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The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-07-30

month aftcs his ninth birthday anni-
versary. when the Major gave him his
Dony. he had already become acquaint-
ed with the toughest boys In various
distant parts Of the town, and had
convinced them that the toughness OK
rich little boy with long curls might
be considered in many respects SUI
perior to their own. He fought them,
learning how to go baresark at GER
tain point in a fight, bursting into
tears of anger, reaching for rocks, ut
tering walled threats of murder, and
attempting to fulfill them. Fights
often led to intimacies, and he ac-
Quired the art Of saying things more
exciting than 'Don't hat tol" and
Doctor says 1t amt healthyl" Thus
on summer afternoon a strange boy.
sitting bored upon the gatepost Of the
Rev. MalIoch Smith. beheld George
ANDERSON Minafer rspidiy approach
ing on his white poly and was Inn
PEELED by bitterness to shout: "Sho0t
the ole jackassl Look at the girly
curlsl Say, bub, where'd you steal
your mothers ole sashi"
'Y0ur sister stole it for me |" George
instantly replied, checking the pON
rShe stole 1t on our clo'esline an gave
1t to me-"
"You go get your hair cutl" said
the stranger hotly. "Yahl 1 haven't
got any sister,
II know you haven't at home"
George responded. II mean the one
that's in jail"
Il dare you to get down on that
ponyw
George jumped to the ground, and
the other boy descended from the Rev.
Mr.. Smiths gatepost-but he descend
ed inside the gate. II dare you CT
side that gate" said George.
"Yahl / dare you half way here.
I dare you"
But these were luckless challenges,
for George Immediately vaulted the
fence-and four minutes later Mrs,
Malloch Smith, hearing strange noises,
looked forth from a window; then
screamed, and dashed for the pastors
study. Mr.. Malloch Smith, that GRIM
bearded preacher, came to the front
yard and found his visiting nephew
being rapidly prepared by Master Min
lfer to serve as a principal figure In :
4 pageant of massacre. 1t was with
great physical difficulty that Mr..
Smith managed to give his nephew
chance to ESCAPE into the house. for
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Seems to me it would 70 against 4
persons stomach. just before supper
like that and anyway tea isn't at for
much-not unless you're sick or some
thing. Looks to me like some people
in this city'd be willing to 90 crazy
if they thought that would help em to
be as heightened as Ambersons. Old
Aleck Minafer-he's about the closest
old codger we got--he come in my Of
flee the other day. and he pretty near
had q stroke tellin' me about his
daughter Fanny. Seems Miss Isabel
Amberson's got some kind of dog
they call 1t ST. Bernard-and Fanny
was bound to have one. too. Well.
old Aleck told her he didn't like dogs
except rat terriers, because rat ter
rier cleans up the mice, but she kept
on at him, and finally he said all right
she could have one. Then, by George
she says Amberson's bought their
dog, and you don't get one without
paying for it: they cost from fifty to
a hundred dollars upl old Aleck
wanted to know II ever heard of
anybody's buyin' a dog before, be-
cause, even a Newfoundland or SET
Ter, you can usually get somebody to
give you one. He says he saw some
sense In payin' niger dime, or
even a quarter, to drown a dog for
you, but to pay out fifty dollars and
maybe more-well, sir, he like to
'hoked himself to death. right there
IN my officel OF. course everybody
realizes that Major ANDERSON is fine
business man, but what with THROWN
money around for dogs, and every
which and what, some think all this
'tyle's bound to break him up. If his
amily don't quit I"
One citizen, having thus discoursed
o visitor, came to thoughtful
'ause, and then added, "Does seem
'retty much like squandering, yet
vhen you see that dog out walking
With this Miss Isabel, he seems worth
he money"
What's she look like?y
We'll, sir" said the citizen, "she's
OF more than just about eighteen or
laybe nineteen years old, and 1 don't f,
now as / know just how to put it.
ut she's kind of delightful lookin' !.
Oung ladyr'
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enOugh-they left traces of that fear
To their sons and grandsons. In the
minds Of most OF these, indeed, their
thrift was next to their religion to
save, even for the sakeof saving, was
their earliest lesson and discipline. No
matter how prosperous they We're they
could not spend money either upon
Fart" or upon mere luxury and enter
tainment, without a sense Of sin.
/ Against so homespun a background
the magniicence of the Ambersons was
as conspicuous as brass band at
funeral. Major Anderson bought two
hundred acres of land at the end OF
National avenue; and through this
tract he built broad streets and cross
streets; paved them with cedar block.
and curbed them with stone. He set up
fountains, here and there, where the
streets intersected, and at symmetri-
cal intervals placed cast-iron statues,
painted white, with their titles clear
upon the pedestals; Minerva. Mer-
curry, Hercules, Venus, Gladiator, En-
peror Augustus, Fisher Boy, Stag
hound, Mastiff, Greyhound, Fawn,
Antelope, Wounded Doe and Wounded
Lion. Most Of the forest trees had
been left to flourish still,. and, at some
distance, or by moonlight, the place
was in truth beautiful; but the ardent
citizen, loving to see his city grow,
wanted neither distance nor moon
light. He had not seen Versailles,
but, standing before the fountain Of
Neptune In Anderson addition, at
bright noon, and quoting the favorite
Of the local newspapers
he declared Versailles outdone. All
his Art showed a profit from the
start, for the lots sold well and there
vas something like rush to build
n the new Addition. It's main thor
'ughfare, an oblique continuation of
avenue, was called Amber
on boulevard and here. at the juno
ure of the new boulevard and the
venue, Major Anderson reserved
our acres for himself and built his
ew hOuse-the Anderson mansion, of
curse.
This house was the pride of the
own. Faced with stone as far back
S the dining-room windows, it was a
Ouse of arches and turrets and Cir
ling stone porches: it had the first
Orte cochere seen in that town.
here was a central "front hall" with
great black-walnut stairway, and
zen 10 green glass skylight called t
e dome" three stories above the i
'Ound floor. A ballroom occupied i
ost of the third story, and at one a
Id of it was carved a. walnut gallery n
r the musicians. Citizens told stran- p
RS that the cost of all this black 5
alnut and wood carving was sixty c
ousand dollars. "Sixty thousand a
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golly, / guess you think you own this
town" an embittered laborer COM
planned one day, as George rode the
pony straight through a pile Of sand
the man was sievlng. 81 will when
/ grow up" the undisturbed child re-
piled. Il guess my grandpa owns it
now, you bet!" And the baffied work.
man, having no means to controvert
what seemed mere exaggeration Of
the facts, could only mutter, "Oh, pull
down your vest"
Don't hat tol Doctor says 1t amt
healthyf' the boy returned promptly.
But ] tell you what I'll do: I'll pull
down my vest If you'll wipe OF your
chimp
This was stock and stencil: the ac-
customed argot Of street badInage of
the period; and in such matters Geor-
gle was an expert. He had no vest
to pull down; the homogeneous fact
was that fringed sash girdIed the
Juncture Of his velvet blouse and
breeches, for the Fauntleroy period
had set in, and Georges mother had
SO poor an eye for appropriate things,
where George was concerned, that
she dressed him according to the doc
trine of that school in boy decoration.
Not only did he wear silk sash, and
silk stockings and a broad lace collar
with his little black velvet suit: he
had long brown curls, and often came
home with burrs in them.
Except upon the surface (Which was
not his own work but his mother's)
George bore no vivid resemblance to
the fabulous little Cedric. The sto-
ried boys famous Lean on me, grand
father" would have been difficult to
Imagine upon the lips Of George. A
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aucerest thing I ever heard To thinR
of her taking Wilbur Minafer, just
because man any woman would like
ia thousand times better was d little
Wild one night at a serenader
''No. that wasn't her reason" said
wise Mrs. Henry Franklin Foster "If
men only knew it--and it's good
thing they don't-a woman doesn't
really care much about whether a
mans wild or not, If it doesn't affect
herself, and Isabel Anderson doesn't
care a thingp
Mrs. Fosterl"
mo, she doesn't. What she minds
is his making a clown of himself in
her front yard 1t made her think he
DIDN'T care much about her She's
probably mistaken, but that's what
she thinks. and it's too late for her
to think anything else now, because
she's going to be married right away
the invitations will be out next
week. It'll be aIbig Amberson-style
thing, raw oysters floating In scooped-
out blocks Of Ice and band from out
of town-champagne, snowy presents;
a colossal present from the Major.
Then Wilbur will take Isabel on the
carefulest little wedding trip he can
manage, and she'll be a good wife to
him, but they'll have the worst spoiled
lot Of children this town will ever
see."
"How on earth do you make that
out, Mrs. FosterT
"She couldn't love Wilbur. couId
she?" Mrs. Foster demanded, with no
challengers. swell, 1t Will all go to
her children, and she'll ruin 'em!"
The prophecies proved to be mis-
taken in single detail merely: except
for that her foresight was accurate.
The wedding was of, Ambersonian
even to the floating oy-
Sters; and the Majors colossal pres
ent was set of architects designs
Tor house almost as elaborate and
impressive as the Mansion, the house
o be built in ANDERSON addition by
he Major.
AT midnight the bride was still be-
ng toasted in champagne, though she
lad departed upon her wedding jour
ley at ten. Four days later the pair
lad returned to town, which prompt
less seemed fairly to demonstrate
hat Wilbur had indeed taken Isabel
lpon the carefulest little trip he could
manage. According to every report
he was from the start "a good wife
o him." but here in a final detail the
rophecy proved Inaccurate. Wilbur
nd Isabel did not have children; they
lad only one.
"Only one" Mrs. Henry Franklin
'oster admitted. "But I'd like to
now if he isn't spoiled enough for
whole carloadw
Again she found none to challenge
er.
At the age of nine George Amber
on Minafer, the Majors one grand
hid, was princely terror, dreaded
Ot only In Anderson addition but in
many other quarters through which
e gallOped on his white pony. "By
The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-07-30

Country Produce
Dealers buy at the following prices:
HIDES-Dry flint, soc; sailed csc:
green sailed, 22c fresh, 19c; sheep
skins, 25c a $1.OO; goat and kid
skins, 20 to Coo; horse hides, $500 "a
5000. " "
Wo0L-Washed, spring clip, csc:
unwashed, Ate q SOC; bury, soc a
45c.
METALS-Copper, per ID, 9 "a
lie; brass, &c a lie; scraps iron
soc to doc per 100 ID ; aluminium, Ice
zinc, &c; lead &c; battery lead, &c:
block tin, 44c; tinfOil, soc; old rub.
Der tires, 2 to 21ac; innertubes, mix
ed &c a SC.
misunderstanding to color
and kind, Is to 45c, New Goose
feathers, 9Oc.
TALLoW-Per ID, tx a SMc.
BEESWAX-Per ID, 35c.
WILD RooTs-Ginseng, wild, s12
a $1S per ID; golden seal, $500;
pink root, zoe; mayappIe, Sc; blood
root, 7c; star root, 25c.
The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-07-30
NOTICE

All persons, firms and, Operations
who have not made their assessments
for City Taxes for the year., 1919,
are requested to call at my Office in
the City Hall and make said assess
ment at once.
The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-07-30
MARKET BASKET
Corrected July 4.

Prices at which retailers sell i'm
portant staples to consumers in Hop
kinsville are given below. Slight va
rlations from these quotations may
oe found on some items at some
stores according to the basis on which
the purchase is made and to the
grade of the item purchased.
The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-07-30
7. E. Barley

Stu Assessor for City Of HopkinsviIIe.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-05-02
Dandruf Soon
Ruins The Hair

Girls-if you want plenty of thick,
beautiful, glossy, silky hair, do by all
means get rid of dandruff, for it
will starve your hair and ruin it if
you don't.
1t doesn't do much good to try to
brush or wash it out. The only sure
way to get rid of dandruff is to dis
solve it, then you destroy it entirely.
To do this, get about four ounces of
ordinary liquid arvon; apply it at
night when retiring; use enough to
moisten the scalp and rub it in gent
ly with the finger tips.
BY morning. most il not all, of
your dandruff will be gone, and
three or four more applications will
completely dissolve and entirely de-
stroy every single sign and trace
of it.
You will find, too, that all itching
and digging of the scalp will stop.
and your hair will look and feel a
hundred times better. You can get
liquid arvon at any drug store. 1t
is inexpensive and four ounces is all
you will need, no matter how much
dandruff you have. This simple
remedy never fails.--Adv,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-05-02

Casper, Wyo., November "a, 1913
Was delayed. Dad is in pretty bad
shape, although news of deal is
making him feel better P. Gil
christ"
who was dad referred to in this
telegram? | thought you called
Chrisman dad How many daddies
have you?" asked Chrismans attor-
ney of Peggy. ...
That telegram was only an in
nuendo. Dad can mean anything
In this case it meant my dad" Peggy
replied.
You wanted Chrisman to believe
that your dad was i'll, did your"
He may have been i'll for all that
| knew. / knew that Patrick Gil
christ was ILL.," was the response.
+ you wrote to Mr.. Chrisman as
Daddy Chrisman,' did your"
ooh, yes, he was like father to
me and | wrote to him like a
daughter would, but that was no,
as endearing as the letters he wrote
to me- ......
Didn't Like J,lnmy's Face.
as it not fact asked Attorney
Hatteroth, that Chrisman wanted
you and your husband Jimmy to gel
an apartment, instead of suggesting
an apartment for himself, you and
Miss Casey?"
My, no, indeed not; he was
afraid that Jimmy was going to live
with us. When Jimmy and were
first married Mr.. Chrisman said he
thought that Jimmy had a very
weak face and that he never would
be good enough for me, and he
tugged at my dress as if that was q
good joke. He at first suggested
that we get three rooms at the
hotel. and that he would have his
Office in the center room, so then
went UP to the sixth floor and got
a room, but he found his way ur
there"
During her testimony Peggy
vouchsafed the information that il
takes lots of money for her to live
in the manner in which she has beer
accustomed to.
Mr.. Chrisman entered positive
denials to most of the testimony Of
Peggy.
1T is absolutely false that | sug,
gested an apartment for myself and
! Mrs. Sellers, and it is also false thai
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-05-02
Man SENT UP FOR
STEALING H0 G S
GIVEN PARDON
Petition Signed by Judge Who
Passed Sentence, and
Woman Who Owned
Animals.

Lincoln, May IA pardon was
granted to Harry Willis of Custer
county yesterday by Acting Gov
ernor Bsrrows. Willis will move
with his parents to California
Willis was sent to the peniten-
tiary for an indeterminate sentence
of from one to five years for par
ticipating with two other young
men in stealing hogs. They were
out on a lark and stole the swine,
spent the money and were after
wards. arrested
The woman from whom the hogs
were stolen was reimbursed for
their value and later signed petit
ton for the parole of the other two
participants.
The application for the pardon
of Willis was accompanied by a pc
tition signed by the district judge
who sentenced him, the county at
torney and many of the most in
huential citizens of Broken Bow,
including Supreme Court Justice
Dean.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-05-02
BAPT|STS CLOSE
CONVENTION At
GRAND ISLAND
Scottsb|uff Chosen for Next
Meeting; A. B. Newell, Glen
vile Banker, Elected Presi-
went Of Organization.
BY a Staff Correspondent.

Grand Island, Neb.. May 1.-The
Nebraska Baptist convention closed
its 1919 session Thursday after
electing officers and fixing SCOTS
Bluff for the place for the next
meeting. A. B. Newell, banker, of
Chenille, Neb., was reelected presi-
dent of the convention.
The committees report favoring
Scots Bluff aroused some argu-
ment, though the large majority ia
vored the recommendation because
of a promise given at a previous
convention. The First church of
Lincoln was also after the meeting.
The committee report favored
holding the convention in October,
next year. Rev. Howard c. Whit
comb was chosen to deliver the next
annual sermon. The missionary SER
mon is to be given by Rev. w. T.
Elmore.
Other Officers.
Aside from the reelection of Pres
ident Newell, Rev. +. w. Benjamin
of Norfolk was elected first vice
president; Rev. J. L. Barton of Oma-
ha, second vice-president; Rev. w.
7. Elmore of Lincoln, third vice
president; Rev. r. E. Brown of Fair
bury, recording secretary; Rev. w.
f. Rhoades of Omaha, treasurer;
Rev. H. r. Coon of Grand Island,
historian and Rev. Ray York of Lin
coin, corresponding secretary. Trus-
tees of the convention, various board
members, trustees of the student
council, and trustees of the Grand
Island college, were also chosen or
nominated.
The Baptist women effected
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-05-02
ITALIANS AWAIT
OvERTURES FROM
COUNCIL IN PARIS
Rome Dispatches Indicate
Statesmen Are Considering
Fiume Question With
Greater CaImneSS.

Rome, May l.-(By Associated
s.)-The Italian delegation to
the peace conference met late yes
terday under the craftsmanship of
Premier Orlando to consider the sit
uation. The meeting came. after
conferenceA the premier had had
with the king and American AM
bassador Page.
The king expressed satisfaction at
the display of unity and loyalty CIV
en- by the Italian country and parlia-
ment.
Although the Italian delegates
maintain strict reserve, it seems coll
elusive that Italy will not make any
further move unless the allied gov
ernments first agree among them
selves on united proposal which
likely would be acceptable to this
country.
shington. May 1.-Dispatches
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-05-02
Douglas County To Be
We'll Represented at
Meeting Of Soldiers

Douglas county returned soldiers
are working hard in connection with
the other counties of the state to OBJ
tain the, largest possible representa-
ton at the state meeting to be held
at the Commercial club in Lincoln
tomorrow to perfect an organization
Of Worldwide soldiers in Nebraska.
After permanent organization
has be formed and officers elected
for the ensuing year, it is said dele
gates to represent the state will be
elected to attend the national con-
vention of returned soldiers, sailors
and marines to be held in St. Louis
May 8, and 10.
Ted Metcalf, who is chairman of
the local publicity committee, de-
clared that Douglas county sons
would have an organization of 5000
and that the object is to obtain
state membership of 10000.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-05-02
Lincoln Man Fined SIS
for Killing Muskrats in
Epworth League Park

Lincoln, May LIB. F. Stump, an
employee of Lincoln fur COM
pany, was arrested yesterday for
killing muskrats in Epworth League
park near Lincoln. He was given
a fine of SIS and costs. amounting
to $2l70, and in default payment is
in Jail.
Muskrat skins are worth from
Is cents to $3.50 and it is under
stood Stump has been suspected of
doing quite business in killing the
animals and disposing of the skins.
He had one rat in his possession
when taken. This is the breeding
season and therefore the authori-
ties of the game department are not
likely to be very lenient with Of
tenders if caught.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-05-02

| was instrumental in any manner
in her divorce action" Chrisman
testified.
He added that Peggy represented
that "P. Gilchrist' was her father,
that he lived in Billings and would
meet Peggy and himself there, but
when he arrived in Billings, there
was no "P. Gilchrist."
Says Gave Her Money.
"When she wanted any money"
Chrisman testified, "she just came to
me and said: Dad, have you got
any money! and then pulled it
out and gave it to her. If it would
have been five times as much as she
asked for I would have given it to
her. She promised to repay me the
money"
The first item Chrisman was ex-
amined on was So dated January 8.
He testified that he was awakened
at S a. m. by Peggy, who told him
over the telephone that she was on
her way from Belle PLANE to Sioux
City and needed money. H.
did you have breakfast with
Peggy that morning."
Il did,.
Did you charge her for the
breakfast"
Jotted Down items. s.
eyes, all meals were put down in
the little red book. | always jotted
the items down then and there"
"Where were you when you paid
her this item of $8.40?"
II sent her to the bank with
money to pay for draft and she
kept the change"
Then you did not pay it to herr"
mo, ard that was the last time l
sent her to the bank"
DO you think that she is honest
Mn spite of the fact that she kept
this item of $S.40?"
Liked to Spend Money.
eyes, | believe she was honest and
| believe she would be honest if she
was left alone. but she just couldn't
have money and not spend it.
where were you when you paid
here the $500 on February 22?"
II was in her room at the hotel.
She told me that she wanted to buy
a new suit, so | gave her 500.
That was the 500 which Peggy
testified was paid for two kisses.