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The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-10-03
Big WAREHOUSE DEAL
Farmers Il Planters Warehouse Com.
pany Changes Hands-New Con.
cern Incorporated and Capital
Stock Placed at $25,OOO.

In the Mason County Court yester-
day articles Of incorporation Of the
Farmers C Planters Warehouse Com
pany were filed, the capital stock be-
ing placed at $4,000, which will be
divided into 500 shares of $50 each.
This is new concern that will take
over the interests of the old Farmers
& Planters Warehouse Company. The
incorporators are A. l.. Powers, w.
Holton Key and A. M. January. As
Mr.. Powers is going to move to Mays
vile from Louisville, this will make
the companya strictly local concern.
Most of the stock of the new COM
pany has already been sold to Mays
vile and Mason county business men
and farmers. SO that it will be strict
ly local concern. The limit of indebt-
edness under the articles of incorpor-
alton is $4,000.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-10-03

Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Hart returned
home to Lexington after visit with
Mrs.sR "A. Carr, of East Third street.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-10-03

fees, $500.
Charles Wallingford, telephone SER
vice, 1925.
On motion, the action of the court
in dropping apportlonment for county
demonstration was reconsidered and
5000 appropriated for the ensuing
year.
Frank Boyd was placed in nomlna-
ton for county demonstrator for the
ensuing year and was duly elected.
1t was ordered that the sum Of $500
be appropriated for the benefit of
Haywood Hospital, to be payable
quarterly by order of the county
Judge.
1t was ordered that the sum Of $1OO
be appropriated for the benefit of the
Mason County Health League, to be
payable quarterly by order of the
county Judge.
It was ordered that the sum of $35
be placed In the hands Of Esquire
Moore for the assistance of Peyton
Brooks.
1t was ordered that court be ad.
journed until November l3, 1917
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-10-03
NO CONVICTION
Walter Lewis, COlOred, Tried In PO.
lice Court Yesterday For Having
Liquor In His Possession For
Purpose Of Sale - Jury
Falls to Reach
Verdict.

Waiter Lewis, colored, was tried in
Police Court yesterday afternoon be-
fore a jury composed of Messrs. l.. NJ
Cavendish, John Furlong, John D..
Wood, r. c. Nash, w. r. Warder and
Harry Barkley, he being charged with
having intoxicating liquor in his pos
session for the purpose of SALE After
hearing the evidence of Chief of Po-
lice James Mackey and Officers Dren-
nan and Stewart, the jury was closet
ed for about forty-five minutes and
then announced that no decision could
be reached.
When arrested Saturday night
Lewis had in his possession 81 half
pints Of whiskey and one pint bottle.
He said he had purchased the liquor
for his own use, but Chief Mackey de-
cided otherwise and placed him in
JAIL preferring charges against him
as mentioned above.
Lewis will be tried again on this
charge within the next few days.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-10-03
sun SPOTS
Remarkable Phenomena Visible Here
Last Night and This Morning
Cause Of These Remarkable
Appearances Unknown.

Two sun-spots or sun dogs" were
plainly visible In this section last
night In the west and this morning
In the east. Sun spots are dark
patches on the sun, varying in size
from minute telescope object to
vast areas visible to the naked eye
and thousands of miles in diameter.
Sun-spots have an interesting history.
Galileo was charged with blasphemy
because he called attention to them,
and Stanley Jevons, the British eco
nomist advanced the theory that sun
spots and money-panics had some re-
lation to each other. Certain 1t Is
that the well-known "cycle" of sun
spots and "cycle" Of panics have been,
in the past at least, coincident. The
regular period of sun-spots is about
eleven years, that is, every eleven
years the spots on the sun are abun-
dant and in the intermediate time they
decrease in number and even vanish.
The same has been true of panics. The
great sun-spot of March 5, 1873, was
/ 1907 900 miles across. In this terrific
cacern four planets each as large as
our earth could have been swallowed
up. The year 1906 was a maximum
year for sun-spots, but Jevon's law
seemed to have failed, except in Eng
land, where, during that year, the
most painful industrial depression
was experienced.
The causes of these remarkable ap.
pearances on the suns surface are
not known, although it is pretty Ger.
tain that they are really comparative.
ly shallow depressions on the photo
sphere, the darkness being due to the
absorption of light occasioned by the
lower temperature within the depres
sion. Numerous spots appear to grow
and disappear, lasting from only 6
few hours to many months. A grea
group Of smaller spots often coalesct
and form great spot. That they
have some connection with the suns
rotation on its axis is shown by thu
relation of the spot zone to the equa
tor, being most numerous in latitude!
from Is degrees to 20 degrees. 1t has
been held that the aurora borealis, ol
rorthern lights, are caused by SUI
spots, and on several occasions un
usual disturbances of this kind in tht
sun have been accompanied by start
ling magnetic and electric storms OF
the earth.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-10-03
FALLING OFF
In Registration Yesterday as Com.
pared With Last Year-Republi.
cans Lose 81 and Democrats
49-93 Women Register.

The registration in this city yes
day was the lightest for a number of
years. The Republicans suffered a
loss of 81 and the Democrats 49. The
total decrease is SO. Quite a num-
ber Of voters are out of town and
will register at the special registra-
ton. Ninety-three women registered
in order that they might vote In the
school election. Only three register
ed last year The following is the
registration by wards yesterday, CIV
ing also registration of one year ago:
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-10-03
PATRIOTIC MASS MEETING AT
THE WASHINGTON sun.
DAY NIGHT

A patriotic mass meeting will be
held at the Washington Opera House
next Sunday evening, October z,
which will be under the auspices Of
the Kentucky War Work Council. This
meeting will be in the interest Of the
Y M. c. A. work at the military can
tonments all over the country and es-
pecially Camp Taylor, Louisville,
where large number of Maysville
and Mason county boys are now To-
Gated, and others will follow soon.
Show your patriotism by boosting this
meeting.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-10-03

Attention is called to the display
advertisement on page two of today's
Ledger giving the merits Of "Nepon-
set" floor covering, which is now be-
ing sold by McIlvain, Knox & Diener,
the East Second street furniture deal
ers. Housewives will do we'll to read
this ad.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-10-03
A MAN OR A MOUSEi
SHORTAGE OF LABORERS AT THE
DAM

The shortage of labor all over the
country is also being felt in Maysville
and vicinity. The Bates and Rogers
Construction Company, which has
charge of the construction of the Gov
ernment dam just above this city, is
in need of several hundred men and
are advertising in newspapers with a
radius Of one hundred miles Of this
city for laborers.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-10-03

We wish to call the attention Of
our readers to the large display ad-
vertisement of Mr.. Fred Brownie"
Arm on the third page Of this issue Of
the Ledger. Mr.. Arm is candidate
for City Clerk and he makes an appeal
to the voters of Maysville to give him
their support at the November elec-
ton.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-10-03

Miss Margaret R. Brown will open
night class in Bookkeeping, Monday
evening, October s, at Miss Cartmells
School Rooms, First-Standard Bank
Building. 3-4t
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-10-03
ROYAL ARCH MASONS NOTICE

Every Royal Arch Mason in Mays
vile is requested to be present to-
night at Z o'clock at the lodge room
Of Maysville chapter, No. 9, r. A.
NJ, to assist in comforting the de-
gress upon six candidates.
r. A. CARR, H. p.
P. G. Smoot, Secretary.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-10-03

Regular meeting Maysville Lodge
No. 7O4 B. P. o. Elks Wednesday Oc-
tober 3.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-10-03

Quite a few from this city are at
tending the trots at Lexington this
week
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-04-11
SOME STEER

"Blackbird Diamond" a yearling
steer owned by the Oklahoma Ag-
ricultural and Mechanical college, re-
Gently sold for S5OS.55 on the hoof
for beef. The steer weighed 1910
pounds. An exchange says of him:
"Blackbird's Diamond, grand
champion steer over all breeds,
grades, and crossbreeds at the Nat
ional Feeders and Breeders Show at
Fl. Worth, Tex, in March. He was
bred, fed and exhibited by Oklahoma
Agricultural and Mechanical college
He was an Angus-Hereford cross, and
half brother to the Angus Short
horn crossbred steer, College Choice,
that won the grand championship at
Fort Worth a year ago.
Armour and company bought this
steer at Is IL cents a pound live
weight. 'lney put him on truck,
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-04-11
TO UNFURL LARGE FLAG
IN CENTER OF ATLANTA

Atlanta. Ga. April "a towering
steel mast is being erected at Five
Points IN the heart of Atlanta and
On ii will be mounted huge Ameri-
eau flag, with grand patriotic dem
onstration in which the entire COM
uiiinlty will participate, with a patriot
"a hand concert. the singing of cam
erica" by bareheaded audience at
MONDAY. and few short speeches by
Atlanta orators.
And the flag mast will be made
aheccnter of little isle of safety in
the middle OF the great stream OF
traffic that flows through Five Points;
and some Atlanta humorist has sug-
gcstcd that maybe ii woman with
two small children takes refuge UNI
derneath the flag the automobile
speed demons will not run over and
Xvii her and the little ones,
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-04-11
WORLDS EYES
ON Mr.. EDISON
From the Macon News:

From the Macon News:
All Europe is waiting expectantly
on the Wizard of Menlo Park. Thos.
A. Edison has been so active and has
given the world so MANY marvellous
inventions that he seems like some
magician who has but to bury HIM
self among his crucibles and retorts
in order to bring forth wonders be-
yond the dark powers Of DR.. Faustus
or Albertus Mangus.
And the story goes that this is ex-
actly what he has done. He has gone
into retreat in his laboratory where
he is working eighteen-and some
times Neutrality-suspicious. day. He
is heavily guarded day and night, and
no hint has been allowed to reach the
general public as to what he is devils
ing.
His position on the Navy Advisory
Board to give the United States the
full benefit of scientific discovery
and American genius is a sufficient
indication in a general way'as to what
he is probably doing.
Will it be new submarine chaser,
more deadly and more certain than
anything which has yet entered into
the imagination OF man? viii he har-
ness the powers of radio-activity,
and give US a long distance weapon
which at last will really revolutionize
modern warfare? Where Maxim
slew his thousands, will Edison Stay
his tens of thousands?
We can only wait and guess, but
there can be no doubt that the Ger
mans fear him more than an army
with banners, while the hosts of free
dom and civilization are awaiting his.
results with keen expectancy.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-04-11
PEACE WITH RUSSIA
SOUGHT BY GERMANY

,%GOQenhagen, April DIN the midst
Of the interest in Americas own prep
arations for participation in the war
and impending German and allied Of
seDsives IN the west, it would be wise
sOt to lose sight of The facts that the
Germans, particularly the socialists.
are working industrially toward peace
with Russia.
Ii as announced in Berlin that the
socialist leader, Philip Scheidemann.
has left Germany on "a mission" and
there Is reason to assume that the
mission involves an attempt to open
communications with the Russian
sOcialists and social revolutionists Of
she extreme school who favor an I'M
mediate peace.
IL rs said the Germna government
has given its support TO tho endeavors
by an assurance that no general Of
iensive OH the Russian front will be
undertaken for the time being.
The socialist and German newspa-
pers appear to be much encouraged
through reports from Russia of peace
sentiments in The Council of Work
men. soldiers and deputies and of
troubles between that body and the
organs OF the provisional government
and the duma executive committee.
The socialist effort is said to be in
line with directions given out before
the convocation OF the historic SEES
SION of the American congress, name
Iy, TO Try first for a general peace,
and then il this effort again proves
failure owing to the attitude of the
western powers, to concentrate eff
forts on separate peace with Rus
STA.
Overtures were about to be made
10 the United States to undertake
mediation on favorable terms when
President Wilson's sharp message
and the unrcSponsive attitude of the
western powers to the peace discus
sion of Count Ccrnin, the Austro-
Hungarian foreign minister. and The
NOrddeutsche Allgcmcine Zeitung
showed the futility of the effort.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-04-11
Whipple Wins South
Georgia Judgeship

Washington. April 9-Judge L. Y.
Whipple. OF Cordelc, was nominated
by President Wilson today to be
United States District Judge for the
Southern District OF Georgia The
nomination terminates contest
which has. been dcadlocked since
shortly after the death OF Judge w
w. Lambdin, OF Savannah
The naming of Whipple is a dis
tinct surprise to the Georgia Scna-
tors and the House members. who
have taken an interest in the contest
While it is not known yet what the
Senators will do about the conlirma-
ton of the appointcc as they have
had no conference as yet, they are not
pleased and there were today intima-
tons that the appointment would be
held up for some time at least. Judge
Whippie was picked for the place by
the Attorney General and recon-
mended to the President after he had
personally talked to the various APP
piicants for the place.
The Senators favored Judge [ohn
T. West, of Thomson, and Endorsed
him weeks ago for the place.
Judge Whipple- was formerly judge
of the Superior Court of the Cordele
Circuit.
The contest for the judgcship has
been among Judge Whipple, Joseph
+. Pottle, of Milledgeville, and Judge
J. I. West, of Thomson, since w. w.
Osborne, of Savannah, and Congress
man Park were eliminated. Mr.. Pot
tie shortly after the death of Judge
Lambdin was regarded as the first
choice of both Georgia Senator's. but
asked that his name not be considered
when Mr.. Osborne and Judge West
became candidates. Recently it was
reported he had consented to the
use of his name. and was for while
regarded as a likely candidate.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-04-11
TAX RECEIVERS NOTICE OF
LAST ROUND


I will be in my Office at the Court
house on the following days: April 7.
.. 10. II, II. Is, IA, 20, %,
e. "a, &c. u. rs and 3Oth and at
Ashton Monday morning, April 10,
10 TO II A. NJ.
Dickson's Mill Monday evening.
Aprd l6th,.i to ; r. NJ.
8cwen's Mill Tuesday evening,
Z. AMI I7th, r. to T. NJ.
Vaughn's "Wednesday morning.
Z ril 18Th. 9 to 10 A. NJ.
Williamson'S Mill Wednesday eve
iiag, April 18th. to 3 p, NJ.
win be at the above stated places
- the dates mentioned on my third
and last round for the purpose of re-
ceiving state and county tax returns
for. the year 1917
f, D. PAULK,..
q ! Tax Receiver
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-04-11
w STOMACHtoGaS'lg
ONE DOSE CONVINCE

Gall Stones, Cancer and Ulcers of the
Stomach and Intestines, Auto-Intox-
ication, Yellow Jaundcc, Appended
It's and other fatal ailments result
from Stomach Trouble Thousands
OF Stomach Sufferers owe their com
plete recovery to Mays Wonderful
Remedy. Unlike any other for Stom-
ach Ailments. For sale by Denmark
Drug CO., and druggists everywhere.
adv.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-04-11
TEXAS PROTESTS ON
CONScRIPTION BILL

Washington. April 9-The first
state to protest officially against the
army CONSUMPTION bill is Texas,
whose governor, James F.. Ferguson,
telegraphed today that the Texas
boys must have officers from their
own state. Governor Ferguson ad-
dressed his protest to Representative
Garner, who laid it before the House
Military Affairs Committee meeting
in executive session on the compul-
sorry service bill
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-04-11

All news contributors to this paper
will greatly oblige the management il
they VIII only write on one side OF
.leii manuscripts.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-04-11

pulled by the famous Armour
horse team, gave him sixty-pi
band for an escort. and paraded |.
downtown streets of Fort Wa
when they were filled with thousat
of visitors from southwestern poi
to the stock show.
He helped to maintain the superb
ity of Oklahoma steers over all CO
petitions and passed from the fe
lot to the green pastures of anotl
world in blaze of glory"
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-04-11
OLNEY, FORMER SECRETARY
OF STATE, PASSES AWAY

Boston. April 9.-Richard Olney,
secretary OF state under President
Grover Cleveland. died at his home
here last night
Mr.. Olney had been i'll sevehal
weeks, although it was not until yes
terday that h iscondition became Sc
rious. In an announcement issued by
the family today it was stated that
he died suddenly at Sis o'clock last
night. Mrs. Olncy and their daughter,
Mrs. George R. Minot, Of this city,
were with him at the end. Mr.. Oh
ney's other daughter. Mrss, c. Fl. Alb
bot, is residing temporarily in Paris.
Recently Mr.. Olney had display
ed deep interest in the International
situation. 1t was said that he warm
ly commended the acton when MEM
bers of his family informed him FRI
day that President Wilson had signed
"a war proclamation.
His Greatest Triumph
Richard Olney served successfully
as attorney general and secretary of
state during the administration of
President Cleveland, and although at
the head Of the state department. for
the short period of one year and nine
months only. he won reputation as
statesman of commanding ability and |
force. his greatest triumph was his
successful insistence upon arbitration |
OF the boundary :, dispute between
Great Britain and Venezuela.
lmperturbably disregarding the
warning that rigid maintenance OF
the Monroe Doctrine might plunge !
the United States into.war with Great |
Britain, President Cleveland and Sec
rotary Olney carried out their own
ideas of diplomacy Tn his famous |
message sent through Ambassador |
Bayard to Lord Salisbury, British |
Secretary of State for foreign affairs, |
Mr.. Olney, promising the nalienable |
right of the United States to inter
venc in questions affecting the terri
torial integrity of South American
countries, said in part:
Great Britain both admits that |
there is controversy. and that arbi- |
tration should be resorted to for its |
adjustment. But while up to that |
point her attitude leaves nothing to
be desired its practical effect is COM I
pletely nullitied. by her insistence
that the submission shall cover but
part of the controversy; that as
condition of arbitrating her right to
a part of that disputed territory. the
remainder shall be turned over to her
Upon what principle-except her
fcebleness as nation-is Venezuela
to be denied the right of having the
claim heard and passed upon by an
impartial tribunal? 1T will be SO be-
cause | will it to be so seems to be
the only justification of Great Britain
offers"
Although Lord Salisbury at first
refused to submit to the American
demand, upon further representations
he receded from his attitude and
agreed to the arbitration of the entire
diSO,,tn
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-04-11
AMERICANS ALLOWED
TO LEAVE GERMANY

Amsterdam, April 0.-Citizens Of
the United States in Germany who
desire to leave the country are being
permitted to do SO, according to word
received from Berlin today. There
are about 500 Americans in Berlin, it
as estimated. A dispatch from that
city said that the Americans were al
lowed freedom OF movement and
sOrne OF them arc conducting their
business As usual.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-04-11
The Fly is the Tie That Binds tn.
Unhealthy to the Healthy!

The fly has no equal as germ car
rier;" as many as five hundred mill
lion germs have been found in and
on the body OF a single fly.
1t is definitely known that the fly
is the carrier" of the germs of ty-
phoid fever; it is widely believed that
it is also the carrier" of other dis
eases, including possibly infantile
paralysis.
The very presence OF a fly is sig
nal and notification that houselleep-
err is uncleanly and Inefficient
Do not wait until the insects begin
to poster; anticipate the annoyance.
April, May. and June are the best
months to conduct an anti-hy cam
paign.
The farming and suburban districts
provide ideal breeding places, and the
newborn flies do not remain at their
birth plac but migrate, using railroads
and other means of transportation, to
towns and. cities.
Kill flies and save lives
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-04-11

Kill at once every fly you can find
and burn his body.
Observers say that there arc many
reasons to believe there will be more
flies this season than for number
of years.
The killing of just ONE fly NOW
means there will be billions and tril-
lions less next summer.
insist that your neighborS do likewise.
Epecially clean "out of the way
places" and every nook and Granny.
Flies will not go where there is
nothing to eat, and their principal
diet is too filthy to mention.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-04-11
TREASURY DEPARTMENT

NEAOUN1 DEFAK NJ EN-
Supervising Architects Office, VAST
ington, D. c., April 2, 1ol7.-Seale
proposals will be opened in this offic
at 3 p. M. May IA, 1917, for the con
struction of the United States pos
Office at Fitzgerald, Ga. Drawing!
and specifications may be obtained
from the custodian of the site al
Fitzgerald, Ga, or at tnis Office, in the
discretion of the Supervising Archi-
tect. Jas. A. Wetmore, Acting Super
vising Architect W.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-04-11

LEADER-ENTERPRISE PRINT.
ING PAYS.