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The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-07-14
CAMP ROOSEVELT
WILL BR VERY
BUSY PLACE
Great Camping Place WIN be Busiest
Place for Youngsters During
Summer Months.

To have something doing every min
ute that will educate, entertain, or
otherwise help the cadets and scout
crafters will be the aim OF the Y M.
c. A. at Camp Roosevelt, Muskegon,
Michigan, during the coming summer.
This organization, which has big
hut in camp, has done excellent work
during the last two seasons, and Is
aiming to excel all previous records
this season. All OF the old features
will be found again, as well as quite a
few new ones.
The plano will again hold forth on
the stage and any budding artist Is
free to use 1t in his spare time. The
victrola and a Brunswick will furnish
music for those who prefer the canned
type. Writing tables are provided and
there will be always plenty Of station
cry on hand. Magazines and books
will be there for those who feel de-
sirious OF reading.
A library will be established, with a
large number of boys books and some
scientific volumes in 1t. These books
can be taken to the tents by the cadets
and kept for a period ftime, just as
books are taken from public libraries
in the cities.
Entertainment there will be galore.
Every eveningwill find something ON
to amuse and educate. Karl Keefer, OF
Community Service, Inc, one OF the
most popular men with the boys last
summer, will again be on hand to lead
in the singfests and he will bring out
large number of the artists from in
and about Muskegon to perform for
the boys.
Plans are being made to bring out
tn e"Home Talent" and have them put
on a few entertainments. Prizes will
be awarded to the company that puts
on the best evening entertainment.
Every prospective cadet who is the
Geo. M. Cohen of his home town, or
who plays musical instrument
should come to make use of his tai
ents Embryo Carusos should also get
hteir vocal chords in trim so as to be
| in a condition to display their ability.
Movies will be shown twice week
at the big outdoor movie palace" on
the camp grounds. Is he movies will be
late releases and will furnish enter
ltainment for the summer resorters in
the vicinity as we'll as the boys.
Secretaries of the "Y" will aid in
the athletic contests, and in getting
the men in trim TO rmeets. Most of the
Icy" secretaries are experienced col
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-07-14
TAKE EDUCATION OUT OF POLITICS.

The Educational Commission recently appointed by Governor
made partial report him advising that the office OF
State Superintendent Public Instruction be removed from politics.
constitutional will be submitted to the voters OF
Kentucky taking office of State Superintendent of Public lnruc
ton politics by making ppontve and this amendment should
wholeeaed support all who anxious to see Ken
lucky take its proper place among the states of the union matters
educational.
The Kentucky school law passed by the 1920 Legislature
moved the County Superintendent Schools from politics and made
this office elective by County Board of Education It
dcton this system will prove most successful and that the
will greatly profit by the change To do the best work.
school head county, should be retained than four
if efficient and politics is too uncertain.
Leaders parties in Kentucky who have the educa
ton of the youth the heart will support the Constitutions
amendment at the election.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-07-14
Rugg|ss
CanlpIIleeting!
July 2Sth to August 9TH.

1.-THE campmeeting that has stood
the test Of years and is bigger and
better than ever"
Rev. George Hugh Birney, d. D., Of
Columbus, Ohio, Evangelist; Rev.
John Lowe Fort, d. D., Of Louisville,
special Sunday school methods: Dis
trict Superintendent ]. M. Literal
and W. H. Davenport, and from twenty
to thirty Of Kentucky,s best preachers,
will be heard during the meetings.
Rev. T. B. Ashley, musical director;
with Miss Juanita Richardson, accom-
PIANIST, and a large chorus choir, will
furnish music.
Mrs. T. B. Ashley leader of the
children's hour.
Hotel in charge of W. H. Han,rick;
confectionery, L. r. Thompson; Stable
and Auto Park, NJ. S. Carpenter.
For information concerning cottages
write or phone John R. Brodt, Presi-
dent, Maysville, KY.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-07-14
THIRD STROKE FATAL
TO CIVIL WAR VETERAN.

Augusta. = Roal A. Boothe, IS, I'm
ion veteran, died following third
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-07-14
lege athletes, 30 their advice and
coaching will be a great aid.

lege athletes, 30 their advice and
coaching will be a great aid.
Church services will be conducted In
the "Y" hut as usual. Every Sunday
morning a Roman Catholic priest will
come out to conduct mas sfor all the
Catholic boys and their friends and
relatives who may bevisiting camp
These services will be followed by
Jewish ervicesconducte by rabbis
from Chicago. Then there will be Sun
day school followed by Protestant
church services.
On Sunday evening there will be a
big inspirational meeting in the "Y'
hut. The boys will join in mass sing
ing, and the old favorites will again
be on the program. After singing to
their hearts content, the boys will
hear an inspirational talk by some
man of prominence.
keeping Fit" talks by Frank Sher-
wood will again be a feature. Mr.
Sherwood, who is in the employ OF the
United States Helath Department Is
one of the best speakers in the coun'
try on the subject of sex Hygiene
and his talks will be an aid to all
The Press Club for boys interested
in newspaper work and writing prom
Uses to he one of the most interesting
of the new features.
After July 1, the Camp Headquar'
tiers will be located at the Camp
Muskegon, Michigan. Applications
and requests for information should
be sent there TO captain F. L. Beals
Camp Commandant.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-07-14
GIVES nAUaHTERs ss0OOy
WANTS TO SEE 1T SPENT.

Falmouth - William Kinder sur
prised his two daughters, Mrs. Ida
Traylor and Mrs Bitha Sharp, and his
adopted daughter Mrs. Anna McNees,
with a present OF $1,000 each, stating
that he wanted TO see them enjoy the
omney while he was alive,
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-07-14
WARFARE"

Saturday Evening PosThose who conspre unjust
profit from the necessity of the people do profess enm To
profess enmy would be invite destruction They operate under
the guise friendship and work mischief that is than
allegiance than adherence to enemyhat is in
short an act of warfare in quest of spoil
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-07-14

Two United States warshps have started to Tampco where
they will give protection Americans labor crisis anticipated
fields The commanders had the foresight it is hoped
take the ships bands along. NJ
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-07-14
COW INFLICTS INJURIES
FATAL TO OWEN FARMER

Owenton. - Harry Hunt, AZ, farmer
living near New Liberty, died from in
juries received when attacked by a
cow.
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son CUT OFF WITH o.,
HAS WILL SET ASIDE.

Falmouth. Arthur Sever, Pleasant
Hill precinct. won suit to set aside
the will Of his father, which left $780,
900 to his stepmother and cut him on
with five dollars.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-13

From the Boston Globe.
 lHnF we may judge from the results
 of "blue laws in the early days
 as witnessed to by no less an authority than Governor Bradford him. self, nothing of good may be expected if such laws are written again upon the statute books" said the Rev. Jones I. J Corrigan, professor of social ethics al Boston college, in speech a few days ago to HOO teachers and professional men and women of Greater Boston
 "Goyernor Bradford, writing in the year 1642, paints this gloomy picture of Pilgrim conditions after 30 years ot Sabbatarian Sundays:
 "'Marvelous it may be to see and con sider how some kind of wickedness did where the same was so much witnessed against, and so narrowly looked into and severely punished when it was known. And yet all this could not sup torious sins Gas this year l642 besides others, gives us too many sad prece- dents and instances), especially drunk enness and uncleanness'
 "One of the most sacred prerogatives of our American civic life is the right of freedom to worship God according to ones conscience" the speaker con
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-13
# # # Good Work That Is Done by Mercy Home

TT is gratifying to read the splendid U reports Mercy Home makes year in and year out. Birmingham gladly gave $3,O00 more than the institu- ton asked for as this years budget.
 Mercy Homes record has been an inspiring one. A marked feature of the annual report just rendered is that of not having had death in the institution in several years. That is remarkable, considering the tender age of the inmates and the poorly nutured condition of many of the children when they are taken into the home.
 What wonderful thing it is to have this place where an average of a hundred children are cared for and made into good and useful men and WOuicH. Cqudliy lelldIhdDlc IS CHe economy with which the work is done. Mercy Home would not be all that it is without such women as its matron and those who stand by her.
 The Mercy Home children come from hopeless surroundings; they emerge into happy and comfortable homes. They come without parental care; they leave to warm the hearts of the childless and to take the place of beloved ones that have gone.
 A veritable transformation is wrought in human lives and destinies. Alabama owes much to this institu- tion for what it has done these many years in the conservation of children, the most precious of the wards of the state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-13
LUKE Nf'LUKE SAYS

It doesn't do you a bit of good to make resolution that you are not go- ing to fuss with your wife. She'll argue With you even if you agree with her.
 A mans idea of good time and a woman's idea of good time are two widely different ideas.
 When man lends you his umbrella he is expressing faith. hope and charity in an exalted degree.
 After man is injured in an accident he first goes to a doctor to recover and then he goes to a lawyer to recover.
 Anyway. the lady cannibaIs who wear rings jn their noses do not have to take off their gloves to show their jewelry
 Do not criticize others. The chances are that you do not know the differ ence between criticism and abuse.
 Any man who is subject to sea sick ness can tell you that there Is nothing like an ocean voyage to bring out all there is in man.
 The trouble with own g good fpun- tain pen is that you are likely to write too many fool letters just to be writing
 There are so many suckersI in the world that if an article Is so> useless that you can't give it away. you can always realize about $50 on it by raf- fling it off.
 Copyright, 192f.)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-13
Year of Building
 In Birmingham Promised
* x ;

E7FHE city commission will start
 u work on the auditorium in the early spring. "A Masonic temple for 1921" is the slogan of the Masons in their campaign for the sale of $500,- GOO of temple bonds. There can be no doubt of the success of this cam paign, and that means the temple will be built.
 The auditorium is the one most pressing need of the community. The bulk of the people do not enjoy the opportunity for mass companionship and entertainment that is alone pro- vided by assemblage places of large seating capacity.
 The Masonic temple will make of Birmingham a greater Masonic cen ter. It will add to the prestige of this city.
 With the auditorium, the Masonic temple and two high schools, as we'll as several churches, rising at the same time, 1921 will be year of dis tinction in the annals of Birming- ham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-13

age in cotton will be reduced. That is not so important in itself, if the farmer who raises cotton also raises his food and feed crops. No farmer has ever lost money under that sys- tenn.
 The south bids fair to resume the full operation of her industries sooner than the north because her farmers will sooner be busy. The rural mind is rapidly turning from pessimism caused by the low price of cotton to the eternal hopefulness that comes with each ntw endeavor. The south S early season will hasten the recovery of a normal attitude and that will be attended by the purchase of goods in country stores that must first be bought from mills and factories in cities.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-13
THE SUICIDE RATE

From the New Orleans es-Picayune.
 It is laid down by the students of sociology that suicides are most ire quent in the spring. not in the gloomy months of winter, but in good, warm sunny. cheery weather; and during periods of general prosperity Instead of bad weather having a depressing ef- feet and persuading the sloomy indi- vidual to seek the poison or gas route to the cemetery, it has exactly the con- trary effect-it braces him up. It is when the sun is brightest and condi- tions are most promising that MT darkest of blue spectacles and reaches the conclusion. that he is the most un- fortunate man and there is no escape for him save rest in the srave.
 This theory is thoroughly substan- tiated by the records and statistics of the year that has just passed. It was a year of much confusion and trouble of various kinds. but the number of sul- ciues, as p1euictoo py the experts, showed marked falling off. going down to 14.2 per 100000. The average of the decade just preceding was 20 per 100000. and had been even higher be- fore.
 Ntsl4 the war came a great improve ment in the record. In the light of the serious troubles then facing the world disease, daughters, starvation and suf- fering of all kinds-the despondent man hung on to lie more firmly. was en-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-13
EARLY BLUE LAWS FAILED

, tinued. Extremists would abridge this right and make it of law to worship God according to their conscience, not according to ones own. Fanatical mi- norities are always dangerous, but never more so than when they fancy that they are doing the will of the Lord.
 'It is fact of human history and ex- perience explain it how you please, that extremes provoke extremes The rule. is intolerable, reaction, like the swing of pendulum, sets in. The real dam ger from oppressive legislation, apart from it's injustice is the fact that it l gives rise to contempt for all law. "Sabbatarian Sunday regulations would certainly provoke violent dis obedience and cynical disregard for the law. It would be fanatical idiocy to enact them.
 If the ministry of our Sabbatarian clergy has broken down, a little soul searching will probably reveal that the
 true cause of the defection among their flocks is that the preaching of religion and the charity of Christ have been sup
 planted in their pulpits by social uplift and civic harangues.
 Meanwhile Governor Bradford's lit tie commentary upon the results of Pill grim blue law Sundays on Pilgrim morals makes very timely reading for all of us"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-13

From the Baltimore American.
 0NRADITION has power beyond
 law; habit crystallized into an 'S unspoken sense of thing that is mot done" readily takes on an att tribute almost of sanctity, and he who violates it makes public opinion stand aghast
 It is a perfectly good and sensible tradition in the British navy that a even when it rains; the principle is easily defended if any question rose. And this is what happened: An Ameri- can admiral visiting London appeared one day in Whitehall or Piccadilly or the Strand or somewhere carrying an umbrella. Straightway polite smile was hidden behind every polite hand in London. Little paragraphs, burst ing with suppressed mirth, crept into the newspapers, 8 correspondent even cabled the fact to Paris and another to New York. An American admiral shelters under an umbrella! Ye gods and little fishes! An admiral afraid of wetting! Nobody said so, but that was the Englishmans instant reaction. Naturally. the British empire rocked with laughter, from pine to palm, from Calgary to Mandalay
 The visiting American naval officer who hoisted such a landlubberly en- sign must have been extraordinarily absent minded, for the umbrella is as taboo in our own army and navy as in any service in the world; could he have been one of Josephus' arbitrarily created naval officers in the family
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-13
MINING THE AIR
From the Chicago News.

From the Chicago News.
 Recently men have undertaken to
 mine nitrates, or some of the materials trogen enough in the air, no doubt, to blow civilization off the earth-were
 that nitrogen concocted into explosives. There are also basic fertilizers enough,
 made up largely of nitrogen. to make this globe fuzzy with vegetation. Many 1 things may be mined from the air. Now comes hopeful German scien- tist named Riedel who believes that the air itself may be fertilized to such an extent that plants will bound forth |from their seeds like tennis balls. He would fill the air where plants are im- bedded with carbon dioxide (carbonic acid gas). Plants love this gas as a fresh air crank loves the out of doors. They use it ambitiously, but could use
 more. Man expels it with his breath. Plants take it up and expel oxygen. which man can use. Thus men and plants are mutually helpful. But more carbon dioxide is always good thing for the vegetable world. and Dr. Riedel
 proposes to supply more.
 He would get his supplies from the
 blast furnaces. whose great lungs expel
 this gas An industry which uses 1000
 tons of coke per day expels s5.000. 900
 meters of gases. of which about 20 per
 cent Is carbon, dioxide. pr. Ricdel has
 tried fertilixing the air in this way. and
 his happy plants have flourished amas-
 ingly~
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-13
CIVILIZATION IS AT STAKE.
From the Pittsburg Leader.

From the Pittsburg Leader.
 The naval holiday" question intro-
 dueed by Senator Borah is showing a
 side for which even enthusiastic Amer
 jeans were notprepared. The high spot
 seems to be one of choice for England and Japan. The alternative they have
 is to consent to 50 per cent reduction
 in naval armament plans and be beaten
 in the marine race by America just a little, or refuse to be beaten so far that when the building programmes are completed there will be no doubt of the location of overwhelming naval su- periority.
 As compensation there is promise
 of permanent peace. That should be in ducement enough for the three great nations oncerned-America, England and Japan. If they desire peace as all claim, there should be no hesitation about cutting down naval building
 Even if America should have prepon- derance of naval tonnage what differ ence will that make if the tonnage is
 not to be utilized for making war? Un- less Americas new giant battleships are sent out to wage war they might as well not be in existence.
 America has nothing to fear except the navies of England and Japan. Eng
 land says she has nothing to fear except the navies of America and Japan. Ja-
 pan replies that Nippon has nothing to fear except the navies of America and England. All are firm friends. All disclaim intention of making war. In
 that case the claim for disarmament be- comes stronger than ever. If England and Japan refuse to reduce naval build l ing it means they are building against
 the United States. And 1t means that
 every ship we are putting together is intended for use against England or Japan or both.
 i If America, England and Japan want
 peace. as they say; if they are as friendly as they say; if they trust each
 other as they Say if they want to save civilization as they say; why should there not be a reduction in naval build
 ing? One point Is sure, unless England and Japan agree to cuts down naval construction they will be left far be- hind in tie race for marine power There Is fine chance for the rule of common sense to get into action.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-13
UMBRELLAS

Lake captain of emergency promotion could scarcely nave so acted, with something like the plain landsman's pathetic regard for 8 new hat, and raised an umbrella over the splendor of his "brass hat" in blissfufl ignor- ance of his trangression.
 The American officer must have been woolgathering. The umbrella is a symbol of soft Campanian indulgence. It carries connotation of the shell tered life Robert Louis Stevenson once remarked with wonder upon the paradoxical mental attitude of certain respectable married people. with um- brellas,' who had their homes and hearths on the slopes of Vesuvius-or Etna. Many travellers in Italy have ob- served with interest the number of umbrellas which will be hoisted even by poor peasants ins"cattivo tempo"
 The umbrella is seen to be a do- mesticated weapon of defense against force of nature which could be de- fled if the defiances did not cost more than it comes to. It issa convenience, an artifice of modest luxury. The umbrella of an African king is only related to the harmless necessary gamp as the harmless necessary do- mestic cat is related to the larger carnivora- Even the Africa king would not take his state umbrella out in a storm the American navalsofficer must have forgotten his p's and as conn Z pletely. In his essay on English Ad- mirals" MT. Stevenson implies that Britain's naval heroes look out for their health. since famous portrait shows one of them fin cooked hat of great size, and flannel underclothing. Rut never an umbrella in his kit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-13
THE FORSAKEN FEAST

Laura Blackburn. in the Chicago. Fri bune. Along the lanes of Alstead hear the robin's call, And there, like snow, the blossoms Of pear and cherry fall;
 And there is heard the music Of brooks that hasten by.
 And there the bee is busy
 And there, in thought, am l. Alas! no lane of Alstead { Shall see my face again..
 For he who worshiped beauty L Has gone to strive with men
 Has gone to dwell in cities
 And reap the city's wheat. The gold that buys delusions And bitter bread to eat.
 The feast remains forsaken-- The blossom on the bough.
 The robins merry whistle The boy behind his plows
 The brook with all it's music. The humming of the bee. |Are only drea5ns Of Ed en- sS Whose gates are barred tt mo,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-13

couraged and stimulated. and not in clfned to surrender easily or take his life. The suicide rate is declining rap idly in spite of all the horrors. the stories of hard times, high prices, lack |of food and difficulties of all kinds.
 Man shows best when he is inNtrouble.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-13
Pardoning Power Can Be Used to Good Purpose

@N the last day of his term Gov M ernor Brough of Arkansas is sued 24 pardons or communications of
 sentence, making total of 1,246 eases in which he extended executive
 clemency during his four years in of flee.
 State executives possess in the par doning power means to right many a wrong, to mitigate punishment and to give erring men and women a
 chance to begin their lives over again. It is creditable to the type of men who fill the governors chairs in America that as rule they exercise this power with humanity and dis cretion. The practice of issuing
 wholesale pardons is as reprehensible
 as refusing to grant clemency at all.
 There is a middle ground where a
 governor can take his stand and tenn per justice with mercy without bring ing the law into disrepute.
 An enlightened public sentiment
 has brought about revolution in the treatment of criminals. The old belief, "Once a criminal, always a
 criminal" no longer holds good. A
 man may go to prison and come out better citizen than he ever was be- fore. The modern idea is to help the fallen to get back on their feet, not to brutalize and degrade them until
 their regeneration is impossible.
 That this is the better plan has
 been proved over and over again in
 the experiences of prison wardens and public officials.