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The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1920-12-29

tier president. For western New York
was an outpost when he was born
there Of New England parents. After
receiving about the same kind OF
schooling as our other log-cabin presi.
dents, he was bound out to learn the
trade of wool carder
The one enduring act Of the Fill
more administration was taken when
1t sent Commodore Perry to knock at
the long-closed gate Of Japan, and,
with the gift Of toy railroad and a
toy telegraph, to tempt the japanese
to come out Of their hermit seclusiOn.
The rest is politics.
As American men struggled to rise
from the bottom in the more primitive
days Of the country, their women Of
ten failed to keep up with them. BY
the time half Of Fillmore's predeces-
sors gained the presidency, their
wives were either dead, worn out or
tagging behind.
Mrs. Fillmore, finding herself with
out strength or ambition to reign with
her husband. her place was taken by
q daughter. This girl Of eighteen,
Miss Mary Abigail. was enough Of a
new woman to have insisted on fitting
herself by a course In a normal school
to earn an independent living. Being
obligated to teach a certain length of
time after graduating. she went on
teaching school even after her father
became vice president. She kept at II
until her mother summoned her to
preside over the White House. where
she promptly induced congress to In
stall a library, the mansion having
been until then q bookless desert.
A month after the end Of her hus-
bands term Mrs. Fillmore was dead.
Next Miss Mary died Of cholera. and
then. after tour Of Europe. the
pathetic loneliness Of q retired presi-
dent was relieved by marriage with
. wealthy widow.
Fillmore had tried to avert this re-
trement by an unsuccessful effort to
be nominated to succeed himself.
-Four years afterward he attempted
to break the retirement and return
to the presidency. Although he had
both the Knownothing and Wing nom-
he ran third In the election.
He lived on In his Buffalo home until
the very year when another Buffalo-
nian, Grover Cleveland. started for
the White House by way Of tie
uhrievalty Of Erie county.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1920-12-29
REALLY POOR MAN.

A man is poor:
If he is without friends.
If he has low-hying ideals.
II he has guilty conscience.
If he has lost his self-respect.
II his morals are questionable.
II he has lost his grip upon himself
II he is selfish, uncharitable or cruel
If he has forfeited his health for
wealth.
If his mind and soul have been
neglected.
If he has traded away his character
for money.
II his wife and family do not love
and respect him.
If he has disagreeable disposition
that makes enemies or repels people.
1T making money has crowded out
the cultivation of his aesthetic faul-
ties
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1920-12-29
ANNUAL ELECTION
OF BANK OFFICERS
Continued From Page, l

Robertson, Vice President; B. F
Beard, Vice President and General
Manager; George E. Bess, Cashier
and Trust Officer; Maurice Miller
Assistant Cashier
The directors then examined each
note and its security and went into
details as to each and every loan. AT
the conclusion, the Board compliment
ted the management on the splendid
character of the loans and the general
management of the institution.
Declare Usual Dividend.
The usual seven and one-half (7H)
per cent semi-annual dividend was
declared. The combined assets of the
institution are over the one million
mark and the good showing made by
the bank is pleasing to its manage
ment, stockholders and patrons.
The institution will continue its
progressive policies, always being as
liberal with its patrons as sound
banking principals will permit, and
VIII continue to strive for the up
building and advancement of the ter
ritory it serves
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1920-12-29
The Domestic optimist at Work.

MY husband has never spoken a
cross word to me-"
Daughter is always at the head of
her class and she doesn't have to
study a bit hard. She really seems to
have more time to play than any of
the other girls"
I'm so glad you came. I assure you.
One extra for dinner doesn't matter"
$50 glad you called! didn't care
to go to the matinee. anyway"
my husband could get a much larg-
er salary by going with another house
in fact they are begging him to do
,it-but his present employers have
treated him so nicely that he just
won't leave them"
"Never mind breaking the vase-it
was not one that I cared especially
for."-FrOm Life.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1920-12-29
WITHOUT NAILS OR RIvETS
New Scientific Method OF shipbuildine
Seen In Construction Of Vessel
at Liverpool.

Can you imagine ship without a
nall or rivet In all It's hullf Do you
recollect the visit to the shipyards and
the army Of men mailing huge tlinbers
to the skeleton frame Of ship? And.
over In the next yard, the swarm of
men ,haWmeplng the white hot rivets
In the great plates Of battle ship?
Ones Imagination is stretched cOnsid-
erably to conJure a method by which
all these workmen may have their
toll reduced or eliminated, Yet this
Is today's development In the science
of shipbuilding. The steamship Fulla-
gar has just slid down the Liverpool
ways without nail or a rivet In its
hull. From stem to stern the plates
are electrically welded. The Fullagar
Is an oil driven cargo steamer of 500
tons. She is now undergoing final
tests. Experts declare that she viii
not only stand all the tests required,
but her success as an ocean carrier
VIII revolutionize shipping. We may
now calculate what boon the cleo
trfcal welding process will be II great
armies Of men have to be transported
On the bridge across the seas" Not
only does this method release man
power for other tasks, but II enables
shipyards to turn out mighty steel
'nips within a short space Of time.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1920-12-29
NOT WHAT WE SPEND
FOR EDUCATION BUT
WHAT WE GET FOR IT.

The population of the United States
comprising one-seventeenth of the
human beings on earth, spends an
nually as much money for education
as the other sixteen-seventeenths, ac-
cording to p. p Claxton the United
States Commissioner of Education.
Mr.. Claxton's deductions from this
fact were laid before regional edu-
cational conference in Chicago this
week Unfortunately the news report
before us does not tell what they
were.
AS every taxpayer knows, we are
spending great sums for education
The public schools and State universe
ties, .parochial and private schools, de-
nominational and non-sectarian en-
lowed schools and colleges cost
great deal to maintain. In 1918 the
total expenditure for the public
schools was $763,67S,OS9, the number
OF pupils enrolled was 2O,s53,51O, and
the average attendance was 15,54s,s14.
In that year the population between
and IS was estimated at 27,6s6, 476.
There were 650,7O9 teachers $3.50
supeAntendents, 5,119 supervisors and
1851 principals
But Notwithstanding this great
army of educators and the vast cost,
there are discouraging number of
illiterates here. The census for 1910
put the percentage of persons of 10
and more unable to read and write
rs for the whole country. This rate
was based on 5.516,163 illiterates over
10, of whom 1,37S,SS4 were natiroc
whites of native parentage, 1858
were native whites of foreign or mil
ed parentage, 1850. 361 were white
OF foreign birth and 2,227,731 were
negroes. The number of illiterate
males OF voting age was 2,273,6O3.
These figures show that either we
are not spending enough money on
vast though our annual \
outlay is for this purpose, or that we
are not getting our moneys worth.
The fact that we pay 'out for schools
as much as all the other people in the
world put together do is a matter of
small consequence. The fact of grave
Importance is that there are adult IL &
iterates in America where there
should be none. When we haves'
reached point at which we can saw
that every adult capable Of
Instruction in all the land is able to
read and to sfgn his name we shall
De able to take 100 per cent. pride In y
our educational system.-New York;
Herald.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1920-12-29
NEW STORY ABOUT PILGRIMS
Writers Claim Early Settlers In Ameri-
ca Were Kidnapped From the
London Virginia Company.

Some historians, notably Azell Ames.
who has complied 1.-THE Mayfiower AND
Her Log" from original sources, as
sert that the skipper Of the Mayflowef
was Capt Thomas Jones. a rough
seadog who had led q more or less
piratical career on the high seas. Be-
tween Capt. Jones and Sir Ferdinand
Gorges and doubtless Weston. they al
lege that plot existed whereby the
Pilgrims were deliberately stolen from
the London Virginia company and
planted on territory outside of the Vir-
ginia grant. The maneuverlng about
Cape Cod. according to this interpre-
tation. was simply part of the plst
to discourage the Pilgrims from set
Ting near the Hudson. as evidently
they intended when they left Holland.
The exact identity OF Master Jones"
Is not clear. Historians of the Massa-
chusetts Historical society say that the
skipper was one Christopher Jones. .
trustworthy man. entirely different
from Capt Thomas Jones. who was
known to have a checkered career dur
ing HIS voyages to Virginia and other
colonies. The course Of American
colonial history may have been greatly
changed when the Pilgrims encoun-
tered the shoals and unfavorable
winds or Cape Cod. but this bit Of
destiny can be easily exaggerated. II
Is suficient here to relate that the
Pilgrim colony was founded outside
the jurisdiction Of the London Virginia
company.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1920-12-29
'RALEY POWELL
DIED IN GLEN DEAN
Survived BY Widow and Nine
Children; Member Metho- !.
dist Church.

Glen Dean, Dec. "a. (Special)--
Raley Powell, age AZ years, departed
this life, Dec. Q, 1920, after an illness
of several months endured by patient
suffering.
He was a member of the Methodist
church. Surviving are his wife and
nine children; his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. F. M Powell, FIVE sisters and
four brothers.
The funeral services were conduct
ed by w. II. Whittier at the home
of the deceased's with burial in the
Jesse Powell cemetery.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1920-12-29

Down the wild and ragged east
shoreline of Lake Winnipeg, Mantle
ba. where not farm nor a settlement
breaks the desolAtion. two young
women Of eastern Canada recently
rowed 200 miles In an open boat. tax.
Ing month for the trip and making
their own camp every night. The COL
lection of fossils, in which the region
is rich. was the object Of the remark
able journey. A lone Indian was the
only human being sighted In the en-
tire distance. The daring voyagera
were deposited by steamer at th(
mouth Of the Berens river. about mi
way of the lake, and from that %
were wholly dependent upon n
own resources = Popular Mecl
Magazine.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1920-12-29

In his Interior
Payne He example
Ohio where the number ended
June 80 where the number of
THE difficulty like live alone but live
villages
of modern life which beyond the reach population
living large farms"
If that had been given thirty would
had behind
comforts of modern life have been farmers
disposal
The him his wife quickly
children school The talking machine
the mechanical bring plenty of music into his home
Never life been less lonely that been
which march
for the loneliness discovery
could The
douby possible in
the deserton the would downT New York Herald
1t John Wanamake the widely merchant who
plan for the New Years resolution:
Resolve cultivate this ambition
which fall within sphere
In whatever wha
ordinarily performed by those of his himself
ial consideration i
There obainabe
will herself highly
while the for by application
million pounds of butter arrived New York
in
hfty-hve pound Can it be real butter?
New
and xty-hve days filled with JOY, and prosperity
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1920-12-29
JUST WOULDN'T
BE CoMFORTED

The church visitor found Mrs. vii.
liamsburg, the second lady on the list
moping in tears.
For goodness sake" she exclaimed
what ails you now"
20, I'm so lonely" walled the al
ticted one. IL am cooped up all day.
| see nobody go nowhere, o dearl
o dear!"
We'll. then, why don't you get out,
JOIN some women's clubs. stir around
and be somebody"
Because think too much of my
home. shifted the sorrowful sufferer.
-Harper's Magazine.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1920-12-29
REJECTED, BUT NEEDED AID

VERY well, then" sighed the stout
sutton as he knelt before his adored
one, IF you won't, you won't, but will
you be kind enough to give me your
hand?"
why have just positively and
definitely refused your the fair maid
exclaimed in astonishment.
20, i understand that I'm not
again asking for your hand in mar
rage. but to help me to my feet
Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1920-12-29
THE PATH OF DUTY

It's not a little winding path,
Rose-bordered. dear. and fair,
Within garden picturesque,
To wander. free from care.
Nay you will find the path is straight
And narrow. plain at best;
But peace will your companion be,
In beauteous garments drest
rewksbury, Gertrude Louise Sma
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1920-12-29

Mr.. Julius Dutschke was in Hard
insburg, Monday Mr.. Dutschke &C
companied by his niece, Mrs. Ida Not
tingham. OF Lodiburg, will go to
Pewee Valley next Sunday to visit his
daughter. Mrs. Anna Shelman and
Mr.. Shelman
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1920-12-29
BURIED CHRISTMAS DAY

parheld, Dec. 20. (Special)-The
infant OF Mr. and Mrs Willie Harris
compton, who died at their home in
corners, KY, of diptheria. was
brought here for burial on Christmas
day. ''''" .
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1920-12-29

Leo Hoben assistant pharmacist in
Lexis Drug Store. Hardinsburg. is
spending the holidays in Louisville
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1920-12-29
CONRAD-STEVENS.

Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Gregory, Of
this city have received the announce
ment of the marriage of Mrs. Gre
gory's niece, Miss Elsie Conrad to
Mr.. Walter E. Stevens, Friday, Dec.
"a, Princeton, Ind. The bride is the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs, John Con-
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1920-12-29
FARM AND STOCK

T. NJ. Hook and George Beard, OF
Hardinsburg, returned from a bust
ness trip to Louisville, Monday.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1920-12-29

Tobacco prices were higher on the
Owensboro market Monday. General
average $50. 30a.62O pounds were
sold
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1920-12-29
IN MEMORIAM

MEMoRIAM
In on beloved sister, Mrs Katherine Bah
Rowland who today
family a sunshine homes She held
steaday
her Tho her life lived there noble
hid within She
others
shall cherish
the of the when he said:
Long, long be curl with filed
You shater break the il will
But the of the will around still"
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1920-12-29

Loose Leaf Sale here next Tuesday
Jan. L. Bring some of your good to-
bacco and try the Cloverport market,
Mr.. Boyle the manager says he will
have a bunch of good bidders present
and thinks prices will be good House
row open for receiving.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1920-12-29

Arthur Beard was down at Fords-
vile, Monday and bought two loads
of cattle for feeding.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1920-12-29

Our New
and sxyhve days filled with JOY, and
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1920-12-29

Some little tobacco being delivered
to buyers at Garfield Bud Board
Homer Pile and Alexander are the
buyers.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1920-12-29

million of exported
the in
hfyhve a i be reab
The New York herald., 1920-12-06
GOOD MITIGATION
WELCCATED, HE SAYS
Wollis Tells Of Ellis Island in
ChurcA Address.

Frederick A. Wallis, Commissioner OF
Immigration speaking last night at the
Church OF So. John the Evangelist,
Eleventh street and Seventh avenue. de-
clared THAT he present system Of hand
ling immigration must be revised before
this country can he sure Of getting the
better class Of immigrants.
Commissioner Wallis described his
efforts to improve copdtions at Ellis
Island by the elimination of abuses.
There is still much 20 be done. he said.
because OF the flood Of immigration
which Is certain TO come during the next
year The facilities at Ellis Island must
be enlarged ard improved. he said and
legislation must be enacted insurIng
greater care in inspecting immigrants
both pc Ellis Island and at the port OF
emharkation.
we can't get too much good immigra-
ton ne said. Zone OF the first things
we should do, however, is to require q
system Of police and medical certificates
from the other side. We should have
our own doctors and inspectors there.
ALSO. laws should be enacted more
effectively keeping out the undesirable
aliens and giving more aid to the desir..
able ones after they arrive. For one
hing, they should be scattered among
the agricultural sections Instead OF being
allowed % go to half dozen of the
larger cities If we can divert them TO
the farming and mining sections much
OF our troubles viii be over"
The New York herald., 1920-12-06
WOMEN LOBBYISTS
ARRIVE IN CAPITAL
Go to Washington From
Many Sections of Country.

WASHINGTON. Dec Sin conjunction
with the opening OF the short session OF
Congress women from many sections of
the country have arrived in Washington
10 join the National League OF Women
Voters lobby for the furtherance Of The
legislative programme adopted by the
national league and indorsed by ten Of
the leading women's organizations of the
country During their stay in Washing
ton the women VIII be entertained by
Mrs. Clifford Pincho,.
The bills for which the women will
work are The Sheppard Towner bill,
granting Federal aid for maternity and
infancy the Gi onna bill, creating
Federal livestock commission the Cur
DISCARD child labor bill for the District
4 OF Columbia, the Smith-Towner educa-
4 tional bill. the Rogers bill for the inde-
lDendent citizenship OF a married woman,
ind the Fess home economies bill, pro-
4lding a Federal appropriation for teach
ing home economics.
Representative OF the League of
Women Voters Will work under the di-
fection OF the joint Congressional COM
nlittee. embracing ten women's organi-
cations, of which Mrs Maud Park.
Washington. chairman Of the National
League Of Women Voters Is chairman.
The New York herald., 1920-12-06
POLICE LEARNING JOBS
VEX STREET CLEANERS
Firenren Also Qualify on
Tractor SnoIu PEoughs.

The sight Of patrolmen and frernon
oelng trained 10 do the Classy end OF
snow removal work for the Department
or Street Cleaning by learning to operate
tne departments new tractor snow
Dushers at the Nineteenth street ano
asi River Yards has set the city's pro-
Iesslonal street cleaners on edge. La
bcrer5 and union employees of the Da-
partment Of Street Cleaning drew IN
resolutions yesterday charging il. al
kachman. acting Commissioners Of Street
cleaaing, with nraot sing "autocracy
and demanding his removal Local "a Of
tho Uniformed Tiremens Association
5oined in the protest
The resolutions We're addressed TO the
Central Trades and Labor Council and
were eNDcctrd toTonlist the sympathy Of
organized labor throughout the city.
II was charged in the resolutions that
by operating Tie snow tractors firemen
and patro'mcn were violating the city
evil service regulations. The Mayo.
and the Civil Service Commissioners
We're TO be notified of the protest
Plans Of the city 70 become indepen-
cent of street cleaners and laborers who
truck for higher wages in the midst
OF an emergency. We're made after last
winters tieup. For several weeks patrol
men and fremen from various stations
throughout the city have been receiving
from two to four hours daily practice
with the tractors
The New York herald., 1920-12-06
TO. ASK CUT nv VOTE
OF SOUTHERN STATES
Tinkham Shows Inequality in
House.
New York Herald Bureau.
Mnahingi1n. y. O.. Dec. 5.


' The seutatiou OF the Southern
States in tie House and u the electoral
toliese should be reduced unless the ne
troes there are allowed to vote
Representative Tinkham Mass.) said
nat to-day. He gave notice that he
could lead a movement to have the num-
Der Of Southern Representatives based
the number Of voters instead of the
tumber Of people in each district when
trapportionment Of the House as the re-
suit Of the recent census came up. He
roposed that inquiry into the situation
made by the House Census Commit
tee.
in q statement Mr., Tlnkham pointed
No that som Southern States had The
ame number Of Representatives as
#Urthern states which cast five times
many votes in Congressional elcc-
Ions He snys the inequality ~ illus
rated IN tine fol owing comparison Of
otes IN the Congressional election of
f9IS:
The total vote for Representatives in
Congress in Alabama. which has ten
Representatives. was 62,345. whereas the
Total vote for Representatives In Con-
ress in Minnesota. which has ten Rep
resentatives. was 299.127 and the total
vote In Iowa. which has ten Rcpresen-
tivcs. was 216,311 ANA the total vote
California, which has eleven Repre-
rutatives was GtA7g0 Tlic total vote
Representatives In Congress in Geur-
Ia. which Ene tWeNc ri preventative
was 5Dt9s. whereas me total vote for
representative in Congress IN New
arsey, which has twelve Representa-
tivcs. was 33S.4Gl, and the total vote In
Indiana, which has thirteen Rcprcson-
ntlvcs. was 5G5,2f6.
with national woman suffrage the
In the vote OF these states
except in case OF those which already
nad wanan sun s-ss, would be nearly
double, 80 that national woman suffrage
not only Increases the inequality and IN
Justice Of the present unconstitutional
methods. but maFnlnes tho offence
against law and order and political JUS
tice." he said
"As representation IN the electoral coll
lege Is based upon Congressional repre-
sentation, the following ngurea are Of
interest:
The states OF Alabama. Arkansas
Florida. Georgia, Louisiana. Mississippi,
North and South Carolina. Tennessee
Texas and Nirginia cnst q total vote for
~ Presidential candidates OF l.S70,20g.
IN Congress these states have n total
~ 104 Representative and in ihc clec-
tnrnl collcw htHr o'cvou states hnva
f2e votes Tho Stat ot New York alone
cast vote for on Presidential cnndi-
dates Of 1.7OC.354. and ha only forty
tllrec Represent1iivos in Congress and
t0rty-iva votes iu the electoral college"