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Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1917-01-18
Webb-Kenyon Law Upheld.

The Supreme Court of the
United States, in a sweeping de-
cisiou. upheld the Webb-Kenyon
law which allows States to pro-
hibit the shipping of liquor from
wet states to dry territory. This
law was vetoed by President
Taft as unconstitutional but was
passed over his veto. The de-
cision of the highest court that
it is constitutional is a big victory
for the dry people, and allows
any state to prohibit the shipping
gt liquor into dry territory,
Gov. Stanley, while in Congress
/ VoAed against this bill because he
said that it was unconstitutional
WHICH goes to prove that the
Caughty A. o. is nearly always
mistaken when passing on ques
tons of pNblic morals.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1917-01-18
Robert Elam Passss Away.

Robert Elam, aged 6S years,
q prominent farmer sandf highly
respected citizen, died at his
home on Little Caney, near In
dex, at 10 o'clock, p. M, Mon
day the 18th inst. He had a
mild attack of acute indigestion
on Friday night but had gotten
better and was able to sit up and
go about the house. He was
taken suddenly worse about 6
O'Clock Monday night and never
rallied.
He was the last surviving mem
ber of a family of twelve child.
ren. nine sons and three daugh,
ters.
He is survived by his widow,
who is a sister of j. w. Perry, Of
Yocum, and by two daughters
Mrs. Wess Blevins and Mrs. D.
S Williams. both OF near Index.
The interment took place in the
family burying ground near the
home of the deceased We,lnes
day.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1917-01-18
Natural Gas Near Denton.

Great interest is being mani.
tested in the new gas well which
has recently been drilled in near
Denton, Carter county, on the A.
C. & |. railway. This well is on
property owned by Mr.. Joe Bur-
dette and Captain John Murphy
of this city, and the we'll is being
put down by a crew of drillers
hired by them.
AT a depth of 1865 feet a strong
flow of gas was struck, in fact
so strong that it blew part of the
machinery out of the hole anC
then for a day or more continued
throw water over the top OF
he derrick. Work was at once
/ about to put in new casing 81
y that the well might be driver
deeper, and they are now engag
ed in this work. Ashland Dali,
Independent.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1917-01-18
"The High Cost Of Mud. &"

That's it exactly. Mud comes
high. A muddy road costs lots
more than a hard, dry road. The
United States Department of Ag-
riculture has been carrying on
some Investigations for five years
in selected counties in Virginia,
New York, Alabama, Florida and
Mississippi, and finds that good
roads have increased land values
from 25 to 1914 per cent and re-
duced hauling costs to less than
one-half what they were with
bad roads.
In a word, it is cheaper tC
build good roads than to drive
through the mud. Also anC
moreover, it is pleasanter anC
more conducive to happy home.
and friendly feelings. Southern
Agriculturist.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1917-01-18
Your Last Chance.

Recently we published in these
columns an offer of The Youths
Companion and McCall's Maga-
zine, both for a full year, for only
10, including a Mccall Dress
Pattern. The high price of paper
and ink has obliged McCall's
Magazine to raise their subscrip-
tion price February l to 10 cents
a copy and rs cents a year-so
that the offer at the above price
must be withdrawn.
- sUatilMarch 81 ourreaders have
the privilege of ordering both
publications for fun year, in
Guiding the choice of any 15-cent
Mccall Dress Pattern, for only
$2.10.
The amount of reading, infor-
nation and entertainment con-
tained in the fifty-two issues of
The Youths Companion and the
value of twelve monthly fashion
numbers of McCalPs at $2.10
offer a real bargain to every read
er of this paper.
This two-at-one-price offer in
cludes:
l. The Youths Companion-52
tissues.
2. The Companion Home Calen-
dar for 1917.
8. McCall's Magazine--12 fash.
ion numbers.
A. One 15-cent Mccall Dress
Pattern-your choice from youl
first copy of McCall's-if you
send a two-cent stamp with your
selection.
The Youths Companion, St
Paul St., Boston, Mass.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1917-01-18
How Horse Power Is Estimated.
KINGSTON -BEREA ROAD.
MADISON COUNTY

1t has been estimated that to
lift $50 pounds one foot in one
second requires what is known as
one horsepower. Similarly a
horsepower is able to raise twice
that weight one foot in twice the
time, or one-half foot in just that
time. Moreover, it can raise half
$50 pounds one foot in half a
second, or two feet in a second,
and so on. Therefore, if you lift
one-fourth of that weight, 1917
pounds, four feet in one second.
you are exerting a horsepower.
Accordingly, when a person
who weighs 1877 pounds runs
upstairs at the rate of four feet
a second, he is exertiDg the
equivalent of a horsepower. For
a man weighing twice that much,
275 pounds, it would be necessary
to climb at the rate Of only two
feet a second to exert a horse
power. 1t is possible to do much
more. AS a matter of fact, a
horse often exerts many times a
horsepower. The average horse
can draw a wagon upa hill where
a ten horsepower engine with the
same load would fail. A horse
power does not represent thu
greatest momentary strength O
a the average horse, but is
$ measure of the power which h
d can exert continuously. -Courie
d Journal.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1917-01-18
Or Ten Thousand With Teaspoons.

Two men stood watching a
steam shovel at work. With a
clatter and a roar the shovel bit
into the steep bank, closed on a
cartload of earth and dumped it
on a waiting flatcar.
1T makes me wild," said the
first onlooker, Ito see that mon
ster taking the bread out OF good
mems mouths. Look at it.
Why, it's filling up those wagons
faster than a hundred men with
picks and shovels could do it,"
The other shook his head anc
answered: See here. mister, il
it would be better to employ 8
hundred men with picks anC
shovels on this job, wouldn't il
be better still, by your way o.
thinking, to employ a thousanG
men with forks and table
spoons?"-The Exhaust.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1917-01-18
The Farm Loan Act and the Man
Who Would Buy Land.

Mr.. P. W. Goebel, a banker of
Kansas City, is positive that the
new farm loan law will be a help
to the man who wishes to buy a
farm and has not yet saved up
half the purchase price.
He figures it out this way: If
a young man of known reliability
has saved a thousand dollars and
has the stock and tools necessary
to tend an eighty-acre farm which
costs $50 an acre, he will have
no trouble in securing the extra
thousand dollars on a second
mortgage. The federal farm
loan association will let him have
two thousand dollars if he can
secure it by a first mortgage. At
6 per cent interest this will cost
him $l2O a year, or say $140, in
Guiding his amortization pay
ments. Adding to this his taxes
and other necessary expenses,
Mr.. Goebel thinks he would still
have a sufficient margin of in
come left to make a second loan
of 81, 900 attractive to a banker,
If he reduced this even by $l0(
year he could soon bring the
interest charges on it down t
where it would be no trouble Il
him to meet them, and the valuei
= of his farm and the returns from
it should be steadily increasing
and thus make the risk safer al
the time.
All this, of coarse, is on tn
supposition that the man VIII
would borrow is a man of energ
and character and is known an
. trusted by the banker. Certainl
no man whose personality We
$ not an additional asset would fin
= it easy to secure a second NOR
gage loan of one-fourth the vall
of his land with that land alreaC
mortgaged for one-half its valu
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1917-01-18
Local and Personal.

Carl Kendall, who has been
working in Cincinnati, has come
lome.
Born, to the wife of Henry
Spence, of Pomp, the 18th inst,
4 girl.
c. c. and Leslie May, of Flat
Woods, were in town on business
Saturday.
Cyrus B. Perry, Of Iowa, is
visiting relatives and friends in
town and county.
Bal Whit, of Harper, visited
his father-in-law, Jas. Lykins and
family Saturday.
Ben Franklin, who has been
working in Ohio for sometime
came home last week.
Floyd Lewis, formerly of Yo-
cum, has moved to the John Dix
on property just east of town.
J. F. and Carter Steele, of Ma
lone, were here Saturday to con-
suit DR.. Gordon, optician, of Gin
cinnati.
Will Steele and Henry Boyd
Nickel left Tuesday for Middle
town, O., where they will work
the remainder of the winter.
Ollie Henry, who has been in
the Dakotas and other north
western states for several months
has returned to his home near
Pomp.
County Superintendent Jas. W.
Davis is attending the midwinter
meeting of the County Superin-
tendents' Association at Frank
fort this week.
w. C. Henry, of Mt. Sterling,
representing the Burley Tobacco
Co., of Louisville, and Bill Chill
ders, of Maytown, groceryman,
, were here this week calling on
our merchants.
el Lewis Henry, Jr., is staying
r at Deputy Sheriff C. P. Henry's
while he is being treated by DR.,
H. V. Nickel for an X-ray burr
n which he sustained at a Louis
vile hospital while being treatet
6 for enlarged spleen some tim'
ago.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1917-01-18
School Notes.

The holidays are over and the
school work has been taken up
with renewed interest and
enthusiasm, and we hope that
conditions will favor US in the
coming term>as they y~have in the
past. Quite a lot of interest is
being shown in the High School
department with perfect unity
prevailing. The interest shown
in the primary and intermediate
grades point to a successful year,
while the grammar department
is also proud of a few things they
have accomplished. By the aid
and cooperation of the good peo-
pie of West Liberty our library
has grown until we have about
500 volumes of useful and in.
structive books. This has been &
great help. to them in this year:
work. They have also obtained
a set of geometrical solids anC
surfaces, globe, and a nice collec
tion of pictures. We wish tC
thank those who contributed 81
literally.
The normal department be
gan Jan. Sth, with J. M. Lykin:
as instructor. We hope for a full
normal and a successful year fol
Prof. Lykins.
/ Our Lord and Savior told th'
woman that she did not have t,
go to any far-away place to wor
ship God Alright, soft is with thos
who wish to obtain a common o
High School education. Peopl
will cry "Patronize home institu
tions" and then send their child
rem to other and more distan
schools at a greater cost in none
and sometimes character. OUT
KNOCKING THE SCHOOL
ISPEND LESS FOR RE-
"LIyKER," AND SUPPORT
GOOD CAUSE.
w. r. SEBASTIAN.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1917-01-18
Charcoal Important
In the Poultry Ration.

Charcoal, grit and oyster shell
are fully as important as the dust
bath for hens. Even focks hav-
ing range will consume large
quantities of these materials to
advantage, and when the birds
are closely confined a supply is
absolutely necessary. The usual
method is to keep supplies Of
these materials before the birds
at all times, so that they may eat
of them at win. Mixing the grit,
charcoal and shell with the grain
or mash is not advisable, as the
birds receive either too much or
too little.
Grit should be of a stone that
will not become round through
rubbing. 1t should be hard and
sharp and wear off like shale,
never becoming round and ball.
like. Grit made from limestone
is not good, as it will grind into
little round balls which do not
do the work of grinding the
feed. Limestone grit supplies
some lime, it is true, but it is bet
ter to secure the lime through
crushed oyster shell.
Charcoal is very important in
the poultry ration. 1t will be
found great help in correcting
bowel disorders. Most fowls are
very fond of charcoal and will
eat quantities of it. AS a usua
thing they will consume two OF
three times as much charcoal a:
grit. Heavy feeding of ricl
feeds to induce egg production i.
likely to produce some sligh
bowel disorders, but unless tn,
feeding is radically wrong a sup
ply of charcoal before the fowl
all the time will correct these dis
orders.
Crushed oyster shell is consun,
ed in smaller quantities tha
, either of the other essentials
but is none the less important. O.
Exchange.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1917-01-18
An Exceptional Case.

Love-" remarked the very
young man, lis a disease physici-
ans are unable to cure" &"
"Yes, as a rule" rejoined the
old bachelor, but a friend of
mine who had a bad case of it
was completely cured by a female
physician"
is it possible!" exclaimed the
Y. m.
Straight goods" replied the
other.
He was in love with her and
so they were married. "-Ex-
change.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1917-01-18
Barn Burned

Oliver Haney, of Stacy Fork,
member of the Board Spf Super
visors, called at the Courier Of
flee Wednesday and gave us a
full account of the burning of his
barn on the night of Dec. 91st.
We did not learn of the burning
in time tor publicationEearlier.
Mr.. Haney lost about 100 BUSH
els of corn, two horses and six
head OF cattle. His total loss will
amount to about 81, 400.
Mr.. Haney says that the fire
was the work of an incendiary.
This emphasizes a proposition
that has been frequently advo-
Gated in this paper, namely: that
the Fiscal Court of Morgan c0un-
ty ought to buy a pail of we'll
bred bloodhounds and put them
in the hands of a competent
trainer.
If the county had "a pair Of
good bloodhounds the knowledge
that they were here would pre-
vent the commission Of many a
cine and be the means of de-
tecting and capturing a great
many criminals who 60 unscath-
o1
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1917-01-18
Getting Even.

so you have been on a visit
to your boyhood homer"
YES" replied the prosperous
looking citizen.
How dear to my heart are
the scenes of my childhood when
fond recollection presents them
to view.'"
Il know that's what the poet
wrote, but my principal object in
going back was to show the peo-
pie there that that dirty-faced.
good d-for-nothing Jobson boy has
amounted to something in the
world. ."-Exchange.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1917-01-18
Entertainment at Grassy Creek
School House.

Kelly B. Wheeler, teacher of
the Grassy Creek school, will
give an entertainment on Friday
Jan. 10, that being the closing
day of his school. A drama ELL
titled Phyllis Inheritance" IN
three acts, will be given. Music
will be furnished by the Grassy
Creek String Band.
Everybody invited.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1917-01-18
DOIT NOW.

Candidates for county Of
fees are placing their an
pouncements every week.
Better get your announce
ment in before. the other fel-
low gets ahead of you.
There is only one class of
aggressive candidates the
ones who advertise. Tell
the voters what you are out
for through the columns Of
the Courier and you will have
made a good start.
Do it now.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1917-01-18
An Explanation.

The public installation of of
ficers of West Liberty Lodge No.
ll9, X. of p, which was adver.
tised to take place Friday, Jan.
II, was called off from the fact
that a fish supper was to have
been given in the evening, but
the fish failed to arrive, hence il
was not deemed advisable to hold
the public installation.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1917-01-18
Keyser-Burke.

Mr.. Chas. Keyser, Jr.. and
Miss Ruth Burke, were quitely
married last Saturday night at
the brides home on Main st.
Chas. Keyser, Jr., age II, is the
son of Mr.. and Mrs. c. M. Key
ser Of the Keyser Coal Co., Supt.,
at Messy Bottom, Miss Burlte
age II, the only daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Ed Burke, a tradesmln
saleman of this place. Pike
County News.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1917-01-18
Modern Knights Of the Road.

1t is reported that "hoboes"
travelling along electric railway
lines using the third-rail system,
carry with them a folding frame
of iron interlaced with copper,
which they connect with the third
rail so as to cook their meals by
electricity. Furthermore it is re-
ported that these scientific tramps
also carry a long wire which can
be hooked over a trolley line to
supply carrent to the same sppli-
ance. -Courier-Journal
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1917-01-18
Revival Meeting.

A revival meeting conducted
by Rev. Pollett, pastor of the M.
E, church, s., of Jackson, and
Rev. j. M. Oney, of Harper, is
in progress at the Methodist
church. Large crowds are at
tending and much interest is be-
ing manifested.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1917-01-18
A Helpful Mistake.

What do YOU suppose has
come overmv husband this morn
ing, Sophia, exclaimed a con-
scientious little bride to the new
servant. II never saw him start
downtown so happy. He's
whistling like a bird!"
"I'm afraid Pm to blame, mum.
| got the packages mixed this
morning and give him birdseed
instead of his regular breakfast
food, mum. United Presby'
j,terian.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1917-01-18
No Mail This Week.

On account of a cave-iR at the
north end of the Clack tonnel on
the M. 4 N. F. R. R. there has
been no train on that road this
week, and as a result we have
had no mail from that source.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1917-01-18

On land that has been in an
early maturing cultivated crop,
such as potatoes, peas, sweet
corn, or soy beans, no other prep
aration for alfalfa will be needed
than necessary narrowing.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1917-01-18

The soils of 571, 1853, 6O ac res.
or 1872, 9l2 square miles, has ,een
surveyed and mapped by the Blu
reau of Soils at the close of, the
fiscal year 1916.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1917-01-18

Let US do that job of printing
that you need now.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1917-01-18

Blank deeds at the Courier Of
fee, at 5 cents each.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-01-12
GEORGIA FARMER
GAINS Is POUNDS
WORKS ALL DAY, SLEEP LIKE A
LOG ALL NIGHT AND GET UP
IN THE MORNING WITH THE
CHICKENS.

II have taken five bottles of Tan
lac and have actually gained twenty
six younds," was the remarkable
statement made by Make G. Brown,
while in Marvin Middlebrooks' drug
store at Sparta, Ga, few days ago.
Mr.. Brown is well-known and pros
porous farmer and leading citizen
of his community.
when | began taking Tanlac," con-
tinued Mr.. Brown, Il was in a gen
eral rundown condition. | had been
suffering for months with nervous
ness and indigestion and other trou-
bles, and nothing in the way of med
icine seemed to do me any good. My
appetite went back on me entirely.
My stomach was in bad shape, and
what l would force myself to eat fall
ed to digest and didn't seem to do me
any good.
II was also very nervous and got so
couldn't sleep hardly any and al
ways felt as bad, or worse, in the
mornings than when l went to bed
at night. l lost a great deal of
weight and din't seem to have any
energy. The truth is, l was so weak
and rundown didn't feel like doing
any work and it was just drag for
me from sun up till sun down could
tell my troubles were leaving me be-
fore my first bottle of Tanlac was
gone. | kept taking it and getting
better every day. I have taken FIVE
bottles, and, as | have already said,
I have gained twenty-six pounds and
feel like different man in every way.
My appetite has come back to me and
l can eat anything / want and every
thing / eat agrees with me and gives
me strength. I'm not nervous now in
the least. ! sleep like a log every
night and get up with the chickens
every morning. That weak, worn out
feeling has left me and l can work all
day without feeling tagged out I'm
feeling fine these days, better than 1
have in a long time, and owe it all
to Tanlac"
Genuine Tanlac is sold only and ex-
clusively in Pensacola by Crystal
Pharmacy.-Adv.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-01-12
Thoroughly Reliable
Kidney Medicine

After almost sixteen years of buy
ing and selling Swamp-Root believe
it to be one of the best medicines on
the market; and if it be taken accord
ing to directions it will cure nine of
Fevery ten cases of kidney, liver and
bladder troubles. 1t is remedy that
has given universal satisfaction to its
users and in not a single instance has
it failed to accomplish results. My
uncle after testing Swamp-Root re
ported that he had derived the best
results from its use and my patrons
have nothing but praise for the prep
aration. have no hesita. -cy in rec
ommending it to my customers BE-
cause l believe it will do exactly what
is claimed for it.
Verytruly yours,
R. w. WOOTEN, Manager,
(The Nyal Drug Store).
July %, 1916. Broxton, Ga.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-01-12
NEW ARP A|NESFOR
AERO STATION HERE

A two hundred horsepower Curtiss
airplane arrived at the station yes
terday and will be unpacked and as
sembled Immediately. The machine is
the largest which has ever been tried
here and considerable interest is be-
ing shown in the first flight which
will probably be made in a few
weeks.
Aside from its unusual size and
power, the machine is expected to
have great speed as well as climbing
ability.
Another important recent arrival is
the Gallaudet, the first of its kind
to be tried here Because of radical
departures in minor details from the
standard construction, great interest
is manifest in the airplane which will
probably be tried out at an early
date.
A representative of the factory is
here directing the assembly work
which has progressed rapidly, and if
is believed that within a week the
Gallaudet will be given its first test.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-01-12
GIANT SEAPLANE
ARRIVES At AERO
STATION FOR TRIAL

The twin-fnotored navy seaplane
82-A, designed by Naval Constructor
Holden C. Richardson and built at
the Washington navy yard. has ar
rived at the aeronautic station and
will be assembled for trial flights
at an early date.
The machine is the largest and one
of the few machines built by the gov
eminent for designing work. For this
reason more than the usual interest
attaches to its trial flights here, and
it is probable that some of the work
will be done here.
An airplane is now under con-
struction at the station, which, if sue
cessful, will probably result in the
construction of many more here in
stead of at the Washington yard. 1t
is probable that nothing will be done
toward testing the machine in actual
flight until its designer, Constructor
Richardson, returns from Washing
ton.
An idea of the giant planes size
can be gained from comparison of
its weight with the school machines.
The school airplanes weigh about
100 pounds while the 82-A weighs
about 1000.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-01-12
TWO YOUTHS HELD
FOR GRAND JURY

Eugene Forsythe and Willie See
ley, two young white boys arrested on
the charge of dismantling a govern
ment barge near Perdido wharf.
were yesterday ordered held for in
vestigation by the grand jury, in a
preliminary hearing before United
States Commissioner Jerry Sullivan.
The two youths were released on
their own recognizance, with the pro-
vision that they conduct themselves
properly, go to school and appear at
the next session of the grand jury.
The two boys were arrested Sun
day charged with taking copper and
other metals from government
barge, and were later turned over to
the federal authorities for disposal.