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The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-08-16

Mason County Farms and the Cut.Out.
Mason county farmers are very
much interested in what may be the
final outcome of the movement now
on foot throughout the Burley belt to
cut-out the 1921 crop in order to slim
ulate prices.
At the present high cost Of produc-
ton farmers cannot afford to grow to-
bacco at prices which many received
last year. All farmers therefore real
ize that something must be done to
cause the price to advance and they
all seem to agre that the matter can
best be solved by increasing the de-
man in reducing the supply of the raw
material furnished the manufactur-
ers.
Those who have studied the matter
closely say that dealers are Just about
one year ahead Of the growers and that
the cutting out of one years crop
would mean that the price for the raw
material would increase considerably
How successful a cut-out might
prove is quite question and Mr.. JohT
B. Furlong, successful farmer ant
thinking man, must be given credit
| for splendid suggestion at the meet
ing of growers held at the court house
here on Saturday afternoon. Mr.. Fur
long suggests that the warehousemer
cooperate with the farmers by CLOSING
their doors If a cut-out is agreed upol
and he further suggests that no cut
out be attempted unless the entir,
Burley district agrees upon it and tn
warehouses on all Burnley market
agree to close their doors for the sea
son.
This appears to be the fairest solu
ton of the problem we have hear
and we pass Mr.. Furlong's suggestion
on to our readers for their conSid
Grafton.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-08-16
TODAY'S ANNIVERSARIES.

17S4--New Brunswick separated from
Nova Scotia.
1S12-Gen. Hull surrendered Detroit
to the British.
1Sl3-Sarah Porter, noted educator,
who was borne to her grave by
representatives of the greatest
American universities, born at
Pennington, Ct Died there
February II, 1900.
1S20-Queen Caroline received an ad-
dress of sympathy from the
married ladies of London.
1S7O-The French repulsed an attack
on Pfalsburg by the Germans.
1S72-Henry NJ. Stanley described his
discovery of DR.. Livingstone be-
fore the British Association a
Brighton.
1S7S-Emil Hodel was executed il
Berlin for an attempt on thu
life of the German Emperor.
1914.-The first British expeditionar!
force landed in France.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-08-16

County Agent George. Kirk of this
county will be Superintendent of the
Poultry show at the Germantown Fair
and Ewing Fair this year. These
shows at both fairs will be in charge
of the Mason County Poultry Asocia-
ton and Rhode Island Reds will be
stressed upon Mason county folks as
we'll as the farmers of our neighbor-
ing counties.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-08-16

The eyes of cattle men throughout
the state of Kentucky were turned to-
ward Maysville this week when Mr..
George Dodso nand the proprietors of
the Adina Farms purchased the pure
bred Holstein herd of Mr.. G. e. Mark
ley, of Bradford, Kentucky. This is
recognized as one of the gest herds in
the State of Kentucky and makes Ma
son county way up in the list as the
home of pure bred Holsteins. Several
head of this herd will be exhibited at
the Kentucky State Fair this year.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-08-16

Mason county fowls and stock show
ed up well at the Ripley Fair and
many fowls and animals from this
county will be entered at the Ewing
Fair. Mason county has Away very
extensively patronized the Ewing Fair
and as it is located so close to the
Mason county line we claim it party
for our own.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-08-16

Although some little root rot, Wild
fire. angular spot, and other bligh;
has ben found on tobacco in Mason
county, the crop is not generally af-
fected by this blight and rainy wealth
or for the past week has ben conclusive
of much good, Present indications are
that there will be a very large crop
and that it will of fairly good quail
ity If the blight does not spread here
as it has done in some other coun-
ties in the Burley Belt.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-08-16
ONE YEAR AGO TODAY.

London announced signing of treaty
between England and Persia.
British troops called out to suppress
outbreaks In Londonerry.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-08-16

The number of women opticians is
comparatively small, Notwithstanding
the fact that it is considered an ideal
profession for women.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-08-16
TO MAKE A GOOD FINISH YOU
MUST START In TINE.

There Is u certain amount OF pre-
iiininary work about every kind Of
business, and ii you want to finish
what you have started you must start
in time. Ii 1t is to sell your house,
your farm, or anything in the prop
erty line you want to place 1t in live
agency. Our method Of handling deals
lur our customers has been satisfac-
Tory for twelve years, SO why expert
menti We are passing through the
preliminary work Of getting our list
.cad to hand our to the public. Don't
you want your property in this llsti
OF course you do, because you know
We will get you results. Come In and
list now and let us get to work.
TAOS. |. EVAN & co.
Real Estate and Loan Agents,
Farmers and Traders Bank Bldg.
MAYsvILLE. KY.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-08-16

The Germantown pike is being i'm
proved rather extensively and steps
were taken Saturday by the Fiscal
Court and the people of the Mayslick
ncighborhood to improve the pixies in
that section of the county. 1t might be
said that there's no section of the
county which needs its roads improved
more than the Mayslick section, con-
sidered by many as the garden spot
Of Mason county. All of our turnpikes
are terrible disgrace but the County
Commissioners say they are doing t.
best they can.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-08-16

Prof. ]. ]. Hopper, head of the de-
partment of Dairying of Kentucky
State University and the State Expert
ment Station, who was in Mason coun-
ty during the past week, called special
attention to the premiums offered at
the Blue Grass Fair this year for dairy
cattle. While the purses offered at the
State Fair for beef cattle are much
larger than at the Blue Grass Fair
the Lexington show offers much bet
ter place to show dairy animals.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-08-16

ment in Germany and these funds
have ben forwarded to radicals in the
United States, Hoffman said
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-08-16

There was never better prospect
for a record breaking corn crop in
Mason county than at present but it's
going to require much rain for at least
a week longer, Ten days of dry hot
weather at this time would ruin many
a bushel of the grain but few rains
for the next two weeks will make a
bumper crop that will break all past
records.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-08-16

Every school in Mason county will
teach agriculture during the school
year which will open on Monday, Sep
TENDER 9Th. The teachers have passed
an examination on the subject and are
qualified to teach the youngsters much
about the farm but theer are many of
the best farmers In Mason county who
still believe that there is but one way
to learn to farm and that's by farm
ing.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-08-16

Practically every section of Mason
county was visited by rain during the
past week. In some sections the rain
was very hard and washing ding much
damage to hillside crops, Lightning
has never ben so destructive to prop
erty and livestock in Mason county as
/ il has ben during the month of August.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-08-16

Messrs. John R. Downing Stanley F,
Reed and Mike Flarity, who were
chosen at Saturday afternoons mass
meeting as delegates from his county
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-08-16

Sir Jiseph Pope, Under Secretary CT
State of Canada, born at Charlotte
town, P. E. l., sc years ago today.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-08-16

to the state tbocca meeting will
leave Wednesday to be on hand at all
of the deliberations. While all of these
men are in favor of cut-out of the
1921 crop of tobacco necessary, they
will lend the most of their efforts to
the perfecting of a permanent organi-
cation among Burley Tobacco growers
where all troubles can be sifted out.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-08-16

Prof. John Hurst Adams, of Minerva,
who has ben actively engaged in Club
work among the boys and girls Of the
farm in this county, during the school
vacation period, must discontinue this
work the last week in this month in
order to devote his entire time to the
Minerva school. Mr.. Adams has done a
splendid work among the young farm
ers of the county and has been quite
successful in his club work.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-08-16

Greater than that
of any other start
ing and lighting battery Of equal
size and weight.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-03-09
Wall Street [ psef By
False Reports on Ruling
Court on stock Dividends

New York. March WAL street was
-arOwc INTO d state Of characterization
-oCay and many hundreds OF thousands
Of dollars were losl and won WITHIN :
sew minutes when news agencies mis-
stated the decision Of The J-nIred states
supreme court IL ne STOCK lex case and
declared ina sIock dividends were AZ-
able.
The service of the Associated Press
was accurate III ever particular After
its -apur- reached tae street. stocks
winch mao broken TWO ID IL points under
an avalanche OF selling orders, staadied
ana began to climb For the 3aiance Of
tie session prices continued 70 strength
er. ma quotations fo- leading shares
making considerable gains.
during the yiaienT declines which fol-
lowed the n sleadlrE repO--. frightened
--aders sold almost regardless OF value
The hundreds Of thousands. Of dollars
forfeited by them were captured on The
-ehpund bv others VINO mad refused II
sell on the strength Of the arst and false
reports Or vino were IL ignorance o.
wiia- was happening.
General Motors was the star perform
~ gaining Ii points before moor. react
M : points on receipt Of he erroneous
~apu-- and then rising Driskiy To 3T,
net gam Of = II points.
C-uciDle Steel was another spectacle
ar feature. gaining 50 points after nav
ing shown an actual lDss Of 10 points
Many other industrial shares closed FIVE
to 10 points over iasr week tina! prices.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-03-09
Y Olunteer Workers
Help In Clearing Traffic

BustGn. March 8-ConsIde-aoie m
nrovernent IN conditions on the snow
and ice-Douno railroads. of northern
View England resulted 1-om the COM
Oined efforts Of railroad men anc thou
SANDS OF volunteer workers to-day New
-ork and Boston rams worked their
wav through 70 Portland. Maine and
--atfic was restored between Portland
and Bangor.
The Grand Trunk -ailwa- lines II
Maine and New Hampshire remained
without service, together with HnI,y
paris Of the Boston & Name and Main
Cen--al roads. The White Mountains
division Of che Boston Name was
cleared as Tar north as Plymouth, \.
4 and the Southern division TO Frank
in. n H Montreal -ains were IN
abe 70 pass these two points II either
direction
N severa! trains which mac asen
stalled d. dife-en; points since Sa1u--
CAV gh- and were released today pas
senge-s mad slept IN DAY coaches for
-wo nights and mad taxed the capacl-
les Of Small town hotels and -es.au-
-ancs 10 keen themselves supplied with
saod
There was l3--le Irce-urban street rail
war --atIic n northern ano western
New England and il man. cities C-oliev
racks were still buried II ice.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-03-09
LOSS MILLIONS IN REvE NUE..
Supreme Court Deci-
sion Holds Corpora
ton Dividends Dis
tributed i'm Form o.
Stock Are Not In
come and Therefore
Not Taxable Means
Big Refund and Loss
in Future Collections

x asf,inrton. March s-Corpora1on
dividends distributed II me form &
STOCK do moi constitute income" ana
consequently are not subject 70 fed
go 5ncorn. taxes. the supreme court
decided Today IN a I've to four ne
clslun
Provisions Of the 1916 federal II
come TAX levving taxes on sLoch
dividends were declared unconsltu-
riona!. The decIslOE also uuILnas
SIN la- PROVISIONS u the present law
and Will involve great loss n reF-
anues 10 rne government n 1ucure
collections and also refunds OF such
axes ALREADY collected Large IN
aoc;al interests vii De affected and
extensive melon cutting Is *
pectatt.
In ne majority decision read oy
! ustice P1rnev Chief Justice u hiLe
and Justice McAenna. Van Devan-
rer ana McReynoiGs cnncur-ec. u
ne four dissenting members. Justice
Hol1nes read brlat opinion n winch
ne was Joined by Justice Day ana
Justice Rraruies Delivered lengthy
r,oi-t1n IN which usrlce Clarke con-
CURED
I, holding mat STOCK distributions
are a0J dividends, or account OF no
separation af c0rpura-e assets being
lnvoivad. Justice Piney II behalf #
the ma jur1-r declared -aa- STOCK
shares are nothing except paper Ger
tifcaras. n und.s-ipu-ed assets, ara
not req lied profits and. therefore
are not taxable.
Tire attempt II congress II the n
come 1az law "a Tax STOCK dlsL-tou-
riens. ne majority deciue~ 20 De IN
constitutional. and not permitted by
me income amendment. Stock c!vl-
bends the majority neid may pc
-axed only after stockholders rea-izs
upon them By sale II winch case The
government may Levy income taxes
u SUCH profits.
all four dissenting Justices con
ended that Congress mad power %
TAX STOCK dividends. holding tnat
such aivldends are income" me
same as i u cash. The sixteenth
amendment. me mlnOrt1v declared Is
broad anouE- ~ Justly az
Justices F3ra1d.ls anG ClA~k cnar-
acter:zed me majority view as mar
-uw and bizarre" and SAID Il
would permit many CORPORATIONS 70
escape taxation on large portion e
what IS actually their income"
The 0Laer dissenting opinion eE-
0rassed me b-li4f that the word in
come" II the sixteenth amendment
should pc read III q sense mos OH
nous % me common understanding
al the time Of gts adoption. Most
people. other than LAWYERS. it vas
added. supposed when tAer vated
eor Ill tha- they put at rest -he qli-s-
non Of direct taxes including leries
"a srock divldends.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-03-09
Maine RAILROAD
TRAFFIC CLEARING
Partial Service Monday with Prospects Regu-
lar Schedules Today--Tram Arrives at Ban
gor Early Monday, First Since Saturday -
B. & A. Trains Running But Schedules Way
off--Androscoggin & Kennebec Trolley
Service Limited to Cities
REGULAR SERVICE TO-DAY

Portland Ne March NRall-oad
r-at1ic between Portland anG the out
side world Is slowly being restored
and i Is expected that ny 1omnr-cw
afternoon the regular schedules will
have been resumed OF most Of the
lines. Two New York trains reached
mere today. one following close be-
hind the other and some Of the Maine
Cen-ars rains from the east which
have been held Up for about - hours.
were brought through.
The Mountain Division Of the
Maine Central. The Worcester Nash
ia & Portland DIVISION Of the Boston
d Maine and the Grand Trunk road
were still without service Today bu-
C-anu Trunk officials announced that
they expected 10 have their lines
Ines opened -omnr-ow, snow plows
having been working ever since the
STORM ended.
The first -a.a % Boston iect a.
r2225 this noon The iocal pcstof1ce
was swamped tonight with mai from
the west which arrived on the New
York TRIMS and the clerks were
obliged n work overtime 10 gel 7
distributed
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-03-09
SWeet Cider " cts
rebIe's Prov at
Bath Launching

Bath. Me-, March s-ne Use CT
sSee, cIoer instead OF wine was
ar Innovation established today
when the torpedo boat destroy
er Srehie was cnrisrenec by Miss
Saliie M. Tucker OF New York as
4 was launched ny ere Bath iron
Works. The destroyer IS 1a-.en
Tor Commodore Eawara 7renie Of
Portland. Civil War time com
nande- anc great grandfather Of
r7e spcnsor.
The e-eoie. a duplicate OF rncse
sert overheard by the Bath iron
w orks n the past g months. is
expected 70 leave Friday For 5os-
tor % 90 irro commission.
Miss Tucker was presented with
platinum par pin set with d'a-
-nonus, by tne builders. the ore
sertz-Inn being made by former
Governor William ?. COBB, aresr-
aert of -,e concern.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-03-09
Daniels Asks for
New Naval Base
Below Mare Island

asrinE-on, Mar. 5.-ImmeGlare
ana extensive enlargement Of naval
docking and basing facilities on the
Pacific and legislation 10 provide :
naval reserve force Of al least 200 806
trained men were advocated .1di :
before The house naval committee By
Secretary Daniels.
The secretary asked authority 70
start construction OF d new naval
base on San Francisco Bay below
Mare Island and urged thai so. 900 =
000 De made available a. once He
first estimated the cost a. So. 900, 000
but later SAID It might be done for
$40 0DG 600
Two new submarines anC destroy
er bases on the northwest coast. one
al PORT Angeles, Washington and The
other az Astoria. Oregon. were urged.
as well as extensive developments at
Hawaii and Guam.
Expressing the belief that IN the
next wHr, as IN the last. the Z uired
States would send It's troops ineo the
enemv's country, M. Daniels said a
.arEe navy and strong naval reserve
were absolutely necessary"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-03-09
Rail Unions and
Executives Asked
to Name Delegates

Washington March S--The sixteen
railroad unions and -haussociaeion Of
railway executives we're d-rncrad 70
night by -he interstate commerce
commission 70 make nominations
COR labor and capital respectively, 10
me r-i-pa-r1re board created by the
TRANSPORTATION ac- winch viii a.
tempt settlement of disputes without
strikes
Eacn sid VIII name rot less cnan
SIX n-n 10 - submitted - President
x .lson. VINO viii choose the board OF
nine. divided equally between lne
public. -he workers ana the corpora
-InCs.
The association u ralwa- ezecu-
.,vas vas asked % nominate repre-
sentat5vas of-he railroad manage
rneurs ana owners. because approx
tr-la-elv % percent Of the railroad
mileage was included II me asso-
citation. Most u the curriers' not in
Guided utne association have as
st.rlrad -o ne praser -alon OF norni-
Majors AN 10 ID E<--.4A sitA-s
For ne purpose Of making ne
norr1ina mons the unions Were eiassl-
fed Intothree groups
C7rou on@BrnrhernooG % Loco-
motive Engineers; Brotherhood OF
Locomotive F-iraman and Engine
men Order 1f RAILWAY Conductors:
Brotherhood % Railway ~r1-InTnen
and The Union OF North America
C.-ouo rwo-L-I ,s.'naJiunal Associa-
ton OF MacnInIsrs; Brotherhood Of
Boiler Makers, Iron Shipbuilders ana
Helpers, brotherhood 81 Biacksmlrhs
and Helpers. Sheet Metal Workers,
Rrorherhoo,i Of Railway Carmen:
and me Brotherhood of Electrical
Workers
Cror,p Order OF Ea.lrOad Teieg-
ranners. brotherhood Of Mainten-
ance Of Way employees and shooe Ia
bo-ers. RAILWAY Signalrnen Brother
mood Of StaIion@ry Fl-ernen ana
Brotherhood Of Eailway Clerks.
freight handlers and express ana
station employees.
Eacn group must name at Least
TWO members The COMMISSION e&-
planned mat Z had aligned the 10
examinations so ttIac each group rep
resented employees doing lahnr ~ u
more or less similar character ana
rs nearly as possible represer Ia
tive OF and conversant with The IN
-arests Of all Of the classes embraced
~ -ne subdivisions
Because IF "A question Of Inrerpr2-
-arion. the commission decided =
withhold for me Dresen. provisions
for nominating subordinate off,
ciaIs' IF the roads, who ma be IN
Guided among labor's representa-
inn. Il was said there is uncertain
~ as to just who constituted sub
ordinate officials and until the terms
was defined. there would be danger
of appointing corporation. the Ia
Dor delegates.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-03-09
CITY TROLLEYS ONLY

lewiston, Ne. March s-Three
miles II the $50 comprising the sys-
cen II the An6-ocogg.ng & kannebec
Street Railway had been cleared to-
day, bU- considerable progress Is eZ-
pecrec On urban ines Tuesday, when
volunteers Will work following acuon
Of the Chambers Of Commerce and
proclanacions by me mayors Of Lew
iston and Auburn
No through service IN the Port
land-LewsIon :nte-u-nan Is expected
before Wednesday nign- The first
Maine Central train % reach Lewis
tcn was an eas-50und passenger
which arrived d 2.55 ? NJ. via Dan
vile Junction. The Sruuswlck-Lewls-
TOE branch mas been opened An
attempt t0 restore the regular sched-
UIe viii be made Tuesday railroad Of
fcials here SAID tonight
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-03-09
CHICAGO PLANS COMPLETE
FOR GRAND old PARTY MEET
To NAME STANDARD BEARER
Coeseum IN Windy City Be RemOdeled-WU Seat 13ls7
Delegates and SpeeatorI normal Conference Party
Leaders-Discuss Platform and Possible Panks-Liquor
Question Main Talk In Corridors

Chicago, March s-0Hce-s OF ce-a
Republican national convention IN
c1uCing the temporary chairman VINO
viii sDEad the keynote Of the 1870
campaign will De selected al a meet
ing of the convention committee May
10 a T. Hert Of Kentucky, chair
man Of the committee. made this an
nouncemenr tonight after a meeting
al which plans for the convention
were Land. the seating arrangement
approved and the appointment N
seats and convention attaches set
LED
The Chicago Coliseum viii De va
modelled 70 seat 1877 Delegates and
spectators. approximately 1.lBo more
--1an were accommodated al the con
vention four years ago.
After providing for the So dele
gates. the alternares and convention
attaches. the remainder 81 the seats
VIII De divided among the state com
nirrees Oh the basis Of representa-
ZION Of the floor
Under the same plan. the appoint
ment 81 900 ser-eants al arms 400
doerkeepers. 200 ushers 100 physi-
clans and other convention attaches
VIII De divided
The meeting IF the committee wa
preceded by the ~aEuLar month";
- Nc
win 30 Hresenc. More than 80 parry
lenders hello informal conferences .
di-icusE the campaign and possible
platform planks. The liquor qucs-
lion and the possibility ina. one or
both II the major parties might take
a stand for some notifications e
the present dry Jaw was the most
absorbing TOPIC of corridor gnssip.
The League Of Nations was a dead
issue 50 far as EXPERIMENTATION pla--
form drafting went. leaders declared.
for the reason thai the POSITION Of
the Senate Of the morning Of uns- g.
when the convention DOORS open.
would determine The POSITION Of the
party n preparing It's platform
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-03-09
Test Attack on DIV
Amendment Before
Supreme Court
Rhode Island Attorney
General Opens for
Opposition = A S S t.
Atty. Gen. Frierson
for Govt. Court
Permits Filing of
Briefs by Chas. E.
Hughes Represent
ing "A States

u ashingcon, Mar. S-Rhode
Islands legal attack on the
prohibition amendment to the
federal constitution was ar
gued IN supreme court today,
assailed by the compliments
as evolutionary and An eva
sion Of states rights, and de-
Tended by the government as a
legitimate addition TO the Ia
tons basic law over which the
court held no jurisdiction.