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The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1919-08-13
GENTRY'S SHOW
HAS A Big CROWD
Show Not Up To Standard On
Account Of Suffering Losses
During War.

For the first time in fifteen years
Cloverport had a circus on Thursday
of last week. Gentry eros. famous
day and pony show exhibited here
and their coming brought the usual
circus crowd. Many country people
came in early in the morning and
brought their picnic lunches.
The circus tent was pitched in the
East End of town in what was form
erly the Miller Brick yard The
crowd began early to line the streets,
waiting in keen anticipation for the
mile long parade" which was so ex-
tensively advertised. But on account
of the circus train being delayed in
getting here, the show people could
not manage TO erect the tent and give
the parade all before the afternoon
performance so the crowd was great
ly disappointed
The afternoon and evening per-
formances were largely attended. The
show in itself was very good but the
tent furnishings were so deteroiated
that it detracted largely from the per-
forming. The manages said that
Gentry Bros suffered such heavy
losses last year on account of the war
that they were not able to replenish
their furnishings as they should.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1919-08-13
GRENADE BANKS
FOR CHILDREN
Given BY Federal Reserve
Banks To Encourage Thrift
And Buying Of w. S. S.

Banks of the Kentucky Federal Re-
serve District are sending in rush or
ders for the hand grenade banks
which the War Savings Organization
Division is soon to distribute through
the banks to the school children of
Kentucky.
Under the scheme adopted by the
Kentucky banks they will lend" gre
made bank to any child under seven
teen years old who applies for it. To
secure ownership of the grenade bank
the child will be required to earn
enough money to purchase one War
Savings Stamp, and take the money
to the institution where the grenade
bank was secured and buy a War
Savings Stan ,here.
The childyeM iill be allowed the
entire summer to do the work and
they will be required to surrender the
grenade bank unless they purchase a
War Savings Stamp before October
LIST. This plan has made it possible
to allow the child the use of the gre
made bank to save his pennies and
dimes. while he is accommodating
enough to buy his War Savings
Stamps.
After the re-opening of school and
after all the qualifying children have
been supplied, the hand grenades will
be given to persons over seventeen
years who purchase three or more w
s. S.
The hand grenades which are the
highest development of the time.
honored weapon, are transformed in.
to thrift agencies by the simple pro-
cess of clearing out the explosive
chamber. cutting a slot through
shrapnel casting which is the body OF
the grenade, and substituting a re,
movable screw for the base of the
casting. The grenade bank will hold
100 pennies or 100 dimes. With the
exception of these changes the gre.
nades remain in the exact form de.
signed for their original purpose Ac.
cross the face OF the grenade banl
! appear the words Buy w. S s."
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1919-08-13
Mr.. NAT SHELLMAN
HAS PROMOTION
Head Paying and Receiving
Teller, Savings Dept. in One
of Louisville's Big Banks.

Nathaniel Shellman, formerly OF
Hardinsburg, son of Mr.. and Mrs. G..
d. Shellman, proprietors of the COM
mercial Hotel. has been promoted to
head paying and receiving teller OF
the Savings Department in the Lin
coin Savings Bank and Trust Com
pany, of Louisville, KY.
Immediately after his discharge
from the army last December he be-
came associated with this Bank and
Trust Company in commerSial way
The Board of Directors and manage
ment of the Bank soon discovered he
was qualified for more responsible
I position. He will have complete
charge of the paying and receiving in
THE savings department where num-
Der of people are employed and will
be under his supervision. 1t was thru
the efforts of Paul Compton, Score
tary of the Lincoln Savings Bank &
Trust Company, that Mr. Shellman
made this connection, as Mr.. Shell
man wis in the employ of Mr.. Com
pton before the war while in Hardins-
burg ,...,. { 2irs-ss ns.
Mr. Shellman will have charge Of
the handling of more than million
dollars of the deposits of this bank
and come in contact with more than
eight thousand of their depositors.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1919-08-13
: To Manage Well With
= A Little Is Not A
= Small Matter.

1t is sign OF a good chauffeur
when you see him turn his car
around in the little room of
close corner.
One must study hard to do
, thing cleverlysifr small space or
with scant means.
Taking good care of small
. sum, saved week by week, has
been in thousands of cases the
foundation OF a large fortune.
: 1t has been frequently stated
during the recent war that many
battles we're lost and won back
= in the last half of day of hard
fighting.
The saying OF Captain Law
renee: Don't give up the ship"
has redoubled the efforts of men
in struggle and turned the tide
OF disaster to success. We are
never done trying to win out.
(Signed) John Wanamaker
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1919-08-13
STATE EDUCA-
TIONAL CAMP
On During week of Aug. $3.50.
Need of a Method Enforcing
School Attendance.

A state wide educational campaign
will be waged the week of August
$3.50, in every school district in Ken
lucky. Announcement of plans we're
sent out by Mrs. Cora Wilson Ste
wart, Chairman of the Kentucky
Illiteracy Commission, to every
County Superintendent and to every
County Illiteracy Agent today.
Local speakers will tour the county
on August 25, &c, 81 and 2S. and state
speaker sent by the Kentucky Hitter
acy commission will speak at the fin
al rally at the county seat on Friday
or Saturday following.
The phases of education emphas-
lied in this campaign will be the re-
moval of illiteracy, increase of day
school attendance and better salaries
for teachers. 1t is joint camjaign
of the Kentucky Illiteracy Commits
sion and the County School Superin-
tendents' Association. The state
speakers will be announced later
To Enforce School Attendance.
The need of some method of en-
forcing school attendance after the
Kentucky Illiteracy Commission goes
out in July 1920 has been voiced by
County Superintendents throughout
the state in letters to Mrs. Cora Will
son Stewart, Chairman of the Ken
lucky Illiteracy Commission.
County Illiteracy Agents, who are
sent out to direct moonlight school
work, have been acting as attendance
officers in the counties to which they
are assigned but as they have not
police powers their work consists in
the main of urging parents to send
their children to school. However,
even with these more or less limited
powers they have been able greatly
to increase day school attendance
and their work has shown what can
be accomplished by compulsory at
tendance officers, according to Mrs.
Stewart.
City schools long have had attend
ance officers to keep the children in
school and rural schools also must
have similar officers If the compul-
sorry school law is to be made effec-
tive. said Mrs. Stewart. New Jersey
and Maryland and most all progress
sive states already have attendance
officers and these states are shown far
in the lead in daily attendance.
"No compulsory attendance law has
ever been enforced without an at
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1919-08-13
F. ENGLISH LOSES
Big STOCK BARN
Caught Fire Early Tuesday
Morning At His Farm In
Skillman, KY.

A large stock barn containing 5000
worth of new hay, mules and 2
horses, burned at 2:3O o'clock Tues
day morning on the Dixie Hill Stock
Farm, Skillman, KY, which was own
ed by Mr.. and Mrs. Frank c. English,
of this city.
Mr.. English was notified at his
home here by friends in Skillman, of
the fire and he went to the farm i'm
mediately but got there too late to do
any good. The origin of the fire is
not known. unless it was caused by
spontaneous combustion of the new
hay. The barn was insured.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1919-08-13

Everything is rapidly rounding into
shape for big and successful three
day of sociability and pleasure during
the Farmers Community Meetings to
be held in Hardinsburg, August 18TH,
10Th, and Goth. These three day
meetings are being held in number
of counties in the state this summer
and are attracting wide interest. The
u. S. Department of Agriculture, The
College of Agriculture, The Louis
vile Board of Trade, The State Board
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1919-08-13
SERVICE FOR ONE
OF WAR HEROES
Pvt. John H. Drane, Who Died
in Coblenz, June 80, From
An Appendicitis Operation.

Kirk. KY, August II. (SpeciaD-
A memorial service was held here
Sunday afternoon at o'clock in hon.
or of Pvt. John H. Drane of the Vet
Urinary Evacuation Section No. 9,
who died in the Evacuation Hospital
"a. and was buried with full military
honors in the Coblenz, A. f. F. GEM
etery.
Pvt. Drane was taken i'll with an
attack of acute appendicitis and adj
mitted to the hospital on June 22.
An operation was performed but the
disease had advanced to a stage be-
yond control. He died June 30 He
was the son of Mrs. John McLymer,
of Kirk. who survives him.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1919-08-13
w. M. U. MEETING
AT WALNUT GROVE
Held in Connection With
Breckenridge County Bap-
fist Association.

The annual meeting of the Breck-
inridge county Baptist Association
will be held at the Walnut Grove
church, near Lodburg, August 81,
and 20.
In connection with the Association
the w. M. u will hold its meeting
and the program for the women is
given below:
Morning.
Devotional - Mrs. A. w. Crow
Welcome Address Miss Allie Keys
Response Miss Media Ditto
Talk Mrs. s. <. Jones
Business
Dismiss
Noon
Devotional : Mrs. ]. NJ. Fitch
Report of Convention Miss Morton
New Baptist Program
Open Discussion
w M. u Auxiliaries Miss Morton
Give Them A Chance
Mrs. f. B. English
Business
Dismiss
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1919-08-13
Work On Loose Leaf
Floor Progressing

The brick foundation for the Glow
export Loose Leaf Tobacco house,
has been completed and ready for
the cement flooring which will pro-
badly be started in few days. The
warehouse will be a brick structure
and as near hreproof as it can be
built. 1t will be quite an addition to
Cloverport both as to its appearance
and the business it will be the means
of bringing to the town.
Mr. Boyle, the local manager, hopes
to have it completed and ready to
receive either in the late tall or early
winter.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1919-08-13
MRS. M. CORNWALL
SUCCUMBS AT II
Widow of VIM. Cornwall Leav.
es Five Children. Remains
Sent To Campbellsburg.

Irvington, Aug IL, (SpeciaD-Mrs.
Mary B. Cornwall. widow of VIM.
t. Cornwall died Thursday morning
at o'clock after an illness of four
weeks. Mrs. Cornwall was in her
seventy-seventh year She is surviv-
ed by the following children, H. f.
Cornwall, FL Paso, Texas; J. M.
Cornwall, Mitchell, Ind; Mrs. E. R.
Turner and Mrs. Nell McClintick, of
Louisville. and Miss Mary H. Corn
wall, cashier of f. H. Shellman's
Bank. The body was taken to Camp
bellsburg, Ind, Friday morning for
burial
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1919-08-13
Mrs. Kemper Returns From Overseas

Big Spring. Aug IL. (SpeciaD-B.
S GARRISON leaves in a few days to
meet his sister, Mrs. Kemper, who
will reach New York.
Mrs. Kemper has been in Canteen
service overseas since the first of the
year She with her brother will re-
main in New York City for two
weeks and from there they will go
to Atlantic City for fortnight before
returning home. Mr. GARRISON will
make business trip to virginia while
in the East
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1919-08-13
MEET
NEXT WEEK
An Extensive Program Has Been Arranged for the
Three Days Meeting Which Have Been
Held in Several Counties Over State
REV. KNUE ONE OF THE SPEAKERS

of Health, The American Red Cross,
The Department of Roads, The
Knights of Columbus, The University
of Kentucky and other agencies are
cooperating in making the meetings
OF great interest and value to the
counties in which they will be held.
The programs will take place
twice daily, at 800 p. M. and at 8
p. M. Motion pictures will be shown
every evening. Four or five reels of
Continued on page 6
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1919-08-13
A New Corporation.

The Old Hickory Novelty Co., a
new corporation with capital stock
of $4,000 has been formed to manu-
facture handles of all kinds. The in
corporators are w. E. Foster, presi-
dent; M. E. Ferguson, secretary; and
treasurer and ]. L. Ferguson, general
manager.
Their plant will be located near
Stephensport. and will turn out SO
dozen handles day. They will be-
gin work as soon as they can get
their machinery installed.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1919-08-13
Birth Announcements.

DIR. B. H. Parrish and Mrs. Parrish,
of this city are the happy parents of
their first daughter, who arrived
Thursday, August z, and who has
been named Mary Elizabeth Parrish
Mr.. and Mrs. Burl, Vincennes, Ind,
are announcing the arrival of sweet
little girl baby on July 31st, weighing
8 lbs, and named Mildred Bernice
Parson.
Little Miss Parson is the grand
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Nat Tucker
of Cloverport.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1919-08-13
Home Grown Melons Scarce.

One of the fruits of the summer
season which Cloverporters have been
deprived of in late years is the water
melon. This summer the melons
have been unusually scarce especially
the home grown ones. Thursday
there were few of the home grown
melons on the market sold by ped
dlers, and they were rare treat.
Cantelopes have been equally as
scarce this year as have the water
melons.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1919-08-13
It's Good To Be Born
Lucky And Friday A
Lucky Day.

Last Friday was truly a lucky
day for the editor of The Brock
enridge News and his family. On
that one day he had presented to
him the champion tomato of the
season and six large, lucious
peaches.
Postmaster c. E. Lightfoot
raised the priced tomato. 1t
weighed two lbs. and was of the
Ponderosa kind. The postmaster
challenges anyone who has raised
tomato as large as this to bring
il to him and--see what he has
to say then.
Mr.. Ed Pate, who seldom fails
to b ring the editor some of his
best peaches every year, brought
half dozen of the Alberta peach
es that were most too pretty to
eat for minute anyway.
The editor, being a man of no
small appetite believes it's good
to be born lucky. and as to Fri
day being an unlucky day, lis
superstition about that has all
vanished completely.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1919-08-13
Begins Subscribing For The
News At so Years Old.

Mr. Hiram Blair, 80 years old, who
lives or farm near Tar Springs, was
in Cloverport, Saturday and came to
The Breckenridge News Office to sub
scribe for the paper. Mr.. Blair says
his wife is "a years old and they are
both inveterate readers.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1919-08-13
Visitors From Illinois.

Mr.. Ben H. Wilson and grand
daughter, Miss Bessie Elmore, of
Jacksonville. ILL.,, arrived in Kentucky
last week to visit, Mr.. Wilson'S old
home in Breckenridge county. He
reports that crops are looking fine in
Corn Cracker" State and he is well
pleased with his adopted home.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1919-08-13
Sells SO Gallons Beans At One Time

Mr.. L. c. Taul, a local insurance
agent unquestionably knows how to
raise beans as well as writing insur-
ance One day last week, Mr.. Taul
sold 80, gallons OF string beans which
he grew in a small kitchen garden.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1919-08-13
Mrs. Tousey Breaks Her Arm.

Word has beens received here by
Miss Carrie Tucker that Mrs. Fannie
L. Tousey, of Somerset, KY. fell
several days ago and broke her right
arm and suffered severe sprain in
her shoulder. Her injuries were
caused from tripping on the stairway
and she is reported to be slowly i'm
proving. sS-ssfsst --
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1919-08-13
YOUNG COUPLE MARRIED,

The marriage of Miss Bessie Mae
Adams and Julius Nolte Whorley,
both of this city took place in Can
Melton. Wednesday, July 6.
Mrs. Whorley is the daughter of
Mrs. Ida Adams. and Mr.. Whorley is
the son OF Mrs. Jake Weatherholt
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1919-08-13
Killed 8 Rattle Snakes.

]. B. Jackson, of Mattingly, was in
Cloverport, Saturday and told mir
aculous snake story. Mr.. Jackson
said that Robert Sanders, of his
Ineighborhood, who was running a
lthrashing machine of ]. p. Keenan's
Farm killed nine rattle snakes last
week.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1919-08-13
Ice Cream Supper.

There will be an ice cream supper
at Holt, KY, Saturday evening. Aug.
16 for the benefit OF the church. A
cordial invitation is extended to
everyone
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1919-08-13

tendance officer and it is high time
that Kentucky schould take her place
along with other states where COM
pulsory attendance is being enforced,
said Mrs. Stewart
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1919-08-13

ument in honor of the great road
builder and capitalist was meant we'll
il did not appeal to General du Pont.
who made il one of the conditions
under which he would give the $25,-
90 asked for that no monument be
erected.-Louisville Herald.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1919-08-13

The seed of every great fortune in
America today was the Saving Habit.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1919-08-13
GENEROUS GIFT
TO FEDERAL ROAD
Gen. Dupont Sends Lou. Auto
Club $500 For Louisville
Paducah Highway.
willing to give a mile, pro-
vided the entire route is SUBJ
scribed and provided there is no

Boosters for the Louisvile-P aduc-
ah highway were electrified yesterday
by the receipt of the above telegram
from Gen. T. Coleman du Pont, of
Wilmington. Del, informing them
that he will suscribe $4,000 toward
the fund which is being raised here to
help out Meade and Breckenridge
counties. which are unable to raise
the amount allotted to them.
The telegram resulted in number
of persons and firms declaring their
willingness TO do just little better
than they had done before, increasing
their subscriptions and announcing
that the entire amount required, $780,
600 be raised and the work of building
the $3,5OO,OOO highway be undertak-
en-. OF the 100000, which had to be
secured $4,000 has now been sub
scribed.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1919-08-13
Appeal Made Monday.

General dupont was appealed to
last Monday night by DR.. r. r. FL
more, chairman of the roads commit
tee of the Louisville Automobile Club
An answer was received yesterday
morning from General du Points sec
rotary, saying General du Pont was
on catching trip. A few hours later
the wire bearing the good news that
the appeal had not been made in vain
was received and everybody was
happy
One of the first men the message
was transmitted to over the telephone
was Rodman Wiley, state commits
sioner of roads, who has been untir-
ing in securing the necessary funds
required to secure state and federal
aid He Immediately announced he
would leave it to General du Pont to
designate where the particular mile
of the road which he intends to pay
for, shall be constructed and also as
to what paving material he desires to
be used.
In view of the extended experience
General du Pont has had in the con-
struction of roads he probably will
leave all details to those in charge OF
actually constructing the highway.
sss
Firm Against Monument.
While DIR. Elmore's suggestion that
| n a.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1919-08-13

While DIR. Elmore's suggestion that
Kentucky was willing to erect a mon
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-07-25
THE AGRICULTURAL BILL
PASSED By THE SENATE
Appropriation Bill, Recently Vetoed
by President Passes Without Day
light Saving Rider.

Washington. July -i-Ihe senate
!ate To-Day passed the $3f."oo.oo"
agricultural appropriation bill, which
recently was vetoed by President
wilson because oil the rider Tor re-
peal OF the daylsht SAVING law. NO
e"ort 10 restore the rider was made
IN inc senate
senators made no criticism OF The
president veto ana the only refer
ence 10 the daylight saving question
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-07-25
Going After Merchants.

The state tax commission. which
has been summoning merchants from
various towns to come before it with
books and records so that it could as
certain the amount Of stock carried
ly the merchant, is now planning n
campaign, which will include many
counties in South Carolina. Hereto
fore, the commission has been sum-
moning merchants b! cities, Cclun-
bia being first on the list. with Green
Vile, Charleston and Spartanburg
close behind. Within a few days the
work by counties will be taken up.
\ list of 10 counties has been made
out to which the commission will de-
vote its special attention during the
next few weeks Merchants in these
counties will be summoned as rap
idly as the commission is able to look
after them and the commission so far
has evidenced no indications of ennui
on account of hot weather.
The counties as they appear on the
list prepared by the commission are
as follows: Abbeville, Anderson, Dor
chester. Georgetown. Greenwood, =,
Laurens. Lee, Marlboro, Orangeburg.
Spartanburg, Union, York, Green
Vile. Richland. Pickens and Edge
field.
The commission is preparing to
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-07-25
ONE CAN TAKE LIQUOR
THROUGH THE STATE
Provided Party Holds Through
Ticket, One State to Another,
Says Court.

Asheville. y. G.. July 24.-Henrv
j. Prayer. Pullman porter, can take
whiskey through South Carolina or
any other state in the Jurisdiction of
the United States circuit court of
appeals for this circuit provided he
has through ticket from some other
state to some other state. the court
ruled today in the case against
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-07-25
Heavy Rains General.

The downpour Of rain during the
past several weeks has been general
over several states, and particularly
for the past three days. In eastern
North Carolina washouts on the rail-
roads were frequent and trains were
detoured until finally caught on both
sides. \ NorfOlk-Southern train was
caught at Middlesex. between Raj
eight and Wilson and could move in
neither direction. Southern trains
we're tied up by washouts and high
water between Selma and Goldsboro.
The Seaboard seems to have sut-
fered very little inconvenience to it's
schedules and the Atlantic Coast Line
has fairly we'll maintained its sche-
dulles.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-07-25
lNTERURBAN ELECTRIC
LINES ARE SUFFERING
Claimed That They Are Experiencing
Same Financial Hardships Us
City Lines.

Washington, July 24.-Interurban
electric railways were pictured 10 the
federal electric always commission
today as suffering from he same
financial hard ships said 10 be anli,.-
ing the city lines.
There isn't an interurban road in
my part of the country that is paving
dividends either on its pret4rret or
common stock" declared Cha-.es L
Henry, OF Indianapolis, a pioneer in
tnterurban development
Mr.. Henry suggested that the
roads should be relieved OF all
charges except those sustained in the
actual carrying of passengers. that
passenger trucks be placed under reg-
ulation and that the federal govern
ment should adopt "fairer" com2e,i-
tive methods. Regarding he last
sI.P estion, Mr. Ehnry said the rail-
road administration had KEEP. 81
turban rates low upon steam lines.
thereby precluding an increase BY the
electric lines, and rad injured the
electric lines by divertiny express
business. He laughingly told OF one
month in which one of his lines did
an express business amounting to
four cents
The service-at-cost plan OF opera
tion was discussed by L. r. Nash. Of
stone and Webster. who said thai one