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The Benson signal., 1917-05-05
High School Notes

The drill squads will elect their
corpora1s today (Friday).
Claude Sipes quietly left last
Monday morning for California in
company with Mr.. Murry. Claude
is contemplating joining the navy.
Bill Etz went in to Tucson last
Tuesday for the purpose of enlist
ing in the officers reserve corps. He
was too young for service and re-
turned home on Thursday.
Lewis Maier was a high school
visitor last Tuesday,
The second-year Spanish class
challenged the first years to a Span
ish match. After thinking the mat
ter over and realizing that much
was at stake they hastily withdrew
their challenge. The first year
Spanish class will probably chal-
1enge the second year class to a
contest next week.
Nye Etz, who is thinking of
offering his services to Uncle Sam,
has been absent from school this
week.
Last Thursday a male trio of the
High School made arrangements to
favor the school with a song for
opening exercises. The student
body failed to show up, however,
and the songsters are highly indig-
nant
The Benson signal., 1917-05-05
Free Air

The new free air" apparatus of
the Moss Pharmacy is now COM
pleted and ready to furnish auto
users with the material of which
solid tires are made. The air-com-
pressor and tank, the latter capable
of resisting a pressure of 200
pounds, have been set up, piping
all completed and engine in place
for supplying the power. The air
supply stand is on the side of the
building at the rear. 1t will be d
great convenience to automobile
owners and Mr.. Moss is to be COM
mended for his enterprise and pub
lie spirit.
The Benson signal., 1917-05-05
VIII Make Fine Farm

Mr.. H. P Merrill has purchased
from Ramon Gotta a valuable eighty
acre tract of land, being the east
half of his 16O-acre homestead, sit
uated on the east side of the river
north of the railroad. It is practl-
cally all level and susceptible of
cultivation, and is bordered On the
east by the Benson Canal. This is
the tract locally known as the Chi
nese gardens.
A large force of men has been
put to work clearing it up, and it
will be put into cultivation this sea
son. An artesian we'll is to be
drilled, houses and built and alto
gether it will be put into a high
state of i'm provement.
The Benson signal., 1917-05-05

Clean up and paint up.
The Benson signal., 1917-05-05
Supervisors in Favor
Road Bond Issue
Made Inspection Tour of the
County Last Week for
Road Improvement

It is presumed that the Supervis-
ors' party on road inspection, or
some part of it, was in Benson for
short time during the tour of the
county made last week It is to
be hoped they were and that they
will as result of a personal inspec-
ton give due consideration to the
claims of Benson territory in ap-
portioning road funds. Benson has
had to rely mainly on its own ef-
forts in road improvement in the
last few years, the one notable ex-
ception being the road connecting
Benson and Pomerene, upon which
the county rendered assistance.
I The question of a county road
bond issue is again coming to the
front, this being recognized as the
most economic method in getting
results.
Supervisor J. M. Sparks is quoted
in Douglas paper as saying that
it is the unanimous opinion of the
board that a road bond issue of
81 100000 should be voted, but he
wants the major portion of it used
in paving the highway between
Douglas and Bisbee. Continuing,
he said:
"One of the objections that has
been made against a road bond is
sue is that the money would not be
wisely spent. This objection has
been overcome by an act of the leg
islature providing for a commission
to have charge of the work. These
commissioners serve without pay,
only their actual expenses being
provided for. Under such condi
tons, the five ablest men in the
county could be appointed to look
after the spending of the money to
see that it is used properly.
The new law goes into effect
about thirty days from now, and
then the supervisors can appoint
commission.
The Benson signal., 1917-05-05

cast for Campbell. In those bal
lots the voters had put cross in
the squares before the name of
Campbell instead of the square af-
ter it. The cross. though plainly
intended for him. was put into the
Prohibition column in counties
where the name of no candidate for
governor appeared on the Prohibi-
ton ticket.
On announcement of the judg-
ment Senator E. S. Ives, chief of
counsel for Hunt, gave notice of
an appeal.
The Benson signal., 1917-05-05
The Liberty Loan"

The Bank of Benson has received
telegram, given below, from Sec
retary McAdoo, of the Treasury
department, regarding the big new
government bond issue. AS indi-
Gated by the telegram of the Sec
retary, the bonds are available to
the small investor as we'll as the
big capitalist. The telegram is as
follows:
Washington, D. c., May 3.
Bank of Benson,
Benson, Arizona.
Government will receive sub
scriptions until June 18th for two
billion dollars three and one-half
per cent Liberty Loan You can
render invaluable service to YOUR
country by receiving subscriptions
and cooperating with federal re-
serve bank in your district. Will
you kindly do this and telegraph
me, government expense, soon as
practicable, rough estimate amount
of bonds you think will be sub
scribed by you and your custo-
mers. w. G. MCADOo,
Secretary of the Treasury.
AS shown by the ad of the Bank
of Benson, on this page, that insti-
tuition is ready to receive subscrip-
tions for this loan, now necessary
for preserving the safety and up
holding the prestige of the United
States.
The Benson signal., 1917-05-05
Sheriff's Posse to be Organized

All male citizens cf Cochise
County owning horse, saddle and
rifle please send name to Sheriff
Wheeler at Tombstone. Object,
for possible service within Cochise
County Auto owners particularly
requested to volunteer services.
HARRY c. WHEELER, :
Sheriff.
The Benson signal., 1917-05-05
NOTICE

From May | until OctO-
Der l our yard and store will
close at one o'clock on Sat-
urdays.
Benson Lumber & COm'l Co.
Mountain advocate., 1917-03-30

Hon. X. S. Rose and Hon. j.
c. Bird of whitley County and
candidates for the Republican
nomination for Circuit Judge
were in town this week. and each
claim to be going to carry Whit
ley County by large majorities,
but we have a bunch" from
some of the wise ones of Whitley
that when the vote is counted in
that county the boys will be sur
prised to find that our fellow
county-man. w. r. Lay, has
been endorsed by the majority
of the Whitley County voters.
Mountain advocate., 1917-03-30
WILD DEER SEEN AT
THE STAR THEATRE.
Camera Catches Animals
i'm Filming
"The Secret Kingdom"

THE Land Of Intrigue" the
fist and Introductory episode of
the romantic Louis Joseph Vance
serial, The Secret Kingdom, !"
which was filmed by the Vita
graph Company, featuring Char
les Richman and Dor;hy Kelly il
shown at the Star Theatre on
Monday April End. A number of
scenes in this episode call for
views of Il dense forest with quick
flashes of deerrunning TO and fro.
Bearing out its policy of spending
any amont of money in order to
secure realism and the proper at
mosphere, the officials of this or
ganization sent Their company to
various parts of the country to
secure these scenes.
The animals are not tame by
any means and may be seen run.
ming swiftly as the royal hunting
party appear upon the scene in.
tending to Kill them.
1t was most difficult TO photo
graph these animals for they
would tear madIy away the mo-
ment they saw the man and the
camera and at one time it was
thought the scenes would have
to be omitted.
After much trouble and no lit
tie expense the scenes were secur-
ed and the finished production is
greatly improved by their pres
ence.
Mountain advocate., 1917-03-30
Union College to Have
Better Equipment.

That the next year will be the
greatest year in the history of
Union College is evidenced by
the strides, it's President, and
Board of Education is making.
They now have an athletic field
upon which the boys may at their
spare time have great recreation
in base ball, foot ball and other
athletic amusements. They are
soon to have one of the very best
equipped gymnasiums in the state
it is to cost no less than $40. 00G.
There is no question but that the
money will be raised to put up
this much needed building.
They have the most beautiful
Campus in Eastern Kentcky.
They have a well equipped Adj
ministration building, a girls
dormitory and a boys dormitory.
They have their own lighting and
heating plant, hot and cold water
in each building, shower and tub
baths. Their own bakery large
we'll ventilated and equipped
dining hall and kitchen; good and
wholesome food we'll prepared
and served in great style. 1t is
a school where any ambitious boy
or girl can obtain an education.
1t was founded in 1880. and has
never failed to keep going. The
administration building was burn
Mountain advocate., 1917-03-30

think the bluff will work, if ii
does not, we will then put heavy
guards around the ammunition
factories of this country, and send
a hand full of soldiers to France,
and then furnish the money to
fight the battles Of others.
No man can tell what the fight
is all about any way, we just
know. we have the most gigantic
war ever known to the World,
and the only reason that could
be assigned that we have entirely
too many people. and the only way
to thin them down is to have a
war and kill them out and to
starve innocent women and child
rem. The sooner the people Of
Germany wake up and do thesame
thing that Russia did the sooner
they will have rest and peace.
England ought to follow suit, give
the people their freedom, let all
men have the same inalienable
rights, then the world will soon
be at peace. The time has cone
when Kingdoms and Monarchies
must come to an end. the sooner
the better.
Mountain advocate., 1917-03-30
A BARBOURvILLE
MANS EXPERIENCE

Can you doubt the evidence of
this Barbourville citizen?
You can verify Barbourville en-
endorsement.
Read this:
J. II. Smith, shoemaker, Main
St, Barbourville, says: II had
rheumatic twinges in my arms,
so that couldn't move them.
Ny joints were stiff and ached
awfullv. Ny shoulders, back
and limbs panied me and ! could
hardly get about. The passages
of the kidney secretions varied
from being scanty to profuse and
the secretlons were highly color
ed. | could not get into the bug
gy alone or get on a horse with.
out assistance. | certainly was
in bad condition when | began
using Doan's Kidney Pills. but
they soon helped me. The aches
and pains left and | felt better
than had been in years.
SOC. ut all dealers. Foster-Mil-
burn Co. Mfgrs.. Buffalo, N. Y.
- Advertisement.
Mountain advocate., 1917-03-30
Some Strange Things

A woman may choose to ride
astride, that can be accounted for,
she may choose a little fuzzy
poodle dog to a bright eyed boy
or girl in the home, that may be
accounted for, she may keep late
hours sitting up telling her neigh.
Dor all the latest gossip; there
may be some relief in that; but
why she wants to dress like moth
err eve, in this day and time when
there is lots Of cloth to make
them decent; and go strolling
over the streets. with the sun
shining through her spider web
clothes that are cut low at the
top and high at the bottom, hav-
ing every vulgar mouthed man
in the community making re-
marks about her, has always
been a mystery to any sane mind
ed man or decent woman. Why
don't the humane society, the
Civic League or Woman Suffrage
League take coGency of this and
do some real missionary work
right here at home.
Mountain advocate., 1917-03-30
HANDS, ARMS,
Limbs ASLEEP
And Was Rundown, Weak a.l
Nervous, Says Fkrida LAZY.
Five Bottles Of Car1I
Made Her Wei.

Kathleen, Fla.-Mrs. Dallas Prime,
OF this place, says: after the birth
OF my last child. II got very much
rundown and weakened, 20 much
that | could hardly do anything At
ALL | was SO awfully nervous that
| could scarcely endure the least
noise. My condition was ssttina
worse all the time.
l knew ! must have soms relief or
| would soon be in the bed and in n
serious condition for | felt 10 badly
and was so nervous and weak could
hardly live. My husband asked DR.,
-about my taking Cardui. He
said, It's a good medicine, and good
for that trouble, SO he got me s bot
ties. After about the second bottle I
felt greatly improved. before taking
1t my limbs and hands and arms
would go to sleep. After taking II.
however, this poor circulation disap-
peared. My strength came back to
me and l was soon on the road to
health. After the use of about 6 bot
ties. l could do all my house-work
and attend to my six children be-
sides"
You can feel safe in giving Cardui
thorough trial for your troubles. It
contains no harmful or habit.formins
drugs. but is composed of mild. were.
table. medicinal ingredients WITH 10
bad aftereffects. Thousands Of women
have Voluntarily written. telling oS
the good ,Cardui has .deue 0sn.. n
ehouA help yous -. To T. I'M
Mountain advocate., 1917-03-30

ed in 1906 and rebuilt 1907, with
a much better and larger building
in it's stead.
The attendance at Union Col
lege is larger than ever before at
this time of the year. The men,
bers of the Board are all men
who do things, they are wide
awake young men, or at least not
in their dotage, and they are
working hard to place Union Col
lege in the front rank of the Col
leges of the State.
Mountain advocate., 1917-03-30
Bird IL the race for
Circuit Judge.

Hon. J. c. Bird, who is a can
didate for the Office of Judge of
the 34th Judicial District, was
here this week mixing with his
Old friends and making new one.
Mr.. Bird is well known in this
county, having campaigned it for
the Republican ticket more than
once. He is making a vigorous
and energetic campaign. and any
man who is a Judge Of elections
will tell you that the race is be-
tween Mr.. Bird and the next
strongest man in the race;in other
words, the man that beats Bird
will be the nominee Of the Re-
publican party, and that is equi-
valent to an election. Mr.. Bird
says that he will use every honor
able means to procure the NOM
ination, and he is sure that he
will carry the counties Of Nc
Creary and Whitley, This would
leave the County of Knox only as
the bone of contention. He will
soon start around the County
Campaigning, then it is when the
wool will begin TO fly.
Mountain advocate., 1917-03-30
Explosives.

We have in stock and ship
from our magazines nearest your
shipping point at schedule prices
Blasting Powder all standard
granulat!ons. All grades of dyn-
amite. Farm Powder for stump
blasting and tree planting.
Blasting Caps fuses, all lengths,
wires. All grades of safety
fuse and other supplies. Solidi-
fled Glycerine for shooting oil
wells. Write US for prices.
BYRLEY SALES Co.,
Peoples Bank Building,
Pineville, Ky.
Mountain advocate., 1917-03-30
Wanted.

Fifty good coal miners to work
in the mines at Straight Creek,
Bell County, Kentucky; men with
families preferred. This COM
pany pays the highest wages in
the district. The coal is easily
worked and a good workman can
make from $4 to Sc a day. We
have pick work. also punchers
and electric machines in our
mines. We work both colored
and white men.
FEDERAL COAL COMPANY.
22-4 Straight Creek. Ky.
Mountain advocate., 1917-03-30
Administrators Notice

All persons having accounts
against the estate of Mrs. M. E.
Helton will file same, properly
proven, with me at Stanford, XIV.
All persons indebted to this es-
tate will please settle at once.
]. T. Blanketship. Adm.
22-3 Stanford, Ky.
Mountain advocate., 1917-03-30
Produce Wanted.

| am located in the Sewer
property, near j. & H. T. Millers.
l am paying 13c for old hens, 1Sc
for frying chickens; springers.
over 2 lbs, 15c; Turkeys, Ice;
Ducks, 12c; Geese, l0c: for nice,
clean Potato Onions, $1.50; sets
&c per pound. Bring them and
all kinds of hides and furs to me.
w. r. GIBSON.
Mountain advocate., 1917-03-30
He Never Quits.

On December llth, and 10Th,
1916, Judge Hammons was in
/ Frankfort, KY, and there secur-
cd an agreement with the State
Road Commissioner that the main
road through the county should
he from the Bell County line to
| Corbin, the Laurel County line,
via. BarbourviIle, Baileys Switch,
| Middle Fork and Grays. This
road is to be well built, a lime
stone macadam road. He also
reached an agreement to build a
q well-crowned and well-cuivert-
ed graded road from Barbourville
to Artemus and such a road from
Barbourville six and one-half
miles on Indian Creek and from
| Old Flat Lick three and one
eighth miles on Sinking Creek.
Judge Hammons took the stand
that the people were entitled to
that as a matter of right and
justice to them as taxpayers of
the county, and he has worked
hard to that end. We are now
proud to say that all of this work
has been contracted and approved
by the Fiscal Court and sent to
the State Commissioner. Mr..
Wiley, and he to has approved
of same. There has been some
delay as to the Sinking Greek
road by reason of the deficiency
of the contract, but Judge Ham,
mons at once had other copies
made out and approved by the
Fiscal Court and sent to Frank
fort for the approval of the State
Department and we are proud to
say that the same was approved
at that Office Monday the 18th
and was received here by Mr..
Real P. Black Tuesday morning.
1t is now definitely settled and
there is nothing to do but to go
to work and that will be under.
way in the next few days. The
County Judge has stood as firm
as a rock for what he thought
was right in the road matter and
it looks like the State Depart
ment sees so to. By approving
this work Mr.. Wiley. the State
Commissioner, is man who has
the welfare of both County and
State at heart and will do all he
can to the best interest of the
most citizens an! taxpayers of
this Commonwealth. We now
predict that before the frost of
another winter there will be a big
difference in the roads of Knox
County.
The big bridge across the Cum
berland river was let the 14th
and contract awarded to the Vir-
ginia Bridge & Iron Co., at Roa-
noke. Va, and that will also be
under construction at once. This
bridge will be located near the
l.. & N. depot at Flat Lick. The
Fiscal Court will receive bids on
the macadam of the main road
April Bird, and if they get sue
cessful bid that road will be UNI
der Roadway soon. Advertise
ment.
Mountain advocate., 1917-03-30
Notice.

The Fiscal Court will receive
bids April 3, 1917 for the con-
struction of an approach on the,
South side of Cumberland River
Bridge at Barbourville, Ky. 21-2
Mountain advocate., 1917-03-30
HeiferS For Sale

Nine Jersey heifers, coming
fresh now and in April, Also two
cows. Prices right. First come
first served.
S. C. BARNETT, London. Ky.
Mountain advocate., 1917-03-30
Now and Then.

system. Not long ago it wOulC
take one twice as long to do +;
piece of work than it does now
The time was when the mar
who wanted to build a house
would begin first to make the
shingle with which to cover the
house a year before the time he
contemplated starting the house;
he would have the lumber sawed
and stacked upon sticks ard dried
a good long time before he start
ed to make the other arrange
ments. Now in this day of doing
things, a man will buy a lot build
the house and have it completed
with all the latest eQuipage and
move into it III thirty days.
Not only that, but now-a-days,
if the people who make up Ma
tionS, desire TO overthrow a king
dom or a monarchy and make a
Republic of it, it only takes about
"a hours. In l776, the people of
the United States came to the con-
clusion that they wanted to make
this a free Country. it took seven
long years Of Sighting to accomp-
lish it. A little later when men
began to learn how to do things,
it took the United States less than
two years to raise the Stars and
Stripes oven the halls of the Mon
tezumas in Mexico. A little later
it only took two battles on the
sea and one on the land to bring
Spain to her senses. Just the
other day, over in Russia it took
less than "a hours for the Great
est Monarchy in the World to be
turned into q Reptile. The Car,
the wealthiest man in the world
today owning more than $1,000.
000.000.00 and one tenth of the
area of the whole world, was de-
throned by his people and exiled.
The people Of Russia worked
in concert with each other and
not a man stood loyal to the man
who had oppressed his people so
long. TWAS one of his own cabinet
that broke the news to him that he
was dethroneG. and the only ques-
aion was, why was | not told
sooner"
The war in Europe has already
lasted too long, too much suffer-
ing, the pangs of starvation has
already gone too far; this war
could have been stopped long
ago had our own people been as
loyal, and as neutral as they
should have been. All this talk
of war is boSh, there will no war
with the United States unless we
bring it upon ourselves, which we
have almost done.
We have been trying to make
believe that we are a neutral
Nation when in fact we have
never been neutral from the very
start. No man is a neutral when
he hands the man a gun with
which to shoot the life out of an
other. This we have done, we
have been furnishing the am
munition and the guns with which
tc fight, and we have furnished
the food and clothing to maintain
the armies of Europe, and we say
in doing this we have not been
nor or we now, neutral.
We do not believe that we will
have any serious trouble except
that which we may bring about
ourselves. We have baffied and
trihed with Mexico in the last
three or four years until we have
almost lost the respect of all the
powers OF the Earth. We have
wrote notes and made threats un-
til they do not go any longer. and
now we will have to call Con-
gcess together and see if we
Mountain advocate., 1917-03-30

Our Circuit Judge according to the signs OF the times
We learn from reliable that he carry cCeary
County and that he has splendid following in Whitley and all
know what people of Knox will do for him. His friends pre-
dict he will carry Knox by to either Rose Bird and
believe this is a conservative estimate
Mountain advocate., 1917-03-30

WANTED-To purchase some
oil production. What have you
to sell? Box 1856,
(20-4t) Woodsfield, Ohio.
Mountain advocate., 1917-03-30

For LEASE have a tract of
land in Richland Creek. Knox
county, that | desire to lease the
oil and gas right.
j. T. DIzNEy.
Qetf) Hopkina No.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-04-10
BRILLIANT FIGHTING
COMPLETELY DAZED ENEMY

British Headquarters in France,
Correspondence of Associated Press)
April 9.-In the territory captured
today in tremendously successful
British advance was the famous Vimy
Ridge. Vimy has been fought over
again and again and the French had
fought valliantly and desperately to
wrest it from the Germans. To the
rear of the northern end of Viny,
are the principal coal fields of France
and still are in German hands.
Canadians fought the terrific battle
today which resulted in the taking of
Vimy. On either side were Scotch
and English battalions, but there was
glory for ALL British "tanks" were
also in use.
"The Harp" another important po-
sition taken, was sort of labyrinth
of barbed wire, which prisoners had
declared was unassailable. But the
British swept over it today, taking
thousands of prisoners, including
three commanders. Germans were
evidently surprised. Only in few in
stances did they put up fight. APP
parently they were dazed by terrific
artillery fire of the British for the
past ten days.