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The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1918-01-30
Go 10 Church Times.

The pastors of Columbia ana vein
ity extend cordial welcome 10 al
Presbyterian church, Rev z e
Watson Pastor
Sunday. School 9:45 a. n.
Congregational Woaship II a n.
Evening Service at p. n. On ever.
second and fourth Sundays
Prayer service Wednesday evening
at $50 Sunday-school topic discuss
ed.
Preaching at Union lst and Bro
Sabbaths
METHODIST CHURCH.
L F. Piercey, Pastor.
Preaching lsJ and 3rd Sunday IL
-,.cI month.
Sunday School at $50 a. n
EUworth Leage 6:15 D. n
PRAYER meeting "Wednesday eyenInz
at 6:3O.
Everybody cordially invited 70 thesz
services.
BAPTIST CHURCH.
Preaching at II a n. and e. 40 .. Y
Oh Tie lst and 3rd SUNDAYS iE each
month. Sunday school at $50.
.. p, Bush, Pastor.
Loren Bradley, Supt. Of :. $
CHRISTIAN CHURCH
EibIe school every Sunday at go a.
m,
Preaching service a. n 2. ID. am
$50 2. m on Second and Fourth Sazs-
days
Prayer meeting each Wednesday
evening at $50.
Officers meeting monthly.
WOmau's Missionary Society, The
first Sunday in each o. Cnrh at 20 o
M.
Mission Band the inst sunday In
each month at p. m.
Ladies Aid Society Thurs lay site-
second Sunday at 2:45 p. N.
Il. T. Williams, Pastor.
Horace JeffrieS, Bible sch5Ci. SuJ.-
erintendent.
G. R'Reed, Sect.
Ray COnover, Tres.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1918-01-30
An exchange advocates tipping

An exchange advocates tipping
walters with thrift stamps.
Won't do. When a fellow has
to cough up q liberty bond for a
square meal, he feels that he
ought TO be allowed co keep a
stamp or two.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1918-01-30
To be continued.

Shakespeare is coming back
again. The literary society of
the Wild Onion school house has
dramatized one of his plays and
will present it next Friday night.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1918-01-30

A wedding took place on low
er Gander Creek Wednesday
night of last week. 1t was a
simple affair, as several were
heard to say that the bride was
foolish to marry him.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1918-01-30

If we only were certain as to
whether the knltCers or the pick
cts would be the representative
women when they begin to vote,
we could view the prospect with
less concern,
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1918-01-30

Slim Pickens climbed up into
the loft at the Hog Ford church
last Sunday and peeped Through
q knot hole at the preacher.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1918-01-30

It's safe bet that prices are
causing more meatless days thar
patriotism is prompting.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1918-01-30

Nearly every country town
has a merchant that uses
goOsequill toothpick and does
not advertise.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1918-01-30

When this country rounds up
the alien enemies, will that also
include LaFollette?
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1918-01-30
SKETCHES OF ADAIR
COUNTY.
Historical and Biographical thai
will be OF Interest 10 all
Readers of The News.
BY JUDGE ii. c. BAKER.
No. 2.

Adair county was named In
honor of Gen. John Adair, a dis
tinguished statesman and soldier,
who commanded the Kentucky
troops in the battle of New Or
leans, and who was subsequently
Governor of the State, member of
Congress- and United States Sen
ator. 1t was formed out of the
county OF Green in the year 1901
1t is situated near the middle
of the southern part of the State,
and is bounded on the north by
the counties of Green and Tay-
ior, on the east by the counties
of Casey and Russell, on the
south by Cumberland, and OF the
west by Metcalfe and Green.
The face of the country is rolling
and billy. The soil is fairly
good, resting mainly on slate
and limestone foundation. Some
of the river and creek bottoms
are quite productive.
Green river, which runs across
the northern part of the county,
from east to west, is the largest
stream, and has ever been noted
for the beauty of the scenery
along It's banks. RusseII's creek
running through it in the same
direction by Columbia, the coun
ty seat, drains the central part.
Casey's Creek, which heads in
Casey county, and empties into
Green river some eight miles
from Columbia, is a long stream,
and runs through a wide valley
Of very productive land. Sui
phur Fork,a never failing stream
of clear running water flows into
RusselIs creek about a mile east
of the county seat, while On the
south side, about mile from
the town, runs Pettis Fork,
Another never failing creek.
On the eastern and south eastern
side of the'county are Glenn
Fork, CrocuS, and the east and
west fork of Crocus, AID on the
west and south west are Big
Greek and Leatherwood, streams
of considerable size.
There are many smaller
/ streams III all parts Of the coun
ty having their fountain head II
springs OF as pure water as runs
from the earth, in fact, almosr
every farm has Oh it one or more
good springs which furnish
abundance Of water fer domestic
and stock purposes. In tht
corporate limits Of rhe town O.
Columbia are as many as elgh
excellent springs which runs tn
year round.
When the time arrives, as /
predicted it will, that water Wi
be relied upon to furnish ligh
and heat for our homes, an,
power to run our factories an
machine shops, Adair count
ought to be one of the ideal spot
of the earth.
The chef products Of tn
county are corn, wheat, oats
sorghum, the various grasses
and tobacco. In the earle
days, while slavery existed, larg
| crops of tobacco were raised bu
it has not received so much a
; tention since the civil war.
Slavery, and the system
t farming then in vogue, did niue
to destroy the vitality of til
|. land. Clearings would be mad
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1918-01-30

Also it's safe to gamble that
the price of garbage cans viii
not be boosted on account Of the
unusual demand.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1918-01-30

ildo DScu EdIScu W MY lSf
plans; the grog shop has disap
peared from the street corners,
and the old toper's face is sell
dom seen.
About two and one half m lies
from Columbia, on the road lead
ing to Midtown, is "Todd's Cave"
one of the natural curiosities Of
the county. The mouth of the
cave, from which issues a bold,
clear stream of water, Is on the
hill side, short distance from
Pettis Fork creek. 1t can De
entered by walking erect beside
the stream along the solid arch
way of rock. About thirty steps
from the entrance is an opening
by which admission is gained to
the main channel in the second
story, which is probably twelve
feet or more above the channel
Of the stream. Here is a large hall
way, or avenue, which can be
followed either to the right or
left. One way leads to the
lanyard" the other to the
Meat House," the two most
noted objects in the cave. These
are we'll worth seeing, and when
seen, the suggestiveness of the
names applied to them is appar-
ent, for one has the appearance
of a number of large hides hang
ing from the ceiling, and the
other, Of the shoulders and hams
when is position for drying and
smoking. A remarkable feature
of the hides is, that when struck
with stick, each gives firth a
different sound.
The cave has often been visit
ed and explored, and is a popular
place for picnic parties The
beauty of the cave, however, has
been very much married by the
breaking and removing of the
stalactites and stalacmites, and
formations which gave it attrac-
tiveness. 1t is said that a tree,
which once stood near the en-
trance, had carved upon it the
name of Daniel Boone. 1t may
be that the bold hunter at some
time found it retreat from
storm or providing Indians for it
has been established by other
circumstances that he was at one
time in the county and in the
nefghborhood of the cave.
Adair county belongs to what
is known as the Pennyrile"
section Of Kentucky. No map
has ever attempted by blue and
red lines to give it's exact bound
airy, but it is distinct from what
is called the Bluegrass" the
Mountains" and the "Pur.
chase"
1t would be misleading to sup
pose, as the name would indi
cate, that its chief product Is
Pennyroyal. While it grows il
places, it is not the chief forage
for cattle, and it's decoctions ar,
not used as a substitute for tel
and coffee by the people. This
"Pennyrile" represents a very
important part of the Dark anC
Bloody Ground" both as regard
the products of the soil, and tn
manliness Of its men. Along it
rivers and creeks can be seel
soil as generous in the amour
and variety of its production, a
can be found any where.
Its forests and cultivated lands
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1918-01-30

Don't cuss the snow. The.
wheat needs it, and we need the
wheat.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1918-01-30

QucClVe, Cney WOulQ De turned
out to be bIistered by the hot
summer sun, and denuded of
soil and cut into ruts by the
washing rains. No attention was
given to the preservation, and
reclamation of the sol, by ferti
lization, and the judicious rota-
ton of crops.
A very decided change has
come in modern times. The
grasses are given a larger place
on the farm; the needs of the
soil are studied, and considerd
and systems of cropping and cnl-
tivation adopted with a view not
only to Immediate returns, but also
leaving the landi n condition for
future service, which is certain
Iy the part of wise hushandry
In addition to the field crops.
vegetables grow in profusion,
and great variety.
Apples, peaches, plum, grapes,
and the small fruits do well, es-
pecially on the high lands, with
proper attention and cultivation.
They are raised only in limited
quantities however, at the pres
ent time, because of the want of
a market to justify the necessary
outlay and labor.
The county has always been at
a serious disadvantage for the
want of proper transportation
facilities, not only for local pur-
poses but for communication with
the outside world.
1t has no railroad, and but one
line Of pike road in the county,
and its dirt roads do not receive
the attention they should.
The county is diversified with
farm lands and forests. Proba-
bly, two thirds of the land is yet
in forest. 1t was at one time
heavily timbered with very fine
growth of almost every variety
of timber that grows in this lat
titude. There is yet much value
in it, if the people would give
proper attention to the conserva-
ton of what is left.
1t should be remembered that
the trees. grow while we sleep,
and as we'll on Sunday as week
days. Care should be taken to
preserve what is left, and &c
guard against the waste which
attended its treatment in the
past.
The past quarter of q century
has witnessed wonderful progress
in the county. The farmers are
better farmers than they were
They have learned, among other
things, that grass is a civilizer,
and that it beauties and enrich
es, at the same tine yields
generous return for what i
costs. AS a consequence, the
hillsides and valleys are growing
greener; the washed out, yellow
places on the farms, scars lef
from the days of slavery, art
disappearing; the underground
is being cleared out of the for
ests, and wider and richer pas
lures are being opened.
Villages. once lazy and ragged
and sleepy, have awakened from
their condition Of lethargy, ant
are arraying themselves in neV
apparel, and some of them eve
aspire to Metropolitan ways an
appearances. The old time To-
, school house up the hollow, wit
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and the smoothly flowing Cum
berland with its frowning cliffs,
and productive bottom lands, in
part skirrs its southern border.
1t abounds in almost every va
riety of forest growth, and its
soil adapts itself to almost all
kinds of vegetab es and fruits in
addition to the staple crops of
the field.
tits the ideal country for good
living from tn orchard and the
garden. AID in consequence, it is
especially suited 70 the man of
moderate means.
The average inhabitants of
the "Pennyrile" occupies the
happy middle ground spoken Of
by the wise man when he said:
Give me neither riches nor pow
erty." He has not enoJgh to
make him avaricious tc own the
earth and the outlying kingdoms,
nor has he so little, that he is
wanting in thankfulness to the
Lord for things which he pos
sesses. His crop harvested, and
his barn full; his hogs fattened
and killed, and sailed down; the
apples and potatoes and walnuts
stored away; the frewOod under
shelter and the sorghum for the
year boiled and oarreled. 1t
matters little to him whether
rain, hail or snow comes.
He can sit before his open fire
place, with It's back logs and
front logs sparkling and burning
on their bed of Goals, and in
quiet satisfaction smoke the pipe
of contentment, while the good
wife" sitting besides him. re-
joices that the biscuits of the
coming year will not be short
ened" with cotton oil or adulter-
ated compounds, but with the
pure white fat of hogs rendered
into lard in her own kettles, and
under her personal supervision.
If perchance, there should be a
scarcity of flour, as there is at
the present time, she is in no
wise perturbed, for she has the
meal from the white grain CON
and she knows how with little
salt, lard and water or butter
milk, to make of it a bread in
comparably better than some
recommended under directions
sent out by the food experts
from Washington.
The reputation of the Penny
rifle" country does not depend
upon its horses or cows, or
sheep, although 1t can boast of
many, of each, and Of good grades
nor che tons Of pennyrOysl which
it may be supposed to produce
annually. and send out to the
markets of the world, but, rath
er upon the solid character of
It's men and women. No coun
try has produced q better or a
higher type OF true manhood. 1t
is no reproach to the memory or
name of Lincoln, to say he was
a product Of the Pennyrile soil,
and in MS b0yh0Od typical of its
humbIesc class. 1t has furnished
many of the Governors of her
Commonwealth. II has given
generals, and other officers tC
command our armies, north and
south, and soldiers in the ranks
no less chivalrOus than the lead.
ers.
\ II l.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-23

the harbor. Various phases of this prob
lem have been under consideration, such
as the building of freight tunnels to con-
meet New Jersey and Manhattan. The
Interstate Commerce Commission has sug-
gested that such tunnels would make it
possible to handle much of the Manhattan
freight without tho use of lighters.
1t is within the province of the New
York Port War Board to consider such
matters and to make recommendations for
the Improvement and development of tn.
port, which is bound to be called on to
handle an ever increasing portion of the
war shipping and which must, therefore,
be speeded up to a degree of efficiency
never before realized. New York City
and New York State, which have spent
millions of dollars for the improvement
of their waterfront, may rest assured that
mo plan for the logical development of
the port to high degree of efficiency will
ever contemplate it's division, either theo-
retlcal or practical, into two zones COM
peting against each other.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-23
Next Time

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Cannot coal be freed for war and
household purposes more effectively and With
less hardship to our industries by restrictive
the further deliveries of coal to them +ban
by forbidding them to use what is alreadv ~
their bins? This forbiddng does not free q
pound of the already enbinned coal. which
lies, dog in manger, unused by industry and
unfreed for war.
Is not the case almost strictly parallel 70
that of food rations? We free food for way
not by forbidding the householder to cook
that already in his pantry, but by restrcting
his further purchases. He can then plan to
use his present and prospective food SO as to
suit his special conditions, which he under
stands best. So with industry and its coal
HENRY MARION HOWE.
bedford Hills, n. T.. Jan. p, 1918.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-23
Eliminating the Pseudo-Irish

Few will resent the restrictions imposed
upon the pseudo-1rish papers published
here, and least of all the Irish themselves.
A few Germans may regret this curtail-
ment of their activities, but even the Ger
mans must know that the possibilities of
propaganda in that direction are exhaust
ed' And, though Mr.. Dewey and his
trends may think they have been treated
badly by their gallant allies" it is not
easy to sympathize with those who have
sedulousy licked the boots of the Kasey's
agents and got more kicks than ha'pence
in return.
1t was pathetic to read "The Gaelic
American" year and half ago as it
bubbled over with gratitude and humbly
thanked the Germans for doing their best,
Notwithstanding the failure of the expedi-
ton led by Easement. 1t was pathetic
because the cynics who sent him forth
could not possibly have hoped for success
and were we'll aware that they were de-
hverlng him into the hands of his Judges.
1t was pathetic, because poor Mr.. Devoy,
who loved to be thought proud man and
rebel by nature, crawled and prostrated
himself before his German masters, adjur-
ing them never to forget that his friends
and followers stood reverentially when the
German anthem was sung and always did
their best to join in. His sycophancy has
brought him no good
But the most pathetic circumstance of
all is that Mr.. Dewey and his associates
have always been treated with contempt,
or at best with pity, in Ireland They
pass there only as caricatures or grotesquc
limitations of 1rishmen. And no wonder.
Occasionally they contrive to gain little
notoriety, as, for instance, when the Irish
Players were here, and by fair means and
toul they did their best to damn every
play produced. Little did they dream then
that few years later they would be cee-
bratlng some of the most noted supporters
of the Irish Theatre as heroes and mar
tyrs-the Martyrs Of Easter Week.
The truth is that "The Gaelic Ameri
can" and all of it's kind are out of touch
with Ireland and represent nothing but
the venom and vulgarity of few splenetic
nonentities whose disappearance will be
regretted by no one. Their day is over.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-23
The Chamberlain Incident

1t is unfortunate that ali unpleasant
personal issue has been raised by Senator
Chamberlain's speech on our war-making
shortcomings and the Presidents retort
thereto. The country will sympathze
with the Senator from Oregon, who has
been for several years past one of the most
earnest workers at Washington for mill
tary preparedness. His charge that the
government has broken down on war work
all along the line was sweeping. He has
since explained that he meant to refer to
military activities only. But he suffers
the penalty of those who tell too much of
the truth and tell it too bluntly. 1t was
not so much what he said, but the spirit
of justifiable impatience behind his criti-
cism, which stirred the President to anger.
This personal difference is especially
regrettable at time when Mr.. Chamber
lain had perfected bill to bring about a
much needed reorganization of our war
machinery. The Presidents resentment
will have the effect of detaching some
Democratic Senators from support of the
Chamberlain War Council scheme 1t may
also force something like partisan align
ment in Congress on this measure.
A division of this sort has been avoided
so far. 1t was highly desirable that the
Chamberlain bill should be considered
solely on it's merits. 1t is a measure in
tended to strengthen our military machine
and to bring the war back to the people,
1t should have been kept clear of partisan
interests and animosities. 1t should have
escaped being classified, through personal
and partisan complications, as pro-Admin-
istration or anti-Administration.
That may not be possible now. If SO,
the country will deeply regret it. The
Chamberlain bill is measure which
points the way to greater efficiency. 1t
will be deplorablc if Mr.. Chamberlain's
leadership in the movement for war reor-
ganization is hampered by his clash with
the President, and the progress of the
measure itself is impeded bJ a recrudes-
cence in Congress Of the destructive spirit
of partsanship.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-23
Admiral Jellicoe's Pension
Ill Le:ter in Thc London alohel

VI I1ttktT III TIC LOUdOW (TTObc)
1t appears, after risking his life in the
service of his country from boyhood, and
then since August, 1914, for three years bear
Ing about the greatest responsibility that
ever man could have, Admiral Jcllicoe will
receive from grateful country the princely
pension of s776 los. per annum, viz, about
SIS per week For his great services to his
corntry-those who came back from Mons
can tell what those sixteen batteries. viz
niAety-six guns, might have done if they had
not been disbanded--Lord Haldane receives
$4,000 per annum, about s10O week Truly
there are some things in this world, as Lord
Dundrcary says, that mo fellah can mdor-
stand"
New-York tribune., 1918-01-23
Fish Prices
{ from The Philcdclnhi1

(From The Philadelphia Ledgc1
Moderate is not the word for the fish
prices fixed upon by the food administration
as reasonable. They may seem reasonable in
comparison with other prices that have been
or are being charged, but the advance over
even only few years ago is startling. No
one would have prophesed when cod was
selllng Tor few cents pound that it would
be quoted at twenty cents and upward The
cod is a plentiful fish, the expense of han
ding it should not be excessive, and there is
nothing to show any falling off in the catch
II is fair assumption that the present nrce
is artificial. Hake and pollock, always cheap
hitherto, have climbed along with cod. Hall
but and mackerel have become luxuries to
persons of small means. To say that the OBJ
servance of meatless days has increased the
demand tor fish is an easy explanation but
1t isn't wholly satisfying. Is there real
scarcity, or are spectators enjoying their
favorlte game Of corners? If the second
alternative is the true one, then the sooner
the food administration has the authority 70
fix prices the better
New-York tribune., 1918-01-23
Sir E Carson's RESIGNATION

1T was standing grievance of those
who professed a desire to settle Irish af.
fairs that the arch-rebel Sir Edward C.r
son continued to hold seat in the Br;t;sb
War Cabinet. At last "after anx;ons c,n
slderatlon,' he has resigned, upon the con.
vlctlon that sit is for the national advor
tage at the present juncture." Hence ;f
the Irish convention proves a failure he
cannot be, as heretofore, the common
scapegoat.
Sir Edward Carson has done wisely. He
has taken pains to make it clear that he
has no quarrel with the government on any
point relating to the policy or to the conduct
of the war. He foresees, however tbo+
whatever the fate of Ireland NAV be. the
government will be obliged to adopt new
policy there, and 81 feel" he says, that it
would be advantageous for the War Cab;-
net to discuss this policy without nv
presence"
If the convention had failed while he
was in Office nothing is more certain than
that he would have borne the heaviest Lur.
dcns of reproach, for he has invariably
been held responsible for every evil in
Ireland since the war began, not excepting
the rebellion Of 1916. Now, however. the
government has a free hand-and so has
ne. That he has striven for settlement
there can be little doubt, but that he will!