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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-03
THE THRONE AND THE FOOT
STOOL.
BY Nellie L. Brown.
Copyright, 1921, by Wheeler Syn
dictate Incl

tCOpyrlSnt, 1S2l, Dy "neSler SYN
dictate, Inc.)
The Kings had always been the
people OF the village. None but the
New England born can sense" just
what that means. There were more
snowy estates, there were people of
more wealth; but these were sum
mer people" OF newcomers. The
Kings had lived in Edgemont for
generations, and upon the same
ground-the hill rising just north
of the town square.
When DR.. Philemon King became
heir to the estate, he retired from
city life, and by remodelling ard
enlarging the old home and beauti-
flying the grounds, he had made it
the most admired place in town.
The lawns and gardens were ex-
tended by adding several acres Of
the farm land, which brought one
corner down to the old Foote place
"a half-acre or so of land that had
cut into the King estate for many
years, having been sold by an i'm
pecunious King in payment of debt.
Here stood the cottage of Amos
Foote, whose daughter, Prudence.
was his housekeeDer. DR.. King tried
hard to buy this land back from
Amos, who absolutely declined to
sell. The controversy became town
talk, and then it was that some wag
spoke of the King estate as "The
Throne" and Amos tiny cottage as
1.-The Footstool." The names
stuck. Nobody said "the King
place" or 1.-The Foote cottage" any
more. Like most controversies, it
engendered bitterness, passing the
enmity on to the next generation.
Prudence Foote spent all the hard,
lonely years Of her life from girl
hood to spinsterhood in hating the
Kings, and the younger Kings had
treated her with arrogance or pat
ronizing tolerance, according to
their temperaments.
The young man in the second
automobile saw it all-the drunken
reel of the car ahead, driven by I'M
skilled hands; the young girl walk
ing by the roadside, struck and
thrown into the gutter. He reached
her side as quickly as did the driV-
er of the unfortunate car. 1t need
ed but a moment to assure them
that the girl was. not seriously
hurt, and after mumbled apology,
the man skunk stealthily away, as
the younger man said: Let me as
sist you. I'll be very glad to take
you home"
Louise looked up quickly. ooh,
there is no need to trouble you, Mr..
King" she SAID, and blushed, part
ly because she had never been in
troduced to this Good Samaritan,
and partly because she had lost her
hat and because her hair felt loose
and her clothes awry.
"You have the advantage Of me
In knowing my name" Smiled
Lawrence King. lifting his cap
again. ,"I only know you are stay
ing at the Feetstool-beg pardon
with Miss Foote."
THAT is my name. too" offer
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-03

In climates with cold winters, plant life will
not resume normal growth in the warm weather
of spring unless it has been subjected previous
ly to period of chilling. So says scientist in
the Smithsonian institutions annual report.
This suggests that cold winters are necessary
for the health of people who live in northern
states. Not so in the south. The chemistry of
climate and weather, and their influence on
the body, are mysterious That's way we all
talk so much about the weather.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-03

THERE, by HEX! that helps us out consid-
erably. The end is almost in sight. Antcha
glad, Skinnay? Writing without thinking is
rsat fun-provided one is able to do 1t. This
far down the colyum. however, we are seized
with misgivings. We are beginning to doubt
that the veriest nonsense can be written with
out thought. Certainly we wasted more time
on the foregoing set of rimes than you would
think possible. And wasted" is good word
Well, there's one satisfaction about con-
Quoting colyum: one may conduct it one
jolly well pleases, provided, OF course, ones
work is not too coarse.
Does anyone want to emulate A. Capriccio's
feat of conducting this Spire of Satire for one
day? C'mon an do it. It's easy as anything.
Damn 1t, Nina You Ought to Be Ashamed of
Yourself!
Mime Wilcox Putnam, in the SatevepostI
Once potato lover has steeled him
I self to look the beloved spud in the eye
and tell it to go to hell, the rest of the
list of the dead and missing will not be
so hard to face.
RUMORS are rife. as the alliterative CORE
spondents put it, that the Dali Eireann will not
ratify the Anglo-Irish treaty Our special cor
respondent cables Us that the Irish confetti
manufacturers trust is back of this ,propa-
ganda
WELL. -confound the luck, We've missed
the 3:45 car.
BOY! Call taxi-Quickl R. E. MG
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-03

The absorption by the Continental bank OF
the Fort Dearborn National in Chicago yester-
day ayerted serious failure 1t was bit Of
wise and quick financiering by big men who
saw the futility of trying to camoufage the in
evitable. The Fort Dearborn had simply over
stretched itself in lending financial assistance
to concerns that were unable to meet their OBJ
legations at the designated time.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-03

Representative Garritt of Tennessee, acting
Democratic leader, declares that the extra ses-
sion of congress was even more disappointing
to him than he had decided that it would be.
A clever Republican press agent could twist
that confession into rare compliment for the
Harding administration.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-03

In China, when a criminal is put to death,
a holiday is decreed and the public invited to
witness the execution. In this country legal
executions are such exclusive affairs that
they are unpopular Hence the desperate fight
criminals make against filling the role Of chief
entertainer
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-03

How about those new year resolutions!
Well, you are not the only one who did, broth
er. So brace up and try to do better Make
a fresh start. Every doy is new day, you
know
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-03
TUESDAY, JANUARY s, 1922.

Chicago heiress, suddenly taken Ill, left her
fance and large crowd Of society friends
waiting at the church yesterday. But she'll
land him yet, we'll wager.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-03
FOR INSTANCE.

When We would fill
The colyum quick
We slam our mill"
A hefty lick;
Then lines we type,
Sans thought or wit
And it's a pipe
To do our bit.
We do not say
We strive to please,
But ramble gai-
Ly DER the keys;
You may, indeed,
Dislike this CUFF,
But you don't need
To read our stuff.
There Is no law
To wiring from you
A loud gSffaw,
A small or two.
Each line We write
Need we explain?)
Brings not delight
To us, but pain.
We know it's rot,
We know it's junk,
We know it's not
A thing but bunk;
But there's a rea-
Son; bye and bye
You'll likely see
The where and why.
Now just suppose
That you were US,
With all the woes
OF this poor cuss;
That you had or
Ders from home, say,
To eat at four
O'Clock today.
Suppose once more
The hour grew late;
Could you ignore
The hand of fate?
You wouldn't spill
The beans, would you?
All, no, you'd fill
This colyum, too.
You'd throw away
Your bloomin' Tyre
And type lay
To fill this spire;
Without a care
You'd loudly sing
Perhaps you'd swear
Like everything,
A bard of Rome
Might beat our rime
But we'll go home
To eat on timel
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-03

A physician says that most OF the ills we
suffer could be avoided by keeping our Shout
ders square. The rest could be avoided by
keeping our conduct that way.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-03
CIR Tnnthatnttr
HERE LIES MANS ANCIENT ENEMY.
DULL CARE.
WHO DTsINTERs THE UNLOvED CUsA
| BEWARE!
Timeo Danaos ct Dona Ferentes.

High I ascend the great substantial throne.
In an obseQuious file they come to me
Murmuring secret words increasingly
And calling each to each in monotone
Unguents and Tyrian dyes one kneeling slave
Lays at my feet, and implements arrow,
And with a measured rhythm, to and fire.,
Anoints my sandals, silent the grave.
I gaze upon that oily, wine-dark hair.
Those humble shoulders bent before my chair,
(Oh Hum! Hellas! Oh 1ong-vanished timeD
sWhy should fear you, Greek?" I softly muse.
1.-THE gifts you bring are neatly-shining shoes,
Your sole reprisal but silver dime!"
ANCHUSA in The Tower.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-03
HEALTH TALKS
By William Brady. M. .
Noted physician and Author.

oxidation OF the tissues in general
and of the joint structures in par
ticular, ha taken firm hold of DR..
Pemberton's mind. He weighs all
the methods of treatment which
have given apparent benefit in
chronic arithritis, and determines
their value by measuring their eff
fects upon the local blood supply
of the joint and upon the general
and local metabolism. On this score
and here 1 step gracefully over
to DR.. Pemberton's support-he ex-
tolls one remedy which many vic
Tins of chronic arithritis sadly neg
lect, namely, exercise. because it
increases oxidation and everything.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-03

TOTHER day Rig refused to sign his col
yum because he thought his interlarded para
graphs were sickly. We can go him one better
today. We know before we start that our
colyum is going to be punk and we write this
paragraph as kindly warning to you to read
no farther unless your mood is particularly
tolerant
IN the first place we are in a bit of hurry.
Today tmeaning Monday, of course) Is a sort
OF holiday and everybody else has deserted the
shop; our contributors have deserted us and
our mind is as nearly blank as ever we expect
it to be while we are awake
PROBABLY we shall be compelled to fol-
low the alleged George Fitch idea-merely sit
here and write a few hundred words without
thinking about what writing.
AGAIN, probably we shall break into rime;
because rime fills a colyum quicker than prose
and because some OF the so-called poetry we
perpetrate calls for less thought than all the
prose ever written.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-03
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
RrjQht's Disease

. DASCa5Cs
Please tell me whether one with
chronic Bright's disease should abb
stain from tomatoes, also whether
he may eat red meats. L. M. H.
Answer - Tomatoes are rather
beneficial for nephritic, and red
meats are in every way as whole
some as any other color Of meat.
There is, in fact. little sound rea-
son why one with Bright's disease
(nephritis) should not eat whatever
kind of meat he prefers, in reason
able quantities.
Lemonade and Milk.
Is 1t injurious to drink lemonade
right along instead of water when
one is thirsty? Is a glass of milk
on going to bed each night injur-
ious? II not, would cold or hot
milk be preferable? E. S. T.
Advertisements is all right to
drink habitually. If you are under
weight or a poor sleeper, milk or
milk and crackers or bread at bed
time is beneficial. Take the milk
hot or cold as you prefer.
TOnsiIs and Ears.
Boy .... 9 years old. run
ming ear. -. health below par.
discharge foul. -. very large tom
sis. One doctor advised removal
of the tonsils as essential to over
come ear trouble. Another said the
boy will outgrow it. I'VE want
to avoid the expense and annoy
ance of the operation. D. C. B.
Answer-A doctor" who tells a
parent a child will outgrow such
trouble ought to have a leather
medal. Most such ear troubles in
children are secondary to trouble
in the nose or throat, and if you
value that boys health and his life
you will have the tonsils out with
out delaying too long. Diseased
tonsils never do anybody any good
i Voice From the Dim Past.
Should windows be kept open on
foggy. damp nights? I have heard
that damp night air is unhealthful
and that windows should be kept
closed on such nights. ]. E. P.
Answer-The air on such nights
is rather cleaner or purer than
ordinarily.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1922-05-26

! Rrompt action is necessary If the
young men OF this section expect to
be, the guests OF Uncle Sam at Camp
Knox. KY. when the government will
hold tho big Citizens Military Training
Camp In August. Many preliminaries
IN passing on the qualifications OF can
'didatess make 1t necessary to set May
81 as the thine limit within which APP
'plications may be made.
All expenses of these accepted for
the Camp, which will continue turnout
august will be borne by the Govern
ment, including transportation both
ways, uniform and other equipment
and board. Candidates for the three
COURSES Of instruction must be between
II and % years Of age and possess
required qualifications as to charac-
ter education and physique. The nor
NAL. healthy young man can easily
meet these requirements and necessary
blanks and detailed information will
be promptly furnished upon applica-
ton by mall. or in person to headquar-
tiers 64th Cavalry Division and Organ
ICED Reserves OF Kentucky, Room SIS
Post Office Building, Louisville, KY.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1922-05-26

The following is an editorial from
the Courier-Journal commenting upon
recent editorial from our columns
The article is headed "Will the Press
Do It?"
THE Big Sandy News, speaking OF
The Courier Journals suggestion that
high-class citizens be drafted for the
important offices in Kentucky as the
best political means of promoting the
welfare of the State, well says that
political parties are absolutely neces-
sary under our form of Government,
and our efforts should be earnestly
directed toward raising the standard
of the parties rather than continually
condemning politics as something al
ways rotten. 1t is possible to have
clean politics and the attainment of
this high standard would be the great
est blessing this State and country
could hope for. 1t is worth striving
after"
'The plan is excellent" declares the
NEWS, IF sentiment can be worked
up to the point of carrying it into
effect. The press can do II If a united
effort be made"
That, If not the whole story, is the
first chapter, and the essential chap
ter of the story. The press can do it,
and the press must do it If 1t is to be
done. But the city press alone cannot
do it. The country editors and the
city editors together can.
VIII they?
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1922-05-26
Crude Oil Stocks Show
10 Million Barrel Gain

New York.-Gross domestic crude
oil stocks held in pipe line and tank
farm storge in the United States In
creased s,5S3.OOO barrels during April
according to the weekly summary OF
the American Petroleum Institute. The
increase east Of the Rockies was u
10000 barrels and in California l.
$4,000 barrels.
Daily average gross crude oil pro-
duction in the United States increased
1880 barrels for the week ending
May 10, totaling 1,422.400 barrels. as
compared with 1907. 45O barrels the
preceding week.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1922-05-26
State Tax Commission
Orders Counties Re-assessed

10.
F'rankfortrzA, kgeneral.-Ecasgespment
OF all the taxable property in Fayette
county was ordered by the State Tax
Commission in an effort to effect the
$4,000 900 increase determined due.
This is the most drastic action by
the commission since its creation
The tax Commission ordered an in
crease OF $4,000. 900. The Fayette
County Board OF Supervisors reported
an Increase OF s4,7s7,000 and county
officials declared the assessment as
COZ .3lete as possible.
Keassessment and equalization will
be- begun immediately. according to
Rainey T. Wells, chairman OF the
commission. Property of every char
aeter and kind will be assessed 100
per cent on its fair cash value.
A force OF fifteen men will be sent
into Fayette county as soon as pos
sible to do the reassessing work and
4dge Wells estimates that It will
AXE two or three weeks to complete
the work.
The increases ordered in Fayette
county were 100000 on lands, SO ooo,-
100 on town lots and $6.40o,000 on tan
gible personal property other than
we stock.
The difficulties of the State Tax
Commission this year came to a head
because OF the fact that this is the
trst year that the commission has at
tempted to enforce the clause in the
1917 law requiring 100 per cent yalua-
lion of property for taxation. II has
been the policy Of the board in the
past to work assessments gradually up
% the point required by the law and
/ was decided that this point had been
reached this year and corresponding
orders were sent out.
Two other counties have since been
ordered re-assessed.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1922-05-26
lr,s A AAR. Rn NEE

Getting out newspaper is no pic
mic. II we print jokes folks say we
are silly; IL we don't they say we have
no sense of humor. II we publish
original matter they say we lack va
riety: If we publish things from other
papers they say we are too lazy to
write. If we don't go to church we
are heathens; II we do we are hypo-
critics. II we stay in the Office we
ought to be out hustling news; II we
are out rustling news we are not at
tending to our business at the Office.
II we wear old clothes we are not
olvent; II we wear new clothes they
are not paid for. What in thundera-
ton is poor editor to do anyhow?
Like as not, some editor will say we
swiped this from an exchange. We
did.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1922-05-26
Officers of Guards
To Take U. S. Tests

Frankfort.--Approxlmately l25 Of
ficers OF the Kentucky National Guard
soon will be required TO take the ex-
animation prescribed by the War De-
partment Adjt Gen. jackson Morris
announced.
The following officers OF the guard
have passed the examinations: Mai
Thomas W woodward OF Frankfdri
Mai. Lorenzo Smith OF Louisville Mai
James K Dillon OF London; Maj
Frank II. Lusse OF the AaJgtant Gen
erals Office; Capt. william +. Proctor
OF Morehead; Capt. Charles f. See OF
Louisa; Lieut.. Ernest Muster AMI
Lieut.. Albert I. Stansbury OF Harlan
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1922-05-26
ULYSSES

Several from this place attended
church at Chestnut Grove Sunday.
Terry McClintock has purchased fine
car from Roscoe Borders :. Mr.. and
Mrs. Ballard Castle were the pleasant
guests of their daughter. Mrs. Arlie
Borders, Sunday. =. Misses Ogie and
Ose Kazee, Ollie Davis and Mary Aus
tin spent the week end in Louisa. ....
Mrs. James Morrison has returned
home from Logan, w. Va, where she
has been visiting her daughters, 80.
n. A. George spent Sunday with his
sister. Mrs, Lyss Davis. .Edgel Moore
and Graydon Chapman of Charley were
on our creek recently. Alton Davis
and Sammie Borders made their usual
"trip to Lowmansville Sunday. Mrs,
John Pickett returned from Catletts-
burg Monday 49,. Miss Georgia Miller
of Georges Creek called on home folks
Saturday. :. Misses Carmie and Eliza
Davis contemplate visit to Mrs. Nora
Fitch OF Georges Greek Saturday. -.
-. Mona Fraley OF Louisa is visiting
friends at this place, Harkless Ath-
ington of Lowmansyille called on his
best girl at Lower Ulysses Sunday, -.
Quite a crowd OF young folks expect
~ dlleEu CHuICH at btils 1Ildptl gun
day. Sunday School here every Sun
day morning. E. II. Thompson was
the pleasant Sunday afternoon guest
of Miss Eliza Davis. Miss Emma
Boyd who has been visiting relatives
at New Thacker w. Va.returned home
Sunday night. James Morrison and
Buss Davis attended church at Sugar
Grove Sunday. .... Carmie Davis is
spending the week end with her aunt,
Mrs. James Fitch of Georges Creek. >.
Misses Madgie, Mizie, Edna and Ora
:hel Borders attended church at Chest
nut Grove Sunday. j. Miss Mary Davis
spent Saturday afternoon with Eliza
and Carmie Davis. :. :. Arthur Debord
is on our creek again. -. Junior Davis
who has had employment at Burdine
is home for few days. Misses Mary
Dixie Wray and Carmie Davis called
on Misses ogie and Oslo Kazee Sun
day afternoon. ... Let us hear from
Lick Creek. TWO BLONDE HEADS
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1922-05-26

A sensational escape of prisoner
on @. & o. train Friday night took
place at Hitchins. Sheriff Callihan OF
Greepup county was returning from
out on the Lexington division with a
prisoner named Prater Rowe. When
tLcy reached the Hitchins station, the
man leaped through the window and
made his escape through the woods.
All efforts TO catch him were in vain
and the sheriff had 10 return without
his man.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1922-05-26
EDWARD DAVIS DIES.

Edward Davis. 80. OF Huntington.
w. Va. died Wednesday after an Ill
ness OF two years. Before his m
hculth he was a conductor on the c.
a o. He Is survived by the widow aud,
I'VE children: Agnes. Dorothy, Edward
Charles and Phyllis. his parents. Mr.
and Mrs Edward Davis ST., OF Boyd
county: three brothers. y. w. Davis.
Portsmouth: WIN Davis and Paynter.
OF Russell, and two sisters, airs. Thur
"a Hogan catlettsburg. aud Mrs. w.
e. McClnng, % panceburg.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1922-05-26
sKENTucky LOGICAL PLACE
Far Beginning Shaie Industry Eduoa-
tor Tells Academy.

\
tor Tells Academy.
Lexington, Ky.-With billions of tons
Of superior shale under her soils, Ken
lucky is the logical place for the be-
ginning OF the oil 'shale industry OF
, the United States, Prof. c. s.. Grouse,
OF the University of Kentucky told
members of the Kentucky Academy OF
Science at their ninth annual meeting
ttre. ~
The state has 10000, 100000 tons OF
:shale Immediately available for steam
shovel methods of mining. this amount
representing at least 40 000,00000O
barrels OF crude oil on a conservative
estimate, he said. Shale found in this
state also shows marked superiority
over that found in other states, the
speaker said.
These figures means that Kentucky
alone can supply the United States
with oil for years" the speaker de-
clared.
i.lt is a fact, well recognized by those
who have given thought to the sub
set that the consumption of crude oil
In the United States is becoming equal
to the production of It, If 1t has not
passed it. Predictions have been made
that barring the unexpected opening
Of q large new field. by January 1928,
the domestic consumption Of crude oil
will equal the domestic production plus
the Imports from Mexico"
Water in oils may be detected by
means of metallic sodium, according to
a method of detecting moisture in such
oils described by c. C. Kiplinger, OF
Mt. Union College. Alliance. Ohio.
The method was discovered when an
old one thought to be standard, failed
to give a positive result when applied
IL transformer oil suspected Of con-
tnIning water. the speaker said.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1922-05-26
WOULD RUN WITH BACKING.

Frankfort.-James A. Scott member
of the State Tax Commission, acknowl-
edged head of the forces which OPP
pose the reelection OF Congressman
trict, said that if o. A. Stump, Com
monwealth's Attorney at Pikeville.
could receive the assurances of Gallo
way Napier. Commemorative Attorney
at Hazard, that Napier forces would
back the candidacy of Mr.. Stump. that
the latter would not hesitate to make
the race against Mr.. Langley.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1922-05-26

The new prohibition enforcement
laws are getting results wherever the
officers want to do their duty. But
already we find some jurors counting
the cost of keeping the bootleggers
and distiiiers in jail. That is the wrong
view. A few stiff sentences will cause
o lot of the lawbreakers to quit and
will stop those who are headed in that
direction. Severe punishment, surely
inflicted in every case that comes into
court would soon clean up the country
and be cheaper than lenient and
merciful policy. Let's have strict law
enforcement.