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43d YEAR.
HARTFORD, KY., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6, 1917.
NO. 23
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HOARDING OF FOOD ,
WOULD BE FELONY
Amendment -In Senate 'Would
Hit Speculators Prison
Term- Provided.
Wellington. Hoarding, storage
or destruction of food, fuel or other
mc-.ssr.rles of life to limit supply or
nltcct prices would be a felony under
an amendment of the government's
first food bill adopted in the Senate
Without a record vote. .
Violation of the section would he
punishable by imprisonment in tho
penitentiary for not less than six
months nor more than three years.
Holding by farmers or others of tho
products of land cultivated by them
is exempted.
Consideration of the administra
tis bill, which provides for a food
survey and stimulation of produc
tion, neared the final stage, but the
Introductlo not a number of amend
ments shortly before adjournment
probably will prevent a final vote
before Saturday.
An amendment which would au
thorize tho secretary of commerce to
take steps to promote more general
use of fish to relieve the food strin
gency was offered by Senator Fletch
er. It would permit the secretary to
catch and market fish. A letter from
Secretary Redfleld in sPPort of the
proposal was read.
- P "or Wadsworth objected on
?mei .mi that It would put the
government Into the fishing busi
ness, and Senator Plttman moved to
eliminate the marketing section. The
amendment will be discussed again
tomorrow.
Support Pledged to Hoover.
At the opening of the debate,
Chairman Gore of the agricultural
committee asked that the Lever bill,
already passed by the House, with
the amendments made by committee,
be substituted for the similar meas
ure previously under consideration
in the Senate. This was done, and
will facilitate final enactment.
Representatives of southwestern
cattle growing Interests called on
Herbert C. Hooyejr, and. pledged their
support to the food bills and to the
food administration to be created
with Mr. Hover at its head. They
were headed by Isaac Pryor of San
Antonio, sld to be the largest cattle
grower In the country.
Officers of the Wholesale Grocers'
Association also saw Mr. Hoover,
and promised support for the legis
lation. GIANT TREES ONCE
GREW IX OHIO COUNTY.
Tho fact that giant trees once
grew in Ohio county may be news to
most of our" readers as it was to us
when wo were told by Squire Hen
W. Taylor that thero was a sycamore
stump on tho old HImes (or Hlnes)
pace in his section of the county,
in which one could drive a team of
mules hitched to a wagon and tufn
them around. -
The Squire said he did pot believe
this until it was demonstrated to
him before his own eyes, and that
after the feat had been accomplish
ed, he and others took a tape-lino
and the stump measured 17 feet
one way and 23 feet, the other.
Mr. Taylor says there is another
stump somewhero in that locality
(which he lias never seen) in which
it Is said there aro planted four rows
of corn, checked. "Some1' stumps
eh?
A PRETTY WEDDING.
Horton, Ky Juno 4. Thursday
evening at 6 o'clock Mr. Charllo Day
and Miss Connie Austin were united
In marriage at the homo of tho
bride. Rev. Ward Taylor officiating.
The groom Is a prosperous and in
dustrious young farmer, of Sulphur
Springs, while tho bride Is tho very
beautiful daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
C. O. Austin, and is much loved for
her sweet and winsome manners.
Quite a largo crowd of relatives and
friends attendod tho wedding.
We wish for them a long, happy
and a prosperous life as they travel
down tho rugged pathway of life.
ONE PRESENT.
1'IUTLK LIGON.
Saturday at .12:45 o'clock, Miss
Luclle Plrtle, tho accomplished
daughter of Dr. and Mrs. J. R. Plr
tle, of this city, was married In the
parlors or the hotel at Madlsonvlllp
(o Mr. Vernon P. Llgon, of Hender
son, Key. Dillon, of the Methodist
church, officiating.
Miss Plrtle was accompanied to
Madlsonvlllo by her brother, Mr.
Russell Plrtle.
Immediately after the Ceremony
the couple left for the home of the
groom at Henderson, for a short
stay and nro now at home to their
friends In Hopkinsville.
Mrs. Ligon waS one of Hartford's
most charming and popular young
Indies, and Mr. Ligon, who is now
engaged in road building for the
State In Christian county, was nt one
time road engineer of Ohio county,
and is an industrious, upright young
inn" nf h I el' character.
Their many friends Join The Her
ald In wishing for them a long and
happy married life.
AX ou o;i:.
Mr. Lee Warden, of Contcrtvii.
was In to see the editor cue day last
week, and showed us a silver da.Iar
that was coined In the year. 1709.
The face of the coin has side viw
of a woman with flowing hair and
the word "liberty'" and the dap of
coinage. On tho back Is tho sp-.ad
eagle with bunch of arrows In claws
of one foot nu a sPr'S bearing
leaves in the -other. Tho -coin 13
minus the rough edges of the pres
ent day dollar, but instead has stars
and other "ginger-bread" work, and
bears the wording "one dollar, or
unit, one hundred cents." The coin
is In fine mint condition, and is not
worn to hurt It, everything on It be
ing plainly visible.
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(J LENN CL'XDl vv.
Miss Hattle Glenn who had been
teaching in Colorado for the past
two years, was married May 2C to
Mr. Winston Cundlff, of Hammond,
Ind. En route to Kentucky Mr.
Cundlff met Miss Hattle and at the
Presbyterian parsonage in Aurora,
IH., they were married. They went
for a short honeymoon to Chicago.
They are at home to their friends in
Hammond, Ind., where Mr. Cundlff
is in the railroad service.
Tho Herald joins with Miss Hat
tie's many friends In wishing them
a long and happy life.
GREENVILLE MAN FACES
' CHABGESJF FOGERS
D. M. Roll, Arrested in St. Paul,
Will be Tried in' Indiana
Claims He is Innocent.
Greenville, Ky June 2. D. M.
Roll, of Greenville, formerly master
commissioner of the Muhlenberg
Circuit Court under Judge John S.
Rhea, was arrested In St. Paul on a
warrant from Evansvllle, Ind., charg
ing him with forgery. At a prellm
InraryMiearlng In the Evansvllle po
lice court, Roll was bound over for
examination June S anjl ais bend
was fixed at $5,000.
It is said Roll was charged with
having forged $40,000 worth of pa
per, some of which, it is charged,
was hypothecated with Evansvllle
banks, some with Madisonville banks
and some with Louisville banks.
Roll, in a statement made yester
day, said he Is innocent. He declar
ed he and W. E. Drake were engaged
in the timber business In Muhlenberg
county and that, as partners, each
had the authority to sign tho other's
name to paper.
Until recently ho was master com
missioner of tho Muhlenberg Circuit
.Court, and a member of the bar.
Ho has not been here for several
weeks.
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ONE KILLED, TWO HURT
IX POWDEIt I1LAST
Scrauton, Pa. An explosion at
du Pont Powder Mills near Mooslc,
Pa., today killed Thomas JThomaas
and seriously burned Thomas John
son and George R. Urown all work
men. Tho building in which the
men worked was a now one. Tho
causo of the explosion Is unknown,
AllM MADLY CUT.
Charllo King, an employe of tho
Hartford Republican, sustained a
very bad cut of tho left arm. yester
day afternoon when he fell, while
lifting papers to tho newspaper
press, striking a window tho glass
breaking and severing a leader and
a norvo.
KILLED KINK TURKEY.
Somo autolst killed a tine turkey
and another fowl for Mrs. J. H.
Thomas, on the Ccntertown Ptko
pbout 2 miles from town, last Sun
day nnd Mrs. Thomas has written
tho rdltor a letter which will bo
printed next week, iu regard to it.
Father Of Kidnaped Baby
Braves Storm In Ozark Hills
Springfield, Mo., June 1. Some
where In tho Ozark Hills the Infant
ton of J. Hollr.nd Keet, formor
bnnker of this city, Is being held by
kidnapers.
Two days and, two nights of unre
mitting search failed to,lead to the
rendezvous of the kidnap :rs, who
late Wednesday night stole tho baby
from Its bed, while a maid slept In
an adjoining room and tho parents
were attending a ball nt the Country
Club, a short distance away. In re
sponse to an anonymous letter re
ceived yesterday, the baby's fathei
drove through the storm hit night
carrying $0,000 with which to pur
chase the little fellow's freedom, but
either tho Intensity of the gale or
the fear of capture prevented the
kidnapers from keeping their ap
pointment. It is said Keet received
another missive from the captor
today.
The parents, fearing that harm
might come to the boy as a result of
Of Last Friday Morning Blew
Hard in Several Sections
Of County.
Last Friday morning between 7
and S o'clock, Hartford and Ohio
county was struck by a pretty severe
rain and windstorm and reports from
various sections Indicate that the
wind was somewhat cyclonic iu pro
portion. The end of the old storehouse of
Jrl. C. Acton, at Dundee, was blown
iu, and the roof of the store of Ed
Duke, at the same place, was par
tially torn away. Porter McDowell's
barn, near that place, was lifted
from Its foundation, and the porch
of a residence there blown away.
A barn or two was unroofed in
the Ueda neighborhood.
In the Williams Mines country Mr.
Loney Mlnton reports that while no
buildings were damaged, trees were
twisted off and uprooted.
In the Rockport section, Mr. A. L.
Maddox had a barn completely de
molished, and Mr. Dave Maddox, of
the Fame section, had a porch to his
residence blown away and another
porch unroofed.
Mr. J. A. Caldwell, of the Goshen
neighborhood, lost a part of the roof
of his silo, which was badly twisted.
TO VOTE OX ROAD TAX
Special Election Will be Held in
MiilileiilH-rg August -I.
Greenville, Ky., June 1. Th
Muhlenberg Fiscal Court this after
noon voted to hold a special elec
tion for voting on a special 20-cont
road tax. The election will bo held
August 4. If It carries, It will raise
approximately $13,000 a year.
! Mother's Part In the War j
Hy Mrs.. .1.
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Tho following paper was read by
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titration and flag raising at the court
houfo a Uw weeks ago:
The shrill call of tho bugle, tho
martial roll of the drum, the ceu--,
.es" tramp of unnumbered hosts 1,
tilt tragic answer to a nation's cr
to tho chivalry and flower of hu'
young mnuhood. And we, Uiolnnd our country and her rulers to
mothers, who lay upon Freedom's
altar these our most priceless jow
els what part shall wo play In this
awful world's tragedy?
I feel that every mother has a
right to nsk that tho best possible
equipment, tho best possible sanlta
tlon, the best possible commanders
bo given these youths who fearlessly
and heroically offer themselves iu
this hour of national peril.
Let us not know Democracy or
Republicanism but "bo wo all good
Americans." Our President our
Flag our Couutry. Verily I believe
tho last tjraco of sectionalism, the
last trace of partisanship will be ob
Utorated iu the blood of tho heroes
upon our country's altar. All classes
will be drawn together. Labor is
helpless without Capital, Capital Is
paralyzed without Labor and may
this hour of travail glvo wisdom
the searcher's efforts, refuse to dis
cuss the contents of the letters nnd
appiiiditly drairo to come to sPcedv
terms with the abductors.
It Is said that Mr. Keet plants an
other lone trip Into the hills late to
night to meet the demands of the
kidnapers. The first letter stipulat
ed that a failure to observe every
provision would cost the father $10,
000. It was Intlmntcd that tho child
would be tortured. Enclosed with
with tho letter was a small piece of
the youngster's night gown.
Detectives assert the author of the
letter Is a woman. Grammatical ex
pressions purposely are made Incor
rect, It Is believed, for the handwrit
ing Is remarknbly plain. Mr. Kato
Keet. mother of J. Holland Keet, Is
said to be one of the wealthiest wo
men iu Southwestern Missouri. Mr.
Keet, a few days ago, resigned as
vice president of the Holland Hank
ing Company In order to manage his
mother's estate, which Is roughly
estimated to bo worth $3,000,000.
DECORATION OF GRAVES
Of Departed Members of Bells
Run Lodge, M. W. A.,
Sunday.
T'-o annual decoration of graves
of the departed members of Hell's
Run Lodge, M. W. of A., was held
at thpt place la3t Sunday afternoon,
wih a largo and representative au
dlem in attendance.
71'f cxercise3 In the church, be
fore t!ie decoration proper, consisted
of songs, and addresses by Mr. Row
an Hoibrook, Supt. Ona Shults and
Coui.ty Agtnt W. W. Urowder.
P':ulr Ren W. Taylor was chair
man of the nietlug, and presided In
a highly creditable, and efficient
manner.
The talks of .Mr. Hoibrook and
County Agent lirowder were along
the lines of the national crisis that
is confronting us, and a plea for the
farmers and their good wives to
stand by the government by raising
all the food, and conserving same,
that they possibly could, and that in
doing so they would be performing
a christian duty just as much so as
if actually engaged in religious s'f
vice, and that the pastors of all the
large congipgatior.3 in the cities
were utilizing thtjr tpu!plts to get
these Tacts before the people, and
pfss upon them the seriousness
the "resent situation.
The address of Prof. Shults waa
ilons educational lines, and was a
treat to all those who were so fortu
nate to be present.
The church was well filled, and we
wish to say, that wo have never had
the pleasure of attending a mooting
"here tho speakers were treated
more courteously and given the undi
vided attention of all present than
S. Glenn.
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I to all that each Is a part of God's
' reat "1" tor the coming of Ills
' day of world freedom world peace,
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, And may wo who sit by lone
, j,earthstoues we who have been
SOns go forth at duty's call, leaving
behind them those empty places in
I our hearts that are never tilled
I may wo In united faith, in united
I prayer bear them and their leaders,
God's throno. May wo bravely nnd
courageously bear these burdens as
our country's call to us. May wo in
bpiro our daughters and our younger
sons with that love of country which
'3 " very bedrock upon which rests
the Institutions, this glorious re
public. May We glvo our daughters
to relief work and In every possible
way may we Inspire, encourago and
relieve.
Only in service can wo In any
measuro bravely look Into the shad
ows that at times overwhelm heart
and bouI. Only li) service can we al
leviate and lighten tho burden of
those who stand to protect nnd pre
serve all we hold dear.
Oh, mothers, we have agonized In
Gcthsemeno. I pray God that not
one of ub here today may drag her
weary feet up Calvary'o rugged
steeps
at Hell's Run, Sunday afternoon,
June .".
The editor thoroughly enjoyed be
ing present on this occasion and wo
express the sentiment of the Hart
ford contingent nlso.
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O EXAMINATIONS O
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In the recent examination hold at
Hartford for county teachers certi
ficates, out of forty-seven applicants,
Ifi llrst-clnss, 21 second-class certifi
cates were made, and 10 failed.
The following made llrst-class cer
tificates, with grades opposite their
names:
Carrie Southard, '.)'.
Mary Laura Pendleton, 92 7-1 1.
Susie Raymond, 90 11-19.
Monnle McDanlel. 00.
A. C. Haughan, 89 5-11.
Dyron Kelley, 88 0-11.
lieulah Moore. 88 5-11.
Cliff le Felix, S7 10-11.
Cesna Shults, 87-1-11.
Edna Mack, SO 2-11.
Ruth Foreman, 80 2-1,1.
lilanche Park, 85 8-11.
Myrtle Armendt, 85 5-11.
E. C. Royal, 85 3-11.
Huber Midklff, 85 2-11.
Grace W. Tilford. 85 1-11.
The best grade made was that of
Miss Carrie E. Southard, of No. 19
District, Educational Division 5, Sub
district 13, near Echols, she being
only 1 S years old.
Also in the examination for com
mon school diplomas held a week
previous to the teachers examination
at Fordsvllle and Hartford, there
were nine applicants from the for
mer and sixteen from tho latter
place, all making the required grade
and given a common school diploma
this making near one hundred grad
uating from the public schools till-,
year.
IMtOIIIIHTIVK TAX OX
WHISKY ADOPTED
Washington. Juno 4. Prohibi
tion legislation was approved today
by the Senate Finance Committee
as a new feature of the war tax bill.
Prohibitive taxes upon distlllntio::
cf whiskv and other spirits for be
eraco purposes, with a tan upon
thtlr Importation, were agreed upon
i.v n KiiliatniiHnl ninir.rltv of the
committer. Taxes flod by the
Hou-,!' on beer and wines were left
urn-hanged though they have not yet
bien finally epproved.
Oi-t.i'lmrn of H :uo- consump
tion during the war and conserva
tion of foodstuffs used in manufac
uring distilled spir'ts. Chairman
Simmons said tonight, constituted
tho dinl object of the committee in
adopting the substitutes for th
House rates. Manufacture of alc--licl
for industrial, mechanical or
medicinal purposes would not be af-r.-
-t d.
Tn On Grain.
Iu addition to the present tax or
52. TO pr gallon on Hip Honor, a tax
rf $2'i per bushel (from $5 to $9 a
::-'llonl upon all grain, cereal or
other foodstuffs used n manufactur
!m wliUkv or other distilled spirits
ifnr us us bovong's wis written
into tho bill. Senator Simmons said
i, Wt-pnso vould b prohibitive
upon manufacture while the law is
n effect or dur'u' ii war.
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jmtlG. (JEN. ROGERS W1LI I l ,
.W.IJ.D l.vili L. .". m-.iitiir.
Washington. June 4. The War
Department today issued a novel
'One-mun rail" Into the Federal
f rviro. The "an called Is Hrlg.
Gen. Roger D. Williams, of the Ken-"cl-v
Nntinnil Ounrd At various
times the department has called out
'i "' u V'- b-Ieade bv ple? meal
until now the entire brigade Is iu
The Federal service but until todav
It i id ti- nrgndlr General In Fed-,-.,;
cer, ipp the l'-par"i-nt tliere
vtiru oiilled nut (Sen. Williams as
I'l-ipad'er Oen?ral nnd no'" tho or
"Mil'ntton Is complto. Notice of
th" calling ou of Gen. Williams was
eiii". to Gov. Stanley. Marshall Hul--tt
t of I i ' t'.lo If bore to oppose,
double taxation of holding compan
ies. . SINE DINNER.
Mr. Rowan Hoibrook. Supt. Ozna
Shults. County Agent W. W. Hrow
der, Karl Anderson and the editor
f-njoyed the hospitality cf Suuire and
Mrs. Hen W. Taylor, at Hell's Hun.
Sundav. Wo liavo been searching
I our vocabulary for a word to de
scribe tho excellent dinner served by
I Mrs, Taylor, but find nothing that
Isums up tho repast, according to our
way of thinking, better than
"scrumptuous."
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12.000111. POULTRY IN ONE D VY.
W. E. Ellis H. Rro. received at
their car hero Saturday 12,000
pounds of poultry, paying 18c per
pound for hens, and they got prac
tically all this kind of poultry. From
this It will be scon that this enter
prising linn paid cut to tho farmcr3
of this section more than $2,000 for
poultry this ono day. Wagons were
lined up, taking their turn at the
car, similar to thoso delivering the
"long green to the warehouses here
during the tobacco season.
GREAT OPPOMUNIIY
FOR A LOCAL BOY
Herald to Give Ohio County Boy
Scholarship in Nationally
Known Military School.
Relieving t.int Jiow Is the time
when every young boy should have
military training, The Herald has
made special arrangements with ono
of the leading military HChuolg of
the 1'nited States to give -u scholar
ship to the best rjualllled boy froi.i
Ohio county.
Tho successful applicant will le
celve daily instruction and drill un
der the direction of a I'nltod States
Army Officer, besides! currying cu
the regular high school work whlcn
he must pin sue. This training will
not only lit him to enter the Reserve
Officers' Corps or the regular army,
but graduation tertllicato admits
him to practically alt colleges aim
universities, and West Point, with
out examination. Honor graduates
aro eligible for examination as Sec
ond Lieutenants In the regular
army.
Applicants must be between the
ages of 14 and 18 and must have
progressed through the beventh
grade. Preference, however, will be
given to boys who are In the lirst
and second year high school. They
should be physically fit, of the high
est moral character and should b-
recommended by at least three
prominent business men or business
institutions.
I Tills military academy is one of
the most wldeSy known and best
equipped in the Fnlted States, hav
ing a national patronage. The
' scholarship was only made available
1 to The Herald through vacancies
'caused by Junior Cadets entering
i Officers Reserve Training Corps,
' ami makes the cost of board and tui
tion very low.
Our nation's groat need for mili
tary trained men in every walk of
I life makes this an unusual oppor
! tunity for some Ohio county boy.
' Application should be made direct
I to this office wheio catalogues of tho
'school and full information may be
had.
( ONNE( 'IKTT ( ON VICT
ASKS TO Sl'ltSCItlllE TO
SI..-II0 LIISEKTY ISONI)
Washington, June 1. A letter
came to the Treasury Department
tcday troni a prisoner In tho Con
necticut State penitentiary asking
whom and how to place a subscrip
tion for $1,500 wortli of Liberty
bonds.
"As I am unable in my present po
sition to bo of service to my country
In the manner In which I profor.'1 he
wrote. "I should very much like to
purchase two Liberty Lorn bonds,
one of $1,000 ami one of $500 and
help out a little In that way."
DEI.IGHTI'fLLY ENTERTAINED.
Mrs Mnllnry H. Murphree enter
tiinod at Five Hundred for Misses
Pendleton and Plrtle Friday at her
home on Washington street.- Delic
ious tofreshnients were served, and
an enjoyable time was had. Those
present were: Misses Catherine
Itrdleton. Lucllo Plrtle. Leila Glenn.
Winnie Siniinernian, Mary Laura
Pendleton. Elizabeth Moore. Mrs.
Lwls Riley, city and Miss Ella Me
Kenney. I!ener Dam.
I 1(1 AT PRESS HOUS.
At the hour of going to press yes
terilay afternoon, 77, within the age
limit, had registered In Eist Hart
ford precinct, and 0:: iu West Hart
ford, under th" Gel"-tive Draft Act.
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Louisville, Ky.. Juno 5.
HOGS Receipts S1.471 head.
Choice hogs. 1(15 pounds and up.
?15.G0 ; 1 20 to 1G5 pounds, $14.45,
o'gs. $11. 00 12.25, ajid roughs,
$14.40 down.
CATTLE Receipts 1.095 head.
The supply was of moderate volume
and tho market 113 n whole display
ed moro activity than was shown
last week. Choice milch cows In
good demand. Prices ranged from
$0.00 to $11.25.
CALVES Receipts 192 head.
The market ruled 50c higher. The
best veals, lltJlUJc; medium. 9 IT
lie; common, 0(0 lc.
SHEEP AND LAMPS Tho best
Inmbs. $10.00(1? 1G. 50; seconds, $12-
12.75; culls. $9.00(fj 12.00. Tho
best fat sheared sheep, $10.50
down; medium and common sheep
hard to sell at low prices; common
stock ewes almost unsalable; bucks.
$9.00 down.
Don't tramplo on a man's good In
tentions. He is apt to tell you to go
to mo place tuai is puvvu wuu mum.
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