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The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-04-12
.DRESS.UP Week proves
PROFITABLE TO MERCHANTS
Several Local Clothing Dealers Re.
port The Best Week Since Christ
mas-GOOd Crowds In the
City Saturday.

Dress-Up Week which was ceiebrat-
ed in Maysville during the past week
has proven to be quite a success In ev-
cry respect according to the local mer-
chants. While there have not been the
great crowds Of shoppers in the city
during the week that there might have
been, there has been a steady incom7
ing and the clerks In all Of the local
shops have been kept busy.
All of the stores In the city have
been very busy all week but the Gen.
tlemen's clothing stores have proba-
bly, done more business than any other
class of merchants. The men and
younk men have been buying literally
all week but on Saturday the stores
were especially crowded and some of
the dealers report that on Saturday
and even Friday their corps of sales
men were not able to handle the i'm
mense business.
One clothing merchant reports that
during this week he enjoyed the best
business he has had since Christmas,
week.
The women have been shopping as
we'll as the men and all of the depart
ment stores have enjoyed great busi-
ness. The same styles will be on dis
play every day in the local shops that
have been shown during this week and
all those who were unable to get here
during Dress-Up week should come as
soon as possible
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-04-12
MAN Convicted OF
BOOTLEGGING APPEALS
William Holmes Convicted on Boot
Logging Charge In Police Court
Yesi erday Appeals Case to the
Mason Circuit Court.

Villa 4 Holmes, colored man, who
was col 'icted Of having liquors in his
possessi IN for the purpose Of sale IN
Police Court yesterday and who was
given fine Of 800 and a Jail SEN
tence Of twenty days at hard labor in
the Mason county Jail, filed through
his attorney, James M. Collins, an ap-
peal in the Mason Circuit Court this
afternoon.
This appeal stops the Judgment of
the Police Curt from being carried
out and Holres gave bond with Mr..
Paul Best as surety spending the re-
hearing Of the case in the higher
court.
Holmes does not deny bringing the
liquor here with him from Covington
but contends that 1t was for personal
use and not for the purpose of sale.
How such cases have been appealed
from the Police Cour' to the higher
court on these grounds and the prog
ress of the case in Circuit Court will
be watched with much interest by ev-
eryone in the city and county.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-04-12
JUDGE COCHRAN WILL
DELIVER ALUMNI ADDRESS


Our distinguished fellow townsman
Judge A. NJ. ]. Cochran has been in
vited to deliver one of the two ad-
dresses to the Alumni at Centre Col
lege Centennial next June, Senator
Beckham being the other speaker.
Judge Cochran will represent Gen.
tre College and Senator Beckham Gen.
trail University.
The honor could not be more worth
lily bestowed than on Judge Cochran
who was not only at the head of his
class while in college but has made
one of the greatest lawyers and judges
ever graduated by the college.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-04-12
PERRY HUNTERS FUNERAL
SUNDAY AFTERNOON

The body Of Perry Hunter will ar
rive in Maysville Sunday morning and
be taken to his mothers home near
the Government building. The fun
eral will be from the Church of the
Nativity Sunday afternoon at 1880
o'clock with services by the rector,
Rev. Stephenson. Burial will be made
in the Maysville cemetery. The pail
bearers will be Messrs. John W. Math-
ews, Robert Willett, Wadsworth
Clarke, Basil Owens, Chancellor Park
er and Joe Edwin Matthews.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-04-12
THE Marines WILL
STAGE SHAM BATTLES
over THIS DISTRICT
Skilled Bayonet Men to Make Whirl.
wind Tour Of Fourth District In
Fifth Loan Campaign.
The devil dogs are coming!

luc uCNi uO6o u g Soh"o'
A detachment Of United States Ma
rines from the overseas station at
Quantico are going to tour this dis
trict for the Victory Loan. The rout-
ing is shortly to be announced.
These Marines, all super-experts In
the bayonet work which won the Ma
rines the title of "Devil-Dogs" at Cha
teau Thierry, will stage realistic
sham battle and bayonet exhibition at
each stop on their tour.
The present plan is to have the De-
vil-Dogs stay an entire day In each
town on their route 30 they may put
on the sham battle In the morning and
the bayonet exhibition in the after
noon.
According to their commander Lieu
tenant Edward B. Irving, his men has
put 80 much snap into their work that
a rest between stunts is desirable
Such an arrangement would also give
local committees an opportunity to ar
range for meetings at which the
speakers who travel with the Marines
would have a chance to present VIC
tory Loan arguments.
The detachment includes twenty
men, an officer and bugler. Lieu
tenant Irving says his men will ac-
commodate themselves to any special
arrangements a local committee cares
to make as regarding the sham bat
tie. They may defend an attack, q
building, or the public square, or stage
their battle anywhere the local COM
mittee desires.
The bayonet exhibition these Ma
rines will give is particularly strik-
ing since 1t shows the highly special
lied training the men 60 through be-
fore being fullfleged Devll-Dogs. All
the thrusts and parties the Marines
used on the Germans at Chateau
Thierry will be illustrated and ex-
planned at these exhibitions.
The Marines will also make it clear
that the reason they are taught nc
defensive tactics is because their mot,
to is "Get Your Man," and they sl.
ways carry the fight to the enemy.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-04-12
METHODIST REVIVAL
CLOSES SUNDAY

The revival which has been in pro-
gress at the Forest Avenue NJ. E.
Church for the past two weeks will
come to a close Sunday evening At
the evening service all who have join
ed the church are requested to meet
so that arrangements for baptism can
be made at that time. The net results
of the meeting thus far has been 25
additions to the church and 16 other
conversions. 1t has been the most
successful meeting the Forest Avenue
Church abs had in many years.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-04-12
MAKING PLANS FOR
1919 CnAUTAUQUA
FCR MAYSVILLE
Chautauqua Committee Of Chamber Of
Commerce VIII Secure Talent
Again From the COlt-Alber
Bureau-Many Prominent
Men on Program.

Mr.. William G. Lavelle, of Cleve-
land, Ohio, representing the Coit-Alber
Chautauqua Bureau, is in Maysville
today in conference with Mr.. A. L.
Merz and his committee of local busi-
ness men and at meeting to be held
at four O'Clock this afternoon at the
Chamber OF Commerce arrangements
will likely be completed for the 1919
Chautauqua which will again this
year be held at Beechwood Park.
The Coit-Alber Bureau furnished
the talent for last years Chautauqua
and never has Maysville had a Chau-
tauqua that, taken as whole, was bet
ter in every respects than was last
years meeting.
Mr.. Lavelle is offering the commit
tee tentative program which, Of
course, is subject to come change. The
people of Maysville will be very glad
to know however, that Mr. Frank Bohn
is one of the headline lecturers on this
years program. DR.. Bohn lectured
in Maysville last year on "The Mind of
Germany" and those who were fortu-
nate enough to hear him remember
that it was probably the best lecture
of the entire course. Shortly after the
Chautauqua season last year closed
DR.. Bohn sailed for Switzerland where
he is now studying reconstruction in
| Germany and on this years Chautau-
qua he will bring reconstruction
message. The announcement that DR.
Bohn will be on the program is enough
to assure the committee that the
Chautauqua will be great success.
Besides DR.. Bohn, however, there is
another headlner that will attract q
great audience. This man is Ton
Skeyhill, the Australian Soldier-Poet
who proved hero on four of the wars
greatest battle fronts and who will tel
of the war as seen through poets
eyes. The readers of the Literary Di
gest remember that only a few weeks
ago that great national journal de-
voted two entire columns in apprecia
tion of this wonderful man. Skey'
hills lecture in the Metropolitan Op
era House in New York on October 9
1918, alone sold twenty-three million
seven hundred and fifty thousand dol
lars worth of Liberty Bonds. OF Skey
hill, the late lamented Theodor,
Roosevelt said 81 would rather ap
pear on the platform with Tom Skey
hill than with any other man know
This great poet and fighter will draw
hundreds to the Chautauqua. J
The Coit-Alber Bureau also offer
very attractive musical numbers 70
each day with the big musical numbe
on the program, Fighting Americans
This company is composed Of min
Doughboys who can make all sorts o
music that will certainly please.
The date for the Chautauqua will
probably be decided upon later.
has always been during the Fourth O
July week and will probably be tn
same date for this year.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-04-12
COURT FIGHT
SEEMS CERTAIN
over ASSESSMENT
Chairman Scott OF State Tax Commits.
sion, Issues "Def" After Confer
ence With Fayette Board Men,
bers-MasOn May Join
In the Fight.

Kentucky's new tax law, passed two
years ago by special session of the
legislature after years Of agitation and
month of tedious labor by the tax COM
mission, must stand the tests Of the
highest court Of the state II threats
and counter-threats by the State Tax
Commission and the Fayette County
Board of Equalization are not with
drawn.
The State Tax Commission, through
its chairman, James A. Scott, stated
yesterday in Frankfort that the ST.
100000 increase in assessed valuation
must be made in Fayette county; that
II the county Board Of Equalization
fails or neglects to make the increased
assessment, the commission will send
man here who can and will make the
increased assessment.
After protesting to the State Com
mission yesterday at the increase de-
manded, and explaining that the de-
sired increase can not be made in
fairness, members of the county board
stated that the next move in the con-
troversy must come from Frankfort;
that their assessment and equalization
has been honest and fair; and that the
increase demanded by the State COM
mission cannot be made by the board.
Judge Bullock hinted that should the
State Commission send man here to
raise the assessment, property holders
and taxpayers Of the county will file
suits to restrain such increase attack
ing the legality of the mandatory in
crease, the commissions authority to
demand such an increase, and the new
taX law itself.
If the Fayette county case is taken
into the court, it is hardly probable
that 1t will stand alone. Protests
against increase assessments that
have been demanded by the State
Commission have been made by a
large number of counties throughout
the state, and 1t is possible that many
of these will join in a suit, filed to
test the law. Immediately after the
Fayette board had returned from
Frankfort, representatives from Ma
son and Bourbon counties conferred
with Judge Bullock, they declaring al
so their belief that the state commits
sion had ordered increases in assess
ments that are not fair. The Bourbon
county delegates appeared before the
State Commission Immediately after
the Fayette board. Whether the visit
ing officials discussed the possibility
of a suit with Judge Bullock was moi
announced.
Fayette county's Board Of Equaliza'
tion returned from Frankfort yester.
day afternoon following a conference
with the State Tax Commission wifi
their protest unanswered. The BoarC
made the trip to Frankfort at the re
quest of Chairman Scott. that it ap
pear before them for conference re
garding the increase in, assessmen
ordered by the Commission, which tn,
Board failed to make. q
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-04-12
BRIDGES WILL NOT
HOLD HEAVY TANKS

1t is learned that 1t is the opinion
Of the County Engineer and members
of the Fiscal Court that many of the
smaller bride in Mason county are not
strong enough to hold up the heavy
army tanks which proposed to tour
Mason county the latter part of this
month in the interest of the Victory
Loan and it is therefore likely that
the arrangements to have a company
of tanks tour the county will have to
be called of.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-04-12
NOT so MUCH TOBACCO
YET UNsOLD

1t is understood that there is not SO
much unsold tobacco in this district
as was at first thought but there is
enough to make a good big sale and
the sale at the Home Warehouse next
Wednesday will probably bring quite a
bit of the weed from over quite a dis
tance. The management of the Home
has announced that buyers from all OF
the large dealers will be on the breaks.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-04-12
REVIVAL AT ABERDEEN is
PROVING QUITE SUCCESSFUL

The revival meeting at the Aberdeen
Baptist church which has been in pro-
gross now for week has proven quite
successful thus far and will continue
into next week. On Sunday II is ex-
pected that many members of the To-
cal Baptist church will attend the af-
ternoon meeting.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-04-12
AGENTS FOR CHAIN
STORE IN THE CITY

Two gentlemen representing the
Metropolitan and 10 cent stores We're
in the city Friday seeking a location
for one of their stores in this city.
These are the same gentlemen who Of
fered stock fer sale in this corporation
some time a"o and stopped operation
upon advice of the city officials un-
til they had procured city stock sales
mans license.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-04-12
COUNTRY TEACHERS
GET MONTHLY PAY

Today was pay day for the county
school teachers and most every teach
er in the county was in the city to get
his or her check and all attended the
lecture on agriculture given by Coun-
ty Agent George Kirk at the Court
House.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-04-12
GARBAGE CART DOES
WORK VERY WELL

Official Garbage Collector Lee John
son is more than pleased with his new
metal garbage cart and witk the cart
has been able to care for the garbage
about the city in good order and on
schedule time. He says he finds that
he will be unable to keep on his sche-
dule however hauling dry and yet gar
bage at the same time and will pro-
bably adopt new system hauling wet
garbage one day and dry garbage an
other.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-04-12
DIES IN CINCINNATI HOSPITAL

Peter Gray, colored, formerly of this
city, died in Cincinnati hospital Fri
day following a short illness. His
body will be brought here over the C.
& o. Sunday afternoon and taken to
the home of his daughter, Mary Eliza
Gray, in Hall street. Funeral arrange
ments are not complete.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-04-12
NOTICE

My registered Percheron Stallion
Ross and big Jack Major will make
the seas IN of 1919 at Maley Brothers
near LIE visburg.
12-9t G.. CALVERT EARLY.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-04-12
TRIAL TO BIZ HELD
ON THURSDAY

The trial OF the alleged case OF rape
on the Steamer Homer Smith is set
for $50 q. N. Thursday, April II. and
Witnesses have been summoned for
that date.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-04-12

The very newest in style, plus quail
ity and high grade tailoring in Suits,
Capes and Coats. HUNTS.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-04-12

II you want style as we'll as quail
ity see our Suits, Capes and Coats.
HUNTS.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-04-12

Cottage Cheese at the creamery.
TIE TRAXEL-GLASCOC co.
11-12-14 1919
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-04-12

All our dresses direct from New
York. Youthful, stylish models
HUNTS.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-04-12

The most unsual and smart designs
in Suits, Goats and Capes. HUNTS.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-04-12

LITTLE BRICK CHURCH
Services by pastor Sunday morning
and evening at 1O:45 and 1880. Sum-
day School $3.50.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-04-12
DENHART ENTERS
GOVERNORS RACE

Colonel H. s. Denhart, Of Bowling
Green, made formal announcement at
Louisville Friday night Of his candi-
dacy for the Democratic nomination
for Governor.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-27
BACKED AWAY
FROM RUSSIANS
Bolshevik Forces Make ALLIES Re-
treat, American Troops Being
Among Those Chang
ing Line.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.1
LONDON, Jan. 27.-Allied forces.
consisting principally OF Americans
and Russians, have retired slightly
before a bolshevik advance on the
Shonkurst front. 1t was announced
today in an official communicate re-
ceived from Archangel.
"The bolsheviks continued pres
sure on the Shonkurst front Wednes-
day and Thursday" the statement
said. They attacked in considerable
force after three days Commandment.
Our forces, consisting principally Of
Americans and Russians, were first
withdrawn to the Shonkurst defenses
to prevent the town from being out
thanked. Later the town and de-
lenses were successfully evacuated
and shorter line taken up to the
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-27
FRENCH SEE
GOOD, MOVIES
American Y. w. c. A. In Film Bust
ness for Benefit of the
Brave Women Of
France.
IBy United Press.]

PARIS, Jan. 10.-(By NALL
Moving pictures and education are
not easily divorced these days.
Another role than that Of pedagog
now falls upon the film drama. Its
new mission is to make and intensity
morale Possibly 1t will play the part
OF employment agency to the women
of France.
To them after their four long years
OF labor in munition shops behind the
lines the moving picture is taking
courage.
The French woman who has re-
Gently lost her job in the munitions
shop is finding through the medium
of moving pictures that there are
other Jobs for women than those
created by the urge of war.
Living her life within the doors OF
her own home, realizing the neces-
sity for being good cook, good
housekeeper. and something of a
seamstress and milliner, the woman
of France found herself quite unpre'
pared when the war broke out. But
despite her many handicaps, she
went. 1t will be many a long day
before the world will cease ringing
the praises of the women of France
without whose work, M. Clenenceau
is said to have, remarked, the war
could not have gone on for twenty
minutes"
The war went on and the armistice
was signed And today the French
women are faced with a greater prob
lem than any brought to them by war.
"My home Is gone. My relatives
are dead. What shall l do? Where
shall go next?
These are questions that are troub-
ling the French women now that the
war is over.
For many the questions will be
answered through moving pictures.
While the war was in progress the
men in cantonments in France were
entertained with views of what was
doing at home. In many OF the Lib
erty theaters pictures were shown
that stimulated morale by bringing
cheer and facts to the minds and
eyes of the boys.
II this could be done while the
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-27
Iowa Supreme Court Decision.

Especial to The Gate City-]
DIES MONIES. Jan. 27.-Noyes VS.
D. NJ. Club, Polk county, affirmed
Brown treasurer VS. Peterson admin
istrator, Henry county, affirmed.
Des Moines Union Railway company
appellant rs Funk indus comm, Polk
county, eversed.
Emery and company appellant vs. c.
B. and @. r. R. Co, ct al. Wapello
county affirmed
Meats VS. Strange Bros. Hide Co. APP
pelant, Woodbury. county, affirmed.
Welsh VS. city Of Des Moines, appel
ant, Polk county, affirmed.
Fellows vs. ETington ct al applants
superior court of Grinnell affirmed.
Bull appellant VS. Wiesbrod, Union
county, affirmed.
In re estate of Mansfield, deceased,
Shelby county, affirmed.
Nishnabotna Drainage district ct al
appellant VS. Lana >Const Co. Pottawat-
fannie county affirmed.
Malloy VS. c. @. w. r. r. Co. Web
ster county reversed.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-27

guns were rafting overhead, why
the more adequately in an aftefH
program?
Thus has the American Y. W.
A. argued. And 1t is largely TO SD
the women of France the kind
work that women of the world Y
doing that this organization
brought a moving picture exhibit
France to be shown in Its foya
(social rooms in industrial districs
hotels for women war workers Y
huts for nurses.
In all the centers opened by
Y. w. c. A. in France under its
secretaries these pictures are 10
shown.
Beside Industrial phases the
hibit contains many pictures OF hl
cities in America and other counlns1
There is better baby" film WIZ
shows the most modern methods
infant care. A series of national "a
welfare charts, dealing with the
lowing subjects is included IN
exhibit: Prevention of tuberculO1
in childhood; healthy babies
children; care for saving moths]
and babies lives; early habit iu1
ing: growth through play; grusI
through study and growth thro1
work.
Showing the work that women =
do and are doing successfully i
pictures of women engaged IN NJ
GUS sorts of factories, other y
those connected in any way wiz Y
or war emergencies; views Oh
celery industry of Florida; Won
at work In rural districts, ana
ture showing use of modern farh
plements. "a
These films have been collected
Miss Sutherland Griffith OF Los
geles, Calf, who formerly Ses
moving picture actress ana v
knows the industry from the MI
out. Under Miss Griffith's altevn,
1t is planned also to have plc..)
made of Y. w. G. A. work In Ahie'1
and other countries.
One of the big film ventures ~
Y. w. G. A. is now being carIreu
in France by DR.. Katherine Dr.
Davis. formerly commissions
charity and corrections for the
of New York, and more recenl.' IA
of the woman's department OF ~
hygiene for the q. s. goVel -
Under her direction pictures oe sc.iI
tive of all the Y. w. c, A: Nh, nh
ties in France are being mace. n
are to be used in connection
lectures that will be given ps n
self, and workers under hei'
their return to America.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-27
shin auildina Strikes.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.l
LONDON, Jan. 27.-Nation wide
ship building strikes were under way
today in Great Britain and Ireland.
Other industries were being rapidly
tied up by sympathetic strikes.
The city of Belfast was practically
paralyzed by general strike called
in sympathy with the walkout OF
forty thousand ship yards employees
who demanded fortyfour hour
week. Twelve thousand ship build
ers in London went out today ask.
ing increased wages.
a partial strike was on in the
Glasgow yards and threatened to be-
come complete before night. Ship
builders and engineers In the Leith
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-27
speech.
Reduce Size Of Army.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service]
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27-That the
war department VIII reduce the Amer
lean third army-the army Of oecu-
pation-to less than the present thir-
teen divisions, was the Interpretation
placed here today on the British state
ment as to occupational strength.
This statement declared the armies
would be of moderate size compared
to those now holding occupied re-
gions. Any reduction of force jointly
would naturally reduce the American
representation.