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Evening star., 1921-08-14

CHIPPING the directories of 1898
~ and 1894 and reading 1895 one
finds George A. Townsend, journalist.
229 1st street northeast" and these
names of newcomers in the newspaper
field not In the list Of 1892:
William E. Amin, Archibald W. Butt.
Thomas F. Dawson. James A. Halford.
Charles B. Lockwood. Francis Mattingiy. J.
Cal O'Loughlin, Edward Oldham, Raymond
Patterson. Reginald Schroeder. Allan 3.
Siausson, William Wolf smith and Cory d.
Stadden.
Turning back to 1894. The Star man
finds Mr.. Townsend at his new-bought
home, 229 1st street northeast, and
there he is registered each year from
1894 to 1914, the year Of his death. ex.
cent the years 1905 and 1903. In 1885
We -And 'Gsorge A. Townsend. 5r.. stu.
Evening star., 1921-08-14

COME Of his books hold narratives
- obtained from other men and which
might not have been set down had II
not been for the industry of Mr..
Townsend. If you think that litera-
tare II matter Of style, you perhaps
will be .satisded with the style Of Mr.,
Evening star., 1921-08-14

George Alfred Townsend, widely-known jour
nalist and author, who wrote for many years
under the pen name Of Garth" died yesterday
at New York At the home Of his son.in-law. 2.
r. Bonaventure. He was seventy-three years old
ana had bsen In poor health for some time.
Mr.. Townsend went to. New York two weeks
ago from his hone tp Washtngton to visit his
daughtsr. He had bsea suffering for some time
from general debility. Hardening Of tie artsr-
10 ives given o. the cause Of death.
ME TsWnssaA begun III journalistic oosses
Evening star., 1921-08-14
EADER of the Old Guard Writers Washington
D the Civil Editor Eay Poet and Scholar Combined
Gath his Pen Name Byword for Many He Erected Among

tain number of suckers who will
applaud that kind of bunk.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1921-02-02
WHEN WORSE CONDI-
TIONS WERE KNOWN.
Citizens of Lebanon Co.. KY, Recall
Hard Times After Civil War.

Recalling times that have been
worse. the Lebanon Enterprise says:
Conditions such as prevail as the
result of the low price OF tobacco are
not unknown to many of the older
citizens of the county. A few years
after the close of the Civil War prices
of very nearly everything produced
on the farm dropped far below the
present market
II remember very distinctly" one
of the older residents said recently,
when the prices of farm product of
all kinds were much lower 1t was
only a few years after close of the
Civil War. Corn at that time brought
81 90 per barrel and wheat SOC per
bushel Today they are three or four
times as high Good brood mares
brought only SIS, while weanling
calves sold for S.. q. In those days our
tobacco was always sent to Louis
vile to be sold recall having ship
ped my crop to that city and ! re-
member mighty well what | got that
year. Instead of check, ] got bill
from the tobacco warehouse company
for seven dollars, along with letter
explaining that my tobacco had lack
ed just that much of bringing money
enough to pay the expense of hand
ling and selling it."
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1921-02-02
UNKNOWN SUBSTANCE
DISCOVERED IN SOIL
Termed "Ultraclay;' Has Various
Qualities.

One OF the most important dis
coveries in the science Of soils has
been made by experts of the United
States Department of Agriculture
within the last year in the separation
of a hitherto unknown substance
which has been designated as ultra
clay, a gelatinelike substance, very
sticky and plastic when wet and hav-
ing in the dry state the general APP
pearance of resin. 1t appears to be a
silicate of alumina, usually with some
iron and traces of potassium, sodium,
magnesium, and calcium, whether
combined or merely absorbed being
a point not yet determined
This ultraclay is believed to be the
principal factor in making the soil
plastic, but when added to loose and
incoherent sand in proportions up to
10 per cent, and. the mixture made
into briquettes and dried, it gives to
the sand crushing strength greater
than an equal amount of Portland
cement. The briquettes made NTH ul-
traclay, however fall to pieces when
put in water, while those made with
Portland cement retain their form.
The discovery has an important
bearing upon the physical properties
of soils and is being studied in cooper
alton with the Bureau of Public Roads
as guide in adjusting the structure
of concrete and other pavements to
the texture of the soil on which they
are built
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1921-02-02
5,581,553 GALS.
WHISKEY USED
Consumption is Less Than in
1917; Anti-Saloon League
Says People Saved Billion
Dollars.

Washington, Jan. %. = Whiskey
consumption in the United States de-
creased from S9,641,9s5 gallons in
1917 to 1851 gallons in 1920, the first
year of prohibition under the Con-
stitutional amendment, according to
figures announced today by the Anti
Saloon League of America Consump-
ton of alcohol dropped from 71,,0s1,-
121 gallons in 1917 to 22,639,355 gal
Ions in 1920. the figures showed,
while beer consumption dropped from
60,S17,379 barrels to 9,231 $50 barrels.
Granting that many million gal
Ions of alcohol and whiskey with
drawn for nonbeverage use have been
diverted to beverage use have been
diverted to beverage use" said an ac-
companying statement by the League
land granting that many million gal
Ions of beer have been made and con-
sumed illegally. a conservative state
ment shows that the people of the
United States have saved more than
81 900, 100000 previously spent for
beverage intoxicants."
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1921-02-02
KY. DUE BIG SUM
OF ROAD MONEY
State Has Not Taken Up ST.
899,419.83 of Federal Road
Building Funds.

Washington, Jan. ga report is
sued today by the Office of public
roads of the Department of Agricul-
ture shows that the state of Kentucky
has not taken up $1,S99,419.S3 of the
amount of federal bodybuilding funds
allotted to the state under the federal
road building laws. This amount is
still due. the state, and is less than
was announced few days ago by the
House Committee on Roads, there be-
ing a very considerable discrepancy
in the figures given out by the two Of
fetal sources. The report of the Office
of public roads. however, is up to
date and entirely accurate. The fig
ures for the state of Kentucky are as
follows:
Total federal aid approtioned 1917
to 1921 inclusive, $5,310,O6449.
Total estimated cost of highway
projects submitted by the state au-
thorities $7,O63,7 1926.
Federal aid requested $3,470644. 90
Federal aid approved by Depart
ment of Agriculture $3,47O,644.96
The determination of the House
Committee on Roads that no federal
aid road building legislation shall pass
congress at this session may slow up
bodybuilding work in number OF
states. which have taken up nearly all
the federal aid allotted Washington
state which has taken up all but $159,-
5S1.4S of its allotment, is notable
example
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1921-02-02
CROP ESTIMATES SHOW
DEPENDABLE ACCURACY.

An index to the accuracy of the
estimates made by the Bureau of
Crop Estimates, United States De-
partment of Agriculture, is shown by
a comparison of the estimates on cot
ton yield made by the bureau in Dec
ember with the annual report of bales
ginned issued by the Bureau of the
Census the following March. The de-
Walton of the estimates from the CEN
sus during the period of 20 years,
1900 to 1919, was 2.5 per cent and the
average underestimate for the 20
years l 1-2 per cent. In 1915 and 1916
it was less than one-half of per cent
and for the last three years it was
about 3 per cent under the final CEN
sus report, These later understimates
appear to have been due partly to
the practice which developed during
the war of prolonging the picking
season and gathering unopened bolls
after the close of the picking season,
called "bollies" and snaps" which
was encouraged by the relatively high
price for both lint and seed. This new
factor appears not to have been taken
into account by the cotton reporters.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1921-02-02
$4O7, 000, 900 BACK TAX
COLLECTED DURING 1870

Washington, Jan. 26-More than
$407 .000, 900 in back taxes was collect
ed by the Government during 1920,
Internal Revenue officials said to-
night, adding the prediction that an
even larger sum probably would be
recovered in the present year.
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Williams said back taxes were being
collected at the rate of $4,000, 900 4
month as a result of filed and Office
audits of 1917 and 1918 income and
profits tax returns. Audit of the 1917
returns will probably be Completed
by March 1. the Commissions said.
and work on the 1918 returns is al
ready under way.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1921-02-02
Most Children, Like Topsy
lust Crow" DR.. p. X.
Holmes Says.
NEED EDUCATIONAL STEPS

Kentucky is the land of thorobred
horses, horses raised to the height OF
perfection, animals as perfect as mans
intelligence can produce them, Is our
State of Kentucky the land OF thoro-
bred children? Has our State become
as famous for the intelligent raising
of fine children as il has for the rails
ing of fine tobacco and perfect horses
1t has not.
Very few parents apply the intelli-
gent principles to the rearing of their
children that they apply to the rearing
of their stock and crops or to the
conducting of their business.
Most children, like Topsy, ''jdst
grow" The thorobred horse is fed
with extreme care, his stable is kept
at just the proper temperature, he is
Systematically exercised with proper
concern as to how long his exercise
comes after feeding. He is watchl for
evidence Of disease and then receives
prompt medical attention.
Care Increases Value
Stock animals are raised with the
utmost care. 1t pays to raise animals
and crops with Intelligence because
y
are so apt to value everything i'll
terms of dollars and cents. Our nogs
or horses are worth just so many
dollars in the market But our boys
and girls would not be worth any
thing in such a market, yet to us
when we are about to lose them they
became priceless. 1t is a miserable
parent, indeed, who will not give
everything he has at present, or will
have in the future to save the life of
his boy or girl. 1t is strange that we
are so utterly inconsistent in some
things.
State legislatures have appropriated
large sums of money to prevent hog
cholera and tuberculosis in cows. but
the same legislatures have refused to
vote money for the control of tuber-
culosis in human beings. 1t would
seem that the life of hog or COW is
worth more than the life of man
All thru the ages human life has al
ways been cheap
Business concerns few years ago
very frankly admitted it was cheaper
to kill men or scrap them and then
get new ones rather than take ordn-
AIRY care of them when working in
the hazardous industries During the
recent war certain emergencies would
come up involving certain expedent
measures which resolved themselves
into the fact that a mule was worth
more than man. Men were unlimited
in number. but the number of mules
was not unlimited.
An Instance Cited.
A farmer recently called a physi-
clan at night from nearby town a
few miles away to attend his sick
wife. This was done rather reluctant
ly as he thought it was only for his
wife and therefore not necessary. The
night was dark and rainy and the
roads bad, but the doctor cheerfully
came, He presented a bill of S. for
his services. The farmer objected say
ing the charge was rather exorbitant.
Several weeks later the farmer had
occasion to call a veterinary at night
from the same town to attend sick
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1921-02-02
TAKE STOCK
OF YOUR
HEALTH NOW
Winter Brings Many Ills To
Pale Overworked People.
TAKE PEPTO-MANGAN
Fortify Your System-Good
Blood Will Give You New
Strength to Keep Well.

II you feel the least bit run down,
not necessarily sick, but tired and blue
and sort of down and out, II shows
plainly that you power of resistance
is low.
1t is dangerous to go around that
way. You don't want to do it,
Make no mistake about it, when you
feel yourself slipping into lazy habits,
getting Indifferent to the things you
naturally like-no energy, no vigor,
may not mean that you are sick or
that you will be. But there are dis
eases that would have an easy time
of it with your system when your
blood has no fighting qualities.
You want to be well and keep well
and feel strong. If you build up the
quality of your blood by taking Pep
to-Mangan you will be in trim to
fight off winter ills. 1t has just the
right ingredients to build your blood
up with rich, red corpuscles.
Pepto-Mangan gives your blood the
qualities it needs to pick you up and
start you off on healthy basis. You
will notice the difference soon after
you start taking it. You will have
better color, better feeling, and more
energy.
You can take it in liquid or tablet
form as you prefer. Both have the
same ingredients. But be sure you get
the genuine Guides Pepto- Mangan.
Ask for it by that name-"Gude's
Pepto- Mangan," and be sure the full
name is on the package.-Advertise-
ment.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1921-02-02
MRS. GRINNEL LAMENTS
PASSING ON OF MRS. GEO.
DOWDEN, BRANDENBURG

When l saw in the Messenger Mrs.
George Dowden had answered the
final CALL | said to Hattie, Her life
was truly a Christian one and death
did not find her unprepared." | had
no idea Mrs. Dowden was past her
three score and ten, for she was so
young and fresh looking when saw
her in 1916 at Home Coming. fulfill
ing her obligations in gentle, quiet
modesty as her usual wont. Mrs.
Dowden came to Brandenburg\ as a
bride and | well remember the after
noon Mary Fairleigh and called to
see her, so pretty, so gentle and at
tractive in her personality. She was a
most dutiful wife, devoted mother,
an exemplary Christian and can be
termed model of imitation for her
daughters, who as Mrs. Shacklette
said in her letter can have no regrets
for lack of love and attention to
departed mother
God called lovely mother
From this earth to her reward,
She was a faithful mother
Prepared to meet her Lord"
These lines apply most truthfully
to our departed friend Mrs. Dowden
and her children were ever very cour-
teous and attentive to me and never
returned to the old town that they
did not entertain me most pleasantly
and Hattie and | are very much de-
voted to all of those Dowden daugh-
tiers, whose lives are exemplary, liv-
ing the Golden Rule. | never knew
the sons so WELL but liked them very
much as young boys. The second gen.
Grafton, occupying the Dowden home
stead has gone to other homes and
and thus it is with most of all the old
families. | sympathize very deeply
with those children and wish / could
be with them From Miss Hattie"
in Meade Co., Messenger.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1921-02-02
NATIONS WEALTH
HELD BY ONLY A
FEW FAMILIES
Fifty Families in America Con-
troll Over 500, 900, 900 Each;
John DIS Estate UP to
S3,OOO,OO0,000.

New York. Jan. 24.-Fifty families
in the United States control over
500, 600, 900 each; 100 families con-
troll over $5OO00,OOO each and 500
families control over $4,000, 900 each.
John d. Rockefeller's estate is now
up to $4,000. 100000
Five billion dollars of wealth in the
United States has been handed down
TO heirs. many of whom were incom-
petents, in the past fifteen years.
Two hundred persons in the United
States control $4,000. 200, 900; in
France the same amount is controlled
by $50 times that number of people,
or 10000
lndustrially, the United States is
becoming dynastic-there is verit-
able dynasty in each important indus
trial structure
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1921-02-02
BURNING PLANT BEDS
IN DAVIESS COUNTY

Farmers are now burning plant beds
for next seasons tobacco with the
idea of getting their tobacco set early
cut and cured early so as to improve
the color. They are preparing the beds
too with the idea of raising quality
this year rather than quantity, The
acreage will be considerably cut but
to what extent cannot yet be deter
mined.
Many of the farmers are ploughing
but not necessarily with the idea of
putting in tobacco.-Owensboro Mes
senger.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1921-02-02
INTELLIGENCE IN CHILD
RAISING Is IMPERATIVE NEED

horse. The veterinary presented bill
for $40 The farmer paid the bill glad
" and without protest.
Do we choose the mother or father
OF our children-to-be with anyway
near the degree of intelligence that
any stock man applies to the conduc-
ton OF his business? Health in our
selves and in our future mate as re-
lated to our children-to-be is rarely
considered by most persons.
Fundamentals To Be Taught.
From now on our children will
be taught in the schools and colleges
the fundamental principles of health
and some day they are going to ask
parents why they are so physically or
mentally handicapped in this or that
way and to many of us the question
is going to be an embarrassing one.
A few generations ago many per-
sons believed that epidemics and pes
tilences were punishments melted out
by God for wickedness of man. Mil
lions of men. women and children
died with smallpox, cholera and pla-
que, practically without protest and
without recording such in the annals
of history.
During the seventeenth century
60 900, 900 persons died in Europe a
lone. of smallpox The Bubonic pla-
que devastated England at about the
same time. yet no attempts were made
to stop these ravages or to find out
why. they came.
Today, smallpox. plague and many
other such diseases are things OF the
past or occur only occasionally, sim
ply because we have learned some
thing about the causes of disease and
how to prevent them. We know today
that God does not work in such bar
barrie fashion as to destroy good and
bad alike, as punishment for the sins
table laws of God which, when dis
obeyed, whether knowingly or UNI
knowingly, cause IT'S sufferinG To
obey them means not to suffer.
Life has been increased Is years in
the progressive countries of the world
within the last century and there is
every reason to believe that it can be
increased another Is years by more
healthful and intelligent living. One
of tn most backward countries in
this respect is India, which stands
almost where it was hundreds of
years ago.
Nation Wide Legislature Pending
A law was recently passed in Ken
lucky requiring all school children to
be taught the fundamental principles
of hygiene and physical development
A similar law for the entire country
is pending passage at the present
time. Such legislation is prophetic OF
the growing appreciation of the value
of health and human life
1t won't be long before we will be
willing to enact laws and spend
money for the health and physical
welfare of our children as we are for
that of hogs or cattle.
1t may happen in the near future
it is to be hoped for at least, that
the University of Kentucky will offer
a course i'll the proper nurture and
care of human beings similar to those
it is offering in the care and nurture
of stock animals and field crops. The
institution that organizes depart
ment for the thorough physical cul-
ture of man on the same intelligent
basis as it is organized in the depart
men for the culture of animals and
products of the soil will be a leader
in the field of education worthy OF
wholesome emulation
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1921-02-02

lucky, Republican, chairman of the
public buildings committee, announc-
ed he would introduce bill appro-
priating $l3,OOO,OOO for such hospitals,
Three hospitals for the treatment of
mental cases and two for tuberculosis
patients. at a cost of $2,5O0.0O0 each
will be built under the bill Their To-
cations have not yet been determin-
ed. The balance of the fund will be
used to convert other buildings into
hospitals.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1921-02-02
Mr.. p. LaDuke, Farmer, Says, "You
Bet Rats Can Bite Through Metal"

81 had feed bins lined with zinc last
year, rats got through pretty soon,
Was out SIS. A $1,25 pkg. of RAT
SNAP killed so many rats that I've
never been without it since Our collie
dog never touched RAT-SNAP." You
try it. Three sizes, 35c, Csc, $1.25. Sold
and guaranteed by Conrad Payne &
Co.. Cloverport, KY, and B. F. Beard
& Co, Hardinsburg, KY
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1921-02-02
NEW HOSPITALS
FOR WAR VETS
G. o. P. Leaders Approve Pro-
gram for Construction of
Five Hospitals For Wound
ed Soldiers.

Washington, Jan. 25-Republican
a program which calls for the con-
struction of five hospitals for war
veterans suffering from mental and
nervous disorders and tuberculosis,
after a conference of Representative
Mondell Republican leader, Chairman
Good, of the appropriations commit
tee and others.
Representative Langley, of Ken
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1921-02-02
SICK II YEARS, RELIEVED BY
TAKING NO. 40 FOR THE BLOOD

"For II years | was troubled with
dropsy and bad blood. l took every
kind of medicine that was recon-
mended to me, without benefit, until
got a bottle of Number 40 and it
helped me so much that | got two
more bottles and since taking the
second bottle, l am feeling fine. l
wish to recommend Number 40 to
anyone needing a blood medicine as
/ believe it is as good as recon-
mended. Mrs. Jane Goodwin, Gid
con, Mo-" Number 40 is demanded
in depraved conditions of the system,
especially Of the blood and general
health. In chronic enlargement Of
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1921-02-02

the spleen or liver. In chronic ma
larial poisoning. Removes the causes
of disease by stimulating the removal
of waste, thus encouraging nutrition.
Employed with success in blood
troubles, chronic rheumatism, ca
tarrh, eczema, sores, ulcers and skin
diseases. Made by j. G. Mendenhall.
Evansville, Ind. 40 years druggist.
The best druggist in your neighbor-
hood sells Number 40, but If 1t hap
pens that he does not, send direct to
j. G. Mendenhall Medicine Company,
Evansville, Indiana, and receive II de-
livered TO you at $l.25 per bottle, six
bottles for 500.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1921-02-02
sa5 TO VETERAN IF HE WEEDS

West Warren, Mass, Jan. 26.-A
gift of SIS will be made to every mem
Der of West Warren Post American
Legion who gets married, The decis-
ion was made at vote taken at the
annual meeting last night
The offer is retroactive to the date
of organization Under this rule seven
members will benefit
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1921-02-02
AGED BRAKEMAN
ON "TEXAS" DEAD
Wylie Johnson, Former Resi-
dent of Sample, Dies in
Louisville of Cancer.

J. Wylie Johnson, age 63, brake
man on the l.. H. & St l.. died at
the Norton Memorial Inhrmary,
Louisville, last Wednesday afternoon
following an illness of several weeks
OF cancer of the stomach.
Mr.. Johnson had been with the
Texas since its organization. He
lived in Sample. KY, at one time.
Surviving are his widow, who was
formerly Miss Minerva Roberts, of
Brandenburg. and one sister, Mrs. s.
d. Thornberry, of Greensboro.
Sixty per cent of the tobacco trust
wealth is in the hands of ten families.
Twelve families. with the Rockefel-
Ter family. away in the lead; control
80 per cent of the oil industry.
The railroads of the country are
controlled by ID per cent of the
stockholders
One and one-half per cent of the
stockholders in the steel trust possess
81 per cent of the stock
Two families control 81 per cent OF
the stock in the harvest interests.