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The log cabin Democrat., 1921-06-22
CANEY.

Farmers are very busy getting crops in condition after the showers. Mir. and Mrs. Ruel Jones visited her parents, MT. and Mrs. w. A. Phil lips, Sunday.
 MT. and Mrs. Bunch of Cadron Gap visited their son, Leo, Sunday.
 We are planning to have a new school house built here next month
 Picking black berries is the order of
The log cabin Democrat., 1921-06-22
YOUR EYES DO YOU GIVE YOUR EWES PROPER ATTENTION9

There are four and one-hall pair of nerves required for the handling of the functions of the eyes. This is more than twice as many required by any other organ of our body. When there IS a strain on our eyes if takes much more nervous en- ergy to manipulate them and our reserve is soon exhausted causing very often headaches dlzzlness or dull mental feel lngs.
 Give Your Eyes Proper
 Attention!
 J. H. Robinette Jewler and 0phthalmologist
The log cabin Democrat., 1921-06-22
Member of the Associated Press.

The Associated Press is exclu- sively entitled to the use for repub- lication of all news dispatches cred ited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper, and also the local news published herein. All rights of republication of special dispatch es herein are also reserved.
The Little River news., 1921-04-20
Credited With the Word Bohemia.

The novelist to whom nature owes the word bohemia-nOt in the geo. graphical sense, but moral condition was perhaps Henri Munger, if the word can be ascribed to any one writer.
 Henri Murger novelist and poet. vas born March "A, 1922, in Paris. He made attractive to his readers the irresponsible life of artists and stu dents in Paris, and left some classic tales and songs of absolute thriftless- ness and literary impecuniOsity. Murg- CT was trained for the profession of law, became for time secretary of Count Leo Tolstoy, but, like that earli- CT bohemian, Villen, he chose dissi- patton rather than decency He died in a charity hospital in Paris in 1861. A monument has been erected to his memory. but not without protest. Sev- eral of Murgers songs have been trans lated by Andrew Lang in Ballads and Lyrics of Old France" published in 1872.
The Little River news., 1921-04-20
imprisoned in coffins,

The most terrible prison in the world is in Urga, Mongolia. It consists of a triple stockade enclosing d number of underground dungeons which are pitch dark and almost devoid of ventilation. But this Is not all. The wretched pris- oners condemned to inhabit them are shut up separately in heavy. iron clamped chests, in shape resembling coffins. There Is small hole in the side of each, just big enough for the poor wretch inside to thrust out his head or his manacled hands. They see daylight for but a few minutes daily, when their food is thrust into their bOx-prisOns through the hole. They can not lie down fiat, they can not sit. for they are not only man. acled but chained to the collins. The majority are in for life sentences, and no prisoner is ever allowed out of his box under any circumstances, except when he is to be executed or, as hap pens very rarely-tO be set free.
The Little River news., 1921-04-20
BURR0WED BY PRAIRIE DOG
"Devil's corkscrewss Found In West. ern Mountains and Plalns Arc No
 Longer Mystery.

Of the many fossils which havo come out of the mountains and plains of the West, few have excited wider interest than the devils corkscrews," found, in rocks of the Miocene period, in northwestern Nebraska They are usually white, and stand out clearly against the buff background of the rock which incloses them, often attain ing a length of 15 feet, with many twists and turns, ending at times in a large bulb, with occasional side pas sages.
 When first discovered 1t was thought that these gigantic "corkscrews" were huge petrifled vines of roots of some strange plant. Study of the "cork- screws" however, failed to reveal any traces of plant structure. Later the skeleton of an animal like the badger was found iA large bulb near the end of the "cOrkscrew," and bones of a small camel and small deer were found in others. After that 1t was discovered that many of them con- tafned bones of small burrowing animal about the size of the western prairie dog. Excavation of actual re- cent prairie-dog burrows, after filling them with thin plaster of paris. showed an interesting fact: the bur rows of the prairie dog and the pre- historic "cOrkscrews" were closely sim liar. The mystery Is considered solved.
The Little River news., 1921-04-20
SHOWED SKILL AS ENGINEERS
Ancients Did Remarkable Work Con- sidering the Limited Mechanical
 Means at Hand

That ancient Greek and Roman en- gineers were ingenious as we'll as skillful Is proved by the works that are still extant. for instance when the Eupalinos. island of Samos, water works mentioned by Herodotus were constructed in the middle of the Sixth century B. C., tunnel about one mile long was driven through the Kastro mountain, certainly respectable achievement when one considers the limited mechanical means at the dis posal of the builders. From the books of the Alexandrian mathematician Heron, one sees that ancient engineers knew how to figure beforehand the direction of tunnel. The fine medical instruments, of which many have been excavated, give evidence of high me chanical skill. Ancient instrument makers manufactured clepsydras (wa- ter Gocks) that could be carried in pockets and devices used by Hero philOs to measure the temperature of patients. The present-day slot machine and taximeter are limitations of sim liar ancient inventions. Even to bal listic war machines ancient people ap- piled ideas which play an important part in modern warfare-the 'pOly- bon being in certain meaning, the predecessor of our repeating arms, and the "monankon," of the mine thrower.
The Little River news., 1921-04-20
ATTEND Y. M. c. A. MEET
Little River County Represented al
 State Meeting.

N. c. McCrary and Counsy Secretary J. C.. Mitchellmore returned home Monday from Little Rock, where they attended the State Y. M. c. A. Con- vention last Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
 Among the outstanding features of the convention was the banquet held at the Marion Hotel sn conjunction with the Yellow Pine Lumberman's 5 Convention. Governor McRae pre- sided over this banquet and in speak ing of the Y. M. .. A. movement spoke of it as next in importance to the work of the church. Mrs. Chas. R.. Towson of New York, international Industrial Secretary of the Y. M. c. A. spoke on the industrial conditions con- fronting the country anc the need of introducing the principles of Christ into the question and brought out the fact that where this had been done a settlement was always accomplished to the satisfaction Of all concerned. MT. Bradford Knapp of the University of Arkansas, spoke on the Rural Pro- blems of Arkansas from an economi- cal standpoint.
 Steps were taken at the convention to hold mems camp some time this summer on Petit Jean Mountain. This place was spoken of az one of the most beautiful spots in the state if not in the South, and all who had any, thing to say regarding it were un- limited in their praise of this camp sight which Mir. Wood Rainwater do- mated to the State Committee of the Y. M. c. A. through the Chamber of Commerce at Morriiton. It is hoped that number of men from Little River county will be able to take this outing this summer.
The Little River news., 1921-04-20
Notice.

In the Little River sChancery Court. DOCK Duckett, ct parte. Notice n hereby given that there has been filed in my office as clerk of the Little River County Chancery Court, a petition for
 the confil nation of the title to the following lands lying and being sit- uated in the county of Little River State of Arkansas, towit: NV quar. ter of NE quarter, section IA, town- ship 13 south, range 30 west, and tho Quieting of the title to the same in Dock Duckett, petitioner therein. All persons claiming said lands or any interest therein are hereby warned to appear in the Little River County Chancery Court within the time and manner prescribed and provided by law and show cause why, if any. tho title to said lands should not be quiet- ed andl confirmed in the said Dock Duckett. Witness my hand as Clerk of the Little River Circuit court and the seal thereof on this the 18th day of April, 1921-Jas. H. Williame. Clerk of Little River Chancery Court. 5-25
The Little River news., 1921-04-20
NEGRO SUMMER SCHOOLS
Places Have Been Named for Sun,
 mer Schools for Negroes.

Little Rock, April 16.-(SpeciaD - J. A. Presson, supervisor of negro schools, announces that four summer schools for negro teachers will be held this year, opening June 6, at Pine Bluff, Hope, Helena and Dermott. The schools will be under the joint con. trol of the State Department of Edu. cation and the county superintendent. The expense is born by the general education board. Mr. Presson says: These summer schools will not be loafing places for the teachers, nor will the teaching be lecture coursea by the instructors. They will be real schools with lessons assigned, pre- pared and recited. There will be of. fered maximum of opportunity for work, and all teachers will be expect- ed to provide themselves with text books for all subjects pursued"
The Little River news., 1921-04-20
NEVER GAVE UP A PROSPECT
Salesman Would Wait but He Had No Idea of Losing Sight of a
 Possibility.

Some years ago went into store to inquire the price of something, an expensive thing this was that wanted to buy some day when I had the price, says writer in the New York Herald, They were just as nice to me as they would have been if I had come in ready to buy and plank down the cash.
 Then for the time being I forgot all about 1t, but they didn't. About a year after my visit to the store the salesman I had seen there came in to see me. He was very agreeable gentleman and in no way insistent he had just looked in on the chance that now was ready to buy; but my bank account hadn't looked up to any great extent and I was not ready, as I told him; but I added that when l was ready I would come in, and I would come to him.
 That, I thought, ended it as far as hearing from them was concerned; but not so. A year later I had another call from the salesman, my friend, if he will Aow permit me so to call him, on the same errand; a pleasant call and pleasant little talk, but with the same result as before; and now, a year to day after that second call, he has been in to see me again. We had our usual pleasant little talk, and then asked him:
 Don't you ever give up a prospect? ?'' To which he answered, snlilingly:
 We never give up a prospect till he dies."
The Little River news., 1921-04-20
A Flying Chariot.

All Paris, l think, myself among the rest, assembled to see tho valiant brothers, Robert and Charles. mount into tine air yesterday, in cOm- pany with certain Pilatre de Roster, who conducted them in the newly.in.l vented flying chariot fastened to an| air-balloon. It was from the middle of the Tuilleries that they set out, q place very favorable and well-coue trived for such public purposes. But all was so nicely managed, so cleveFly carried on, somehow, that the ordor and decorum of us who remained on firm ground struck me more than even che very strange sight of human crea. lures floating in the wind; but \ have really been witness to. ten times as much hustle md confusion at . crowded theater in London, than what .hese peaceful Parisians make when the whole city was gathered togethers
 Mrs. Piozi (17S4).
The Little River news., 1921-04-20
LOTUS HAS PLACE IN LEGEND
According to Mythology the Name Was Given to Flower by the God
 6ess Hebe.

The mysterious Egyptian lotus has been more identified with the worlds history than any other flower.
 The phrase lotus eaters" is com mon one in literature and Is used to describe those who live in a dream world. The food made from the dried seeds of the Egyptian variety seems to have had an effect similar to vari- ous opium products, and once !n the clutch of the drug the lotus eaters forgot both past and family, and went about, oblivious of demands made by society, kin or even their own physical wants.
 The lotus is closely identified with the ancient Egyptian religion, and was dedicated to Osiris, no Egyptian think. ing of approaching a temple without three of the blossoms in his hand.
 The name was given 1t, according to mythology, when a beautiful nymph of the same name, heartbroken over the coldness of Hercules. went to Hebe for sympathy, and by her was trans formed into flower.
 The sturdy hero taking ship shortly afterward with Hylas, youth he loved as his own son, came to an is- land where the latter landed and searched for a spring. He found one in the center of pool, the pool being covered with beautiful blossoms. As Hylas stared at them, Lotus, in her nymph form, emerged from the blos- som and drew him to her arms, and then to the depths of the pool, where he drowned.
The Little River news., 1921-04-20
AntiQuitY of Peat.

The use of peat as source of heat goes back beyond the historical period in the ancient history of the early tribes in northern Germany. Pliny, the Roman naturalist, gives us possibly the first indication of the use of peat. He reports that the Teutons on the border of the north sea dried and burned mud, what we now would call peat. In Ireland, Great Britain. Rus sia, Scandinavia, Germany, Holland, and parts of France peat has been used as fuel since time immemorial. The peat was cut from the bog very much in the same manner as it Is still being done in many parts of Flu rope, where it is cut in brick shapes, allowed to dry in the wind and sun.
The Little River news., 1921-04-20
wANr SOUTH PROTECTED
Texan Says Farmers Have to C0m- pete WiEh Cheap Foreign Labor.

Texarkana, April 15.--N. A. Shaw, president of the Farmers League of Texas, and chairman of the Agricul- tural Division of the Southern Tariff Association, has been appointed to represent the farmers before the Ways and Means Committee in Congress, Today he sent the following telegram:
 Hon. Nicholas Longworth, Wash ington. D. C-The farmers of the South implore those in authority for protection for their products from competition with foreign pauper la bor. We are turning from the pro- ductiOn .of .all-cotton % diversified crops, yet we find that every other crop grown in the South, peanuts. po- tatoes and all oil producing vegeta- bles, must compete with the prices of the prostrated countries and laborer theory of the partisan politician for free trade, and against the emergency tariff is finding no Judgement among those in this section who produce President Harding on October 13, in- Chattanooga, in his first public ut terances in the cotton-growing states, challanged the Free Traders with these plain and bold words: We be- lieve in protecting cottonseed pro- ducts of the South, and wheat and wool of the North; we believe in pro- lection for peanuts of the South, and potatoes of the North; we believe in Southern factories and Northern fac- tories selling to America first, and ac- claim an industrial South as one of the essentials of the ideal republic"
 "Tennessee's verdict in the Novem- Der election was significant.
 "The condition of the farmers of the Southern States is almost one of bankruptcy. We are not looking to politicians, but to patriots for relief"
 MT. Shaw received several telegrams yesterday and today urging him to come to Washington, put says it is im- possible at this time.
The Little River news., 1921-04-20
ISLANDER SUIT SETTLED
Mena Man Settles Slander Suit by
 Paying Small Amount.

Mena, April 18.-A settlement haa been made in civil and a criminal suit charging islander brought against James Pegram, former Mena bust. ness man, by Mrs. Dove Donohue, q young widow and daughter of Dr. w. V. Vandiver. Pegram gave out . public statement retracing the charges of immoral conduct he is said to have made against the young woman. It is understood the complainant waa also paid $500 in settlement for the $l5,oOO damage suit brought againm Pegram.
The Little River news., 1921-04-20
She Knew a WindfaIl.

Mrs. Youngbride thought the apples the farmer had brought her were rather dirty, but he explained that this was because they had fallen off the tree onto the. ground--in short, they were windfalls-so she bought them.
 week later she called the farmers wife up on the telephone. T ordered the best cucumbers for pickling," she said sharply, "and you sent me wind falls"
 Sent what?' gasped the farmers wife.
 "Windfall cucumbers I can tell ; you needn't think I can't. There's dirt on them'
The Little River news., 1921-04-20
NOT WORRIED OVER ARKANSAS
Federal Bureau is Not Worried Over
 Arkansas Road Situation.

Washington, April 16.-Although the report of B. w. James, sent to Arkan- sas to investigate reports of extraOrd- mary extravaganza in road construc- tion, has not yet reached Washington, the bureau of public roads, through Acting Director c. D. Curtis, is pre- pared to deny that sucn extravagance existed in the building of any of the socalled federal aid roads. He points Bout that while the allotment to Ark
 ssas was not something in excess of Blac0O0,00O, that actual payments to the
 ate approximate $7O0,Ucu.
 Pir The department is of the opinion
 nat if there is any ground for com Potlaint in Arkansas it obtains with the
 pad districts, created by special local
 WIS. In the main, the Alexander law
 declared to provide adequate pro- eection to the public and to prevent conf1scatory taxes.
 The investigation Of the Arkansas situation is said to have advanced to the point where it may be stated that the rights of the federal government I have been preserved in all instances and, although the operation of the hs'ederal aid act has been misunderstood
 :, some extent in that state, there is haro reason to assume that these diffi- lties cannot be overcome.
 hareIt is pointed out that one trouble Is been the State Highway Depart haree eent did not fully understand that the apartment of agriculture could veto Mar ly road improvement. which did not oleet federal requirements and this Ma, ,las resulted in some local dissatisfac- tion, especially on the part of those Unfamiliar with the facts. The de- pertinent stands ready to assist the ' state in any way possible.
The Little River news., 1921-04-20
Warning Order.

. In the Little River Chancery Court
 Little River county, Ark. A. Gold
 smith. plaintiff vs J. A. Gill. ct al, de- fendarts. The defendant, Duftie Gill
 Jackson is hereby warned to appear in
 this court within thirty days and ans
 wer the complaint of the plaintiff here [ in, A. Goldsmith. Witness my hand
 and the seal of saic cfurt this 18th day of April, 1921.-Jas H. Williams. ! Clerk. Johnson & Shaver. attv for Pltf. J. R. Morrell, atty ad item 5l1
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1921-08-26
KERMIT, w. VA.

Mrs. v. B. Stepp is visiting relatives
at Crum this week.
Mrs. Anthony Evans and Mrs. Lee
Bach are very sick at this writing.
Harry Baker is home from the Navy.
He has been away for two years and
everybody is glad to see him back
Oscar Goodnight of GAINESVILLE, o.
is visiting his uncle, w. F. Taylor this
week.
Clyde and Gene Morris are visiting
at Prichard for a few weeks.
Oscar Moore motored through town
Tuesday.
Bill Cochran and family were Wis
iting friends at Inez, Ky, over Sum
day.
H. c. cambridge is away on his va
cation.
vern and Alfred Taylor were visit
ing friends in Huntington the past
week.
Mabel Kirk went to Inez Tuesday.
The fall term OF the public school
viii begin soon. Prof. F. z. Morris
will be principal again this year. The
prospects are for fine school with
eight teachers in charge.
The Ladies' Aid Society Is doing
splendid work and is growing rapid
ly.
Annis Evans is teaching on Marrow
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1921-08-26

Truth and Honestly pay large divi-
dends. We got big rating by selling
on small per cent and advertising our
goods on the market. We are large
dealers In Blaine, Ky. In the war we
helped win Il. by holding prices OF food
down for poor laborers.
Flour that was $40 barrel some time
ago is $3.50. Some men got SIS day
aud paid SIS for suit OF clothes. SIS
FOR hat. etc. We sell same clothes to-
day for si2sa. Cut out high cost OF
living. When a man loafa he makes
times hard for himself
II. ]. Pack. manager for Big Blaine
Produce Co. got injured by street car
In 1906. He has walked on two,
crutches every morning. He once was
posr man IN Blaine and our laa4Ing
men said he would have 20 be put on
the county, and today he stands head
in buslness. Ask Dun and BradBtreet
or any bank We have forgot more
about business than lots OF people
know.
We buy 200 loaves bread a week.
We are In the fruit business. new APP
pies. oranges and lemons. 2 for Sc. We
fx up canned peaches zoe; cheese aoc.
Ice cream every CAtutuuy anu ouuuuy
SC cone; big cone i0c. We buy grass
butter i5c. pure lard 30c. compound
i5c. self rising flour si.S5 sack; Jersey
Cream sil6: Mansheld's Best 400:
Melroy's Best ti.ib, Bring dozen
fresh eggs and get a sack Of -four &c
ID. for veal calf hide We buy Irish
potatoes. onions and green beans every
wednesday, one day out OF the week.
Plenty OF feed for horees. fress, meal
ground ut Big Sandy miil Buy right
and sell right. We do more business
in summer in our stores. We have two
finest teams In the state 10 haul for
us. two loads every week from webb
vile and two from Louisa. These men
go rain or shine.
Charley Pack. Chandlervilie. sells
for us. He pays high for eggs and
butter. Give him a call. Sam Wells
sells for US. He is honest and reliable
also. Give him a call. His two little
boys are husticrs and smart. Plenty
peaches all kinds. about 100 cases.
Want to buy 100 more by Oct LIST
Little one-horse dealers.
Big Blaine Produce Co.
II. J. PACK, Manager
| Blaine. Ky.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1921-08-26
Big Blaine Produce Co.
X. J. PACK, Manager
Blaine. Ky.
WAYNE COUNTY MAN
IS KILLED IN INDIA

Thomas Martin. 30 years old. was in
stantiy killed july 20 when he feli fssssrt
the skeleton work OF bridge in the
course OF erection over the Indus river
In India. A cablegram announcing his
death was received by his brother-in-
law. James Staley. OF Kcnova w. VA.
According to relatives. M. Martin
left the United States about months
ago and went to India TO take charge
OF the construction OF the bridge
spanning the Indus river for the Amer
ian Bridge Company, with which con-
Germ he had been associated for sew
eral years.
II was stated In the cablegram that
Mrs. Martin Is bringing the body back
to this country and win arrive prob
ably during the early part OF Septem-
Der.
Mr.. Martin was native OF Green-
brier-co. but removed TO Dunieith,
Wayne-co., about fifteen years ago
where shortly afterwasd he married
Miss Camel Plymale.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1921-08-26
TABORS CREEK

Rev. Carmie Crabtree filled his regu-
lar appointment at this place Sunday,
Quite a crowd attended church at
this place Sunday night and listered
to the interesting sermon delivered by
Rev Bascom Lakins.
The sick of our community Is slowly
improving.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Salisbury and
children of Whitley City, Ky. are Wis
ting friends and relatives at this
place.
Mrs. Kitty Thompson Of Kenova is
visiting her brother Hiram Massie.
Miss Gladys McComas of Ironton, o.
is the guest of friends at this place.
Misses Florence Skeens. Flora VIII
liams and Lily Lester were out boat
riding Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Ella Salisbury was visiting her
sister. Mrs. Rosa Hatcher who is very
III.
Miss Bertha Lycans OF Kenova is
visiting home folks.
Scott Dean of Catlettsburg who has
been spending the past week with rel
atives at this place returned home
Sunday.
dren were visiting Mrs. LAkin's par
ents. Mr.. and Mrs. James Frasher
Sunday.
Miss Violet rCabtree spent last Fri
day night with Miss Nellie Peck.
Misses Gladys McComas and Ida
Lester were the dinner guests of Mrs.
Hanley Sunday.
Miss Florence Loar was visiting her
sister, Mrs. GROVE Sturgell Sunday.
William Skeens was a business call
er at Fort Gay Saturday.
Miss Flora Williams was the pleas
ant guest of Miss Florence Skeens
Sunday night. ARUAL.