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The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1919-01-22
MRS. LABELLING DIES
OF INFLUENZA.

Mrs. Fritz labelling, age 40 years,
died Wednesday morning, January %,
at her home on the hill, after a short
illness of influenza.
Besides her husband, she leaves six
daughters, Misses Oletha, Maggie,
Josie, Inez, Gladys and Viola.
Mrs. labelling was formerly Miss
Lille Mae Pate, daughter of Mr..
Vane Pate, of Louisville, who ar
rived Wednesday evening, and the
funeral arrangements we're awaiting
his arrival.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1919-01-22

She was-a four-husher, particularly
ss to her abilities In various sports
ADO you golf7" he asked.
"Oh, love goIf,v she answered. 81
play at least 80 holes twice a week."
"And how about tennIs2'
Il won the woman's championship
In our state"
And do you swim2"
"Tha best ever did was a half
mile straight away" she replied.
Somewhat fatigued he changed to
literature. "And how do you like Kip
Ilng7" he asked.
II Ripped an hour only yesterday"
was her unblushing repIy.--Journal Of
the American Medical Association.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1919-01-22

was born and reared in Cloverport,
and is now and has ben for years past
successfully conducting Drug Store
there. He has been Director in the
Bank for several years. His sterling
qualities as business man and gen
tleman render him a valuable asset
of the Bank.
Lewis Reelected Cashier
Paul Lewis, who was reelected
Cashier for the ensuing year, has re-
Gently been honorably discharged
from the Military Service Of the Unit
ed States, after having served therein
since February, 1918, has spent his
entire life in Cloverport since six
weeks of age, having been born at
Hardinsburg He was elected CASH
Ter of the Bank of Cloverport at a
time when that institution was strug-
Cling with the disadvantages of a
fledgeling in the Banking world To
have done what he did with that In
stitution, would have done great cred
It to Cashier of years of experience
Yet, Lewis as a Cashier was then
even more than fledgeling than the
Bank. Inded, at this juncture is wtca
the Banking world found Lewis. Up
on the consolidation of the two Banks
he was elected Cashier and has con-
tinued such since its consolidation,
with the interim of Military Service
mentioned. Upon enlistment he was
assured of his return to the Cashier
ship by the Directors upon his return.
which he Immediately resumed upon
his discharge few weeks hence from
the service. His eminent fitness for
his position is known to all.
Miss Heyser and Miss Burn under
the direction of Mr.. Skillman, during
the ten months absence of Mr.. Lewis,
kept the Banks affairs in tip-top or
der, although at the sacrifice Of great
labor for which much credit is due
them. Such is but an instance of the
unusual efficiency of those in charge
of the Bank
The personnel of the Directory dis
close the members thereof are among
the leading citizens of that commune
ty, and elsewhere. The Bank is
steadily increasing in volume of BUSH
ness, and now has in excess of
$500, 10000, in assets.
Upon conclusion Of the annual
meeting Of the stockholders of the
Breckenridge Bank of Cloverport on
january IA, 1919. Mr., R. L. Oelze up
on behalf Of the officials of the Bank,
in an appropriate address, presented
Mr., Skillman, the retiring President,
with gold watch chain with Ma
sonic Charm, with suitable inscrip-
ton thereon Mr.. Skillman respond
ed feeiingly in appreciation of the sig
nihcance of the gift.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1919-01-22
NO RACE SUICIDE HERE.

Mr. R. Sidney Owen of Hardins-
burg, Route Lis elated beyond meas
ure, and as proud as he can be of his
first son, who arrived Jan. IL, and
weighed pounds. His name has not
been revealed yet.
On the same farm another father
was made happy over the arrival of
9 pound boy on Jan.,12 at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Asa Hockenberry.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1919-01-22
SWEET LITTLE BOY DIES.

- =" III u II % DAHo' =
Glen Dean, Ky. Jan.2o (Speeial) Paul
Ernest Eskridge,son Of Mr.,and Mrs.
Ernest Eskridge, died Saturday Jan.
II. He had been seriously III with
pneumonia for two weeks. and Il
caused his death. The funeral service
was held at the home Sunday afteron.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1919-01-22
CARD OF THANKS

We desire to express our heartfelt
thanks to our friends and relatives
for their loving kindness and tender
sympathy shown us during the illness
and death of our little son, Virgil
Edward. which has left US SO lonely
and broken hearted. Especially do we
thank Dr. Chas. Lightfoot for his
kindness and service and those who
so thoughtfully sent flowers,
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Kinder
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1919-01-22
MARR1Es AT THE AGE OF n

Mr.. George Barley, II years old
and Mrs. Annie E. Brashear were
married Jan. 10 at Stephensport Rev.
Gentry performed the ceremony
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1919-01-22
parkeat just Refore Dawn.

It Is just when a man gets down the
lowest, and things look the darkest
around him. that light breaks in and
hope begins to live again.--R. B. l.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1919-01-22

II many Korean towns one sees
piles OF eggs outside the shops. done
W In straw rolls. This Is the Korean
methoi OF packing eggs. There are.
a. a rule, ten eggs In a roll. and the
straw casing Is so cleverly twisted
and 80 strongly woven that II can be
moved without fear Of the eggs fall
Ing out A native VIII lit up roll,
place Il across his shoulders and
march away. and though the roll may
sway dangerously TO and FRO. is con-
tents always remain intact
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1919-01-22
NOTICE

| have 4 farms to offer
for sale. If you buy a farm
from me you pay no COM
mission. These Farms all
belong to me and are all
paid for. No mortgages or
no purchase money against
them. Absolutely clear tit
les. Call and see me.
JULIAN H. BROWN
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1919-01-22

Optimistic Thought
Remember not TO east pearls before
swine.
The Washington times., 1919-07-22
The Most TaIked-Of Bit of the
Earth'S Surface

You are reading great deal about shantung It has
stolen the first page of all the newspapers and its part in
e spoil Of the great is attracting greater attention
than the revised ownership of any territory.
you were Chinaman Shantung would mean to you
East of the mountains" That is the poetcal Oriental
way of naming province which is east of range which
projects beyond the normal coast line and forms
great peninsula.
Shantng is in area about as large as New York and
Connecticut combined but its population than three
times the population of the two States and makes it the
most densely populated part of all China.
There are three things famous in Chinese history in
the province of Shantg-he birthplace and burial place
Of Conucus the sacred mountain ashan and the Grand
Canal
Confucus was born at a little town in "The Land of
u in the part of the province five hundred and
fifty years before the beginning Of the Christian
With the exception of thirteen years, when he
wsnderer he lived in the province of his birth and made it
famous as a center of philosophy and learning
BE is buried just outside the city of KiuhfoW and it
there that number of his students living in huts
mOuned him for three years. and Tzekung the faith
fu of his pupils remained alone for years after
his companions had left
Tai-shan, the sacred mountain of China, is of about
the altitude Mount Washington in New Hampshire
has been part OF Chinese literature for than four
thousand years. and millions of pilgrims have visited it.
The Grand Canal is artificial river about twelve
hundred miles long, the construction of which was begun
about tweno hundred years ago and completed in its
northern portion about six hundred and fifty years ago.
The most modern portion Of it is the most poorly built
but those sections which antedate history still ex
cellent condition and in daily use for commerce
shantung got its first world notice the province in
which the Boxer uprising had its origin.
Boxer is the English word which sounds most nearly
like the combination of Chinese sounds meaning he fist
Of righteous harmony.
Late in 1892 this organization made its first public dem
Onstraon in Shantung by killing missionary, and the
movement reached its climax in the siege of the Picking
legations.
This bit Of the earths surface rich in no particular
except its tremendous population totally unknown to the
great majority Of people few months ago. has through its
acquisition by Germany its seizure by Japan and its ces
zion to Japan by the terms Of the peace treaty become the
most talkedof part Of the world today.
The Washington times., 1919-07-22
Beatrice Fairfax Writes the Problems
Especially for Washington Women

n IFFERENT times, different
customs. Particularly in
the case of the elderly
widower or bachelor, the man of
fifty or sixty who is really eligible
from the matrimonial point of
view but who has only recently
begun to realize ito see himself
as figure Of romance.
It's an intoxicating knowledge.
And it's invested him with a totally
new personal atmosphere. He's
come overnight to think extreme
ly we'll of himself. He beams
complacently upon the world at
large; he addresses it genially and
at length, he makes a point of eX-
hibiting the briskness Of his walk
and the quickness Of his eye. Life
hasn't passed him by, after all. So
he tries to pretend that he never
suspected life of any such inten-
ton. He loves and is loved. And
the successful lover is on hilar-
iously good terms with the whole
world
Naturally a lover must be mala-
droit, indeed, not to succeed when
a girl is bored and lonely and when
competition is reduced to a highly
undressing minimum. And 1t
must be admitted that this is just
the situation in a multitude of
cases. Young men are far fewer
than they were before the war.
Young, free, unimpaired suitors
don't cluster about an attractive
girl as they once did. It's for
lorn thing to feel within oneself
the capacity for playing the game
Of youth and life and love and yet
to have ones partner, indeed any
partner at all, as it seems, end
lessly delayed. It's the loneliness
that the girls Of Europe have come
to know so we'll and so bitterly,
and that many American girls have
Of late come to know too.
How Does 1t Happen?
But this is an i'll wind of whose
propelling power the elderly lover
has skillfully awaited himself.
Carefully, deliberately, he has
looked at the charming, loverless
young girl whom he once regarded
with the eyes Of an uncle. He has
felt first impersonally sorry for
her, then tender, then impas-
stoned. He has taken an enormous
amount of trouble to make himself
agreeable to her, to prove to her
that the spirit of youth still dwells
in him, and finally to propose him
self to her as lover and husband.
Kindness and sympathy are very
disarming. The lonely girl is in a
mood to respond to love. She actu-
ally sees her elderly lover some
The Washington times., 1919-07-22
No Pretty Way to End a Riot

riot is the ugest blot to be found any civil
cation srs the lowest and drties passions the human
heart contains It is mob insanity turned to the most brutal
cruelty.
There is pretty gentle way of stopping riot Of
any kind particularly riot. The thing must be hit
squarey in the face before starts When hit it must
not be hit softly
To end the riot which is dsgracng Washington is
the duty of the Washington police force and any aid that
may be given by the military authorities. To take halfway
measures tempoze be the defensive NOT going
do the trick The bruaies of the past three nights must
be ended by the most vigorous and uncOmpromsng meas
res, enforced by sufficient number of armed to pre-
clude the possibility Of formation of mobs.
The Washington times., 1919-07-22

come to pass nowadays, that it's
because Of the sad shortage, so
marked in many localities, Of mas
culine youth, l haven't meant to
imply the slightest disparagement
or warning. If an elderly sutton
happens along at a time when a
young girl is feeling rather for
lorn, and if he succeeds in making
himself indispensable, there's moth
ing to be regretted or wept over.
It's simply his good luck, and per-
haps hers, too.
But what does call out ones
surprised and slightly amused COM
ment is the lovers own attitude.
Does he for moment regard him
self as lucky substitute for youth
and beauty, as the mere chance
profiter by a dearth of competi-
tors? On the contrary, his salts
faction with himself Is complete.
He has all the emotions of lordly
triumph, he thoroughly believes
himself to be the chosen and pre-
The Washington times., 1919-07-22

terred among a world Of men. It's
his own charm, his own virtues,
even his own appearance, that have,
he believes, enabled him to con-
quer. He is anything you please
but humble, this accepted sutton Of
fifty. His is the ingenious pride of
utter self-deception.
You can tell by a glance at him
that he discounts youth. that he
has no fear of it, even though
standing, as he does, in youths
place. Poor man, it's as II he had
overcome youth In a fair struggle,
so thoroughly does he believe him
self youths superior. You're q
little sorry for him as you gather
all this from his talk, and at the
same time you allow yourself to
smile a little, and of amazement
you allow yourself a great deal.
His Weakness UnperceiTed.
You may suspect that she per-
ceives all this in her loVer-the
girl who has foregone the lure of
youth. But l assure you that she
doesn't. Once she has fallen in
love with him, no little idiosyn-
crasies of this sort will disturb
her serenity. A woman who can't
invent, or piece out, a satisfactory
personality for the man she is in
love with hasn't any invention at
all, or any gift for loving.
It's an all-over-the-worid phe-
nomenon at present, that Of the
elderly man who has smugly ad-
justed himself to his unexpected
and perhaps undeserved romantic
successes. Do you remember the
grizzled and far from fascinating
bachelor who was the hero of that
piquant novel of London life, 1.-THE
Pretty Lady," that Arnold Ben
nett published a year ago? With
in the space of its rather thinly
separated covers, three women
loved him-women of experience,
sophistication, emotional capacity.
Certainly not because he was
young or handsome or generous or
disinterested or kind, or because he
ever said or did anything in the
least original or interesting. He
was, it is true, we'll born and we'll
TODD, but it can't have been for
these reasons either. 1t can ONLY
have been because there was no
other man alive and within range
who wasn't either too i'll or too
desperately busy to be fallen in
love with. Summed up, that's not
a flattering situation. But this
Englishman, like his prototypes
that you and / have seen, did not
refuse to be flattered by it.
All of which is but the briefest
testimony to one aspect of the
power, theinKineihiitg EOmsnee.
The Washington times., 1919-07-22
TODAY'S TOPIC
THE ELDERLY LOVER

what as he would have her see him
but not in the least as she would
have seen him had there been any
youthful rival at hand. Then, too,
she. is sure to feel the maternal
urge to "take care of" him, and the
farther removed he is from youth,
the better excuse he will offer for
this tender solicitude of hers.
Unromantic? Not necessarily so,
by any means. If the spirit of
romance is alive in you, such a
trifle as disparity in age isn't of
the slightest moment. These June
and-December affairs will often
amaze you by the range of reality
Of their romantic feeling.
Age Difference Unimportant.
Indeed, if they are spontaneous
and not the result of avarice or
ambition, ] know of no reason why
such marriages should not be
among the happiest that there are.
In explaining how so many of them
The Washington times., 1919-07-22
Once-Overs
Copyright 1919 International Feature Service, Inc
LAW RULES THE WORLD.

Copyright International Feature Service Inc
LAW RULES THE WORLD.
Are the kind Who when disappointment cuss
the luck that had hand yourself whatever
has to you?
1t everything adverse which happens this
world had its start something which ansgressed the laws of the
universe.
Your child has dphhea through fault of
it's but the health officer looking icebox find bit Of
daying vegetable communicating the milk and butter
cooler
The law works whether of not
You get the results in disease.
been out this
all this time it has been in the repair shop but drop Of water in
the lack of oil in another
has ground down moothns part which should be notched
should have been ghenedt neglected and lost and
there a breakdown
Was luck? hair the fate of a nation;
W
The Washington times., 1919-07-22
What's Doing; Where; When

Musical Entertainment Epiphany
Church, street between Thirteenth and
Fourteenth streets northwest, p. m
Social Dance-wilson Normal School.
Eleventh and Harvard streets northwest.
Z. m.
Social Choir and Dance-Triuity Parish
Hall, Third and c streets northwest, at
7:30 p. m
DancC--Park View School. corner New
ton and Warder streets northwest, p m.
Entertainment-Lobby OF Liberty Hut,
opposite Union Station. at p. m.
i.ost Dance-Knights OF Columbus Hut,
Walter Reed Hospital.
THnce--GGvernrasnt Recreation League,
Armory, Fifth and L streets northwest
Community Decentralization High
School. Seventh street and Pennsylvania
avenue -AouthaaGts
The Washington times., 1919-07-22

Today.
Exeursion-Modern Woodmen Of Amer
lea, Chesapeake Beach
Hike-YounE Mems Christian Associa-
ton, meet at Anacostia bridge, 7:45 .. m.
walk TO Fort Stanton. old civil war fort.
Ice cream festival-Trinity Parish Hall,
Third and streets northwest, 1880 p. m.
Dance-Eastern High School, Eighth
street and Pennsylvania avenue southeast,
D. m.
Open-air dance-T homson School,
Twelfth and L streets northwest, s:45 until
IL p. m.
Social dance-CentraI High School
Twelfth and Clifton streets northwest, 6
y. IN
Tomorrow.
Dance-Thomson School, Twelfth and L
St1eotS naEtbWeSt. 6:A6 until IL nm
The Washington times., 1919-07-22
HiRher Pay Needed.

10 the Editor Of The Times:
One thing the matter with the navy
b the almighty dollar. The men
have no strong objection TO disci-
pine, and the uniform has proved
10 be the most comfortable and best
looking OF all the nayies Of the
world. The trade schools are suffi-
gent suggest that the scale Of
wages Of the enlisted men be put on
IN equal basis with that Of the civil
employe, and we will have not only
many new recruits, but will expe-
Pence the return 20 service Of hun
Ereds Of trained men who have left
because Of insufficient pay.
I have recently bean discharged
The Washington times., 1919-07-22
A Sailor. Wife Write.,

To the Editor Of The Times:
i am the wife Of a chief petty Of.
ficer whose pay after five years ser.
vice Is $1,000 a month. I have three
children. I would like to know how
I can properly care for my family on
$40. There, Is no inducement for q
married man to re-enlist in the navy
when he can make more on the out
side.
4 NAVAL MANS WIFE
The Washington times., 1919-07-22
TO the Editor Of The Times:

The matter with the navy IL pay. A
pan cannot support q family on navy
pay without his wifes working.
Bometimes that cannot be done. / am
on my second enlistment, a chief petty
officer, have q wife and three chill
EFen, and draw $7e per month.
Deduct the mess allowance, IS, and
= for laundry, and $3.50 for insurance,
and the expense Of new uniforms. and
you have enough left to buy canary
bird seed
CHEF ELECTRICIAN, o. s.N.
The Washington times., 1919-07-22
The Matter With the NAVY

with twelve years service to nv
credit, having served from appren-
tice seaman to petty officer, and q
good-conduct medal proves my de-
pertinent so ! am qualified to write
on this subject
FRANK ]. SCoyuLE
The Washington times., 1919-07-22
Just the Same IN the Armv.

To the Editor of The Times:
In regard to your editorial entitled
Something's the Matter With the
Navy" I would say the same con6i-
ton obtains in the army. 1 WIS with
the 3l2th machine gun battalion for
six months in France, anI I found
the same fault there that the men in
the navy ind with that service
& ElIRR
The Washington times., 1919-07-22

A woman reader comments some
what bitterly on attempts TO raise
millions for memorials while soldiers
in New York and elsewhere are re-
ported to be selling their distn-
guished war crosses In paWnshops
to buy neeessaEies of life.
The Washington times., 1919-07-22
HEARD AND SEEN

"Ex-soldier" and NJ. ". turn loose
shots at desk officers" who are
still holding down call sorts OF
camouflaged jobs" in Washington
at heavy cost to the country. Il
there is any blame for this situa-
ton it rests with the heads Of the
War and Navy Departments, who
are the best judges Of what should
be done. Many Of the officers still
retained here would greatly like to
return to their former occupations.
There is no question that many OF
them are still around.
The Preacher-Fried Chicken.
MANY Of US can remember when
chickens were so cheap nobody be-
gr1dRed feeding the preacher on
fried chicken when he came on visits.
49, ABE MARTIN.
Just why Abe should remind any
body of this now, with young
chickens selling at 70 cents pound
the editor cannot tell.
In my early reportorial days IN
the South 1 distinctly remember
when large frying chickens, weigh
ing two pounds and more, sold for
fifteen cents each or two for 20
cents.
SMITH D. FRY recalls how
thirty years ago PHILIP soUsA,
the "March King" then the leader
Of the Marine band, sought to have
Congress give a commission to the
leader of that band, as it did long
after SOUSA had returned to pri-
vate life and established his fame
Yet on July 4 SOUSA'S marches
were played everywhere. Justice
and recognition are frequently long
delayed.
The Washington times., 1919-07-22
Well, Did Hel

JOSEPH NJ. HANLON, clerk in
the police department-"Who re-
members when WALTER HAIGHT,
alias 'Scabby,' made a hit playing
with the Columbia Baseball Asso-
eiatinnfS
The Washington times., 1919-07-22

-~@A~@<A~N VIII bPSuu inc no0k END
weeks in Philly, Atlantic City and
New York.
ALBERT L. FRIES is respon-
slble for the facts contained in this
communication: A dark, stormy
night last December. Foot passen-
gers and machines galore on their
way home at crossing Of Seventh
street and Pennsylvania avenue.
Traffic officer not at post, pre-
sumably sought shelter from storm
Lights Of semaphore at crossing
either badly smoked or out and
could not be distinguished. Motorist
does not see semaphore in dark
ness and another car forces him to
left. Bumps into semaphore. Sol-
der picks up semaphore, stacks II
in gutter and says it is not harmed.
Police department been prosecuting
motorist ever since trying to collect
S1S.75 repair charges to semaphorA.
Who is wrong? Why should the
motorist be penaliZed? Motorist has
no money to hire lawyer TO defend
case, but is disposed to 90 to the
mat with police department before
paying bill.
The Washington times., 1919-07-22

While the District is urging rs not
to use water on lawns, three water
carts went along Kentucky avenue
Saturday sprinkling streets already
wet from the shower. DIXIE.
The Washington times., 1919-07-22

Mrs. C. C. CUMBERLAND, Of
Ballston, Va, asserts that a large
industry in Alexandria has dis
criminated against soldiers of the
A. E. F.
The Washington times., 1919-07-22

z ]. DUFFY and VINCENT CAL
LAHAN will spend the next two
weeks in Philly, Atlantic City and
New York.