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Gilpin observer., 1920-11-18
SHOOK COUNTRY FOR MILES
Far-Reaching Result of Explosion at
Diamond Mines Near Kimberley,
South Africa.

The stricteSt precautions are neces-
sary in storing and handling the ex-
plosives that are used in the diamond
mines of South Africa. The need Of
such stringency was emphasized by
an explosion that wrecked dozen
magazines near the compound of the
Victoria Mining company three years
before Mr.. Gardner H. Williams as
sumed the management of the De
Beers company. In his book, "The
Diamond Mines of South Africa" Mr..
Williams describes the result of the
explosion:
"The shock was felt from Dutoitspan
to the farthest limits of the west end
of the camps. and terror-stricken peO-
pie, rushed out of their houses to see
vast heaving cloud of smoke rising
hundreds of feet into the sky.
"The magazines were dashed to
pieces. as the Kimberley papers re-
ported, by the terrible power of the
explosives. In most instances the gal
vanized iron was broken into tiny
atoms as If by myriad hammers, and
wide through the debris, exploding in
volleys or in scattering blasts for
many minutes after the explosion. One
large stone was thrown as far as the
Central company's offices, distance of
two miles, and smaller ones TO the
west end, three miles from the maga-
zines. In the most distant parts of
the camp there was startling break
age of windows, lamps and chande.
lers; and the hotel bars and canteens
were so heavily pelted that the floors
were swimming with what we might
call dynamite cocktail, liquid com.
posed of every liquor under heaven
from Cape Smoke to Heidsieck and
Pommery. Witnesses of the explosion
thought that hundreds of people had
been killed and injured; but almost
miraculously, as 1t seemed only two
persons We're killed, one white, the
other black"
Gilpin observer., 1920-11-18
Think and Thank"
Suggested Motto
for Nation TOdav

think and Thank" was the motto
upon the family crest Of the great He
brew philanthropist Sir Moses Monte
fore. 1t would be an appropriate
armorial motto for America today.
These two little English words, differ
ing in single vowel, were originally
identical. In the Anglo-Saxon tongue,
a ''thank" was a "think." Thanking
comes from thinking, and thankful
ness from thoughtfulness and thanks
giving fror thought-giving. This will
be season Of unusual Thanksgiving
for we are made to think as we have
not been wont to think. 1t will be
very selfish soul that this season
fails to think Of the sorrows and the
sufferings of others.
Look back at that first American
Thanksgiving. Strange skies. sparse
settlements, sparse larder. savage en-
emy, but thankful spirit! What makes
the memory of the Pilgrim so pre-
cious? His thankfulness AS Howell
puts It:
ut is no improper comparison that
thankful heart is like box of pre-
cious ointment which keeps the smell
long after the thing is spent"
The Pilgrim and the Puritan have
passed on. but they have left us n
precious possession-a Thanksgiving
day and the Thanksgiving spirit.
Theirs was the indomitable spirit be.
cause they thanked God and took
courage" They landed undesignedly
on 'rOck-bOund wintry strand" but
they thanked God and took courage.
They found no gold, but they did find
the golden grain of first harvest and
they thanked God and took courage.
They found rude wilderness, but
they thanked God and took courage
and burrows were turned and towns
were built and cities grew and facto-
rles fiourished and culture developed
and instead Of a wilderness garden
blossomed and the fragrance of their
memory still survives and the spirit
of their grace still inspires.
Gilpin observer., 1920-11-18

we must in the inner consciousness
separate the true from the false in
principles of labor and living.
No man, even of three-score-aye
four-score and ten, has ever known
this law to fail in a single season. 1t
knows no variation In all the cycles of
time.
But grains and fruits are not all
that we are garnering. Chaff and
weeds are not all we ought to sepa-
rate and cast away. There are things
more important still. In the store
house of the heart and mind and soul,
is it not well to seek, just as care
fully, though sometimes in vain, to
keep only the better, the brighter, the
more enduring things?
When the bleak November of life
comes we shall have need of them.
Dreary will be the winter to him
whose granaries are empty. But
drearier and more desolate still must
be the winter Of old age to the man
or woman whose mind and heart and
soul have brought from the harvest
only the joys that are chaff and the
virtues that are mere windfalls, at
tained and adhered to only through
easy convenience.
When that winter comes, as 1t must
to many Of us, we shall have only our
selves to turn to, and we shall find
only that which we have sown and
harvested In the bright spring and
golden summer-the good grain, the
sound fruit, the flowers, the high i'm
pulses, the sacrifices, the loves, yes,
and the cheat, the chaff, the weeds, the
windfalls, the hates, the jealousIes,
the low passions-all these and nothing
more, to sustain us or to render us
desolate.
We may, If we will, make each day
cycle Of all the seasons. We sow
each morning and reap each noon and
garner each evening the fruits of our
living in this little day. Day by day.
If we strive on in right and hope and
courage, must our knowledge and our
strength, and our store increase. Day
by day. through many failings and
fallings, do we come nearer 10 the
true manhood and the true woman
hood.-Charles Grant Miller in the
Christian Herald.
Gilpin observer., 1920-11-18
Defies Adventurous Climbers.

The Devils tower. in Wyoming, is
one of the many geological wonders of
the United States. 1t is "A tremendous
cone. utterly unscaable, and long an
object Of superstitious veneration on
the part of the Indians.
The huge natural pile is of basaltic
formation. GOO feet high. and mile
In circumference at the base. Some
of Its columns. perfectly straight. and
others gracefully bent by Titanic
forces while in the making, are more
than 200 feet long. The whole cone is
composed of columns, some OF which
occasionally break away and crash
down to the base, crushing trees or
whatever else may obstruct their
course.
Gilpin observer., 1920-11-18
WOMEN NEED SWAMP ROOT

Thousands of women have kidney and
bladder trouble and never suspect it.
Womens' complaints often prove to be
nothing else but kidney trouble, or the
result of kidney or bladder disease.
II the kidneys are not in healthy
condition, they may cause the other or
gans to become diseased.
Pain in the back, headache, loss of am
bition, nervousness, are often times symp-
toms of kidney trouble.
Don't delay starting treatment. Dr..
Kilmer's Swamp Root, a physicians pre-
scription, obtained at any drug store, may
be Just the remedy needed to overcome
such conditions.
Get medium or large size bottle i'm
mediately from any drug store.
However. if you wish first to test THE
great preparation senu ten cents to DR.
Kilmer & Co., Binghamton. N. Y, for
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this paper.-Adv.
Gilpin observer., 1920-11-18
Somethino Similar.

An English tourist was on visit to
Arran and decided to have days
fishing. He made inquiries of local ex
perts, and being told that the cleg.
or horsefly, would suit his purpose for
lure, he sought the highland servant
girl at his inn.
some horseflies?" he asked.
The girl looked at him stupidly.
He repeated his question and added:
"Why, girl. did you never see a
horsehy?"
INA, SIR" replied the girl, shaking
her head. but vance l saw coo
jump over cliff.-Chicago Daily
News.
Gilpin observer., 1920-11-18

Of my head at times. My bowels did
not move for days and / could not eat
without suffering. The doctor could not
help me and one day told my husband
that ] could not stand the pain any
longer and sent him to the drugstore
to get ne bottle of Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound and threw
the Doctors medicine away. After
taking three bottles of Vegetable Com
pound and using two bottles of Lydia E.
Pinkham's Sanative Wash / could do
my own housework. If it had not been
for your medicine don't know where
would be today and am never without
bottle of it in the house. You may
publish this if you like that it may help
some other woman. Mrs. MARY
SLENDER, l2O Orange ST.. Wyandotte,
Mich
Gilpin observer., 1920-11-18
DIAGNOSIS.

The telephone rang, and the book
keeper answered 1t.
"Yes, madam, this is wilkins mar
ket."
"This is Mrs. Blank. I want you to
know that the liver you sent me 10
most unsatisfactory. 1t is not calf's
liver at ALL calf's liver Is tender
and"
"Just moment. madam, and I'll
call the proprietor
"What is it," wilkins asked. F.,
The bookkeeper surrendered the
phone.
Mrs. Blank" he said, "Liver com
plaint"-Boston Transcript.
Gilpin observer., 1920-11-18
Divine Lesson in
the Garnering Of
the Golden Grain

The summer Is over and the har-
vest is past. The sad skies, the bleak
fields. the bare trees. the raw winds
that whistle and groan and sob and
sigh their dirges mournfully remind us
that the season Of fruitage has gone
by and the time has come when we
can only turn away, each to himself,
and measure up our garnerings.
Nature gives us seed time and a
harvest time.
But these would be meaningless to
US did she not also send a season
when, at the warning touch of winter
chill, we must measure our gains and
consider our losses.
But for the lessons of this season
no man would labor; we would know
naught of temperance or thrift; we
would go through the bright spring
only singing, and idle away the sum-
mer in dreams.
So 1t is part Of the divine plan that
each of us should now go apart and
carefully separate the wheat from the
chaff. the flowers from the weeds, and
that which is good and sound and en-
during from all that perishes and
taints. 1t is now that each must hon.
estly examine and weigh the product
of his own works.
1t were useless now to try to de-
ceive even ourselves.
Now, If at no other time, we see
the vast difference in value between
the picked fruit and the windfalls.
The one heap we proudly store
away. knowing 1t will keep sweet and
whole to the winters depths, and the
other we cast aside. that 1t may not
contaminate as 1t rots.
1t is a sad. sweet task-sweet for
the counted gains, sad for the oppor.
tunities lost and to come no more.
And as We garner the gains we also
garner wisdom.
As we separate the wheat from the
chaff and the sound fruit from the
windfalls, so, whether we will or not
Gilpin observer., 1920-11-18
cuticura for Sore Hands

Soak hands on retiring in the hot suds
of Cuticura Soap, dry and rub in Gu
ticura Ointment. Remove surplus
Ointment with tissue paper. This is
only one of the things Cuticura will do
II Soap, Ointment and Talcum are used
for all toilet purposes.-Adv.
Gilpin observer., 1920-11-18

W ! t n out t nelp. ]
h ave had pains
every month so bad
that l would nearly
double up. Some
times l could not
sweep a room with
out stopping to rest,
and everything ! ate
upset my stomach.
I hree e years ago
II 10 s t a C b i | d
an d su If e red so
badly that / was out
Gilpin observer., 1920-11-18
VICTIMS
RESCUED

Kidney, liver, bladder and uric acid
troubles are most dangerous be-
cause of their insidious attacks.
Heed tho first warning they give
that they need attention by taking
Gilpin observer., 1920-11-18
Appalling Thouqht.

What n miserable old world thi.
would be If retribution were dealt out
to each of us according to our fool
deserts.-Hamilton Herald
Gilpin observer., 1920-11-18

There is no substitute for thorough
going, ardent. and sincere earnest
ness.-Dickens.
Gilpin observer., 1920-11-18
GOLD MEDAL
hhNM!E!MQ hh9AEM on
CAPSULES

The worlds standard remedy for thsss
disorders, will often ward off these dis
eases and strengthen the body against
further attacks. Three sizes, all druggista
Lpok for the name Gold Modal ON evssy -
and ACCEPT NO imitation
Gilpin observer., 1920-11-18
PAINS NEARLY
DOUBLED NE Up
Nothing Helped Me Until !
Took Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound.

Wyandotte, Mich. .-"For the last
four years have doctored off and on
Gilpin observer., 1920-11-18

He could not speak Of cranberry,
Nor mention pumpkin pie
Without 4 painful reverle,
While tears stood In his eye.
And sage, and summer savory,
They always made him slph.
Gilpin observer., 1920-11-18

And though In June he spread his tail
And looked like Henry Eight,
November always found him pale,
Sans Delsarte In his gait,
II anyone would see him quail,
Just say "dseapitate."
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1920-02-04
Demand For Better Railroad
Service Being Sought By Ohio
Countian, ZION. /. S. Mason.

~ peope OF ohio County party aml;aton or
"enno HON. s. Mason in his secure through oso,a
quae passenger service on the NJ. H.. RR
~ oh provides that Kentucky Of more than ,, .
snah operate passenger every dax in ~
anu 'nat whee these roads also freight train horo ,
passenger coaches attached giving mixed ror
way day except Sunday ~ N
ne was prompted measure Inv tbo ooru .
~ u ''AehS along the M H. E. of the T. g. NJ d u
ureds OF citizens to donate tbroueb t,r
n "uequate passenger service easy means Of hin
~ poaucs TO market But for years past the only na
S service mas been that of mixed train starting at EIIrcb a.
rnins ana returning the train was almost -
W from one hour to several hours schedule so that
oaroed this train he had certainty when he Womb ~
destination. N O"i' reach MS
At ABOUT the time the bill introduced the railroad
the mixed train service running - ,
e uhe' lhis is one hundred better than the for
mer service and gives the sunnydale Dnndo
D@uSon ana Fordsvile section county an easv ~
TO their county seat and elsewhere but il Of
~ 10 the citens Of the Ceneown Krono smarbouo soo.,
the county who desire to visit thecouays capital and ~
same uay In Iact to make business here now would
en u remain until the third day. regular pasanpar t
operated once before but discontinued and tb ~
mat 'iS VIII again be the by legislation the
'any is compelled he proper service "' 00i
me edltor mas talked to hundreds County Citizens h. m
natter and every mothers favor the pasaoo 90 m
KENTUCKY LEGISLATORS, YOU WOULD M rur ,,,r~ o
HE PEOPLE, THIS BILL. WILL or
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1920-02-04
PRIMARY REFORM BILL

The brief outline of the admins
tration primary reform bill given
In the morning papers indicates that
Governor Morrow and his party
have determined to violate that plat
FORM pledge which calls for the re-
peal of the primary law. The Brock
Dill, as outlined, is a sham and a
poor subterfuge. 1t knuckles prin-
ciple to the demand of the Republi-
can congressman and Circuit Judges
1t exempts these officers as. well as
and county Offices from its provi-
sions, leaving only State and sena-
torial nominations affected by its
terms, So far as the outline goes.
The bill gives no relief to the indie
pendent voter In every way it
bears the watermark of a sham
md a charlottesville Times.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1920-02-04
INCOME TAX MAN COMING

Elwood Hamilton, Collector of
Internal Revenue, is sending his
deputies to various parts OF the
state to assist taxpayers in maaing
out their 1919 Income Tax returns
The Collector announces that during
the period for fling returns. one of
his deputies will visit the county
seat OF each county in the STATE.
and IN a few instances. will visit
towns other than the county seat
collector Hamilton says that
these officers are sent out to be of
real service to the taxpayers. parti-
cularly to those taxpayers who have
not before had occasion to make a
return.
Che officers viii be glad to furn-
ish blanks and supply necessary IN,
formation. Taxpayers are invited
to avail themselves of the officers
service.
made later.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1920-02-04
HOW TO DEAL WITH FLU"
REVEALED BY DIR. FLExNEg

DR.. Simon Flexner, Director of
the Rockefeller Institute, in an ad-
dress before the New Brunswick
Scientific Society at Rutgers Col
lege, asserted that the danger of
influenza does not exist in itself.
since deaths by this cause alone are
almost negligible, but from other
diseases of the respiratory tract
brought on by influenza.
There is no danger from influenza
IL the patient at the outset of the
disease is put in a room by bimsa1f
and kept there until complete recov-
cry, DR.. Flexner asserted. Deaths
are caused, he said, by patients be-
ing out too soon and contracting
pneumonia.
influenza, he said, is carried by
personal contract, in the spray con-
tanning the germs thrown out dur
ing speech, sneezing or coughing.
1t is almost impossible, therefore, to
control its spread when it becomes
epidemic
calling attention tot the fact that
The inhuenza-pneumonia endemic
'f 191S-1919 had cost the world
more in lives and wealth than the
var, DR.. Flexner said: II
But the two disasters are re-
'arded in differenl ways by the :
'ublic because of the feeling that
var might be avoided, whereas
eath from plague Is beyond mans
ontrol. This is an erroneous view.
lnce most diseases, if intelligently d
andled, could be prevented from \
ecoming epidemic" 7
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1920-02-04
JAMES HOOVER DEAD

Horse Branch, Feb. 2.-Mr. James
Hoover, age 67 years, died at his
home near here yesterday at 2 a. m.
He had been a lifelong member of
Cane Run Baptist church. was a
member of the Masonic order, and
was one of Ohio County's most re-
spected citizens.
He was never married, but leaves
a host Of relatives and friends to
mourn his loss. The funeral will
take place at 2 p. m. today at the
Cane Run Baptist church, after
which the remains will be inferred
in the cemetery near by.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1920-02-04
UNDERTAKEN NOTI-
FIES WRONG MAN

quite a commotion occurred at
the nome of Mr.. A. NJ. Barnett. last
thursday. when a telegram was re-
ceived from an undertaken in Ami
son. Missouri, stating that he held
the body of Vic Barnett, a brother
OF Mr.. Barnett, and desired instruc-
tlons as to the disposition of the
body. After two or three hours de-
lay' 1t was ascertained that an en-
ror had been made and that the
body was that of Dick Burdette, for
merly Of Whitesville.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1920-02-04
COMMON SCHOOL EXAMINATION

examinations for common school
diploma were held at Fordsville
Beaver Dam and Hartford last Fri
day and Saturday. At Fordsville
there were II applicants; at Beaver
DAM 20 and at Hartford, S6. One
OF the applicants at Hartford merely
took it for the practice.
The examiners who assisted Stunt
howard in conducting the tests were
Mesdames. S. o. Keown and Birdie
Midkin. Several days will be re-
quired to complete the grading cf
the papers. We will perhaps give
the names of applicants next veal,
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1920-02-04
MARRIED IN HARTFORD

Mr.. Shelby Coppage, of near Dun.
dee, and Miss Mary Fentress, OF
Narrows, came to Hartford last
Thursday and were united in we'd
lock by County Judge Cook.
Mrs. Coppage is the daughter of
Mr.. D. ID. Fentress, merchant at
Narrows, and Mr.. Coppage is the
son OF Mrs. Frank Coppage. Both
are popular young people.
The bride is the daughter of Mr..
o. D. Fentress, a Narrows merchant,
and is well liked by all who know
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1920-02-04
PASSENGERS ESCAPE IN
BIG R. R. SMASHUP
Engine and Five Cars Overturn
Or L. & \. Road Near
LOulSAllle.

Louisville, Ky, Jan. Quinn
ing the tracks in a cut a Quarter 10
mile north of Sulphur, thirty-tive
miles east of Louisville. fast Touis.
vie q Nashville passenger train
second No. 4, on its way to Cipcin-
hau' was wrecked at 1910. o.olock
today, five cars and the engine he.
ing turned over, but by a miracle no
one was killed or seriously injured
A baggageman sucered minor
scratches.
Nearly all the windows Of the
hrst AIe cars were smashed Tba
coaches bounced from side to side
ot the cut and finally turned over
Engineer Clark l, Dorsey, 2ss7
south Third Street, and his fireman
stuck to the cab and were buried
under coal, but were not hurt.
James NJ. Fitzgerald, 1906 Nell
wood Avenue, was the conductor
Relief Train Sent Out
Before word was received Of tho
extent OF the wreck relief train
was rushed to the scene. leaving
here al l:15 O'clock. On BOARD
We're physicians, nurses and a
wrecking crew. Conductor Green
was in charge.
o. R. Yager, a Sulphur resident
was the fIst on the scene after tho
wreck, the cause for vAic1 ra. -qt
been ascertained. Passengers were
crawling out Of the o,a.tu-ad
coaches as he arrived. he told The
Times over the long distance tie
'houe. The last three coaches
which included the Pullman, re-
NAMED on the track. They were
AIKEN back to Lagrange.
Tracks Are Torn Tn
The tracks were torn up for
distance Of nearly 100 yards. The
ails were bent and twisted out of
hape, Mr.. Wager said.
The confusion incident to the ac-
ident was indescgibable. The
assengers were badly frightened.
The engineer and fireman had no
nance to leap in the narrow cut.
he locomotive crashed into one
de OF the cut and then into the
ther and finally turned over on its
de- How the fireman and engi-
eer escaped being scalded by steam
burned by live Goals is a mys-
ry Coal from the tender buried
EN-, but caused no injuries.
The train is fast PASSENGER
hIcA makes no stops between here
Id Latonia, except at Worthwhile.
e division point.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1920-02-04
HARTFORD. KY WEDNESDAY FEBRTARY ! 1000 =---

art of debating, and reading the
American Creed in the public
schools, fixing the minimum sal
aries of teachers at SIS, providing
for registering optometrists, requir-
ing county tax commissioners To
visit each magisterial district in
making assessments. and requiring
the Adjutant General and assistant
TO have had five years of military
experience.
Among the bills introduced was
the Louisville Auto Club bill to reg
ulate traffic on the public highways.
fix automobile licenses and provide
for their being issued by County
Clerks.
The House adjourned shortly af-
ter noon until Monday.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1920-02-04
HORSE BRANCH Loss

Our esteemed friend Alonzo Buf-
ford Davis, the former third opera-
TOR at Horse Branch, has given I'D
his position and gone to take a more
responsible position with the uli-
hois Central at Louisville Cle.us
Pearl another prosperous young
man OF Horse Branch has taken a
position at 3 Leitchheld. We miss
these two young men very much
Gone but not forgotten.
A READER.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1920-02-04
MINIMUM SALARY FOR TEACH
ERS TO BE PLACED AT s75

Frankfort, KY, Jan. 30.-Their
first readings We're given bills today
taxing chickens the same as live
stock at ten cents on the $500, re-
quiring deeds to state whether the
land lies in a graded school district,
authorizing the sinking fund com
mission to convert the school funds
stock in the National Bank of Ken
tuc'Ey; rrc-'a'T~ FIR teaching the
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1920-02-04
COUNTY COURT

Ihe case of Mary r. DeHart VS.
waiter Allen was tried in County
Court here, Monday.
The charge was that defendant
Kept s14.75 worth of tobacco sticks
belonging to the plaintiff and caused
damage to the amount of $4,000 be-
cause she was unable to obtain
sticks at The proper time.
The jury rendered a verdict for
the defendant.
All other cases were deferred for
various reasons.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1920-02-04
WHITES PLAINS BANK ROBBED

Whites Plains, KY, Feb, 2.-The
Farmers bank at this place was
broken into by robbers Wednesday
night and about 500 worth of war
savings certificates and some valu-
able papers and gold watch were
stolen.
me vault door was drilled
through and blown off, but the safe
containing the banks funds was not
damaged.
The tools with which the vault
was broken were stolen from a local
blacksmith shop. There is no clew
to the identity Of the thieves