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The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1918-02-13
Gettysburg Speech
Called Marvel of
Poetic Splendor

Lincoh's undying Gettysburg address
has been put into the new poetic style
by DR.. Marion Mills Miller. who finds
that 1.-the speech is as perfect poem
as ever was written, and even in the
minor qualities Of artistic language
rhythm and cadence. phonetic euphony.
rhetorical symbolism. and that subtle
Renaissance of a great literary and
spiritual inheritance. the Bible, which
stands to US as Homer did to the
ancients-it excels the finest gem to be
found in poetic cabinets from the Greek
anthology downward" Dr., Miller's in
teresting "poetic" presentation Of the
address follows:
Eourscore and seven years ago
Our fathers brought forth on this continent
A new nation,
Conceived in liberty,
And dedicated to the proposition
That all men are created equal.
Now we are engaged in great civil war,
Testing whether that nation,
Or any nation so conceived and so dedicated,
Can long endure.
We are met on great battlefield of that war,
We have come to dedicate portion of that
field
AS final resting-place
For those who here gave their lives
That that nation might live.
4 is altogether fitting and proper
Thatwe should do this.
But, in larger sense,
We can not dedicate
We can not consecrate-
We can not hallow-
This ground.
The brave men, living and dead,
Who struggled here
Have consecrated it far above our poor
power
To add or detract
The world will little note nor long remember
What we say here.
But II can never forget
What they did here.
II is for US, the living, rather
To be dedicated here to the unfinished work
Which they who fought here have so nobly
advanced.
II is rather for US 10 be here dedicated
To the great task remaining before US
That from these honored dead
We take increased devotion to that cause
For which they gave the last full measure
of devotion;
That we here highly resolve
That these dead shall not have died In vain;
That this nation, under God,
Shall have new birth of freedom;
And that government of the people,
BY the people, and for the people
Shall not perish from the earth.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1918-02-13
LINCOLWS GOOD OLD FRIEND
Son Shown in His Treatment of
"Aunt Sally"

After Lincoln's election to the presi-
dency an old woman, whom he called
AUNT Sally" came from New Salem
to say good-by to "Abe" before he
"went to Washington to be president"
The president-elect was standing in
the room placed at his disposal in the
old state capitol talking with two
men of national renown when the old
woman entered, shy and embarrassed.
He saw her at once and walked across
the room to meet his old friend. TAX
ing both her hands in his, he led her
to the seat of honor and presented his
distinguished visitors to her, putting
her quite at ease by saying:
Gentlemen, this is good old friend
of mine. She can make the best flap
jacks you ever tasted, for she has
baked them for me many time"
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1918-02-13

came for him to leave his mother he
was seized with a foreboding that he
would not see her again. 1t is ques-
tionable which suffered the more at
parting, mother or son.
Allan enlisted in time to take part
IN one of the last battles of the war.
He saw a dark line of blue on the edge
of a wood behind earthworks. With
the Confederate line of battle he
moved toward it. Suddenly a storm
burst il his face. He felt himself
collapse and sank down on the ground.
His companions in arms went on,
but were soon driven back and over
him, leaving him there with a stream
of blood flowing from his side.
Later he was picked up by a federal
ambulance corps and placed on
stretcher. He believed himself to be
dying, and, oh, how terrible not to
be able to bid his mother goOd-by!
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1918-02-13
The way for a young man
to rise IS to Improve himself
every Uay he can, neUer suS-
pecting that anybody Wishes
to hinder him.-LincoIn.
Election Incident.

Lincoln was a clever politician and
never hesitated when president to play
trumps in a crisis.
Colonel A. X. Mcclure said that he
told Lincoln he couldn't carry Pennsyl-
vania in 1864 on the home vote unless
he furloughed 10000 Pennsylvania SOL
diers and sent them back here to vote.
Lincoln hesitated only moment and
then requested both Meade and Sher-
idan to send 5000 troops into Pennsyl-
vania for the election, which was done.
McClure's prediction was evidently
correct, as Lincoln, even with the
10000 troops voting here, carried
Pennsylvania by only SIP. To this
plurality was added some $4,000 as the
result of Pennsylvania soldiers voting
in the feld.-Philadelp Ledger.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1918-02-13
AmerICQ'S
Maryred
President

1SO9-Born in Hardin county, Ken
tucky, February 12. He Tas de-
scended from a Quaker family,
Which had emigrated from Vir-
ginia about 1850.
1S16-RemoUed With his family
from Kentucky to Indiana.
1SSO-Removed to Illinois, Where
during the nert fen gears he fol-
lOwed Uarious occupations, includ-
ing those of q farm laborer, a
merchant and surveyor.
1S96-Admitted to the bar and be-
gan the practice of Ian in Spring.
field.
1S42-SerUed as a captain and aft
erwGrd as private in the Black
Hawk 1Uar.
1S44-Elected to the Illinois legiS-
lGture as a Wing and served eight
gears.
1S47-Elected to congress on the
Wing ticket.
1S58-AS Republican candidate for
the United States senate he en-
gagged IN a series of joint debates
throughout Illinois NTH the DEM
ocratic candidate, Stephen A.
Douglas.
1860-Elected president of the Unit
ed States on the Republican ticket,
the disunion of the Democratic
party giving him an easy victory.
1S61-Om April Is, two days after
the fall of Fort Sumter, he issued
a call for $4,000 counters, and
the control of euentS passed from
the cabinet to the camp.
1861-April 10, proclaimed a block
ade of Southern ports.
1862-Septen'ber 9S, issued a proc
lanaation enaancipating all SLAVES
IN states or parts of states, which
should be IN rebellion on Janu-
arg I, 1868.
1664-Re-elected president By the
Republican party, defeating Geo.
B. Mcclellan, candidate of the
Democratic party.
1S65-Entered Richmond yith the
Federal army on April 4, two
days after that city had been
evacuated By the Confederates.
1S65-Shot By John Wilkes Booth
on April II, and died the follow
ing day. Buried at Springfield,
III.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1918-02-13
FASTENED TO INFORM WIFE
"Mary, We Are Elected" Was Lin
coins Form of Telling HeIpmeet
the Good News.

Perhaps one of the most character.
istic of the Lincoln anecdotes may be
revived with timelinesS. On the night
of his first election the little frame"
home of the LincOlns in Springfield,
ILL.,, was thronged with eager neigh
bors and friends. Reports for a while
came in early and favorably. Then
they were less promising. The crowd
dwindled. Then came the news that
Lincoln had carried the country. The
rest of the story will better be told
by that great man himself. ''When
there was no longer any doubt, or
reason for doubt" he related after
ward. II went up to my bedroom and
found my wife asleep. / gently touch
ed her shoulder and said, Maryp She
made no answer. I spoke again a lit
tie louder, saying, Mary! Mary! we
are electedr"
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1918-02-13
Lincoln's Stories.

1t seems probable that some of Lin
coins stories, genuine though we may
believe them to be, were current before
his time; for instance, the one with
the Kentucky flavor referring to the
brand of whisky which General
Grants enemies protested he used
with too much freedom Lincoln dis
claimed this story In my hearing,
stating that King George III. of Eng.
land was said to have remarked,
when he was told that General Wolfe,
then In command of the English army
in Canada, was mad, that he wished
Wolfe would bite some of his other
generals.-From Lincoln IN the Tele-
graph Office"
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1918-02-13
The Comforter
A Story of President Lincoln
Founded on Fact
By F. A. mitchell

When the great struggle between
the Northern and Southern states
came on Allan Fitz Hugh, twelve
years old, was at school in Virginia.
He was boy of delicate physique, but
was full of fire, and, hearing that
Abraham Lincoln was coming south
ward at the head of an armed force,
was much troubled because he was too
young to shoulder q musket and re-
pei the invader. He found it difficult
during those exciting times TO attend
to his studies, and had it not been for
the influence of his mother, whom
he dearly loved, he could not have
been kept at school at all.
In those days the passion attending
war ran high on both sides. The
songs, the gibes, the speeches and
what was written concerning the great
struggle were very bitter and usually
far from the truth. In the North it
was "We'll hang jeff Davis on a sour
apple tree" and in the South PreSi-
dent Lincoln was called "the babOOn."
The Northern schoolboy conceived the
idea that President Davis was an ogre,
not realizing that he was an educated
gentleman, had commanded a regiment
of United States troops in the war
with Mexico. had been a United States
senator and secretary of war. The
Southern schOOlbOy considered Presi-
dent Lincoln a wild man from the
Ie H. Iol; In Nloa1-
shed. Children whose minds are not
developed must concentrate upon one
head in any movement in which they
are interested. So Allan's thoughts
dwelt upon Mr.. Lincoln, embOdying
the great president with his idea of
the hated yankees"
When Allan was fifteen he begged
his mother to let him go TO fight for
the COnfederacy. Naturally she chung
to her son, and the matter was COM
promised between them in this wise:
If the war was not over in another
year Allan was to enlist with his moth
er's consent. Many boys of his age,
both in the North and in the South,
broke away from parental restraint
and enlisted without permission. Food
for powder was in demand, and the
recruiting officers often winked at the
fact that the recruits were under age.
But Allan was his mothers only child,
and, being of an extremely affection
ate disposition, the bond between them
was doubly strong.
So Allan continued at his studies,
though he read more about the battles
that were being fought than the sub
jects treated in his textbooks. He
lived in Richmond, and at one time
had listened to the roar of the cannon
during the seven days battles that had
been fought between Lee and McCleI-
Ian. His admiration for soldiers wore
away some of his bitterness against
the federal generals, but President
Lincoln was still the embodiment of
his repugnance for the Northern peo-
ME. The two heads-Davis of the
Confederacy and Lincoln of the fed
eral Union-throughout the war con-
tinued to represent the bitter antag-
onism felt by either side.
In the early spring of 1865 Allan
Fitz Hugh came to be sixteen years
of age, and his mother reluctantly con-
scented to b.. dp'- ; - TO fill the
gaps in - So - made by
Northern .a!s:s..,s The time
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1918-02-13

"Motherl" he cried. "Oh, mother !"
A tall, spare man in citizens APP
parel heard the vail and directed the
carrier to put down the Stretcher and,
kneeling beside it, asked tenderly:
"What can do for you, my bOy?"
"You are a Yankee. You will do
nothing for me. 1 wish to send
message to my mother, but it will
never reach her."
"Give me your message, and 1 prom
Use you that will send it for you"
The next morning Mrs. FitZ Hugh
heard of the battle and knew that her
son had been in it. While she was
wondering what might have been his
fate a man rode up to her and gave
her a message stating that it had
come by flag of truce.
Starting for the front at once, the
anxious mother succeeded in bringing
her boy home. He lowered for some
time between life and death, then be-
gan slowly to recover. Not long after
this Richmond was evacuated by the
Confederates, and President Lincoln
went down there from Washington.
When he was riding through the street
on which the Fitz Hughs lived Allan
was propped up in an easy chair on pill
lows, and his mother pointed out Mr..
Lincoln to him.
"Oh, mother!" exclaimed the boy.
''What is 1t, Allan"
He's the man who comforted me
when / was carried off that dreadful
battlefield, and he sent you my mes
sage"
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1918-02-13
A Few Facts About Lincoln.

He knew the value of a merry jest
and hearty laugh.
He was simple in manner, dress and
bearing, but was big of heart and
brain.
He was too great a nature to care
one way or another about his ances-
try. The living generation was of vital
Importance to him.
He did not advocate war for his own
Qualification, but to liberate human
beings from slavery. All men were his
brothers and his equals before his
Creator.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1918-02-13
,PATHOS In THIS DOCUMENT
Soldiers Leave of Thirty Days,
Granted by Lincoln, Was Also
His Allotted Time.

Here is a photograph of a memo
randum signed by Abraham Lincoln.
1t is dated March Is, 1865 Tin his own
handwriting), and, likewise in his own
hand, says, "AllOw this man thirty
days time"
The Endorsement is of an applica-
ton by soldier for thirty days leave.
But the most striking point about it
is that it exactly named the time that
as the event showed, was left for Mr..
Lincoln himself to remain on earth.
He was aSsassinated just thirty days
later.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1918-02-13
ZznC0MS Elme Tribute
10 BerenUed Mother

this time, ADORE all times when thoughts revert to the
II By considered the greatest president country
had proud to publish letter By him to bereavsd
mother 1t Wnt from the heart the heart its message still
the soul of motherhood
The letter this:
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1918-02-13

EOery man is said to haze
his peculiar ambition. Wheth-
err 1t be true or not, I can sag
for one, that I haze no other
so great as that of being truly
esteemed of my fellow men,
by rendering myself worthy
of their esteem.-Lincoln.
Valdez daily prospector., 1918-04-16
NOTICE OF SALE

lNos OCVo
 In the District Court of the United
 States for the Western District of
 Washington. Northern Division. In
 Bankruptcy.
 In the Matter of Thomas-Culross Min
 ing Company, corporation, Bank
 rupt.
 Notice is hereby given that pursu- ant to an order duly entered by the above entitled court in the above en- titled cause, the unsold assets of the above named bankrupt will be offer ed for sale at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash on the 23rd day of April, 1918, at two o'clock p. m. at the office of c. R. Hawkins, Referee, said office being now 1905 L. c. Smith Building, Se- attle, in said district. Bidders may bid on the whole or any portion of said assets. The successful bidder shall immediately upon the accept ance of his bid deposit with the trus- tee cash, or certified check, for ten per cent of the amount of his bid and shall pay the balance of the purchase price in cash on confirmation of sale, and sale shall be subject to confirms tion by said Referee. The right to re- ject any and all bids is hereby ex- pressly reserved.
 Said assets consist chiefly of min- ing claims in the Port Wells District, Culross Island, Alaska, machinery, tools, equipment and buildings locat- ed thereon and connected herewith, and other property, of which com plete detailed inventory is on file with said referee in said cause.
 Dated at Seattle, Washington, March IS, 1918.
 H. H. COWLEY, Trustee. o. E. SAUTER and MCCLURE & Mo
 CLURE, Attorneys for Trustee.
 First publication, April l, 1918.
 Last publication April 22. 1918.
Valdez daily prospector., 1918-04-16

DRAFT contingents will be called in rapid order according to advices received from Washington. Our sec ond army will soon be forming. Young men in Class A should arrange their affairs in order that there will be no confusion when they are drawn. If they do not go in the army now be- ing formed they are sure to go in the third army. The government will need from 100000 to 6,OOO,O00 men be- fore the war lasts another year.
Valdez daily prospector., 1918-04-16
HOW THE WAR STANDS

The German artillery continues to increase in front of the American and - Italian sectors, indicating the possi- bility of a diversion of the big offen- sive to another part of the battle line in the event the drive on the Somme comes to a stalemate. Should the ene- my direct a blow at the allies at an other point the Italian sector, in the opinion of most military observers, is the logical point of attack. The American front is given second place in these calculations.
 But is appears to be evident that the pride of the German military au- tocracy has been humbled by the fail ure of the German legions to reach Amiens or Paris, and the forces of the central powers are being reorgan- ized for another thrust at the former city. Meanwhile the allies, knowing approximately what the enemy plans will be, are making preparations against the assault. The assailant in a battle of this kind has the advan- tage of surprise attacks, but the past three weeks have served to give to the defenders fairly definite idea of what to expect in the next onslaught. Consequently, the position of the al- lies is much better than it has been at any time since the kaiser launched his offensive.
 Discussion of terrific counter at- tack continues to be leading theme of discussion, but there is no certain ty that it will come at this time. The Germans at some points have been entrenching, apparently expecting a general allied drive. but the country need not be surprised if Foch pre- fers to hold the enemy in his present position until a more suspicious mo- ment for attack. Undoubtedly the question of the next move will rest entirely on circumstances and if great counter drive occurs it will be made, not for spectacular show, but for definite military purpose.
 It is difficult to agree with observ- CTS who regard the present battle as the final struggle of the war. Ger tainly there is little basis for such a conclusion. The kaiser's desperate gamble has failed but Germany is comparatively little weaker as a re- suit; and, unfortunately, the allies seem no nearer victory from a mili- tary standpoint than before. Since nothing short of victory will be en- tertained by the allies the war must
Valdez daily prospector., 1918-04-16
CLASS ONE MEN
 ID BE EXAMINED
Cards have been Sent Out Notifying Men to Appear-Valdez Men be
 Examined This Week

Cards have been mailed to all reg istrants in class one by the examin- ing board, consisting of Dr. Jos A. Sil- verman, James H. Patterson and A. J. Dimond, notifying the men to ap- pear at the office of Dr. Silverman in this city for physical examination. The men accepted will be classified and numbers drawn to make up the Valdez quota. The following list com prises the Glass IA registrants:
 Order
 Drawn Name
 HI. c. Johnson 258
 Al White 107
 7-William Walter Jordan 14O 17-Richard Lawrence Uhlman 218 20-Joe Pinalli 56 21-Jerry Longe 5 24-Ralph Vogt 72 26-William Sparavelo 12S 32-Gust Lund 51 36-Bert Ford 122 38-HarOld BiOn Wiltse l21 39-Edward Lawrence Reed 221 43-Leone Carniel 168 46-Robert Fitzgerald PIP 4S-Patrick F. Hollywood 8 5O-Charles Jerome Bradbury 102 6O-Joseph Schulte 133 62-John Arvid Temple 265 68-Edward R. Driese 15O 71-Oscar Arthur Glaeser 115 74-Tony Frank Ottenschneider 136 76-Harold Johnson 13S S1-Guiseppe Baldoeshi 164 S4-Joseph Herbert Bazinet 262 1O1-James D. Hatton 214 1O5-Will Carlton Griffin 61 11O-Hilliard Glen Bonnet GA 115-Russell R. Hermann 127 121-Lawrence Weeks 2l7 128-William Martin Fennell 9S 13O-Louis Ugarkovich A 133-William Eugene Jones 216 145-Aaron Edward Fucker 65 149-Owen Edison Meals 67 151-Carl Alfred Larson 24S 153-Steve Plem ZS3 156-Charles Edward Maud 245 159-Eldon Olson II Desaix Burhoe lzS
Valdez daily prospector., 1918-04-16

169-Charles J. Matheson 183 171-Oscar c. Brink 246 179-John Arthur Roseen 135 181-Grant Harold Olaine 13 1S3-Harold Pemberton 131 1S7-Sam Penda 27s f92-John c. Piper 50 194-Jonas Norberg 153 1s5-John Monroe Appel 231 2OO-Ernest Johnson 132 203-Jim Dikeon 149 2OS-Herman Monsen PAT 211--John Arthur Nyberg 263 215- Emmet Papin 217-Jack Flannigan 16 22O-Alfred Pellencin 184 224-Abraham Morris 137 228-Arne Nikolai Sundt 123 229-Johan Hjalmar Johnson 249 23O-Luigi Zanol 204 233-Chris Markikis 159 239-Vido Katie 22 248-Edward Newell Lindsley 2S
 256-Mike D. Tonoke 235
 276-Samuel Raymond Hoyt 120 277-Nick H. Chrisanth 256 282-Carl Edward Kennedy 118
 2S5-Angeli Yacopo 261
Valdez daily prospector., 1918-04-16

go on to the finish unless the German people think otherwise.
 It is to be remembered, of course, that the battle now in progress is not over-that, in fact, 1t probably has just begun-and it is not impossible that a few weeks of fighting may greatly change the complexion of the situation as it stands at present.
Valdez daily prospector., 1918-04-16
FOR SALE

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Valdez daily prospector., 1918-04-16

A ROSE by any other name may
 smell as sweet but the man who nam- ed Hog Island must have had pro- phetic vision.
Valdez daily prospector., 1918-04-16

20 per cent oil on all Heinz Goods. Keystone Produce Go. If
Valdez daily prospector., 1918-04-16

Frank Willard and family will re- turn to Valdez within a few weeks. working for the road commission at this end of the trail this summer.
Valdez daily prospector., 1918-04-16

JOHNSTON CHOCOLATES just received at the Valdez Drul Co. L
The Washington herald., 1918-04-05
HURLEY PLANS
5 TRIAL SHIPS
OF CONCRETE
Board. Decides Building
VIII Be at Wilmington
or New Orleans.

Three concrete vessels viii be built
by the Shipping Board in Southern
waters as experimental vessels.
Edward N. Hurley. chairman Of the
shipping Board. announced tonight
that these vessels would probably be
constructed at wilmington, N. C.. or
New Orleans, or possibly at both
ports. The ships win be Of $500 tons
register and will be used TO study
out the practical side OF the larger
vessel. the Faith. 1850 tons. already
launched.
Mr.. Hurley said the new craft
would be built on designs of the Ship
ping Board and would be entirely a
product of that organization. They
will be used merely for tests and will
not be a forerunner Of a great fleet
OF small vessels. Mr.. Hurley believes
the larger size more effective for
shipping, but the board thinks there
are still many things yet TO be learned
about the concrete vessels.
Three ways will be constructed as
soon as possible. They may all be
located in the same port, but II may
be decided to place two In Whining
ton and the one in New Orleans, or
vice versa, according to the develop
ment of the shipping at these ports.