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The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1921-08-03
LOOKING BACKWARD
Forty-six Years Ago
(From the Herald, August 4, 1877

(From the Herald, August a, 1879
Watermelons. muskmelons. gin
gercakes and cider were plentiful
Monday-election day, you know.
The municipal election of Hart
ford last Saturday resulted in the
election of F. p. Morgan for police
Judge and N. J. Wise for town mar
shall. Jas. A. Thomas. q. w. Griffin,
o. p. Johnson, A. 7. Hudson, Jesse
Potter, John p. Barrett and VIM.
Hardwich were elected as trustees
for the ensuing year.
Some four boys between ten and
fourteen years of age have organized
a base ball club and are practicing
vigorously. They have beautiful
blue uniform -. Master Buck
Collins fills the responsible position
of captain.
The Miners club composed OF
some of the boys OF Hartford and the
Miners from McHenry,) and the
Granger club from the vicinity of
McHenry, played a game Of base
ball at the Fair Grounds on Monday
last, which resulted in a score Of IS
for the Miners and 10 for the
Changers.
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Thirty Years Ago

(From the Herald. August S. 1870
Mr.. John Bean has about COM
pleted his residence on Market
Street and will move into his neat
new house in few days.
The funeral of George Rowe will
be preached by Rev. ID. J. X. Mad
dox at Walton's Creek the fourth
Sunday in August.
The new Constitution won by a
majority OF 1873 votes in o., 10
County, in the election held Monday.
Mr.. Daniel King and Miss Della
Coppage were married at the brides
home last Thursday night. They will
make their home at Beaver Dam.
Mrs. A. b. Kevil. Of. Paducah. is
visiting her parents. DR.. and Mrs. S.
A. Jackson, of ROckport.
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Washington, July 26.-With full
Japanese participation in the dis
armament conference regarded as
finally assured, American officials In
charge of the conference plans are
beinning to give earnest considera-
ton to the date of meeting as the
next step in the diplomatic prelimi-
naries.
Such exchanges as have taken place
already regarded the meeting date
are understood to have been entirely
informal, pending a definite state
ment of Japan's consent to enter
fully into the discussions.
From now on, however, the subject
will be given greater prominence
with the United States leaning strong
ly toward late fall as the most ad-
vantageous time for bringing the
delegates together here.
Welcomes Japan's Move
Official notice of Japan's intention
TO take part in the discussion of Far
Eastern questions at the conference
had not reached the State Depart
ment tonight. but officials showed
much qualification over the news dis
patches saying that such decision
had been reached by the Japanese
cabinet and would be communicated
to Washington shortly.
1t has been the desire here to clear
away these preliminaries as quickly
as possible, though perfect confidence
has been apparent from the start
that the Toxic Government would in
terpose no obstacle to the unreserved
discussion desired around the confer
ence table.
Once Japan definitely has prepared
to come into the conference without
self-impOsed restrictions and reserva-
tiOns. it is the belief here that the
participating powers can reach agree
ment without difficulty regarding the
exact programme of the sessions.
Will Precede Meeting
Such an agreement generally is ex-
pected to precede the actual assem-
bling of the conference, though 1t is
held here that it should not come
before the exchange Of formal in
vitations and acceptances.
The date of meeting. however, is
consideration of some importance
which naturally will have to be set
tied upon before the formal invita-
tions 60 out from Washington.
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Ten Years Ago

(From the Herald. August 2, 191D
Mr.. Anderson is spending this
week in Louisville on business.
Little Luther and Louise Turner.
of Buford, have been the guests OF
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. +. Turner. East
Hartford. the past week.
Misses Nettie and Jennie Gillespie
have gone to Rockport where they
will visit MIR. and Mrs. M. ]. Reid
for two weeks
Mr.. Charlie 1ennett, who is at
tending Cornell University. Ithaca,
N. V. is spending his vacation with
his parents here.
Miss Ira Mills returned Sunday
from a few days visit to her sister.
Mrs. T. Z. McJuary. OF Westeffeld.
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NEGRO'S SUIT TO GET ON
TICKET UNDER SUBMISSION

Frankfort. Ky. July 2S.-Judge
w. Il. Settle of the Court of Appeals
today took under submission the APP
peal of Wilson Lovett. negro. candi-
date for the Republican nomination
for Representative from the Fifty
eighth Legislative District. who
sought TO have set aside the injunc-
ton of Judge Thomas X. Gordon,
Louisville, ordering County Clerk
Fred O. Nuetzel not TO place Loyetts
name on the primary ballot. nj. NJ.
Logan, attorney for Lovett. and
Arthur Bensinger, attorney for Geo.
Mitchell. white candidate for the
nomination, argued the case before
Judge Settle. who had invited
Judges W. Rogers Clay and Gus
Thomas TO sit with him.
Judge Gordon granted the injunc-
ton ON the ground that Lovett's dec
laration was not properly signed, In
asmuch as one OF he sisners last
year registered as a Socialist and
was consequently not eligible TO vote
in the Republican primary this year.
- -
The Hartford Harlad si.ro ,be year.
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concerned, was humorously stated
by Senator Reed (Dem., MOI. when
he declared that Gin sending it back
ia that way it will be as effectively
killed and as thoroughly dead as
Julius Caesar" and then said:
''If there is spark of life left In
it, when the veins are filled with the
Penrose embalming fluid the Angel
Gabriel could not resurrect it. It
will be in as bad condition as the
corpse Of the mother-in-law was at
ter it had been treated in accordance
with the request of the son-in-law in
the very ancient story-which is the
only kind I know-when he replied
to telegram Mother is dead. Shall
cremate, embalm or bury?' And
he replied, DO all three. Take no
chances
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toned at Camp Bragg, and the
Eighty-third Infantry, part of which
is now stationed at Camp Knox. and
the remainder at Camp Benning,
Georgia.
The Eighty-first Infantry, station
ed at Camp Knox. has been designat-
ed as "active associate" for two units.
These are the Eighteenth Infantry,
stationed at Camp Pike. and the
Twenty-first Infantry, now at Camp
Bragg.
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Illinois Central System BetterS Service
by Cooperating With Public

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How's 'rhisa

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
tor any case OF Catarrh that cannot b.
curod by Halrs catarrh Medicine.
Halls catarrh Medicine has been taken
by catarrh sufferers for the past thirty
Ave years. and has become known as the
most reliable remedy for Catarrh, Halls
Catarrh Medicine acts thru the Blood on
the Mucous surfaces. expeiling the Pol
son from the Blood and healing the dis
eased portions
After you have taken Halls catarrh
Medicine for a short time you VIII see z
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health. Start taking Halls catarrh Medf-
cine at once and get rid Of catarrh. Send
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Sold Ly all pruggiste. Tc.
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sist that many wildcat leases and
rights, as well as developments, are
included in the total acreage assess
ment. The same complaint Is heard
from farmers who point to waste
hillside land which counts in the
total acreage.
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sion fof additional Farm
rediis suxSested in Mes
mrc~ssss congress

-sshington. July 2s.-Partial re-
Use was made Immediately by
ongress today TO a special message
rom President Warren G. Harding
Yreauestins the powers Of the War
tFinance Corporation be broadened to
euke charge OF funding upwards of
tunOO 900 600 Of railroad debts and to
thesvide additional farm credits.
: The Presidenf in his message.
transmitted by messenger, declared
ME Government was "morally and
legally bound" 70 fund the railroad
Debts and was Under IAN impelling
moral oblgation'' to provide agricul-
tural credits.
The first step toward meeting the
second of the two requests-provi-
sion for additional farm credits-had
in reality been taken in the Senate
before the Presidential message was
read.
Senator Frank B. Kellogg, Repub-
licanN Minnesota. Introduced bill.
and ia by Secretary of Commerce
s,ude ,rt Hoover and Director Eugene
waffle AJr.. of the war Finance Cor
girls inclu and said to have the ap-
sewing and he President. as substi-
.t,e pending Norris bill to
,HlOO,0OO. 600 farm export
State F'tfm.
Embraces Suggestions
fhe bill as Introduced embraced
~!..ht Presidents suggestions to en-
! power the War Finance Corporation
III instead of new Federal corporation
al provided in the Norris bill. to ad-
- ice credits for agricultural ex-
'e' rts.
'"e The Presidents message dealt par
larly wifi railroad financing and
:" red the proposal that the War
Nv ce Corporation take charge OF
81" " the railroads, debts to the
,un,o ment would car use mo added
A"p,' no added liability. no added
damonstration,E,v, The President de-
Cor lirostoo,, ia a,posai as "a simple
,or 'lses'oeN Jug platin g receipt and
Seie 'dpssi,ssftiX-s Tn, corporation Of
"ample securities" deposited by the
railroads.
The message was referred by the
oc.~k. n
Committee. but Chairman A. B.
Cummins. in i'll health. was out of
he city and when railroad legisla-
IN would by taken up was in doubt.
eessf d .s how%ar E pected action
$500 p6s3en as teews
-, So, 49, Government ad-
will compete for SEC" 500 80
These are few %
are included in
which has been
,r; ,o his message. asked
I'D the authority of
Corporation to pur-
Sixteen Counties PlaiI ,ah,v nm ~
"he's the hands OF
More than 5000 pultration so that
varieties of poultry Y used for se,t,a-
&c county pullet .i,wovs
'niS nan "s pa'ient told Congress.
Standardization caIv "to early adiust-
Quoted by the Coz NJ the railroad
ture. according tNwas no thought. he
ny D. H. Martin.tongress for addi-
money.
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The Hartford H9rlad Si.5o .be year.
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Embalming the Bonus Bill

One of the best evidences that the
Congress does not intend to revive
and pass the Soldiers Bonus Bill is
the fact that it rejected an amend
ment setting a date when the bill
should be reported back.
How effectively the bill was dis
posed of, so far as this Congress is
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JAPAN TO JOIN ARMS |
FARLEY IS ASSURED
Decision OF Cabinet Transmitted
to Press; U. S. to Rush
Date Decision

Toxic, July 25.-The Japanese
cabinet has decided to accept partici-
patton in the proposed conference on
Far Eastern problems, the Asso-
ciated Press was informed today. 1t
is understood the japanese answer
will be forwarded to Washington in
the near future.
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d IN STATE
WORTH $40 ACRE

: Frankfort. KY, July 26.-Al-
Though the bald figures of the State
Tax Commissions real estate assess
ment of Kentucky shows the aver
age valuation of agricultural land
to be something more than $29
an acre and that OF mineral rights
and leases something more than
81, there is no basis OF comparison,
acre for acre. for coal and agricui-
iural land N the commissions pos
--S-.i..1 bf the sl,lO6.22T,062
Todd county s----~-~v1t of the STATE,
Barred Plynlended bich agrlcultur II
ton county, rs intrond the coal Pc
county. Octd for sho pike and rc,ry.
county. Move and asses of farm land.
Christian the pnd improvements,
ardizing maThe'1o of it; the 145.-
P.vmouh ~uee. with improvements.
and Wys 'he hepnd the S,132.276
Nove:nbel neea bal rights and mine
from all roc ~ csalomeni. SEA-
r T.s,. Asoka%e commission . assesses
200 wMoJ reasons because they
a' thfeseut Jar industry and because
Fay arMthus taken from the cover
-areSl. estate improvements"
rha e2mmIssion has no farm maps
L NO exact data on the coal-bear-
L ares by which to equaiize acre
| scro. or even to disclose how
/ acres Of coal there really are.
/ forplation a in the hands OF
l HartfCl.,r-.Ae/ business and there
1 Hartfoi telling whether coal
/ Gentlemen: assessed. as has been
Enclose orassesssd. as the
%y Coal men In
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1921-08-03
CAMP HENRY KNOX
TO Be RETAINED
Three Other COHtOnments To
Remain Occupied; Seven
Will be Abandoned

Washington, July &C. Camp
Henry Knox. near Louisville, will be
permanently retained as one of the
four active Army cantonments in the
United States.
The other three active military
stations erected during the late war
that will remain occupied by troops
are Camps Dix, New Jersey; Travis,
Texas, and Lewis. Washington. The
Franklin cantonment, small part
of Camp Meade, Maryland, will be
retained for the Army Tank Corps.
''In consequence of the limited Ar
my appropriations. necessitating re-
duction in the enlisted strength of the
Army, it has become necessary to
vacate all other cantonments which
were operated during the war;" said
an announcement issued by the War
Department tonight.
The environments to be abandoned
are:
Seven To Be Vacated
Camps Devens, Massachusetts,;
Sherman, Ohio; Grant, Illinois: Pike,
Arkansas; Meade. Maryland, with ex-
ception of Franklin cantonment;
Jackson. South Carolina, and Bragg.
North Carolina.
In vacating these Environments. the
Elan approved by the Secretary Of
War is to remove all troops and to
salvage the greater part of the build
ings. Title TO the land will be re-
tanned by the War Department, as
well as most of the ground and I'M
foreground improvements and utili-
ties. such as trucks. water and sew
er systems, lighting and heating
plants and buildings for use as store
rooms in the event future approprla-
tions permit the use of these vacant
camps for citizens military training
camps.
"Active Associates" Named
The War Department has designat-
ed ian active associate" for each of
the units which will shortly become
inactive, and the former will take
over the flags, records, ETC., of the
inactive organizations TO be held un-
III such time as the latter may be re-
viyed.
The Second Infantry, stationed at
Camp Knox, has been designated as
active associate" for three units
which are scheduled to become in
active. These units are the Fifth
and Seventeenth Infanry, now sta
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yards from the bodies; and that It was Dir
giles gun which had destroyed both my dear
brother and himself there could be no ques-
ton. for the cartridges were Of q peculiar
bore and the heavy swan shot unlike any
thing else Of this sort in Barbados.
Another weapon was also discoversd-A
revolver, brand new. and with all its cham
bers empty. 1t had evidently never been
fired. and had not seen 1t or heard Of it;
but subsequent investigation showed that my
brother had bought it in England with q box
Of a hundred cartridges. which was never
even opened. The revolver is one Of For.
rests make, and why Henry bought it, seeing
his curious hatred and dread Of firearms, IL
surely a part Of this mystery.
Medical examination proved that neither
man had been shot at close range-a fact
that disposed Of an obvious theory. For the
local police-colored people-suspectsd that
poor Diggle had murdered Henry and then
shot himself; but this is impossible. First, he
worshiped Henry as something more than q
man. and Would have suffered any inaas.
Unable torture rather than hurt q hair Of hts
some distance on. From the nature Of the
wounds it was calculated that the gun must
have been flred At range Of twenty yards
the distance 1t was found lying from the
bodies.
Ton yards from tho spot where my
brother fell. hidden in the plantation, We
came upon . pile Of cut cane and one of the
common axes used for cutting it. rhi,
would not have been there under normal cir.
cumstances, and pointed to the fact of q
thief. He had apparently been busy when
disturbed. But Of him no trace Is forth.
coming. though a handsome reward has been
offered 20 the rascal II he will como for~ard
and tell US anything he knows
why my brother was out that night il
Of course. part Of this problem; for there
existed no shadow Of reason that he should
have been. He never did such thing to
my knowledge before. and though he often
took solitary rides and walks, being Of .
meditative spirit. II was not, Of course. his
rule to rise after retiring. Yet on the night
Of his death he must have awakened from
sleep. drawn on his boots. nung black
alpaca coat over his pyjamai. and sauntered
out q mile or more into the plantntions., 10
the beat where he knew that Digsis would
be doing his work and keeping his rounds.
Il now come to the third man who appear,
to have lost his life on this fatal night. Per.
sonaliys ! do not associate him In any way
With the stery ! have teld yes.T - -
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alone, for 1t happened that my father was
last Of his line, and now no other Slanning
than myself has any direct interest in the
Pelican Estates. They were ours absolutely.
and now they are mine, together with the
E-eat rev,nues they furnish and responsible
ties they embrace.
Life passed for US uneventfully and pros
perously. We were everything on earth to
each other, and had not. as I believed, an
idea unshared or an ambition not held in
common. / stuck to the business entirely;
Henry developed wider activities, Joined the
administration and did useful public work.
He was q map Of extraordinary seneros-
ity: he loved to advance the welfare Of the
island and the humblest upon it. II 1t can
be said Of any man that he had not an
enemy. that can be said Of my brother He
was the soul Of justice. and displayed an en-
thusiasm for humanity that won the respect
Of the rich and the worship of the boor Yet
this man has been deliberately destroyed by
. fellow man under circumstances of the
profoundest mystery; and when he persisted
. another died also-one who would have laid
down his life for Henry or myself thou.
sand times. This was John Digxle. q full.
blooded Negro whose forbears have worked
for generations at the Pelican. He was a
Waterman, and his business required that he
should guard the plantations at night. The
looser sort Of nisgers will always pilfer. and
none Is immune from tina. annoyance At
the tune of cAne-cuttiny. therefore we look
after our boundaries; and L tho blackguards
who come ;hieving know that they may get
. bullet about their ears. they think twice
before committing depredations
1t was an cd custom that niggers found
BY our estate police in the cane by night were
challenged and. II they did not respond, fired
upon. It Is n very ancient enactment-of
course not followed nowadays.
The masper Of Henry's death win now
describe. After night of full moon he did
not join me at breakfast according to his
custom. and sending servant to seek him.
found he was neither in his bedroom nor,
study
Puzzled. looked round myself, but could
see nothing of him. Then came the evil news
from the ne.neids. ana mounted my hSr.e
and rode out to spot a mile from home,
lying In clearing on the outskirts of the
plantations not very far from the Crane
hotel. on the south coast Of The island Ny
brother was lying dead. shot through the
breast. and actually upon him John .Digsis
also lay. . corpse. HIS gun. with both bar.
rsls discharged. aDpssrsd nearly twsau
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ana see her II found II desirable to do -.
They drove on, and slanning trusted had
marked them carefully.
Nothing" he said. connects them with
my brothers death, and yet to my mind,
there may exist some link. They are dear
friends. and Lady warenders late husband,
General Sir George warrender. was also q
dear friend to my brother and myself. But,
all unconsciously and innocently, the ladies
may none the less, be involved In some way
hidden both from themselves and Us. That
will be for you to consider when you know
all that I can tell you"
The girl looks very H." said
She is-wtth reason. But the illness II
Of the mind, not the body. She has had
sad shock"
We reached a public square, wherein the
object Of chief interest was a green bronze
statue Of Lord Nelson; and then arriving at
Slanning's club. alishted and presently en-
joyed lunch Of many delicacies.
After the meal he led me into q small, pri-
vate smokingFoom where we should bs
alone. He offered a cigar, which declined,
since the business Of my visit was now to
begin. Nor did he smoke himself, bot en-.
tered At once upon his narrative.
d" Stop me and ask any questions that may
occur to you" he said, and then proceeded
My mother died when Henry and were
boys Of fourteen years old. We were in Eng
land at the time and had Just gone from .
preparatory school to Harrow. From there
we proceeded together to Cambridge. During
the winter vacation We used to come out to
my father here, while In the summer he
usually visited Europe and took Us with him
to France or Italy. We were just completing
our years at the university when my father,
Fftzherbert Slanning. passed away somewhat
suddenly-he had always been delicate man
and Henry and were called to the estates.
Ny father always held that absentee land
lords were the ruin Of the West Indies and
long before he died. made US promise to live
and work here. We kept our word
1t Is, believe, a rooted opinion that
twins resemble each other closely in every
particular Of appearance and character and
taste; and doubtless 1t often happens So but
i cannot fatter myself that was half the
man that my brother was. He had better
brains. better Judgment. and a larger meaa
ure Of self-controL We resembled each other
specifically. but he had more thoughtful
countenance and a less impetuous DISPOSE.
ton. 1 would not saytthat was the opt,.
mist and Henry the pessimist but whereas
my nature leads me to be sansuine and trust.
full he was more cautious and Tar shrevd.r
jndso Of character.
We had valuable overscer. faithful to
my father and trained in a school to whom
the slanninss were a tradition. He helped
to seat us in tho saddle, and since We wers
both workers and well educated. We carried
on the great sugar industry that our ances.
tors had founded with success and created
respect and eonndenca. We we're siasu,ar,y