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The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1920-05-27
TALES OF TOWN

The surest sign Of age in woman is
wrinkled hose.
Any man who is all his neighbors
think he is, ought to be ashamed of
himself.
The candidate who promises too
much Is almost as bad as the man
who asks you to leave 1t all to him.
Some men become candidates for
president because they Can't help it,
and others because the public can't
help 1t.
II man always got what he wanted
by praying Ser it, prayer would be 50
popular that evangelists would have
to seek other fields of endeavor.
That's all right about fixing the re-
tailer's profit on sugar at 2 cents a
pound, but there ought not to be a
dozen profits between the mill and the
The hogs in between ought
to be hand grenaded.
Q q .
Zone Of these here insurance
agents was out to my place the other
lay" said rancher, "and dropped his
-ubber stamp dater. One of my hens
,ecked the rubber loose and swallowed
he whole string. Now every egg that
len lays is numbered and dated"
A bride and groom were buying
heir furniture. "Is this good strong
ed?" asked the groom. Eyes, sir"
esponded the clerk, eve stand behind
very bed we SELL" "Oh, my" whis-
cred the bride to the groom, Eve
ont want to buy bed>here."
lie and Bill went II
'own to the picture show. II
he orchestra played |,
Over There" and Bill
bought it was the national anthem
nd stood up.
o did |. II
arm Bill. X
Teacher asked the class to write an
'say on the subject Of Anatomy"
ere is Willie Binks' effort: "Ana-
my is the human body. 1t is divided ,
to three parts, the head, the chest, !.
I'd the stummck. The head holds the
sull and the brains, If there is any; |.
e chest holds the liver. and the
ummick holds the food and the
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1920-05-27
attention Of millions on the vital ne
cessity Of better transportation.

ELEVEN different communications
from the various departments Of
tho United States government asking
for space in The Index we're received
in one day this week. A careful cal
culation shows 1t would take two full
pages OF our paper to comply with
tho request for publication. We do
not believe there Is one article in the
lot that would be Of interest to our
readers. It ID said that one-ninth Of
the paper produced by the mills Of
the country IL used by the govern
msnt. II there was some way to stop
the foolish expenditure Of money by
the government for paper that IL thus
wasted the paper shortage would Be
very much less acute. But congress-
men are now using the government
printing presses and the government
mail service TO carry on their cam
paign for reelection. It Is shame
ful waSte Of paper that goes right
along in Washington. It Is . shame
tul waste Of writing talent that pre-
pares the stuff, shameful waste Of
money that pays for it all. Some
II these days there is going TO be a
revolt against that sort Of thing, and
t will not be SO very long before it
zones. either. II the newspapers keep |
Begging away, they will reach the
,ublic consciousness some Of these
lays and the people will begin leaving
members ut home who fail to elimin-
tie such extravaganza.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1920-05-27

Old Portly found himself stranded
for an hour or 10 in = strange town
and decided TO have something to eat.
He entered the only restaurant he
could find and called for q menu.
There amt one. sir." said the wait
or. who looked As if he'd been blight
I'd In infancy. ''but I can tell you
what's on" @Let's have it, then" TIE
waiter took deep breath and reeled
of lengthy list @You have = good
memory, my man." said Portly. aNo,
sir" said the waiter meekly, az just
looked at the table cloth"
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1920-05-27
CURRENT COMMENT.

nECORATION DAY Ii revival Of
memories worth while, = recalling
Of old friends who were worth recall
ing. You pass BY and read the names
on the stones, and you get > giimpae
Of = year that has gone forever. and
yet, here's someone At this grave
scattering flowers, whose life is link
ed with that other year And.in some
way. that life and that year touched
you for some lasting influence. For
in the old home town no man liveth
unto himself and no man dieth unto
himself 1t is that picture that
drives your thoughts back to the cid
home towns everywhere, for all old
home towns are alike. The day will
be the same in the one as in the other,
1t is the memorial day Of a Nation
Is the memorial day for the commun-
ity; it is the memorial day for the
home. II does not belong to any one
city. or state. or section, for now,
thank God, no Mason and Dixon line
divides the day between the North and
the South. 1t matters not whether
they were Of the blue or gray or
whether their bodies are
in the North or South or in France
their graves will be remembered. This
Is their Memorial Day, and the Ameri-
can people will pause to pay them
tribute. Some day perhaps, it will
be possible to place flowers upon the
graves OF all Of our men who fell in
he great fight. But wherever they
-est these men will be honored by the
people Of the whole country and Mem.
rial day now takes on new signi- !
'icance greater than in its inception. !
'erhaps some time the lands Of our t
lilies will adopt this custom and es-
ablish May 30 as the day Of CONNIE
noration Of gallant deeds and unself-
sh service and sacrifice.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1920-05-27

FIFTY-FIvE per cent Of the per-
ishsble farm produce never
reaches the consumer" Herbert Hoov-
er said once. Remedying that condi-
zion and giving better service in send
ing city products to the farm are the
ultimate goals Of the national ship
by-truck and good roads efforts One
Of tho vexing questions Of today is
transportation. Railroads are burden
ed TO the breaking point and are m
able with inadequate rolling-stock, to
promptly meet the demands OF ship
pers. To combat the high-cost Of liv-
ing the call is going out for mora and
more production. What viii become
of the present transportation avenues
when producers add even small per-
centage to their present outputs as
they inevitably will do to meet the
call of the Nation. Some means must
be found to help the railroads now and
in the future. 1t has been shown that !
trucks are not economical for very
long hauls, but for short hauls the
truck il the efficient instrument At
hand. But to get the trucks great
est efficiency there must be good
roads, Good rosds will not come with
out = well-laid. comprehensive plan
which appeals to the country at large.
and powerful and concerted effort
behind that plan. The "Good Roads
Weak" being observed will focus the
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-04-17
DAVIS MAY enter
CONGRESS RACE

Col. Frank Ripy, of Anderson coun-
ty, who is a candidate for the Demo-
cratic nomination for Congress, has
been in Madison for the past two OF
three days, making an intensive can
vass of the voters. He is being cordi-
ally received and has many friends
here. Reports have it that there will be
another entry in the congressional
race very soon. The Stanford Journal
says that it has seen circular stat
ing that Private George T. Davis, of
Liberty, Casey county, will announce
his candidacy at Danville next Mon
day. Until his formal announcement
in the newspapers of the dis
tricts, however, his candidacy will
probably. not carry much weight
Davis is an excellent Speaker, and is
an attorney of Casey county, where he.
made his home returning from the
Wals- ..ss,s-<.
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-04-17
THOUGHT DkNviLLE
BOY WAS KIDNAPPED
10y Associated Press)

Danville, Ky. April wv. H.
Trimble, Jr., the 7-year-old son
OF a Queen and Crescent railroad
employe, reported kidnapped
last night appeared at home this
morning. He asserted a strange
negro had thrown him into II
excavation which he was unable
surmount after many attempts.
He declared he was Kidnapped
on the streets by negro who
struck him on the head with a
blunt instrument. He said he
managed to crawl to a stable
where he lost consciousness. The
boy was taken to a hospital. SER
iously injured. His father, who
is Southern Railway round
house employe, believes his son
was injured by an enemy. The
is reported to have said white
man is also implicated
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-04-17
A GET TOGETHER

Saturday night at the State Nor
NAL University will be held the first
"get together" meeting for this term,
which will close it's first two weeks at
this time. This will afford all of the
students an opportunity to meet one
another. An interesting program has
been arranged for the occasion which
promises to be an interesting and en-
tertaining one.
The enrolment at this time. it is
believed, records a more complete rep
resentation from various parts of the
state than any other heretofore. There
will be participants on the program
from the various branches of studies.
These affairs are held semi-amually
and are looked forward to with much
pleasure.
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-04-17
MEETING OF
CHURCH WORKERS

Rev. Joseph Armistead, of Gym
thiana, Mrs. Ida Withers Harrison,
of Lexington and Rev. Howard Braz-
elton, of Stanford, spoke in an inter
esting and instructive manner Friday
night at the meeting at the First
Christian church relatives to the
World Church movement.
Outlines of the work and the ulti-
mate aim of the various organiZa-
tions being effected, were given.
There was large attendance, both
Of members of the local Christian
church and those of the county. The
work, it's progress the probable cost
of conducting and promulgating the
various plans were explained. The re-
sponse to the call of the teams work
ing in more than eighty counties in
Kentucky is surprisingly large and
there is a concerted movement upon
the part of the leaders of all churches
to promote the big plan according to
the original program, which will adj
nit of the collection of funds next
month. THE team appears today il
Stanford, where they work for the
week will close.
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-04-17
OPERATION MAY
SAVE CHILD'S LIFE
Young Son Of DIR. r. B. Combs
In Serious Condition AS Result
= Of Accident

A surgical operation was perform
ed Saturday. morning at the Gibson
hospital on Roscoe, the Is months old
son of DR.. and Mrs. r. B. Combs, of
College Hill and the condition of the
child is reported as being serious.
While at play recently, the child fell
and its head came in contact with a
nail which apparently penetrated its
forehead but a short distance. The in
cident was considered trivia! until
twelve hours later when spasms re-
suited. Since that time the life of the
child has been in the balance. 1t was
discovered that the nail penetrated the
brain, and as last resort, the opera
ton was decided upon. There was a
depression found near the brain, and
it affected the child's mind, the doctors
report, and this is considered as the
reason for the spasnIs. The opera
ton is believed to have been a sue
cess and the youthful victim stands a
fair show to recover.
Dr.. R. B. Combs, father of the child
stated that the accident was of q
peculiar nature, in that more than II
hours elapsed before there was any
sign of any injury to any material ex-
tent.
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-04-17
NEWT COMBS GREATLY
:. Helped BY HEALER

Many cases are being heard of
where wonderfully happy results have
been obtained through the intercession
of Hickson, the Healer at his mission
in Lexington last week. Several Rich
mond people are said to have been
marvelously benefited, if not entirely
cured. Often some time is required
to effect permanent cure, the healer
said. Friends and relatives here were
glad to hear of the improvement ex-
perienced by l. Newton Combs, of
Lexington, with his eyesight. Mr..
Combs married Miss Matte Smith, Of
this city. The Lexington Herald said
of his case:
The eyesight of 1. Newton Combs,
prominent Lexingtonian, was reported
to be improved after treatment by Mr..
Hickson. Mr.. Combs eyes were ex-
amined by. a Cincinnati specialist
Thursday and the specialist is quoted
as saying that an almost impossible
Improvement had occurred. Mr..
Combs eyesight has been failing for
several years and before the mission
he was almost totally blind, it was
said. An improvement is being noted
each day.
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-04-17
RAILWAY settlement
NOT YET IN SIGHT
"Outlaw" Union Takes Stand
Changing Phase of Situation
Agreement Expected
(By Associated Press)

Chicago, April 17-Hope for
immediate settlement of the rail
strike here today was apparently
lost when officers of the OUTLAW
union at noon reiterated hteir or
iginal demands and added new
ones to the list, including a de-
mand that the. "rebel" organiza-
tion be made the governing body
for the switchmen which, union
officials say, would take 6o,00O
members from the brotherhood
of Railway Trainmen and $4,000
from the switchmens' union Of
Norht America, and practically
disrupt the latter organization.
The addition to the demands has
apparently widened the split be-
tween the Brotherhoods and the
strikers. First reports during the
forenoon were that the strike
would be called off this after
noon.
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-04-17
TRAVEL CHEAPER
BY AUTO IT'S SAID

"1'he question of whether it is
cheaper to travel by railway or auto
mobile has been brought up again by
the repvrt that railway passenger
transportation will in all probability
be given another big boost within a
short time", said Percy Reed of the
DcatherageReed Motor Co.
He emphatieally answers the ques-
ton by stating that there is a de-
cided increase in the demand for the
lighter car. He says that they are
able to cover more territory and do
it better than other cars and that
taken all in all, transportation will
be much cheaper. Statesmen are find
ing this to be especially true, he
continued, "and their sales have
owing to the fact that they
are able to make from six to eight
towns daily where they heretofore
were unable to make but from ore to
four. -
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-04-17
Verdict Finds Several Guilty
tRy. Aasociatee Pressl

tBy' A5Soclateo FreSs)
{ Cork. Ireland, April IA jury
at the inquest of Mayor McCur-
tain, who was assassinated last
month, returned a verdict today
finding Premier Lloyd-George,
Viscount French, Lord Lieuten-
ant of Ireland. Ian MACPHERSON.
former Chief Secretary, and sew
eral police inspectors, guilty OF
wilful murder.
The verdict declared the muir
der was organized and carried
out by the Royal Irish constabu-
larry of Ireland, directed by the
British government, Of which
those named are connected The
verdict will likely be little more
than an expression of sentiment
except in the cases of the police
officers, who may be arrested.
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-04-17
CITY FIRE:MEN
ARE COMPL.IMENTED

The members of the Richmond
fire department were pleased
Friday in an unexpected manner.
when they were highly compli-
mented by representative of a
truck company, upon the excel
lent condition Of the local fire
fighting auto truck after two
years use.
The salesman, who has been
introducing fire trucks in this
part of the state during the past
ten years, called at the local sta
ton and made himself known.
He stated that he wanted to see
the condition of the truck which
the city Of Richmond bought
two years ago. After an exami-
nation, he admitted that he
would have a most favorable re-
port to make to the company up
on his return.
Il just want to tell you boys
he said, addressing the firemen
present, that you must have
credit for having taken better
care of your truck than any 9TH
ers in the whole state, everything
considered, for when you have
these rough streets, as a result
of the contemplated paving, there
is something to reckon with.
You have had no serious breaks
and the mechanism is evidently
in perfect working order. | will
have to hand it to you, and to the
machinery, which is both a credit
to you and the company. I look
upon the performance of this
truck greatly as a result of the
care you have taken of it, as truly
remarkable.
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-04-17
TO ELECT TEACHERS
FOR CITY SCHOOLS
Board Announces That Instruc-
tors Will Receive Material In
crease In Salary

The election of additional teach
ers for schools of the city will be
one of the leading features of the
city school board on next Tues
day night, at which time there
will also be announced a result
of the rearrangement of salaries
for instructors, which, in purport,
will be an approximate increase
of 20 per cent.
There are a number of app1i-
cations in the hands of the men,
bers of the board, Treasurer Z.
T. Rice said today, ard there are
a number of additional teachers
to be named. 1t is not expected
that there will be any dearth of
instructors experienced here, as
elsewhere in the state. Reports
from the various schools of the
city indicate that general health
among the children is good,
since there is a .rery small per-
centage absent owing to illness.
1t is believed by the members
of the board that the material
increase in salaries will add CON
siderably to the interest of the
instruction and that the condi-
tions for the summer and fall
terms of the present year will be
very successful.
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-04-17
MEETING OF
S. S. WORKERS
Plans Made For Entire County to
Be Canvassed For Colo
Sunday School Day

More than a dozen of the Sun
day School superintendents of
Madison county met Friday at
one o'clock at the First Christian
church. 1t was decided to divide
the county into as many Sunday
School districts as there are mag
isterial districts, and let the boun-
dary lines of each coincide.
Mr.. Jenkins, Mr. Tudor and
Mr.. Hamm represented the Mil
lion district. Mr.. Tudor was ap-
pointed temporary chairman of
the Million district and was re-
quested to call a meeting of all
the Sunday Schools of that dis
trict for the purpose of effecting
a district organization and to
make arrangements for the dis
trict convention.
Mr.. Lanter was delegated to do
the same thing for the Ellis
Yates district; J. w. Wilson for
the Foxtown district; Mr.. John
Todd for Richmond, No. l, and
Mr.. John Arnold for Richmond
No. D. The Glade district is the
only district in the county which
has an organization. Mrs. Wyatt,
of Berea, was appointed as the
new secretary of the Glade dis
trict to take the place of Mr..
Vaughn, of Berea. Mr.. J. w.
Herndon, OF Berea, is president of
the Glade district.
The Union and Kirksville dis
trlctS were not represented and
no arrangements have as yet
been made for district meetings.
in those districts.
The temporary chairmen of the
various districts are asked to call
the district meetings for such
time and for such place as they
they think convenient.
The Sunday School convention
for the county was discussed. 1t
was decided that une would be
the best time for this meeting
and that country churches would
be the best place. Invitations
from country churches are in or
der.
The Colo Sunday-School Day
campaign was2discussed May-2
is Go-To-Sunday7School Day
Some splendid suggestions were
made for drawing large crowd
to the Sunday Schools OH May 2
Mr.. John Todd suggested
special musical program; Mr.. J.
w. Wilson suggested a treat fG
the children. Mr.. Elvada Tudor
made the point that every Sun
day School should have such
teachers that they will be a draw
ing card to everybody in the
community.
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-04-17
CIRCUS DAY MONDAY
Sparks Big Three Ring Circus
Will Be In City

Tomorrow morning there will roll
into the city two long gaudily painted
trains OF the Sparks Circus for days
stay, with everything from forty
clowns to the shimmy dancing bears.
The show will give two performances,
Monday displaying picturesque and
wondrous marvels-both human and
animal-+making combination that
will be pretty hard to keep "Young
America" from seeing
This season promises many new
features. Among them being the
great Matoka, who traverses dis
tance of $50 feet on a narrow wire
with lightning like rapidity, from the
extreme top of the huge canvas to
the ground. Then there will be the
group of acrobatic bears, whose
feats are only excelled by the other
acrobatic of the circus. And thereIl
be "Big Zulu, the skyscraper ele-
phant and the rest of her elephant
associates and Caesar" the champion
high jumping horse of the world will
duplicate his own record of 7 feet by
Az inches.
The circus will raise it's tents at
Creech's pasture and will be cat
home" to visitors all day. OF course
there will be parade at 1890 in the
morning. 1t will come shining and
glittering forth from the show
grounds to traverse the usual parade
route. In it will be sample of
everything about the circus. The
performances will be given at 2 and
8 p. m. while the doors will be open
an hour earlier, so that visitors, and
especially the children may visit the
menagcrie and Horse Fair, which is
a special feature this year.
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-04-17
MISS LAURA CLAY
IsFOR BECKHAM
VIII Not Be Candidate For u. S.
Senate Herself-May Attend
Convention

Miss Laura Clay Of Richmond and
Lexington, woman suffrage leader, for
years head Of the equal suffrage
movement in Kentucky, announced
that she would not be candidate for
the Democratic nomination for United
States Senator, but would give her
support to Senator ]. C. w. Beckham.
because he stood for the rights Of
the people on the suffrage question,
and against the Anthony amendment"
Miss Clay said she did not think
the Anthony amendment would be
ratified before the Presidential cleo
ton in November, because of the
fact that there were few Legislatures
meeting this ytar. and 40 more would
meet unles.; called in special session
to ratify the amendment, a contin-
Gency She regarded as remote.
Miss Clay will not attend the Dem
ocfatic State convention as dele
gate from tayette county, because
of tie tact that she is d legal resident
of Madison. When asked Of she would
go to TIE convention as delegate il
chosen from Madison county she said
she thought she would. Miss Clay was
q delegate from Madison to the last
Democratic State Convention. 1t is
expected that she will be on the
Madison delegation again this year.
81 am not ambitious to go", she
said, "but i elected delegate from
Madison cocnty it is probable 1 will
go"
Miss Clay said she did not think
women voters would resent the fail
me to pass the ~ural police bill, be-
cause it was offered so late in the
session, but that she though the wo-
men would favcr it two years from
now and urge its passage, as they
would justly prefer the expense of a
rural police force to some of the other
expense to which the State is now
being and has been put for some time.
Miss Clay declared the women of
Kentucky, Democrats and Republic
ans, were grateful to all who assisted
in passing the Presidential suffrage
bill for Kentucky.