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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-11
THE PROMOTERS WIFE
NEIL TELLS BARBARA OF HIS
LOVE.
CHAPTER VI.

CHAPTER VI.
I have been thus particular to tell
of my simple home life, SO that it may
perhaps win me, if not forgiveness for
what came after, at least some sort
of understanding of my foolishness,
my mistakes. For l was also to blame
for what happened.
1 wanted desperately to 60 to the
station to meet Neil. that lovely May
day when he was TO arrive. but he had
said nothing of my doing SO in his
letter. SO 1 remained at home. anx-
iously watching from the window,
shaded by the curtains.
My heart almost literally leaped into
my mouth when 1 saw him swing up
the stree. carrying his big suit case
as If it weighed no more than
feather. Neil was very strong: he had
gone in for athletics in college. and
had been very proud of his record
my heart went back where it belonged
again. But in less than fifteen
minutes he was with me-
How do you do. Bah" was what he
said, but the way he held both my
hands, the glad look in his eyes. made
it adequate. Mother was with g. or
II thought he perhaps might have
kissed me
He was to remain less than a week.
almost cried when he told ne. Int
was so happy that he was with me,
that L determined to try and forget
how soon he would leave me again.
You see 1 had to come, Rab." ne
said later in the evening when We took
a long walk, just the same es we did
the summer before.
You had to come" 1 repeated,
wondering.
Yes, had to see il YOU were still
tere.
why, you knew I was. Haven't I
written you regularity
Yes but somewzy I wanted to look
at you. Bab,- to see if I had localized
you too much; or IL you were far
ahead of all thought you"
.Wen?" I laughed nervously as !
asked the question.
Miles ahead. Bah. I don't believe
there is another girl in the world just
like you. You are very pretty too,
Bah. Did you know that? OF course
you did, you have a mirror. And Bah,
YOU look very sweet in that pale blue
| dress: it is like a faint moonbeam,
in this half light"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-11
NEWSPAPER PESTS.

w. move MOnIDlV.)
The most successful editor is the
one who best handles the newspaper
pests. A man calls at a newspaper
office who has made a Gull speech of
no importance. The speaker wants a
good notice" and tries to influence
the editor to give it to him. If the
editor is weak he succumbs.
A politician has a scheme in which
there may not be particle of sense.
fees, and begs for free publicity. 1t
is dishonest for the politician to ex-
pect it; dishonest for the editor to
give the man a showing better than
the real facts.
A preacher is raising a fund of no
importance. It is his business to raise
such funds, and he coaxes the editors
TO give his scheme more publicity
than it deserves.
A theatrical man has a poor show,
and loafs around the editors with all
sorts of schemes to induce the news
papers to boom him. He invents big
stories, and gives the public a wrong
idea of his star and his play.
A committeeman has a scheme
schemes are as numerous as leaves on
the trees, and the first place the
schemers go is to the newspaper Of
flee. The idea always is TO fool and
rob the patient and overburdened
public.
A woman gives a party. She ex-
poets more publicity than her party
deserves.
A musician plays a piano solo. and
begs the editors for free space in
which to unduly praise it.
II the editor is weak, his paper APP
pears with a, lot of rubbish of no i'm
portance to anyone, to the neglect of
real news and real opinions. Such an
editor is not only weak and foolish:
he is unfair to his employer, and to
the people who buy his paper
Every editor of rea sonable sense is
able to handle bores successfully: he
refuses to give them the space they
dema nd-he is honest, and therefore
becomes successful. 1 can show you
scores of American newspapers rem
dered ridiculous, ineffective, and less
successful than they might be. by the
newspaper bores-
Every editor can pick out the stuff
coaxed in by the newspaper pests.
Every editor who runs a lot of free
stuff is not only foolish; he is dishon-
est, and Injuries himself, because he is
not q good editor, and will finally be
compelled to make way for better
one. The big and successful publica-
tons are noted for the absence of free
stuff; of silly puffs. The great pa
| pers stand by their readers, and the
readers appreciate it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-11

The experience that We have had of
government control of the railroa DIS
ought TO be sufficient TO turn the
minds of the people forever from the
idea of government ownership. 1t
ought TO convince them that the plan
is incompatible with our system of
government. 1t is gravely and far
reachingly detrimental to the whole
American scheme of things. We are
going to come out of the difficulty In
which we now find ourselves. but az
. some embarrassment TO business. 1t
is sincerely to be hoped, says the Buff
falo News. that when congress again
q sse mbles it will at once give attention
to the framing of a government policy
that will permit the return of the rail-
roads to their owners at the earliest
possible time. 1t was well enough
during the war to pay the bill of ex-
pense imposed by the railroad admin
istration, but 1t is bad business in
these reconstruction days. Operated
by their owners, the railroads look
after their own credit. Since they
have been under government control
they have been a source of ever-in-
creasing expense to the people. To
get them back TO their owners is
sensible business.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-11

Herbert c. Hoover announces that
he viii retire from the position of
food director of the world July l, and
let the people everywhere look out for
themselves, unless some other man
can be found TO fill his place 1t
seems possible that left TO themselves,
the people may be able to obtain
something to eat. There is in the
world an abundance OF food and to
spare. There is vastly more food in
sight than there was when the war
began
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-11
ON THE SPUR
OF THE MOMENT
BY ROY u. AOULToN

Retribution
There were two lovely Young Ilamas
Who wore their best Sunday paJnmas
And tore them to rage
On the Andean crags--
Ana soundly were spanked by their mamasf
-Perchi
We have not yet reached the point
where one feels like falling on a fat
German neck and weeping
One OF the worst things we have
heard about prohibition is that all the
mahogany bars in the country sre
likely to be made over into PLAYER
pianos.
BY the way. what is going 20 be-
come OF all the temperance iecturers7
Maybe they will have to go to work.
sig Raties the Skeleton.
r. L. M.-Not wishing to deprive
Rennolj Wolf Of luncheon. or any
thing like that, but that "press'' Joke
first appeared in the Eden Enter
prise" soon after Adam and Eve an
nounced their engagement. The orig
inal form was something like this:
May print kiss on your cheek" he
asked.
She nodded n sweet permission
20 =, they went to press. and rather guess
They printed large edition.
There was a movement startaa
early In the nineteenth century to ba r
this joke from the Dewspa per column.
along with the mother-in-Iaw and ths
laxative barber. But evidently n
came TO nothing
Yours for palpable plagiarism.
-SIGMUND SPAETH
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-11

Joe Rank of the Atchison Globe is
spending a winter vacation in south
ern California In letter to his pa
per he calls attention to the fact that
in 1860 Atchison had an even start
with Los Angeles in point of popula
ton. about 500. Now the coast city
has over 100000. What is the an
swer? 1t is found in the one word
advertising. Los Angeles is built alb
solutely on advertising. For every
natural element for the making of a
city possessed by Los Angeles Atchi-
son had a. dozen. Judicious and per-
sistent advertising has enabled the
original boomers to build a great city
on other peoples money. All the
great wealth of Los Angeles has been
carried there from the east. The -
TO indiaE +arri+-- cannot com ARE
with that about Atchison in roduc-
|, tivenesG or attractiveness. But there
she str the greatest mo~urrcrt to
faith -1terpriss in the world.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-11

At the present rate of road building
much of the money expended proba bly,
will be wasted. Ely the time a system
of hard surfaced highways Shall have
been completed, it seems not unlikely
that most persons will be using air
planes. and the roads will therefore be
of little use. 1t takes hustling to keep
up with the procession.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-11

While young man in college, W.
G. McAdoo beat the bass drum in the
school band. Figuratively speaking.
he has been beating the bass drum
ever since
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-11

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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-11

The attorney for the prosecution
read again:
bow long is the respected district
court of Topeka to be subjected without
arrest Of the offender for contempt. to the
Insult and violent, prefane language used
by one of the attorneys who used this
loud language and who is prosecuting the
case against MscLennan the case fostered
by the labor union organ and set for trial
next Tuesday,
The same attorney read this in the
court room this morning:
This paper is sorry for Mr. Crawford
He is getting along in years. He has
recently suffered great sorrow. Isn't it
unfortunate that ne should spend his
money on lawyers in fighting this paper
instead OF improving his opera house and
getting all the shows here that we should
have as an important capital city? Mr..
Crawford is advertising in the State Jour
nal today. He was an advertiser in this
paper thirty-three years ago. when the
writer came to this town and bought the
paper at auction. What pity Mr.. Craw-
ford does not save his money and energy
and settle his difficulties with the stage
and orchestra people and give Topeka Peo-
pie, including the members of the legis-
lature and our many visitors, real shows
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-11

At present the majority of the large
business houses of Washington print
the Votes for the District slogan at
the close of all of their private and
business correspondence, and advo-
Gates of the scheme believe that be-
fore long every letter and package
leaving the district will carry the mes
sage. The slogan Ms printed on the
letterheads of numerous firms outside
the city, concerns that have consented
in this way to help the people of the
District.
Many of the answers received in re-
ply to the little postscript disclose the
fact that business men and others in
cities outside the District are un-
aware of the voteless condition Of the
people Of Washington.
A firm in Rochester. n. Y. wrote:
1T was really a great surprise to US
to learn from the imprint on your let
terhead that the residents of the Dis
trict of Columbia are tax payers with
out representation" The writer prom
ised TO bring the question before the
local trade association a { its next meet
ing and asks for further information
| as to the assistance he can render to
i the Districts people.
Another firm writes from Texas:
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1919-08-09
TERRIBLY SWOLLEN
Suffering Described As Torture
Relieved by Black Draught.

Rossville, Ga.-Mrs. Kate Lee Able, Of
ibis place, writes: "My husband is an
engineer, and once while lifting, he In
Iured himself with piece Of heavy ma
chinery, across the abdomen. He was
so sore he could not bear 10 press on
himself at all, on chest or abdomen. He
weighed 165 lbs, AID fell off until he
weighed ITO lbs, in two weeks.
He became constipated and II looked
like he would die. We had three different
doctors, yet with all their medicine. his
bowels failed to act. He would turn up
Z ten-eent bottle of castor oil, and drink
Il two or three days In succession. He
did this yet without result. We became
desperate, he suffered so. He was swol-
len terribly. He told me his suffering
could only be described as torture.
lsent and bought Thedford's Black
Dranght. made him take big dose,
and when It began 10 act he tainted, he
was h such misery, but he got relief and
began to mend at once. He got well,
and we both feel he owes his life to
Thedford's Black Draught."
Thedford's Black raught win help you
b keep st. ready for the days work.
Try III NC-l1
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1919-08-09

Smith Oldham, Hale Dean and
Roy Newman. Mr.. and Mrs
Cobb are ideal hosts and the day
was most pleasant one for the
guests.
Miss Myrtle Dalton attended
the Berea Fair Thursday.
Mrs. C. E. Smith is at Grab
Orchard Springs for stay OF
several weeks.
Mrs. Roy Newman, of Knox
vile, is the guest of her mother,
Mrs. Zenia Cobb.
Messrs. Hale Dean and L. B
Weisenburgh were in Flemings-
burg, on business.
c. F. Higgins returned today
from business trip through
Central Kentucky.
Miss Anne Dejarnette has re-
turned from few days stay at
Grab Orchard Springs.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. c. Kellogg,
leave today to spend the month
of August at Saratoga.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. M. Haden and
daughter, Miss Nancy, attended
the Berea fair Thursday,
Miss Marie Louise Kellogg is
visiting her grandmother, Mrs.
R. c. Morgan, in Lexington.
Mrs. S. O.. Hackley, of Lew
renceburg, is the guest of her
daughter, Mrs.tC. E. Gaines.
Mrs. Al Wade and Mrs. Wall
err Atkinson and children, of Car
Isle, are visiting Mrs L. D. Blake.
Miss Mary K. Jasper left Fri
day morning for a two weeks
camping trip with Miss Mary
Dewitt Snyder's party.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. B. Million,
Mr.. Glenn Million and Mrs.
Cecil Thorpe and son, spent Fri
day with friends in Lexington.
Miss Hattie Lee Million and
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1919-08-09

guest, Miss Elizabeth Duncan,
of Lawrenceburg, are spending
two weeks at Grab Orchard
Springs.
Mrs B. B. Glass and daught--
ers have returned to their home
at Centreville, Mississippi, after
a visit with the formers sister,
Mrs. c. Z. Gaines.
[ Numerous friends will be sorry
to hear that Miss Elizabeth
Wagers has had a slight relapse
and has been moved to the Glib
son Hospital for treatment.
Mrs. Harry Blanton and child
rem joined Mr.. w. D. Watts and
Mrs. Bryant and family, of Lex
ington, for a two weeks stay
with a camping party near
Frankfort.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. M. Whiting
ton left Friday for a motor trip
to Cincinnati and Columbus O.
Misses Marie Harder and Marie
Langford accompanied them as
far as Cincinnati, where they
will visit friends for few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Jett
write to local friends of their
delightful motor trip to Wash
ington City. From there they
go to New York, where they
will spend a few days sight see
ing, will visit Yellow Stone Park
and many places of interest dur
| ing their stay.
Attorney G. c. Wilson, of Haz-
ard, KY, was in town yesterday
calling on friends while on the
way home to visit his brother,
Corporal Gilbert Wilson, who is
out of the hospital at Fort Nc
Pherson, Georgia. Mr.. Wilson's
people live at Kirksyille' Two
of tie other boys have just re-
Gently returned from overseas,
Lieut.. C. B. Wilson and Corporal
Hume Wilson.
s&sss
Entertained At Dinner
Mr.. and Mrs. C. M. Cruise enter
tanned at dinner Monday Covers
were laid for Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey
Miller and Miss Anna Mable Miller,
of Hamilton, Ohio, Mrs. John Cruise
and daughter, and Mrs. Shearer of
Concord, Mr.. J. A. Cruise and Mrs.
McCreary, of Newly. The day was
most pleasantly spent.
X X X n
Mr.. Myers Coates is in Stanton this
week on business.
Mr.. Ed Baldwin has accepted a
position in Stanford.
Miss Katie Devore is visiting
friends in Lexington.
Attorney s. D. Parrish spent Fri
day in Irvine on legal business.
Mrs. Lena Dickerson is guest for
the weekend of relatives at Waco.
Charles Dean Hendrick, of Bowling
Green, is visiting Mrs. Everett Witt.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Munday were
recent guests Of relatives in Winches-
ter.
Mr.. J. w. Ballard left Friday for
an indefinite stay at Elk's City,
Oklahoma. SsS:Ss
Mr.. and Mrs. Fletcher West, Of
Atlanta, are expected next week for
Q visit 70 relatives. y ;4svS IS 4
MI. r. G. Hard, d Battle Greek
Michigan, was the slsst ~ friendsf
kesa the Axst Of IA wed. a
fkss. J. =. retfessgs wss 4 yersl
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1919-08-09

sailles this week to attend the funeral
of her sister, Miss Helen Corning.
Mrs. Mary Sullivan and daughter,
Miss Kathleen, left Thursday for a
few weeks stay at Tate Springs Tenn.
Mr.. VIM. Broaddus continues quite
ill. His son, John S. Broaddus, Of
Garrard county, has been called to
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1919-08-09
SOCIAL and PERSONAL
Elegant Luncheon

Mrs. c. w. Cobb entertained
with an elaborate luncheon Fri
day at her beautiful home near
Red House, honoring her house
guests, Mr.. and Mrs. W. H.
Webb and Miss Zerelda Webb, of
Louisville, and Mrs. S. E. Rob-
inc, of Tennessee. Besides those
already mentioned, covers were
laid for Mr.. and Mrs. w. A.
Langford, DR.. and Mrs. c. d.
Pattie, Mr.. and Mrs. T. H. Col
Inns, MesdameS c. S. Powell,
R. w. Colyer, Bette Harder,
Zenia Cobb, Florence Eubank,
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1919-08-09

his bed side.
Mrs. Beecher Adams is in Cincin-
natl for several days this week buy
ing fall millinery for Mr.. E. V.
Elders store.
Mr.. Joe Evans left for Panama
Friday afternoon after pleasant
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1919-08-09

visit to his brother, Mayor L. P.
Evans and family.
Miss Jeanette Pates has returned
from a visit to relatives in Midway
and will leave soon to join her par
ents in Pittsburg, Pa.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-07-31

Mars is in a place read as presag.
Ing Investigations and criticism con-
corning matters connected with the
army.
Uranus is in an aspect said to en-
courage curiosity and prying into
personal as well-as national affairs.
Many scandals will disturb society,
which will be much occupied with UNI
usual Inequalities.
Visits of famous persons including
European celebrities famous in let
tiers and are as well as exalted in
rank will mark the next few weeks
and a sinister Sign seems to indicate
some serious breach of etiquette.
Saturn is in an aspect menacing to
the aged. The prevalence of rheuma-
tism, sciatica and heart trouble is
indicated.
Neptune Is in a rising position in
terpreted as encouraging to radical
! movements, which will spread among
the upper class.
There is a sign read as foreshadow-
ing agitation concerning advertising
and all forms of governmental pub
licity.
Persons whose birthdate it is have
the augury of a fairly successful year.
They should guard against accidents.
Thos who are employed will benefit.
Children born on this day may be
rash n impulsive. These subjects
Of Lee are usually great favorites.
They are natural leaders, persistent
n successful. Their principal ruler
is the Sun.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-07-31
WHICH WOULD THEY HA

To defeat the Kenyon bill now before congress curbing
packers, the latter are circulating the country othis effect:
consider government interference in private bust
ness to the extent contemplated in this bill unwarranted and
feel assured that, if the packing industry comes under license,
it will only be a question of time before all large industries
are similarly handicapped-something which would undQubt-
eddy lead to industrial disorder and national disaster"
If government can break the packers cinch on the coun-
try with the Kenyon bill, undoubtedly the process will be ap-
piled to similar cinches. The trend certainly is toward gov
eminent regulation of all institutions that have the people by
the throat. And it should be so.
People must eat. They must have clothes. They must
have comfortable homes. They must have means to provide
for their children deeently. They must have full reward for
their toll. Consider the peoples of the world and you will dis
cover, without exception, that where a people has not these
essentials, there are riots, wars for some benefcient form of
government or Bolshevism.
Progress always has sprung and always will spring from
the final refusal of the masses to submit to robbery of some
sort. Sooner or later, our own country is going to have more
equality of condition or more anarchy. 1t lis up to the packers
and other arrogant, merciless industrial autocracies to say
whether they will have government regulation or, finally, ar
hitrary division by what they call "mobocracy.'' The alterna-
tive Is inevitable, and other large industries than the pack
ers' certainly are interested.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-07-31
Story OF Epirus Which
Is Claimed By Greece

and the sounds of a metal-tipped whip
as the wind drove it against a pronze
tripod. n-
suited the Dodona oracle ABOUT MS
proposed campaign against cyrus
king of the Persians. He acted upon
the more fattering prophecy at Der
phi which promised he would oes.roy
a great kingdom. The predlcton WIS
verified; the kingdom destroyed was
his own.
Few biographies of women are
more fascinating than thai OF GYM
pias. She was the daughter of a king
of Epirus who traced his ancestry 70
"a son of Achilles. She married Pnlllp
II, of Macedon. Her character betrays
an amazing compound of the devot-
ed mother. the barbaric passion of a
CLEOPATRA, and the astute statesman
ship of Maria Theresa. Plutarcn
gives a vivid description of her fantas-
tic, snake dances. Estranged from
Phillip because of his infdelity. sne
was suspected of having part In MS
murder. -
'Pyrrhus, descended from Alexan-
der's aunt, waged o war with rome
and made Epirus a power In world
politics for a brief period. A century
and a half after his death the Ro-
mans annihilated the forces of Per-
seus at Pydna and the punishment
melted out to Epirus for its part IN
the war was the destruction of 70 or
her principal cities and enslavement
Of $50, 900 Of her citizens. The king
dom never recovered from that dow.
'Epirus is extremely mountainous.
From ancient times to the present
day its cattle and horses nave been
noted and It was famous for a Pc
culiar breed of dog, the-Molossian.