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The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-10-13
155,O14 IN KENTUCKY
IN nu1ERATE CLASS
Percentage Cut From Is.I to 81 In
Decade; Is Yet Above U. s.
Average.

Washington, Oct. IL. - Iilliteracy
took heavy punishment in Kentucky In
the ten-year bout between 1910 and
1920, but still looks good for score
or more Of years.
The fight is best described by fig
ures OF the Census Bureau, lust an
nounced.
These show that ten years ago 2OS,-
0S5 Kentuckians, more than 10 years
old, could not read nor write.
In 1920 only 155.Ol4 were classed as
illiterates and the percentage was re-
duced from 12.1 to S.4. In 1910 there
were 1,722,644 Kentuckians more than
ten years old; in 1920, 1,S374S4.
The percentage Of illiteracy in the
United States is 6, compared with IL
ten years ago. Fifteen states have q
larger proportion Of illiterates than
Kentucky. Louisiana leading with 21.g
per cent.
Iowa shows the smallest with IL pcr
cent.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-10-13
CORONER STARTS MURDER PROBE

Dayton. Ohio, Oct. 13. - Coroner E.
E. Kimmel is conducting his inquest
into the mysterious murder Of Lucien
A. Seward, Dayton attorney, found
dead in his Office Monday afternoon.
Twelve witnesses were to testify dur
ing the day, but it was doubted that
any light would be shed on the mys-
terry. Detectives at work on the case
were checking up the movements OF
an unnamed powerfully built man. "
The funeral of the dead attorney was
held at 10 o'clock from the family resi-
dence in Oakwood. 1t was private, but
many members of the Dayton Bar as
sociation attended.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-10-13
SENATOR KNOX
DIES SUDDENLY
IN WASHINGTON
Death Comes to Senator, Former See.
retary of State, After But IL
Minutes Illness at
Home.

washington, Oct. IL. - philander
Chase Knox, Senator from pennsyl-
Vanit and Secretary Of State under
President Taft, died suddenly at 6:3O
O'Clock tonight at his home here. He
was stricken with paralysis after de-
scending the stairway on his way to
the dining room for dinner and
passed away fifteen minutes later
without regaining consciousness.
Mrs. Knox and the Senator's secre-
tary, w. F. Martin. were near the Sem
ator and fastened to his aid. DR.. SAM
uel Adams was summoned immediate
y, but he found Mr. Knox beyond med
cal aid.
Senator Knox returned to Washing
ton only last Monday might from a
trip to Europe with Mrs Knox and he
attended the sessions of the Senate
yesterday and today.
thO - u CLOCK
this afternoon the Senator took an
automobile ride through Potomac
Park, and stopped on his way home to
purchase tickets for a theater per-
'ormance tonight Reaching home, the
Senator went to his library. where he
remained until summoned to dinner.
President Harding, Chief Justice
Taft, Senator Lodge of Massachusetts,
the Republican leader; Senator Pen
rose of Pennsylvania and other friends
and close associates of Mr.. Knox were
soon notified of the Senator's death.
The news came as a shock to all Of
'icial Washington. for the Senator.
through his services, first as Attorney
General under Presidents Mckinley
md Roosevelt and later as Secretary
of State under President Taft, had a
wide circle of friends in all walks of
public life, Congressional diplomatic
and legal.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-10-13
TOBACCO REACHES
S32.87 ON NORTH
CAROLINA MARKET
Highest Figure Of the Season Is Reach.
ed on the Wlnston-Salem,
N. c, Market Last
Monday.

Winston-Salem, N. c., Oct. IA. The
season record for the local tobacco
market was again smashed all to
smithereens when 366,040 pounds were
sold on the warehouse floors Monday
for an average OF $32.s7 per hundred
pounds. the highest figure reached this
season. The total cash value Of the
leaf tobacco Monday was s12O, O,20O.9S.
The season figures show that the
number of pounds sold this season has
already passed the four million mark
and the amount Of cash turned over to
the farmers is well beyond the million
dollar mark. The exact figures for the
season are 4,195,063 pounds which sold
for $1,070, ,983.87, an average of more
than 25 cents per pound for the entire
season.
At the beginning of the season the
farmers and others we'll versed In the
price Of tobacco stated that If the
farmers received an average Of 25
cents per pound for their crop they
would make money. That this average
has already been maintained since the
season opened Is source Of much
qualification, not only to the farmers,
but to the warehousemen, the buyers,
and the merchants and bankers. 1t
means a general wave of prosperity
throughout the Piedmont section and
is a severe blow to "Old Man Hard
Times"
Mondays sales-Total pounds, $685.
O4O; average price, 32.S7 cents; total
cash, $120,2OO.s3.
Fridays sales Total pounds ILL.,
GAO: average price 1888 cents; total
cash, $32,5S2,s3.
Seasons sales-Total pounds, 4,l95,-
6O9: total cash, $1,070, ,963.67.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-10-13
WELL KNOWN RIvERMAN DIES.
The Manchester Signal says.

The Manchester Signal says.
Captain Grant f. Mitchell, born on
Little Three Mile in Sprigg township
February 20, 1862, died at his home at
an early hour last Thursday.
On account of being a ferry pilot
for nearly forty years he was well
known in Adams, Lewis and Mason
counties. As pastor of the Nazarone
the Christian church at Trinity and
the Cedar Leaf Chapel he had a wide
acquaintance with members and
friends OF the church.
He is survived by his wife, son,
mother, sister and two brothers.
Funeral Saturday afternoon at tho
NJ. p church, Rev. Hudnall officiating.
Burial at I. o. o. F. Cemetery by A. o.
U. NJ of Trinity.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-10-13
WINNING PITCHER.

John McGraw's New York Giants
captured the big flag in the World
Series Thursday afternoon by defeat
ing the Yankees by the score of to 0.
1t was the eighth game of the series in
which the Giants have now taken five
and the Yankees the other three.
The score in Thursday afternoons
game follows:
Innings 2 4 8 So 9-R H Z
Giants II 0 . 90 0 90 0-1 6 0
Yankees o 0 90 900 0 90 4 l
Batteries - Giants Nehf and Snider !;
Yankees, Hoyt and Schang.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-10-13
LLOYD GEORGE WILL
ATTEND CONFERENCE

London, Oct 13. - Premier David
Lloyd George will attend the Washing
ton limitation of arms conference, re-
naming in the United States six weeks
unless unexpected developments in the
Irish situation prevent, it was stated
authoritatively today,
1t was reported the prime minister
would sail November s.
King George, 1t was said, is most
anxious Lloyd George attend In person
the opening discussions at Washing
ton.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-10-13
FLEMING COUNTY MAN
DROPPED DEAD.

Tuesday afternoon Larkin Gulley, y
farmer on Pea Ridge, aged about "A,
was found dead on the road in 'front.' of
his home. He had been in the corn
field with his boys gathering some
corn, but left before they finished fill
ing the sled, and when they came
along they found him dead. Coroner
C. C. Maxey was summoned, but there
being no evidence Of violence the con-
clusion Is that he died from heart trou-
BILE, of which he had complained. Mr..
Gulley had been married four times
and leaves a wife and several children.
-Fiemingsburg Times Democrat.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-10-13
wOMAN's MISSIONARY
SOCIETY MEETS HERE.

The women's Synodical Society Of
Home and Foreign Missions Of Ken
lucky will be in session at the First
Presbyterian church here on October
IS and 10. All meetings will be open
to the public and every one is cor.
daily invited.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-10-13
MISS EVA HALL DIES;
BURIAL HERE FRIDAY.

Miss Eva Hall, former resident Of
Maysville, died Wednesday at the home
of her niece, Mrs Emily Peddicord at
peewee Valley. The body will be
brought here over the C. G o. at 1870
Friday afternoon and be taken direct
TO the Maysville cemetery where scrv-
ices will be held by DR., John Bar
bour, of the Presbyterian church.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-10-13
BLACK LEG IN TRINITY SECTION

Mr.. Henry Holton, Of Trinity. We'd
nesday lost a very valuable short horn
calf from black leg. DR.. r. p. Moody
vaccinated all OF Mr.. Holton's herd
and several other herds In the neigh
borhood 10 prevent the spread Of this
dread disease among cattle
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-10-13
NOTICE TO ALL
WATER CONSUMERS.

All semi-annual water rent will BE-
due October 1st.. 1921.
October 18th last day for discount
All consumers not paid by Novem.
ber 1st, 1921. water will be shut of and
one dollar fee charged for turning on
again. for non payment. Yours truly,
MAYSvILLE WATER CO.,
26Sp-tf NJ. Y. FIELDHoUSE, Gen. Mgr
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-10-13
LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT
IS IN THIRD PLACE.

The weekly report of the State
Board Of Health shows the Mason
County Health department In third
place among the organized health de-
partments of the state of Kentucky.
Mason county made score Of 1860 for
the week. Davies county stands first
with a score of 1853.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-10-13
October 18th Is the last day for dis
count Of telephone bills. 6Oct-td
GREAT FEATURE SEEN BY
VERY LARGE AUDIENCES

"The Affairs of Anatol," shown for
the first time Wednesday at the Wash
ington Opera House attracted very
large audience The picture is a won
der with twelve great stars In the cast
This is the greatest gathering of tai.
ent ever shown In one picture and
those who saw it are lauding 1t highly
The picture is to be repeated today
and tomorrow and those who have not
yet seen it, should not miss this op-
portunity.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-10-13
MANY HEAR BEREA LECTURE
AND SEE PICTURES.

The large auditorium of the First
Baptist church was we'll filled ON We'd
nesday evening to hear DR.. Jonathan
c. Days lecture on Berea College and
see the moving pictures illustrating
the bringing Of young men and women
out of the heart Of the hills to Berea
At the close Of the lecture an offering
was taken in which a considerable
sum was contributed to the college s
one million dollar fund.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-10-13
TWO HIGH CLASS HORSES
SOLD BY COL. ANDERSON

Col. Langhorn Tabb Anderson has
Just sold two splendid horses to Gin
cinnati fanciers. DR.. ]. e. Benjamin, Of
Avondale, Cincinnati, purchased fine
five-gaited show mare and Oscar Bir-
man, Of Avondale. purchased a three
gated walk and saddle gelding.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-10-13

Miss Pearl Beighle and niece, Mary
returned to this city Sunday after an
extended stay at Harbor Springs
Mich. They stopped off at winchester
= Ohio, for several days visit with the
formers mother. Miss Beighle expects
to remain here through the winter and
keep house for her brother, Stanley
of East Front street. --
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-10-13
GETTING BALLOT BOXES READY.

County Clerk James Owens and his
deputies are very busy just at this time
getting the ballot boxes ready for the
November election. The job of getting
all these boxes ready and fitting them
with keys Is great big task and re-
Qlfires several days work.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-10-13
October 18th is the last day for dis.
count of telephone bills. 6Oct-td
REV. DAVIS MOVING.

Rev. John A. Davis, pastor of the
First Baptist church. is, Thursday
moving from Forest avenue to the flat
over the R. Lee Lovel grocery store at
the corner Of Third and Market streets.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-10-13
HAM-BERRY,

Mr. Oscar G. Berry, aged II and Miss
Jewell Ham. aged 16, both Of Maysville
were married Wednesday by Rev. J. A.
Davis, pastor Of the First Baptist
church.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-10-13
CLUB DANCE POSTPONED

The regular weekly dance given at
the Edgefield Club has been postponed
from Thursday night to Friday night.
Hubbard and Haucke's orchestra has
been procured for the dance.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-10-13
REYNOLDS-BERRY.

James A, Berry, aged 10, and Miss
Margaret Reynolds. aged II, both of
Maysville. were married Wednesday
by Rev, j, A. Davis, OF the Baptist
church,
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-10-13
PLAY AND DANCE AT
GERMANTOWN TONIGHT,

For the benefit of a new school at
Brooksville a play is given Thursday
evening at tha x. of p Hall at Ger
mantown and following the play the
young people will give a dance
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-10-13

Mr.. and Mrs. ]. l.. Hart and Mrs.
John Richer, Of Cynthiana, were the
guests of Miss Mary Hart and sisters
from Tuesday until Wednesday.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-10-13
JUDGE AT HORSE SHOW,

Colonel Langhorn Tabb Anderson, 81
Point Au View Farm, is at St. Paul
Minn., this week where he Is acting as
a Judge In the big annual horse show
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-10-13
SPECIAL-FRIDAY AND SATURDAY

Fresh Oysters and Fresh Fish;
choice home killed meats. Prompt de-
livery,
CENTRAL MEAT MARKET.
Phone 161.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-10-13

October 18th Is the last day for dis
count Of telephone bills. 6Oct-td
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-05-13
MOVIE CENSORSHIPS

One Of the many objections to a state censor
ship of moving pictures is that it establishes forty
eight state, to say nothing of dozen or so
colonial standards of taste and morals. One
state would condemn picture agent OF
depravity instigated by the deMl-another would
see in it distinct and valuable moral lesson.
And the fact that one state condemned it
would give it morbid prestige among the
salacious minded of the other. To illustrate this
point locally. suppose Lakeland had board of
censors, with blue proclivties, while I ampa
had none. A picture. barred from this city,
would go 10 Tampa and "norate it around" that
it was SO cute" the Lakeland people wouldn't
even let it be looked at. Nearly everybody in
Tampa would crowd the picture house, and a
gcodly fraction Of Lakelands population would
have business in the second city on the night of
lis appearance
Ii won't de- We have had surfeit of CEN
sorships in this country already. We already,
and always, have the only kind that is of real
value, the privilege of each person to censor and
refuse to sec anything that doesn't suit his fancy
or compcrl with his notions of decency. The
screen can be purified in way only,-by the
cultivation of public taste which approves
clean plays and rejects unclean ones. 1t is not
a Job for salaricd commission, or vote.hungry
politicians, or meddlesome police agents, but for
the clean minded men and women of the country
to perform at home.
We havP National Board Of Censors, the
general uselessness of which is attested by the
demand for state and local cenSors Why not
approach the problem by some pathway which
docs nc! involve the abandonment of free and
democratic principles?
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-05-13
ADVANTAGES OF EDUCATION

North Platte. Neb. Scmi-Wecky Tribme)
Figures presented by an indianapolis bank
show that of 100000 children with no school
ing thrty-one attain distinction OF 100000
with elementary schooling the number to gain
distinction is sos. Two million with high
school education show distinction gained by
1,245. Out of 100000 who go through college
576S become distinguished i'll some walk Of
life.
Less than one per cent of the men in Amer
lea college bred yet this small per cent has
furnished SIS per cent of the American presi-
dents, 50 per cent of the vice presidents 62 pei
cent of the secretaries of state, so per cent of
the secretaries Of the treasury 62 per cent of
attorney generals, AZ per cent of the speakers
of the House, and SO per cent of the supreme
court justices.
With college education the child has one
chance in 49, with high school education one
chance in 1906 with elementary schooling alone,
one chance in 4O,S41, and with no schooling one
chance in 1890.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-05-13

as they have walked by on sweltering summer
afternoons, hot, dusty, sticky and tired, have
envied the kids their fun and felt in their hearts
bitterness against the convention of clothes. The
hose was a little more exciting, some will say,
than the portable shower, just as the water from
the old well bucket was cooler and the winters
used to be more snowy and the pies better But
even a shower has its glories
The city, alas! has no swimming holes, with
slim, clean bodies darling like trout through the
water Thus the countrybred will always have
an advantage, and the "Sknnes" who lead the
glad pack have the only good chance to become
presidents; nevertheless the hydrant and the
hose something of substitute, and those
who don't like to see needn't look or may equip
themselves with binders.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-05-13
HERE'S A TIP FOR GIRLS
st. Petersburg Timesl


Two girls in drug store with two young men!
Both girls were enjoying the highest price con-
cocton of the soda fountain expert!
The boys-for that's all they were-giggled and
smiled with the painfully pleased expression of
all youthful SWANS.
Neither Of the boys appeared to have earn
ing capacity sufficient to afford even this light
form of extravaganza.
Yet the girls seemed to be unaware of the eX-
thse young men.
And that's the habit of most young things
they think it quite smart trick to buy the most
expensive dishes when some sporting youngster
of the opposite sex is paying the bill.
But man sat at another table.
He noticed the dishes ordered by the girls and
the size of the pay check handed to the young
men by the waiter
And then he told the story of his own daughter,
a student in coed college back north She's
member of a college sorority and for once there
seems real reason fer the existence of such
organizations This particular sorority has an
unwritten, but rigidy enforced rule that the girls
who are MEMBERS shall order only the lowest
priced drinks or other refreshments when in
vited by young college lad to partake at
his expense
good rule!
1t helps the young college swain to be as nice"
as he wishes to the college lassies without draw
ing too heavily upon his limited allowance or
the fund he earns by his own wits while getting
a college education.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-05-13

the nation performs the disagreeabe but necessary
task of squeezing the water out of its currency:
Think straight,-thoughts are alive; it is pos
sble to vivify your daily thinking into construc-
tive energy Realization Of this fact accounts
for the present marked change in mental atti-
tude of many business 1t is a splendid
sign for it spreads the sunshine of optimism
into the dark recesses of business, quickenng
into life every delayed activity. Optimism
Ell fails to strengthen the business and the COM
of nation to broaden and deepen the
foundation upon which they depend
Be optimistc,-the world is not going to
smash just because business temporarily sagG
The black clouds are fast rolling away. Our
trusty vessel may creak little, because of
pressure from inside and out, and it's recovery
may lack the speed and smoothness that
expected, but the end Of the dangerous tempest
is in sight and the port of normal conditions
will soon be reached.
AS nation we may sometimes stumble, but
we never collapse, have we ever failed to
gather ourselves together and proceed with an
increased momentum after every slump.
Think straight,-let the sunshine in.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-05-13

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TENTH
JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF FLORIDA, IN AND
FOR POLK COUNTY,, C, LAMPHEAR.
PLAINTIFF, VS.. JOHN r. BAYLEY, DE-
FENDANT.-N0TIGE OF SUIT BY AT.
TACHMENT.
To j. r. Bayley, 1896 Park Ave, Minneapolis
MINI.
You are hereby notified to be and appear
before the Judge of our Circuit Court in and
for Polk County, Florida TO lie held on tie
first Monday in July, 1921. the same being tho
fJE:.i Gay Ct yG.d ZION i. a1G the regular
Rule Day Ct said cJurt. then and there To
answer the complaint of o. G. Ldmphear in an
action OF attachment for $4,000 and cost
that said attachment has been levied by the
Sheriff of Polk County, Florida. on the f0ll,w-
ing described real estate as your property, to-
wit: East Half tE1a) Of Northwet quarter
(NWA). West half (WIs) Of West half (Wia)
of Northeast quarter (NEA) Northeast quar-
ter (NEM) of Southwest quarter (SWh) and
West half (Wh) of West half (W1s) Of
Southeast quarter SEQ Of Section Three
(3), Township Twenty (2S) South Range
Twenty-four (24) east in Polk County, Flor
ida.
Herein fail not or judgment will be given
against you by default
Witness the hand and seal Of said court, this
the day of April, A. D. 1921.
(SeaD J. D. RAULERSON.
Clerk Circuit Court
Aur Slot June TO-
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-05-13
THE END is NOT YET

Many good people look for the early destruc-
ton of the human race. One might. if inclined
to be cynical, say that if what it has done marks
its limits. there is little reason why the event
should be deferred but the race has at least
shown that it could do great things if it tried,
and for that reason may assume that the
Creator, who doesn't work by halves, will keep
it en- the job until it accomplishes its purpose
set forth in the account of its creation namely to
subdue the earth and have dominion thereof.
That will require time, and we must have pa
tence The human race has been in existence but
short hme-not over half a million years,
scientists say-and for at least ninety per cent of
that time it has lived in the jungle and competed
with the whole animal kingdom for subsistence
and the privilege ct living.
1t has escaped the scrub, but, like the poor
man who gets rich in his sixties, it can not read
lily shake off the habits of its early life. AT best,
it is, as yet but savage in a dress suit. Nearly
all It's instincts. impulses, habits, manners of
thinking, points OF view, desires. aspirations and
ambitions, bark back to its early environment.
when the law of fang and claw" was supreme
1t is to this carly unwritten history that we
must look fer the psychological explanation of
ninety nine per cent of the facts of history and
The phenomena of society. 1t is the caveman
within US who makes us tolerate crime, poverty.
wretChedncss practically every species CT suffer
ing, while 10 him also must be charged the de-
light experience in power over others, in con-
tests with animals and tho fierce Of Joy" Of
slaughterng our fellow men when we can do it
IN war, Or indeed in any other way sanctioned
by law or public sentiment. But while our inner
savage continually urges us back to our cave we
the enchanting story Of what we could do if our
savage were dead or disabled We could make
The world paradise Instead of killing each
other could kill the enemies of our race-the
germs OF disease, the unwhoesome conditions the
ignorance which circumscrbes our pleasures the
passions which brutalize, the vices which de-
slroy mind and bod -ve could master the great
realm of science and philosophy which, as yet,
have hardly entered; we could learn to live
IN accord with the will of our Divine Creator
as interpreted in his works-we could, in short,
subdue and hold dominion over the Garth
With this capacity innate in the race, to sup
pose that the great Author, to whom the sidereal
system IS mere point in space and billion
years moment of time, is planning to destroy
it in the first days of its adolescence is to betray
marvellously narrow conception of both the
world and its Maker