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The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1918-02-13
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1t has been something like q
years since l wrote my first and
last letter to the Adair County
News, and | remember | men,
toned therein that some day ere
long. meant to return to Ken
lucky and see how many of the
pretty girls that were there 9
years ago, when l made my last
visit, were vet remaining, but
since that time both the honor
and pleasure has been mine of
claiming for my wife one of Bry
an County, Oklahoma's best
looking teachers. So when an
opportunity presents itself for
me to come, she may accompany
me. We also have a baby boy
in our home, one month old and
whose name is Hiram. Pm sure
at least part of the readers of
the News will know for whom
ne is named. For a period of a
little more than 3 years, I've
been employed by the M. K. &
I. R. R. Co. For the first 10
months, | worked as foreman
fencing right of way for the
Katy. From this l was promot-
ed to road master, my run being
from Sulphur Springs, Texas, to
Shreveport, La, giving me 149
miles track And while there is
no physical labor attached, there
IS more or less mental strain.
Notwithstanding Pm furnished
with clerk and am only in nv
office q short time each day, but
I'm forced to be away from home
lots of my time. Moreover the
disagreed oleness of the unavoid-
able wreck with which We must
come in contact. Especially if
we are wired to come to the
scene of one of them to direct
the work in clearing the track
and on arrival at the scene, find
some of our brother R. R. men
or some friend pinned beneath
its wreckage or perhaps scalded
to death. This experience has
been mine of late. | also have
strict orders to accompany all
troop trains over my Division, in
order to be present at any emer.
gency. My salary is S12O per
month and my expenses paid
such as hotel bills, any auto | J
see fit to call, to go from town |
to town, in answer to emergency
calls, free access to any Pullman |
sleepers, and many other ex-
penses too numerous to mention
Well, note in the Adair county |
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1918-02-13

Frank r. Wilson, assistan g.
secretary of the Federal Farm
Loan Board has been chosen
publicity director for the ThirG 3
Liberty Loan campaign, succeed
ing Oscar A. Price, now private
Secretary to McAdoo.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1918-02-13

Immediately, and signed it and
gave it to me-"
infer from the narrative that
chief traffic of suttler at that
time was in the sale of brandy
and rum, for he says he went
Immediately and made a trade
with a Dutchman who had just
come into camp with fine team
and a good load of brandy and
whisky, also two large sacks of
sweet bread, and who had not
been able to get permit to sell
it, by which they would go halves
They had a great run of GUS
tom, and were soon sold out, and
made handsome profit" They
made bargain to get another
load, and started to the country,
but when they got out of camp
the Dutchman said he was afraid
to take his team in again, so the
partnership was dissolved. He,
Trabue, then went home, bought
a good team and wagon, and
procured plenty of brandy and
rum.
He says General Lafayette
marched our army through the
town, williamsburg, and en-
camped in the old field below
Williamsburg. The French In
fantry joined US, and, was glad
as they brought silver and
French crowns, and l got many of
them. They also brought gold and
We got good share of tn too.
We would sell out our spirits in a
few days. We could not get any
nearer than Petersburg, which
was fifty miles away, but it WIS
a good level road, and we had the
empty wagon we could go up
wards of SO miles a day. We
had good horses, and took good
care of them, and a negro driver
who was good hostler. Gen.
eral Lafayette allowed me a
guard of a sergeant and twelve
men. and l got the adjutant that
ordered them out to let me
choose them. The adjutant was
my particular friend, and | had
good rum to treat him with: the
men TOO, were all very glad to
come TO guard US, as they all got
something to drink free of cost,
and they were of assistance to
US many times in selling and fix,
ing our camp"
From this time until after the
surrender his time seems to have
been occupied in keeping up the
spirits of the army in the way
indicated. He give a very graphic
description of the cannonading
before the surrender. and of the
scene at the time of the surrend-
err, and says, 1T was the most
tremendous and admirable sight
that / ever saw: A little further
down he adds; I'VE sold our
spirits very fast. the British and
French had plenty of hard mon
ey.
When he reached home he
found that he had gained that
summer and part of the fall
$1,000 in specie, 10000 pounds
in paper money, one wagon. one
cart, several watches and seven
valuable horses. He valued the
paper money at $3.50; the horses
wagon and cart, at about $500.
He says:
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1918-02-13
Go TO Church Tunes.

The pastors of Columbia and vicin-
ity extend cordial welcome to all.
Presbyterian church, Rev. B. T.
Watson Pastor
Sunday-School 9:45 a. N.
Congregational Woaship II a. m.
Evening Service at p. m. on every
second and fourth Sundays.
Prayer service Wednesday evening
at $50 SUnday-school topic discuss
ed.
Preaching at Union lst and Ord
SabbathS
METHODIST CHURCH.
L F. Piercey, Pastor.
Preaching lst and 3rd Sunday 10
each month.
Sunday School at $50 a. NJ.
Epworth Leage 6:15 p. N.
Prayer meeting Wednesday evening
at $780,
Everybody cordially invited to these
services.
bAI 14c1 OhOltCh
Preaching on each first and third
Sunday.
Morning service IL o'clock.
Evening service Z o'clock
Sunday School $50
3. Y. P. u. evening 6:1O
Prayer meeting, Wednesday even
ing $50
Business meeting Wednesday even
ing before the 3rd Sunday in each
month.
Missionary Society, the last Thurs
day in each month, 300 O'Clock.
f. II. Durham, Supt. S. S.
o. P. Bush, Pastor,
CHRISTIAN CHURCH.
Bible School every Sunday at $50 a
10.
Preaching service at IL a. M. and
$50 p. m on Second and Fourth Sun
days.
Prayer meeting each Wednesday
evening at $50.
Officers meeting monthly.
Woman's Missionary Society, the
first Sunday in each month at 2:45 p
NJ.
Mission Band the first Sunday in
each month at p. m.
Ladies Aid Society Thursday after
second Sunday at 2:45 p. NJ.
z. T. Williams, Pastor.
Horace Jeffries, Bible School, Sup
erintendent.
G. R'Reed, Sect
Ray Conover, Tres.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1918-02-13
SKETCHES OF ADAIR
COUNTY.
Historical and Biographical thai
viii be Of Interest 10 all
Readers OF The News.
BY JUDGE III. G. BAKER.
BY JUDGE II. c. BAKER.
No. a

Col. Daniel Trabue, who was one
of the first Justices Of the Courts
and ole of the founders of the
town of Columbia, was born in
Chesterfield county, Virginia,
March 81, 1850, and was a revo-
lutionary soldier. His declara-
ton for pension appears upon
the records of the county court
on the record book for the year
1882, in which is a short nara
tive of his services. In addition
he left a journal of his life as a
soldier and as a pioneer to Ken
lucky, the original manuscript,
now in the possession of the
Wisconsin State Historical So
ciety. This Journal comprising
about one hundred and fifty
pages of printed matter is given
in full in Colonial Men and
Times" edited by Lille DuPuy
Vanculin Harper, of Philadel-
phia, Penn, one of his descend
ants. In it can also be found
the genealogy with brief sketches
of the early Trabue and 'Haskins
families. Some of whose de-
scendants are in this, Green and
Taylor counties.
In March 1778, he with his
brother James, and six others
came through the wilderness to
Kentucky, stopping about a
week at Boonsborugh, and then
going on to Logan's Fort. 1t
was about this time when Boone
and others were captured by the
Indians at Blue Lick.
After arriving at Logan's Fort,
he and his brother cleared about
one acre of land and planted it
in corn to see how it would
grow and it made a fine crop"
He frequently went to the
woods with hunters and killed
bears, and soon got so he could
eat meat without salt. His broth
er, James, having been appointed
commissioner for the four forts,
viz: Boonsbourgh, Logan's Fort,
Harrodsfork, and the Falls of
Chic. He undertook to be De-
putty Commissioner at Logans
Fort, and took possession of the
public store and public houses.
He says my brother James had
deputies at the different garrisons
and we would go from one of
them to the other when Col.
Clark went on Campaigns. "
During the summer the Indians
were very troublesome. watch
ing the roads, killing men and
stealing horses.
He tells of a visit to the Falls
of the Ohio:
"Col. Clark had got back and
fetched up with him a keel boat
with some rum and sugar, which
he got from Kaskaskian. He had
a large new room just built
hewed logs inside. a good plank,
or puncheon floor. That same
evening he made a ball, a num-
Der of ladies and gentlemen at
tending it, and when those Fort
ladies came to be dressed up,
they did not look like the same.
Every thing looked new, we en-
joyed ourselves very much. Col.
Harrod and his LADY opened the
ball by dancing the first jig. We
had plenty of rum toddy to
drink"
We Give from his iournal on
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1918-02-13

WHO Is now called OOlOn6l ~.
Boone, so there was a court mar
tial called to try him. He was
tried at this time at Logan's Fort,
and | was present at his trial.
Col. Calloway's charges, that he.
DAME! Boone had taken out 27
men to the Blue Licks to make
salt; that the Indians caught Col.
Boone 10 miles below the men
on Licking, where he was catch
ing Beaver. They were not 60
ing towards the men. and Boone
told them of the men, and took
the Indians to the men and told
our men. you are surrounded
with Indians, and | have agreed
with the Indians that you are to
be used well, and you are to be
prisoners Of war, and will be
given up to British officers at
Detroit where you will be treat
ed WE'LL" The men against
their consent had to go with the
Indians to Detroit, and at De-
troit, Col. Boone bargain
ed with the British COM
mander, and said he would give
up all the people at Boonsborough
and that they should be protect
ed at Detroit, and live under
British jurisdiction. Col. Gallo.
way said Boone was in favor
with the British government,
and that all his conduct proved
it. Capt. Daniel Boone said the
reason he gave up the men at
the Blue Licks was that the In
dians told him that they were
going to Boonsborough to take
the Fort, and Boone said he
thought he would use some STRAIT
egem, he thought the Fort was
in bad order, and that the In
dams would take it easily. He,
Boone, said he told the Indians
the Fort was very strong, and
had too many men for them, and
wien they came to take Boons-
borough, they must have more
warriors than they then had.
Boone said he told them all these
tales to fool them, he also said
he told the British officers, he
would be friendly to them and
try to give up Boonsborough, but
he was trying to fool them.
The court martial decided in
Boone's favor, and they at that
time advanced Boone to be a
Major.
He tells of hunting on Green
river during the cold winter of
1779 80. The winter began
about the 1st of November, and
broke up the last of February.
The turkeys were almost all
dead, many Of them fell from the
trees, the buffalos had gotten
poor, peoples cattle mostly died;
there was no corn or but little in
the country. The people were in
great distress, and many in the
wilderness were frost bitten.
Some people actually died for
want of solid food. Most of the
people had to 60 to the Falls of
the Ohio for corn to plant, which
was brought down the Ohio.
They made socks of buffalo
skins to go over their shins, put
ting the wool inside" The snow
was three feet deep.
In the fall of 1880 he returned
to Virginia, and was in the bat
tie of Petersburg, and was at
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1918-02-13

Former President Taft, in an ,
address to National Army me Z
at Camp Gordon, Georgia, re tier
ated his belief that there could2,
be no lasting peace until Ger
man militarism is crushed, and
said he prayed that the Alliess
could hold out until Am erica.
gets there"
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1918-02-13

Remainder of the white mer
drafted in Kentucky have b cen
ordered to report Feb. Is to %.
The Washington herald., 1918-07-25
INSPECTION OF ARMY
FOOD FREE OF BLAME
Trade Commission Absolves Asri-
culture Department Service.

The Department Of Agriculture has
completed its investigation Of the
statement made and widely publish
ed some weeks ago that meats and
poultry unfit for food had been sold
or offered for sale for army consump-
tton at Camp Travis. and finds that
the Federal meat inspection was not
involved. This announcement Is made
by the department because injuries
received indicate an impression that
the reports reflected on its meat in
spection service.
The published statements were has-
ed partly on information given out by
the Federal Trade Commission, but a
letter from Commissioner Victor Muir
dock to Dr. John r. Mohler, chief of
the Bureau of Animal Industry,
makes it clear that no blame attach
ed to the meat inspection. Mr.. Muir
dock says:
'The question Of meat contracted
for by the army and examined by
your inspector at San Antonio is not
az issue. No complaint was heard Of
the meats issued by the camp GUAR
termaster at Camp Travis. .
This meats referred to in the COM
plants were offered to the
camp through channels which do not
have the benefit OF Federal inspec-
ton o"
The Washington herald., 1918-07-25
New Prussian Conception.

Within Germany a conception of Prussian
power is becoming evident. With Austria safely
chained to the chariot, the Prussan appears to be
contemplating placing the fetters on his more close
ly related kin. DR.. Huggenberg, who has the honor
of being the Director General Of the Krupp works,
lately addressed the Chamber of Commerce of
Essen in words intended to convince his hearers
that the halcyon day of the separate states of the
empire is approaching its twilight
The empires need of money" will mean leaden
taxes, mercilessy extorted from the people, and
the fra structure of the separate state is cal
cuated to withstand the desperate efforts of the
people to escape the yoke. Is it not the sensible
thing after all, he gently implies, to give up our
childish little idea of the separate state within the
empire, and to make up our minds boldly for an
adamantine unity. This speech was published in the
Freie Zeitung of Berne, and that paper expressed
itself in scathng terms: $50 this is what they aim at
eventually in Prussia. Everything is to be arranged;
the people the peasantry the relatively free public
German-federaI states is to disappear"
The Washington herald., 1918-07-25
Nursing the Nickel.

Some of our comic artist friends have gone far
out Of the way to make sport of fellows who are
not as loose as ashes" with their money.
They call them nickel nursers."
The "good-fellow" spendthrift is given niche
several degrees higher that that upon which they
place the nickel nurser"
In real life, it doesn't work out that way
Usually the nickel nurser' has money when
that proverbal rainy day rolls round. He owns his
home. He educates his children. He has some
thing laid by for liberty loan and thrift stamp
investments. 1t is seldom that nickel nurser's
widow has to take in washing to support the
children after their daddy has passed away
II it were not for the man who is as 'Ioose as
ashes" with his money, orphan asylums would have
many vacant rooms.
The Washington herald., 1918-07-25
More Steaks and Porkehops.

Mrs Eliza Shepard is the manager of the Jack
London ranch at Glen Ellen, Cal. Because of that
9America has more and better beefsteak and pork
nShop<E Among other things, Mrs. Shepard is the
11uQ1on Shorthorn woman expert of the Pacific
o11< md what she doesn't know about the Justly
ele1 led Duroc-Jersey hog is hardly worth
Fo~1I g into ones Uranium.
vas long time ago that Mrs. Shepard
Fr< at the understanding that only the best hogs
70 little are worth boarding, and she set herself
70 the task OF studying cattle and hogs, and how
to get'the most meat out of them at the least ex-
pense- !
The solution to the problem, she found lay in
careful breeding. just common scrub stock wasn't
good enough for her. And having only one head
on her shoulders she didn't try to improve on every
breed OF cattle and hogs. just picked out Short
horn cattle and Duroc-Jersey swine, and having
sAAsen them. Mrs Shepard tried to make the liye-
The Washington herald., 1918-07-25

fiation. But we could not contract
the gold; and any contraction Of the
Federal Reserve notes, now amount
ing 70 sI.ss3.0oo 900, or any diminu-
ton OF credits by withdrawal Of
bank accommodations. would pre-
cipitate q general disaster 20 the
debtor class while piling Up huge
fortunes for the creditor class.
The policy now advocated hy
American bankers and other lender.
Of mo ney and credit-and IN too
many instances slreadp practiced-
demonstrates that this withdrawal
Of bank accommodations is imminent.
Lesson Obvious.
Let all Of those bankers and credit
mongers stop. look and listen. We
were III advised TO initiate money and
credits when initiation was not need
ed. We should be IN advised further
TO initiate them But II will be suicidal
TO contract either money or credits
now. when neither private enterprise
nor national finance can endure dis
turbance without immediate disaster.
At the close Of the civil war there
were greenbacks IN circulation TO the
amount of only 800. 0,eoo Hugh
Mccullough, Secretary OF the Treas
ury. was induced by the bankers 10
contract the greenbacks. When cnly
t6 1000 900 had been withdrawn there
came the failure Of Jay Cooke & Com
pany and ruin to most debtors
throughout the United States. There
was the panic Of ls7a. The lesson Is
obvious
The Washington herald., 1918-07-25
NEW YORK HOTEL ARRIVALS.

New York, July 24.-The follow
ing Washingtonians are registered
at local hotels:
F. J. Berry, Grand; F. c. Bauman,
Cumberland; J. H. Blanchard. Cum
berland; ]. II. Blanchard, Endicott;
w. ]. Cobb. J. r. Crowley, Grand;
H. l. Ford, Latham; J. Cough,
Grand; @. C. Havermer. wallick;
Miss c. L Hunt, Park Avenue; r.
A. Morales. wallick; Mr.. and Mrs.
d. F. Parrott. Markwell; e p.
Schneider, Latham; M. NJ. Smith.
Albert; r. L. Smith. Broztell: C.
w. Taylor. Bristol: w. II. Trotter,
Continental; Lieut.. s. B. vrooman,
Wentworth; A. G.. Belt, Grand; IS.
Gordon. Marlborough; e. N. Hawley,
Flanders; A. w. Hergee, Longacre;
A. L. Hopkins, Bristol; J. I. Leary,
Grand; P. C. wadsworth, Park Ave-
nue.; H. /. wainwright, Continental;
Miss H. T. wisherd. Martha WASH
ington.
TRADE REPRESENTATIVES.
Bradt's: K. Bradt. mems hats and
furnishing goods Hotel Albert:
Woodward & Lothrop; Mrs. J. c.
Nourse. jewelry and leather goods
notions, sweaters. bric-a-bric, 33l
Fourth avenue: NJ. Goldenberg: d.
L. Frank. cloaks. suits and dresses,
114o Broadway Holland HOUSE
The Washington herald., 1918-07-25
Those Fighting Boys Of UneIe San.

They're paying US for fighting, NAL
What you know about that?
The thing you always licked us for
When / was but brat
1 used to fight with Johnny Jones'
Twas called an awful SIM
Now Jack and get thirty bucks
A month for pitching in.
And all the boys ever knew
Were scrapping all the time;
And everybody called US down,
But now they cry "Sublimel"
They furnish US with swords and guns
And bayonets so keen
With hand grenades and poison gas
They say: go in and win"
We used to have code of rules;
Some things we called unfair.
But now the lid is of, and, "bing!"
We get them anywhere.
And, best of all, the folks approve:
They call US GLORIOUS Boys"
The more we fight the more they praise
And cheer US with their noise.
This surely Is splendid day
For Yankee boys with sand
To go abroad where folks applaud
The spirit of our land.
We do not 60 because we're paid
Not by blooming sight;
But just to show the world that we
Are not too proud to fight
JOSEPH E EVANS
The Washington herald., 1918-07-25
Doctor Jorge A. Mihe.

DR.. Jorge A. Mitre, editor of La Nacion, OF
Buenos Aires, Argentina, Is staying in Washington
for brief time To the American public Dr. Mitre
unfortunately is unknown, and it is pleasure for
The Washington Herald to introduce 50 distin-
guished guest.
La Nacion is one of the great newspapers OF
Latin America and of the world. LaNacion is more
than newspaper; il Is an institution" because It
is founded upon and guided by the high principles
of justice, democracy. progress, humanity.
La Nacion has circulation of 10000 Its ca
Bile tolls amount to $4,000 a month. We menton
these intimate facts as simple proof that other peo-
pies in the Western Hemispher are doing things in
big way aside from the United States.
In our rush Americans perhaps sometimes
forget that we are not alone on this side Of the
globe. We forget that to the south we have pro-
gressive, influential and friendly neighbors, with
whom we should get better acquainted.
We hear so much about pan-Germanism these
days. Why should we hear less about pan-Ameri-
canism? We not drawing a parallel but = con-
trast. 1t is contrast of the fendish pan-German
plan of aggression, conquest, slaughter, slavery,
autocratc militarism, against pan-American ideas of
closer relations mutual understanding. progress,
democracy, peace.
DIR. Mtre is one of the most powerful men po-
litcaly in Argentina, and friend of the United
States. He has done much to cement the ties be-
tween Latin America and country, and earnest
will be his future efforts to promote the panAmeri-
can idea -.... I
The Washington herald., 1918-07-25
~ DWC

manufactures and workshops aid
both in training and providing em-
ployment for those who return from
service disabled
Early in the war a military hos
pital commission was organized in
Canada which at once undertook
this 0habilitation work. It has since
been developed under government
direction and support, until IL has
become one OF the most efficient sys-
TENS known. 1t is from the Cam
adams we have derived most help
in the planning OF our own system.
Coming into the war after the
other nations had developed their
systems of rehabilitation. the Unit
ed States has had the benefit of
their experience, and in the formu-
lation Of the proposed legislation
We have endeavored to avoid the
mistakes and to adopt the approved
methods experience has demonstrate
ed best adapted to existing condi-
tions and our industrial needs. - .
Under the provisions of the bill
any person who has been injured
while in the military or naval serv-
ice. and who after discharge shall
be unable to resume his former oc-
vi ~ carry on some oIner
gainful occupation. shall be furnish
ed such vocational training as the
Federal board OF vocational educa-
tion sEall prescribe and provide.
Compensation Is continued during
the time while such training is car
ried on both for the soldier and hiL
family. A soldier is free to accept
or reject such training; 1t is not
made compulsory. At the conclusion
of such course of training the Fed
eral board in cooperation with the
Department Of Labor is to provide
for the placement OF such rehabiIi-
tated persons in civil employment.