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The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-01-30
MUD-BOUND FARMER
FROM"POINT" WRITES

As II is raining as usual and is too
awful bad either underfoot or over
head to undertake to do anything, l
will try to tell in my way of some of
the bad things that exist, and some
of the good things. that might
be for the people of Ohio county.
Last October a man with one eye
and half sense only had to look
around to almost safely predict that
we would have more rain and the
worst roads that were ever known in
the history of this Country. Now
Gentlemen, live about miles west
of Centertown, in what is regarded as
one of the best agricultural sections
of the County and where there are
plenty of automobiles, lots of ma
chinery and where the people are as
intelligent and as God fearing and
religious as any people with whom 1t
has been my pleasure to meet, yet l
= tell you that | tried for two weeks
last fall to arouse some interest for
the betterment of road conditions.
but not much did get with the con-
sequence that today marks the fourth
since we received our mail Except BY
some farmers on mule) into this
much-praised agricultural and mon
ey-wise-section and among this liber-
ty-loving and God fearing people of
Kentucky. l thought / dreamed last
night that they were shooting Mallard
ducks where Main Street once was
in Centertown, and that they had
moved the bank to the hills of
Smokey, and that Alvin Rowe had
sold his automobile and donated the
proceeds to charitable purposes, that
is too bad. Hope It Will be better
In July. bunch of us down here
are thinking very seriously of hav-
ing our mail transferred TO the boats
ON Green river, have II put off at
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-01-30
SPLENDID REVIVAL
BROUGHT TO CLOSE
Rev. Waters Sermons Pro-
ductive of Much Good
&c Professions.

The Evangelistic services conduct
ed at the Methodist Church closed
Sunday night, at which ten profess
sions were made. The whole num-
Der of professions as near as could
be arrived at from those publicly
acknowledged was 46. There were
80 additions to the Methodist, 16 to
the Baptist and some to both the
Christian and Presbyterian churches
The sermons delivered by Rev.
Waters were strong. logical and as
we have heretofore remarked, of
style not before heard here There
were never any so called dry minutes
in any of his discourses as heard by
the writer. The people generally have
been much aroused spiritually and
not the least adverse criticism have
we noted, Notwithstanding he preach
ed about As sermons in many of
which he gave the majority of us
some good, hard jolts. II was always
done in such a manner that no per-
sonal resentment could attach, yet
results, good results, followed his
-7every exhortation.
We are strongly inclined to the be-
lief that there were few men and
women attending the services just
closed. men and women who were
there with the receptive gates of rea-
son ajar, who were not only well en-
tertained but experienced quicken
ing of their better patures. Leaving
out the professions entirely the NOR
al uplift to this community by rea-
son Of the meetings should prove
public benefit hard to value.
The music under the direction of
Mr.. Joe Hampton. of Knoxville, and
with Miss Rhea Hanson, of Nash
VILE, Tenn, at the piano. was all that
one could desire and the Auditorium
was usually well filled before preach
ing time by those who wished to en-
JOY that feature of the services.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-01-30
ILL YANKS BADLY
CARED FOR, CHARGE
Incurred And Driven Out of
Hospitals-Are Fed
Poorly

Washington, Jan. 27-Sick and
wounded soldiers are not receiving
the treatment guaranteed them by
law Representative Johnson. Repub-
lican, South Dakota, who served I'm
the A. e. F., declared today in telling
the House of his recent visits to Gov
eminent hospitals.
Johnson said that December he
saw sixty men at Fort Sheridan Army
Hospital, who were not fed and
many others who could not obtain
sufficient food" He added that his
complaint of this to Secretary Baker
resulted in an investigation, which
admitted the truth of the complaint
and an attempt to remedy the situa-
ton.
Johnson exhibited photograph of
bathroom, ten feet square, in the
Chicago Marine Hospital, which he
said, was used for vocational train
ing workrdom~
"In that bathroom" he said hold
ing up the picture before the House,
ten men are supposed to work, and.
it would be crowded if three men
were in there at one time"
Representative Johnson's COM
plants of the care of soldiers was
conferred about Chicago hospitals
'In Chicago, January 49," he said,
American soldiers who had been
seriously wounded and who had been
and ought to be receiving treatment
for their wounds, were requested to
leave the hospital and discontinue
treatment in order that other men, in
more serious conditions, might take
their beds in the hospital"
In these same hospitals the South
Dakota Representative added, "men
who had been gassed are quartered
in dark Railways where no ray of
sunlight has been, or ever will be,
permitted to enter, and this, in spite
of the fact that since March g.. 1919,
$9,500,00O have been available and
could, and should, have been used.
"If this condition is permitted to
exist for few months more, there
will be thousands of wounded and
sick American soldiers who need
treatment and will be unable to OBJ
tain it.
I'm my opinion, thousands of them
will die and the persons responsible
for those deaths will be the men 1
have mentioned, or some of them, be-
cause Congress has performed its
duty in appropriating the necessary
funds while they have not performed
theirs in expanding them"
Representative Johnson asserted
that funds to provide hospital facili-
ties had not been used because of
opposition of officials to taking over
the Chicago Speedway Hospital and
that because of this, attitude funds
for other hospitals were not being
expended,
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-01-30
GRIP SPREADING
FAST IN NEW YORK

New York, Jan. 25.-Despite
strenuous efforts being made by the
health authorities to check the spread
of influenza, there were 2,S55 new
cases of the malady reported here
during the last twenty-four hours
Health Commissioner Copeland an
nounced tonight. This was an in
crease of 494 over the number of
cases reported during the previous
day.
Deaths from the disease numbered
thirty, a decrease of three from yes
terday, while seventy-five persons
succumbed> to pneumonia.
Since January there have been a
total of $3.50 influenza and 3,187
pneumonia cases reported. In the
same period there have been 159 in
huenza and 1909 pneumonia deaths.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-01-30
JUBILEE CELEBRATION

AS a special Observance of the fiji
tieth anniversary of the First Baptist
church of jacksonville, revival was
begun on the 25th. Special services
were held on Monday the 26th., that
being the anniversary of the Church's
organization DR.. A. S. Petite, for
merly pastor of the Hartford Baptist
Church, is doing the preaching dur
ing the revival. DR.. ]. S. Coleman
was Moderator in charge at the time
the church at jacksonville was or
ganized.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-01-30
SEEKS TO PROVE
DARWIN'S Theory

Paris, Jan. 24.-Fresh proof of
Darwins theory of the evolution of
species through the adaptation of
forms of life to changing environ
ment has been submitted to the
French Academy of Sciences by the
noted French botanist, Professor Gas
ton BONNER.
His experiments have shown that
the same species of plant taken from
IS habitual lowland surroundings and
transplanted to the rocky soil of a
mountain peak tends to change it's
form at once and to adapt itself to the
rigors of the new surroundings i'm
posed.
Professor BONNER told the Acade-
my of two plants of the same
species, identical in every feature,
one of which he planted in a fertile
plain and the other on the summit of
the "Pic du Midi, 10000 feet above
sea level. The first, in it's habitual
surroundings, exhibited no change
through transplanting. The second
was completely transformed, became
stunted, and in every respect similar
in fundamental characteristics to all
mountain vegetation. It's leaves,
originally smooth and glossy, devel-
oped hairy covering to protect
them against the sudden changes in
temperature, and turned from a
bright green to russell tone.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-01-30
ROY SPECK TO EDIT
REPUBLICAN ORGAN

Frankfort. Ky. Jan. 24.-An adj
ministration paper will be started in
this city next week with Roy Speck,
clerk of the Court of Appeals. as edi-
tor. The columns of the paper will
be devoted to political news for the
good of the Republican party in the
state. 1t will carry communications
from the county chairmen of the va
rious counties in the state as well as
communication from members of the
state administration.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-01-30
FENTREss-COPPAGE

Mr.. Shelby Coppage and Miss Mary
Fentress, both of Narrows, were unit
ed in marriage at the Office of the
County Judge, yesterday morning,
Judge Cook entwining the knot that
bound the young couple in welded
bliss.
The bride is a daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. o. d. Fentress and the Groom is
a son of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Coppage.
Both of the contracting parties are
popular and of high standing in their
communities.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-01-30
LICENSED TO WED.

Following are the marriage licenses
issued since our last report:
Jesse Ashford, Rosine, to Lena
Wright, Olaton.
Willie Phillips, Centertown, to
Lois Williams, Centertown.
Charlie Daniel, Beaver Dam, to
Blanche Burden, Beaver Dam.
Estill Golf, Simmons, to Sallie
Hall, McHenry.
Shelby Coppage, Narrows, to Mary
Fentress, Narrows.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-01-30

Did you know that where others
have 80 to 40 disks the Sharples Sep
arator has none? 1t has only three
working parts, l BOWL, 1 BOWL
BOTTOM and l DIVIDING WALL.
For sale by WILLIAMS & DUKE.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-01-30
MRS. L. p. BARNARD IMPROVED

Mrs. I. p. Barnard, of this city,
who has been seriously ill with pneu-
monia in Hot Springs, Ark, is con-
valescing. Mr.. and Mrs. Barnard
will continue their stay in Hot Springs
for several weeks and then go to
Florida to remain until spring.
Mrs. G. G. Neel and Mrs. Milton
Bardwell, who were called to the bed
side of their mother, Mrs. Barnard
wilf~return home the first of the
week. (Courier-Journal, Jan. 27.)
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-01-30
FOR SALE

Use acres of-lard 10 miles from Hart
ford, KY, near Dundee, on the NJ. II.
& E. r. r., about 80 a. cleared and
l2O a. in timber. Rough river bottom
land, black loan. For particulars call
on or address w. II. RENFROW,
soft Dundee, Ky.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-01-30
ADJUDGED INCOMPETENT

Owen Quisenberry was adjudged an
Incompetent, or person of unsound
mind, in County Court Monday. Tan
dy Quisenberry was appointed as
committee for the man adjudged in
competent.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-01-30
FOR SALB

Ten room dwelling with upper aud
lower halls, garage and other good
outbuildings, fine water, good or
chard with variety of fruit and three
acres of land in Fordsville, near the
College. Terms easy.
30t3 w. S. GAINES
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-01-30
EVANGELISTIC COMPANY
GO TO ESSEN, MISSOURI

Evangelist Bascom Waters. Mr.. Joe
Hampton and Miss Rhea Hanson,
composing the Evangelistic Company,
who conducted the revival at this
place which closed last Sunday, will
move TO Essex. Mo-, where a series
OF meetings Will be begun Sunday.
Rev, Waters ieft here Tuesday
for Hopkinsyille, to visit a friend a
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-01-30

COFFEE-Direct from rooster to
consumer, we will roast, grind and
deliver by prepaid parcel post three
pounds of good, strong Coffee, for
One Dollar.
HOPKINSyILLE COFFEE CO,
(Incorporated)
2St4p Hopkinsyille, Ky
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-01-30

few days before taking up his work
in the Missouri town. Mr.. Hampton
left last Monday and Miss Hanson
remained here until yesterday when
she likewise left for the town in the
'Show-Ne" State.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-01-30

Mrs. I.W Hodges and son, Adam
Gilstrap, OF Beaver Dam, We're in
Camp Funston. Kan, last week to
visit Mrs. Hodges son, Richard
(Dick), Gilstrap, who has recently
arrived there from China, with de
tachment of the U. s. Army.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-01-30

Mrs. Dan White, Of Bixby, Okla,
who arrived at Fordsvllle about two
weeks ago to spend month there and
in greensboro, visiting friends and
relatives, was in Hartford Thursday,
and while here visited this office.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-01-30

Mrs. Rachel Shuitz. who has been
dangerously i'll, in hospital in
Charlotte. N. c., is reported much
improved. Her sister, Mrs. J. o. Nc
Kenney.-of Beaver Dam. who went 10
Charlotte several days ago, viii re-
turn home in few days.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-01-30

Mr.. and Mrs. Lonnie Rhoads re-
ceived a telegram yesterday that
their daughter, Mrs. Phocian McKen-
ney, of Akron, Ohio, was dangerously
i'll. Mrs. Rhoads is not well, but will
leave for Akron today if able to make
the trip.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-01-30

Rev. e. Watt Smith, together with
Mrs. Smith and their little son, re-
turned from Opelika, Ala, Tuesday.
Mrs. Smith and the little child have
not fully recovered from their recent
illness.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-01-30
FOR SALE

Six Barred Rock Cockerels at $500
each. MRS. EBERT HAZLEWOOD.
31t2p Hartford, Ky.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-01-30
FOR SALE.

My house and lot in Hartford, Ky
The price is right,
soft LOUIS T. RILEY,
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-01-30

Misses Beulah Moore and Bessie
Clark were in greensboro, shopping,
Saturday.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1920-11-10
CHAIN oE HOUSE OF LORDS
. Upper Chamber Of the British Parlia-
ment Well Worth Visit From
the Traveller.

As the ordinary stranger takes his
seat IN the gallery and surveys the
house Of lords he sees much to charm
his eye, to kindie his imagination, and
even to stimulate his sense Of rever-
ence, writes a correspondent Of the
London Times. He feels humbled, II
not intimidated by the almost religi-
Gus solemness Of the place. 1t is
glowing in gold and colOrs. All the
glory of the 'tiger moths deep da-
masked wings" CLEANS in its splen-
did decorations. Yet there is nothing
gorgeous in the scene. The subdued
light of a cathedral-"dim and yell
low" as Shelley found it in Milan
prevails, Transforming things that
smight otherwise strike upon the
senses as garish into a delight to the
eve. and an inspiration to the mind.
Everything heightens the impression
that one is In the beautiful chapel OF
an ancient cathedral rather than In
= modern legislative chamber.
The lofty stained-glass windows
have blue and crimson figures of the
kings and queens of England. Most
of them were worldly minded men and
women, but like saints they look In
their antique garments, and the SEEM
ing of rapt meditation and ecstatic
introspection on their faces. Between
the windows are pedestals on which
stand large bronze statues Of knights
in armor, grave and stern Of aspect,
leaning on their naked swords and
lances. They recall times when the
battle Of principles was fought not
with words of subtle-minded and
ready-tongued men in frock coat and
silk hat, but with sword and battle
axe, welded by brawny soldiers on
prancing steeds.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1920-11-10
WORSE THAN ANCIENT FoRMs
oldtIme ordeal BY Fire and WstsF
Declared Eelipsed by That Of
Modern Travel.

Those who Opine that the widely adj
vertis3d ordeals and trials Of the oldeD
days were the only simon-pure speci-
mems have another opine coming to
them. Their opiners, may say, are
badly out Of killer, writes Kenneth
L. Roberts in the Saturday Evening
Post. There was q time when l could
shudder as with the palsy at some
Of the trials upon which mankind
deliberately embarked before the old
world had become as shopwOrn as 1t
now is; but now that 1 have looked
more deeply into the matter 1 can't
get shudder out Of any of them.
They weren't genuine, blOwn-in-the-
glass articles at all. Anybody could
beat the game. There was always
a little shop up an alley where for
certain consideration one could buy
f1reproof1ing material guaranteed to
carry him safely through trial by fire,
or an imitation stomach which could
be lowered cunningly down the throat
so that trial by poison could be safely
negotiated, or asbestos paint Of such
potency that after three coats had
been applied to the soles of the feet
the owner of the feet could not only
skip lightly across nine red-hot plOw-
shares, but could even do a marathon
on them If the occasion demanded It.
No; the gentlemen back in the dark
ages who went through fire and water
In order to demonstrate their WORTH
ness to tall willowy blends who lived
In unheated stone castles and were
therefore subject TO infiammatory rheu-
matlsm were not so hardK and reck-
less as some people suppose And
there is a present-day trial which
makes those cleverly press ACCENTED
trials Of the moldy past look rickety
and undernourished and nauseated. I
refer to that celebrated European Or
deal known as trial by travel.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1920-11-10
When Laundry Travelled Far

No present-day washing bills reach
the figures attained by such documents
in the days when people went far
afield to ensure good laundry work.
French exquisites of the court Of Hen
ry III had their washing done in Hol-
land, where the soft water of the
dykes was supposed to impart a spe-
cial gloss to linen.
Apparently this practice lasted un-
til the close of the eighteenth century,
for Sebastien MERCER, in his "Tableau
de Paris" published shortly before the
French revolution, protests against
the patronage by rich people of the
Dutch, to the exclusion of native,
laundresses. Still more remarkable is
the fact, mentioned in the Memoirs
du Comte de Vaublans," that wealthy
merchants in Bordeaux used to send
their linen all the way to San Do
mingo to be washed.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1920-11-10
Words In English LANGUAGE.

The number of English words not
yet obsolete, but found In good au-
thOrs, or in approved usage by correct
speakers, including the nomenclature
of science and the arts, does not
probably fall short of 100000, says
George Perkins Marsh. Few writer's
or speakers use as many as 10000
words, ordinary persons of fair intel
ligence not above 5000 or 1000. If
a scholar were to be required to name,
without examination, the authors
whose English vocabulary was the
largest, he would specify the ALIEN
bracing Shakespeare, and the all-know-
ing Milton. And yet in all the works
Of the great dramatist there seem not
more than $4,000 words; in the poems
Of Milton not above 5000. The whole
number of Egyptian hieroglyphic sym.
bols does not exceed 800, and the en-.
tire Italian vocabulary is said TO be
scarcely more extensive.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1920-11-10
-. - -. !s.E.a.a- Sc
The Printing Telenranh,

During the five-year period 1912
1917, the printing telegraph came into
extended use by telegraph companies,
press associations and railroads. The
printing telegraph consists essentially
of a sending instrument, equipped with
a keyboard similar to that of a type
writer, electrically connected with a
receiving instrument in such a man.
ner that the latter automatically re-
produces what is typewriter on the
sending instrument. Without the print
ing telegraph it would have been diff
ficult or impossible to handle the in
creased telegraph business during the
great war.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1920-11-10
Zoo Shows Miracle.

One cannot find among the multi
tude Of wonders in nature anything
more marvellous than the development
of an egg, writes Elsa G. Allen, in the
American Forestry Magazine. Whether
it be a butterfly which flourishes for a
day, only to die after depositing its
eggs, or a reptile which lazily leaves
fits eggs with only the warm sand to
mother them, or a fish, like the sal
mon, which with incredible strength
jumps the rapids to spawn in the
upper reaches of rivers, or most ap-
pealing of all a bird which builds a
beautiful nest for its treasures, the
egg in every case is structurally the
same, and the miracle Of life unfOlds
according to the same laws Of cell
division.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1920-11-10
~r~&z-<e<se-- S.
FOUGHT WAR OVER LAP DOG
Matter Of History That Conflict Be-
tween the FIerentines and Citizens
Of Pisa Began Thus.


One Of the bitterest Of the minor
wars of history was fought over a
lap dog. In the thirteenth century a
FlOrentine emissary attending the cor
onation ceremonies of Frederick II
saw and admired lap dog belonging
to a cardinal. The church official, not
ing the admiration, promptly assured
the Florentine that the dog was his,
and the emissary agreed to send for
It. The ambassador from Pisa saw
and admired the same dog, and was
just as promptly promised it on the
but the Florentine's servant, being
first, carried it away. The citizens Of
Rome, hearing Of the incident, began
to joke about it, and the visiting Flor
entines were especially vicious about
the matter. Street fights began and
when news of the affair reached Pisa
the citizens seized all the Florentine
shipping in the bay.
The war that followed was first of
a series that ended with Pisa falling
before the triumphant FIorentines,
and the beginning of the wane of
her power. The famous leaning tower
of Pisa was only one skyscraper of a
score or more, although the others
have lSng since crumbled down. These
towers proved valuable in the attacks
of the Florentine army, but one by
one were overcome, and the first city
Of the world to have a skyscraper
skyline lost its unique standing.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1920-11-10
BELIEVE DEVIL RULES EARTH
Probably oueerest Religious Faith Is
~ That Of Tribe Of Kurdish and
49,, Arabian Blood. ~


One Of the strangest religious sects
in the world is known as the Yezedi,
q race Of mixed Kurdish and Arabian
blood. They worship the devil, and
believe he VIII rule the earth for
10000 years, 1900 Of this number hay
ing already passed. On the theory
that Jesus is good, and will not harm
them, they give most Of their devotion
and sacrifice to the devil who, they
assert, will at the end Of the next
5000 years, be put into hell, where
he will weep so hard he will put out
the fires, and then will be pardoned
and given back his rightful place In
heaven.
The Yezedi believe that there were
II Adams and a similar number of
Ewes, and that the originals once had
a great dispute as to who was the
most important, the man or the wom-
an. To prove the matter the women
spit in one great Jar and the men in
another, and the Jars were the sealed
for nine months. At the end of that
period they were opened, and from
the women's jar leaped a pile of
snakes and worms, while from the
mems jar came a beautiful boy and
girl. In spite of their strange beliefs
they are very industrious, honest, hos
pitable and kindly, although stepped
in dense ignorance, one phase of their
religion forbidding them to learn
letters.