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The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1917-08-16
Oil Company Elects Directors.

At the annual meeting of the
stockholderg of the Security Pro-
ducing & Refining Company in
Winchester Tuesday, Mr.. j. II.
.O'Rear, of this city, who has been
connected with this company for
several months, was, at this meet
ing, chosen Assistant Secretary
and Treasurer of this large and
successful oil corporation. Mr..
O'Rear is a very valuable man
in this capacity.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1917-08-16
County Agt.
Must Serve in the Army
Stanton, Aug. 16.

Religious objectors will be as
signed a definite place in the
national army for the first time
in ruling made by Provost
Marshal General Crowder. The
men who thus claim exemption
will be sent to mobilization
camps for duties which the Pres
ident may designate, as non-com-
batants.
The duties of these men have
not been made known but may
include labor, messengers, motor
drivers, and clerks, and when
sent to the front, though not ac-
lively engaged in fighting, they
will be as much as any others
exposed TO shell fire in bringing
up supplies or IN carrying the
wounded back.
Several membgs of the Church
of God in this county, which az.
gregation of people oppose war
in every phase, were intending
to claim exemptions upon those
grounds. This will be very dis.
appointing to them.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1917-08-16

A protracted meeting of sever.
al days duration will be held with
the Methodist church at Rosslyn
beginning Thursday, August 23th.
The pastor will do the preaching
alone. All the people of that
section are invited to attend
these meetings.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1917-08-16
Now Major SearIes

Mr.. l.. w. Searles has been ac.
cepted as Major in the Ordi.
nance Section of the first Re.
serve Corps, u. S. Army. He is
in readiness to answer call at
any time.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1917-08-16
It's a Boy, this Time!

Word comes from Portsmouth,
Ohio, that Editor NJ. L. O'Mara,
formerly Of The Times, and Mrs.
O'Mara, are Durturing "A nine
pound youngster-a son-Denis
Lafelle, born three weeks ago.
The folks here send heartiest
congratulations.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1917-08-16
Lieut.. Irwin Called

Dr. X. A. Irwin, recently ap.
pointed LIST Lieutenant, Medical
Section, Officers Reserve Corps,
has been ordered to report to TT.
Riley, Kansas, Aug. 9th, for
training for active service.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1917-08-16

Yesterdays papers report hogs
selling for $l7 95 in Chidago.
This means some meat for a
few, and no meat for many.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1917-08-16
STANTON.
(By p. o. Derthick.)

City one day this past week.
James Evans of Louisa is Wis
iting his uncle, J. M. Evans.
Mrs. Harmon's parents from
Ohio are visiting her this week
Mrs. Weed Garrett is VISITING
with Mrs. Lou Faulkner this weel
Mrs. J. ID. Atkinson visited
her son Virgil at Bowen two days
this past week.
Mrs. Mollie Crawford and her
daughter Maitel have returned
to their home in Jackson.
Mrs. B M Kelly and children
of Pennington Gap, Va. is visit.
ing her father J. w. Baker.
j. M. Evans is going to have a
new livery barn put up near the
one where he has his present sta.
BILE.
q. M. Daniel and wife of Cat
Greek are happy over the arrival
of new baby boy born Sunday
night.
Mrs. Edna Ware and baby of
Winchester spent over Sunday
with home folks, /. S. Boone and
family.
j. S. Martin and wife, Cliff
CLANCY, Robert Even and VIM.
Atkinson, attended the State
Fair last week.
A. T. Stewart and family, who
have been for ten days or more
at Hazel Green, are expected
home this week.
Thomas Baker, who has been
in Virginia for some time, has
returned home TO his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. Baker.
Miss Elsie Perkins is expected
home this week from Tennessee,
where she went to visit the home
folks before enterprise school
again.
Miss Beatrice Blount was in
Clay City this past week, at the
Orphan Home, while Mr.. and
Mrs. Kerstetter attended the Lex.
ington Fair.
A canning and drying demon.
stration was held at the court
house last Saturday by Mrs. Brow n
of Lexington and was appreciat-
ed by all who attended.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ide Boone are the
proud possessors of new grand
child which arrived some days
ago at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Walter Thacker at Bowen.
Mrs. Ben Wi.loughby and her
sister Mrs. Provie Welch, went
to Primrose in Lee county, last
Saturday to visit their sister,
Mrs. Clara Hobbs, whom they
had not visited for many years.
Charley Juckson of Covington |
is here visiting his mother. With |
his mother, and sister Mrs. Hen.
ry Faulkner, he went to Lexipg.
ton, to the State Hospital, see his
other sister, one day last week.
Clarence Atkinson purchased
a beautiful little shetland pony
at Lexington Monday for Marian
Even to ride. Children delight
in ponies of the shetland size,
ard it is fine that they can have
them.
Mrs. Lydia Daniel was taken
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-28
SIDE T ALM S
A Very Amusing STORY.
BY RUTH CAMERON.

In aIswer~so the little article which
wrote about the woman who criti-
cized pFotegee sand beneficiary of
hers because she went to the movies
oeca sionally, a letter friend has sent
me such delightful little story that 1
am giving my space to~her today.
81 have just been reading She
Went to the Movies" she writes,
''and it reminded me of story I
heard but yesterday. I'll tell it to
you and use fictitious names.
Mrs. S. was an early settler here.
She came to America from England
leaving a dead beat husband. Here
she opened a little library and reading
room. Her father had been a second
hand bookseller in London and she
grew UP in the atmosphere of books
and made the acquaintance of auth
ors over the cou&ter. She had also
been to India where she had made
governess' acquaintance with Lord
and Lady This and That. When she
came here, she found many English
She assumed the air of a great lady,
altho as o. Henry would say, 'Decayed
Gentility in Reduced Circumstances
These circumstances grew more and
more reduced, until as age grew on,
she became genteel pauper, SUPPORT
ed by the aims of wealthy old-timers
Now to my story. suggested by
yours. The Misses b. two ancient
maidens, wealthy and charitable con-
suited friend as to whether it would
do to send Mrs. G. little anonymous
gift of $40. The friend said it would
be- just the thing she needed for real
comforts as winter came on. So the
gift was sent.
The friend went to see Mrs. G. and
at once heard of the ten dollars, She
also heard how it was destined to be
spent.
CT shall give a reception. I want
1t to be very select. The rooms are
not large and 1 shall have only the
best people and I want you to help
me with the list The friend en-
tered some protests against such "A
use of the money but finally yielded
as she could not betray the donors.
When 'preparing the list she VEN
tured to submit the names of the
sisters. oh. no, I couldn't think of
asking them. They are well meaning
persons for all 1 know, but this must
be a really choice OCCASION
And SO it came to pass. Wasn't
that killingsp
I've only one criticism of this de-
lightful little story to make,-that
my letter friend neglected to say if
whether the Blake sisters had enough
sense of humor to appreciate the ex-
perienee. One hopes they did
Anyhow they should not have ccm-
planned, for unquestionahly in her
snohbeEy their beneficiary got what
they wanted her to have,-real COM
fort
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-28

$9.267,a7s, or 1870 per cent in total
value, compared with 1915.
The volume of natural gas from
which this quantity of gasoline was
recovered is estimated at more than
20s, 500, 0O0,0 900 cubic feet, the aver
age recovery of gasoline per thousand
cubic feet by all methods being about
half a gallon.
The number of plants for extract
ing gasoline from natural gas in
creased from All at the beginning of
1 ,16 to $50 at the end of the year,
gain of AZ Ger cent, whereas the
combined daily capacity of all plants
increased from 2s2. 1886 to 4s4,44s gal
lons, or about 1O9 per cent
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-28
TRAVELETTE
Greenwich XiIIarc


Greenwich Village, as they call that
section of downtown New York around
Washington square. is more than
mere geographical designation. Y 1t
stands for a state of mind. 1t is
Americas center and stronghold ofxhe
artistic temperament. If you live on
Eighth street. for example, and you
are a shoemaker. you will say that you
live on Eighth street. But l. you live
next door and you are an artist or
poet, you will say you live in the viii
lage." Merely renting a room in the
sacred precincts does not give admit
necessary.
Greenwich Village comes in for
much censure and ridicule from a
philistine world, and even from the
financially successful members of the
artistic callings. These latter point
out that in order to be a prominent
figure IN the village, it is not neces-
sary to be able to write, paint, sing,
carve or sketch 1t is only necessary
to wear the hair short if one be a
woman. or long if one be a man, and
to add any eccentricities in dress or
manner that the Imagination may
suggest. This state of affairs is cited
as proof of the shallow artistic pre-
tensions of Greenwich Village.
Upon consideration. however, the
conclusion doesn't seem 1uStlfleQ.
There is nothing particularly heroic
in the attitude of the artist who makes
a comfortable living out of his work.
But the painter who continues to be
painter altho he cannot paint, the
writer wheScontinues to be a writer
althou he cannot write-these are the
true heroes of Bohemia, and the viii
lage is full of them.
Such spirits of course are not COM
mon, and you can hardly expect them
to be numerous enough to transform
a whole section of lower New York.
As a matter of fact, Greenwich VIII
lage is hardly recognize BILE to the un-
initiatedt for what it is. The usual
conglomeration of sketchily attired
children, foreign housewives and
worthy American Citizens late of Latin
Europs-fiH the streets Only here and
there 4 row of studio apartments, a
basement cafe with charcoal mural
decoration, or the passing of a. young
man with a black crepe tie and
soulful expression remind you that this
is temple of art
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-28
Gasoline FROM GAS.

Probably few persons realize the
extent 10 which gasoline is being sup
piled from natural gas. Statistics
just completed under the supervision
|of John d. Northrop of the United
States geological survey. department
of the interior. show that the year
1915 was, one of marked expansion in
the natural-gas gasoline industry in
the United States.
The quantity of raw gasoline ex-
tracted from natural gas. including
that produced by the compression and
absorption methods, as we'll = : that
obtained by the use of vacuum pumps
and recovered as drips from gas
Transmission lines. and sold in that
year was 104, 212.sO9 lions, a gain
of 5S.S4S,144 gallons, or SO per cent
over the output in 1915. The guam
'tity of commercial gasoline represent
ed by this output of raw casing Head
product. tho not susceptible of actual
determination. was probably more
than 200. 900, 600 ga44ons.
The average price received in 1916
for the (unblended product at the
sources OF production was IA cents
gallon and the market value of the
entire output was $14.4os,201 gain
of cents in average unit price and of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-28

up the best men automatically The
rating is based on various thing-age,
experience, training, education, stand
ing, disabilities, and SO forth The APP
plieation blank of the reserve asks
scores of questions. and the volunteers
are encouraged to = attach written
statements as full as they care to
make them of their experience ana
success in any positions they may have
held. The application blank is the re-
suit of much expert bordering, and
next to a personal interview. it gives
the best possible idea of each man S
disabilities.
Both in the questions asked of the
volunteers and in the indexing system,
the whole effort of the men who de-
signed the system was toward the
utmost possible exaetitude. I'VE are
not satisfied to know that a man is a
munition worker" said one of the Of
ficers We want to know whether
his experience was with bombs, cart
ridges, commercial explosives, fuses,
lgrenades, shells, or torpedoes. We
want the information to be as spectre
has it possibly can, because when we
get call for a man, it is not for
muntion worker, but for some very
par ticular kind of munitfon worker
This is a war Of specialists.
The public service reserve is de-
signed to be a clearing house for in
! dustPial patriots, trained and untrain1
ed 1t should not be regarded pri-
marily as an agency for securing
employment. The department of la
Dor maintains national employment
agency. the function of which is to
secure work for men and women who
have no work. and to get better jobs
for those who are not satisfied with
the jobs they have already got. The
public service reserve, on the other
hand, is designed to find places for
men and women where they will be of
greater service to the nation. 1t will
make no effort to often you a better
job, but if the nation needs you it will
offer you a job where you can better
help the cause.
Questions on the above or any sub
jeet upon which the reader desires in
formation should be addressed the To-
peka State Journal Information Blu
reau. Frederic ], Haskin, Director,
Washington, D. G.. with 2-cent stamp
enclosed for reply.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-28


The downfall of whisky in most
parts Of the country has been caused
by it's meddling in politics. Its old
enemy prohibition has met with a re-
verse in Virginia, which apparently
was cue to the same cause. Virginia
was the last of the southern states to
to the prohibition hosts,
and in recent primaries all the Demo-
cratic candidates save pc were COM
mitted to "bqne-dry" policy. The
candidate who had the courage to
tight what he called fanaticism, was
less widely known at the outset of
the campaign than either of his COM
petitors, being a plain farmer. But
he polled within 1000 of as many
votes as both of his opponents COM
biaed, was nominated, and in Virginia
a Democratic nomination is equiva-
lent to an election.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-28

Interstate commerce commission Of
ficial figures show that the June net
revenue for 1873 railroads operating
of the country's mile
age increased nearly 100000 over
June. '191e. and reached a total of
|sSS, 2SS.329. Thirty-three roads are
|stn to he heard from, and the total
increase of all roads for June Was
ESTIMATED at more than $1O,OO0,000.
The New York Times says: ION the
basis of these figures it is not unlike
nv that the roads will receive around
81, 900, 600. O0e for operations in 1917.
Ian Increase of 20 per- cent over the
previous high total. Expenses, of
course. have scared to new heights
also, but the margin between revenues
and expenses is expected to be greater
than ever before" The June figures
were not affected by the recent rate
Increase ordered by the commission.
These will still further increase
profits.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-28
AN INCIDENT.

You have heard conSidera BILE scem-
ment in late years over the efforts of
the railways of the country to promote
courtesy among employees The en-
ployes, urged and encouraged by
printed bulletins and notifications
from their superior officers, have
taken a new attitude toward the pub
lie ir, relation to service and accom-
modations.
The skeptical chair car and Pull
man patron often asks:
THE railway officers seem greatly
concerned over the manner the en-
ploye treats the passenger-now what
does the official do?"
The answer has been found-at
least by the State Journal
"A representative of this newspaper
was in Chicago recently and called up
the general offices of the Rock Island
lines in an effort to make an appoint
ment with President German The
presidents secretary switched the call
to Mr.. German personally.
At this point it occurred to the To-
peka man that he could make a true
test of railway courtesy so instead of
making an appointment with the Rock
Island president, he said
rs this the Rock Island?"
Yes, SIR" was Mr.. Germans an
swer.
We'll, what time can I get a sub
urban train to Normal park2"
Here is where the State Journal
representative fully expected an out
burst from the busy president of one
of the largest railways in the country.
But here is the rest of the converse.
ton!
"A suburban train to Normal park
just minute please"
A short wait.
You can catch Normal mark
reply and information from Mr.. Cor
man.
The conversation ended
Later when the Topekan called on
Mr.. German he asked him If he had
received an inquiry concerning a sub
urban train.
'oh, yes, I believe did" was the
answer
But it was proof enough to one rail-
way chair car patron that the courtesy
and service donated by employees is to
be shared by the officers themselves.
When President German of the Rock
Island, a railway recently reorganized
and operating now in the most ticklish
of all conditions, takes time from his
executive office to give a patron, who
was ready to spend eight cents on a
suburban train. information as to the
leaving time of his train, one of prob
ably twenty-five during the day it is
evident that the public is receiving
the benefit after all.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-28
GLOBE SIGHTS
[From the Atchison Globe. ]

[From the Atchison Globe.
Most of those VINO move away to
seek another location don't do very
we'll.
Women formerly died of broken
hearts; now they sue for breach of
An Atchison girl changed her name
from May to Mae and now she is
known as Ma.
Every person has an ambition to
return on a visit to his old home town
looking prosperous.
A woman differs from a man in that
she regards kin visit as an ideal way
to spend a vacation.
1t isn't infrequent for ignorance to
pose as wisdom.
You may >also have observed that
the busy bee loafs all winter.
The man who is always searching
for something better, seldom finds it.
To girl of sixteen az old man is
any male person who has passed his
thirtieth birthday.
In time people begin to suspect the
dealer whose mistakes in figures are
always in his own favor.
There are probably no two people
in the world who wouldn't weary of
each other if they didn't see anyone
else4
You ought to be able to learn the
Importance of good behavior without
great deal of experience; there are
some things that observation should
teach.
No doubt the world is q stage, as
Colonel Shakespeare intimated, and all
the actors are subject to the censor
ship of the neighbors, who are good
at that.
Observation of a nurse who has
worked in a great man. different
familiesi II don't know why but for
some reason men make more over
their second wives"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-28
GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP.

bill for government operation
and subsequent purchase of the rail-
roads, drafted hx Frederic C. Howe.
has been introduced in congress by
Congressman c. C. Dill of Washing
ton In a statement AIR. Dill said:
With the passage of this bill the
railroads would operate for the pur-
pose of serving the people rather than
for profits to the stockholders. Rail-
roads are the arteries thru which flow
the life-blood of the nation. If We
place them all under the control of a
goVernment board, the systematizing
of the handling of passengers and
freight service would add at least one
third, if not one-half to the capacity
of service. The elimination of COM
petitive service, empty cars one way
and advertising expenditures would
mean enormous saving.
Last year the net earnings of the
railroads exceeded a billion dollars.
This year the earnings will exceed
that. Whatever excess there is can
be applied during the war to war ex-
penses and later to the purchase of
the roads by the government If that is
valuations and payments can all be
settled after the war and in the mean
time the railroads can be operated in
trust.
Another great economy would be
the increased values of land timber,
coal, oil and other holdings belonging
to the railroads. This increase is said
to be from to per cent per year.
All this increase would go to the gov
ernlnent and thus to the people as
whole.
The people own the highways over
which they ride in automobiles and
carriages. Why should their owner
ship of highway cease because they
may use cars and engines on rails
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-28
ON SPUR RE Fl MOMENT
When a Pretty Maiden Passes.
BY MORRIS MILLER.

When a Pretty Maiden Passes.
OF all pleasant things Occurring,
Of all happenings we treasure,
One is rapturous and stirring.
One is always a pleasure,
Oh. 1t makes us hum a ditty,
Dancing gnily thru the grasses,
In the countryside or City
When a pretty maiden passes.
How delightful, how alluring,
How the orb is gaily cleaning,
While the moment is enduring,
With an ecstacy it's teeming;
Tho we're seldom off our nut r
Simpiy-daffy DER the lasses,
Who can fail to feel a flutter
When pretty maiden passes?
When we're palsied, halt and hoary.
When in later years repining,
When all life has lost its glory
And our spirits are declining.
Tho the hope is rather risky,
Yet we hope we'll don our GASES
And be feeling young and risky
When pretty maiden passes,
When sentiments so CHEEKY,
So beguiling, any mans a
bolt if it should make him weary,
So we'll add another stanza;
Why, the notion is appealing
To all ages, to all classes.
oh, You know that pleasant feeling
When pretty maiden passes!
Well Known Squirts.
The Whales.
Guns.
A pickles.
The Crown Prince.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-28

The situation of Germany as re-
CARDS the war is thus sized up by the
Los Angeles Times: THE most that
Germany now expects to obtain from
the war is the sovereignty of Bulgaria,
the control of the straits by the sui
tan, retention of Alsace and Lorraine,
recovery of her African colonies and
exemption from payment of indemni-
ties. The least that she can obtain
will be the loss of Alsace and Lorraine
and of her African colonies. with no
control of Bulgaria or of the Darda-
nelles and-unless she part with me
und Gott"-the continued hatred of
the civilized world"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-28
THE SEARCMLIGMT
latest News from the Fields Of
SCIENCE. EDUCATION. INVENTION
Magnifying Glass.

The newest magnifying glass is
typical of that class of inventions
which, without embodying any new
principle. combine several old ones so
effectively as to~produce new results
This magnifying glass has a lens for
each eye-thus permitting a stereo-
seopic vision, superior to the flat field
produced by a single lens. The twin
lenses are fastened to the head so
that both hands are free. On the
forehead above the glasses a small
fiashlight with reflector is fastened.
making "a miniature searchlight to
play on The object in hand. In sur
gerry research, and delicate mechanics
the new glass promises to prove a
great convenience
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-28

u.s. said the other sadly land we
were great ehums."
I'd like to say something to COM
fort you" said Marion softly.
Perhaps, if you don't think too un-
kindly of me. some day You cam said
the man.
Perhaps" smiled Marion, humor-
ing him as she had done the elevator
boy months .-(Copyright, 1917,
by the Mcclure Newspaper Syndi-
cate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-28

The federal trade commission. it is
reported, plans to fix prices on the
basis of the cost OF production. The
commission will find that h has a big
job on its hands when it reaches agri-
cultural products. Few farmers
themselves know what it costs them
to produce crops.