 say that a
child learns more in the first Ave
years OF its life than in any Ave
wears thereafter.
yet We leave the first Ave years
hit or miss. TO any home. any adults.
10 any conditions which chance"
A hundred years from now. she
predicts. people will look back on
us and say:
"A century ago adults were guilty
OF the curious custom of providing
no technical care for the young up
10 the age of 1--WE. when II was al
most impossible 10 correct and d.
rect its random impressions"
What. then. is needed? iona Gale
believes that the immediate and
chief need Is for baby gardens"
where little children can be hygien
ically reared and skilfully trained by
experts. Glance at her picture OF
the kind OF a baby garden she has
In mind:
"A large. airy. well-lighted build
ing. IN which are many rooms. all
rs attractive as the children's rooms
a. the public library, or the nursery
in the Disappointed home that you
know.
Pictures. books. colors. toys. pets.
music. A roof garden. open 10 air
and sun. A garden-fowers and
paths and fountains and sandpits
and lawns.
Swings and simple devices for
play Snowmcn. sncwhouses, snow.
DAliNt NutEf LLftt - WiAAtt tuhAkA IL
The right food. based on a study
Of each individual Baths for those
who come unbathed Storytelling.
simple lessons. games, regular
sleep"
An attractive program. is IL not .?
And. In my opinion. a program that
will mean much 10 the nation which
FIRST puts II into execution on a
large scale.
Something OF this sort Is unques-
tionuoly desiraSle-nay, unquestion-
ably necessary.
Owing - TIE conditions OF modern
life, few are the parents who can
find the time TO acquire knowledge
Of. or give practical application to,
all that is really fundamental in eff
cient child rearing Child training
In even the best OF homes may well
be supplemented by training in a
baby garden.
When Il is question OF homes
where, II only because OF economic
pressure. children would otherwise
DO virtually left 20 rear themselves.
The baby garden becomes indispensa.
hle
| Let us In America begin the actual
planning OF baby gardens-and the
training OF an army OF baby garden
ors.
The Detroit times., 1917-07-13
Pointed Paragraphs

In the good time coming every
body will be struck by the sun OF
prosperity.
Don't talk too much; stif lower
Jaw is as useful as stir upper lip.
n a fool keeps his mouth shut he
can pass for a weather prophet.
When you lose friend by lend.
ing him a small sum OF money you
get the best OF the bargain.
The man who would enjoy the
music OF band must keep up with
the procession.
The average girl believes that an
engagement Is one continuous round
OF pleasure. And very often II Ia.
The man who loves woman rs
much "a she wants to be loved has
no time for outside firtations.
Widows frequently lead bachelors
20 the marriage altar; they have
been there before and know the
way
The Detroit times., 1917-07-13
Anniversaries
ropA,'s ANNIVERSARIES.
BY Altman.

TODAhS ANNlN Etl>ARiEs.
1872 -Trs uuk ~ orleans. eldest
son Of King Louis Philippe OF
France. was killed by fall from his
carriage
lSfS-Cspture - Yazco city. Miss.
hy the federaIs
lE1t--Attempt on the life ~ Prince
BiswRrk by kGlimann
Is1s--Close ~ the Berlin Congress
fnr the settlement of the Ia stern
question.
Patrick Z Pendergast execut-
ed for the assassination OF Mayor
Carter Harrison % chicago.
lS96-Porfrio piaz was reelected
president u Mexico without opposi
ton.
lsss-A mild type - yellow-rever
appeared among the American troops
Ia cuba
l30o- Bomhardment OF Tientsin nv
tho Allies who lost rs killed and
wounded in ~ hours lighting
iPoe-Itebels captured Fer. the
capital ~ Morocco.
1915 Martial 'aw proclaimed thru
out spain because OF the railroad
strikes
ONE YEAR AGO TODAY IN THE
WAR
British captured Mametz Woods
AIstrisns dropped bombs on Padua.
Italy
RUSSIANS captured important
heights southeast OF Mamakhatun. In
Armenia
ToDAY's BIRTHDAYS.
Or Franklin n Martin. Chicago
surgeon. head ~ the department Of
medicine and surgery OF the Council
~ National Defence born a. OcOno-
uowoc Wis, - years ago today.
1T Rev Walter Hume Long. Sec
rotary - state for the Colonies in
the British cabinet. borns at Bath
England. SO years ago today
orion VI. Barber associate Judge OF
the T. <. Court ~ Customs Ap-
pesls born a, Jamaica. VI. so years
ago TODAY
sidney webb. eminent English
economist aud writer on social and
industrial problems. born In London.
o. wears ago today
Mary =. Woolley. president 81 Mt
Hoivpke college. horn az South Nor
walk. Conn 80 years ago today
The Detroit times., 1917-07-13
Let the People
Rule-and Write
war,ed-volun,.er For Farm.

Wartsd-VoIuntser For Farm.
To ne Edi'Jr NJ The Times
We could use one Of the 10000
men y0u stated In your paper We're
ready 20 20 out 20 help on farms,
ust now for two weeks or more.
getting 1F 90 acres OF hay.
Don't want anyone who drinks.
or swears or smokes around house
or barn
Would Try 70 feed them well AL
ways use all the eggs. butter and
cream we can.
II Won know of anyone would
greatly ohiige BY having them
vrife. stating wages required. Any
one can drive the horses Want
some one t0 ride the machinery.
" " CADE
Box 2fl Capac. Mich
The Detroit times., 1917-07-13
The Actors, In Worthy
Cause. Are Deserving
of Your Hearty Support

1t is q rare thing for theatrical folk
to make an appeal to the public for aid
for themselvs as individuals or for the
profession at large
But did you ever hear of charity for
any good cause that did not include in its
very earliest arrangements a request for
the services of stage folks?
The mn and women of the stage are
ever willing and generous in giving Of
their talents to enterprises that have for
their goal the betterment of conditions
for the less fortunate in a community,
the sick, crippled OF depndnt children,
the manned and the blind, the tubercular,
and. in the present world conflict; the
many organizations directing their ener-
gies to war relief.
Because of this warm-hearted gener-
osty and quick response to the call Of
need from others, Detroit should he
proud and eager TO grasp the opportunity
to turn the tables" and rally 10 the
Stage Women's War Relief benefit per-
Torrance to be given in the Garrlck
theater, Sunday evening.
This organization, whose membership
includes women in any way connected
with the stage, its objects and its accom-
plshments, have been brought 10 the
notice of Detroit folk by Miss Jessie
Bonstele, one Of its most active work
ers, and member of its board of direc-
tors
Miss Bonstelle is one of the well-loved
women of the stage the country over, and
is especially enshrined in the hearts Of
Detroiters thru annual summer visits, be-
cause in her profession she has stood al
ways for the highest and best, and be-
cause as woman, she represents all the
finest attributes of womanhood and wife
hood That she stands sponsor for the
Stage oWmen's Relief, is sufficient in it.
self TO commend the organization TO the
residents of this city
AS q result of the enthusiastic support
which Detroit undoubtedly will give TO
the benefit performance, Miss Bonstelle
hopes to forward 10 the Headquarters of
the Stage Womens War Relief. No. 500
Fifth-ave., sum sufficient TO greatly en-
courage the faithful women who are Civ
ing their time in headquarters 10 the dis
| tribution of the relief supplies which
their sisters "on the road" send. to be
forwarded TO war-stricken Europe.
The money which passes into the Car
| rick box Office, Sunday evening. will mean
| hundreds of dozens more surgical han
dages and supply boxes, piles Of cloth
ing and shoes, hundreds of pounds Of
food, to be sent 10 the suffering. starv.
ing war devastated peoples Of France and
Belgium.
There are plenty Of proofs that for
practical, systematic and effective relief
work. the Stage Women's Relief stands
at the front in these history making
days in the United States.
The Detroit times., 1917-07-13

be action and lots of it.
Kloka may go to jail-he doesn't think
so himself. ~
Others may go TO jail with him-not a
few are reported trembling.
A grand jury may show us just how
rotten things are in Wayne county, which
includes Detroit.
BUT:
ABSOLUTELY no PROGRESS WILL
HAVE BEEN MADE UNTIL THE PEG
PIE OF WAYNE COUNTY, AS ITS
VOTERS, LEARN TO PLAY THE Pc
LTTICAL GAME AS WELL AS IT'S PRO
FESSIONALS PLAY TT.
Absolutely no progress viii have been
made until the people Of Wayne county
realize that the place to guarantee them
selves honesty in public office, through
the breaking up of political rings formed
to guarantee perpetuity in office, is in
the voting booth.
The Detroit times., 1917-07-13
High Spots In American History
George III Hires Hessian Soldiers
~ RALPH COUCH.

~ -" ~ - - - - -
President Wilson has said Amer
ica has TO war with The German
people historians point out the
same was true % Americas first
war. The revolution. This vas
struggle between a people and their
king
George. be king" the beautiful
Princess Augusta OF SaXe-Gotha Oft
IN told her son When that son
took the British throne in 1850 he
went 10 work on that principle
Aereal king hires and fires his
ministers But George III didn't
have the country with him. This
was shown early in his reign in de-
bates on the Stamp Act. the act
closing Boston and other royal meas.
ures Col Isaac Barre warmly de-
Tended the Americans as sons OF
liberty" and Edmund Burke. noted
orator, also opposed the king
When the king got ready 10 fight
he found he had no army 10 ser,d
70 America. So he decided 70 hire
one
over in Germany were hundreds
Nl t4ti4f --htrr- llflI IN4"l- Sill
were kings They could draft their
subjects and send them OF 20 war
whcncyer and wherever they pleas
"a SO they sold II 900 10 George
Ill.,
George III. paid so for each OF
these soldiers, besides an additional
annual rental In America they were
called Hcssians because many Of
tFsm belonged 70 the prince OF
Hesse-Cassel They first fought free
Americans AZ the battle of Long ISL
and aug q l77s IA the first open
ccu9lct Of he revolution
The Detroit times., 1917-07-13
The Old Gardener Says

Some choice expletives are
heard In back yard gardens all
over me country every morning.
The cause IL tho cut worm When
ne gardener finds his choicest
tomato plants level with the
ground. re can be sure that the
cu' worm has been AZ work and
f. now headed for the next plant
The one best means Of hghting
The cur worm Is 10 surround each
plant with a paper collar. eSt
tending two inches INTO tho
gr0und and three inches above
Tobacco dust IS a help. and n
ono he patience and a lantern
be- can kin many Of the pests
after dark
The Detroit times., 1917-07-13
From Another Point of Nieu
BIZ c. T. S.

Voice-Supposing the wheel were
crooked, but Strengthened. would that
make the millwright?
Voice-Not by dam site.
The report Of the wiping out of an en-
tire garrison in Mexico suggests that
kind of finish, does it not, Phyllis?
MEMORY TEST
What friend Of Anthony Kloks. on whom he
iaVished his money. went on his bail oond'
Anthony Kloka began life as a tailor.
And left tire job, il would appear, a little
pressed for money.
Detroit police are searching for Wood
row Wilson. three years old. who is miss
ing from his home They might follow
any members of the kindergarten who
may be on suffrage picket duty.
We CLEAN from the evidence before the
mayor, that a notorious cafe is \one that
caters exclusively TO respectable business
men not afraid TO take their wives thel ..
Careful. Bert; don't run over Rover
j. II. c.
The Detroit times., 1917-07-13

- VIZ p -
Bur too often r.
is these attractive
waters. which We
find 40 soothing
10 the thirst that
are decept I've
They are often
clear and spark
ling yet loaded
The Detroit times., 1917-07-13
No Sacrifice

Tho g0Yorness sought by every
known means 70 stimulate her small
ouplrs somewhat undeyeloped sense
of gratitude
"N0w Charley." she said. ought
Won no' '0 30 very much Obliged 20
tho COW for tho milk she gives you
every morning."
'Oh. ! don't know" said Charley
T. has M use for n herself
The Detroit times., 1917-07-13

enlargement and cheer 10
them. He was rather a pessi.
mistic old gentleman. and after
pointing out TO them the path
OF duty, which was more or less
the way 90 glory" he con-
Guided.
III we go forward we die:
II we go backward we die. Bet
The Detroit times., 1917-07-13
Health ouestlons Answered

" What BIS ncurifis7 What
causes n and is there q cure p
Ncuritls Is sn Inflammation % a
nerve The causes arc extremely
variable. debility. local injury as
By a blow or pressure. exposure 20
cold gOuiy or rheumatic condition.
alcohol. lead and arsenic poisoning
and tho like The cure depends
upon the removal OF the cause and
Improvement OF the general health
The Detroit times., 1917-07-13
Her Chance

He-(jusf 70 make conversation)-
DO YOU think opals are unlucky?
She should prefer a diamond.
Il it's all the same 70 you.
The Detroit times., 1917-07-13

The mistress Of the house
Ier's pantry quietly. James"
she said severely. The butler
looked up with a guilty fash.
James. she asked. how II II
that whenever I come into tho
pantry find your work only
half done and you lying down
reading tHc newspaper"
We'll. madam" tho butler
answered, II should say II was
on account OF them soft soled I
The Detroit times., 1917-07-13
Get Mad!
BY BERToN eRALEY

There is just one thing to do.
We've got to get mad, clear thru.
Mad with clean, hot rage,
At the thought of the German Beast
And the horror that marks his path.
We must fight this war we wage
In spirit of radiant wrath
Till the rule of the brute has ceased.
We've got to get mad at Hate,
And murder and foulest lust,
OF a Thing insatiate
Which trampes our faith in dust
And makes Of the world hell
Where monstrous evils dwell.
So let us go forth to war
In whrlwind Of splendid ire,
An anger that flames like fire
And glorious loathing for
The beast that we have to slay;
Yes, that is the only way
There is just one thing to do,
We've got to get mad-clean thrul
The Detroit times., 1917-07-13

lance In the future even in
small matters. the customer
picked up knife from the
counter and handed IL 10 the
butcher with a friendly smile.
Il don't really want IT," he said.
but II you will cut II of I will
take IL along with the rest"
Cut what OFF," demanded the
butcher i'm blank surprise.
The Detroit times., 1917-07-13
Laugh With Us

The regiment was TO go over the parapet that
night for the FIRST time and the colonel had the
men drawn up behind the lines so that he might
The Detroit times., 1917-07-13

SEOR 6E III
George III. couldn't understand II
when some Of Britain great men
sided With he Americans One Of
these was Lord Chatham. the elder
William Pitt. whom George had dis
III -Al from power soon after -
throne.
MY lords, you cannot conquer
AM $3.50. fltt told parliament. III
were an American. as ! am an
Engli ehnan while a foreign troop
was landed in my country. never
would Law Town my srms-never--
never never
The Detroit times., 1917-07-13
The Keep Well
Column
TYPHOID

Favorite camping grounds are
usually those along the attractive
The Detroit times., 1917-07-13
The Voters of Wayne
County Are Reaping At
a Last AS They SOwed

Wayne county is reaping as it sowed.
An official entrusted with the handling
of hundreds of thousands of dollars OF
the county's money, is confessed en-
bezzler.
That is shocking fact in itself, but
more shocking is the second fact that
other officials knew as far back as last
December of this officials dishonesty
and kept it to THEMSELVES.
With hundreds of dollars of the public
money jeopardized; with the populations
of this official confessed, the board OF
auditors of Wayne county appointed itself
prosecutor, judge, jury and the whole
thing and kept the facts to itself per-
hitting the confessed embezzler to- re-
main in his position in the pay of the tax
payers.
The Detroit times., 1917-07-13

Your hand" the gentle reply. You
weighed II with the sausages. and like TO get
what pay for"
The Detroit times., 1917-07-13


prosecutor, Judge, jury and the whole
thing and kept the facts to itself, per-
hitting the confessed embezzler to- re-
main in his position in the pay of the tax
payers.
AS this is written, nearly week has
elapsed and no charge has been brought
against Anthony Kloka, mortgage tax
clerk in the county treasurer's office, who
has admitted shortage in the funds
handled by him of $4,000 by protecting
the county with reimbursement and bond
up to the amount of $4,000.
A warrant had not yet been sworn out
Y for the arrest of Kloka when he delivered
HIMSELF to the courts and filed a bail
bond against his running away pending
ACTION against him.
Seven months have elapsed since it was
known that Kloka was guilty of stealing
funds belonging to the PEOPLE OF
WAYNE COUNTY, and NO CRIMINAL
ACTION HAS BEEN TAKEN AT THIS
WRITING.
In the discovery of this dishonest Of
fetal, the people of Wayne county are
reaping as they sowed.
In the suppression of dishonesty-in
the HIDING of it from them by other
officials, the people of Wayne county are
reaping as they sowed.
In the fear expressed that their prose-
cutting attorney is too much a member of
the county building family of Republican
politicians to see this case through TO the
bottom, the people of Wayne county are
reaping as they sowed.
In the necessity for hiring outside
auditors to investigate the departments
in the county building, arising out of the
manner in which their own auditors have
shielded dishonest official, the people
of Wayne county are reaping as they
Bowed.
The people of Wayne county are at last
awake.
That implies that they have been
ASLEEP-and they have.
This day was bound to come as surely
as the river that flows by us was bound
to keep to its course.
The people have been asleep, WALK
ING INTO THE VOTING BOOTHS,
ELECTION AFTER ELECTION, WITH
THEIR EYES SHUT.
This is their pay for having delivered
the county, through their lack Of inter-
est, lack of care, lack of action. over TO
the Republican machine and having con-
tinued it in perpetuity while the offices
and jobs have been handed down from
generation to generation to the boys who
have been able to get out the votes, doing
the bidding and the dirty work of their
political masters
This is the pay of the business man
who has stuck to his office on primary
days and election days.
This is the pay of the manufacturer
who has failed to leave his easy swivel
chair at his polished desk and who has
stuck close to his velvet rug on primary
and election days when the gang was lug
ging off the jobs for the steenth time and
keeping the county buildings happy fam
lily intact.
This is the pay for the churchman who
has never felt il his duty to get into poll
tics, leaving the mixing, the victory and
the spoils, to the rummy agents of the
SNUG politicians who have been kept in
charge of things.
Now that the people are AWAKE
through having been kicked out of bed
md fallen on hardwood floor, there will