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May 8A, 121 fHE CITIZEH Page Sere a ' East Kentucky Correspondence News You Get Nowhere Else N t ihii ansna miH In fsll by ise writer IVmim la M fnf sstArMtae, km a aa hi. si a f f1 fall. Wrtu lalnly. JACKSON COUNTT Bows' Bond, May IS, We hare had a wwk of wet weather which has pre vented farmers from finishing plant ing corn, The ainartnir achool at Pigeon Roost rinsed yesterday with an all-day program. A very large crowd ws present and tht ordT wn the beet that could b desired. Everybody Mvmfd to enjoy the day, and there wan plenty of dinner for the entire crowd. The Pigeon Roost community wm glad to have their many friends from other localities with them, R. E. Taylor and Jsme Moore attended Federal court at London, Ky., last week. Sheriff Wm. Baker, who wan ahot recently, la in the hospital at London, Ky., and is delng fairly well. Alfred Moore and Myrtle Little were married recently; also Frank Morria and Lula Cornett. We wish the two young couplea much Joy, Circuit Judge Wm. Lewia spoke at Bond, Saturday night, in hehalf of hi candidacy for re-election. Wm. Cunigan and family were guests f G. A. Kettle and family Sunday. CI. AT COUNTT Makes Malcom, May 20. Bom to Mr. and Mra. 0. W. Browning an eight pound boy. Mis name ia Lionel. Mrs. Lucy Creech, who is visiting her par ents at Vine, and Mra. Alice Hurley spent Tuesday evening with Mra. Re becca Browning, who ia very poorly. Mra. OIlie Baldwin ia very poorly. Miss Loula Powney took dinner with Misa Rosa Browning last Run day. Mrs. Mattie Mr Daniel spent Friday evening with Mrs. Browning. Mr. and Mrs. Ihlard Whittimore f this place attended church at Mt. Olive last Sunday. Vine Vine, May 20 On account of the col wither the com looks very had la this section. Mr. and Mra. T. N. Roberts attended church at the Allen achoolhouse last Sunday, Mrs. Mar tha Rice, who has been very poorly, ia improving. Mrs. Lucy Creech of Garrard county is visiting her par entj at this place, John Tork at tended church at this place last Sun day, G. M. Morgan and Henry Pen nington have gone to Manchester on business. OWSLET COl'NTT Island City island my, May ZZ. There ia a Holy Roller meeting going on In Owaley near Booneville. claiming they heal the sick and rant out devils. We understand that Vincent Thorns of Buck Creek is a candi date for county Judge of Owsley county. The report is that a moon shine still was found on Maniford Cavin's land recently by two boys. John P. Ray has bought Georeg Scale store on White Oak and wiU take charge of the atore aoon. Wil liam Rains has been very ill with Lumbago for a few days, but ia bet ter at thia writing. Sherman Mar- rum and mother passed thru Island City thia morning enroute to the Holy Roller meeting. Jesse Kidd of En dee waa among frlenda here Sun day. GARRARD COUNTY White Lick White Lick, May 23. Mr. and Mra W. M. Smith visited Mr. and Mra. G. B. Robinson, Sunday. Mr. and Mra. Martin Green and children visited Mrs. Fannie Green Saturday night Walter Mays is very low with tulerculoais at the home of his brother, Harrison Maya. Mra. J. B. and Misa Elizabeth Creech visited Mr. and Mra. H. D. Creech Monday. Misses Ruth Sowder and Elsie Clark visited Parrie Clark Monday night. J. B. Creech ia making prepacations to have a new dwelling house built. I Misses Rebecca Bowling, Sophronia and Susie Hounshell visited Mrs. C.I C. Hounshell Tuesdsy. Mies Eliza- beth and Florence Creech were in j Berea ahopping, Wednesday, Thel- ma. dauo-hter of Mr. and Mra. Hsr- riaon Maya, ia ill. There will be a Children's Day entertainment at Lev-1 THE COOK SMILES The- cook is all smile, Tho bread is light and gay, A tack of Potts' Gold Dut Flour Made thara get that way. For Sal By All Grocers R. L POTTS & SON rkoat 154-3 el Green Sunday, June 6th. Mra. John Davie la visiting her daughter, Mra. Amis Starns. narmony Harmony, May 2.1. Rill Shaw, who has been sick so long, died last night John Tankersley had his bam burned down last week with two work horses and other valuable things, and I think, without Insurance, The Decoration Day at Stringtown last Sunday was a success from start to finish with a large crowd of people present. The very best of order pre vailed thruout the day; also we had good preaching, good speaking and fine singing, and dinner in abundance for everybody, Success to The Clti- ren. Everybody ought to subscribe for it, only f 1.50 for a whole year. ROCKCASTLE COUNTY Dispatanta Disputants, May 23. Quite a num ber attended church at Clear Creek Sunday. Rev. Ponder conducted the services. Mra. R. M. Baker, who ha been suffering very much for the past month from a nail wound in her foot, is alowly Improving, Mrs. W. S. Shearer and daughters entertained quite a number of guesta at dinner Sunday. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. Ben Shearer and family of Richmond, Mr. and Mra. C. C. Thomas and children of Harts, Misses Verna and Nora Kindred of Big Hill, James Shearer, Jr of College Hill, Dempsey Hart of Big Clear "Creek and Garfield and Chaa. Shearer of thia place. Mrs. O. M. Payne, who has been on the sick list, is well again. Ray Johnson of Berea was visiting relatives here Sunday. R. T. Abney and baby are on the sick list this week. Rev. Ponder was a din ner guest of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Shearer Sunday. David Abney, who haa been in Oklahoma for some time, passed thru here Saturday enroute home. James Shearer of Richmond visited home folks SundayMr. and . mra. irsin Aoney or jonnetta were viarang relatives nere ine latter part or the week. Mrs. Isaac Harvey and, Mra. Sallia Hall made a business trip to Berea Fridays-Mrs. O. M. Payne visited Mrs. L. R. Rnwlett, who is still very low, on Monday MADISON COUNTT Blae Lick Blue Lick, May 30. Everyone rushing with work to get ready for the holidays. Decoration Day and Commencement. These two great an niversaries coming close together af ford relaxation - and social enjoyment to the tired farmer. Last week about five hundred aheep of this section were sheared and dipped according to instructions. The superior quality and increased quantity of the fleece since the treatment began ia con vincing proof of its efficacy, to which sheep owners readily respond. Prof. H. H. Groves of the Normal Department of Berea preached, Sun day, May 22, at Blue Lick church. In the exposition of his text, where Mary broke the alabaster box of pre cious ointment and anointed our Lord, he gave a glorious message and told us that in the bestowal of our gifts makes the giver" and that he who loves with sincerity, "Considers not the gift of the lover, but the love of the giver." Just because God lavishes with apparent extravagance the sun shine and rain upon the Just and the unjust, we should not deem it wasted. "Anything that honors God or blesses men ia a precious boon." Miss Owens and Miss Daniels, students, were welcomed by the children. We were glad to greet Mr. Hudson after hla long absence and rejoiced at his convalescence that enabled him to be with us airain. F. A. Campbell and wife and little aon visited friends in thia section Saturday and Sunday last. Mr. Campbell is overseer of the carpentry work in Pigg Hollow. Inei Bratcher just returned from a week's viait at Wildie with her aunt, Mra. Wm. Ballinger, who ac companled her home and apent aev eral days with her parents. Mr. and , Mra. John Johnson, Carl Bratcher and wife attended church at Silver White Statioa, Ky. creek Sunday, May 22. Panola Panola, May 24. The Rev. J. W. Richardson preached here Saturday night and Sunday, Mra. Crate Rob inson died in Ohio last week. Her re mains were brought back and inter red In the old Garrett graveyard on Red Lick. Mrs. Erby Bicknell haa been on a visit In Franklin, O. Mrs. Leila Aibill and daughter, Kathryn, Alma Cox, and Pathe Wells, of Rich mond, were guesta of relatives for aeveral days last week. Roy Cox, of Forest Hill, visited his grandparents, uncle Charley and aunt Miriam Cox. last week. Cfhra and Clinton Powell were guesta of Rena May Powell, Wednesday night. A. P. Alcorn, Jr., died last week, Mrs. John Cox and children spent the day Monday at the home of Rollie Cox, Mr. and Mra. Beecham Thomas were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Wade Snif fled. Elsie and Mafra Wilson are visiting their grandparents, Mr. and Mra. Harvey Wilson, at Irvine this week, Dewey Cox and Earl Kindred attended SundSy-schoo at Beaver Pond church Sunday. Shelton White has returned from a pleasant visit at Nicholasville. Mrs. Noah Powell ia convalescent Many are contem plating attending the home-coming at Berea Commencement on June 8. Wamat Meadow Walnut Meadow, May 23. E. Hewlett is very aick at thia writing. Dr. Chaa. Robinaojj waa called to see him this afternoon. Mr. and Mra. Ben Campbell of Cottonburg spent Sunday wfth Mra. Campbell's mother, Mra. Hannah Shockley. Mr. Millard Campbell and family of below Rich mond spent Sunday at the home of their eon, Ledford. Mra. Chalt Bui- lin and little daughter, Bessie, of Scaffold Cane, Mra. Cecil Llnville and daughter, Elizabeth, of Rockford, apent the week-end with frienda and relatives. Miaa Maude Vaughn ia visiting her slater in Rockford. Com planting ia over in thia section. A poor stand of com is reported from some of the farmers. Jewell Ogg, who haa been teaching in Ohio, ia expected home tomorrow. Harts Harts, May 24. Mrs. T. J. Lake and aon visited relatives at Richmond Saturday and Sunday- Hoatetter, a missionary from q,,,, rj rf,, . lecture at the nri achoolhouse Saturday night. May 28.- M. Baker, who has been visiting his daughter in Villa -Grove, 111., haa returned home. Bora to Mr. and Mra. Zear McGurre, a baby girl. named Hallie. Miaaea Rowena and Elisabeth Hammond of Disputant visited their grandfather at this place last week. The social given here on Saturday night by the Nor mal students was greatly enjoyed by all. The second Saturday in une has been set for the friends and neighbors to meet at Macedonia cemetery to clean it off, Mr. Strong ia planning to have a nice program the laat day of achool, June 4th Prodigies of the Past. Long before the wsr It wss stated that a man wss too old st forty. Hut now It looks likely thst soon the cry will be old at fifteen !" A small hoy of el:ht summers re entlv tackled twenty or thirty of the lwt Iicms plnycro In the world, set ting them hII nl,. tn tliey could not tinkle; tln-r child apiwars on the t ne, ho. at the hl-c of seven or htIiI. 'ii. s d'tiry, which the greatest llteniry Hunt deser lie ss wonderful: while we'll h'hiii hsve iilte a small llhrnry of juvenile novels. It was regarded, as a phenomenou when fluittcrlon wrote Immortal pneiiiH nt twelve, when Mi wart com led In hN fifth year a concerto eo difficult that only the most practical artists could play It, when the Infant -on of Evelyn, the diarist, could resd Latin snd Creek at three and one-half. when Mucaulay hud written a poem as long as "The l.ndy of the Lake" at eltht snd when Millnls csrrled off s gold iikhIhI for painting at nine! Hut now It'a becoming quite the usunl thing. Rabbit Lssther. Samples of ralddt leuther recently siil to this country from Australia hsve heen examined and tested by the Cnlted States bureau uf standards, with a view to determining the uttllza- bllity of am h skins for shoe uppers or other purposes. The lest her w ss found to have only about one fourth the strength of calf skin and to tear rather easily. It has a great advantage In point of cheapness and might x-rluipa serve for uipera of fancy shoes that sre not exected to stand mach wear. The experts are of the opinion that It could be used te advantage for linings and novelties. Preparing toil for Tobacco. For the purpose of tobacco growing the eoll must he thoroughly cleared ef weeds, seeds snd Insect larva be fore the plauta are set out. Old prac tice was to build fires ever the sur face, hut the teralluii ia uow accom plished by means of a eunvas cover under which live ateaui from road roller la projected. A high tempera ture is maintained for two hours. Armistice Day, 1865 and 1918 Grandfathers, fathers, ancles and treat uncles of the A. B. F. remind those yoaogatera that there is an other date beside November 11 that Is bright on the calendars of war. It's Sunday, April 9. lMtft, the anniversary of the surrender of Oen. Robert K. Lee, commander of the Confederate Armies. What was that "srmlstlce dsy." or rather that uncondltlonsl surrender dsy. fifty-six years ago like? Whst happened there at ApHmattox Court House, Vs., when the tlray gave In to the Blue? The khaki would like to know. Let John M. Surface, one time eighteen-year-old private In the Sev enth Indiana volunteer Infantry, and entitled to a wound chevron for a bullet hole through the right shoul der, received in the Bsttle of the Wil derness, tell about It. "It was Sunday, April 0, lrW5, and a fine day," Mr. Surface ssld. "Just one week before we'd csptured Rich mond, the cspltal of the Confederacy. From there, we'd fought a rearguard action with the retreating Confeder ate 70 miles west to Appomattox Court House. We were la a aparaely settled. rolling country, totiacco plsnt sad net much else sprouting In Its red-black soli. We camped near the little town and stsckrd anna. It waa an out-of-the-way place, hut great things hap pen at little places." 'Sure, Seolls wss that kind ef a Joint," agreed the youagater from the a. k. r. ' 'We were encamped along an old washed out road, all of the regiment that hadn't been left at the Wllder nese and other places," the older vet eran continued. "Across a ravine through the timber, we could aee the old Mcl-ean house. We had aeen gen erals and their staffs entering It and coming out all day and we believed we'd wen flags of truce." "Bet the camp waa chuck full ef rumors," the A. K. r. ventured. 'It wss," admitted the former priv ate of the Seventh Indiana. "Rut Anally we saw a group of horsemen trotting up. I recognised the old for age csp snd the hook nose of Geo. (ieorge Meade, commander of the Army of the Potomac. We hollered 'Hey, general, have they surren dered T" "What! All you buck privates hol lered, 'Hey, general?"' "Certainly, we were old campaign ers together," replied the old-time The McLssn Heuee, Where the 8uc rendsr ef General Lee Took Place. Yank. "The general hollered back. The whole army of Northern Virginia haa surrendered. Ton get to go home, boys !' "Then we stsrted te celebrate. There were from sixty thousand te one hun dred thoussnd Union soldiers around about. Every Sag in the army waa unsheathed. We wrapped our officers in the colors, put them on stumps and made them make speeches. All the diu and noise wss terrific." "We were quiet sfter 11 o'clock," offered the A. K. K "but some of us got into Paris later." "Itut most all were w ild to go home," the old Yank said, while the young one nodded vigorously and sympa thetically. "That wss April. After the grand review In Washington I was discharged In July." '"Kirtne speed," commented the A. K. F., enviously. "Say, that's the wsy to end a wsr." Kansaa City Star. The Last Salute. We pssa and leave you lying. ' No need for rhetoric, for f uneraj music, for melancholy bugle calls. No need for tears now, no need for regret. We took our risk with you ; you disd and we live. We take your noble gift, salute for the laat time those lines of pitiable crosiss, these solitary mounds, those unknown graves, and turn to live our lives out as we may. Which of us were the fertu. nate who can tell? For you there is silence and the cold twi light drooping In awful dssola-' tion ever those motionless lands. For us sunlight and the sound of woman's voices, song and hope and laughter, despair, gay ety, love life. Loot, silent terrible oomradea, we, who might have died, salute you. From the Anglo-French Review. mm cAnnouncing the appointment of Berea Drug; Co. As our Representatives 3 Orders for Cut Flowers, Floral Wreaths, Decorative Arrangements, Plants and other Floral requisites may he placed with, them Uh the assurance of a prompt, efficient Floral Service in every detail John A. Keller Co. 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SMITH Berea - Kentucky Weavers, A typical Scots crofter weaving with the old fashioned band weaving loom aide by side with the very latest power-loom, giving an Idea of the great gain In output and quality achieved In lueclianlcal luventlon wtU be au Inter esting Hera at to efficiency exhibition In London, where the use of Invention and effort will be shown to be of greater value Van mere personal ap plication. Not only will the produc tions be seen to be more quickly execut ed, but the worker will Bud the proc ess leas mechanical, strange as thia may appear. What will doubtless strike all vlaltosa Is the enormous In crease lu efficiency fb the weaving In dustry brought about by lahor-aavlng machinery. It eeeuis strange, too that more workers are required to keep up with the efficient power-looiu. Cbrlav tlau hYtcuce Monitor. Lexington, Ky. FAT HORSES ARE PREFERRED Farmer Makes Mistake In Oispoalnf of Animals When They Are Somewhat Run Down. It la better for the farmer who haa horses to aell not. to dlspnseof them when tbey are somewhat run duwn, following a hard summer's work, but to fatten them up. A fat horse always brlnga a much better price , dVeo though be be an inferior horse. Senate Kills Amendment Washington. The Mouse Immigra tion restriction bill waa reported fa vorably by the rienute Iniiulf ratloa Committee sfter elimination of pro. vision to accord special privileges tot entrsuce of minors and persona sub ject lu religious iiersei'utiona. I S