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Jackson County sentinel. (Gainesboro, Tenn.) 1914-current, 1917-03-09
The Legislature.

When The general assembly ad-
inurncd Friday at noon until
Monday afternoon, thirty.uine
days Of the screrty.hvc provided
for lawmaking every two years
had expired. So far there have
been added TO the public acts Of
the state twenty laws and l0l
private acts. bringing the total
output for more than half the
session up To III laws, In the
public acts to become laws, how
ever, theirs was none of the i'll.
portant measures such as the an.
tipas law, the workmen's COM
pensation law. the compulsory
primary law or other reform
measures pledged by the demo-
cratic party in its campaign in
1916. Before the recess. fifteen
public acts and fifty private acts
had been made into laws. Since
the recess, five public acts and
81 private acts have been record
ed in the office of the secretary
of state. The present rate Of
enactment is about ten private
acts to one public act. With
thirty.fiye days ahead, however,
there is time for much Of the
remedial and important legisla-
ton promised to the people by
the democratic nominees TO be
enacted into law.
The senate has disposed of the
anti-free pass bill. the suffrage
question and the Torrens land
title bill, but the house has not
disposed of the anti-pass or THE
Torrens bill. There are a score
of educational bills and taqation
measures in committee. and it is
likely the solons will get to work
on them this week.
The. recess committees. with
three exceptions. have not made
reports, but it is probable that
most of them will submit the re-
suits of their Investigations the
coming week. Two or three
have finished their reports. but
preferred to await the coming
week before making q report.
OF the public acts which were
recently placed in the books one
was the senate bill authorizing
the state highway commission TO
contract with the public roads
department of the United States
in system of road building.
The private acts include O VAR
led lot of local troubles. and not
a few are acts repeating acts Of
the preceding general assembly
and suggests the old story of
marching up a hill and then
marching down the hill, getting
nowhere, after much labor.
Jackson County sentinel. (Gainesboro, Tenn.) 1914-current, 1917-03-09
NOTICE TO TEACHERS.

| urge every teacher in the
county to assemble in GainesborC
saturday. March 10th, at 10 A.
NJ. The meeting is important,
every live bonaded teacher
should attend.
Respectfully,
w. L. Dixon Co. Supt.
Jackson County sentinel. (Gainesboro, Tenn.) 1914-current, 1917-03-09

EGGS FOR HATCHING:--
Barred Plymouth Rock eggs for
sale. Let me have you orders
for eggs a few days before you
need them. Prices, Is eggs for
75c. Home phone. You can
leave orders at Postoffice. or Sent
incl office. F. l.. Tardy.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-05-16
Graduates ct Liberty
Get Diplomas Tonight

LIBERTY, Ind, May 16.-Baccalaur.
cate services for the graduating class
Of the Liberty high school were held
in the Presbyterian church Sunday
evening. May 13. The sermon was by
the Rev. F. M. Davis, Of Rockville, Ind,
who was assisted by Rev. c. w. Whit.
man. pastor Of the Methodist church.
Ralph Kitchel. q member Of the
graduating class. sang a solo. Miss
Charlotte Hustled was at the organ and
Miss Charlotte Dubois at the piano.
The annual commencement exercises
will be held at 8 o'clock tonight In the
Stanley Memorial Institute. The ad.
dress will be delivered by Rabbi Steph.
en- s. Wise, of New York.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-05-16

The council Of soldiers and workmen's
delegates seems to have been aroused
at last to the perils OF the course 1t
has elected to follow but 1t Is a Ques-
ton II It's awakening has not come too
late. The soldiers In the ranks evil
IDENTIFY have the bit In their teeth and
It remains to be seen II there is a
hand strong enough to check them
from bringing about practical chaos.
Food Situation Grows Worse.
The food situation In Germany also
appears to be growing steadily worse
and alarm Is expressed in various
quarters that the available supply will
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-05-16
ECONOMY LEADS
WITH "A BOYS
IN CORN CLUB

The County Boys Corn club has an
enrolment Of 81 members. F. M.
Jones and williams implement firm. is
anxious to have at least fifty more
boys join the club.
Prizes this year are to be unusually
large. Several merchants and bank
ers have expressed desire to donate
money or merchandise as awards. A
complete list of these viii be publish
ed soon.
Due to weather conditions. corn
planting has just started. Any boy In
Wayne county between the ages Of l:
to 10 years can join now. plant corn
at once. and be In line for the prizes.
when the show comes off" next fall.
Purdue Man Offers Help.
Mr.. Jones has received letter from
]. A. Linke, Of Purdue university, of.
fering to help the boys - much IS pos
sible. Linke Is employed by the gov.
eminent and Is An expert In corn
growing. He win make several visits
here during the summer. giving any
help or advice that the boys may need.
Booklets to keep records In, and bull
letins on corn growing will be given
TO all members Of the club. This lit
erature Is published by the govern
ment.
Tho following boys have enrolled in
the club: Murray Helms and J. Syl.
vester Undsrhill. Richmond: T. J.
Wright. Brownsville. r. r. No. 10,
Howard Hill. and John Bragg. Foun.
tain City: Claude and Denver Davis,
Ceuterville. Economy has the follow.
ing entrants: Forrest Cain. Charles
Replogle. George Cain. Cecil Cain, Ed.
win Frazer. Harland Cain, Harold
Fouts. Kenneth Cain. Glenn Veal,
Wayne Williamson. Harry Van
Schiach, Clifford Sanders, Karl Weyl,
Worth Hill.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-05-16
ASSESSABLE GOODS
OF IS TOWNSHIPS
T0TALS$1o,054,880

Assessors Of Is townships fled their
reports with County Auditor Bowman
yesterday.
The total of assessable property in
the Is townships was given as
$10.05A.ss0.
This will be increased largely by
the Board Of Review, which will be in
session during the month Of June The
board will Ak values of banks and
other corporations.
Last year the board fixed the value
of property in these townships at
81, 05s.970.
Total viii Fall Short
Auditor Bowman expects the total
this year to be less than last year be-
cause Of q tendency on the part Of
property owners to convert taxable
securities into non-taxable ones and
because Of state tax board ruling
which provides decrease of 25 per
cent from total valuation figures Of
assessors.
Following are reports on valuation
Of the assessors:
Abingdon Township, $671 800; Bos-
ton Township, $797. 020: Center Town.
ship, $1,42s, 730; Clay Township. $685.
800; Dalton Township. 1868, 800;
Franklin Township zoos, $40; Greene
Township. $9s3,o20; Harrison Town
ship. $685.. 400; Jackson Township,
81, 038. $40; New Garden Township,
$689,510: Perry Township, $552,370
Washington Township. $1.449,510;
Webster Township. $463, $40: Boston
Corporation. $3.50: Cambridge City
Corporation, $75S.410; Centerville Cor
poration. $323.2S0: Dublin Corporation
$2o1. 44o; East Germantown Corpora
ton, $105, $40: Fountain City Corpora
ton, $181 $50: Greensboro Corporation
$102, $40; Milton Corporation. $207,-
$50; Mount Auburn Corporation. $780,
$50: Whitewater Corporation, $34, 100;
Total, $1O,054,880.
n
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-05-16
HARD FIGHTING
IcontInued From Pas. on..]

CONTINUED From Page ons.l
front are having their effect in France
The heavy reinforcement Of men and
guns which Field Marshal Won linden
burg has been able to throw into the
defense OF his sorely battered lines
have, for the time being, at least,
caused deadlock which the most fur.
ious efforts Of the British and French
have failed to break.
Council Sees Perils Ahead.
These first fruits of the chaos in
Russia are the more ominous in the
hints they offer of future possibilities.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-05-16
OBSERVES ASCENSION DAY

Ascension Day services will be held
Thursday morning at 10 o'clock at ST.
Paul's Episcopal church by Rev. r. D.
Baldwin, the rector.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-05-16

not suffice to feed the nation until the
next harvest. The ELUSIVE promises
with which the administration checked
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-05-16

meat for bread 10 seriously diminish
ing the country's stock Of milk ami
mails.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-05-16

the May Day strike agitation have
proved hollow and there are COM
plants that the attempt to substitute
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-08-07
-@~Ess1 -1sssSasNsksafN
Hetty Green Chained Faith

Mrs. Hetty Green. who was frequent.
ly called the richest woman In the
World and was reared In the Quaker
faith, accepted the Episcopalian creed
three years before her death to be
buried In the family plot with her hus-
band. The story became known In
transfer tax proceedings to determine
Mrs. Green's legal place Of abode.
Mrs. Green's attachment" said one
OF the estates lawyers. 'for the place
to which her, young husband took her
as his bride fifty years ago Mas so
strong that she was baptized into the
Episcopal faith few years before her
death because she feared she otherwise
might not be permitted to lie after
death beside her husband In the Gem,
etery OF that church In Bellows Falls"
From the New York Sun.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-08-07
Business Men Best Farmers.

at may be disputed and appear Inn
probable hut 1t is nevertheless true
that the best farmers are not those
who are brought up on the farm and
educated as farmers, but rather those
who go on TO the farm from other oc-
cupations," remarked James Hayden, a
stockman of Montana, according 10 the
Washington Post. Montana, you may
know, has become an agricultural state
In the last decade. Before that we
were stock state, and there was very
little real farming done. We have had
immigrants from all parts of the coun-
try who have gone on to farms. Many
have become rich, because Montana
land is rich agricultural land. Investi-
CATION has been made In all parts Of
the country to learn who make the
most successful farmers and why.
These inquiries have invariably shown
that the best farmers are progressive
men. By that mean men who are
Intelligent and aggressive. They are
doctors, merchants, lawyers, clerks and
others. The professional man usually
makes . sYsesssful farmer because, as
a rule, he applies to farming that sys-
tematic, orderly intelligence which
made him a success In his profession"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-08-07

sleep, and to know that he Is sitting
there In the cold darkness.
II Is no use. I shall never be able to
sleep In a bed again. l have tried IL
now, numerous times, and every
such night is n horror. II could but
only persuade him to go to bed But
no. He sits there and sits therc-I
know he does--while I stare and stare
up into the blackness and think and
think, continually think, Of him to
know that he Is sitting here.
The servants think am crazy. That
is but to be expected and It is why
I have never called a physician.
am resolved. Henceforth this hall
lucination ceases. From now on I shall
remain In the chair. shall never leave
It. 1 shall remain In It night and day
and always.
have succeeded. For two weeks I
have not seen him. Nor shall 1 ever
see him again. I have at last attained
the equanimity Of mind necessary for
philosophic thought. I wrote a COM
plete chapter today.
Il is very wearisome sitting In a
chair. The weeks pass, the months
come and go, the seasons change, the
servants replace each other while re-
main. only remain. 1t is a strange
life I lead, but at least am at peace.
He comes no more. There is no eter-
nifty of forms. 1 have proved it. For
nearly two years now I have remained
In this chair. and I have not seen him
once. But 1t is clear that what
thought saw was merely hallucina-
ton. He never was. Yet do not
leave the chair. am afraid to leave
the chair.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-08-07
-As eol..cIous entltyr. I demnna.

"As eci.scious entityr' demand.
cd.
Yes, as a conscious entity" was I,s
reply. II should go on, from plane 10
plane Of higher existence, remembering
my earth life, you, this very argument
-ay, and continuing the argument
with you"
IL was the only argument. Forci-
pie! Ha, ha comment of Rudolph
Heckler on mnrgin). / swear It was
only argument. l never lifted a hand.
How could II He was my brother, my
elder brother, Jim.
L cannot remember 1 was very ex-
asperated. He had always been so OBJ
stinate In this metaphysical belief OF
MS. The next l knew he was lying
on the hearth. Blood was running. It
was terrible. He did not speak. He
did not move. He must have fallen
In ut and struck his head. I no
ticcd there was blood on the poker.
In falling he must have struck upon It
with his head. And yet I fail to see
hoY this can be, for l held IL in my
hand all the time. I was still holding
II In my hand as l looked at 1t.
II Is hallucination. That is a con-
clusion of common sense. have
watched the growth Of 1t. At first 1t
was only in the dlmmest light that I
could see him sitting in the chair. But
as the time passed and the hallucina-
ton, by repetition, strengthened, he
was able to appear in the chair under
the strongest lights. That is the ex-
PLANTATION. 1t is quite satisfactory.
1 shall never forget the first time
saw 1t. had dlned alone downstairs.
l never drink wine, so that what hap
pened was eminently normal. 1t was
lie the summer twilight that returned
to the study. l glanced at the desk.
There he was, sitting. SO natural was
Ii, that before 1 knew 1 cried out, .
"Jiml" Then 1 remembered all that
had happened. OF course, 1t was a hal
lucination. / knew that. l took the
poker and went over to 1t. He did not
move or vanish. The poker cleaved
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-08-07
SUPERSTITIONS ARE MANY
seafarina Men, Especially, Have Many
Signs Which Are Believed to Indl-
cate Good or Bad Luck.

Old actors believe the witches song
IN Macbeth" to possess the power Of
casting evil spells, and the majority OF
them strongly dislike to play in the
piece.
Some of the creatures met with at
sea are considered unlucky. If shark
is seen following a ship for days 1t is
thought that someone on board is
doomed to die shortly. The birds
known as Mother Cary's chickens,
when they perch upon the rigging of
vessel, are believed to be the messen-
gers of a storm. Dolphlns or porpoises
seen In calm are unfavorable Omens.
The naming of warship after sting
ing or venomOus things Is considered
unlucky.
In Newfoundland the superstitious
say that If a ship has a starboard list
II is a sign of a quick passage; a port
list, 1t is a sign Of long passage.
The throwing overheard during a
calm Of old clothes too bad to wear.
which have been saved for the pur-
pose, is supposed to bring a wind.
If the nails of the hand be cut with
a knife or scissors 1t VIII bring head
wind.
A vessel which sticks upon the way
while being launched is certain to be
unlucky, In the lore of the sea.
A vessel painted blue is supposed to
be hoodoo and to bring bad weather.
Misfortune to a vessel is sure to be
followed by Ill luck to all vessels bear
Ing the same name.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-08-07

Is impossible TO separate thought from
matter that thinks. assert, with Ba-
con, that all human understanding
arises from the world Of sensations.
assert, with Locke, that OIL human
Ideas are due to the functions OF the
senses. | assert, with Kant, the me-
chanical origin Of the universe, and
that creation is a natural and hIstorl-
cal process. l assert. with Laplace,
that there is no need Of the hypothesis
OF creator. And, finally, assert. be.
cause Of all the foregoing, that form
Is ephemeral. Form passes. There
fore we pass"
repeat IL was unanswerable. Yet
did he answer with Paley's notorious
fallacy OF the watch. Also, he talked
about radlum, and all but asserted that
the very existence of matter had been
exploded by these later-day laboratory
researches. 1t was childish. I had
not dreamed he could be SO immature.
How could one argue with such a
mani I then asserted the reasonable
ness Of all that is. To this he agreed,
reserving, however, one exception. He
looked at me, as he said IL, In way
l could not mistake. The Inference
was obvious. That he should be guilty
OF so cheap quip in the midst of a
serious discussion, astounded me.
The eternity of forms. II was RI
diculous. Yet is there a strange magic
In the words. If it be true, then has he
not ceased to exist? Then does he ex-
list? This is impossible.
l have ceased exercising. AS long
as l remain in the room the hallucina-
ton does not bother me. But when
l return to the room after an absence
he Is always there, sitting at the desk,
writing. Yet dare not confide In a
physician. I must fight this out by
myself.
He grows more importunate. Today,
book on the shelf,
turned and found him again in the
chair. This Is the first time he has
dared to do this in my presence. New
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-08-07
A Useful ssrxIsa.

Weather news Is now received regu-
larry by wireless at 270 amateur radio
stations located In nine OF the north
ern and western states. In this way
the wireless operator Is enabled 60
give his neighborhood the weather.
forecast as soon ~ lt q Issued
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-08-07

ertheless, by looking at him steadily
and sternly for several minutes, COM
PEELED him to vanish. This proves my
were an eternal form could not make
him vanish by mere effort of my
will.
This is getting damnable. Today
gazed at him for an entire hour before
could make him leave. Yet II Is so
simple. What l see is memory pic
ture. For twenty years l was accus-
toned to seeing him there at the desk,
The present phenomenon is merely q
recrudescence OF that memory pic
ture--a picture which was impressed
countless times on my conscience.
gave up today. He exhausted me.
and still he would not go. sat and
watched him hour after hour. He
takes no notice of me. but continually
writes. l know he writes. for read
It over his shoulder. 1t is not true.
He Is taking an unfair advantage.
Query: He Is a product of my con-
seriousness (; is II possible. then. that en-
titles may be created by conscious
nessi
We did not quarrel. To this day I
do not know how 1t happened. Let
me tell you. Then you viii see. We
sat up late that never-to-be-forgotten
last night Of his existence. 1t was the
old, old discussion-the eternity of |
forms. How many hours and how
many nights we had consumed over II |
On this night he had been particu-
larry irritating. and all my nerves were
screaming. He had been maintaining
that the human soul was itself form.
an eternal form, and that the light
within his brain would go ON forever
and always. I took up the poker.
Suppose" 1 said. II should strike
you dead with thisr ttl
Il would 20 on" he answered.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-08-07

L saw him today. seated at the desk,
writing. 1t gave me quite shock, be-
cause had thought he was quite dis
PEELED. Nevertheless, on looking stead
lily, l found that he was not there-the
old familiar trick of the brain. l have
dwelt too long on what has happened.
am becoming morbid, and my old in
digestion is limiting and mutterlng.
shall take exercise. Each day / shall
walk for two hours.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-08-07

through the non-existent substance Of
the thing and struck the back of the
chair. Fabric of fancy, that Is all 1t
was. The mark is there on the chair
now where the poker struck. pause
from my writing and turn and look at
| it-press the tips Of my fingers into
| the indentation.
He did continue the argument. I
stole up today and looked over his
shoulder. He was writing the history
| Of our discussion. 1t was the same old
nonsense about the eternity of forms.
But as continued to read, he wrote
down the practical test l had made
with the poker. Now this is unfair
and untrue. made no test. In fall
ing he struck his head on the poker,
- - -.s.ss- -s'HcRsasSeSg-i
Some day somebody will find and
read what he writes. This will be ter
rtble. I am suspicious of the servant,
who Is always peeplng and peerinG
trying to see what write. must do
ooN4Se@aA6s 1NNAy otANuht uuNC nuu
is curious about what l write.
Fabric Of fancy. That Is all It Is.
There is no Jim who sits In the chair.
I know that. Last night when the
house was asleep, l went down into
the cellar and looked carefully at the
soil around the chimney. 1t was UNI
tempered with. The dead do not rise
up.
Yesterday morning. when l entered
the study, there he was In the chair.
When had dlspelled him, sat In the
chair myself all day. had my meals
brought to me. And thus I escaped
the sight Of him for many hours, for
he appears only In the c. air. was
weary, but | sat late. until IL o'clock.
Yet when stood up to 20 to bed. I
looked around. and there he was. He /
had slipped into the chair on the In
slant Being only a fabric OF fancy.
all day he had resided In my brain.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-08-07

1t is impossible. I cannot exercise.
Each time return from my walk, he
is sitting in my chair Mt my desk. It
grows more difficult TO drive him away.
1t is my chair. Upon this insist II
was his, but he is dead. and it is no
longer his. How can one be fooled by
the phantoms of his own imagining
There is nothing real In his apparltion.
l know 1t. l am firmly grounded with
my fifty years Of study. The dead are
dead.