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The Adair County news., 1917-10-10
An Old Record.

Mr.. Geo. McMahan, of this
place, has handed us the follow
ing record which was kept by
his great grandfather, and which
has been preserved all these
years. The paper upon which
the record was kept has grown
yellow with age, but the hand.
writing is perfectly plain:
Mr.. John Keen Sr., was borr
June the 4, TIT,
Betty G. Keen was born or
Friday the 13 September, 1777.
On Tuesday, November H.
1901. Robert W. Keen was born,
On Friday, March 2, 1904, Hill.
dred A. Keen was born.
On Friday, April the II, 1907
Elizabeth B. Keen was born.
On Friday, July {, 1909, Johr
H. Keen was born.
On Friday, Fl of June, 1911
VIM. G, Keen was born.
On Sunday July II, 1913, Su
zen Ann Keen was born.
On Tuesday, October "a, 1915
Mary Jane Jane Keen was born
On Tuesday, May 81, 1877
Nancy S. Keen was born.
On Thursday, July 20, 1919
James H. Keen was born.
On Tuesday, June 8, 1872;
clancy D. Keen was born.
The Adair County news., 1917-10-10

Mrs. Jane Chapline, the wild
ow of ], B. Chapline, for many
years a merchant at Munford-
vile, died last week at her home
in that town, aged SO years.
The Adair County news., 1917-10-10

John D. Rose, aged SO, a Con-
federate veteran, has been ar
rested at Winchester charged
with abducting his two-year-old
step chiId.
The Adair County news., 1917-10-10
= Mrs. SANKEY'S Proclamation.
Sept. 29t 1917.

Sept, 29y 1917.
Dear SIR
The Women's Branch of the
National Council of Defense is
doing all within its power to aid
the Food Administration in pro-
noting the success of the nation
wide campaign to be conducted
during the week of October 81
to %.
At the request of Mr.. F. M.
Sackett, Federal Food Admins
traitor for Kentucky, / have, as
Honorary Chairman of the Wom-
ems Council, issued a proclama-
ton, a copy of which / am en-
closing in the hope that the
press of Kentucky will find
space to use it.
Assuring you that both the
Council of Defense and the Food
Administration are deeply appre-
ciative of the unseIfish and pa
triotic support these two branch
es of the Government service are
receiving from the Kentucky
Press, am,
Respectfully,
Sue S. Stanley,
Honorary Chairman Women's
Branc h National Council of De-
tense.
The Proclamation.
The Adair County news., 1917-10-10

Five policemen were arrested
in Philadelphia in connection
with the political feud which re-
suited in the murder of a police
man on election day.
The Adair County news., 1917-10-10

The coal situation in Eastern
Kentucky has been cleared up
and the strike declared off, the
miners beinggranted an advance
of ten cents a ton and a $1.50
for day laborers.
The Adair County news., 1917-10-10
The Proclamation.

Whereas, our beloved National
Government is entering a war,
upon the outcome of which de-
ponds the preservation of the
sanctity of womanhood and that
keystone of civilization, the
home, as well as the preserva-
ton of human liberty and De-
mocracy and all that Kentuck-
ians and Americans hold most
dear; and
Whereas, our fathers, sons,
husbands and brothers will soon
go to the battlefront, Drawing
shot and shell, facing depriva-
ton and suffering and daunting
death, that the womanhood of
Kentucky and America may new
er be called upon to face the
horrors that have been visited
upon the womanhood of bleeding
Belgium and afflicted France; and
Whereas, the worlds produc-
ton of food has been decreased
and its needs increased by the
demands of war and unless there
be sacrifcial economy in the
home-in American homes and
Kentucky homes-Our loved
ones and their Allies on the bat
tie line and those for whom they
fight at home, may endure hun
ger and even starvation and the
holy crusade for liberty, democ-
racy and the sanctity of woman
hood may be in vain; and
Whereas, our Government,
seeking 20 divert such a catas-
trophe for civilization, is plan
ming a campaign throughout the
Nation during the week begin
ming October Fl, 1917, to secure
pledges from American families
to help humanity in this war by
cooperating with the Govern
ment in the conservation of our
food supply; and
Whereas, Mr.. Fred M. Sackett,
National Food Administrator in
Kentucky, will need the aid of
thousands of women in our State
in making the campaign so thor
ough that no one who can help
in the Old Kentucky Home will
be overlooked;
Therefore do / proclaim. That
this Food Conservation week be
regarded as Holy Weekin Ken
lucky, and l call upon all women
and women's organizations who
have the future of their country
and humanity at heart, to give
their time and energy to their
county organization, and person.
The Adair County news., 1917-10-10

gy on the side of the soldier is at
once apparent. the corps viii re-
port.
The war department has taken
elaborate and comprehensive pre-
cautions to prevent waste at
Camp Zachary Taylor and the
other environments. In the feed
ing of the men waste will be min
imized through the fact that the
food will be prepared and cooked
under the direction of mess
cooks, who viii be trained by
special courses in Army cooking
schools.
The Adair County news., 1917-10-10
A Kentucky Boy ia Iiattiesbure,
Mississippi.

Dear Editor and readers of The
News:
The Lexington soldier boys are
now quartered in their new home
at Hattiesburg, and l am glad
to state that most of them are
enjoying the change of climate
to the fullest extent.
On Wednesday morning Sept.
18th at 9 o'clock sharp the signal
to prepare for moving was given
by the buglers, and almost in
stanteously every tent in the
Third Regiment fell, amid the
glad hurrahs of the eager boys.
At 5 o'clock in the afternoon
every article from a machine
gun to tent stake was careful
ly packed away in cars ready for
shipment, and at 10 o'clock in
the night the 3rd Kentucky's
two thousand privates and Off
GERS were comfortably seated on
trains that carried them away
from their own native State.
Sweet good-byes and hearty
wishes for our future success
rang out from the thousands
who gathered to witness our de-
parture.
On Thursday the Second Reg
iment followed in similar form,
and now there remains nothing
of Camp Stanley but the pane.
The fields on Versailles pike will
probably be turned again to the
purposes of agriculture and the
call of the katydid>1ill take the
place of the sharp music of the
bugle. But there will remain
always the memory of the days
when the streets were alive with
men in fighting, preparing them
selves in Gods country for the
battle at Armageddon, when the
host of democracy go forth to
meet in death struggle the
hordes of the Hun who is driving
at the gates of civilization. And
perhaps in the full finition of
years, when the God in heaven
has set all things right again,
the men who go now will return,
some of US, to stand and salute
on our old home camp grounds
to watch freedoms glorious BAN
ner sing to rest at eventide with
the CLINT of the golden sunset of
Old Kentucky on our war-worn
faces and the ringing notes of
the Star Spangled Banner carry
ing to US a message of peace
and contentment.
True Kentuckians and true
Americans, we will leave the
land that is more than a resting
place, more than tradition cou Id
ever make it, a land that is home
to US. No matter where our
course may lie, no matter wheth-
err it leads to fame and fortune
or to an unsung grave on bleak
hillside of devastated France.
Lord God of hosts be with US yet,
Lest we forget, lest we forget,
That Kentucky is home,
And the nobIest yet
Arthur C. Wolford,
n o. u.
The Adair County news., 1917-10-10
Take Notice:

DO you wish the
or monument final loved and whose
memory you wish to down postey fitting and
memorial but will also endure
attention called to the Granite which
pce the Cemetery at Columbia and
c WI" snow you the beauty durability
and aestng the
CaH on u r. Bush Columbia KY and
viii make prices within Give him YOUR order and
will be sure to get the best -
JOE @. SIMS
MONUMENT MANUFACTURERS, Lebanon Ky
The Adair County news., 1917-10-10

Throughout Kentucky Sunday
night there was a heavy white
frost, but on account Of the great
dryness but little damage was
done.
The Adair County news., 1917-10-10

The Orphan Brigade will hold
its annual reunion at the Tyler
Hotel in Louisville October 18th.
The Washington times., 1917-03-09
THEIR WEDDING TRIP
LIKE NOAH'S VOYAGE
Planter and His Bride Take
Livestock to Costa
Rica.

BOSTON. March 9.-Noah on that
famous all-water journey to Ararat
had little on Philip g. Byrd. jr.. who
today is on the high seas with his
bride. the former Miss Vivian Sharp
les, of Hatboro. Pa. on $4,000
honeymoon that virtually insures
them. sole possession of the United
Fruit Company's' steamship Limon,
bound for Costa Rica.
Ton staterooms are occupied by
the wedding party. which comprises
Byrd, his wife. fowls Of bIue-ribbou
degree. blooded Pennsylvania hogs.
prize-winninG cats. and dogs with
noble pedigrces that stretch back to
the canine Adam. Fifteen stewards
wait on this entouraSc, while Captain
Trefry. the genial skipper. and his
crew have no other passengers to
bring safely into the tropical haven.
Wedding Plans Halted.
This maritime wedding trip is a SO
lace after vicissitudes that shamed
even the usual zigzdg case of true
love. Byrd and his bride were mar
ried last month. both being students
at the George School. a fashionable
Friends institution at Newtown. a
few miles outside of Philadelphia
The young planter is twenty three.
while his wife is two years his Junior.
Byrd and his fiancee announced
their engagement a year ago. at the
time that the youngster set sail for
Carthage. Costa Rica, to wiring for
The Washington times., 1917-03-09
FILM HEAD AGAINST
Big MOVIE SALARIES
Charlie Chaplin and Mary Pick
ford Entitled to Riches,
He Asserts.

NEW YORK, March 9.-All the
movie gods have feet of clay for
Benjamin E. Hampton. president OF
the General Film Company, except
certain pic fiinGing comedian whose
spreading understanding is golden
like the aura of curls which sur.
rounds the head of the only real
movie goddess in his estimation.
Charlie Chaplin and Mary Pickford
are worth even as much as they are
reputed to get, he says, but the
others are not even worth what they
actually received before they were
made fortunes favorites by becoming
film favorites.
"It Is utter idocy, utter folly, to pay
such enormous salaries. Charlie
Chaplin ana Mary Pickford are worth
three-quarters of a million a year,
but to pay 100000 to actors who
on the legimate stage received S20,-
900 is beyond any defense"
Outburst At Hearing.
This outburst was heard yesterday
at the Murray Hill Hotel where the
Wheeler committee resumed its in
vestigation into the motion picture
industry TO determine whether the
movies can help to pay the States
bills after all the stars have been paid
their salaries. Mr.. Hampton told the
The Washington times., 1917-03-09

was too salaciouc He believes Ike
fate awaits the movies unless they
reform. The board of review" he
said, sis a failure. IndeceHt pictures
frequently have as their hackers peo-
pie who quote moral lessons, the BIZ
Bile and education as their excuses.
1t needs one man, not seven. with
little red blood in his veins to handle
the proposition. just as Commissioner
Bell has" he said.
George II. Bell. commissioner OF H.
censes, estimates that in the New
York theaters there is a daily attend
ance of 100000. Fifty per cent Of the
afternoon and 10 per cent of the
evening audiences, he said. were chill
dren. New York has S64 licensed
theaters, with a seating capacity Of
$50 .266. The number OF theaters is
diminishing. There were 1,l6o In
1915 and ] 1,036 in 1916.
The hearing will be continued to-
day.
The Washington times., 1917-03-09
British Advance 100 Miles.
GERMANS GAIN IN RoUMANIA.

BERLIN (via SsyviIle wireIessJ
March 9.-Several officers and 100
with guns and mine throwers. in
German successes achieved against
Russian forces in the storming OF Do.
sitions on the ridge Of MsEyaros
(Roumanisn 'front.', the war office an.
nounced today.
The statement said :he situation
on the Macedonian front and on the
front OF Field General Won Macken-
son was unchanged.
The Washington times., 1917-03-09

tune from the soil of the tropics. He
succeeded, and returned to America
TO be married some months ago.
With his bride Byrd hustled to
Philadelphia. got the proper creden.
tials from the marriage license bu'
reau and hunted a clergyman. The
bride, with the privilege OF her sex,
changed her mind and decided that
she would be married at her home,
which was in another county.
The license was void under those
circumstances, so Byrd took his bride
to Norristown, Pa, got a new license
and then hunted a minister before
Miss ShaTpIes could again exercise
the prerogative of her sex.
After a short journey through New
England Mr.. and Mrs. Byrd returned
to New York to sail for Central
America. They found that the ves-
sells had booked their passengers for
weeks ahead. They then taXicabbcd
from the pier to the railroad station.
taking a flyer to Boston to board
the Esparta. which was due to sail
last Thursday. They arrived at the
wharf only to find that there was no
stateroom available. Byrd is persist
cnt, so he went to the offices of the
fruit company.
MenaGcrie Not n Toy.
What's the next steamship for
Costa Rica?" he inquired.
THE Limon next Thursday" he was
informed.
Whats first class passage WORTH"
1.-TWO hundred dollars"
"All right, I'll take them ALL"
And he did, exchanging a check for
$1,000 for the privilege of virtually
chartering the ship for this honey
moon cruise.
1t required considerable time and
attention to get the menagerie
aboard. for the ZOO is not a toy
Byrd intends to start a stock farm
on his plantation, with the sympathy
and active cooperation of the gov
ernment.
Mrs. Byrd Is the daughter OF SerrilI
jSharples, who lives at Center Square.
a small community about fifteen
miles from Philadelphia.
The Washington times., 1917-03-09

10 oppose Cloturc. He read from
speeches of prominent senators in
earlier days against cloturc. He made
no apology for his opposition {" tn"
armed neutrality bill. and declared
Congress in the last three years had
dcEenerated into a rubber stamp
IN the hands of the Executive.
Senator Gronna. refusing to rccant.
said he would again oppose the armed
neutrality bill TO the utmost.
The Washington times., 1917-03-09
PLAGUE KILLS PHYSICIAN.

LONDON. March 9.-Msjor Sydney
Rowland. of the Lister Institute, who
by two years work in India helped to
established the knowledge of the
transmission of plague from rat f1eas.
died in France March 6 of ccrebro
spinal meningitis.
He was engaged in discovering the
carriers of that disease and it is sup
posed caught it in the execution Of
his duties
The Washington times., 1917-03-09

COMMITTEES he though not, as the per
centage of money makers in the In
dusty. outside the stars, was as low
as 8 per cent.
Mr.. Hampton released the informa-
tion that the short film. crowded out
by . surfeit OF features" and screech-
ing peril serials, shortly would re-
turn.
George F. Marion. president OF the
Kalem Company. said he was going
to walk out on the industry unless II
was purged of its inlquity. "I. for
one" he says. 'am going to get out
of the business for shame in facing
my family IL something Is not done to
eradicate the filthy side of the in
dustry."
Entertnlnment SaIacious.
The old nickel-in-the-slot machine
which used to flourish like the green
bay tree, he said, had perished be-
cause the entertainment they offered
The Washington times., 1917-03-09
BRITISH IN BIVOUAC .
ALMOST AT BAGDAD
General Maude's Advance Cav
airy Finds Turks Have
Abandoned Ctesiphon.

| LONDON. March 9.-British cavalry
[bivouacked on Tuesday night fourteen
miles from Bagdad. They had ridden
through the ruins of Ctesiphon, scene
of the crushing British retreat in 1915.
They found the ruined town and its
strong fortiflcations abandoned by the
fleeing Turks.
This cavalry, part of the advance
guard of General Msude's victorious
army. slept on Tuesday night only six
miles from Dialah, the high water
mark of General Townshend's Inflated
expedition against Bagdad. Dialah Is
only eight miles from the outskirts of
the city of the Caliphs.
Now that Ctesiphon has been given
up without a struggle, there are great
hopes here that Bagdad itself will
be in British hands in a few days. II
was felt that If the Turks made a
stand anywhere il would be at Ctesi-
phon. That they did not is considered
positive proof that they are too disor
ganized to fight or that they are
going to give up Bagdad to the Brit
ish to avoid being cut off by the Rus
SLAMS.
Grand Duke Nicholas Active.
For the Grand Duke Nicholas is
moving more and more rapidly down
on them from Persia. His'center has
pushed on from Asadabsd, and on
Monday the Russians marched into
the town of Hangover, an advance of
forty miles from Hamadan and the
same distance from Kermanshah. AL
ready the Russian lines are being
marshaled to attack the Bidesartch
pass, which alone bars the route to
Kermanshah and the Mesopotamian
frontier
To north and south of the fast moving
Russian center the grand dukes oper-.
ations are developing rapidly. Taking
instant advantage of the general Turk
ish retreat all along the line the Rus
slams are moving from Bidjar. to N.
south of the Hamadan region. starting
out also TO recover lost ground as the
British in Mesopotamai are recovering
1t.
The belief is gaining ground here that
the Turks may have decided to sacrifice
Bagdad in view of the encircling lines
of British and Russians that are now
battering at them.
British Advance 100 Miles.
Il is pointed out that the British have
advanced 100 miles in less than ten da.'s
in pursuit of the Turks. who are making
a most precipitate retreat. II Is be-
lieved that despite the tremendous
moral Importance and the great strate-
gic Importance Of Bagdad, the new
British menace in Palestine where two
months ago they crossed the boundary
from Sinai, and the activity of the
grand duke have convinced the Turks
that they must retreat or be surrounded
The Washington times., 1917-03-09

When You See Circle Think Of Peoples Low Prices
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-06-23
VEGETABLE OILS FOR EDIBLE PURPOSES

Director Sam L. Rogers of the bureau of
the census, department of commerce, has
issued a summary showing the production
in the United States Of edible vegetable
oils other than cotton seed for the calen-
dar year 1916. This inquiry was authoriz-
ed by the secretary of commerce in coop
Grafton with the secretary Of agriculture,
in connection with the mobilization Of the
food resources of the country. The list of
establishments canvassed was compiled
from the files of the department of com
mcrce and agriculture. from trade direc-
tories, and from lists furnished on request
by persons conversant with the manufac-
ture of some Of these oils in the United
States j. of comparatively recent date, it
IL believed that the list Of establishments
canvassed is complete.
According to the reports received, there
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-06-23
Espionage ActC Controls
Shipment Arms to Mex

The Department of Justice authorizes
the following:
Department of Justice officials regard
the espionage act, which yesterday be-
came law with the a~ffixing Of President
Wilson's signature, as one Of the most i'm
portant pieces of legislation enacted since
the declaration Of the state of war. and
numerous prosecutions are anticipated un-
der it provisions.
For the time being the export control
chapter is regarded by the war trade com
mittcc aS the most important portion OF
the new law. That section of the act will
not only prove effective in promoting the
success of the war by preventing ship
ments 10 the enemy, but il will prove q
safe guard against the development of an
other embarrassing situation in the rela-
Itions with Mexico, since under il ship
ments of arms and munitions across the
border can be absolutely controlled.
Another feature of the law which was
designed To prevent embarrassing situations
arising in the nations foreign relations
prevents any other than a duly accred-
tied diplomatic or consular agent Of a for
eign government in the United States, un-
less the individual 80 serving first gives
notice of his position TO the secretary OF
state.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-06-23

AN ~APPETIZlNG DINNER.

Tomato Soup-Parc and slice three me
potatoes, and peel and slice a
onion. Cover with boiling
and cook until tender, then add -four
t~ablcSpoonfulS of butter, one teaspoon
full of salt, and one-half teaspoonful of
Now add the Juice of a quart Of
and allow to come almost IL
boiling point. Move To the back of the
stove, and add one quart Of milk. Season
to taste and serve hot.
Meat ~Pudding-Into a bowl sift foui
cupfuls of flour and one ~teaspoonful OF
salt. Add one cupful Of finely chopped
suet, one teaspoonful of baking powder
and sufficient water to make a stiff paste
Place q clean cloth in a deep eathern dish
or a mold. Take two-thirds Of the paste
roll it out. place il over the cloth. GU
one pound of round steak and one-hali
pound Of lean fresh pork into small pieces
dredgc them with flour, salt and pepper
place them in the pastry with four table.
spoonfuls Of butter. Wet the ctges of tn,
paste. roll ent the remaining crust am
place il on the top pressing the edges firm
IL together. Gather up the cloth, leaving
room for the pudding to swell. tie firmly
and drop into a kettle of boiling water am
boil steadily for three hours. Serve hot
TO prevent scorching.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-06-23
RED CROSS DONATIONS

Continued from page one)
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-06-23
Band Will Play At
Honor Guard Park

Announcement that the Sixteenth caval-
ry band was 10 play an exceptionally
promising program at the bands.and al
Fort Brown last night ut 7:30 brought a
large crowd, but there was no music. AZ
ter the program for the evening had beer
announced the pane received its order "a
play for the Red Cross benefit at the Elks'
club, and as it had played in the afternoon
at the base hospital, it was decided 10 dis
pense with the bandsand program. The
program which was To have been PLAYED
last night will he played Monday night.
Those who have grown to appreciate the
music of the Sixteenth band, however, will
have an opportunity to hear it Sunday
evening at 30 o'clock at the park main
tanned by the Girls National Honor Guard
at Twelfth and Elizabeth streets. Band
Leader ii. Rech today announced the fol
lowing program for the Sunday evening
concert:
/. March. "Stars and Stripes" Thy re-
|quest), Sousa.
2. Overture, "Ariele.'' F. Book.
3. Waltz, "Espana," +. Waldenienfel
4. Claironet duet, "The Two Little
BnllfincheS,' played by Sergeants Graham
and Handler.
3. Trombone, "Smir Trombonium, tbN
request).
8. Mexican dance, MARIA Davila.
z. "The Evolution of Dixie (by re-
quest). Lake.
;. american PATROL Mecham.
o. Fox trot. II Amt Got Nobody
Much" G. Rogers.
10. National hymns of our allies. Rus
STA, Italy, England, France and the United
States.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-06-23

lady in charge of the work on the day
she desires TO sew. Those in charge Of the
work on the different days are:
Monday-Mrs. Stringfellow.
Tucsday-Mrs. Pierce.
Wednesday-Mrs. Lizzie P%utegnat.
Thursday-Mrs. Clearwater.
Friday-Miss Hattie Hopper.
Saturday-Mrs. y. +. Kendall.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-06-23

were ll2 concerns in the United States il
1916 engaged in the manufacture Of 262.
55S,66l pounds of oil from peanuts, mus
tard seed, kaiok seed, rape seed, sunflower
seed, soya beans, walnuts, corn, copra
palm kernels and olives. The movement Il
grow soya beans, peanuts and other oil
bearing seeds and nuts other than cotton
seed for the manufacture of oil has re-
.ceived a great impetus and there will prob
ably be several hundred establishment
engaged in crushing the crops grown il
1917. The following summary shows the
number of establishments engaged in the
production Of the several oils, together
with the quantity of each kind produced
during the calendar year 1916:
The production Of edible vegetable oils
other than cotton oil, 1916: