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The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1920-12-01
n YEARS AGO
Dec. 2, 1896.
In Cloverport

Mrs. c. w. Fletcher has been very
ill.,
Born to the wife of Lucius Chaplin,
a fine baby girl, last Saturday.
Henry Solbrig slaughtered fifteen
head OF hogs Monday.
There was a family reunion at the
Fisher homestead Thanksgiving.
Samuel T. Johnson and Mrs. Estes
will be married in Hardinsburg. today.
The firm OF Polk and Gregory has
been dissolved Mr. Polk selling his
interest to Lige Gibson
-(o)-
Grundy Parr Mooleyville, drove to
town Monday on business and upon
reaching Reide's confectionery. his
horse fell. dislocating his shoulder.
VIM. Pool has sold his farm near
AXtel to VIM. Cannon, of the Forks
of Rough. Consideration $500 Mr..
Pool will probably locate at the Falls
of Rough.
-(o)-
Jas. X. Skllman. Gordon and May
me McGavock left for a camping trip
on Green River. Monday.
Tobacco came in at lively rate
during the season" last week
Thanksgiving day the town was
crowded with wagons.
Mrs. Eta Evans went to Chicago.
Saturday to spend the winter
-(o)-
Hardinsburg-Born to the wife of
{. l.. Hawkins, Nov. %. girl
Arthur Driskell and Huldah Bell
were married at the home OF the
bride, Wednesday, Nov. p.
Will Hook and Joe Cox went out
Thursday and killed forty birds.
Misses Eva Hensley, Maud Smith
and Eula Miller. Messrs. John Has
well. Herbert Beard and Claude Mer-
Ger spent Thanksgiving with Mrs.
Ollie Meyers.
- NOD -
Chintz Royalty has announced him
self candidate for office of Surveyor
on the Republican ticket
-(o)
Holt-Kent Ferry Fred D'Huy.
Harry Hannah and Norman Willis.
Cloverport, spent Thanksgiving day
hunting with the Reidel boys.
-(o)-
Jas. Sampley and family have NOV
ed to Tobinsport.
-(o)
Miss Frieda Reidel. Cloverport,
spent few days with her parents.
-(o)-
Stephensport-Born to the wife OF
). II. Dix. seven pound girl on the
22nd
-(o)-
Mr. and Mrs Robert Vaughn, Mr.
and Mrs, X. A. dhellman, Misses
Emma Woosley Ota Biggs and Geo
rgia Hawkins were invited TO the
Smith house for Thanksgiving
-(o)-
Irvington-Frank l.. Root, a young
cornetist. of Louisville, will spend
Thanksgiving with his former pupils.
Messrs, Jolly
Lyonia-Times have improved since
the election. butter loo per ID. and
eggs lee per doz.- --
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1920-12-01
Public Henefactor Dead.

Adam Duncan. fellow of the Royal
Horticultural society, who has just
died In England at the age of 80, IL
said 10 have been largely responsible
for the introduction of the tomato as
an edible fruit The tomato had long
been grown for decorative purposes.
but Mr. Duncan, by means of hybridi-
cation. evolved II from Its crinkled.
woolly state to the smooth skinned
fYuit.s'--.~-fss 1-.~. - s-...-.-s,. ~. ~
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1920-12-01
GOING SOUTH

The robins packed his flannel vest,
The thrush his silver flute.
The oriole his velvet tam
And yellow satin suit.
! heard the wild geese honking go
AT sunset yesterday,
The wild ducks too have closed their
flats
To aviate away.
The sun is travelling toward
Palm Beach in eager haste,
Where oranges and tarpon grow
Exactly to my taste.
Before the north winds piping breath
Behold the ragged crew
or clouds are also speeding south
And ! am going too.
Minna Irving, In New York Herald
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1920-12-01
Child Held as Safe Robber.

Vincent CYCLIC. eleven years old, Of
Lodi. y. j.. was committed to the
Hackensack Jail pending his arraign-
ment before the federal grand jury.
He is charged with the theft of $65
from the safe Of the Lodi post Office.
Postmaster Robert Mckay said he
caught the hoy in the act of again try
ing to rob the safe and turned him over
TO the police. Vincent's chum. who
was held rs n material witness. bad
so in his pockets. the police said.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1920-12-01

.breathed. but this time She dbl not
hold the letter Idly and look out the
attic window nt--nothing.
She left the rest Of the letters on
the floor and rushed down to the
library. where she busted herself with
paper and pen. and wrote a telegram.
Calling the telegraph office on the tele-
phone. she read the message. Then
she sat and again perused the clos
ing lines Of the letter she had I'M
earthed In the attic. These lines were :
81 know II may he a f0rlorn hope
this hope thas you will consent to
marry me; but ! just can't keep still
any longer. So consider this a pro-
posal, and I will look for your an
swer by return mall II I do not re-
ceive letter I will know that your
answer Is no. and then-.welI. then.
] shall enter the aviation service. as
have been considering doing for some
time.
with love, JACK"
The earth was so far below It
looked like a hazy dream world
Many clouds intruded between the
distant globe and the aviator; II was
like tossing about in boat on a
white-capped sea. looking down
through the depths TO an ancient city
enguIfed by food.
Frost covered the flyers clothing /;
II hung to his eyebrows and his nose,
and film Of II held his mouth shut.
What little of his face showed
through the headdress was almost
uevoid Of blood. He was breathing
heavily but he was smiling. some
what grimly. as he looked at his
altimeter and saw that he was 10000
feet above the earth.
Mechanically he pulled back the
stick and began climbing further. AS
he went up the difficulty of breathing
became more pronounced. and frost
gathered; but he did not hesitate. In
to a wireless telephone strapped about
his shoulders he called:
Hello, Major; $1,000 feet now"
He was struggling to breathe, but
he managed to speak the few words
rather calmly, although the effort
was prOdigious.
"Im fool to go up any farther"
he thought, hut what's the use of
returning to the sOrrOwful old world?
There's not much sunshine any more
since Elsie went back on me-"
He pulled back the stick and con-
tinued the climb. and his suffering in
creased with every foot he mounted.
He began to grow weak and his head
TO roar; but he did not falter.
"Hello. major; $4,000 feet" he said
family into the phone. The majors
voice came back:
"HellO, Jack. Listen, here's a tele-
gram I received for you. 1t just ar
rived. Do you want It now?"
Jack was surprised. Who would he
sending him telegram? He Won
dered If it was ruse to make him
go down.
Lets have the message" Jack
called into the phone.
"Here it is" said the major across
the expanse of space.
Somebody mislaid your last letter
to me while | was away. and | just
found II today. If you still mean
what 1t says. my answer is. Yes. yes,
yes"
lack stopped gasping. He heS-
\
tmeter with a peculiar smile.
Slowly he moved the stick forward
and gradually the plane began to de-
scend.
AS far as Jack Reynolds is con-
cerned Major Schroeder can keep the
altitude racnrd
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1920-12-01
Marriage Promotes Long Life.

Marriage, according 10 Doctor
Schwartz of Berlin. Is the most i'm
portant factor of longevity. OF every
200 persons who reach the age of forty
years. 1875 are married and rs unmar-
ried. AT sixty the proportions are 4S
10 -; at 10 years. q to II; and at
ninety years, o TO s. Fifty centenari-
ans had all been married.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1920-12-01

VI OnQay ana utSndy DtCtHlDtT lotll,
and 14th. This will be all interesting
and profitable meeting for farmers.
He will hear something that will
make him forget his troubles and go
into the new year with better feeling
and with a new vision. This little
slump in the market for farm products
is not going to be continuous. Before
first OF January we are going to have
a change for the better. Prices may
not be up to what we expect but they
will be better.
There are thousands of bushels of
~orn here in our own county that
will bring nearly as much money as
a whole. as our short crop brought
FAST year-And think of it. it is all
new money, new wealth dug out of
the ground. There are two bushels OF
corn to one of last year. Same OF
hay and oats-Plenty OF hogs and
cattle and they are in fine shape for
the winter with big piles OF feed to
put them in fine shape for the market.
Well. there's tobacco. 1t has al
ways brought trouble to the grower
and always will il he doesn't cut it out
and quit raising the weed-Sell what
you have at the market price and for
get about the stuff and the prices of
last year.
There are SO many other products
that farmer can raise that will bring
him in the long run, as much as to-
bacco, if he would only give them a
trial
The following crops OF Burnley re-
ported sold last week to John Alex
ender, Harmed Gid Haynes. Garfield.
crop of Burnley at $l2, ST. and So;
Phillip Webb. ST.. ST. and So: Jesse
Haynes crop So to SIS. These are the
first crops that have been sold in the
county this year
Bloom Johnson. of Garfield. is
some trader. Ike Whitworth. his
neighbor had a horse that he has
neither sell him or give him away. He
tackled Bloom Johnson for trade.
mo Sir says Mr.. Johnson. Il would
not have him as free gift" Mr.
Whitworth studied the situation and
his prospect, so he changed his mind
and came at him in another angle-So
he said to Johnson. I'm give you a
dollar and throw you in the horse"
So Johnson took him up, got his
dollar bill and horse and started
home. On his way home he met Virgil
Smith, who had two Jennetts John
son said to him. III give you the
hors for your jennets." Smith said
it was a trade. SO Johnson started
home with his jennets He met Char
lie Hobbs and traded one of his
jennets for sow and pigs and the
other jennett for a good saddle. John
son says he raised enough pigs fir m
his sew to make his meat and mas
$50 saddle to boot.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1920-12-01
A Wise Prophet.

II thought you told me you had
n good idea of who was going to be
elected"
$50 ! had. knew Il would not
be any OF the people who had ,sot been
nominated"
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1920-12-01
FARM AND STOCK

Every farmer in the county should
make it point to attend the Farmers
Institute to be held at Hardinsburg
Monday and Tuesday December 18th,
and 14th. This will be an interesting
and profitable meeting for farmers.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1920-12-01

of your father. your mother, your
brothers. your sisters-yOur sweet
heart"
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1920-12-01

It's getting closer every day-Christmas
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1920-12-01

rs Institute Monday and Tuesday the 18th and lit
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1920-05-21
WILSON, IN MESSAGE, SAYS JU.
DIcIARY BILL "iNvADES
EXECUTIVE SPHERE"
NOTE IS SHARPLY PHHASEg
sumo Other Than Legislative
Powers-Some Republicans
Deny the Charge.

Washington.-Pres. Wilson pointed
ly informed congress that in his
opinion the legislative branch of the
government was showing an increas-
ing tendency to interfere unduly with
the exercise of executive functions.
Taking as a vehicle for his admoni-
tion sharply phrased veto of the an
nual legislative, executive and judicial
appropriation bill, the president de.
clared that one of the riders of the
big supply measure would muzzle eN-
ecutive officials with censorship"
regulated by the congressional joint
committee on printing.
Immediately the presidents position
both on the general principle irvolved
and the specific case cited was chal-
lenged by Republican leaders of the
senate and house. Senator Smoot Of
Utah, Republican. chairman Of thu
Joint committee, declared in formal
statement that the presrient appar
emily had been deliberately misin-
formed" about the appropriation bill,
and Representative Good of iowa, Re-
publican, chairman Of :he house ap-
propriations committee, told the house
that there must be some mistake
somewhere"
Whether repassage of the bill un-
changed will be attempted, or wheth-
er the feature objected to by the pres
ident will be eliminated. had not been
decided tonight The measure carries
$10f 600 coo for salaries and miscel-
Iiaueous expenses OF many government
departments, and It must be approved
in some form ~ the end of June or
these funds win lapse.
The president also cited several 9th
er measures enacted Or proposed in
the present congress to support his
charge that there had been IAN in
vasion of the province Of the execu
tive, calculated to result in unwar-
ranted interference in the processes Of
good government" He said that some
of these measures he had permitted
to become law as temporary expedi-
ents, but that he felt the time had
come to call a halt before 'destruc-
tive" precedents had been established.
The section of the appropriation
bill which led to tile veto would pro-
hibit the printing Of mimeographing
OF any government { blication except
by authority of the oint committee.
Such a provision, said the president,
would give to the committee power
to determine what information shall
be given to the people of the country
by the executive departments
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1920-05-21
COTTON CENSUS FIGURES
Census Bureau of Government Issues
Some Interesting Figures on the
Great Southern Staple.

Washington.-Cot consumed dur
ing April amounted to 567,S bales of
Int and 1885 bales of linters, the
census bureau announced.
Consumption in March was 75,7O4
bales, and in April last year was 475,-
SIS bales of lint and 1,47S of linters.
Cotton on hand April 80, in consum-
ing establishments, was 1,S09,252 bales
Of lint and 2S7,746 of linters, as com
pared with 1,379,392 of lint and 273,74S
Of linters year ago, and in public
storage and at congresses 2,967931
bales of lint and 392,S7O of linters, as
compared with 3,976,257 of lint and
211,326 of linters a year ago.
Imports during April 69,357 bales,
compared with 36.463, and exports
546,125 bales of lint and 6,15S Of lint
ers, compared with 411,916 of lint and
e51 linters in April last year.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1920-05-21
GERMANY WILL HAVE TO PAY
FIRST, THEN OTHER DEBTS
WILL BE CANCELLED.
AMERICA NOT IN ON PLAN
AlIotments viii Be Made at Ratio of
rs Per Cent to France and rs to
Great Britain-Creditors of
Allies Are Gamers.

Hythe, England.-The Anglo French
combination which has succeeded the
big four in the management of the al
lies dealings with Germany, deter
mined at Sundays session upon the
principles for the settlement of both
the German indemnity and interallied
debts.
The principles are that the finan-
cial experts of the two governments
shall recommend lump sum for the
indemnity and that the payments of
the inter-alied debts shall proceed
parallel with Germanys payments.
This arrangement is q substitute for
Premier Millerand's proposal under
which most stress was laid upon the
immediate payment of a large sum to
France. The French delegation, how
ever, appeared satisfied with the re-
suits of their mission.
The present purpose of the ''big
two" is to present the experts plan to
the Germans at Spa.
The debt to the United States Is not
embraced in the new plan, and the
governments spokesman intimated
that this would not be possible with
out the participation Of the United
States in the conference. Recognition
of Belgfum's priority claims upon
Germany still stands. The proper
tional allotment of the German in
demnity, made eight months ago, by
which France gets So per cent and
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1920-05-21
MILLION AND HALF TO Be SPENT
FOR INSTITUTION AT
NEW ORLEANS.
f.is ~! v.s sskNIMOUs
and Virginia Will Be Included
in Great Building Program
of the Denomination.

ngton.-Authority to build a
$1,500,000 hospital in New Orleans was
unanimously voted to the home mis-
sion board by the Southern Baptisi
convention.
Baptists of the South are earnestly
endeavoring to provide adequate hos
pital facilities for the South, F. S. Gro
ner, of Dallas, Texas, declared in pre-
senting the report of the committee on
hospitals to the convention. These ia
cilities now are entirely inadequate, he
said, and less than in any other sec
tion of the country.
Baptists already have hospitals in
nine Southern states, Mr.. Groner said,
and have established high records for
efficiency and service. Additional
hospitals are soon TO be erected.
Louisville, he said, is to build one at
cost of $500, 900; in Alabama a $780,,
coo hospital is to be constructed and in
North Carolina 100000 has been
raised, and the city which obtains the
site for a hospital will add 100000.
I.ynchburg, Va, also is planning for
one.
Difficulties faced in getting the BIZ
BILE before the people OF the world
were laid before the convention by
Frank H. Mann, of New York, secre-
tary of the American Bible Society.
Translation is one of the main prob
lens of the society. Mr.. Mann de-
clared, and although the Bible has
been rewritten in the more than $50
languages and dialects, it has only
been possible to translate the whole
Bible into 140 languages. To trans
late the Bible into Chinese, he said.
had taken over rs years and cost hun
dreds of thousands of dollars.
Printing is one of the difficulties OF
Bible spreading, Mr. Mann said. While
the society prints over 6,000,000 copies
of the Bible year, this number is en-
tirely insufficient. He added that il
all printing facilities in the country
were devoted to Bible publication they
would still be mad squate.
The personnel of the committee
which is to recommend the program
for the next four years for the S75,000,-
600 campaign fund was announced as
follows
a. 81. Groner, Texas, chairman: ]. r.
EottI. AElSnIna; Otto Wilmington.
q rk r,sss; Jehn E. Briggs, District of
Columbia; Louis Entzminger. Florida;
A. c. Cree, Georgia; d. S. Rodman,
Illinois; F. F. Gibson, Kentucky; S. E.
Tull, Louisiana; w. H. Baylor, Mary
land; w. A. Hewitt, Mississippi; 0. L.
Wood, Missouri; ]. w. Bruner, New
Mexico; w. R. Cullom, North Caro-
lima: S. j. Porter, Oklahoma; w. j.
McGlothlian, South Carolina; l.. G..
Broughton, Tennessee; John M. Vines.
Virginia.
Enrolment Of delegates at the con-
yention was announced as 1868. The
opening exercises were conducted by
DIR. B. C. Henning, of Murfreesboro.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1920-05-21
Paws to Remove Gasoline.

From its investigation of the effects
OF removing gasoline from natural gas,
the United States bureau of mines has
concluded that the gas is not only not
made poorer. but that its consumer Is
actually profited by the process. A
gallon of gasoline burned IN the gas is
worth about y cents, but the con-
densation of the light oil in pipe lines
causes large leakages and lowering of
pressure-troubles that are mostly
eliminated when the gasoline is re-
moved. AS automobile fuel the ex-
tracted gasoline is worth about 30
cents gallon, the several hundred
million gallons obtained yearly from
this source being priced over ordi-
nary gasoline on account of the lower
boiling points.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1920-05-21
SILL MAKE BOWS
Did Weapon of War and Chase
Not Yet Obsolete.
Quantity of Yew Wood, to Be Used
for That Purpose, Recently Sold
by the Government For
est Service.

1t is far cry from long range RI
hes and high-powered explosives to
the bow and arrow of the American
rows are still used by the small boy,
albeit not without sorrow to the neigh
boris chickens. There Is also q de-
mand for stronger and more expensive
bows for archers of mature years.
Doubtless these facts account for "a
recent sale, on the Snoqualmie ma
tional forest in Washington. of
quantity of yew, to be used in max
ing bows. Although the forest serv-
ice of the United States department
of agriculture sells variety of for
est products for unusual uses, this is
probably the first case in which the
final product Is TO be one of the old
est and most common weapons known
to the world.
The yew has long been known as
the best of all bow woods. Famous
English archers would have no other.
Richard III. ordered bowyers to make
four bows vi witch hazel, ash, or elm
to every one of yew, in order that the
supply of this valued wood might be
preserved. This is said to be one of
the earliest forest regulations in Eng
land. The slaves from which bows
were made in those early days were
seasoned for three years before being
made into bows and the bows were not
used for two years after being COM
pleted.
The American yew is botanically
very similar to the European yew.
One of the three species found in the
United States grows only in Florida
and Is small tree. Another is a
shrub growing in the north Atlantic
region, while the third occurs in the
forests of the Pacific coast.
On account of its elasticity and
strength the Indians of the Northwest
utilized the wood of the yew for their
bows and often for canoe paddles.
Yew wood is also well adapted to
carving and numerous attractive ar
ticias cau. be made from II. Not sorlv
does the grain of the wood make 1t
possible to carve attractive designs,
but the combination of red bark. white
sapwood. and rose-red heartwood make
especially pleasing effects possible.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1920-05-21
Unreasonable Protest.

A jitney bus was lifting merriIy
along the boulevard, when an elderly
gentleman of ample proportions threw
his dignity to the winds by falling into
the road in trying to alight while the
jitney was in motion.
Away went the jitney full tilt, while
the driver watched the injured passen-
ger ruefully rubbing his injured parts.
Presently the wounded one struggled
up and dashed after the vehicle with
frantic speed.
"Didn't you see me fall off, driverr'
he shouted.
"Yes. sir. never seed the like Of 1t
before"
"Then why didn't you stop?"
".Stop?' calculated the driver. "How
was | to know you wanted to get on
and do It again"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1920-05-21
vioIets Profitable.

Violet farming is profitable work.
A woman horticulturist whom know
In Hampshire (says an English cor
respondent made good livelihood
out of it in pre-war days. and. having
now been demobbed, is again installed
on her picturesque estate. She cul-
tivates violets of a mammoth size. and
of exquisite perfume. Some are des-
tined for decorative purposes, some
for the scent factory, while others find
ready market in the confectionery
trade, where crystallized violets are
in large demand.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1920-05-21
SOCIALISTS NAME E. DEBs
Noted Political Prisoner ls Chosen as
Standard Bearer in Coming Pres
identiaI Election.

New York.-The national conven-
tion of the Socialist party acclaimed
Eugene Victor Debs, federal con-
vict No. 2253 in the Atlanta peniten-
tiary, its candidate for the fifth time
for president of the United States.
A 21-minute ovation followed Debs'
formal nomination as the Lincoln of
the Wabash" during which the dele
gates marched around the hall in
lock-step.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1920-05-21
Postpone Postal Increases.

Washington.-So policy requires
the postponement for one year of the
scheduled two annual increases in sec
ond-class mail rates, the House post
office committee declared in reporting
the bill extending rates until June 80,
1921.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1920-05-21
TROOPS TO GUARD IRELr }
Failure on Part of Police Cause e
ployment Of Soldiers in Tur-
bulent Country.

Dublin.-The plan of Gen. Sir Ney.i
MacReady. commander of the g.
ment forces in Ireland, looking I s
closer cooperation between the pcN ,
and the military in an effort tc
press the disorders in Ireland. VI ses
the establishment of military posts =
isolated districts where the poll G Ea,-
racks had to be. abandoned teeavss
of attacks upon them, it is stated hs
on good authority.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1920-05-21
Army Surplus About Gone.

Washington.-The army surplus of
frozen beef probably will be exhausted
through sales to the public by the end
of this week. Since April 13, daily
sales have averaged 100000 pounds,
the price having been maintained at
101k cents per pound.