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The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-04-28

n HE war developed no more efficient
i agency for the distribution of its
information than the Minute Men. In
brief fve.minute speeches, prominent
business and professional men
brought to the people of every COM
munity vital messages of the critical
days. A similar piah is now en-
loyed by the Methodist Centenary
in its gigantic campaign for S11S,-
100000 for worldwide Christian re-
construction.
Sixty thousand volunteer Methodist
laymen Of the United States have
been organized for this special work.
It would be hard to find Methodist
meeting where one Of these Minute
Men is not presenting in some terse
manner the vital message Of this
great movement, which has already
resulted in the formation Of an inter-
church federation with momentous
program for a united campaign to
DTlQR luc WOItu W Sutlot. SNCl WV
Of these mel have been enlisted in
the Cincinnati area (Ohio, Kentucky,
and Southern Indiana) and many en-
listmeuts are coming in every day.
The area captain Is E. Dow Ban
cro.., for twenty-seven years Rail
way Y. M. c. A. Secretary in Colum.
bus and more recently attached to
the "Y" staff on the western front.
Mr.. Bancroft has typifed in his life
work the energy and enthusiasm
which a layman can devote to Chris
tian service. ]. A. Currier, Plain
City. is the Area Minute Man Secre-
tary.
Special posters, one of which is re.
produced above, call attention to
these Minute Men. They have a spe
cial organ all their own called mis-
suss." It's pages are q secret from
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-04-28
WOMAN SUFFRAGE sure
AT The EXTRA SESSION
Republicans Determined to Rush Il
Through Immediately After Con-
gress Again Conyenes.
(By Smell SMITH

(By Smell Smlth)
Neutrality-suspicious. of the very first
measures to be introduced, considered
and enacted by the new Republican
Congress will be a resolution for an
amendment to the Constitution which
will provide universal suffrage for all
women throughout the country, sub
ject only to the same restrictions as
are now imposed upon the men.
Representative James r. Mann, of
Illinois, who madep ossible the pas
sage of the resolution in the House in
the last Congress by getting out of
sick bed at the Johns Hopkins Uni
versity Hospital and contributing
much needed vote, will be chairman
of the Committee on Woman Suffrage
and will report and put through the
measure within few days after the
extra session begins. He and other
party leaders are perfectly certain
Of safe majority, due to the fact
that the States which swelled the Re-
publican total at the last election are,
for the most part, favorable to ex-
tending the suffrage to women.
"The sentiment for the enfranchise-
men of women has been growing
steadily for years, except in certain
Southern States said Representative
Frank w. Mondell, of Wyoming, the
new majority leader. THE opposition
no longer represents a majority of the
people over any considerable area
anywhere. The granting of the fran
, chise to women is now very generally
recognized as wise and proper, If
not vitality essential, step in making
the government truly responsive to
the intelligent Judgment of all the peo-
pie. The Republican party, as the
leader Of progressive thought, as the
champion of moral principles, as the
defender of genuine democracy, has
taken the lead in urging the extension
CT the right of the ballot to women,
and will take the first opportunity af-
forded after Congress again meets to
demonstrate the sincerity of the party
faith in this regard"
Changes made in the Senate, which
the Republicans now control by two
votes, have made it certain that the
suffrage amendment will be adopted
by that body by majority of two or
three. 1t failed last February by one
vote. The domination of the South,
where the fight against the movement
has conferred, is over. Senator Hiram
Johnson. chairman of the Woman Suf-
frage Committee in the Senate, has
counted noses and is assured that be-
fore the summer is past the amend
ment will be passed to the President
for his signature and to the States
for ratification.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-04-28
COURT OVERRULES BURLESON

Observation-Disclosures of Congress
who have been steadily opposing what
they term the high-handed andauto-
cratic policy of Postmaster General
Burleson are much interested in the
victory OF the State of Pennsylvania in
the courts in preventing him from in
creasing telephone rates on his own
fiat and without the slightest author
ity of law.
Judge Kunkel, of Harrisburg, who
rendered the decision, holds that mel
Their the President nor the Postmaster
General was acting officially in
changing the rates and tolls, and they
acted beyond the scope of their pow
ers." Though he does not deny the
right of the President to operate the
telegraph for war purposes, Judge
Kunkel says: when the President
attempts to use the defendants lines
and it does not appear that it is fol
war purposes, but on the contrary ap.
pears to be for a purpose having nc
apparent or direct relation to the pro.
secution of the war, it must be shown
we take it. that he is using it for q
lawful and constitution end. The ne.
cessity out of which his power arises
does not appear in the present case"
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-04-28

camp will open for the berry-picking
season about May 10. At the close of
the berry season, which lasts about 3
weeks, the two agencies will run the
camp for general farm work for boys
who are enrolled in the Reserve. In
addition to good wages, the boys will
receive the Bronze Badges and the
Honorable Service Bar awarded by
the United States Government for var
ious periods of work. The work done
during the berry season will apply on
the Badges and the Service Bar. All
matters of wages will be between the
boys and Clagett and Covington; the
Boys Working Reserve and the State
Y. M. C. A. merely supervise the
camp.
The camp at all times will be under
the personal supervision of high grade
lcdutib IL Will NC lOCdtcu III pS"u
tiful grove, high and dry. The boys
will be provided with tents free Of
charge and will eat in their own mess
provided by their own cooks for which
they will pay low cost price. The
boys must also pay their railroad fare
from their home town to and from
Bowling Green. Daily inspection OF
the boys in this camp, as to their
health. will be a feature. A fine swim
ming pool for the boys Of this camy
only will be personally supervised by
the directors. Free musical programs.
baseball, tennis and other sports will
be enjoyed. Sunday will be a day Of
rest with the Bible classes, inspira
tional talks and tramps for those who
wish. A special trip to Mammoth
Case Ia being arranged. Write George
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-04-28
COL. ONSELL PRODS BAKER

Washington.-"In my judgment the
army will never hold the place it
ought to hold in the faith and affec-
tons of our people until the machin-
cry for doing military justice be hui
manized," says Lieut.. Col. Samuel T.
Ansell former acting Judge advocate
general in his letter made public in
spite of the orders of the Secretary
Of War.
Colonel Ansell quotes Baker as say
ing: "My own acquaintance with the
course of military justice gathered
as 1t is, from the large number OF
cases which in the regular routine
come to me for final action convinces
me that the condition implied by these
recent complaints do not exist and
have not existed" Secretary Baker
has, nevertheless, asked the American
Bar Association to help work out re-
forms. Colonel Ansell continues:
when the Secretary of War denied
the Department the revisory power
over all court-martial cases he denied
himself the opportunity to keep In
touch with the administration OF jus.
tice throughout the army"
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-04-28
PREPARE FOR BLoAT

Every season a number of cattle and
dairy cows are killed because of clover
bloat. OF course, when pastures are
snowy with white clover bloom the
danger is greatest. This season bids
fair to be white-clover year so it
would be well for every farmer to be
prepared to handle a case of bloat
quickly and effectively
The experts at the Experiment Sta
ton at Lexington, who have been very
successful in curing bloat in cattle, re-
commend the following treatment:
"prench the animal suffering with
clover bloat with a quart of water con-
tanning one half an ounce of formalin
Follow this with a drench containing
/ pound Of EPSON Salts and one-half
an ounce ground ginger"
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-04-28
Notice to
Contractors !

Sealed bids will be received at the
Office of the Clerk of Mason County
at the Court House, Maysville, KY,
until 10 o'clock a m, May 2, 1919, by
the Fiscal Court of Mason County for
the improvement of Maysville and Mt
Olivet road No. 7SC1 from point at
The junction of the Lexington Pike to
the Robertson County Line, distance
of approximately nine (9) miles.
The improvement will consist of
shaping the road, constructing neces-
sary drainage structures, excavation,
grubbin G and resurfacing with ap-
proximately six (6) inches of loose
metal spread to nine (9) feet and
feathered.
The work proposed to be done in
wolves approximately:
304O.4 Gu. Yd.. Excavation
4990.9 Gu. Yd.. Borrow
36475 100 Fl. Grader Work (both
sides)
120540 Tons ........ Crushed Stone
276950 So. Yd.. Shaping and Scarf
flying.
1913 Gu. Yd., Concrete-Class "a"
6O40 Gu. Yd.. Concrete-Class "B"
661 Gu. Yd.. Concrete-Class ID"
510S7.0 Lbs. ...... Reinforcing Steel
1890 Lin. Fl. is" C. G. Pipe
1910 Lin. Fl. IA" C. G. Pipe
$50 Number. Trees and Stumps
1900 Lin. Fl. Hedge-removing
Bridges at Station 173 and Station
APT are included in the above esti-
mate. These bridges comprise the fol-
lowing quantities but may not be built
at this time:
1875 Gu. Yd.. .Concrete-Class "a"
6O4.O Gu. Yd.. Concrete-Class "B"
6.61 Gu. Yd.. Concrete-Class I'D"
29346.0 Lbs. .... Reinforcing Steel
Bids will be accepted for the whole
work or separate bids on Concrete
Work and Culvert Pipe will be accept
ed.
Plans may be seen and instructions
to bidder, specifications and forms Of
proposed work secured at the office OF
the County Clerk at Maysville, KY.
and at the Office of the Department Of
Public Roads, Old Capitol Building
Frankfort, Ky.
| A certified check payable to the
Sheriff of Mason County equal ii
round numbers to so of the bid mus
accompany each proposal.
The right to reject any and all bids
is reserved.
| ]. ]. OWENS, County Clerk,
| Mason County, Ky
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-04-28
TRAINING CAMP
FOR HIGH SCHOOL
BOYS IS PLANNED
Camp Roosevelt To BE Opened In
Michigan For Military Training
After Boys Of High
School Age.

Chicago.-As living memorial 10
Roosevelt, fifteen thousand men and
boys from all parts Of the county Will
take the course of military-physical
training to be given this summer un-
der the supervision of the war depart
ment at Camp Roosevelt, near Nuke
gon, Michigan.
Camp Roosevelt will provide the
first field trial or what has come to
be known as the Chicago plan OF mil
itary-physical training. 1t was in
stituted as a part of the high school
system before America entered the
world war as a concrete step toward
national military preparedness. The
war department was so impressed
with the value of the training offered
that the Chicago authorities were
given great encouragement even dur
ing the war period by the detail OF
forty-four captains, lieutenants and
sergeants to act as instructors in the
various high schools Of the city.
The Chicago plan Of military-physi-
cal training is already being insti-
tuted in the school system of other
cities and the importance of Camp
Roosevelt is emphasized by the fact
that educational as we'll as military
authorities are watching 1t as the
most important present contribution
toward continued military and physi-
cal preparedness.
II Camp Roosevelt succeeds there
will be other similar camps in various
PARTS of the country in succeeding
years, according to the opinion OF
those who are familiar with the official
interest in the Chicago experiment.
As to the success of Camp Roose-
welt, the board of education is very
sanguine, because it will be in direct
charge of Captain F. l.. Beals OF the
United States army, whose success IN
standardizing and popularizing the
military-physical programs in the Chi
cago schools has been very noteworthy
Captain Beals will be assisted in the
military duties of the encampment by
a number of officers and non-commls-
stoned officers from the army, as well
as by the cadet officers from the var
ious Chicago high schools who are en-
rolled under the Reserve Officers
Training Corps regulations.
While Camp Roosevelt is being or
ganized primarily for the benefit OF the
Chicago boys high school age, Its
benefits are not to be limited to thai
single class of recruits. 1t will be an
all-age, all-American encampment.
There will be classes Cor junior re-
cruits to provide for the training Of
boys of the boy scout age. In fact
scoutcraft will be one Of the subjects
in which considerable training viii
be given. Then will come the recruits
Of the high school age. In addition
there will be a division for young mel
and even middle-aged men. AS Ions
as the recruit is physically able to g
through the physical military train
ing. he will be accepted at CAM
Roosevelt and will be given a course
of training that gives great mental ant
physical benefits.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-04-28
Woman SUFFERED
z YEARS
Finally Made Well by Taking
Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

Emmitsburg. MIDI suffered for
twelve or fifteen years, and was treated
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-04-28

and am better now than I have been
for years. lam never without Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound in the
house and have recommended it to sew
eral of my friends. You are perfectly
welcome to publish my letter for the
good it may do other women. Mrs.
ETTIE WARREN, Emmitsburg, Md.
Backache and nervousness are symp-
toms or natures warnings, which in
dicate a functional disturbance or an
unhealthy condition which often devel-
ops into q more serious ailment.
Women in this condition should not
continue to drag along without help, but
profit by Mrs. Warren's experience, and
try this famous root and herb remedy,
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound-and for special advice write to
Lydia f. Pinkham Med. Co. Lynn, Mass.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-04-28
WORK AND FUN FOR
KENTUCKY BOYS

Kentucky's far-famed strawberry
crop will be a big one this year, ac-
cording to reports from Bowling
Green. Ten thousand pickers are to
be in the fields of Warren county
alonety will cooperate in running a
camp for Kentucky boys on the Cla-
gett and Covington farm, a mile and
a quarter from Bowling Green. The
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-04-28

the ministry of the church for two
weeks following each date of publica-
ton and it has demonstrated that a
religious publication can be really
full Of pep"
The formation of such a body of
active laymen marks new era in
the history of Christianity and means
the mobilizing of tremendous forces
hitherto dormant.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-04-28

Try q Ledger Want Ad. II Paws
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-04-28

ny d puysiCidll, uuI
got little relief. 1
saw an advertise
ment Of Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound in my
n e W spaper, SO
thought l would try
it, and it didme more
good than all the doc
tors medicine. I
am a farmers wife
and do my house.
xv,a~l, Ill xlo x;o,a
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-04-28

II there's better coffee than Rock.
wood, we'd sell It. but there isn't SC
we sell "Rookwood". II you dom
drink lockwood you are certainly
missing q great treat.
YOUR GROCER.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-04-28

E. Stephens, State Director, U. S. Boys
Working Reserve, 345 Y. NJ. c. A
building, Louisville, KY.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1919-02-19

full spectacle to stand in the streets
of the cities of Palestine--the land
Of our Savior-and see, his forsaken
and prosecuted children In such
want and misery. Through the
most atricious and unyielding perse
cutions these Aremian Christians
have kept the lamp Of faith aglow
and now, with the war ended, they
are facing death from the slow ag-
ony of starvation. Mothers are
eating their childres in some places,
little children get down on their ba-
by knees and lick up blood from
the slaughter pens; mothers give
their children the decaying flesh of
dead animals to still their fretful
walls of hunger; and all this in a
land that loved the Christ and suf-
fered for him. Oh. you, who have
heaped high your wartime profits
and piled up your Golfers of dross;
when you sit down to your laden Ia
BILE tonight, before you offer your
thanks to the Master, think of those
little quivering lips and hungry
frail forms, that lift up their sad
eyes in death and still whisper,
abba Father" And before you
partake of your bounty pledge God
that you will help save a life by Civ
ing of your store to those little
ones over there, For as often as
you have done it unto one of these,
my little ones, you have done it
unto me-
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1919-02-19
PRAY FOR THE GOAT.

Little Bob was out of sorts and
began to scold and beat his billy
goat. His father, good man, call
ed him into his Office and said:
Let us kneel in prayer, SON." The
father prayed: God. have mercy
upon Bob, who is mean to his billy,
beating and scolding him" The
boy looked up and said: "Papa
(half whining), pray for the goat
some; he is a little mean HIMSELF
Tales.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1919-02-19

4 suggestion made by DR.. Whit
tc0hUrg, the representative of the
State Board OF Health, to lift the
bar where there are no cases of flu
ana observe a close quarantine on
the individuals who had colds or
other symptoms, seems wise one.
Communicable diseases are trans
mitted by the personal contact of
there affected and one who visits de
spite the ban, as most do, when he
has any of the symptoms of the
disease is as certain of giving it TO
sc ne one else as is the contact of
a few within the walls of some
house of prayer. AS one of our
friends has suggested Mrs. Consist
ency would be a mighty good wit
ness to summon in such cases.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1919-02-19

The constitution of the Society or
League of Nations has been read;
the covenant binds all adherents
against participation in war on sole
-ly national grounds and they must
whatever grievances they may have
against each other. If this league
iy adopted it will be second to no
diplomatic covenant ever enacted;
even the Magma Charta will not
equal it. If adopted it will mean
the effectual abolition of war and
the beginning of the reign of peace
SO long dreamed of. Truly we are
living in great times.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1919-02-19
FACTS ABOUT THE OHIO
COUNTY BOARD RECORDS.

II seems that one Mr.. Reading.
of Madisonville, has gone to Hart
ford and found a "mares next re-
garding the records of the Ohio
County Local Bard, and the Chair
man, Mr.. Keown, has come out in
card generating the young ladies
who did volunteer work, for all
blame in connection with the mess
$50 Mr.. Reading says) and the
"balling up of the serial numbers.
etc. who so generously volunteered
their services, are not to blame for
any discrepancies which may have
occurred. but had they made any
amount of errors he would have
known nothing about it, as he moth
ing about the keeping of the rec
ords.
But Mr.. Keown is also wrong
when he says the errors are the re-
suit Of negligence on the part of my
assistants and myself, Tor l defy
any man to say that l or either
Miss Harriet Flener, Shelby Stew
ems OF Miss Maurine Martin, my as
sistants, were negligent. The let
ter of Major Henry F. Rhodes ac-
ceDtiDg my resignation (Which l
now have in my posseEsion) disap-
proves that.
The discrepancies in the serial
numbers occurred just as / said
they would-by the War Depart
ment being in such a hurry on the
last registratiin and the Local
Board speeding up. When we
were cimpelled mail nuestiinunires
without order and serial numbers
l told Mr.. Barnett, Secretary of
the Board, that the ball up" was
coming. and l am sure he will bear
me out in this statement
As to the records OF the 1917
registration, / know nothing, as
they were made up before / went
in as clerk. So in justice to my
self and my assistants I give the
above facts to the readers OF this
paper, so they may know the true
situation, and the government
alone is responsible for the mess"
that Mr.. Reading found by not CIV
ing the clerks time to st-aighten !
out tho rpcOrda bafore aiiinp ont
the missionaries.
l might further add that the gov
eminent was quite while furnish
ing me an assistant in the last /
registration, and it was just twice
as much as one could do to handle !
the registrants and keep things /
straight.
w. II. COOMBS, Ex-Clerk,
Ohio County Local Board. |
Mayfield, Ky.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1919-02-19
FARM FOR SALE.

lie acres in two tracts, adjoin-
ing the Horse Branch and Old Cen
ey precincts, on the Hartford AM
Leitchfeld roads. 20 acres goo
level. land. Good barn and dwell
ingI 25 acres in sweet clover.
Plenty of timber. Well watered.
Write or call
MARLIN KEITH,
Horse Branch, Ky.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1919-02-19

The question of unemployment is
becoming quite a bugaboo to some
of our metropolitan daillies. Stories
of the throngs Of unemployed parad
ing the streets and the awful prom
Use Of bread lines" seem to haunt
them like spectres of doom We
think much of this scare is unnec-
essary and is staged solely for the
purpose Of inveigleing the working
men to accept lower prices for fear
of losing their jobs. There was no
great amount if unemployment
when America entered the war and
we must remember that nearly two
millions of Americans are still in
France The Secretary of Labor
estimates that there is labor
shortage Of nearly millions in Amer
lea at present. On one OF the
streets of Hartford there Is a sign
calling for 400 men for work in
the south at good wages: the same
condition exists in most of the
states. We wonder where the
shortage Of work come IN unless II
means a shortage Of so snaps,
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1919-02-19
CHANGES THE PITCH.

Sally, the little daughter Of
clergyman, was asked if her papa
ever preached the same sermon
twice. After considering a moment
she answered: Eyes, l think he
does; but think he hollers in diff
ferent places"
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1919-02-19

Much hallabaloo has been raised
by uniformed publicity seekers
about the presidents trip to Eu-
rope, and among the statements
made they have referred a number
Of times to the presidential party
and stated that the presidents moth
er-in-law, Mrs. Bolisg, was tour
ing Europe at the peoples expense
As a matter of fact the presidents
party is composed Of only a few, a
Guiding his wife and the peace en-
voys. Mrs. Boiling is not along
and has never been. She stopped
at New York when the party sailed
for France and had no intention
of accompanying the president. We
cannot see the purpose a few poll
ticians in giving voice to these un-
disguised falsehoods unless it is to
deceive the people, deception being
the foundation upon which their
political structure is builded.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1919-02-19

Since the Kaiser fell the children
of the land will not have to bother
with botany any more because
there is no more fermentation.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1919-02-19
NOTICES!


All persons raving claims against
the estate of +. M. Hatcher de-
ceased, will please present same to
]. M. Ross, administrator on or be-
fore first of April, 1919, or be for
ever barred.
]. NJ. ROSS, Adm.
AT Centertown, Ky.