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The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-03-12
MAYSVILLE BECOMES
A THIRD CLASS CITY
WHEN GOV. SIGNS
Bill EIevatlng Maysville into the Third
Glass Was Signed Last Night BY
Governor Edwin p. Morrow
Many Changes Made.

The special act of the General AS
sembly elevating Maysville from the
Fourth to the Third Glass of cities
which was passed by the House Of
Representatives some several weeks
ago and passed by the Senate this
week was signed by Governor Edwin
p. Morrow last night and the bill be-
comes a law.
The elevation of Maysville to the
third class will not be felt here how
ever during the present administration
but the next administration of the city
affairs will adopt the third class city
system and Maysville will be at once
put into the list of cities in the third
class and be allowed to operate under
the laws governing the third class
cities in Kentucky.
This change of class will bring
about many changes in the manage
ment of city affairs The Board of
Council will hold two meeting each
month instead of one as at present
The tax limit will. be increased, al
though it is not thought that it will
be necessary to increase the present
tax rate. There will be no material
change in the school management
from those provided for in the special
Fourth Glass city bill which was
adopted by the General Assembly last
| week.
The Chief Executives of Third class
cities are. given considerable more
power than those of Fourth Glass cit
les as the Mayor of such cities is given
the authority to appoint policemen
fremen and other officials. however
these appointed officials must be ap-
rroved by the Board of Council which
makes the Mayor the one responsible
for nominating practically all city Of
ficials.
The bill elevating Ma~sville to the
new class also elevated the city OF
Corbin to this class and brought sever
al cities UP from the fifth class to the
fourth. Representative Huntsman was
the author of the measure and includ-
ed Maysyille's elevation in the bill at
the instance of Representative W. S
Yazell. of Mason county.
The chief value of such a change is
prestige. 1t places Maysville in class
with other cities of the state more OF
its same size and influence and lifts
us from a class composed largely OF
much smaller cities than our own.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-03-12
Nine ARE DEAD
IN Big TORNADO
SWEEPING MISSOURI
School Children Are Trapped By
Flood and Damage To Property
Is Very High.

Springfield, Mo-, March u. - Tor
nadoes in the last "a hours took toll
of nine lives in southwest Missouri.
Many persons we're injured. A few are
missing
Torrential rains accompanied the
storm. which seemed to center at
Melva and extended for a radius of Is
miles on all sides.
Four towns we're in the tornado
zone.
At Melva five are known to be dead
and several injured A few persons
have not been accounted for, and it is
feared the death toll will be doubled.
Some of the victims at Melva were
school children, members of the fam
lilies of William Box and Rand Box,
brothers. Dismissed from school, they
were playing on the banks of Turkey
Greek when they suddenly were en-
quilted in the rush of the storm waters
Ridgeway Manky. school boy. play
ing with the Box children. was caught
by the tornado and hurled 1000 feet
through the air When he regained
consciousness he saw his brother. Will
liam. with whom he had been playing
struggling in the flood. but was toe
weak to save him. William Manky
body later was recovered from Turkey
Creek
Mrs. Alva Howard and her infant
child also were caught in the sudden
! flood and killed.
At Branson. in the food zone, Will
liam Jackson lost his life.
John Gross and his wife were blown
away in their home, north of Branson
and no trace has been found of man
woman or house
At Oasis two persons are reported
missing.
Rex Piersall, Harry Brewer and
William Rothwell were reported killed
at Nevada. Mo. Winds blew down a
brick building and masonry crashed
through the roof of the building in
which the men were working. crush
ing them. according to reports today.
Property damage at Nevada is report
ed to be heavy.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-03-12
EIGHTEENTH BIRTHDAY I,
CELEBRATED BY VETERAN
Cival War Veteran, Aberdeen Mer.
chant Celebrates His Eighteenth
Birthday, February Goth.

Although Mr.. A. T. Boswell, the
prominent Aberdeen business man was
a soldier for four years during the
Civil War and is now an honored
member of the G. A. r.. birthdays have
had a freakish way of passing him by
in fact he has had but eighteen-al-
though he looks somewhat older not
withstanding the fact that he carries
his age well.
The last one to occur was on Sun
day, February Goth and was duly cele.
brated by the members of his family
who provided him with a days enter
tainment and a bountiful dinner
Numerous old friends remembered
him with greetings and all join in
wishing him the average number of
birthdays which will put him far to the
good as he only gets one every four
years, on the 29th of February.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-03-12
SPECIAL PROGRAM FOR
BAPTIST YOUNG PEOPLE
B. Y. p. L. of the First Baptist Church
Announces Specially Attractive
Program For Sunday Evening.

The B. Y. p. u of the First Baptist
Church is making a special effort to
reach the Al Standard of Excellence
and the officers and group leaders are
very anxious that every member of
the Union attend the weekly devotion
al services. A cordial invitation is ex-
tended to all church members and
friends as well. The young people
need their encouragement.
On next Sunday evening the pro-
gram will be in charge of Group Two
of which Mrs. Ben. H. Greenlee is
leader. The meeting will be a Bible
study meeting and the subject is Ca
leb Good Scout" The special pro-
gram as arranged by the group fol-
lows:
Prayer-Mr. Jess Gather.
Scripture Lesson - Jos. 1865 -
Leader. Mrs. Ben Greenlee.
Song.
Observation-Disclosures
Talk-"Caleb Was a Mon of Cour-
age"-Mr. Frank Tolle
caleb Wasn't Afraid to Be in Min
ority"-Miss Theresa Cassaday.
Caleb Knew How to Keep Young
Miss Maryanna Mcdaniel.
Solo-Miss Wannie Hall
caleb Wasn't Afraid of a Hard Job
Mrs. ]. A. Davis.
Caleb Wholly Followed the LORD
His God."-Prof. w. ]. Caplinger.
Song.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-03-12
LEWIS COUNTY
POSTOFFICE ROBBED

The postoffice at Ruggles in Lewis
county. was reported Saturday as rob-
bed Friday night. A request was sent
to Manchester for bloodhound and
one fine large animal was brought here
on No. 2 eastbound train. They were
at once taken to the scene of the rob
berry by Jailer Lee Sullivan. When
taken to the place of robbery he at
once took up the trail and is said to
have gone to house not very far OF.
We understand that nothing further
was done in the matter. The dog used
has fine record. This office at Rug
giles has had a number of robberies to
its credit. - Vanceburg Sun.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-03-12
HIGH SCHOOL LYCEOM
COURSE CLOSES TO-
NIGHT WITH MUSIC
Last Number Of the Maysyille High
School Lyceum Course win Be
KryPs Orchestral Sextette
Tonight.

The Maysvlle High School Lyeeum
ming. This seasons course has been
one of the best arranged by the vari-
ous lyceum committees since the
establishment of the local course. The
school authorities report that the
course has been a financial success but
not as large a financial success as
some of the former courses.
After season of high class lectures,
entertainments and musical programs,
it is quite fitting that the course should
be brought to a close with such high
class organization as Bohumir Kryl Of
fers in his snecially trained Orchestral
Sextette
~ Practically every year for some time
past, Bohumir Krvl, the famous band
master and cornetist. has organized an
important musical company for the
Lyceum DEPARTMENT of the Redpath
Bureau--These comnanies have invari-
ably achieved wonderful success. This
year the Redpath management again
has a Kryl company - Kryl's Orches-
-tral Sextette, and Mr.. Kryl states that
1t is one of the best companies he has
ever organized. That it will please the
lyceum audiences goes without saying.
Miss Irene Stolofsky is leader Of the
sextette and both as director and as an
individual artist she is competent in
deed. She has a splendid position
among the younger violinists CT the
country. Miss Bernice Arthur is an
other artist of the seXtette whose work
stands out prominently. She is the
pianist of the company but she also
features with the accordian. In addi-
ton. with her brother Edward Arthur,
who has been drummer with the
Kryl band for number of years, she
appears in a marimbaphone duet
While the ensemble work of the sex
tette is always a delightful part of the
program the work of the artists in
solos, duets, trios and quartettes is
equally notable. The program is care
fully selected and consists of popular
and classic music in enjoyable pro-
portions
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-03-12
ASKS COURT TO MAKE
DEED FOR FARM.

T. T. Hill, administrator, guardian,
etc, VS.. John W. Kabler, ct ais, is the
style of a friendly suit brought in the
Mason Circuit Court this morning in
which the plaintiff asks the court to
make a deed for certain Mason coun-
ty farm sold to the defendant in which
a number of minor heirs are con-
cerned
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-03-12
ALL SORTS OF WRATHE.

Maysville has experienced all sorts
of weather today with rain. hail. wind
and sunshine and the Weather Prophet
for this district says that the day will
come to an end with a severe cold
snap. Old timers say that the thunder
heard several times during the day is
a sure sign that spring has arrived.
every one agrees that taken in all. this
has been real March day.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-03-12
ONE PER CENT. INCREASE
MAY MAKE UP DEFICIT,

The County Board of Tax Supervis-
ors is quite busy every day just now
equalizing the county taxes. 1t is un-
derstood that the board will probably
be able to make up the $25O,OOO neces-
sary on town lots By fiat increase OF
one per cent. on all town lot valuations
in the county. The board will likely be
in session for several days yet.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-03-12
MISSING WOMAN is
LOCATED IN MISSOURI.

A telegram received by relatives
here last night from Mr.. II. L. Harney.
of this city, who left the first of the
week for Parkeville. Mo-. after a
search for his daughter, Mrs. Fred
Linder, who has been missing since
last Friday, was unavailing. announces
that the woman has been found No
particulars are given except that Mrs.
Linder was found in her home town
and that she is in good health
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-03-12
FUNERAL HELD TODAY.

The funeral of Mrs. John NJ. Shep-
herd was held today from the resi-
dence in Fifth street and burial was
made in the Maysville cemetery. Many
friends were in attendance to pay
their last tribute of respect to this
good woman
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-03-12
TO TEACH AT INSTITUTE.

At the regular monthly business
meeting of the First Baptist Church
held Thursday night, the pastor, Rev.
]. A. Davis, was given leave of alb
sence for all of next week He will be
at Covington where he goes to teach
in an institute of all of the Baptist
Young Peoples Unions of the Ken
lucky suburbs of Cincinnati
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-03-12
MOVES TO MOUNTAINS.

Mr.. and Mrs. w. NJ. Allen. who re-
Gently sold their home in the West
End, left today for Lynch, KY, where
they will make their home with their
son, Mr. Mark Allen and family. Mr..
and Mrs. Allen have been residents of
Mason county for many years and have
hundreds of friends here who are very
sorry to see them leave.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-03-12
WEEDS IN THE WEST.

CA. Candy, son of Mr. and Mrs.
John Candy, of Lexington street, now
a resident of Oatman, Arizona, and
Miss Silver Brenton, of Eureka. Utah,
were married in that city February 28.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-03-12
SUES FOR COMMISSION
ON AUTONORH.P SAJ

Mike Brown, local merchant, today
brought suit against w. s. Antle and
wife for s24O. He charges that he sold
to the defendants one Nash automobile
and that they refused to accept it. He
asks for s24O, the-amount of his COM
mission on the sale.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-03-12
WHO WANTS THIS BOYf

Juvenile Judge II. p. Purnell has a
good eleyen-year-old boy for whom he
wanth a good home. The boy is healthy
and a good worker. II you have home
for the boy see Judge Purnell at once.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-03-12
NOTICE.

wish to announce that / will have
my Spring opening on Friday and Sat
urday, March 18th and 18th. All the
latest and up-to-date hats will be on
display. Every customer will be pre-
sented with a useful souvenir.
MRS. W. S. ANTLE.
231 Market Street.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-03-12
NAMED MAYSLICK P. NJ.

Mr.. Henry Buchanan, of Mayslick.
has been appointed Postmaster OF
Mayslick TO I'LL the vacancy caused by
the resignation of the former post
master.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-03-12
PNEUMONIA FATAL no
COLORED BABY,

Frances Rawls. one-year-old daugh-
ter OF Charles Rawls, eolored, died last
night OF pneumonia. Burial will be
made In the MaysyiIle cemetery Sun
day afternoon.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-03-12
LOCAL MAN JOINS ARMY.

orville d. .PolIitt. of this city, joined
the United States Army at the local
Army recruiting station this morning
Pollitt enlisted for one years term in
the Field Artillery.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-03-12
CHECK WORKERS TO BE
TRIED SATURDAY.

The cases against George Kinder
and Russell Boner arrested yesterday
of charges of forgery, were not called
in Police Court this afternoon but will
be called before Police Judge John L.
Whitaker Saturday afternoon at 2
o'clock
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-03-12

Judge Sam ]. Pugh, of Vanceburg,
was in Maysville today on legal busi-
ness.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-03-12

For Quick sale-12 Rights in tn
Parker Tire and Rubber Co. for $1Op.
Address Box 543, Maysville, KY. .11-kt
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-03-12

Chicken Pot PIE At Model Rssiaur
ant saturday.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-03-12

Chicken Pot Pie at Model Restaur-
ant Saturday.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-03-12
BUILDING RECEIVING
NEW COAT OF PAINT

The Frank Cady restaurant building
in lower Market street is receiving a
new coat of green paint which will add
much to the attractiveness of this sec
tion of the business district. Mr. Cady
contemplates extensive improvements
to the interior of his popular eating
house.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-03-12

Chickeu~POt Pie at Model Restaur.
ant Saturday.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-03-12

Rain probably turning to snow and
much colder tonight; tomorrow fair
and cold,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-29
A MOUNTAIN INDUSTRY

$500 barrels, or 15O.oOo to 100000 gallons of sorghum.
 In the beginning we encouraged the farmer in the production of syrup by guaranteeing him a minimum price. Each season we guaranteed him against de- cline below a certain figure This year we have been contracting with them at fixed price Last year they secured general average of about 80 cents per gallon for the crop. and this year in the neighborhood of 70 cents per gallon.
 We soon discovered that the sorghum industry could not be developed properly unless the farmer was given some coach- ing in the way of production and in the way of cleanliness and of standardizing his product. Frequently we had farm CTS come in and state that although they had excellent crops of cane their production was so low that they would have to abandon the crop. Upon investi- gation we found most of the mills in this country were of antiquated type This year we have placed in the county at actual Cost to the farmers 56 new mills The farmers who are using these mills re- port that they have produced aproxi- mately 40 per cent more sorghum than thev ever got in the past.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-29

may not be the proper step to take, since teachers are in reality public servants and occupy positions of re- sponsibility greatly disproportionate to the salaries they are paid. In spite of the fact that thousands of compe- tent teachers are resigning to take up more remunerative work and their places are being filled with inefficient teachers, with a resultant deteriora- tion in our schools, the profession as a whole continues one of the poorest paid in the country.
 Until the American people realize that good school teacher is more valuable, to a community than the average day laborer, teachers will re- ceive starvation wages.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-29
MORE IMMORrALs

From the Syracuse Post-Stahdard
 The American Academy of Art and Let ters consists of 50 members. After the manner of the French academies. the academy fills vacancies that occur in it's own membership, so that it is self-per- petuating. The American academy has not the reputation of the French immor- tals, but then it is young. It's member ship has been so carefully chosen that it may claim to represent the best in art and literature in America and to expect recognition for its announcements, should it deliver any, upon the authority of it's personnel. The academy has just elected four members to succeed William, Dean Howells, Alden Weir. Dr. Horatio Parker and Kenyon Cox. The freshmen are Lorado Taft. sculptor: Booth Tar kington, author; Childe Hassam. paint CT. and David Jayne Hill. publisher. /
 We should say that there is no decline in the high standard of the academy by reason of it's latest selections
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-29
LUKE M'LUKE SAYS

When a man knows that he can kiss a woman any time he wants to, he quits wanting to.
 The1e are a lot of men in this coun- try who would believe in Santa Claus if they woke up and found quart bot tie of whisky in their socks next Christmas morning. Once upon time a man married an 1 American beauty who had red hair. white skin and blue eyes. And a little later on he saw stars. Before he gets her. everything wrong she does is right. After he gets her. everything right she does is wrong. 1 If mother can't start a fight any other way, she'll begin telling father what lot of fine men she could have l married if she hadn't been a big enough damphool to marry what she did.
 | The o. f. 10-year-old boy who wanted
 a goat and wagon and set of har- ness now has 10-year-old son who | wants a six-cylinder roadster. It has just about gotten so that if a man talks sense these days people call
 him an old fogy and begin lodging
 him.
 It doesn't take the children long to
 learn that mothers people are far su- perior to fathers people. It is hard to keep girl from going around half undressed when she gets
 an idea that she has good figure. Love is something that makes girl sit and listen to a fool man talking and
 imagine that he Is saying somethinx.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-29
YAZOO BOTTOMS

the Mississippi has since been silted up with slow sedimentations, and the black buckshot soil, now hundred feet above the sea, raises cotton, corn and garden truck The great river, with it's burden of soil cut from northern hills slows down on the southern levels and deposits it's silts along the banks. By sitting it raises itself above the level of the plain and slides smoothly along, held in by the levee walls until high water comes. Then the flood sometimes breaks through and inundates the back regions with water and covers the land with new coat of rich sediment.
 Sandy loam is dropped first, high on the levee banks. Here grows sweet po- tatoes and juicer yams and other south ern truck. Farther back is left the finer loam, where cotton has been growing for 50 years without rotation. It was good land to work slaves upon before the war; now it is recovering after the col- lapse of slavery. Still farther back arc the clays, where great gum trees grow and where deer and wild turkeys Turk in autumn. It is a land of unrealized op- portunities, needing more agricultural skill, drainage and efficient management. Complete control of the river floods n the chief problem of the Yazoo bottomsJ
 The great river dominates the valley. It is the friend and the foe the master and the carrier of burdens. From tho mighty Mississippi sliding toward tho distant gulf, to the serpentine Yazoos the river is the dynamic principle of these lCu lands
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-29

B. E. Adams. in the Southern Agricul-
 turist.
 Cl ORGHUM development in eastern N) Kentucky, previous to the develop ment of the coal and oil industries, had very little source of revenue for the purpose of paying taxes other than the production of sorghum. The farmers considered IS to 20 cents per gallon a good price for sorghum. It was grown in unlimited quantities and became fa- nous because of it's wonderful flavor and exquisite color. When coal, oil and the railroads were developed in eastern Kentucky they became sources of revenue and sorghum remained low in price, so the farmers abandoned the growing of the cane.
 In 1906 was conceived the idea that sor- ghum might be standardized and placed in packages. In our first year, 1916, we canned approximately 43 barrels, which was the total production of the county that season, In 1917 production jumped to around 73 barrels, and in 1918 we secured in the neighborhood of 800 barrels. Last season, 1919. the production of this county was about LOGO barrels. For this year we estiphate production at between 5000 and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-29
Shall Our Ships
 Forsake Our Own Port?

1.-TWO ships bearing Alabama names,
 J the Mobile City and the Mont gomery City, made of Alabama steel and lumber in an Alabama shipyard and distributing pay rolls to Alabama men, left the port of Mobile on their maiden voyage with only part cargo. Each was forced, at great additional expense to owners, to put in at New Orleans.
 This is serious. It should not have been. We should see that the other ships forthcoming from the Chickasaw yards have a full cargo at Mobile. We should get in the habit of routing by that port and we should see that others do so. The freight charge to New Orleans is greater than to Mo- bile. If ocean freighters cannot se- cure full cargoes at Mobile they will cease stopping there and, when export we must, it will be via New Orleans and Savannah.
 Mobile has plenty of vessels and, although its port equipment is not what it should be, there is more than sufficient for handling the freight that is being offered. New Orleans is reaping the benefit of state aid, which created terminal facilities that have attracted ships from every na- tion and caused the assembling there of immense cargoes from all over America.
 Pending eventual state aid for Mo- bile, the present duty is to provide cargoes for the ships that are being made there and putting in there. The alternative is the higher cost of ship ping our products through ports further removed.