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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-08-21
OBSTRUCTINC
DRAFT LAW
Charge Preferred Against
Crittenden County Man
---Other Federal Cases.

Elijah Franklin, Of Crittenden
county, was brought before U. S.
Commissioner Cunningham Saturday,
charged with obstructing the draft
law. Defendant waived examination
and was released under $500 bond to
answer to the federal court at Paducah.
Frank R. Dunning, of Caldwell
County, was also held over under
bond of $1'0 after he waived exami-
nation on the charge of not Registering
at the proper time.
When John Henry Kimbrews, a
Hopkins county negro, applied for
marriage license here Saturday the
clerk was suspicious that he was not
of age and asked for his army draft
certificate as proof. This developed
that the negro never registered. He
was arrested and taken before United
States Commissioner Cunningham
and bound over TO federal court and
was taken to Padncah Sunday. But
after being bound over he was allowed
to go out to the girls home and the
marriage took place.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-08-21
PURELY Personal.

Mrs. Clarence E. Harris and chill
dren are visiting relatives in Louis
vile.
Mrs. G. H. Johnson has returned
from a visit to her son in Memphis.
Miss Ruth Harris has returned from
a visit to friends and relatives in
Memphis.
w. H. Boyd, of Newstead, who
spent two weeks at Dawson, returned
home Saturday.
Carl c. Moore, of Memphis, accom-
panied by his friend, Mr.. Bond, are
here to spend few days.
E. A. Wheeler, general foreman of
the pipe shop at the Illinois Central
Railroad shops, Paducah, and Messrs.
John Mocheiner and c. E. Steele,
were here last evening, enroute to
Mammoth Cave, Lincoln farm, Louis
vile and other points in the State for
a vacation trip. The tour is being
made in a car.
Lewis Huffman and son, of Ring
gold, Tenn, spent Sunday with his
niece, Mrs. Brenda Harlow.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. A. Yost have re-
urged from ,soiourn OF a week at
Cerulean.
Geo. w. Crenshaw has returned
from New York.
Blangy Walker and sister, Miss
Mary Edith, left Friday on a motor
cycle and sidecar trip to Akron, o.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-08-21
Youth Hurt In Quarrel

Walter Stamper, 10, is alleged to
have struck Marion Francis, %, in
the back of the head with a large
stone at Lafayette Saturday night.
Francis condition has since been crit
ical. S,anper was arrested and placed
in the Lafayette Jail, but fearing pos
sible violence against him the Sheriff
brought him here at midnight.
Francis is the son of John Francis, a
farmer, of Stewart County, Tenn.
Stamper also is farmer.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-08-21
THOROUGHBRED
COLTSSOLD
Bunch Of Sixteen Bring
Fancy Prices at SaratO'
ga, N. Y, Sale.

The Christian county bunch of thor.
oughbred colts sent to Saratoga, N.
Y, last week were sold Friday after
noon and brought fancy prices. OF
the sixteen, thirteen are the get OF
Zeus, head Of the Adelbert stud here.
Colts sold as follows:
White G. Garnet, five colts, sold at
"a, 900, 81, 700, 81, 400, $500, $3.50. To-
tai, $1,000.
White G. Radford, one filly, at $500.
Williams & Radford, 3 colts,
brought a total $4,000, the highest
price in this string being 81, 700, and
the second best being 81 200.
Edgar Renshaw, cots, brought q
total of 81, 450.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-08-21
WOOD-CHILES.
Secret Wedding In Nashville
June 6, Just An
nounced.

Authorized a1nounc emeGt has been
made of tn. MARI iage OF MIR. Bowling
s. Wood and Mss Annie Laurie
ChiIes two months or more ago. The
wedding took place June 6, in Nash
vile, Tenn, Rev. T. c. Ragsdale Of
floating, and for romantic reasons the
wedding was kept a secrect until
August r. The bride is beautiful
ard attrf ctive daughter of Mr. and Mrs
w. j. Chiles and the groom is son of
Mrs. M. H. Wood. They are prepar-
ing to move to farm near the city in
a few weeks.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-08-21
NAVY LEAGUE
KEEPS ON
In Its Patriotic Work Day AZ
ter Day for the Men
Of The Service.

Following the order of Secretary
Daniels Saturday refusing to let the
Navy have anything to do with the
Navy League, on account of personal
unpleasantness between him and Robt.
M. Thompson, head of the Navy
League, the following telegram was
received yesterday by the secretary
OF the local branch of the Woman's
Navy League, Miss Sallie George
Blakey:
To Secretary Navy League,
Hopkinsville, KY.
The Sec. of the Navy cannot
legally prohibit the men of the
service from accepting patriotic
gifts from patriotic people, and
we ask you to continue your work
as usual.
NAVY LEAGUE.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-08-21
Wild Car Wrecked.

Dover, England, Aug. 20.-Sixteen
persons were killed. and forty in
iured when a crowded street car on
suburban line ran wild on a steep
hill at the foot Of which it was
wrecked. The accident was due to
failure of the brakes.
The casualties include officers,
soldiers and sailors. Not one per-
son on the car escaped injury.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-08-21
WATCH FOR AIR RAIDS.

American Headquarters In France,
Aug. 2O.%The increasing airplane
activity on the western front is the
sole topic of conversation among the
officers and men in the camp.
No fear is felt, because the Ameri-
cans are confident that the French
aerial defenses and planes are more
than able to cope with the situation.
However, there is much speculation
regarding the possibility of an early
attack on the camp by Germans.
Many believed it would happen before
this. Others now consider the allies
offensive is so big that it will be i'm
possible for the Germans to spare
planes to bomb the American camp.
'Tt's good to keep a weather eye
skyward these days" said a veteran
sergeant as he trudged along the road,
to camp from practice.
That is the view of all soldiers here.
During maneuvers some soldier is apt
to be scanning the clouds and search
ing for German scout planes.
The feeling on this subject is one of
sporting interest. No alarm is evident
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-08-21
A Defensive Measure.

Apparatus for creating smoke
screens for protection from subma-
rines is to be provided soon to every
American merchantmen entering the
war zone. A Department of Com
merce circular announces that the
step is regarded as Of great import
ance for the protection of the United
States merchant vessels.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-08-21
Worth While.

Try to live up to the best thoughts
that come to you in your best moods.
james B. Angel.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-08-21
Gracefully Said.

Whenever we write of big thing be
ing done in this section we have to
write also of Hopkinsville. Dawson
Springs is to have a 5000, 900 hotel,
and naturally Hopkinsville man is at
the head of the movement. -Elkton
Times.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-08-21
Three Great Jewish Esa.t,.

There were three great Jewish
feasts which lasted seven days, and
between the first and second were sew
en- weeks. The levitical purihca ton
lasted seven days.
The Wahpeton times., 1917-03-29
Locating Piping.

Piping, such as is made use Of for con
Quoting air, water, steam or hot water
is frequently buried in the wall, witt
nothing to indicate its presence, so that
when repairs are necessary it is otter
a difficult matter to ascertain the loca.
ton Of these conduits. Very often this
is accomplished only by tearing out the
plaster and doing considerable damage
to the property. A recently patented
electric method for locating the pipes
is simply special application Of the
well-known induction balance principle
A convenient apparatus is made up
consisting Of two sets Of coils placed
on ends of a magnet bar. One set OF
coils receives alternating or vibratory
current from suitable source, and the
other coils are connected to a tele
phone. The balance is first established
so that no sound is heard in the tele
phone. When the device comes neal
the metal piping this disturbs the bal
ance and a sound is heard. 1t is thus
an easy matter to find the exact posi-
ton Of the pipes and to reach them
with less damage to the wall.
The Wahpeton times., 1917-03-29
Japanese Industrialism.

This move Of the population from
the maple-clad hills and ricefields OF
beautiful Japan to the crowded quar-
tiers, low resorts and inhuman fac
tories Of the cities is lowering the phys
ical efficiency, the mental horizon and
the moral standing of the people. Tu.
berculosis is taking its toll from fren
zied industrialism. A prominent Y. NJ
c. A. worker, Mr.. j. Merle Davis
whose study Of the social problems of
an increasing urban population in ia.
pan has been thorough, says that an
expert in factory conditions makes
the statement that often one-half Of
the girls employed in certain mills be-
come depraved within year after en-
tering the mills. They lose their
health soon after, so that the price Of
q broader commerce and a sun flag in
every port is being paid by weak wom-
anhood and houow-chested men.-The
Christian Herald.
The Wahpeton times., 1917-03-29
TRAVELLING Birds.

Not only do birds of feather
flock together" but those of different
feathers often seem to love each 9th.
er's company. This is usually notice.
able during the spring migration
aights when it is not at all unusual
to find juncos, white-throated sparrows
and an occasional winter sparrow fra.
ternizing together quite contentedly.
Possibly one reason for this is that
their food habits are more or less simi.
lar. This may also account for the
fact that nuthatches and chickadees
are frequently found in each others
company, working on the same trees
and journeying together in friendly
way from one feeding ground to an.
other. In midwinter, when 1locks of
snow buntings swirl down out of the
north, it is not ut all unusual to find
shore larks keeping them close com.
pany in the same flock. Different va.
riclcs Of wild ducks will feed together
:onrrntedly, often congregating in i'm.
ncnse 1iocks, but us rule when on
sustained flight each variety tends tc
separate unto itself.
The Wahpeton times., 1917-03-29
Spiders Method Of Locomotion.

The way spider moves its eight
legs in walking is interestingly de-
scribed by great authority ON natu-
raj life. In order to observe this
movement at his leisure-for it is usl.
ally too rapid to be followed by the
human eye--he tired the spiders by
making them swim, and then let them
walk slowly over smooth surface.
And this is what he discovered: 1. The
longest legs, those Of the first and
fourth pairs, move along lines of their
own direction by vertical bending of
the joints; the shorter legs of the Sec
ond and third pairs move forward by
rotation from the coxae-at right an
giles to their own directions. 2. First
near leg moves with fourth off leg
second near leg moves with third off
leg; third near leg moves with second
Off leg; fourth near leg moves with
arst off leg.
The Wahpeton times., 1917-03-29
Coral cuttlnu.

Although Venice is center Of tour
lst trade in coral and shell canoes
coral itself is neither gathered moi
worked there. The manufacture is
confined to Tore del Greco. Polishing
coral in quantities is an interesting fea.
ture of the work. 1t is placed in q
small bag Of strong raw linen, together
with crushed pulnice stone and the bag
is Shaken in a special tube with a hole
Tor drainage under small column of
water. When the coral is we'll pun.
iced it is washed and passed into a
clean bag. Instead of the pumice the
''pullMento" (red or white) is used, and
the CORNER operation repeated, first
without water then with little, and
finally with much water, when the
coral has become brilliant. What the
"pu'imcnto" Is the inhabitants of
Tore del Greco, while so proud and
Jealous of their industry, have never
taken the trouble to find out, as, in
decd, what the "aqua osigenata" (hy-
droScn peroXide) is, which is used to
Change the color of the coral, black
when extracted from the sea, to red.
AS for the ''pulimento," it is not diff.
ferent from that which the jewelers.
use to polish precious stones.-Cleve.
land Leader.
The Wahpeton times., 1917-03-29
Substituting 81 the Poet.

We seem to be as much at sea in
this matter as they were about 12G
a. D., when the critic cursed the town
tor keeping alive so many poets and
cursed it again for starving so many
Of them; wanted to know how a man
could behold the horses of the chariot
Of the sun If he had to grub for a
living, and wanted to drive most poets
back to grubhing for q living as soon
as he observed their manner of be.
holding the horses Of the chariot of
the sun; said you ought to fatteD poets
to make them sing. and became vio-
lently angry the momeut fat poet be.
gan singing; blamed rich man for
feeding pet lion ins,e:d of subsi.
dizing some author N .nuch less ex.
pense, and was ull Cor feeding the au-
thor to tile lion on rending what he
wrote. He wantrd authors protected,
but the literary choices made by the
protector almost drove him mad.-New
Republic.
The Wahpeton times., 1917-03-29
Admirer Of "BuffaIo Bill"

Once met Buffalo Bill" on board
ship when he was taking party of
Indians and rough ridess to Europe.
Someone asked the tail, handsome
scout who was the finest horscman he
had ever seen.
"Gen. George A. Custer" was Cody's
reply.
l never saw Custer, but have seen
half-savage Arabs fleeing across the
desert sands upon their unshod steeds,
and never one of them looked so su-
perb or picturesque to me as Buffalo
BIZ" himself upon his famous sOrrel
horse in the sawdust arena under q
circus tent.-"Girard," in Philadelphia
Ledger.
The Wahpeton times., 1917-03-29
manerove Forests In Bahamas.

Mangrove trees are to me the most
fascinating of all the vegetable
growths of our strange planet. When
young, as we thus first came upon
them, mt the opening Of the creek,
there is something tender and idylic
about them, with the fresh, :hildlike.
laureline leaves and dangling rods of
emerald that were really the suckers
of their baniaalike roots; but, as we
proceeded inland they grew into an
absence and bizarre maturity, like.
nightmares striding out in every Girec.
tion, with prancing, skeleton feet
planted in noisome, fostering swar1ps,
and stretching out horned, clawinS
hands that seemed to take root as one
looked and threw out other roots Of
horror like u drealn.-Ricliard LIE Gal.
lienne, in IIarper's Magazine.
The Wahpeton times., 1917-03-29
Japan Becoming Modern.

The presence Of the imperial family
and the court in Tokyo makes the city
far more conservative than those of
the provinces. Automobile owners in
Tokyo lag behind the rugged farmers
Of the Hokkaido in progress, and Tokyo
will wait for hours to use streets over
which the emperor is to pass. This
willingness to suspend business on such
occasions is lessening, and officials are
making these ceremonies less burden
some than formerly, when whole dis.
tricts of a modern city were tied up
simply because the emperor was re-
turning from his summer palace in
Nikk0. Osaka is more modern in spir.
1.-THE Christian Herald.
The Wahpeton times., 1917-03-29
QuickIime Aided Wreckers.

The tremendous expansive force Of
Quicklime was lately used effectively
in breaking up brick masonry. 1t was
necessary to remove three foundation
piers, each - by 20 feet in area and
IL feet high, and similar piers support
ing working engines on each side pre-
vented blasting. Cutting and breaking
up by hand being too slow and expen-
sive, the new method was tried. Yer.
tical holes three inches across and
three feet deep were bored three feet
apart in both directions, and were
filled to within six inches of the top
with fresh-slacked lime. The holes
over the wet lime being closed with
well-tamped brick dust, cracks started
in ten minutes, soon breaking the pier
tops into three-foot cubes.
The Wahpeton times., 1917-03-29
IS PATRON SAINT OF BIRDS
Squirrels Depend on Asylum Inmate
/ TOR Their Supply Of sutternuts
In Winter.

The patron saint of birds and SOUR.
rels" is happy. And though he is sixty
years old and has been a patient Of
the state hospital for the feeble-mind.
ed for SO years, his hair is brown and
wavy, his eyes are bright and spark.
ling and his health is good. He has
been in the institution more than half
OF his life, but his life seems to be
more sane than the lives of the thou.
sands who have outstripped him in
the life race-and have become
wrinkle-cheeked, blear-eyed and hard.
listed.
Albert Gentle has forgotten the
world. says the Milwaukee Sentinel
he was entered in the hospital in 1880
because he loved the small animals
and food Of the forests. He has been
there since, spending most of his time
gathering nuts or communing with ma.
ture, never expressing the slightest de.
sire to get back to the outside world
"Last year I picked 27,5OO butter.
nuts for my SQUIRRELS" he said. 81
need just that many to feed them all.
They get so hungry in the winter time
I make SO many Of them happy. ]
must be here always to care for them"
He said it quietly, with dignity. I'm
aginatively he somehow emerged from
the character Of an old simpleton,
clothed in an absurd, rusty frock coat
trousers Of another day and general
appearance of Washington lrving's
schoolmaster and became the sancti-
fed keeper Of a great trust. What
was more important than caring for
those little animals?
'Most people do not know how i'm.
portant it is that we should always
think of the tiny bits of life that God
has put on this earth," he said slowly.
"Often they do not think of each
other"
The Wahpeton times., 1917-03-29
In an Old French City.

Pitts Sanborn, musical critic anG
war correspondent, has added another
to these vocations-that of poet. AZ
ter two war summers in Bordeaux. he
has turned the life of that old city
into free verse under playful title
that fairly lau2hs-"Vie de Bordeaux. +"
The little volume comprls attention.
Within it's artistic covers is to be found
comedy and tragedy--pi"rur"s nf the
human spirit drawn win ii;I" ir' ny.
For taste "e Mr. S:,;,,'",i.'S .>ill note
the cn,npr. .>s;nns ~ rlin 7" IN
''ThrenrS" with it,: t,rn ;'ii.! liE.S re-
verbarant with nvrrt'i."s.
AS If to cnrcnuni' these critics who
illuminate against fl''r v,'r-.. Ne. s II
born has s|yly prefaco' - va;"'nt
with a sonnet In, :ri, :: f.i";. Gt
unlil,erntc,l verse. IN With H":'i AK
Of tocay and OF the past is e,,l,rined
In imperishab!c bcunt".
The Wahpeton times., 1917-03-29
Evolution Of Windows.

Toward the twelfth and thirteenth
centuries the mullioned windows, made
up Of small elliptical or diamond
shaped pieces of glass, We're used for
ordinary dwelling houses, remaining
In vogue, more or less, until in the
eighteenth century we reached the
style of window familiar to us in the
early Victorian era-the rectangular
opening fitted with wooden frame
work and squares, filed In with glass
panes and depending for their archi-
tectural effect on the nodded jambs
nnd the Intel friezes and cornices over
the window top-many examples of
which are still to be found in the old
quarters of New York.
The Wahpeton times., 1917-03-29
Fer lnvaIids,

A raw egg is "ne of the most nutri.
tious of foods. and may be taken eas-
lily II the Nolk is not broken. A little
nutmeg grated upon the egg. a few
drops of lc:lon juice added, some chop
ped parsley sprinkled over it, or some
salt and Il lash of cayenne pepper will
vary the flavor md make it more
palataele whcn taken as u medicine.
In case IF intcstina] troubles, q partly
beaten raw egg, taken at one swallow
Is recommended. 1t is healing to ill.,,
tnflamed stomach and intestines and
relieves the feeling of distress. Doc.
tors say that four eggs taken in this
manner in "a hours will furnish the
best kind of nourishment as we'll az
medicine for the patient.
The Wahpeton times., 1917-03-29
Waste Dark HeL...-z=a Haas.

A method Of using waste hemlock
tan bark to replace partially expensive
rag stock in the manufacture Of felt
roofing has been developed ut the for.
est products laboratory at Madison,
Wis.,, and is now being used CONNER.
cially by cooperating mills, according
to an announcement made by the for.
est service. It is stated that In these
mills from 20 to 80 per cent of the
rags is being replaced by waste bark
and that the quality Of the finished
product Is equal to that manufactured
solely from rags. Members of the for.
est service who have been conducting
the experiments say that the utiliza.
ton Of the bark will make it possible
to effect considerable saving in the
manufacture Of felt roofing.
The Wahpeton times., 1917-03-29
USES OF VINEGAR

Vinegar and water will de.
stroy nits in children's heads.
Vinegar-a teacupful-in q
warm bath will stop hiccup.
Vinegar, diluted, will keep
meat fresh in hot, close weather.
Vinegar rubbed on discolored
steelwork quickly makes it
clean.
Vinegar and bran make an ex.
cellent poultice for all aches,
pains and bruises.
Vinegar added to the rinsing
water will revive faded red and
pink cotton fabrics.
Vinegar-a teacupful-in q
warm bath will take away any
stiffness after exercise, etc.
Vinegar, diluted, applied to
furniture before polishing, in.
sures a brilliant polish.
Vinegar will make a new gas
mantle last much longer. Soak
five minutes, dry and burn off.
The Wahpeton times., 1917-03-29
DEVELOPMENT of Monarchy.

The conception Of monarchy was de-
rived through Christianity from the
theocracies of the East; it was the
underlying principle Of the medieval
empire. and also of the medieval
papacy. the rule Of the popes during
the period of its greatest development
being sometimes called 1.-The papal
monarchy" The old idea of
monarchy. viz, that of the prince as
representing within the limits Of his
dominions the monarchy Of God over
all things. eliminated in the seven
teenth century in the doctrine of the
divine right of kings.
The Wahpeton times., 1917-03-29
Insects Spread Plant Disease.

The Pennsylvania department of for
cstry has been making exhaustive in
vestigations with view to finding
out the means of the dissemination of
spores Of blight fungus which are the
causes of numerous tree diseases.
There is evidence that insects are
principally responsible for the spread
Of spores, although many of them are,
Of course, carried by the wind. The
results of these Investigations suggest
also that the spread of other plant
diseases is directly traceable to the
action Of insects.
The Wahpeton times., 1917-03-29
Canadian Fisheries.

The total marketed value of all
kinds of fish, fish products and marine
animals taken by Canadian fishermen
from the sea and inland lakes and riv.
ers during the fiscal year ending March
81. 1915. amounted to $35, 800, 70s-$4,-
j96,O77 more than in the preceding II
months and $2,652, eco more than In
1914.
The Wahpeton times., 1917-03-29
Comprehensive.

II understand you have bought set
Of Shakespeare's works."
"Yes," replied Mr.. Dubwaite lortily.
"A complete set"
"And glossary, too, I presu.nc:"
"Oh, yes, yes. In fact, everything
Shakespeare wrote"
The Wahpeton times., 1917-03-29
Question Of Sentence.

After living happily with his wife
Tor 40 years man on Long Island be-
gan to treat her with cruelty and when
ne was taken into court was adjudged
guilty by the magistrate and sentenced
20 attend at least one church service
every Sunday for the period of one
year. Some Of the preaching brethren
will probably want to know whether.
sr not this sentence is to be regarded
as surely punitive or merely reforma-
iye.-Exchange.
The Wahpeton times., 1917-03-29
For the Modest Goldfish.

A good many people seem to be ig-
norant of the shadow-loving nature Of
the goldfish and they expose the poor
little shrinking captives in glaring
crystal bowls with not even a shred
Of moss to hide in. This only proves
that people who undertake the respon-
sibility Of caring for live pets do not
take the trouble to study their habits
and quite thoughtlessly subject them
to torture. A water plant, pile Of
coral or any little shelter is all that Is
needed, but something in common de-
cency should be provided.