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I'.IIR DAILY KENTUCKIAN PAGE Wft Radford & Johnson REAL ESTATE We will ell you a farm in Christian and adjoin ing counties. ' ' We know the farm lands of thi community . and Wilt do our best to sell you a good farm or wi'l tell you a nice house and lot in the city. We have several attractive farms in our hands for sale. Trices reasonable. OTictmII milfiof Fairview on rum I route. Well Im proved and well watered, about 70 acres of fins bottom land. A barpiln at tin.onovoo. Tcrnia reasonable. 215 acrrs 4 miles south of Hopkinsvillt on Main Street Tike, Land lie well, good improvement. A nice showy placsi good home In fine community. Come to see us and we interesting. Office: Pennyroyal Building. Pork! Pork! Poii! r , 4 ' Do not neglect your hogs, n ' RnlonA T) jl ecu a uaicuiicu ivauuii and push them to maturity. In this way you help our gov- ernment, our army, our navy, our allies and yourself most of all. The Acme Mills. Incorporated Prescriptions liSj . to Us I'rvi jdLz for the Best JJ Greatest Care Lowest Prices Wo tahe exceptional pndo m our prescrip tion department. . The purest drugs the greatest shlU and care tn compounding them the honest adhersmc to every instruction are all absolutely necea-. ary to give you exactly what the doctor haa directed. , .Your life may be endangered by the alight-: eat mlstahe. So go where you hnow your pro scription will be handled tn an absolutely eoientlflo and proper manner. We give prompt attention to all prescription. Thus you do away with needless delay. J. a DRUQGIGT INSTALL A GAS , " RANGEJOW " No time is better than the present or emancip t ing the home from the coal dust ancWhehousewsfe from the drudgery of the - coal pile andthy nahheap. ASK US HOW TO DO THIS Kentuclty Puhlic Scr: Gd. ' I M rJ m aw a a v ar . t will show you something I f I aa INOORPOBJATOB. sto:c mm Washinrton. A a v. 1.1. Hiira ara the chief features of tha tft.OOO.DOoJ 009 revense bill, new nearing tom-j pletion, which will not be materially be e hanged: . Income from 15,000 I S5,000 004 must pay from three to seven per cent. Thoee above $5,000,000 pay aurua f seventy-live per cent.i dimmed new del. nt antes rame dene Inheritance moot pay a Ul of, Ins after her. Kh hail anrvire.1 a Tin- front ait to thirty-flve per cent at the estate ranre front f 50,000 to 1 10,. 000,000. Thoae above f 10.000,000 mnet pay forty per cent. Thia tas ia payable on all Insurance policial above 140.000. ' ' Larnriee and near iteeessltiee are taxed from ten Ho twenty per cent Automobile molt pay' tax of from lit to 150 at the hone-power range twenty-three to more than forty. .oline la taxed two centa per gallon. Motor boat moat pay Us of $10 , rieaanre yacht are taxsd 91 foot ap to nfty foot, and 12 a foot whoa More than 100 feet long. Existing low ratea en tobacco, cig ars and cigarette are doabled. Cigara Biast pay an tha way from ft to $30 thoassad, according to retail price. The existing tea per cent tax en sH imasement sdmlssions i donbled. Tbeatrea and entertainment halla most p7 a largely tncreaaed licenae fee. A Manufacturer' tax of ten per cent la Imposed on aoft drink and a levy of two cents at soda foun tain for each drink coating ten cent Near beer and all fermented bev. sragesv containing leaa than one-half of one per cent alcohol are taxed ten cent a gallon. Instead of one cent ander the present law. The tax en firearms I twenty-five per cent, and 100 per rent on braa knuckle and bowi knives. A ten per cent tamp tax la levied! oa sll proprietary medicine. Cosmetics, perfume and virtually all toilet article must pay on per, cent la taxes for each tea centa of) value. A maximum rate of eighty per cent will be imposed a all war profits. The tax en excess profits ia fixed at from ten to sixty percent. It If expected- the tit rate on all liquor will Be doubled, although no' action has been taken on that ache-' dul of the bill NOTICE. The member of the Ned Meriweth er Camp No. 241 United Confsder- I ate- Veterans, are notified that a meeting of the camp will be held at! , the office of the Adjutant of the' iCamp at 10 o'clock a. m., on 8at 'urday. August list. 1018, at which ' time business of Importance will be' j transacted, including election of dele-1 j gates to the Annual Reunion of the' 'Confederate Veterans to he held at fTuUa. Okla., oa Sept 14 to 27. in clusive. j HUNTER WOOD, 8r., Adjutant. W. P. WLNFREE. Commander. SWEDEN'S POPULATION. (By Associated Press.) Stockholm, Aug. , 23. Sweden's populaUoa at the end of 191T was 5,106,847, according to figure juat made public. The increase over 1016 was -43.80 1, which is greater than ia any year sines 1910. Preliminary flgares indicate the h wheat marriage rate aioce 1907. but the birthrate 20.14-aad the-death rat 13.35 were the mweet 'over recorded in Sweden. - ' FOX AS MASCOT. (By Associated Press.) Parte, Aug. 83. A transportation ait of the United Sutoe Aviation eejrvie has adopted aa a mascot a fox proeentod to the unit by a French situ at -Chateau Thierry. Sergeant A. W. IwnL af Nmm Vark Pil. ku. tteaea charge-of the fox. . , . , esassssfl The Double Scoop . By IMS MACDONALD fc ICosyrt M, leia, hr the M-;iur Nswape. mmr radicals.) Allct Randall twenty-seven, flhe bad gone through many eteges of development since her twentieth yesr. One of the mnat charming rietmtantee In hee Bt hae wtiMilaHt rvmalnMt hil lent love affair attached tn a spectae- alar engagement with a man who bad been unworthy, and she had also sur vived the snrdldiieas of Its ending and the offeaslreness of Its publicity. Soon afterward she had experienced the death of her father, who was deer to her, and the following flninrtnl crash which left her to her own devices for ! making; a living. And she had made her llvtng very creditably. Indeed, as the city editor of a certain metropoli tan dally ran testify, for withia a few .short ycors she had advanced from sob-slstering to the editorship of the I woman's page, which poet t loo she adorned wbea Webster Rhodes joined ,tbe eta. ; It la to be regretted that when this ; Tonus man first came ander her crt ti cs I rye, Alicia Randall anlfTsd very superior sniff, Phe Was et that yMai la feminine life where she lubked upk ell men uoder ninety-two with euspt 'cina end upon those under thirty with score. She placed Web Rhodes 'at twenty-five, when In fact, be was nearly thirty, and mentally tiled him way as harmless Impertinence, mere boy. But Wen Rhodee refused to etay Died. If eoeed her attitude at once and laogbad at her, and one morn ing he thrust hie head In her office 'door and ahouted disrespectfully, '"Hello, Anntlel How's lifer And In the dsye and weeks thsl fol lowed he cheerfully rumpled up bet Puuled Alicia. dignity and tossed It Into the aah-caa Of neglect, once entering her sanctuary to place a kiss with much gsllsntry oa the back of her outraged hsAd. "How can you be such an Imperti nent kldr she demanded angrily. "You're lucky, young woman," be grinned. The next time Pm plonninf to klsa you rtxht on the nose. Now what do you think alwut thatr" Whereat she U UK lied. How could she help It) It wse luiposalhle to stsy sngry st the ridiculous boy. However, she svolded hi in aa much as poeslhle, for he took the nioet startltog lllier tlee with surh sa Ingenuous charm Ibat It was mMt dlKConcertlng lo the re aerved ills Randall, although she knew It wss Just the overwhelming exuberance of the spirit of hi youth. No 00 rould look Into his rleon. fine eyee without liking blm tnstently, and. In spite of herself, she rould not re sent his freedom aa much aa she felt that she shoulil. for you see, Alicia was glrl-woroan. after all. The first reallxatloo of her own al titude toward Web came oa a day when she lunched with Amy Harlow, a girl ol I he old aortal whirl la which Alicia Randall had once moved. The lunrheoo was by appointment at Miss Barlow's request, and Its purpose was soon srldeut. "There's a very lotereetlug youog men on your paper named Wrlmter Rhodee." begsn the stunning Ulss liar low. "Do you know hlmf" Thotixh surprised, Alicia aduiltled that she did. " What 1 want to know la this," smil ed ths Irresistible Amy, "is hs vuloer ehler : "1 don't understand," sparred the pusaled Alicia. . The point Is this," explained Amy: The election Is but two month away, Sa you know. Father has gone to ex treme lengths to make sure of the eleo tlon of certsln candidates. This klr. Ithurir bss something oa fa I her, which j If 'ouhltshed. would aot ouly overtura ' bis plan but probably lavoiv him la the 'most disgraceful polttlcsl caadal rhat this tows' ever known, Mr. Rhode has been approeched' without eucvees. sod father ha put it up to UK." She arched ber perfect ' brow j with Biuusvd confideaA In her ewa ! powers of persuasion. I ' All'-! was sruunrd. "Too yeaueaa j to to links blm full In lev with j jour ?lfr0. ' ' "Not only tbst." (ondescen'Ied the charming Mlsa Barlow, "but I would erea merry blm If necessary, rather eye he rather a splendid chap." "And y want me to Introduce you, Is fhet Itr murmured Allrts. "Exsctly," Unshed Mlsa Rarlow. Bo it wss thst within two weeks the entire staff wss "n."snd when Rhodee entered the edltorlsl office be would be greeted with cheers and loud laoirh ter. "And how," someone wnnld ak onllrtlonsly. "Is the rhsrralng helree resting todsyr or "toes me. WehMe, sod Ih world I ynnrsT t "Noah, old rooster hold out for a stiff dowry snd don't forget ynnr honest debts, boy;" or "Wobble, deer, marriage I a hard life." Rut WehMer' Rhodes only grinned good tisrtiredly and went on hi way usually with the fascinating Mies Rar- ow. ce -phoned him. she noted hlru. she railed for him In her rsclng car. They drove together, lunched tngnlh er, and he wss entertslned st the Har low mansion whenever It was possible for him to he there. Week sfter week of thle followed, snd Alicia stuck to her Job with de flanf eyes and tlsht pressed Hp. Whenever she saw Rhode he seemed Jtisf the same as always, but she eel dwu ue him now. lie was smblttous she knew that. Money, eoctal posi tion, a beautiful wlfa all these thing hsd beea held out to him anl-fc had fsllea for them! Tb election drew Bearer and nearer, till It was but fire day off then four. The tension was growing every hour. It drew ber berk to her desk that nliht after dinner oa the proteose of a press of work, but she did nothing but elt there and wait eh knew not for whs.' Eight o'clock came nine she opened her door and looked out Into the big editorial room. She saw Rhodes enter, end notsg tbst he looked tired aod unkempt. The city editor bmped np at the slab of Rhodes snd want forward to meet hlu. They talk ed earnestly for a monadi! as they walked over to Rhodee desk. TSe ctty editor we Jubilant about soroetiJog for, ss Web slumped down into his rhalr, his boss slammed blm on the beck aed laughed encouragingly be- fore turning hack to hi own work, while Web htmeelf sprawled befors his desk sod put a fresh roll of copy pa- per Into bis machine. ! Puxsled. Adda shut her door snd waited s wither hour, then looked out ' again where Webster Rhodee set alter-, nately glowering at hie copy end wrtt- Ing In spesmodlc spurts of enerfy. finally ha glsnced up snd ssw her etandlng there. He beckoned snd she croseed the room to stsnd by his side. ' "Stick s round a while louger, Alicia," , h grinned up at her. "If you want to see the fun." , That was all. Hs did not look st her again but went driving along at his story. And Allcts "stuck around" till one o'clock In the morning, when Web. ster Rhodes finished his work with a sigh sod soosht her where she sat with her head la ber erma oa her deek. Bhe Jumped nervously as shs heard ths door shut JMtiud hiu. Ths droos Of ths heovy presses thst Jarred ths building hsd almost lulled ber to sleep. 1 "Look," be said, spreading s dsmp copy of ths morning edition before her. - And there across the front pete was bis scoop story of ths Barlow election scandal. He bad Just that moment finished his follow-up story which would be printed In a later edition. In getting together hie material and In making his Investigation hs hadn't slept for two days, snd Alicia looked up into hie tired eyes contritely. "I I thought you had hsd fnllen for Amy Harlow and her hef scheme," she murmured. "Who? Met Not 00 your life!" hs eeld, picking up her bet and Jaminina It down over her pretty nose. "Com j 00, let'a eat, I'm hungry!" A tear slid dowa from ons of Alicia' downcast eyes. "And when I'm hungry." hs chuck led, ss he gathered her Into hi arms. 1 always want my dessert first. Two scmpe In one day la not so bad." hs added, sfter the editor of the Woman's Page had been efficiently alt tough not sufficiently kissed. Impressionist Is. The artist took his brush, dipped tt la a bucket of pslnt and wiped It across the surface of the canvas sev- srsl times hortsontsUy. When hs bad does this hs took ths result of labor la baud and carefully placed It In aa elaborate frame. "What's ths Ideal" hla boon com panion Inquired. , "Impressionistic study." "Do you mesa to tell me that la a finished painting T" "Certainly." "What are yon going to cull Itr "A vlllsgs street from the rear seat of a motorcycle." 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