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Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-01-26
Study the Poets.

The great poets have not become
part of the race experience as they
should. Ignored, forgotten, save by
the chosen few, they do not. to our Inn
measurable loss. enter into the daily
life of common folk. We are so proud
Of our wheels that GO fast; of u un-
paralleled housekeeping arrangements;
so unabashed, amid the s%plendors of
asphalt. electricity and aluminium, by
our intellectual and spiritual poverty.
Would it not be well for US to pause.
if pause is possible for us, to consider
our inner lack? Can we not spare
some minutes from u alteration of
our national materialistic god to teach
the young that it is good to be in the
company of those who interpret life in
terms of spirit, not in terms of ma
terial prosperity: in terms of spirfs.
not of flesh; in terms of beauty, whose
potent appeal may quicken the will to
rise and create in the image of the
higher acknowledgement Sherwood In
Atlantic. :
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-01-26

old time ways, but remained in seclu-
sion. To the few friends whom be
met he seemed low spirited and cast
down, as though something weighed
heavily on his mind.
Soon he left the city for a sojourn
in a country hamlet on Long Island,
and here he remained until he seemed
to have regained a semblance of his
own self. Finally he returned to the
city and began life again where he
had left off when he made his trip to
China in quest Of the curios, the pos
session of which seemed to be the
main thought of his existence.
80 he went on In a listless sort ~
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-01-26

FLOOR.
face was grim and its healthy color
had drained away, showing him hol-
low eyed and worn. =
"Well?" demanded Claiming harshly.
Dacre shrugged and resumed. "As /
was saying, the foreigner escaped, and
l suppose he has the haunting memory
off,
"Dacre!" Channing's countenance
was tense and suffering.
They all stared as Dacre placed a
small ivory image on the table.
With a long, shuddering sigh Chan
ming hid his face in his hands. There
is blood on itl' he muttered.
A light broke over Dacre's face.
"This." he explained, lis a replica of
the god of averted calamity. He
speaks of the priest who risked his life
to protect the temple treasures. He
tells OF the priests gratitude to another
American who happened along to dress
his wounds. and he speaks in a voice
of thunder to the man who believes
himself a murderer, but whose hands
are clean!"
Claiming lifted hopeful eyes to meet
friendly glances.
"Dacre. how did you find out?' he
groaned.
"I-why I-didn't dream it until a
moment ago." was Dacre's dazed reply.
Suddenly his glance cleared. He push
ed the image across the table. Per
haps you'd like to wear it, Channing.'
he said gently.
With shaking fingers Claiming fas-
tened the trinket to his watch chain
and not one man saw humor in the
situation.
The spell of the east was upon them,
Had not the ivory Buddha spoken?
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-01-26

@'You uU sell this to me?' he said
confidently. holding out the price he
had offered that other day.
1.-THE priest shook his head. The
American pleaded. bribed. threatened,
In vain. At last the priest replaced
the carvings in the sandalwood chest.
all but the carving of the god of
averted calamity, which Smith still
held. He refused to give it up.
"The priest protested, and they strug-
gled. Presently the old priest lay mo-
~tionless on the stone floor. The Amer
lean fled.
Somewhere there lives a man
haunted by a fearful memory of that
temple"
Dacre surveyed his interested audi
ence, but on Channing's face his gaze
fingered. The mar leaned forward.
giving Dacre glance for glance. His
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-01-26
When Dumb
Gods Speak
Story of a Curio Hunt
er Who Coveted an
Ivory Buddha.
BY CLARISSA MACKIE


Claiming skunk into the city OF
Shanghai like a criminal. He had
come down the Yangtze river on one
Of the big rolling passenger steamers,
and he had hardly closed his wearied
eyes during that period.
A great fear and dread pursued him
like a grim enemy. Every bland Ash
attic face on the steamer from the cab.
in boy to a wealthy mandarin travel.
ing with his suit bore a hidden menace
to the American.
Now that he had d~isembarked from
the landing tug at Shanghai Charming
breathed q little easier. If any one
was trailing him-if an assassin lurked
behind him-the task would be more
difficult in the brightly lighted city
and In the crowded hotel.
Once in his locked room at the hotel
he drew a deep sigh of relief and flung
his bag aside.
my Godf" he muttered. Twill 1t be
like this-a1ways?
He stared at his haggard face In
the mirror and laughed mirthlessly.
Who would recognize Henry Chan
ming, the well known clubman-rich,
successful. and especially noted for his
collection Of oriental carvings? Chan
ming shuddered and sank weakly into
q chair.
The weakness for collecting had be-
come a Madness madness that
might end in his death. Yet who
would know-who would guess?
dumb gods cannot speak," he NUT
tered harshly.
Later he went down to dinner, and
he pore himself as of old, erect, smil-
ing, with a hearty greeting for n or
two old friends who had me in this
far corner of the world.
They dined together and Claiming
announced his intention of going on
the first steamer.
"Then you will sail tomorrow" they
told him. 1.-THE Korea is due at 8
o'clock"
Charming excused himself and has
tened out to telephone for a r~eserva
ton. He was fortunate in finding the
Office open, and when he returned to
the dining room he felt lighter hearted
than he had for days-before he had
made that Ill omened visit to the rock
temple.
whats the matter, Channing7 Are
you seeing ghostsT' one of his COM
panions laughed.
He shook himself out of the brief
abstraction that had set him to star
ing vaguely into space.
Something like that" he muttered
apologetically. Then he resumed his
old charming manner and the incident
was forgotten for the time. After
ward they recalled 1t and wondered.
The next morning he sailed for home
and the voyage vas a hideous repe-
tition of that trip down the Yangtze
river-when every strange face was an
enemy face to his distorted vision. He
thanked heaven that he could mingle
with white men once more and he re-
solved that this should be his last trip
to the orient. But he was destined to
make another one.
He was restless again when they
reached San Francisco. The long jour-
ney across the continent was a bore,
and when he reached New York, amid
old surroundings, he felt a childish In
clination to cry.
Days passed and he lost the sense of
fear. Who knew his secret besides
himself?
Dumb gods cannot speak," he ar
gued stubbornly.
For some time after arrival In New
York Claiming did not take up his
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-01-26

Our Future Prosperity Depends on q
Better Understanding and More Prac-
teal Application of GetsToeether
Spirit In lndustry-Must Eliminate
Trouble Breeders and Agitators.
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1917-03-30
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How tOEnter Contest

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The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-10-03
THE DAILY REMINDER
!. ]. !. !. !. !. i !. !. !. i i \ !
In The DAYS News

Virgil G. Hinshaw, the leading spir-
it in a conference called to meet in
Chicago today with the object, it Is
said, of bringing about political
working agreement among the Pro-
hibitionists, Progressives, Socialists,
Single Tavers and union labor, is the
chairman of the national committee OF
the Prohibition party. Mr.. Hinshaw
Is a native of Iowa and was gradu-
ated from Penn College in 1900. For
four years he Travelled in the interest
of the Intercollegiate Prohibition AS
sociation. From 1906 to 1908 he stud
led law at the University of Mime
sofa. Then he became president Of
the intercollegiate Prohibition Asso.
citation and travelled for two years
promoting its interests. Later he sci
up a law Office in Portland, Ore.
where he was making his mark wher
summoned to the position Of chairman
of the national committee. In this Of
flee he has been singularly successful
in raising funds for the party.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-10-03
SHIPPING TOBACCO FROM OHIO
AND KENTUCKY BY ALL WAT.
Err TO EVROPE

In reply to an inquiry about ship
ping tobacco down the river to New
Orleans for France, Mr.. J. M. Buck
ner of Louisville writes the Manufac-
turers Record:
/ am in possession Of your esteem
ed favor of August 80, which would
have been answered sooner, but /
have been away for five weeks.
l note that a bulletin recently is
sued by the Food Administration
makes the statement that / sold 49,
100000 pounds Of tobacco to the
French Government which was ship
ped by water to New Orleans and
thence to France.
This is partly the truth. I did sell
to the French Government even more
than 100000 pounds of tobacco as
l have been their representative here
for year.
My reason for shipping the tobacco
by water was that I bought the to.
bacco all up and down the Ohio Riv.
er, from Cincinnati to Cairo and In
Indiana tributary to the Ohio River.
The great car shortage last sprins
necessitated my making arrange.
ments TO get this tobacco to New Or
leans by water. As We had vessels
there to load the tobacco for France
and as the railroads could not furnIsl
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-10-03
NEGRO MEN TO, BE Modified
OCTOBER 3

Washington, October with plen-
ty of room available at the national
army cantonments, due to the large
number of men to be withdrawn to
fill up the national guard and other
branches, the War Department has
again modified its plan for training
negro troops for the national army
forces. 1t is now the purpose, Sec
rotary Baker said today, to train a
complete unit of negroes at each of
the sixteen environments, instead OF
training them only at environments to
Which a considerable number report
The size of the units will depend up
OH the number of negro drafted men
from the divisional areas which sup
plies each cantonment, but where
there is a large surplus men will be
sent to the posts with small numbers
for consolidation with the units there
The first Of the drafted negroes viii
be molized under the call of October
IL. The number to be taken from eacl
division will not be uniform and tn,
allotment has not been announced.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-10-03
Protection from
COntagiOn

Owing to its antiseptic properties,
20 Mule Team Powdered Boric can
not be too highly recommended for
liberal use in the care Of the per-
son whenever and wherever exposed
to any contagious disease. 1t may
be applied as a powder or with wa
ter as a solution.
It may be used with absolute free
dom and safety in all the natural cav
tiles Of the body; physicians almost
always prescribe 1t as an eye water
mouth wash, etc., and wherever in
troduced the antiseptic action is GER
tain, but there is no danger from its
use as there Is with some other dis
infectants. Insist upon having the
original package Of 20 Mule Team
Powdered Boric and then you know
that you have the real article full
strength. All leading druggists.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-10-03
DUST and VISITORS
Were Features Of the Day ut Camp
Taylor, Louisville, Sunday.

Louisville, September 30-Swirling
clouds of dust and thousands Of pc
destrians were competitive visitors at
Camp Taylor today. The pedestrians,
however, outstayed the former, and
were rewarded with pleasant after
noon with friends, acquaintances and
relatives.
Only brief routine was followed to-
day, including for the first time gen.
eral muster, regiment by regiment.
Afterward more than half the soldiers
on the ground were excused from du-
ty and several thousand came into
Louisville for an after visit.
Religious services were held at the
camp this morning, mass being held
at the Knights of Columbus building
and Bible services at the Y. M. C. A
One hundred and seventy new
buildings will rise at the camp this
week on additional acreage Just ac.
quired. One thousand additional mer
will be put on the work tomorrow
morning.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-10-03
ARGENTINA WILL NOT BREAK
WITH GERMANY

Washington, October ALL expec-
tations that Argentina might follow
the lead of her neighbors and break
with Germany have been dispelled
here with the news that President
I.oogyen is determined not to heed
the action Of the Argentine Congress
and poular demand for action and
will continue a neutral course. His
suggestion that all South America
determine her war course by a joint
CT inference is not expected to bear
fruit, because similar proposal was
rejected by all the other more I'M
rortant Governments some time ago
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-10-03
TOday's Anniversaries

1715-Benja Church, surgeon-gen-
eral of the American army in the
Revolution, was convicted of trea-
son, the first convictio nof its kind
in the colonies.
1817-Robert Finley, fourth president
of the University of Georgia, died
r at Athens, Ga. Born at Princeton,
N. j., in 1772.
1s32--Edward e. Noyes, civil war SOL
der and governor of Ohio, born at
Haverhill, Mass. Died in Cincinnati
September 4, 1890.
1s42-Marcus Whitman left his mis-
I sion station on the Walla Walla
\ River and began perilous over
land journey to st. Louis to plead
with the missionary board for per.
mission to continue his work among
the Indians.
l84S-Emperor of Austria dissolved
the Hungarian parliament and pro.
claimed martial law.
1S63-President Lincoln instituted Q
Z national thanksgiving.
1s67-Elias Howe, inventor OF tn,
sewing-machins died in Brooklyn
N. Y. Born at Spencer, Mass, Jul!
8. 1919.
1914-Rusten Bey, Turkish ambassa
dor at Washington, quit his pos
because Of ofhcial dissatisfaction
: with his published views on Amerl
can Affairs.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-10-03
GOOD BACKS FOR BAD
Maysville Residents Are Learning
How to Exchange the Old Back
For q Stronger One.

w o"Vh6OA VhOs
Does your back ache, feel weak and
painful!
Do you suffer headaches, languor
and depression?
The kidneys may be calling for
help.
Weak kidneys cannot do their work.
Give them the help they need.
To cure kidney backache you must
cure the kidneys.
Use tested and proven kidney rem
edy.
Doan's Kidney Pills have stood the
test.
Convincing proof of merit In Mays
vile endorsement:
Mrs. M. Holiday, 221 W. Second
St., Maysville, says: "At times, my
back has ached across my kidneys. My
kidneys have been irregular in action
and have had dizzy spells and head
aches. have always used Doan's
Kidney Pills, getting them at Wood &
Sons Drug Store, and they have never
failed to relieve these complaints"
Mrs. Holiday is only one Of many
Maysville people who have gratefully
endorsed Doan's Kidney Pills. II your
back aches-if your kidneys bother
you, don't simply ask for kidney
remedy-ask distinctly for DOAN'C
KIDNEY PILLS, the same that Mrs.
Holiday had-the remedy backed by
home testimony. Coo all stores. Fos-
ter-Milburn Co., Props, Buffalo, N. Y.
when Your Back is Lame-Remem-
! Der the Name
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-10-03
1.-THE RANCH WITH A HUNCH"
Mr.. John Fleming POgue, Former
Maysyilllan, Now In California,
Writes Poem About
His Ranch.

The Ramona Sentinel published at
Ramona, San Diego county, Cali
fornia, contains the following.
Mr.. John Fleming Pogue, the recent
purchaser of the big Montecito Ranch,
comes out in this issue with poem of
optimistic tone, and he starts out by
saying "We're bound to beat 1t out
with the bunch" and closes with the
sentiment, PUT your paw right
there" Mr.. Pogue and his estmable
family came here from Cincinnati,
Ohio, in which city they are known
among the heavy merchandising
class. Since coming to Ramona the
Pogue family have rapidly become a
part of our community, and have en-
dcared themselves to us through their
courtesy as we'll as through their
kindly attitude toward our matters of
a public nature. They are showing
their disposition do things worth
while, for besides farming their own
big ranch they have under lease five
hundred acres of the Santa Maria
Rancho, and the vast acreage will be
plowed with big tractor which has
been purchased by Mr.. Pogue. Their
vim and energy and effort to help us
do things all look mighty good. Sure,
there"
Following is the Poem:
The Ranch With a Hunch
Perhaps 1t may turn out a sang
perhaps turn out sermon"-Burns
Say stranger, have you heard of the
Montecito Ranch,
Which the same 1t is the ranch with
bunch?
While we started rather late, vel
we're growing, root and branch
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-10-03
And we're bound to beat 1t out with
tho bunch.

o, we only mean 1t all in the fairest
part, old pard-
For we didn't come out here to have
a fight
Still we sure are going some, and the
going's rather hard;
But we're doing what we do with
our might.
For you see the way to win is to will
1t strong, b'gosh!
To 60 for everything there is in
sight
To put it like a shot; put the others
on the ki-bosh;
Which you know generally means
Well, we're here to win, we say-by
all the means that's fair;
Then here's our hand before the
game begins;
Sure! We mean it as a friend,-so
put your paw right there;
Gods blessing on whOsover wins!-
'Tis just a bit of greeting, to our
neighbors far and near,
Just to show our heart is on the left
hand side;
Come and see us If you can-dont
you ever have fear
But you'll find the door is open very
wide.
o! the world is weary, with its bick-
ering and strife;-
Say-we never started out to preach
! a sermon
Still the sermon sure creeps in, fol
such we find is life;
And the ranch with bunch may
pass as one,
JOHN FLEMING POGUE.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-10-03

cars and as the French Government
needed the tobacco in order to keep
their factories going In France, l was
compelled to get the tobacco to New
Orleans to catch these steamers; so
| arranged with the Inland Naviga-
ton Co., at st. Louis, which has steel
barges propelled by gasoline engines,
each barge taking from 600 to 900
hhds, to take this tobacco to New Or
leans When the tobacco arrived in
New Orleans in some instances it
went along side of the steamer and
was loaded from barge to steamer,
that is, If the steamer was ready to
receive the cargo, and when this was
not done the cargo was taken off the
barges and loaded on the docks pend
ing the arrival of the steamer.
/ ship large amounts of tobacco all
over the world and am working to try
to assist the river traffice and not be
compelled to depend on the railroads
This steel barge left Paducah on Fri
day morning and arrived at. New Or.
leans the following Monday, being
only four days; in fact, it made bet.
ter time than freight train, and the
great advantage was that all the car
60 arrived at one time and could be
checked by the shipping clerks much
easier when 1t was loaded on the yes.
sells tina nit could have been checked
II 1t had been shipped by railroads
as the cars arrive at different times.
see no reason why the river traf
flc should not be encouraged on thu
Ohio and Missippi Rivers, in fact, i
looks like to me the Government II
not on the Job and the railroads ar,
holding up the shippers.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-10-03
WANT WICKETS DOWN AT PITTS.
BURG

Pittsburg, Penn, October IA re-
quest has been received by the local
United States engineers to let the
wickets down on the dams in the
upper Ohio Valley. so as to give a
stage deep enough to transport about
100000 bushels of coal from the
Kanawha River to points between
Gallipolls and Cincinnati. The mat
ter will likely be decided today, al
though there appears to be a belief
among river men that the wickets at
the Beaver and Davis Dams would
not be lowered for the present.
The river men report big fleet of
lcaded Kanawha coal barges at Point
Pleasant, W. Va, and Huntington, w.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-10-03
RAILROAD TIME TABLE
I] |'|||'| |||'| ||1
s..nA.u

No. II departs 5:35 q. m. daily ex-
cept Sunday.
No. 8 departs 100 p. m, daily ex-
cept Sunday.
No. 10 departs $40 p. m. daily.
No. 10 arrives $50 a. M, daily ex-
cept Sunday.
No. Is arrives 2:O5 p. m. daily.
No. IA arrives $3.50 p. m, daily ex-
cept Sunday.
No. I'll Sunday only, leave Mays
Vile 6 a. m.
No. PA arrive in Maysville 11:25 D.
m. Sunday only.
Schedule effective Sunday, June II,
subject to change without notice.
H. s. ELLIS, Agent.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-10-03

] expect to handle large amounts of
tobacco next year for various govern
ments, as l will probably represent
France and Sweden and sell consider
able tobacco to Spain, also large
amounts to Denmark and Norway,
and it is my intention to have factor
les located on the river front where
I can have the barge stop in front of
the factories and load the tobacco
from the factories direct into the
barges
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-10-03

Mrs. Sidney Webb, who has been ap-
pointed a member of the British Re-
construction Committee, is a daugh-
ter Of Richard Potter, one-time presi-
dent of the Grand Trunk Railway.
Mrs. Webb Is considered one of the
greatest living authorities on trade
unionism and social and Industrial
nrOhlems
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-10-03
TOdaY's Birthdays

IVuoy , DI buunyo
Major General William c. Grogas,
surgeon-general of the United States
Army, born at Mobile, Ala, SO years
ago today.
Nora Bayes, noted singing coined
ians of the American stage, born in
Chicago, 81 years ago today.
Crown Prince Carol, heir to the
Roumanian trone. born in Buchar-
est, "a years ago today.
Royal C. Johnson, representative in
Congress of the Second South Dakota
district, born at Cherokee, Iowa, 81
years ago today.
Andrew ]. Montague, former gov
ernor Of Virginia, now a member o.
Congress, born in Campbell County
Va, So years ago today.
7 Miss Virginia Gildersleeve, dean O
Barnard College, born in New Yorl
city, 40 years ago today.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-10-03
REVENUE ASSIGNMENTS FOR OC.
TOBER

The following local revenue assign
ments have been made for October:
Fl. h. Pogue Distillery Company.
W. c. Slye, storekeeper-gauger in
charge; j. A. Breslin, additional.
j. Fl. Rogers & Company: F. W
Harting, storekeeper-gauger