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The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-03-19
MUCH LUMBER BEING RE.
CEIVED BY LOCAL FIRM

The Maysville Lumber Company, of
this city, has been receiving large
amount of lumber during the past two
weeks. Their warehouses on the Sec
ond street extension are now well fill
ed with lumber of all kinds and they
will be ready for real business in
very short time. improvements are
being made in the warehouse so that
the company will have large and
spacious office.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-03-19

Deputy Sheriff Frank Armstrong
left this morning for Martinsville,
Ind, where he will remain for some
time for his health. Mr.. Armstrong
has meen suffering with rheumatism
for several weeks and has been I'M
able to be at his office.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-03-19
MANY FARMERS MEET
COUNTY AGENT CHIEF

There were several farmers at the
County Agents office in the Chamber
of Commerce building this afternoon
to meet Mr.. F. E. Merriman of Louis
Vile, chief of the County Agents OF
the State of Kentucky. Mr.. Merriman
presented to the County Board Of
Agriculture a program of work FOR
the spring and summer months which
will likely be adopted.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-03-19
NoTICE-ToBACCo GROWERS. W

NUTICE-TUBACCU GItUWEItS. we
can supply you with Muslin to cover
your tobacco beds at saving Of rs
per cent. to you. This material is
an extra fine quality of muslin, in
pieces 3"x44" which can be sewed
into any size covers. Price per
dozen pieces, about Is yards, (Cash
with order) $3.50. Money returned
II material Is not satisfactory. MIL
LERS & MANUFACTURERS SER
VICE CO., Washington C. H., Ohio.
lS-2wks
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-03-19
EAST END GROCERY
CHANGES HANDS

The ]. c. Cablish & Son Golden Rule
Grocery located at the corner of East
Second and Wood streets, was sold
yesterday to Mr.. d. p. Clark, who now
lives at Nepton and who will move
here and take charge of the store i'm
mediately.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-03-19
TTTCkFR.RV'RK

Mr.. George l.. Burke, aged %, and
Miss Jesphine Tucker, aged q, both
of the county, were married this af-
ternoon by Rev. w. H. Morris, pastor
of the Forest Avenue NJ. Il. Church
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-03-19

Mrs. Hattie Mathews is confined to
her home in East Second street suf-
fering from an attack of typhoid fe-
yer.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-03-19
KENTUCKY WOMEN INJURED
In AUTO ACCIDENT IMPROVE

Mrs. Clarence LeBus and Mrs.
Desha Breckenridge, prominent Lex
ington women who were injured in an
automobile accident near Shelbyville,
last week, are now reported as i'm
proving nicely and all danger is prac-
tically past. They have been removed
from the Shelbyville hospital to their
homes in LeXinvton.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-03-19
"RED BLOOD AND YELLOW

G.. M. Anderson, famous creator of
Bronco Billy" has returned to the
movies and will be seen in one of his
brand new pictures, "Red Blood and
Yellow" at the Pastime tomorrow.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-03-19

Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Eitel are NOV
ing to the new farm they recently
purchased in the Mayslick neighbour
hood.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-03-19

Miss Jennie Cole Rudy is confined to
her home in Forest avenue suffering
from influenza.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-03-19

Messrs. Sherman Arm, ]. c. Everett,
Mike Brown and j. B. Durrett are in
Cincinnati today on business.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-03-19

Premier appearance of Boys Band
tonight at Washington.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-03-19

Fire Chief Ruff Newell and Mr..
Madison Lindsay went to Cincinnati
this morning. They will drive home
Mr. Lindsay's new automobile.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-03-19

Ask your grocer for Traxel-Glas-
cock Co.'s Pimento Cheese. Fresh
made in your home town Creamery.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-24
In the Days News

This is the birthday of James A.
Frear, representative in congress
from Wisconsin and courageous
and perinacious enemy of the pork
barrel" During the whole of his
congressional career Mr.. Frear has
been advocating such reforms as
the budget" system of national fl
nance, which would put the appro-
priations in the hands of a single
committee, and not, as now, scat
tered in the hands of several COM
mittees. Mr.. Frear before he came
to congress in 1913, had built up
a worthy reputation in Wisconsin
as an able and fearless legislator,
whose natural aptitudes and train
ed powers fitted him to do impor-
tant work for the state, such for
instance, as conduct of a Iegisia-
tive investigation OF problems of
insurance. On the basis of this in
vestigation's finding, the state pro-
ceeded with reform legislation
which has made it a pioneer in
wise handling OF insurance accord
ing to modern methods.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-24

Americans are watching with more interest
than ever before the political and economic
developments In Great Britain. The British
are wrestling with the same industrial prob
lens that are coming to the front in this coun-
try and they are few steps in advance Of US
on the road to settlement.
Therefore the outcome of the break between
the house of commons and the government will
be closely watched from this side of the At
lantic, especially if the question goes before
the people in a national election. The Lloyd
George government has been having a hard
time of it keeping up with the procession OF
events It may have fallen behind. If so an
election will quickly determine the fact.
That is of the great advantages of the
British form Of government. If we had equally
good facilities for expressing the popular will
in this country this protracted debate over
ratification Of the peace treaty for the purpose
of developing a political issue out OF it would
not have taken place. The people would have
decided the question way the other long
ago. and that would end the matter.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-24
Stratus on the League Covenant

Oscar Straus considers the covenant of the
| league of Nations one of the greatest works
; OF In address at Washington he said:
THE documentary landmarks OF the march
OF civilization from the earliest-times TO our
day are the covenant of Sinai the Magma
Charta, the constitution Of the United States,
and the covenant of the League Of Nations
the first, the covenant of Sinai. which pre-
scribed the duties of man to his Maker, and to
his fellow men; the second, the Magma Charta
which limited the powers of sovereignty and
defend the rights of organized peoples; the
third the constitution Of the United States,
which established the equal rights of a SOW
ereign people under a democratic republic;
the fourth, the covenant of the League~of Ma
lions, which united the nations OF the world
on a basis of right instead of a dominance Of
might, on a basis of peace instead Of war Sc
cured by the united power Of the covenanting
nations"
Asking that those who are working for the
ratification OF the treaty and covenant be not
discouraged by the opposition Mr.. straus point
ed out that the covenant Of Sinai and the con-
stitution had equally hard sliding.
THE constitution came near being lost by
proposed amendments" he said. Virginia at
first refused to ratify because it contained no
bill of rights. Massachusetts, refused to ratify
and insisted upon series of amendments. At
least it may be said that her present dstin-
grlished senator in offering his amendments is
following the precedent of his state, and
trust he will follow the precedent to the end.
for Massachusetts finally ratified the consti-
tuition without amendment.
when the crisis was most imminent, Wash
ington exerted his tremendous influence, and
tipped the scales. Let me read you what he
said, for it is so applicable to the present sit
uetion. He said If another federal convention
is attempted its members will be more discord-
ant and will agree on no general plan. The
constitution is the best that can be obtained
the constitution disunion is before US to
choose from. If the constitution is our choice,
a constitutional door IS open for amendments
and they may be adopted in a peaceable
ner without tumu1t disorder"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-24
Trimming Sail.

Stocks of meat and meat products in stor-
age in this country have steadily declined since
June and the packers estimate that supplies
on hand. if they were all available and we're
depended upon exclusively, would last only IS
days, whereas there was enough June 1 to
last 20 TO 25 days. These facts are being
circulated for the purpose of showing the eff
feet that agitation and threats of government
Regulation have had in discouraging private
enterprise
Most people will refuse to be greatly
alarmed by such statistics. 1t will be re-
membered that the packers have had labor
troubles and a shortage of help, which may
have had something TODD with decreasing the
output More likely, though. the business has
been deliberately curtailed in view OF a pros
pective decline in prices, now being realized.
The big fellows in the meat business were
willing to be caught well stocked when prices
were going up, but they did not mean that
prices should come down before they had cut
their surplus to a minimum.
That is the way it looks to man up a tree.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-24

careful about starting out in the face of sd-
verse weather conditions and they spent more
time at stopping places to make sure that their
motors were in repair. Picking more favor
able winds, avoiding clouds and fogs and get
ting better performance out of their power
plants some Of them cut the parsons actual
flying time without violating the rules.
In addition to being the hero Of the race
Maynard probably performed a greater ser
vice than his competitors in that he showed
how far the Liberty motor, in its present stage
Of development, can be driven under emery
ency conditions. If flying for great distances
is to be OF any value in either war or peace
it must get the flyer from one point to another
IN the shortest possible time
The parsons exploit fixed the present
approximate limit to such performance. He
simply wore his motor out and could not have
finished at all If he had not borrowed another
one. He proved that the Liberty engine of
this day, If free from imperfections and prop
erly handled. will drive a plane once across
the continent under emergency conditions, but.
it will not drive it back to the starting point
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-24
.AE,ffP&FF65BMen@2*'yEg:8
V l. MRC ELIZABETH THOMPSON
by TEMPLE

Dear Mrs. Thompson: I am a
young man of 20, and am going
with a girl about the same age.
have been with her six or eight
times and think a great deal Of her,
but never mentioned il. She is a
fine young lady, clean, intelligent
and very capable.
The last month I have not been
with her very much, but she al
ways speaks. How can l make her
feel the same way? / never cared
for any other girl Do you think
two dates a week are too often? I
don't want to be foolish, but ex-
pect to do my best to entertain her
in the best way.
Is it the proper thing in case
do not see her for several days 10
call at the house or should l wait
to be invited?
Would you advise me to keep
company with other girls, or would
1t be just as well not to since / care
for her alone?
I believe in taking things slow.
for | think this is a very important
step in a mans life.
What would you advise? ] am
willing to take advice from any
older person. JACK.
Two dates a week are not too
often. When you have not seen
the girl for several days, call at
her home, but if she has I. telephone
phone and ask permission first. II
you see that she is annoyed when
you come, do not call again with
out asking permission.
l would not advise you 10 keep
company with other girls, since you
do not want to. Sometimes it is a
good plan, but in your case does
not seem necessary.
Do not tell the girl that you care
for her until she shows by her at
titude toward you that she cares for
you. This is a matter which must
be taken slowly. To make her care
more for you keep her interested
when you are together. Go to good
places of amusement, and walking
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-24
Brad'sBit O. Verse


1 left the gloomy marts of trade
and went to take a walk; for l was
weary counting up the sales of soap
and chalk; my crouch must have
been with me, though l didn't say
a word; for every friend 1 CHANGED
to meet gave me this josh absurd:
Don't do it, Bill; don't strike me
down and shed my youthful blood;
put up your gun and sheathe your
blade-I promise to be good" My
lips had uttered not a sound, and
yet how much I said; my face had
been a volume plain in which my
friends had read the dreary
thoughts, the angry words, the hat
red and the strife, the gloom, the
spite, the selhshness. the conflict
of my life. Like printed pages OF
a book our faces are aglow; some
have their tales OF love and hope,
ara some of care and woe; some
ten of anguish and remorse, and
some of foolish pride; no artfpl
mask or fiimsy veil our living
thoughts can hide. When next |
take my little walk I'll drive my
crouch away; 1t shall not poster
all my friends as down the road I
stray.
GLEN BRADSHAW.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-24
The Danger Of Being Alive (5)
Time Is Health.


A great many correspondents
seeking Information or advice from
the concocter of this column give
occupation or business as a reason
for neglecting daily exercise.
This same short-sighted policy
seems to guide the action Of most
municipalities in appropriating
funds for protecting public health.
II city decides to install a suit
able water supply or any other
public utility It issues bonds and
markets them to obtain the neces-
sary cash TO do the work. The cos
Is thus evenly distributed over a
period Of perhaps as many years as
the utility may last. That is good
sound business. But II the same
city desires to erect a suitable hos
pital for contagious disease or per-
haps to provide a modern labora-
tory for city bacteriologic work, a
great deal Of insincere talk is ex-
changed, but the movement dies
out presently because the city is
without funds to finance the
scheme just at present. That is
very poor, business. II Ahe public
health is worth protecting isn't the
proposition important enough TO
call for an issue of bonds which
will raise the necessary money for
the work? Is there any good rea-
SON why the present generation OF
taxpayers should alone shoulder
the cost Of protecting the health Of
generations to come?
Health is either worth cultivat-
ing or not worth cultiVating. There
are people who emphatically de-
clare that 1t is not worth cultivat-
ing or that it is a gift of heaven
and no poor efforts Of man can al
ter health in any appreciable de-
gree. Well. surely every sane per-
son should be privileged to have
his own way about it, provided his
behavior does not menace the
health OF his associates. But who
ever believes in cultivating his own
health must assume that health is
an asset of definite value.
Now in times past it may have
been all right to argue that one had
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-24
TIHIl3 DAILY SHORT STORY

| seemed to be satisfied with this
cursory investigation and said to
Bruce:
IT can give you quite a profit
able little contract, young man, If
you have the ability to turn out
what I want"
Bruce nodded in q receptive way
and the man drew from his pocket
a round piece Of iron the exact
size Of q twenty-dollar gold piece.
It had q cavity in it's center and
this was filled in with lead.
IT will take initially two thou
sand Of those discs" went on the
chance customer, only they must
be accurately made. Your main
task is making the hollow indenta-
ton and each one must be tested
and tally to a certain uniform
weight"
A bargain was struck and at the
end of q month the man came
around, paid for the completed discs
and went away. A trifling ciFcum-
stance attached TO the final visit OF
the mysterious customer. Nettie
made a fad OF photography and,
happening TO have her camera with
her as she passed through the shop.
she snapped husband and client in
"a desultory way. Both Bruce and
Nettie puzzled themselves many
times after that wondering as to
the intended use of the discs, but
could surmise no plausible sofa
ton and soon forgot all about the
circumstance.
Meantime IN the great world Of
hnance there was in progress q
new swindling scheme that was
vastly troubling the National Bank
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-24

precisely the size and weight Of a
twenty-dollar gold piece.
One such an episode Bruce Stan
ley read about in a newspaper one
day. 1t set him thinking and then
into action. He went to one OF the
swindled banks and told his story
and showed the photograph OF the
purchased Of the metal discs. His
information was received with
great satisfaction, the bankers pro-
tective agency sent him to their de-
tective department and within a
short time the brains OF the gang Of
bank raiders was apprehended and
his band OF assistants broken I'D.
The connection Of Bruce with the
case attracted the attention OF the
banking community. He gained
many influential friends, and with
IN q year his door device was adopt
ed by the National Bankers asso-
citation as standard.
Our dream has come true, Net
tie, dear" he said to his wife one
day. Forty new contracts in a
week. and the mansion is fast loom
ing II view!"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-24
Today's Anniversaries

1Sl9-William Rabun, governor OF
Georgia, died at Powelton
Ga. Born In Halifax county
n. c., April s. 1771.
lS25-John Moncure Daniel, a IA
nous Richmond editor, born
in Stafford county, Va. Died
at Richmond, Va. March 20,
1865.
is75-Paul Durien was consecrat-
ed Catholic bishop OF New
Westminster, B. c.
1S92-The peace effective OF the
German army was fixed at
492,06S. and its war strength
at 100000.
1s94-An equestrian statue of Cen
eral George B. Mcclellan
was unveiled in PHILADELPHIA.
1s14-The Germans were driven out
of Russia by Russian forces.
l9l5-Russian ships shelled Baltic
coast TO aid Riga.
19l6-Famous CernaVade bridge,
across the Danube, blown up
by Roumanians.
lslf-Austro-Germans launched a
great offensive against Italy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-24
Maynard the Real Hero.

Timers in the great air derby may figure
Parson Maynard out of first prize-in fact it
seems they already have done so-but they
cannot deprive him of the place he has won
in the public estimation. His performance
was the most spectacular. He ran his race
as the American people like to see it run. and
so he is and always will be the hero OF the
first American trans-continental air speed
contest.
Most of the other contestants took fewer
chances than Maynard did. They were more
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-24
A CHANCE ORDER.
BY Walter J. DELANEY.
(Copyright, 1919, by the Western
Newspaper Unfon).


Newspaper Union).
Bruce Stanley had his business
future all before him. which meant
that he had still to make a success
or failure. as fate might decide. He
had married pretty. industrious
Nettie Lane and they had settled
down in a diminutive, but neatly
Furnished three-room nat, which
Nettie deemed q palace and Bruce
real home, which made 1t to him
the dearest spot on earth.
TITS just beginning" declared
the ambitious Bruce. The man
sion comes later. 1t all depends
on the self-1ocking cage door"
Not a bird cage, nor q prison
cage, was 1t to which Bruce's cher
ished invention applied, but the
doors OF those bank cages In which
safely tmmured, the teller or the
cashier Is surrounded with piles
81 opulent bank notes and roUleaux
of gold and silver. The device that
was the coin Of Bruce's ingenious
rain had real merit
His dream was to get the merits
Of the device before bankers asso-
Citations, and especially in use In
some of the leading banks. Then
3thers would follow, but with Meth
81 capital nor influence, Bruce
NEW that it must be slow, patient
ID hill work.
One day a shrewd-faced. keen
eyed man came into Brucs's little
shop and looked over fits equipment
specially a stamping machine for
or cutting out metal discs. He
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-24

address and enclose two-cent stamp for re
| confidential the replies being sent direct
| paid to anonymous letters).
@. What is the percentage of
workers in the United States who
are unorganized? H E.
A. The American Federation OF
Labor says there are about 4,000,-
900 organized workers in this coun-
try. The 1910 census showed that
there were about 80 ,000,0O0 persons
engaged in gainfuI occupation. This
number undoubtedly has grown.
On the basis of these figures there
would be 34,000,O00 unorganized
workers in the United States. This
means that IL out OF IL are I'M
organized.
@. What is the penalty for in
tercepting or destroying a letter
belonging to another person?
K. E. G..
A. Any person who interferes
with mail belonging to another per
son shall, for every such offense,
be punishable by a fine of not more
than FIVE hundred dollars, or by
Imprisonment at hard labor for not
more than one year, or by both"
O. How many men are there in
a regiment? F. W. /
A. The maximum strength OF an
infantry regiment is 103 officers and
1852 men.
@. In selecting a climate for a
person suffering from catarrh what
are the most important factors to
be considered? n. ID.
A. The United States Public
Health service says that while in
dividuaI cases demand different
climatic conditions, it is we'll to
consider the following factors in
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-24
HEALTH TNHK&
BY WILLIAM BRADY r1D.

not the time to do anything merely
for health's sake. Both epidemics
Of preventable disease and unnec-
essary individual Affections were
deemed at one time in history the
punishments of a cruel providence.
Intelligent people no longer harbor
such ideas. Our knowledge OF
health and disease has dispelled
most Of the superstitions Of our
benighted ancestors-most OF them,
Isay, for alas many remain to cause
untold misery and unhappiness in
the world.
A slave might not have time to
take daily open air exercise or any
other measure to maintain health.
but slavery is pretty we'll eradi-
Gated from this country now, and
when a man or woman processes
lack OF time to devote to the main
tenance of health he or she is
merely Quibbling. The great work
ers seem to find time to cultivate
health. The leaders in every mer-
cantiIe~or professional line manage
to appropriate a reasonable amount
of time to healthful activities.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-24
Today's Events

One hundred years ago today the
Erie canal was opened from Utica
to Rome.
The annual convention of the
Southern Textile association opens
today at Charlotte, \. c.. and con-
tinue in session over tomorrow.
The first annual meeting of the
army ordnance association, with a
membership of more than five
thousand former ordnance officers
and civilian heads OF industrial
plants engaged in the production
of ordnance material during the
war, opens today at. the Aberdeen,
Md, proving ground.