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The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-11-11
BOILER EXPLODES ON G. & 0. ENGINE
TRAIN WAS UNDER WAY WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED
THREE MEN INJURED ONE FATALLY

Saturday afternoon when engine No. 927 the O. o.,
drawing heavy train passing West Contown the boiler
exploded three the engine badly injured fatally
Engineer Raymond Peae of Covngton the throttle and
considered the best the road Fireman Grove Of
Covngon shoveng into the ok and
blown off, striking him fracturing his shoulder
knocking off the engine he dying this morning. and
Brakeman William Dyer also of Covingon who riding in the
engine badly scadd about the face and body Eng
Peake being scaded about the hands and
The train running about twenty miles hour when the
cden occurred and the fact that the engine working off all
making thus partially relieving the pressure
boiler makes accident There is nothing to show
what caused the boiler to let and only be attributed
defective somewhere the part that gave way
injured rushed Speers Hospital Day
ton, where their injuries attended to-
Federal authorities investigating the of the acct
dent guard having placed disabled engine
anyone tampering with it.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-11-11
LOOKING FORWARD TO BIG
THINGS

An executive meeting of the officers
of the Maysville District Short Horn
Breeders Association was held in the
office of the Chamber of Commerce
Saturday morning, at which time
the business of the Short Short Sale
was settled.
While the sale was not as success
full as they would have desired and ex-
pected it would be, they feel gratifed
over the results after taking into con-
sideration the fact that health and
other conditions served to lessen the
attendance of some of the prospective
buyers. They also recognize the fact
that the initial efforts of such a move
are seldom crowned with success, but
they can find satisfaction in the fact
that they are rendering service to
this district that cannot be counted in
dollars and cents and the results will
be enjoyed in few years, when this
district will be one of the best and
biggest high grade cattle markets Of
the United States.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-11-11

ment and State, giving to the farmer
the results of tests and experiments
they expect himNto demonstrate to the
farmer how to adopt these recon-
mendations.
He is expected to organize Boys
Pig and Heifer Clubs, Girls Chicken
Clubs, Boys and Girls Corn Clubs
and number of like organizations to
help the boy or girl learn more of
Agriculture and Stock, as well as to
create in them the desire to remain
on the farm and raise large and better
crops and more valuable stock.
He is also expected to advise with
the farmers of the entire county, rel
alive to increased production of food
stuffs and the raising of better stock,
thereby increasing the value of the
farm and enriching the farmer. Ma
son county should raise more sheep
and we hope that he will be able to
interest the farmer in this as well as
to interest the County Judge to the ex-
tent that he will enforce the dog law
to the letter, so that the farmers will
be encouraged to raise sheep.
Mason county could raise more
fruit We should have a number of
orchards and we understand there is
only one large orchard in the whole
county. Get in touch with Mr.. Kirk,
he can tell you what tree to plant,
where to buy them and how to care
for them. We are developing Won
derful creamery business and it has
by no means reached its limit. Every
month shows a marked increase in
butter fat that is sold into this city
or shipped to Cincinnati from here,
We hope that some of our prominent
men like Mr.. Glascock will at some
time in the near future take it upon
themselves and bring to this county
several carloads of fine cattle and sell
them out to the farmers.
Two or three carloads of cattle
could be bought at a very reasonable
figure in the north west and sold to
the individual at a correspondingly
low price.
The County Agent can also tell you
the best method to use to improve
your land so as to get better crops
and increased production, also help
the communities to club together to
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-11-11
COUNTY AGENT
KIRK IS NOW IN
FULL CHARGE
] lOk Hold of This Branch Of the Work
In Mason County The First of
This Month and Is Going ut
a Lively Gait.

Very quietly and unostentatiously
County Agricultural Agent, George
Kirk, assumed the duties of his office
Oh the first of November.
While he has been in this city since
tie middle of October, he did not as
me charge of the office until No
vember LIST.
Mr.. Kirk was recommended to the
Fiscal Court by Mr.. Morgan, Director
of Agents for the State, who is en-
ployed by the State Experimental Sta
ton. Mr.. Morgan recommended that
the Fiscal Court appoint a representa-
tive in each precinct together with
Il rec representatives of the Chamber
o. Commerce, to constitute a county
board that would meet once each
month and advise with the County
Agent, relative to the work being
done. This the Fiscal Court did and
Mr.. Morgan sent Mr.. Kirk during DC"
tober, at the expense of the Expert
terview him and ascertain whether he
was the proper man for Mason coun-
ty. From the start Mr.. Kirk made
most favorable impression with the
Board and they recommended his re-
tention by the Fiscal Court, which was
done.
We have, on numerous occasions,
heard people inquire as to the duties
of a County Agricultural Agent, and
we doubt if all the farmers of Mason
county really know what the United
States, State of Kentucky and Fiscal
Court of Mason county are trying to
do for them through the employment
of the County Agricultural Agent
First of all, let me state Mr.. Kirk
is no Paper Farmer" which term is
applied to men who can tell you how
to do a thing (from the literature they
they have read) but have never had
practical experience on the farm. Mr.
Kinks father was formerly native of
Mason county and Mr.. Kirk was
raised on the farm, experiencing all
the enjoyments and hardships of farm
life. Several years ago he completed
his agricultural course in the Uni
versity and then began applying the
knowledge he has gained at the Uni
versity. He has had few years eX-
perience managing his own farm since
leaving the University, and has had
ample opportunity to learn that there
is a practical side to farming and not
all theory. So many students are
great on experiments but they often
forget that the farmers biggest job is
to earn living first and that he can
only adopt policies that have passed
the experimental stage.
The County Agricultural Agent SER
'e7 as an interpreter for the Govern
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-11-11
MEETING OF SYNOD AT LEXING-
TON

Ministeds and elders of the Presby-
teriau churches in Lexington and the
vicinity have extended an invitation to
the Synod of Kentucky to hold its an
nual meeting this fall in the First
Presbyterian church of that city. This
meeting was to have been held in
Nicholasville beginning on October 10,
but was postponed on account of the
influenza epidemic. Nicholasville has
asked that the meeting in 1919 be held
there, as the postponed meeting will
not be so largely attended. The date
for the meeting will be set by the
moderator, the Rev. w. Y. Davis, of
Louisville.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-11-11
AN EXPENSIVE HOT BOX

Yesterda morning a car in a east
bound freight train on the c. & o.
developed a hotboX while the train
was on the road between here and
Pence Station, east of here, and the
blaze from the hot journal set fire to
the car, which was set off on the sid
ing at Pence, where it soon was de-
stroyed with its contents, which con-
sisted of a heavy load of harness
leather. The loss is considerable.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-11-11
LIGHTLESS RULE MODIFIED

Beginning Monday, Washington
despatch says, store and shop win
dows may remain lighted when es-
adjustments are open, and are re-
quired to be dark on "lightless nights
only if the places are closed.
Since July "a this city has been OBJ
serving Monday and Tuesday of each
week as lightless nights
A large amount of coal has been
saved since the lightless night rule
went into effect.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-11-11
BAPTIST MEETY' 1S&TPoNED

The meeting of the HHhtucky Bap-
fist General Association, which was
to have been held this week in Camp
bellsville, KY, has been postponed be-
cause of conditions brought about by
the influenza epidemic. The meeting
will be held at the appointed place De-
cember to 5, with Baptist ministers
and laymen from all parts of the State
in attendance.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-11-11
A Daughter Of
France
Featuring
Featuring
VIRGINIA PEARSON

This great picture was shown ut the
matinee the day the ban was put on
by the Health Board, those who saw
1t pronounced 1t one of the best war
pictures ever brought here.
1t tells story of a brave French
girl who fights for France and to save
her honor. See the treatment of the
French women by the invading Huns
and the terrific fighting in the front
line trenches, the destruction of the
French Homes.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-11-11
Gatarrh Cannot Be Cured

with LOCAL, OBLIGATIONS. as they
annot reach the seat of the disease.
Catarrh is a local 81 ease, greatly in
tluenced by constitutional conditions, and
in order to cure ii you must take ar
internal remedy. Halts Catarrh Medi-
cine Is toron internally and acts thru
the blood on the mucous surfaces of tho
system. Halls Catarrh Medicine was
prescribed by one of the best physicians
posed of some Of the best tonies known,
combined with some of the best blood
purifiers. The perfect combination of
the ingredients in Halls Catarrh Medi-
results in catarrhal conditions Send for
testimonials, free.
II. J. CHENEY & CO., Props. Toledo, o.
All Druggists, 75e.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-11-11
EVERY ONE SEEMED IN A BIG
HURRY

Yesterday certainly was hurry-up
day. Almost every automobile that
passed through the east end was go
ing like the destiny of the world de-
pended upon its getting somewhere,
Most of them were from the country,
it seemed, as no one knew the occu-
pants, and 1t was almost next TO inn
possible to get their numbers, But
they had "bedder loog leedle oud."
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-11-11
NOVEMBER STRAWBERRIES

Mr.. n. S. Calhoun of the Bank of
Maysville, gathered today a very fine
lot of Strawberries grown at his home
in Edgemont. This is something very
new for this section and shows the
possibilities of this beautiful suburb
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-11-11

London, November ii a. m.-The
flight of Emperor William to Holland
is confirmed from several sources =.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-11-11

Public Sale
Farm and
Business Stand
At Marshall Station, Mason County,
Kentucky.

At Marshall Station, Mason County,
Kentucky.
1 will sell to the highest and best
bidder, on the premises, on
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER Is
At o'clock D. M, the following de-
scribed property, to-wit:
BY business stand at Marshall Sta
ton consisting of
GENERAL STORE
Stock, Scales, Coal House, Blacksmith
Shop and 5-room Cottage with Gar
den and outbuildings. Together with
this business, l will include my con-
tract with the L. and N. R. R. for the
agency at Marshall Station.
At the same time and place l will
offer my adjoining
FARM OF 40 ACRES
With the following improvements:
Eight-room House with Outbuildings
Well and Cistern) Tobacco Barn ana
Corn Crib. On this place are three
small tenant houses that are already
rented. The above farm will be offer
ed as whole or in two tracts; one of
Is acres with the Dwelling, two ten
ant houses and barn; the other of 25
acres with one tenant house. Oppor-
tunity will be given to purchase the
farm and business as whole.
At the same time and place l will
offer for sale one Bay Family Horse,
seven years old; one good red Mich
Cow; one Sow and Pigs; two Hogs;
lot of Glover Hay in barn; 65 Shocks
shucked corn; IS Shocks Fodder; one
Spring Wagon; one Brockaway Bug
gy, good; Buggy Harness; some
Farming implements and Tools.
Easy Terms Made Known on Day
of Sale.
Il. F. GATHER.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-11-11

LOST-Package containing three pho
nograph records Finder please
leave at Clooney's Jewelry Store. 1t
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-11-11

FO RRENT-House for small family
at 22O East Fourth street. Apply to
Mrs. John Shepard, East Fourth
street. 4-3t
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-11-11
FOR RENT

FOR RENT - Two good houses on
Forest avenue; rent reasonable. APP
ply to Thos. L. Evan & Co. eff
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-11-11
LOFT

pair Of rimless nose glasses
somewhere in Maysville. Finder re-
turn to this office. 5-3t
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-11-11
PAS III ME

Wishes to announce the first picture
to be shown after the ban Is lifted,
will be
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-11-11
Il. F. GATHER,

H. C. HAWKINS, Auctioneer. 2-12t
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-03
Candidates for
 Legislature Announce

Montgomery, June 2-(Special) )-Henry P. Merritt of Tuskegee, prohibition floor leader at the 1915 session of the legis- lature and chairman of the recess in- vestigating committee, entered the race for reelection as representative in the lower house from Macon county Satur- day. He notified the secretary of state of his candidacy. Up to this time he has no opposition, but it is understood anti amendists have determined to make a fight on him in an effort to carry Macon against the amendment
 Several members of the 1915 legislature have entered the race for reelection, the record of the secretary of state showing the following: G. s. Lazenby of Butuer, H. A. Thompson of Butler, c. c. Will Hams of Calhoun, J. A. Carnley of Coffee, Joseph w. Green and Sam Will John of Dallas, J. E. Johnson of DeKalb, o. M. Gordon of Escambia, w. w. Smith of Geneva. W. k. F. Wilson of Mobile, R. E. Blunt of Washington and Chester Tubb, republican, of Winston.
 T. s. Faulk, who represented the Twenty third district in the last senate. is candidate for representative from Geneva county. w. c. Davis who repre- sented Walker county in the lower house, is candidate for senator from the Twelfth district, while w. w. Morris, who represented Dale county, now seeks to be senator from the Twenty-thrd dis trict Charles D. Kline is a candidate for reelection as senator from the Seventh district Calhoun county), while A. C.. Rogers, member of the house from El- more county, is now a candidate for senator from the Tenth circuit.
 John T. Bealle member of the house from Tuscaloosa county, is a candidate for senator from the Eleventh district while John A. Rogers, in the house from Sumter county, is a candidate for sena tor in the Fourteenth district. G. E,h- est Jones is a candidate for reelection as senator from the Twenty-fourth dis trict Barbour county. John A. Dar- den member of the house from Coosa, seeks to be senator from the Thirty fourth district. Walter F. Miller, assist ant clerk of the house of representatives, is candidate without opposition for state senator from the Thirty-first dis trict.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-03
Governor Issues Appeal to NOnessential Workers
 to Change Occupations

Montgomery, June 2.-(Special.) ) Governor Henderson issued a public appeal this afternoon to all persons pations or have no occupations at all to turn their attention to things worth while, especially to the farms. in or- der that food supplies sufficient to feed the nation and its armies may be produced this year. Governor Hender- son said serious consequences may re- suit if farm labor is not obtained at once His office is being besieged by persons who desire farm labor.
 So serious is the problem that the governor requested ministers to preach sermons Sunday, June g. on the sub ject of industry and the labor situa- tion and to urge particularly that as many persons as possible turn to the farms without delay.
 From the present price of food products it is evident that there is no surplus on hand and if each one does not turn his hand so far as he can toward producing his own sup plies and contributing to the needs of others, we may have such a deficiency as might produce serious results" said Governor Henderson. "The only sure way of avoiding this is for all to get busy and to see that others join in toward increasing the present labor supply.
 Tt is with confidence that we an- ticipate the record which our soldiers will make in France It is just as vital to us and to our welfare to interest ourselves IS to what will be the rec ord we shall make at home while our soldiers are fighting for us in Eu- rope"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-03
Encouraging View Of Negro
 Conditions m Mississippi

New Orleans, June -(Special.)-un-
 precedented prosperity throughout the Mississippi delta is reported by J. F. Rhodes, secretary manager of the South ern Pine association, on his return after an automobile trip from New Orleans to Memphis, during which he visited num- Der of the mills of association subscriD- CTS in Mississippi and Louisiana.
 ''High-priced cotton is doing wonders for the south," said MT. Rhodes. There is more general prosperity in the rural districts of the delta than was ever known before. I was especially i'm pressed with the thrifty appearance or communities of colored folks who com prise a majority of the population in sev- eral of the counties traversed by me. They are to be seen in the country stores buying large quantities of merchandise. saw more new buggies being driven by colored people than 1 would have thought possible, and a considerable number of the negroes own automobiles. The coiored folks are also better dressed than heretofore, and in this respect l noticed great change from two years ago. when I covered much the same ter rttory.
 Tn north Mississippi, where they raise long staple cotton, the farmers have paid their debts and have more money in the bank than ever.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-03
Increased CoaZProduction And How 4 May Be Obtained

Charles w. Howard of Chattanooga writes about matter of prime impor- tance to this section. In an article in the Manufacturers Record he says:
 In the days of trust and gentlemens 8 trade agreements favored way of dis posing of the small competitor was to reduce the price of commodity to cost or less, thus killing off the ambitious little fellow, when automatically the price would stlffen.
 The fuel director, according to Wash
 ngton dispatches, Will shortly reduce the price of coal at the mines, probably with the idea of -osting up railway net earnings. However praiseWorthY their object, the result would be the same. reduced oLlI'Ut will as certainly follow as night fo.iows day.
 The administrator price for run-of- mine coal at the mines in Tennessee is $3.10 per ton; the actual normal cost of digging a ton of coal in this state is not more than 40 per cent of the total cost of producing it. Say thA1 he operator gave to the minor 60 per cent of Mir Garfield's present price, and say that the miner produced no more than his yearly average of about 3 # tons per day, he would then have earned S6.51 for a days work. Now, compare this days wage with that being paid to about the same class of labor at al- most any point you may select at which government work is being car ried on, and see the inducement that the miner has to continue his work as against his more fortunate brother workman, whose place of abode
 is provided for him, his daily ration considered with great care, and his hours of labor even more favorably fixed than the average bankers.
 The formula for increasing tonnage is as simple as making mud pies: Place no arbitrary price on the product of the coal mine. MT. Garfield has or should have a maximum annual ton- mage of every coal mine in the United States. If he hasn't got it, he can get it. He can also get the territory that each one Of these mines has normally supplied with coal Let him say to these gentlemen, You are going to be given cars to ship your maximum out put, and you will market this coal in the territory you have heretofore sup piled" It takes no diagram to illus trate what will follow. About all Mir Garfield would need do would be to figure out the nearby lean territory to be supplied from the oversurSlied ter ritory.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-03

"I talked with a number of farmers, both white and colored, about their con ditlons. Without exception they were prosperous and happy but fearful that they wouldn't have enough labor to har- vest their crops this fall
 And when it comes to labor, the ae- gro is the south's best friend who Ge- serves more consideration than he some times gets. A large number of negroes went north a while back, attracted not only by the higher wages they are able to obtain there, but by the feeling that their personal and property rights will be better respected.
 '"These negroes can be induced to re- turn when the south, which is undoubt- edly the best place for the negro, begins to realize the necessity of offering the negro working conditions equal to what he gets elsewhere. In the past the south may not have been able to do that, but her present great prosperity makes this entirely feasible; in fact, essential, il we are to hold the negro labor we have and make up for further inroads on our labor supply caused by the draft and the demands of war industries.
 If his rights are respected and he IS given an opportunity to develop the ne- gro will remain in the south, happy and contented.
 And on the negro must we largely de- pend if we are to maintain prosperity such as I observed on my trip from New Orleans to Memphis"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-03
Rumored Inquiry for
 Large Iron Tonnage

It is stated, but without confirma- tion by any local concerns that the gov ernment has recently asked furnace oper- ators in the Birmingham district if they could furnish approximately 100000 tons of pig iron within the next few months The inquiry was not in the form of an order or a demand upon the district for that amount of iron, it is under stood, but the impression is that the furnaces will be required to deliver the stated tonnage to the government.
 It is said that the government will take 80 per cent of the steel output in the United States for the year. and if that be true, it is reasonably certain that the bulk of the iron of this district also will be purchased by the government.
 The production in the Birmingham dis trict is expected to be increased within the next few weeks
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-03
Ask for Extra Train

Gulfport, Miss, June 2.-(SpeciaD J. w. Kerr, employed in the ship yards at Pascagoula. states in pe- tition with 1000 names of ship carpen- ters was sent to the shipping board lat Washington day or two ago ask ing that train, operated between Gulfport and that point, be put on at once for their benefit. Pascagoula at present is unable to accommodate the host of 1aborers, and they are sub jected to all kinds of discomforts be- cause of this inability. The train to be operated will enable them to find com
 fortable homes along the coast which have already been provided. The situa- tion is all that could be desired, said MT. Kerr, their employers treating them with the greatest consideration