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Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1919-10-24

10 you know that tuberculosis IL
more prevalent in the South than in
any other part o. the country?
That thu death rate from tuberculo.
sis here is l4.2 per cent greater than
for the nation as a whole, and greater
than in any civilized nation on the
globe with the exception of China?
That more than $50 people day. or
67,7S2 year. die In the South and
the Southwest from this dreaded dis.
Sc?
That there are within the territory
Of the Southern Baptist Con ention
275,000 persons actively infected with
the great white plague and an equal
number have inactive infection?
That. tae money loss to the South
each year from tuberculosis is $175,.
100000?
These startling facts we're brought
to the attention of the Southern Bap-
fist Convention at its session in 1916
and a'resolution was at once adopted
to try and check the spread OF the
s@Alu as ldI as
possible for those already infected
with il.
As a result of this movement there
was established in the high, cool, rare
atmosphere of El Paso, Texas, the
Southern Baptist Sanatorium which
aims to minister to as many patients
as possible and to disseminate
throughout the South and Southwest
the information that will result in
checking the further spread OF the
disease and enable those who have
just contracted it to obtain immedi.
ate cures by proper methods of living.
With the active assistance of tie
business interests Of I'll Paso a mod.
ern sanatorium, located upon a beau.
tiful tract OF 14S acres on the side
of Mt. Franklin, at height OF $500
feet, was opened for the healing OF
the people. and through the Baptist
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1919-10-24
AGAIN is
ON SUPT. GILBERT
SPONSOR OF "soRE TOE" BOOK
FINDS HIMSELF MIXED UP
IN ARITHMETIC.
MERE TRIFLe OF S562, s0s.54
Also Fails to Read Law Of Kentucky
and Makes Ridiculous Statement
e." on Text Book Commission.

VI o. Gilbert, head of the Depart.
ment OF Educa ton for Kentucky, is a
gluttOh for Jokes. Not content with
his successful efforts to make the
whole state laugh at the ridiculous alb,
surdities OF his famous "SOre toe
book, he was given the job of editing
the Democratic Campaign Book, and
now the whole state Is laughing again
Something ails Mr.. Gilbert. He
doesn't seem TO be able TO add or read.
Or, II he does, he must use another
system than that used In the public
schools Of Kentucky Of which he u
the head.
For instance, as editor Of the Demo.
cratic campaign handbook on page II
he says: Here are the figures taken
from the books Of the Superintendent
OF Public Instruction at Frankfort, {"
showing the amount distributed for
teachers salaries from 1908 to 1920
This amount for 19l8-191T, Supt. Gil.
bert sets down at $3,S87,S724S. On
page 80 OF the Biennial Report OF the
Auditor Of Public Accounts, 1916 1917,
Robt. L. Greene, Auditor. the state.
ment is made that the school fund ex.
pendltures for the year 1918-19l7 to,
tailed only S3,305, 062.94.
Now the difference between the
amounts on the books of the Superln.
tendent Of Public Instruction and the
Auditor OF Public Accounts, according
to Editor Gilbert, is mere trihe OF
$502, SO9.54.
Which official is right. or are they
both wrong, or Is one wrong and the
other right; at any rate where Is the
missing $500, SO9.542
Then again, on page SO Of the hand
book, Editor Gilbert says;
"In his Pikeville speech, the Repub
lfcan nominee for Governor edwin z
Morrow, promised that, II elected gov,
ernOr, he would appoint a State Text
Book Commission composed OF capa
BILE, experienced men. II he would only
take the time to study the real facts
he would know that even II elected
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1919-10-24

plying these needs that the $40, 600, 0O9
apportiOned to Christian education will
be expended.
To these institutions the denomina.
ton Is looking for its trained leaders
to help carry forward the work along
every line contemplated in the SIS.
900 900 campaign. In Texas alone
there are 700 pastorless Baptist
churches and probably the same pro.
portion holds in the other states. 1t is
hoped the campaign will call out 5000
volunteers for ministerial and mission.
AIRY work and these institutions will be
asked to equip these young men and
women for their work.
Last year. reports show. over 5000
students in these institutions took vol.
~ tGry courses in Bible and mission
g. Gyj R>srly 1000 of them attended
d prayer mceting5; ministerial
students pastoring churches raised
more than $4,000 for church benevo.
ices and led more than 10000 people
to profess Christ. The campaign hopes
to result in enrolling $4,000 young men
and women in Baptist schools WITH
the next five years.
Tha South.wide institutions that will
benefit from the campaign include
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
and Women's Training School at Louis.
Vile. KY Southwestern Baptist Theo.
logical Seminary and Womens Train.
ing School at Forth Worth, Tex, Baptist
Bible Institute. New Orleans and Ne.
gro Theological Seminary at Nashville,
while aid will be given to every Bap
fist institution Of learning in all states
of the convention territory; and to new
Baptist colleges that will be estab
lished in Arkansas. Florida, IliLo OILS,
Louisiana and New Mexico, along with
one somewhere in the region OF the APP.
pala 'hian mountains yet to be def
nitely located.
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1919-10-24
SPEND s20,00O,0OO
Upon EDUCATION
SOUTHERN eAPrIsTs PLAN MUCH
LAGER PROVISION FOR ALL
THEIR INSTITUTIONS.
swlLIr,AlD RURAL SCHOOLS
Success Of rs Million Campaign viii
Mean Strengthening Of Educational
IEorces All Along the Line In
a's.. Next Five Years.

OF the total sum sought in the Bap'
fist IS Million Campaign, 100000
will go to Christian education.
But. the educational program OF the
Baptists will not stop there. 1t pro.
poses to lend itself 20 the creation OF
public sentiment that will result in
more efficient public schools In the
territory of tAe Southern Baptist Con,
vention, especially in the rural dis
tricts In this connection It is pointed
out that 81 per cent OF the total ele-
mentary scholastic population OF the
nation, is found in the South; that the
rural scholastic population OF the
South is II per cent Of the whole; that
only. one-sixth as much money per
capita Is expended on the education
OF the children of the South as on the
children OF other sections OF the coun-
try; that only 81 out of every 1000
pupils In the South enter high school
as against 81 from other sections; and
only 10 from the South enter college
as against 2l from other sections.
Distributed throughout the territory
OF the Southern Baptist Convention
sre ZAP educational institutions, in
Guiding academies. colleges, universe
ties, seminaries, and missionary train.
Tag schools for women. These have q
total enrolment of $4,000 annually, but
all Of them are crowded. greatly in
need OF larger facilities in every way,
and many of them must have an en-
dowment il they are to meet the de-
mands made upon them. Il II In sup
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1919-10-24
oFFrcERs DESTROY STILL


Deputy Sherif John C., Green, ac-
companied by Levi Mason and John
Wilson, all OF this city, made trip
TO the Ingram neigbborhood on
Greasy Creek, last Monday night. In
hunt of a moonshine still which they
had tip was turning out very
poor quality OF "corn Juice" for the
thirsty in that section of the county.
The officers were successful In their
hunt and located the still, which was
in full operation. and they arrested
Alex Maiden, Grover Bsnge. Chester
Goodin and Allen Goodin, who were
at the time, making q run ofaliquor.
They were brought. to town and put
in jail. On Tuesday morning the
four sinners" were given a hearing
before Judge Ingram. who held them
under bonu to await the action Of
the grand jury. .st'.
United States Commissioner J. G.
Rollins has also issued Federal war
rants against the parties. o.. =.
The still was unique affair, and
Of home manufacture. The boiler
was made out of galvanized tub,
and the worm out Of half inch gal
vanized water pipe. in
Some ,whiskey, beer and singlings
were destroyed BY 1.-The officers. as
was also the still. .@ e;.5 v
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1919-10-24
FLAT LICK NEWS


The leading merchant of this
burg has spent more than three
weeks in the Queen City of the West
on vacation and buying goods.
Swift & Co.'S hustling salesman.
Of Pineyille, L. NJ. Anderson. was In
our city last week calling on his reg
ular customers.
Mrs. G. r. Jackson visited friends
in Barbourville last Friday.
Mat Baker, Sr. Just returned from
Atlantic City, N. J. where he spent
several days for his health.
We don't need a pike at Flat Lick
but will tell you what we do need.
We need several good sized mud
boats SO people travelling can get
from one side of the road to the
other.
The question has been solved at
last. where to buy goods cheap and
right. CAN on J. II, Slusher q Co.
The square deal and save at least
twenty per cent.
Miss Elon Todd visited home folks
last Sunday. rood
Mr.. Leon Halloheld, OF Artemus.
was here last Sunday on business.
Prof. Frank Smith is still In the
hotel business, and also runs de-
livery. -t~'
H. M, Barge Just returned from
a business trip to Knoxville. Tenn.
The firm OF Prentt and Lawson
has sold their store 10 Mr.. Prentt
who viii take charge OF same this
week
Mr.. Lawson and J. NJ. Howard
have formed a company and gone
into the garage and jitney buss bus
mess. That Is what we have needed
here for some time. a N
The oil business seems TO be boom
Ing here now.
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1919-10-24

rs Million Campaign this institution
will receive S5OO,OOO for the erection
of additional buildings and $500. 900
for an endowment that will enable
the sanatorium to minister to those
INDECENT patients who are unable to
pay for treatment.
That there is an imperative need
for an institution of this character
Is shown in the fact that all institu.
tons in the South and Southwest for
the treatment of tuberculosis have a
total capacity of only S,757 beds, or
one bed for only one person out OF
every sixty in this section who are af
flicted.
Everything connected with the Bap.
tist Sanatorium Is modern and of the
very best. but its present equipment
is far too small to cope with the de-
mands that ae made upon 1t. OF the
improvement fund that is to be. pro
vided, 100000 is available already
and architects are already designing
new buildings worth $3.50 900. These
will be constructed just as rapidly as
possible
While the sanatorium is being op-
Grated by the Baptists. 1t will be open
to the people of all creeds and no
creed. Due to the crowded conditions,
however, it is necessary that arrange.
ments be made in advance by commu.
nicating with DR.. II. F. Vermillion, su.
perintendent, at Ell Paso.
The sanatorium is under the gen.
eral supervision of the Home Mission
Board of the Southern Baptist Con.
vention, and in addition to treating
patients who have already contracted
tuberculosis, it will seek, through a
campaign of publicity. to so inform
the people of the South ana South
west on the nature and prevention of
this disease that the alarming death
rate from the white plague can be i'm.
lowered and finally reduced
70 the minimum
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1919-10-24
LUNCHEON

Mrs. James d. Black and Miss
Gertrude Black. Of Frankfort, and
Mrs. Lou Word. of Seattle. Wash.
were guests of honor at q dainty
luncheon given by Mrs. James r.
Tuggle, Oct. 21st. Yellow chrysan-
themums and decorations carried
out the color scheme Of yellow and
white. Covers were laid for Mrs.
J. d. Black. Miss Gertrude Black.
Mrs. Lou Word. Mrs. Carrie Dickin-
son, Mrs. H.. H. Owens, Mrs. Sam
Davidson and the hostess, Mrs. J.
r. Tuggie. tr'."
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1919-10-24
Strange Plant.

A little plant called sths adexa or
mesehstel Is often found 10 Welsh
hedgerows. and Is writes nstural--
ist) lathe only species Of Atsa genera IN
that country The leaves have this pc
culiarity tina, whilst they, emit 4 de-
lightful musklike odor. when handled
or crushed they become absolutely
scentless. - 80
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1919-10-24
Me- Mae Rice vas ia barbour
Wis Saturday.

Ma Mae Rice vas IN Barbour
Wis SATURDAY
Miss Katie PARROT received
nice piano scarf from Clyde Ham
mons who Is in service with Uncle
Sam.
Audrey Hsllieneld was in BAR
bourville shopping Saturday.
Mary Carnes, OF Richmond, is Wis
itins home folks this week.
Flora Stewart. OF, BarbourbilIe.
was here Saturday and Sunday.
Pleas Mills has quit the fodder
business and gone to work for Doc
Wilson, OF Himyar, In the broom
corn business
Edward Hammons came in FRI
day night and left Sunday afternoon
for wailen. Ky.
Frank Hammons and Davis Brit
ton, Of Briscoe Creek, were here
Wednesday.
John Mills was in Barbourvills
Tuesday on business.
Uncle Billie Mack Stewart bought
a mule from Frank Hammons Tues
day.
Judge Hammons made a nyiog
trip to Turkey Creek Wednesday on
business.
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1919-10-24
BAPTIST CAMPAIGN COMES
cHEAPLY.

Expense in raising the SIS, 900, O0G
sousht by the Baptists OF the South In
their rs Million Campaign will amount
to considerably less than one per cent
DR.. l.. r. Scarborough general Gi
rector, announces. This includes the
expenses of both the general head
quarters and the eighteen state head
quarters. This is probably, the lowest
overhead expense In the history OF
large monsy-raising efforts In this
country.
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1919-10-24
DINNER PARTY

Mrs. Robert Cole gave a dinner
party Monday evening in honor Of
Mrs. James D. Black and Miss Ger
trude Black, OF Frankfort. Beauti-
full red dahlias were used for decor
atoms in the reception hall, living
room and dining room, the colors
red and predominating. Mrs. H. H.
Owens was an invited guest.
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1919-10-24
SHALL WE HAVE PROHIBITION
IN KENTUCKYa 8
what VIII the Mountain section DO?

On Nov. 4th, 1919, the voters Of
the Commonwealth of Kentucky will
have placed in their hands a ballot
upon which to cast their vote for or
against Statewide Prohibition In
Kentucky. How will this question
be decided? There can be no doubt
as to how the Mountain Section will
vote, for years every county in the
Mountains has steadfastly maintain
ed itself free from the lawful sale Of
liquors i'm its boundaries, but during
all these years the Blue Grass Sec
tion and the Northern Section of
the State have poured into our
counties in Eastern Kentucky great
quantities of liquor, and taken from
! our people therefor, fabulous sums
of money, so as il has been we here
in this section of the State, altho
the majority Of the people were
against the traffic and use of liquor
around our homes, have been COM
PEELED under the present law to suf-
fer its use, to suffer the terrible
crimes and degradation which il In
variably produces, and our neigh
bors in other sections OF the State
have waxed fat upon our money
spent for the same. g..
Now We have the long coveted OPP
portunity to adjust this little mat
ter with our sister counties, and the
ever loyal Mountaineer owes 1t to his
home and to his community to go
to the polls and vote for the Amend
ment at our coming election. ~
This is not apolitical question,
both the great parties of the State
have Endorsed and recommended the
Amendment.
Some will say that there is no
use bothering with Statewide Pro-
hibition in Kentucky because with
in a short time all the United States
will be dry, but they fail to realize
that even tho the Federal Constitu-
ton is amended, there will not be a
State Court in Kentucky that will
have jurisdiction and power to en-
force it. Its enforcement will be
left entirly to the Federal Courts.
and there are only a few for all
Kentucky. II we write it into the
State Constitution. then every Cir
cult Court, every Quarterly Court,
every Magisterial Court in the State
of Kentucky will be given jurisdic-
ton to enforce this law. We have
been living under War Time Federal
Prohibition for several months now,
and the Federal machinery has pro-
ven insufficient. Lets arrange it so
that all the officers Of all the Courts
in Kentucky can join their strength
in suppressing this terrible menace
to humanity.
Under the Kentucky Law, should
we fail in this effort to establish |
Prohibition in our State, then {fhsI
question could not be submitted 70 |
the people for a period of five years.
For this reason we should exert our
selves, and tell our neighbOrs to be !
sure and not overlook this question
and roll up a formidable majority |
in favor of the Amendment so that
il cannot be overcome by those who !
are seeking to defeat it. /
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1919-10-24
Evidently Hep

Alice Is interested In the sayings
printed each day. A few, dsys ago she
read one that was signed with initials
the same as her own. The snall miss
was excited ana, bringing the paper SO
her mother might see also. she joyful
ly explained: Mamma, here's D say
ing that must be mine cause les got
my initials 'broldered right on the pa
per-" ~ 'ie' N.7 f.
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1919-10-24
.L,arn 10 U.. Both Aand..

You have noticed perhaps that left.
handed people seem to have an adj
vantage over right-handed' spesple In
being able to use the right hana with
greater ease than rlght-handedi people
can, use their unframed baBdlt II 10 a
good thing 10 practice writing and
drawing with the left hand.
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1919-10-24
WANTED

District Manager for Barbourville
and vicinity. Good proposition.
Previous experience unnecessary
Free School of Instruction. address
Massachusetts, Bonding and Insur-
ance Company. Accident and Health
Department, Saginaw. Michigan.
Capital $1,600,000. 51-2t
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1919-10-24
TIME CHANGES SUNDAY

On Saturday night all the clocks
of the country will be put backward
one hour so We all can sleep one
hour longer that morning and stili
not be one hour later. Old Father
Time will be all mixed up. -s-.
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1919-10-24
BAPT|STS PLAN VIGOROUS WARFARE
UPON TUBERCULOSIS IN THE SOUTH

sANAToRIUM AT Ell PAso ESTABLISHED FOR THIS PUR.
POSE WILL GET FINANCIAL AID FROM rs MILLION CAM
PAIcN-EDUoATIoNAL PROPAGANDA TO INFORM PEOPLE
ON HOW TO COMBAT PLAGUE WILL BE CONDUCTED
The Press., 1919-11-13
HAS GEYSERS OF ALL KINDS
No Display Like That in the Yellow stone Can Be Found in All
 the World.

Perhaps there have been greater geyser, basins somewhere in the pre- historic past. There may be greater still to come; one or two promising possibilities are in Alaska, writes Robert Sterling Yard, in ''The Book of the National Parks" But for the lapse of geologic time in which man has so far lived, Yellowstone has cor nered the worlds geyser market. There are only two other places where one may enjoy the spectacle of large ,geysers. One of these is New Zea- land and the other Iceland but both displays combined cannot equal Yel- lowstone's either in the number or the size of the geySerS.
 Yellowstone has dozens of geysers of many kinds. They range in size from the little spring that spurts a few inches every minute to the mOn- ster that hurls hundreds of feet in the air every six or eight weeks. Many spout at fairly regular intervals of minutes or hours or days. Others are notably irregular, and those in clude most of the largest. Old Faith full won it's name and reputation by it's regularity; 1t is the only one of the group of monsters which lives up to it's timetable. Its period ranges from intervals of about 5 minutes, in sea- sons following winters of heavy snow, to 80 or S5 minutes in seasons follow ing winters of light snow.
The Press., 1919-11-13

directions admonished him to do, and lifted one and peered inside. There was a waffle in the making, sure enough, but it was a sad specimen. He left it moment, then essayed to turn 1t again, but in some manner the irons became separated and the half baked cake slid gracefully into the fire.
 Dale stood with his hands on his hips, his face fecked with batter ana ragged. However, he was still deter mined. and as there was considerable halter left in the pitcher, he set to work again.
 This time he exercised more pru- dence and put only small dab on the iron. It proved to be enough to cover little more than one-quarter of the surface when it had been pressed out.
 He tried to add more, and while so doing he let the top iron fall to the floor. where it narrowly missed his foot. He recovered 1t and proceeded to clean it. In the meantime the bat ter he had left on the other half or the apparatus burned to crisp.
 Dale ran his hands through his hair in desperation, leaving blotches of yell low on his black locks.
 "What's going on?" inquired voice, end he saw his wife standing in the door. a perplexed look on her face.
 "Im trying to make waffies," he ex- plained. "Pve kept 1t a dark secret from you, but I'm just desperate to eat 8 good waffle"
 She chased him from the kitchen.
 "Go and clean up," she ordered, "and I'll try my hand at the business. But don't you dare come near. I'll have to straighten things up and make some Eew batter"
 Half an hour later Dale was called to dinner, and when he sat down at the. table he found a nice, plump, brown, steaming waffle confronting him, while more were in process of making. With trepidation he bit into 1t, after spreading it with butter and sirup.
 Fine" he cried, as he slowly swal- lowed the morsel. 'That's the best waffle I ever had"
 She smiled sweetly at him from the stove and turned the irons.
 Of course, you'd have to say that she said, "even if it killed you" He tried another mouthful, this time with more confidence. "Irepeat my assertion" he declared as he cut another piece for transfer to his mouth. "Where in the world, Jes sic, did you ever learn 1t? l know of only one other woman in the world that can make them, and she used tc work at McSwenson's, back in my home town"
 She was laughing. "That's where I used to make them, she told him.
The Press., 1919-11-13
What the Sun Does

Letting the sun shine for a given time upon the blackened cover of a box filled with water or some other liquid, and noting the rise in temper ature, affords us a method of approxi- mating the amount of heat given off by the sun. By such method 1t is estimated that the earth receives ev- cry second from the sun enough heat to raise 6OO,OOO,OOO tons of ice water to the boiling point, or to melt 480, ,OOO,- GOO tons of ice without change in tenn perature If this is the amount that the earth receives, think of the amount that must be passing off into space and other planets. This amount has been computed to be 2,2OO,O00,OOO times as that which the earth receives. Scien- lists have shown that the amount of heat received by us from the sun may vary as much as five per cent in less than week.
The Press., 1919-11-13
Generous Freddie.

Deciding that he vas tired of being Ecolded, Freddie informed his mother that he was going to run away. At this his mother began to pack suit case for him. Noticing her serious in- tentions he became alarmed and said: Don't pack it now, mamma, I've de- cided to give you another chance"
The Press., 1919-11-13
Marvellous Blrde.

"Speaking of hens," said an Ameri- can traveller, reminds me of an old hen my dad had on farm in Dakota. She would hatch out anything from a tennis ball to lemon. Why, one day she sat on a piece of ice and matched out two quarts of hot water 1" That doesn't come up to club-footed hen my old mother once had" said one of his hearers. "They had been feeding her by mistake on sawdust instead of oatmeal. We'll, she laid twelve eggs and sat on them, and when they were matched eleven of the twelve were Moodpeckers."
The Press., 1919-11-13
Minister Reassured.

The minister was visiting the Mac phersons. and was asked to stay to din- her.
 The party sat down, and before con- mencing lis meal the minister bowed his head over his plate to say grace.
 Master Jack. seeing this, at once re- marked:
 'ItS all right, mister, the meats quite fresh"