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Evening journal., 1920-08-16

compiled them all in a book and
blamed il on Joe. As he was already
dead. he could not live this down
and further editions with more old
Jokes In them were ascribed 70 him.
Can you imagine Joe. a glum old
shade. looking down on today's vsu-
deville stage and sneering at the old
gags that he did not orieinate. know
ING that the actors" got them from
his book-that he did not writeY
Evening journal., 1920-08-16
WHERE Will YOU BE?

A national bank has compiled statistics which show
N that, 40 years hence
Out Of every 100 healthy young men now 25 years old
in Delaware and in each OF the other States
&c will be dead.
vdl be rich
will be wealthy.
will be working 20 support themselves. and
81 will be dependent upon relatives, friends charity.
Forty years hence
Sounds unbelievable, doesn't ~
Yet is proved by the records OF OF the biggest
most reliable banks in the middle west
Pullman porters wondering II the railroad rate COM
mission said anything about tips.
Great Britain has not yet announced the average hours
her constables live in Ireland
Commuters are not mute since they learned their tickets
we're goins up % per cent
Evening journal., 1920-08-16

The Want Ads will soil summer
homes and rent furnished apartments
| during any season OF the year.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-10-02

Uncle Wiggly took the wheels the clock then
the egg beaten in the big bowl Nurse Jane had been using
took the belt of the sewing machine and that from the
alarm wheels to the egg beaten Nurse Jane had him.
maybe she would have made him stop But she didn't "There its
fast goes Curly Twisya, the pggie boy looked in
the Kitchen door Ma and see some fun SAID Uncle Mgg
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-10-02

One day. breakfast Uncle Wiggly heard loud rattlee
bang out the kitchen Of his hollow stump bungalow What are you
doing the gentleman bunny asked his muska lady houkeePer
Makng cake answered she stirred the eggs with the beaten
IN the big bowl "That very slow way beat eggs said Uncle
Wfggfv o you of better way2" asked Nurse Jane ITO
be sure do bunny The egg beaten should 90 faster
-IH tx il for Eou. Everything goes fast these days
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-10-02
Freae-Ears Rs0isteTea

"Nonsense laughed Nurse "The Oldfashoned way Of
beating eggs best can't be done by machinery But when she
went of the kitchen minute Uncle Wggy twinked his pink
and said Pn how to beat the eggs faster Then
She can beat twice many W attach the egg bea TO the alarm
clock fasten in the bowl and viii like automobile sewing
machine So bunny gentleman began to fix kind Of
kitchen whais-l and I'm afraid something going to happen
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-10-02

All of sudden after swooping toward the ceiling
Ing down pots and pans the alarm clock egg bea Hoped
into the sink The wheels still whining and the Daeed
Of from the dish pan Nurse Hal Now my
chanceT cried Uncle Wggy "l smash it, That's the only
stop t He took the wash boiler shield the poker
for sword ceP up the wild egg beater Curly the pgg boy
put pail over his head Look out Uncle Wiggyln said Curly
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-10-02

still wizzed the egg beaten
TO which fastened All Of sudden after chasing Uncle Wggy
and the pige boy into corner the MACHINE which the bunny
had made topped up the air oh ookF cried Curly Uncle
Wggy held platter his head he would not get hit "Oh,
look what funny egg beateri It's like shp Nurse
closed the door, all but eny crack Funny she cried 81" don't
see ANYTHING very funny IN thisI It's dangeI0usP
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-10-02

Uncle Wggy raised The poker just going 5angwack
down the alarm clock Its the only way stop the egg beaer
from going fast explained the bunny O." must have wound
too tightly else the wheels twisted thought would
do h Nurse Jane said she hoped But the bunny
going make the beaten and clock stay quiet the machine
eaped from the sink and again chased Uncle Wggy and Curly It
banged the pigge boy over the head breaking the pail
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-10-02

Faster faster the alarm clock egg beaten Hadn't you
better shut of, Uncle Wggy?" squealed Curly 81 guess had
answered the bunny he tried stop the wheels from wz
ling the egg 5eae jumped the bowl and with the clock began
chasing Uncle Wggy and around the kitchen "Chi Oil
Ohr guned the pigge boy never anything like thsF
Nurse Jane looked the door, 81 didn't eiter said she Whats
the matter, Wggy2" The bunny did not have time to
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-10-02

Uncle WIggy started the wheels of clock to wzzng
"Bzzl Bzi Bz they vent And then the egg oeasT
BEGAN to turn and faster vent whoa hereF
called Uncle Wggy o." didn't want you to 90 fa But the
new the bunny had made said word WhizzoF
went and spatered lot Of egg juice on Unce Wggy and ggeo
Of pans of the table "Oh, saw anything Ike hsF
squealed the pggie boy 'Nor either cried Uncle WiggIy
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1920-08-12
Big Sale Over Saturday

The Big Stock Reducing Sale of
the II. II. Pieper Co., will close Sat-
urday and if you have not secured
your share of the many bargains of
fered you had better get in line be-
fore the final day when it is doubt
full if the crowd can be accommoda-
ted. Every item is marked in plain
figures and in many instances are
less than today's wholesale prices.
Circumstances demanded that this
sale be made and the public is the
gamer. See their large ad in this
paper and pick out what you want.
1T WILL PAY YOU.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1920-08-12
Former Mt. Sterling
Girl Married

Miss Genevieve Sewell, lovely
young daughter of J. ID. Sewell, for
merfy of this city and C. J. Ges-
vein, of Ironton, were married in
Ironton, Saturday. After the cere-
mony the young couple came to this
city, and have been guests of Mrs.
Geswein's sister, Mrs. Fa1ner
Greenwade.
The bride was born and reared in
this city and has many friends here
who will learn with interest of her
marriage. Mr.. Geswein is a pros
porous young business man. The
couple will make their home in Iron
ton.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1920-08-12
Mrs. Fannie Judy
Called Home

Mrs. Fannie Judy, aged SO years,
one of this city's best beloved wom-
en-, died at her home on Clay street
at 8 o'clock yesterday morning, her
death resulting from fall of sew
eral weeks ago in which she sustain
ed broken hip. She was the Wild
ow of the late Henry Judy and is
survived by two daughters, Mrs. A.
G. Ratiff, of this city, and Mrs. A.
W. Stofer, of Clark County, besides
a number of grand children. Mrs.
Judy had been a member of the
Methodist church for MANY wears.
and was a highly esteemed, conse-
Grated Christian woman Her life
was an open book and the very en-
bodiment of love and charity. To her
relatives and friends she was de-
voted, and in her passing God has
called home one of the very best.
women that ever lived and her death
is a matter of sincere regret among
host of friends. Funeral services
will be held at the home of A. G..
Ratliff Friday morning at 10 o'clock,
conducted by Rev. J. L. Clark, and
the remains will be taken to VIM
chester and inferred in the cemetery
at that place
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1920-08-12
Gov. Cox Begins
Campaign "Swing''

Departure of Governor Cox from
Dayton marked the opening of cam
paign savings" scheduled to take
him from coast to coast and into al
most every state before November /.
Tn first of ten addresses arrang-
ed during this month is to be made
today by the Democratic Presiden-
tial candidate at Camp Perry, Ohio,
in presenting the Governors cup as
a trophy at the National Rifle
Shoot. The Governor is not expect
ed to open up on important cam
paign topics, however, until he ad-
dresses the West Virginia Democra-
tic Convention at Wheeling next
Saturday.
Columbus instead of Dayton will
be the future personal headquarters
of Governor Cox, although he hopes
also to spend a few days in Dayton
occasionally during the campaign.
His schedule today called for his
arrival shortly after noon at CO.
lumbus work at his executive offiae
this afternoon, night spent at the
executive mansion and an early
morning motor trip of 125 miles to
Camp Perry tomorrow. Because
he obtains much rest when travelling
by automobile, the Governor also
plans to motor from Columbus to
Wheeling and possibly to fail a later
engagement at South Bend, Ind.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1920-08-12
Special Ballots
For the Women

When Kentucky women go to their
polling PAGES to vote for President
and for School Board members at
the November election, they will find
that special ballots have been pre-
pared for them to use In expressing
their choice.
Attorney General Dawson ruled
that women voters would not be re-
quired to state their party affilia-
tion, because they are not eligible
to hold office except on School
Boards.
Because women are eligible TO
vote only for Presidential and
School Board candidates, they could
not use the general election ballot
and Attorney General Dawson rul-
ed that two special ballots must be
available, one containing the names
of Presidential candidates and the
other the School Board candidates
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1920-08-12
May Establish School
In Eastern Kentucky

The Kentucky Daughters Of the
American Revolution is contemplat-
ing the establishment of school in
the Eastern Kentucky mountains
similar to the Hindman settlement
School for the purpose of aiding in
the campaign of eliminating litter
acy from that section, and some de-
cision on the proposition is expect
ed to be taken at the meeting in
Lexington today of the State Board,
which has been called by Mrs. Jas.
L. Arnold of Covington to consider
several matters of Importance now
before that body.
The idea of settlement school in
the Eastern Kentucky mountains to
be erected and maintained by the
State Daughters, originated with
Mrs. c. d. Chenault, of this city,
former State regent, and the plan
has the Endorsement of several of
the influential chapters Of the
State, it is said.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1920-08-12
Faker Strikes City
And makes Good

Nm Friday afternoon after bank
ing hours, man in working garb,
trousers of blue cloth, cap with
the word telephone" stamped on it,
soiled hands and face, appeared at
the Electric Shop and secured 30
feet of electric wiring, leaving an
order for 800 feet more. The wire
amounted to $3.50, and in payment
the stranger presented check given
by Milford Wiley to the order Of
the American Telephone Company
and which was endorsed, "The Am
erican Telephone Co., by John M.
Greer, Lineman." The check was
accepted by Mrs. Paul Bohlke, sec
rotary, and the difference between
the check, which amounted to
$3.50 was paid by the company's
check for 5000. The takers check
was a forged 0. KID check on the
Exchange Bank of Kentucky. This
man, Greer, then went to ]. W..
Jones jewelry store where he pur-
chased ring and gave the check
given him by the Electric Shop for
5000 in payment and received the
difference in money. From Mr..
Jones he went to Chenault & Orear's
and purchased some articles and
baid for them with a similar check
on the telephone company for
1852, and secured the difference
in money and made good his escape.
AS things are now Mr.. Jones holds
$2O.32 check which the Electric
Shop had stopped payment on and
is out his ring, while the Electric
Shop is out the $500 in merchan-
disc sold, and Chenault & Orear are
out the full $23.92 inycash and mer-
chandise. The matter is now in the
hands of Chief of Police Upton
and thus far no trace Of tine swn-
der has been discovered. The
$2O.32 check of the Electric Shop is
matter of local adjustment as to
who shall lose. The telephone COM
pany has offered a $1,000 reward
for the capture of the swindler and
the matter has now become very
interesting.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1920-08-12
FALLS ON STREET

Robert |. Settles fell on the pave
ment in front of his shop on Broad
way this morning and broke a quart,
(f) cutting his finger on the glass.
1t is not known just how much Of
the quart (F) was gone before he
fell. Other than the cut on the fin
ger, it is hoped he is not otherwise
hurt. Although a policeman was
near by, no arrest was made.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1920-08-12
RESIDENCE FOR SALE

offer for sale privately my
brick residence, locateh on West
High Street. This is one of the most
modern pieces of property in Mt.
Sterling, and has 8 rooms, 2 halls,
kitchen, front and back porch. Is
located in the best residence Sec
ton of the city, and is within one
square of the Court House. For
further information call on me. o.
W. Mccormick. (S57tf.)
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1920-08-12
To Legionnaires Of
Montgomery County

As Commander Of the Pangburn
Post, I want first Of all to secure
the enthusiastic cooperation of
every member of the organization.
Heretofore, since the formation of
our Post, there has been pro-
nounced lack of interest and team
work among the majority of the
members. Lethargy, amounting to
Indifference, has hindered our activ-
tiles and made it impossible for us
to realize those aims to which we
are pledged. Our meetings are poorly
attended, our officers do not receive
the support that their efforts de-
serve, and the many have shifted
upon the shoulders of the few the
task of keeping the American Le-
gion alive in this community.
Now, be honest with yourself, are
YOU one of those many?
The American Legion is the ma
TONS strongest bulwark against
Bolshevism and race wars; it is the
cudgel lifted against corrupt poll
ties, the helping hand extended 70
the widows and orphans of service
men, the bond Of brotherhood be-
tween those of us who survived the
great conflict. You, as a member of
the Legion, have a responsibility
which you cannot ,shirk. And as a
Montgomery County Legionnaire, it
is your duty to cooperate with your
fellow Legionnaires toward obtain
ing those personal and community
benefits which are rightfully ours.
The Pangburn Post needs club
rooms-but it cannot obtain them
without your help. 1t needs to re-
vive in this town and county that
spirit of unselfshness, practical pa
triotism which has laid dormant
since the Armistice-but few men,
bers cannot accomplish that alone.
1t wishes to care for those buddies
who were disabled in the war and
who now are entitled to government
aid. But unless you join us in this
work, it cannot be fully done.
Your Post will not thrive on good
intentions alone. 1t needs you at its
meetings, you at its councils; your
enthusiasm and your willingness to
work for its ideals. No gold-brick-
ing goes here. The time has passed
when you can do bunk fatigue in the
Pangburn Post. Come to the next
meeting, to every meeting. Don't
just say you will, but comel The
other fellow can't do it all. Snap
out of that indifference. Be as good
a Legionnaire as you were soldier
or sailor. all in-double time, and,
as sure as you hate monkey meat,
we'll get where we are going and go
far!
Fraternally yours,
STANLEY BROWN,
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1920-08-12
Another Boost in
Express Rates

Thirty million dollars has been
added to the nations annual express
bill. The railway labor board has
awarded $4,000 employees of the
American ailway Express company
an increase of 16 cents per hour, re-
tractive to May 1920. Under the
Esch- Cummings transportation act
the express rates will be raised to
meet the increase.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1920-08-12
Veterans Reunion

There will be reunion of World
War Veterans at Knob Lick, five
miles east of Owingsville, in Bath
county, on Thursday, Friday and
Saturday, August 18th, Goth and
2lst. A brass band will furnish
music and there will be good speak
ing and a game of baseball each
day. There will be plenty to eat on
the grounds. 1t is hoped the Mont
gomery county legionnaires will
largely attend the reunion, as all
who do are assured of a good time.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1920-08-12
MT. STERLING, KENTUCKY. THURSDAY AUGUST IL. 1920.
Last Notice to Subscribers

THE ADVOCATE has mailed notice after notice number Of
its subsubscriber while good many
able there still quite few who have renewed
their subscription and this notice to inform them that after this
issue they will be taken from list if fail receive
the future know the The of running
credit has and if do not The Advo
bad enough for it, necessity cOmpels that
be dropped from lists
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1920-08-12
NOTICE!

All persons indebted to Adam AL
len will call on the undersigned and
settle with her. All persons having
claims against the estate of Adam
Allen will present the same to the
undersigned, properly proven, or to
her attorney, R. A. Chiles.
ANNA ALLEN,
(S5-4t) Ex'tx. Adam Allen.
Try our pure pork sausage, made
daily.-WilsOn's.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1920-08-12
TAX PAYERS

You are urgently requested to list
your property for taxes for the
year 1920, especially those who have
been notified as they will not be no
titled again. Please call at my Of
flee in Court House at once.
HARRY F. HOWELL,
Commissioner.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1920-08-12
BARGAINS
SATURDAY AND COURTDAY

&ilcloth, white or colored, yd. -...45c
Good Weight 4 tie Broom, 3 for 81
Polar Cub Electric Fan .........$5
Regular price $3.50
Index Tin Cans, dozen ...-........65c
Mason Jars, pints, doz. ........--.-.-9Oc
Mason Jars, quarts, doz. -......~.....$l
Mason Jars, 1-2 gal, doz. .....$1.20
Ice Tea Glasses, set ................-5Oc
Clean Easy Soap cake ...-.--.-........5c
(Not over 10 cakes to a customer)
L. N. REDMOND
Try our pure pork sausage, made
daily-Wilson's.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1920-08-12
WANTED

2 boys white or colored to deliver
papers. Ask for Miss Laura Room
ey at, Duerson Drug Store.
85-3t-pd.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1920-08-12
HEMSTITCHING and PICOTING

L am prepared to do hemstitching
and picoting at my home at No. 5
Elm street. Phone 695.-Mrs Blu
ford R. Boone. (S6-4t)
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1920-08-12

Try our pure pork sausage, made
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1920-08-12

Breakfast bacon, ham and dried
beef.-W:lson's.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1920-08-12

Lamb, pork, beef and veal.-Wil-
sons
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1920-08-12

Fresh vegetables and melons at
all times.-Wilson'S.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1920-08-12

Lamb, pork, beef and veal.-Wil-
sons.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1920-12-28
roo MUCH SAFETY FIRST

safety First" may be good idea,
but carried to extremes it robs an in
dividual or a people of courage, init
iative, and the pioneer instinct. That
is the danger confronting this nation
today, says an article in the Homiletic
Review of New York.
The safety first" principle is so
widely applied at present, according
to this article, that 1t includes every
issue now before the public, the
money of established interests, the
affairs of labor, the new world out
look, the constitution and the state,
to the detriment of new ventures into
truth"
Some even dream" continues the
writer, "of making the world safe.
We must be getting old and weak
thus to mistrust the new. Radicalism
has got on the nerves of a frightened
generation, as though it were a ter
rible, unheard-of innovation. The
newspapers avoid and distort sub
jects because they are unsafe
'sThe pulpits, the schools, the col
leges, are never at their best when
they avoid the open light of day. All
worthy things involve danger And
any preacher whose preaching Is
safe 1--WE have known cases where
that was the main consideration in
the choice OF candidates) has missed
the prophetic note. We associate pro-
phecy with courage and danger, not
with softness of words; speaking
soft. somnolent things is sure way
of cheapening the profession which
should, above all others, show men
the way into new and untrodden
worlds Of truth.
"There Is very serious danger just
now OF making fetish of safety
It will seem to most people that the
present instinct for that which Is
quiet and safe is but a natural reac-
tion from fearful agitation, and that
once things have settled down bit,
the old fearless, truth-seeking in
stinct will still be found very much
alive in the human breast. But for
all that, there is a good deal OF truth
in this contention that the doctrine
of safety can be carried to unsafe
bounds.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1920-12-28
NEGRO WAITS MONTHS
FOR ELECTROCU CUTl0N

Try Associated Press % The Banncrl
COLUMBUS, o., Dec. 24-For al
most 1S- months, Ludi Clifford Shell
ton, % years old, Cincinnati negro,
convicted of first degree murder for
the killing Of Merchant Patrolman
William Dieters in Cincinnati the
night OF August 2S, 1918, has waited
in the annex at the Ohio Penitentiary
to step through the little green door
that leads to the electric chair and
death.
Four times, Shelton got ready to ex-
plate his alleged crime. Each time
the hands of Justice held him back
from setting foot in the death cham
ber.
According to penitentiary officials
there is no more indication today of
final settlement of his case, than when
he entered the annex April s, 1919, un-
der sentence to die July 6, 1919.
Four stays of execution have been
granted Shelton. After the first stay,
Frank Howell, secretary to Warden
Thomas said, Shelton wanted to be
electrocuted, whether or no." He has
resigned himself now, Howell said,
and is looking forward somewhat phil
osophically to the time when his life
will be snuffed out.
"My case is in the hands of God,"
Shelton said. when He says go of
course must CO."
The accused man has seen seven
men step from the annex to the death
chamber and oblivion, since his con-
finement. The terrible mental strain
has left its impress on his mental and
physical condition, although he says
his lease is in the hands of God"
Shelton asserts Dieters was killed
by the accidental discharge of re.
volver that he (Shelton) pulled from
his pocket.
Shelton's case is in the Ohio su-
preme court now for final disposition.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1920-12-28
OHIO FARMERS CUT
DOWN THEIR FUEL BILL

IBv Associated Press to The BannerI
COLUMBUS. o., Dec. "a ~ Ohio
farmers materially cut down their fu-
el bills each year sby burning wood,
most Of which comes from their own
farms, special survey of fuel condi-
tions on farms of the state, made by
the state-federal crop reporting SER
vice has revealed. The total value of
wood burned each year by farmers in
Ohio is $17,325, 900, the survey shows.
However, farmers spend just lit
tie more than this for coal each year,
according to the survey. The average
consumption on each farm in reported
at SO tons, at an approximate price
OF $9.l4 a ton, which makes the year
ly coal bill OF the states farmers SIS,
$4,000 and their annual fuel bill, $50.
0S2,O00. :,