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The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1921-01-26
COtNfYAGENTS'1..II.j.'
1EETJAN. 27.31
Will Hold Annual Conference
at Ky. College of Agricul-
ture; 81 Agents in State.

Lexington, Ky, Jan 22-Plans
have practically been completed for
the annual conference of Kentucky's
az county agents which will be held
at the, College Of Agriculture, Uni.
versity of Kentucky, JAM 27-31, &C.
cordng to a statement which has just
been made by c. A. Mahan state
leader OF the agents. Seven prominent
out-of-state speakers together with
local agricultural authorities and
members of the college faculty will
be scheduled for talks on the program
which has been designed to feature
agricultural authorities of national
reputation
Out-of-State speakers who will talk
to the county agents include Lucius
4. Wilson, vice-president American
Cities Bureau, Chicago; Dillon S
Meyer, county agent Franklin County
Ohio; Clark s. Wheeler. sale manager
Delco Light Plant, Dayton, Ohio; NJ
c. Burriett. director of extension
work New York; r. K. Bliss, director
of extension work, Iowa; c. B. A
Bryant, business manager, Franklin
County, Ohio; and A. A. Olsen
count agent, Crawford County, O
Local speakers who will address the
agents will be Pres. Frank l.. McVey
OF the University of Kentucky and
Dean Thomas p Cooper, director oil
extension work in Kentucky.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1921-01-26
A GIFT FROM ILLINOIS

The pledge of 10000 bushels of corn
for distribution among the starving
children Of Europe and famine vic
tins in China is substantial gift
from the farmers who are members
of the Illinois Agricultural +Associa-
ton. ''''. ''',''
THE Illinois corn crop is an inspir
ing example of the bounty of nature
Some years ago-before the World
War and the call upon the farmers
for increased production-6S, 000, 900
bushels of corn was "cribbed" in five
Illinois counties. Iroquois. La Sale,
Livingston. Campaign and Mclean,
Counties producing 100000 bushels
in a single harvest were fairly numer-
Gus before the effort to expand pro-
,duction. during the war. brought out
the rusty 'bull-tongue" and the aban-
doned double shovel TO supplement
the modern cultivators upon Prairie
State farms. 5rus oa. fG0N nr J.
The Illinois farmers provide a con-
siderable measure OF relief and set
"a good xample. From their plenty
not of money this year. but of grain
they are able and they are willing to
respond TO the requets for bread for
the starving children of Europe and
the victims of famine in country in
which crop failure always is follow
ed by famine.
I11What State agricultural organiza-
ton will follow the Illinois example !?
'+--Courier- Journal s1 nnf -' ff
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1921-01-26
f%aEEEssS$R|ss88aa
OF WOW 5I7Td WDCI S1nini {
Disc9yeredsq Eleven, Miles From
Cave CityuKye Said to Have
n Underground Cathedral.

MunfordsviIie, Ky,,y Jan. q, LA
great underground cathedral, with All
avenue half a mile long, whose dome
rises 200 feet has been discovered IN
Great Crystal Cave eleven miles from
Cave City near the Green River and
wonders which are aid to rival those
of Mammoth Cave, whose main en-
trance is nine miles away. r" -io. p
Floyd Collins, on whose farm the
cave was discovered found a human
skeleton, pronounced that of an
aborigine. antedating the Indians. on
terraced ledge above the floor Of the
newly discovered gallery. No white
man was ever known to have pene-
trated the cavern. The bones are be-
ing held at Cave City, and scientists
will be asked to pass on their anti
guilty. d'0it'' ".'i' of it." u"t 10 P.
Tie cave, then supposed to be
small, was discovered three years ago
when Collins brothers noticed Sink
: hole on "a hollow breathing" The
air rushed in and out and he made
an opef}ihg with dynamite. Floyd Col
Inns a day or two ago rolled back a
boulder and revealed an opening
through which he crawled after build
ing a signal fire at the aperture. Be-
sides the long 'inain gallery whose
fioorsis smooth as boulevard, there
are Numerous galleries leading off ii
which have not been explored. TOD 'Hi
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1921-01-26
IN d BANKRUPTCY.
In The District Court of the United
m I States for the Western Dis
i'' ,. f. trict of Kentucky. .

! In ,ths, matter, Of Ezra McDayis, q
.1ron this. tits 10th day OF. January A.. D,
1927. on considering the. petition, OF
the aforesaid bankrupt for discharge
filed on the 18th day of January. A
d.. 1921, it, is ordered by the court
that hearing be had upon the same
on the 18th day of March A. d., 1921,
before said court at Louisville in Said
district, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon
or as near thereto as practicable. and
that notice thereof be published one
time in The Breckenridge News a
newspaper printed in said district
and that all known creditors and
other persons in interest may appear
at said time and place and show
cause, if any they have, why the
prayer of said petitioner should not
be granted i''' 'i'-'
Witness the Honorable Walter
u Evans, Judge of said Court. and the
seal thereof, at Owensboro in said
pa district, on the Goth day of January
%. A. d. 1921. '' 9Hi'li' - f'a' i'H
5ty H'd 3)3A. G. Ronald Clerk. otto
t ff 900 NM f. Dunn. d. c. roo r'
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1921-01-26
UNION COUNTY
HAS THRIVING
FARM BUREAU
Has Membership of 600 Out OF
1900 Population in County;
Will Expend 1000 for Ex-
n" 'innH tension Work. o."

Union County Farm Bureau. with
headquarters at Morganheld has
reached second place in membership
in Kentucky having membership
close to the, six hundred mark. Jeffer-
son County holds first place. Hii !
Six hundred members is unusually
large when it is taken into consider
alton that the farm population of
Union County, tenants and owners, is
only 1900 In the past few weeks
renewals of membership have totaled
2O2 and every day adds to the number
I' In the matter of coal alone, farmers
were refunded their membership dues,
plus a handsome dividend besides
From twenty-six to sixteen cents.
tells the story of coal in Union coun-
ty2 Coal operators were asking TWEEN
ty-six cents and for awhile stubborn
,ly held to that price Then the COM
mittee from the Farm Bureau went to
work in earnest and the price went
down finally to eighteen cents, where
1t hung for short time and then
reached the sixteen mark. ,f-a1w
In the same section of the State, in
a nearby county, where there is no
Farm Bureau organization, coal open
ed at % cents went then to "a cents
and then to SO and finally touched 40
cents and has remained there up to
the present moment and not so much
as hope of reduction held out.
~ With Farm Bureau at work. dowr
down---down---came the price and
where there was no Farm Bureau,
the trend was reversed up-up--up
went the cost of coal. .r 3D. r.0.
Four thousand dollars was asked OF
the Fiscal Court by the Union COUNTY
Bureau and the request unanimous
ly granted This money is for the use
of the Farm Bureau and extension
work during, the coming year. The
Bureau had enough money to ask
1.-THE limit but did not do SO
Coal was only one OF many activi-
ties OF the Union County Farm Blu
reau: its other work covering almost
every phrase of better farming and
better farms and better farm homes.
The Bureau has equipped a COM
Portable, though small, quarters fully
supplied with all the furniture and Of
flee fixtures to expedite, the work iof
the Office. 1t has in the Bank S2,5aT.1l.
A. K. Long, is President; ] Nj, Rid
die, Vice-president; J. A. Sugg. Jr..
treasurer; A. NJ. Allen, County Agent
and (Mrs.) NJ. J. Houston, Demons
tration Agent. r,sHI
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1921-01-26
Locked MSTEEL !,
VAULT MORSE CODE
City Treasurer of Philadelphia
Saves His Life Through
knowledge Of Telegraphy

Philadelphia. Jan. 1s-Locked for
nearly, six hours in Theoretically
sealed concrete and steel vault in the
city treasurer's Office last night, a
knowledge of the Morse telegraph
code probably saved the life of Ar
thur Bremen. assistant city treasurer
it became known today. A mouse
locked in at the same time, failed to
survive, and when Bremen was re-
scued its body was found
/ Bremen entered the vault, a room,
Is feet square and 20 feet high, five
minutes before closing time yesterday
hunting for a warrant. While he was
there the big steel doors swung shut
He shouted for help without attract
ing notice
The lights went out automatically
as the doors shut Bremen. was on a
balcony in the rear.=He felt his way
downstairs, pulled open every drawer
and piled the books On the foorS to
get the Maximum amount to air pos
sible, and then Slept for a while. will,
his face as near the bottom of the
door as possible, on the assumption
that slight amount Of air might ge,
through at that point. When he awoke
his hand came in contact With a wood
en- Stat, and remembering that Charles
Hockwald, a night Waterman, also
could telegraph, he pounded out II
Morse: ~ y ''''' W." ''- -,'"'''
~ am locked in. M '',.
will get help came the answer
frpnl 31Hockwald, who immediately
telephoned for man who knew the
combination of the vault a0GI~ ,di
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1921-01-26
INAUGURATION OF 1865
Representative Sherwood Draws Lin
....,. o." coin as He Saw Him.

From a speech by Mr.. Sherwood OF
Ohio in the House of Representatives
| am the only living man in public
life that witnessed Abraham Lncoln's
second inauguration on March t. 1866.
1t was after we had fought the battle
of Franklin and Nashville. Our veter-
an army took the transports on the
Tennessee River and came up the
Ohio, to Cincinnati then came across
the country on the Baltimore and
ington on March\3. ! wasy looking for
war horse. as my last horse was
shot at the battle of Franklin. -
Lincoln was inaugurated the next
morning on the east front OF the
Capitol. had never seen Abraham
Lincoln | was bound to see that in
auguration. as Lincoln was the idol
OF our army.
| reached the Capitol just as the
inauguration had started. There was
no general platform. There were no
reserved seats for Congressman or
anybody else We were all standing
up. There must have been 10000 peo
pie in front OF the Capitol. Lincoln
stood there on the east front on a
little platform that did not cost $500
with little stand and a glass of water
He had white pocket handkerchief
around his neck can see him now
as saw him then, a tall, spare man,
with deep lines of care furrowing his
cheeks: a sad face. a strong face, the
face of man of many sorrows A
face lit up with the inspiration of a
great soul as he voiced in prophecy
the ultimate destiny of this nation
There was no display whatever.
L had on my old. once blue coat
that Iwore on the Atlanta campaign,
besmirched with CRIME from the red
clay roads of northern Georgia and
the sticky mud of western Tennessee,
and my old SLOUGH hat with hole in
the crown, caused by sleeping too
near the bivouac fire.
| worked myself through that vast
crowd and stood within ten feet OF
Abraham Lincoln and heard him de
liver the last of his inaugural address
his last official declaration. Our
army was to take the ocean transports
that night for Fort Anderson and to
meet Sherman's army coming up from
Savannah.
believe such a simple Inauguration
as was given Lincoln in 1865 would
be the most proper and popular in
auguration for our coming President
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1921-01-26
Y6Uka MAkttkb wdH |
ANaFATALJSY BURNED.
Mrs Waldo Tindle, of skiIinian Starts IA
Fire with Coal Oil :

Mrs. Maggie Tindle. age 10 years,
and the wife of Waldo Tindie, OF
Skillman, was fatally burned. at her b
home Tuesday afternoon OF last week.
Mrs Tindle attempted TO start a fire.
in CRATE. The fire did not burn very
rapidly, so she poured coal oil on the
small blaze and instantly the flames (
were leaping out from the crate and
caught FIRE to Mrs. Tindle's clothing.
Mrs. Tindle was rescued by neighbors 4
but not until after She had been so
severely, burned that, her death follow
d the next day JH7
Mrs Tindle was the daughter of
Mrs Joe Coon. She had been married
about year. Mr.. and Mrs Tindle
resided on n. II. Fields farm
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1921-01-26
Deceived by Reflection.

The rumOr that there was such
place as iEl Dorado was so insistent
centuries ago thaiui Humboldt. 1.-THE ex-
plorer made aospecialo investigation.
and located the origin OF the fable IN
a territory between the EssequibO and
Branco rivers II Guiana, ~ Great
deposits OF Interstate and tale so
iecked the rocks SURROUNDING, a small
lake that the sun ma indeed turn the
area into q vast golden mirror, but as
far as the value of the deposits were
concerned there was nothing to wish
for. The temples. houses and public
buildings of beaten gold were mere
ly the Imagination of those who had
glimpse the lake, but had bee npre-
vented by natives from reaching II.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1921-01-26
BIG YEAR FOR MoToRcARs
Factories Turned Out 10000 Cars
and $4,000 Trucks During 1920.

A total of 100000 passenger cars
and 100000 trucks were poured from
mOtOrcar factories in the United
States during 1920, setting new and
possibly permanent production record
for the automobile industry.
The domestic market. drunk with
unprecedented buying power for the
greater part Of the year, absorbed p
100000 motor vehi' les, while the re-
mainder of the output, valued at $685.
100000. was scattered over the world
In export orders. The wholesale value
of passenger vehicles produced during
the year is estimated at well above
$1,5OOOOO.OOO. 1t is estimated there
are 100000 cars In storage.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1921-01-26
PRESIDENT-ELECT. ON
y WSAA FfSfffNG CRUISE
Spending His Vacation on House
boat of Florida Coast.

ST. Augustine, Fla, Jan. 22.--The
houseboat Victoria with President
elect Harding and party OF friends
aboard, left today for leisurely fish
ing cruise down the coast OF Florida.
With the departure OF Hr. Harding
said good-buy to cares and virtually
went into seclusion for two weeks of
rest and recreation He expects to
come ashore at times to- play golf,
but most of the trip he will be out
OF the public eye.
Mr.. Harding reached St Augustine
from Marion, Ohio, at noon. He call
ed at the hotel which will be his home
for month after he returns from the
fishing trip on February Z. A large
crowd greeted him.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1921-01-26
"DEAF-MUTE" SPOKE


WHATS the matter; can't you see
where you're going?" angrily ex-
claimed William johnson of Philadel-
phia. a "deaf-mute," as George Specht,
policeman. accidentally stepped on his
toes and upset him. .t......,
r The officer was about to apologize
when he noted placard hung from
the irate mans neck, Emblaz0ned
thereon were the words, n am deaf
and dumb. AM collecting funds to
send me to school to learn a trade"
A fine of $50 was imposed Oh John
son In police court.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1921-01-26
BANQUET. FEATURE OF
FARMER,SN CONVENTION
Held At Agricultural College, Lex
ington, Feb. 8.

Lexington, KY, Jan.--Announce-
lnent has just been made that another
feature in the form OF a fairness get
together banquet will be added to the
program Of the Ninth Annual Farm
and Home Convention to be held at
the College Of Agriculture. Feb IA,
inclusive. The banquet will probably
be held Thursday night, Feb ,. ac-
cording to a Statement made by Dean
Thomas P. Cooper, OF the State Col
lege
~ 1t has also been announced that L.
B. Clore, treasurer of the Federal
Land Bank of Louisville will be in
Lexington, Feb and . to talk to the
farm men and women who attend the
convention4 @
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1921-01-26
MR.. WATTERSON INVITED
hiS TO ADDRESS LEGISLATURE

Austin, Tex, Jan. s0.-By un-
animous vote the senate today adopt
ed house concurrent resolution in
viting Col Henry Watterson, of Ken
tucky, 10 address the Texas legisla-
tyft- In bringing up the resolution
SENATOR Bailey said Texas needs some
one like Watterson "to tell us how 10
return TO old time, democracy and. re-
gain some Of the state rights We lost
during the world war"
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1921-01-26
BIG TRANSATLANTIC .ed l.s.,l
DIRIGIBLE READY IN JULY

Washington, Jan. H.-The great
dirigible, lR-3s, building in England
for the American Navy, will be com
pieted in March and probably will
start across the Atlantic earlylip July,
the House Naval Committee was in
formed today by Capt. T. d. Craven,
director Of Naval aviation, s.irft
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1921-01-26
CURLING THE LAUNDRESS

Domestic servants in Pittsburgh
will earn their pay from now on if
they want to hold their Jobs. This is
the resolve OF the Housekeepers' club,
an association of Pittsburgh house
wives who have banded together to
put an end to certain unfair practices
on the part of servants, especially
laundresses. H.h- 81
The laundress hereafter must come
promptly at 3 a. m and work until
500 p. m. For this she will receive
three, dollars instead of three and a
half. which she has been getting, and
she must pay her own car fare She
must leave the laundry in order when
she goes. Idling and Sinking will not
be tolerated u3m9got but tr2n
There is reason for reform in do
nestle service. This class of labor has
taken advantage .ofbthe recent situa-
ton no less than others. The doctrine
of full days work for a full days
pay should be the first requisite The
matter of wages will depend upon
what is customary, in the locality, al
SO the question: of car fare.4 s34Glupri
There is this to be remembered
however in any adjustment, of work
and wages in the household. Domestic
servants untilovery have been
and N overworked rather
than otherwise Any revision to this
state Of things means that the house,
wife in her, turn is taking advantage
OF the situation to be iunfair If she
is going to demand honesty and, eff
cheney in those who help to make
her home comfortable she should be
prepared to- pay in wages and decent
treatment what such service is worth
--Owensboro Messenger tuioirqni o
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1921-01-26
COOK CANDIDATE FOR r
A LEGISLATURE THIS DIST.

Hon, John n Cook. Of Hancock
county, has announced himself
candidate for Legislature from this
District, which includes Hancock and
Breckenridge counties, subject to the
action of the Republican party in the
primary election in August. .'I'
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1921-01-26
GERMANS LEAV-
4. 4. Z. ING ALSACE
Making Their Way Back To
Fatherland; Old Prison Bar
,,1 racks Filled With Refugees 8

1d Karlsruhe, Germany, Jan. 16,-BaT
den, "Wurttemberg and Bavaria are
overrun by refugees from Alsace, and
consequently the feeling against the
French 10 more bitter here, perhaps
than in any other port OF the old Ger
man Empire. In the Karlsruhe area
all the old prison camps and many
barracks are filled with families which
were deported from Alsace or left be-
fssss 4ssa !. sfEfHl' vs IfffYffif
Gu Several thousand refugees from Al
SAGE are sheltered in long wooden
shacksa which formerly housed Brit
rish prisoners in the main recreation
parkin the centre of Karlsruhe These
yformer prisons all have been convert
ed into residences by Alsations, who
have draped the windows with lace
curtains and given, the wire enclosed
compound a honey, appearance by
the display, OF ported plants, ~ tr,w,
1.-The A1satian refugees are bitter in
their denunciation OF, the French,
They tell tales, of, how the FRENCH ex-
pei families from Strasburg and other
cities on the statement of unfriendly
neighbors that the suspects have been
propagandizing for Germany and
working against France ,1,d r,sr.sf
n The Alsatians are especially, indig-
nant because German has been a
polished from the schools OF Alsace,
where. they say a great majority, of
the population is German speaking
and will migrate rather than abandon
it's native language, :, Refugees, from
Metz and other parts of Lorraine are
less critical about, the language ques-
ton. They admit French was the pre-
dominant tongue in Lorraine.
4 Nearly all the refugees with, whom
the Associated Press correspondent
talked were very sharp in their criti-
cism Of the, attitude OF the old Ger
man Government toward Alsace and
Lorraine and frankly admitted the un-
yielding policy Of Germany toward
the two districts afforded the French
an excuse for their attitude toward
the distinctly German population,
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1921-01-26
g.fo..yoLDHAM-HoRSLEY

stepbensport,,.' jan "a, tSpecial)-- 20 80
Miss Matte J, Oldham and Mr.. Willie
Horsiey were married here Wednes-
day . eeSsffndihgq jan IL, by, Rev. SAB
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1921-01-26
A Missouri Nature Student.

iolA man, usually puts his best foot
forward but not so "a imule.--- No daway
DemocratrFQrum Ian az tSdailduu al
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-10-01
Revelations "a Vie sYoAasSsgssoEu

IN which I wished the work done,
and the rooms in which the furniture
was TO be placed when ready for the
movers.
1 made memorandum OF the
trunk locks that l might not forget
70 telephone the repair man. Then.
with pencil and notebook in hand,
unlocked the door. assembled to the
1ttic and, beginning at the most
troublesome but least valuable things
,roceeded TO make an inventory. or
1ther 10 check the accuracy Of the
ne had made before 1 went South.
OF course. I realized that my labor
0uld be worthless if Dicky succeed
. in getting back the house, but l
lad seen the purchaser, while Dicky
bad not. and 1 shared Lillian's opin-
ion that the woman who had made
herself SO disagreeable would hold
with bulldog determination to the
agreement Dicky had made.
True TO Lillian's prediction, I had
completed my inventory by the time
she returned. and l informed her
proudly OF the fact. She smiled ap-
prOvingly, but with an evident effort,
and I saw that she was fatigued by
the walk she had taken, although |
knew that she would not admit it.
resolved 10 take matters in my
own hands
You're a wizard, my dear" said
lightly. II have discovered that there
isn't one-third the work before me
that I had anticipated. and Katie
and Jim can do the most OF that
third. SO I'll have my time free to
run around in the car and hunt
houses I've planned TO have only
breakfast here. getting lunch and
dinner wherever I happen to be
when the time comes. perhaps lunch
by a fire built near the road IN reg
ular gypsy fashion. But I warn you
now that I'm going to be inexorable.
You're not coming one step with
me-although 1 thing the outdoors
would do you good-unless you
promise 10 do exactly as / say about
rest and sleep and diet. Ard my
first prescription is that you go di-
rectly TO bed for a couple Of hours
We can't do one thing more until
Dicky comes back with the decision
about the house. so to bed you go!"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-10-01

Mr.. and Mrs. Dewey Mccormick,
726 +. Washington av.. will leave for
Lakeworth. Fla, Monday, in COM
pany with the latter's parents. Mr..
and Mrs G.. 3. Irwin. North Liberty.
Ind. where they will spend the win
ter
Mrs. y. F. Lindquist, s17 Blaine
av., has returned from a two months
visit at Traverse City, Mich
Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Buckingham.
OF Little Rock, Ark. are spending
few days at the oliver and visit
ing friends in the city.
Mrs. z. Koenig and daughter. Miss
Irma Helen Koenig will leave Sat
urAay for Terre IIaute, where Miss
koenig will enter the State Normal
school and Mrs. Koenig will visit
relatives at Indianapolis before re-
turning.
Col. Silas II. Judson, 1881 Wood
ward av.. will leave Friday for Beer
sbeba Springs. Tenn. to spend the
winter.
DR.. and Mrs. Henry L. Davis, of
Greencastle, Ind. are guests OF Mr..
and Mrs. ]. NJ. ChiIlas, s. st. Joseph
ST.
Miss Clara Ehrhardt has returned
from a weeks visit at indianapolis
and Terre Haute.
Mrs John Robert Reinhart and
daughter. Miss Ruby Reinhart OF
Leonia, " j., who have been guests
Of Mr.. and Mrs. A. r. Thielens.
will return home Sunday.