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Mountain advocate., 1919-06-20

The political candidates are ex-
periencing all the thrills they might
get out of a horse race But up to
date not one has proved that his op-
Ponent murdered his grandmother.
Is prohibition responsible for this
lack of spirit
Mountain advocate., 1919-06-20
FOR REPRESENTATIVE
Soft

We Are Authorized to Announce
Esq. Sam NJ. Bennett candidate for
Representative Of Knox County sub
ject to the action of the Republican
Primary August End, 1919.
Mountain advocate., 1919-06-20

The experience of several girls, as
printed in the dailies, prove that the
occupants of autos should be well
known before Tisking ride. Joy
rides may easily become sorrow rides
Mountain advocate., 1919-06-20

The returning heroes are finding
an appreciativc lot of heroines to
welcome them.
Mountain advocate., 1919-06-20

Automobiles will find the prin-
cipal churches are on the newly paw
ed streets.
Mountain advocate., 1919-06-20

Wanted - A good, second hand
Oliver type writer. j. L. Foley,
Barbourville, Ky. 32-3t
Mountain advocate., 1919-06-20

The whine of the catgut is heard
in the land
Mountain advocate., 1919-06-20
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB SONGS

The songs printed below are sent
out by State University for the use
of the boys and girls in their club
work. These songs were sung by the
boys and girls of the convention for
the boys and girls of FIVE counties,
Knox, Laurel, Bell, Whitley and Clay
which was held at London Saturday
June IA at the London Courthouse
Mountain advocate., 1919-06-20

For Rooms and Board - See Mrs.
Riddell, next door to Christian
Church. 32-2t
Mountain advocate., 1919-06-20
TO THE CITIZENS AND VOTERS
or KNOX COUNTY

| am a candidate for Representa-
tive from Knox County in the next
Legislature of Kentucky, subject to
the action of the Republican Party
expressed in the primary election ON
August End, 1919. Your support
is respectfully solicited.
j. ii. Blackburn.
Mountain advocate., 1919-06-20

We Are Authorized to Announce
Richard c. Miller, candidate for
Representative of Knox County sub
ject to the action of the Republican
Primary, August End, 1919.
Mountain advocate., 1919-06-20

KEEP CLUB WORK GROWING"
Tune: Keep the Home Fires Burn
ing
Evening journal., 1919-12-27
JUDGE CHURCHMAN'S wonK AND DEATH

a INVOLVEMENT OF the death Of Judge Philip Q.
"A Churchman OF the Municipal Court OF this city early
this morning has caused profound shock from end to
end Of State.
As lawyer, a publc-spIrited citizen. as office
holder and active Republican Of prominence he has
been known for many years His chief claim for public
recognition and commentator rested however upon his
work IN the Municipal Court
He became the head Of that important tribunal at a
time when Il had sunk low that had lost much Of the
public respect and confidence that always should have
attached 20 IT,
BY Is dgnned department. wise decisions and nssence
public and private respect for the court he not only
restored h TO the position had held It's best days but
carried 70 to a point whert IL We'd with the upper
10 dignity and oundness OF law enuncated therein
When il necessary for him to frame an opinion,
Judge Churchman devoted 10 It the and stten
ton that he would have done had he been sitting as a
member Of the Supreme Court Of our State a tribunal
which he might have graced had he lived
His sound work Municipal Court judge finds It's
best evidence in the fact that comparatively appeals
were taken from his decisions and that seldom II ever
were such decisions reversed by the upper courts.
rhe sne big hope Of The people Of Wilmington that
Governor Townsend viii appoint an the vacancy
who Judge Churchman'S equal in honesty Of purpose,
knowledge Of the law and answering imparallty and
integrity in its application and enforcement.
Evening journal., 1919-12-27
our COuNTRNs TMREE TINANGIAL EssENTIALs.

BECAUSE Of the prominence Of Henry p. Scott banker
ID OF This city in the National Budget movement many
Deawareans have been Interested intensely In the pro
gress OF that movement.
Adyiees from Washington 10 the effect that the ire
mendous OF to falling of the customs
duties and TO the elimination Of liquor or
enmeni receipts be made largely by The adoption
Of budget system. Is the belief engenderod by testimony
before the Senate Committee the bdset
The loss from liquor revenue alone enormous, and
that viii regain former proportions customs
revenue Is 20 do with return TO normal manufac-
turing and financial conditions abroad Liquor
Increased from sie9966 2i IN 1908 10 S2S 053 In 1871
and si3si95 in 1918 This great OF income
been wiped out by national prohibition, and It Is esll
mated that the recent decision Of the United staes S
preme Court upholdlng wartime prohibition robbed the
government Of at least seOOOOOOOo in taxes.
Customs revenue the other hand had been deereas
Ing pressure, until from being the mainstay
OF government financing has been reegated to unim
poran part in producing money for the national admins
tratlon Customs produced s333653ii5 in 1910 s3iSs9i
3o6 in 1913 and to the dropped 10 si7999s3 1888 in
1918.
This shift in income has been Of the
great trlbutory the direct taxation
and makes imperative method for decreasing the ex
penditures of the TO the limit Of efficiency.
budget system for the elimination Of waste is believed
by It's advocates to be the only way in which this great
loss be counteraced John j. Fitzgerald former
Der Of the House Committee Appropriations, called at
tention TO this change in government revenue in his es
tlmony before the Senate Budget Committee when he
said:
1--WE have adjusted taxation system according
to what we proposed TO eXpend. Until the came
along had raised without any reference
whatever to what expenditures to be. The bulk
Of our revenue for great many years from The
customs service and the amount of this affected
largely by which particular political partys theory was
in force.
But the customs returns an Insignificant sum
OF the needed moneys for the And when the
estimated appropriations prepared by the depart
ments cared thought whether or not there
funds In the Treasury to meet them.
1t has been my experience in Congress that as far as
the administration concerned there very little
consideration given TO where the money came from
With Federal affairs restored to Republican control;
with the protective tar restored to produce revenue and
with a national budget system In effect to regulate
pendhres the financial affairs OF country viii assume
an aspect which viii be pleasing to the public.
Evening journal., 1919-12-27
"Y" COLLEGE MEN
AT GET TOGETHER"

Fred Igler, UNCONVENTIONAL secretary
Of the University OF Pennsylvania Y.
NJ. c. A., was the principal speaker at
the fourth annual Get Together" meet
ing Of the College Mems Club OF the
Y. NJ. C. A. at Lambros' last night. Mr..
Igler based the substance Of his adj
dress on Colonel McRae's now world
famous poem, FLANDERS Fields" He
emphasized the duties OF the college
men OF the world in enriching the con-
lsci0usness Of the world.
Walter s. Watson, boys work secre-
tary Of the "Y," told OF the progress
which had been made in the work
among the boys, notably the "Hi-Y"
work.
IL was again decided 90 award a $40
sold prize for the best all around high
school student who goes to college
next year.
A short talk was also given by A. Z.
Lindley, general secretary.
Among those present were: Frank
McCardell, the POSTMASTER OF the eve
ming; Walter Watson, secretary Of the
Y. NJ. C. A.: A. L. Lindley, general sec
retary Of the association; Fred Ingler.
Of the University Of Pennsylvania, and
the Messrs. Norman Wade, Baldwin
Maui, Aubrey Hope, Roger Minker.
Gordon Linn, Morton Baxter, Joseph
Keil, David Almond, Hugh Renney.
Wendell Gray, Leonard Crew, Isaac Ell
Evening journal., 1919-12-27

I TO sit op the stool OF repentance.
This discrimination extended even
through The war period. In every other
industry large profits were tolerated.
But though the roads were taken over
by the government, they were not al-
/ lowed 10 earn their way. their annual
/ deficits on operation being met out OF
| the Treasury. The excess profits law
was constructed 10 catch a part OF the
over earnings OF other industries. 10
took nothing from the railroads, be-
cause there was nothing 10 take. In a
period Of enormous imitation, rising
prices and swollen profits railroad Sc
curitles have fallen in value because the
industry has been kept artincially on a
nOn-remunerative basis.
IL 10 any wonder that people are skep-
tlcal about a change in policy toward
the transportation interests? Senators
and Representatives doubt their own
ability to rise superior to the old OBJ
session that the railroads ought 30 be
treated with severity which Congress
wouldn't dream Of applying to farming,
or planting. or mining, or manufactur-
ing or TO banking.
All that the owners OF the railroads
now expect is a mitigation OF thelr
harsh and pathetic predlcament. The
Cummns railroad bin Is a step toward
a saner policy Of regulation. Under It's
provisions the transportation industry
Will still be treated as a step-daughter
on probation. But that Is something.
A faint hope IS encouraged that the
railroads may once more enter the
circle Of Industries recognized as meri-
torlous and entitled to recognition for
the economic service which they per-
form.
For many Industries we keep q pro
tective tariff in force Congress is
willing TO levy taxes in order 90 de-
velop the possibilities OF these enter
prises. But IL still has scruples about
granting even fair living chance 20
the transportation industry, which, un-
der adverse circumstances, is giving
cheaper service than any other in the
United States today.
The governments railroad policy has
been cObwebbed with prejudices ana
rancOrs. All that Is needed to solve the
problem is return to justice and
common sense. The unfortunate own
ers OF railroad property have been
taught by hard experience to expect
little OF either. They would probably
not look for either now except for the
fact that the public's interest in the
maintenance OF a solvent and efficient
transportation system happens 20 coin
eide with the interest OF the investors
whose money has been keeping the
railroads alive.
Evening journal., 1919-12-27
Western Canada's Settlement

WINNIPEG, Man. Dec. 25-Two re-
cent moves, one by the Canadian Gov
ernment and the other by the Hudson's
Bay Company. VIII materially assist in
the settlement Of vacant lands in West
ern Canada.
The Canadian Government has opened
eight Indian reserves for soldier settle
ment and the HudsQn's Bay Company
has decided to close out its remaining
lands TO farm settlers.
In carrying out its soldier settlement
program, the Canadian government has
allotted more than 100000 acres to its
soldier farmers and thereby exhausted
almost all the lands adjacent 10 Rail
ways under its control. 70 opened the
Porcupine Forest Reserve last summer.
This land was quickly taken by the
soldiers. Now The government has
made available for, soldier settlement
areas in the following Indian reserves
Big River reserve $50 acres; Mlstswasis
reserve I6,54s; Plapot reserve 263OO;
Kalsewistahy reserve 1900; COwiesew
Evening journal., 1919-12-27
SAVING THE FREEZING.

TT win interest Jewish residents In Delaware to know
what steps being taken by The American Jewish
Relief Committee relieve the postwar fuel shortage
situation in Poland.
Fuel Administrator" for people who are freezing to
death In country where available fuel is scarce exorbi
ant price and difficult TO transport to the places where
It is most sorey needed OF the most dincut duties
of lsdore Hershneld director Of Jewish relief work in 20
land.
Practically every bit OF fuel that the suffering Jews
OF Poland getting this winter from funds raised
by the American Jewish Relief Committee and It's allied
organization. During November 55i5OOO marks were
spent in fuel Mr. Hershneld reported and 100000
marks in September and October.
Difficulties OF hauling fuel and high prices making
the condition Of the sufferers miserable cabed Mr.
Hershted The rigor Of the present winter make ade
duae fuel supplies vitality necessary for the destitute
people here, who without proper clothing, food and
shelter"
Total expenditures for Polish relief work during No
vember toalled i52635OO marks, the Joint Distribution
Committee reported which included 10000 marks for
refugees Warsaw 275OOO marks for clothing and shoes,
$1,000 marks for the families of Jewish governmental
employees discharged masse at Lwo~.
After reading Senator Falls public opinion OF Mexi-
policy, would pay admission to hear his private
opinion.
American Legion delegates characterize the pension sys
tenn unnecessary and unjust Also inevitable.
Evening journal., 1919-12-27

I day, be kept going between now and
March 4.
The Presidents decision is sagacious
because In fixing the new and absolute
deadllne Of Marc for paying the rail-
way losses out OF the United States
Treasury The Issue OF saving the roads
from bankruptcy and OF maintaining
their service for the public is put
squarely and finally up 10 Congress.
Congress can no longer go on fiddllng
with this paramount national question.
Congress dare not take the responsible
lty Of letting the helpless American rail
way system coast down grade 30 its
own ruin and 10 the ruin Of the cOun-
try.
The Presidents decision Is patriotic
because short Of military Invasion. pill
lige and devastation by q merclless
enemy Power nothing worse could be-
fall the Industries, the business. the
bread and butter OF the American pco-
PIE than a breakdown OF the national
railway system. And nothing but the
Governments shouldering OF the cOlOs-
sal winter deficit and the Pres dents
forcing OF Congress 20 prompt 8nd ade-
quate action could have saved the
roads from utter breakdown.
The plain English Of this transpOrta-
ton crisis IS that facing January and
February without Treasury aid many
OF The roads-nOt nicely the ragtae ana
b0btail but even some Of the great sys-
tems-wOuld not have been able TO
meet their payrOlls thirty days after
going back to their owners.
President Wilson, in truth has
saved the railroads from national
wreck for two months. Congress must
now save them for the months and
wears thereafter.
Evening journal., 1919-12-27
A RINGING APPEAL

To his fellow-countrymen in Eng
land, Harold Begble makes a ringina
appeal that they have done with all
the plaques Of the after-war period
and settled themselves to the task Of
reconstruction in thorough earnest. 1
Is striking that a poem addressed. thus
directly TO one nation should be cap
able Of such easy application to many
another, our own included. In Mr.
Begbie's poem in the London DAILY
Chronicle" we hear again the Oft re-
peated warning about the necessity Of
super-produciiOn 20 make good the
enormous losses involved in war.
COATS Off
BY Harold Begb'e.
For England's faith and future thou
sand years go bail;
Who doubts our strength 20 conquer,
who says our heart will fail?
So far we've marched in honor, so
often we've stood fast,
Who says that we shall perish by our
own hands at last?
Four hundred million starving--a word
OF bankrupt States?
Europe a debtors prison-Red ruin at
the gates?
Out on your tale Of terrorl Strip Off
the towards maskl
The more mounts English courage the
harder is the task
Wen set our engines roaring, wen
show the world again
What pride is in our women, what
wonder in our men:
Wen pile the quays with plenty, and
swing rich wealth aboard,
Wen break the back OF hunger as we
broke the Prussan sword;
And break the back Of traitors. with
brows that save the world
For It's England's trumpet calling, It's
her flag still unfurl'd.
It's Englsnds fate we're handling, and
hard our blows shall fall
on the Sweater Of the poor man, and
the traitor Of us ALL
Get hence, you bloated Spider, with
profits God shall reck,
Get hence, you Buss-fed Judas, the
moose is at your neck;
No man shall be amongst US hence
forth for evermOre
Who does not live for England, true
English TO the core.
A famished world is pleading, Come,
comrades. let us pull
Our weight, the weight OF England,
till every larder's full;
no famine, and no madness shall
shake the world apart
II England's heart be fying from the
depth Of England's heart.
Now Jet the false man irernble, now
let tho tyrant quail
The Worlds Need comes 70 sift us,
with the Dead behind the veil:
The true man. kind and selfless, The
brave man. strong and Just.
Shall stand Ike rocks when treason
has crumbled into dust.
iHo'il make a greater England In saw
Ing all the world.
For IT'S England's trumpet calling,
us her nag stlll unfurld.
A n0blor. gladdor England, In body,
soul and mind:
Goats OF, sleeves us. snd ste0dy, for
the sake OF all mankind,
Evening journal., 1919-12-27

reserve 800; Oehopawace reserve 1920;
Poorman's reserve $3.50 and Bobtain re-
serve 6620 acres. These lands are all
contiguous 10 transportation dimes.
When The Hudson's Bay Company
surrendered in 1870 It's authority over a
vast portion OF Western Canada which
it had ruled under It's charter rights
for two centuries, y retained one-Jwen-
tleth Of the land In the fertile belt"
between the North Saskatchewan i3lpe
and the international boundary and the
Rocky Mountains and the Lake Of the
Woods and Lake Winnipeg. This land
distributed throughout every township
within that area is virgin soil never
touched by a plow in the midst OF the
richest farming districts Of Western
Canada. OF the one-twentieth retained
by it, the Company stin possesses over
100000 acres which are available for
settlement Divided into 100 acre par
GELS it would furnish farms for 1886
settlers.
Evening journal., 1919-12-27
The Anfi-RaiIr05d Obsess'on
lFrom Che New York Tribune

On Wednesday the President post
poned for two months the nominal re-
turn Of the railroads 30 the owners.
This action OF legislation making the
retransfer feasible, such a delay was
unavoidable. II is symptomatic. how
ever, Of the extraordinary and aDnor-
NAL state OF mind regarding the Ad-
ministratlOn into which the country
has drifted that doubt existed as to the
likelihood OF postponement by the
President
In The Tribunes Washington dis
patches yesterday this paragraph Oc-
CURED.
'rhe Presidents proclamation came
as a great relief TO members OF Con-
gress and 90 the rlilroad owners. They
had en- grayely apprehenslve that the
Pres - IL would return the roads at
midnight on December 81, with the
two houses OF COnress still trying 10
settle their differences over adequaAe
legislation for the return OF the trans
pOgtation lines to operation under pri-
vate ownership. More than One-half OF
the railroad systems OF the country
would have been forced into bankrupt
cy within two months II the President
had not extended the period Of govern
ment control and operation, the railroad
owners feared"
This paragraph reflects unconscious
ly, and therefore all the more sincerely.
a feeling which has taken hold OF the
public That the Administration would
be protecting both itself and the pub
lie by making easier the transition from
public to private operation Is beyond
question. But that the Administration
should under any circumstances extend
grace to the transportation industry
has come 30 excite wonder in many
quarters.
In its dealings with the railroads the
Administration has been injuriously in
fuenced by inherited Ideas. The pas
sion OF railroad hateIs has subsided.
But its after effects remain. For a gem
Grafton the railroad industry has been
subjected 90 a punitive discipline such
as no other great industry has ever had
TO suffer from.
There is a stock saying on the stage:
Nobody loves a fat man." II the rail-
roads were once fat, they have now
grown lamentably thin. Yet nobody
loves them. They are still singled out
Evening journal., 1919-12-27
With the Photographers

Everything seems to be scarce except shortasesDe-
trot Journal.
With eggs selling at 81 dozen in Chicago an icy side
walk is at times greater peril than eyer.Des Mones
Register.
The best liked on our car line who gets of
at Twenty-eighh street When he leaves the car two
straphangers get seats.-Kansas City Star
appears from the dispatches that various orsanza-
ons at work collecting data 20 solve the problems OF
unrest and sometimes wonder In vague sort OF way
II II wouldn't possible to dispense with few data and
substitute little plain horse sense once in whel
waukee Sentinel
Evening journal., 1919-12-27
President Wilson Saves
ihe Railroads from Ruin
lFrom the New York Sun,

President Wilson's proclamation FOR
the return OF the railroads to their
owners not on January 4 but on March
1 without further executive action or
discussion Is courageous, sagaci0us and
patriotic.
The Presidents decision Is coura-
seous because after the prOdigious
treasure which Federal operation al
ready has lost tho government cnnnot
retain tho roads until March 1 without
assuming more deficits by tens Of mill
lions Of dollars.
January and February always make
the very WIDEST earning period OF the
carriers. Bad times or good times.
starvation rates or FAT rates, those
winter months with low traffic but
with unfavorable weather and heavy
extra expenditures caused by frozen
switches storm bound trackage and
snow stalled trains are Che terror OF
practical railroad men.
Under Tho Direc ectOr-General Of Rail-
roads existing policy OF treating The
rental as q uniform monthly sum Of
sIoWO,0N-aithOugh the standard re-
turn for The three year test period was
nothing Ike as much as that for Janu-
ary, February and March-ihe Govern
ment may stand 10 lose from slOOOO,GOO
TO t6OG0oO0D a month both In January
and IN February, the additional time
me President cOuragcOusly elects %
operate the roads. How imperatively
necessary 60 tie welfare Of the country
Is this continued Treasury absorption
OF gigantic losses only practical railroad
men appreciate They know. and un-
doubiedly Director-Gsneral llines has
brought the President 20 realize, that
IN no other way could the roads. dos-
nnraLnLN .cLrnumalannnl 90 lnn.- 80 n.
Evening journal., 1919-12-27
GEMS OF THOUGHT

Weeping women may be dsasroeable bul uiey sen.
orally get about what they scoIdng DON'T
'--:-.
We establish soveresn good not by taking and re-
ceivng but in giving with both hands IN this lies hap
piness.
-.-:-.
a man who ls compllmented II you call him hard
headed would be mad all II YOU called him bone
headed"
:-=!-s
Every time that Christmas around again we
wonder why We haven't cultivated tho Christmas spirit
all the year.
-t-s-,
IN other words Christmas Is the day va shall oels-
braie mastieaie and bcarbonse and the next day we
shall gnedlcata.
Evening journal., 1919-12-27
GOOD POSTAL WORK.

VKJ ILAHNGTONIANS are well pleased with the manner
w In which Postmaster James j. English and his sub
srdnates have handled the incoming and outgoing Christ
malls That Is especially true Of the parcel post end
Of the service
The strain put upon the postal employees was unpre-
cedened but they stood up under It and made
ords for efficiency
When one considers the miserable pay that is allowed
to most Of the Wilmington postal employees for the highly
responsible and aborous work they do, It astonishing
that such oommendable results are achieved
Evening journal., 1919-12-27

llolt, Maynard Carter, Theodore Pyle
and Harold IsZard.
The officers elected for the coming
year are: President. Morris PiersOn ;
secretary, Harold Iszard. Mr.. Pierson
was reelected, having already served
two wears.
Evening journal., 1919-12-27

Presbyterian pastors Will prepare the way for this
renewing OF devotion and the week Of prayer by preach
ing in the morning on Looking Backward" aud In the
evening "Cosing tho Year Rlght' others Will have
sermons ON Looking Forward and starting tho Year
Right"
In connection with these New Era programs each OF
the departments OF the Presbyterian New Era Move
men viii renew their activities especially emphasizing
the work In the local churches OF spiritual resources
stewardship missionary education social service, gospel
extension. every member mobilization, religious educa-
tlon and publicity. Much enthusiasm is being shown In
the attempt to organize "rlmo Leglons" IN ell Of the
churches whereby and women consent to give at
least two hours a month to work FOR the church.