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The Central Record, Lancaster, Ky. Thursday. Mch 20 1919. The Central Record l.tued Weekly. $1.50 Yer. Payable in Advance. J. E. ROBINSON, Editor, n. L .ELKIN, Local Kdltor nnd Mgr. Entered nt the Tost Office in Lan caster, Ky., ns Second-Class Mali Mnttor. Member Kentucky Tress Association nnd Eichth District Publishers Leajruc. Rate. For Political Announcements. For Trcclnct nnd City Offices. .$5.00 For County Offices 10.00 For Stntc nnd District Offices.. 15.00 For Calls, per line .10 For Cnrds, per line . . .10 For nil publications in the inter est of individuals or expres sion of individual views, per line 10 Obituaries, per line .05 Lancaster, Ky., March 20, 1919 UTILITIES. A few months ago, among a group of towns in one of the northern states, the type of ser vice being rendered by the local railroads created an acute situation. Freight charges were exorbitant and deliveries near ly always a matter of specula tion. The causes of the disease suggested the cure. A few op portunists got together, put up some money, and started oper ating a motor truck service among the towns. The differ ent communities were inter-dependent, and welcomed the new enterprise as Elijah wel comed the ravens. Consign ments of goods began reaching the consigners on time. Peo ple with something to sell were no longer afraid of promising delivery before the end of the next war. Doth in rates ami speed the truck service com peted successfully with the rail roads. Everything was lovely. It was altogether too lovely for the politicians. Politicians never want things to be lovely. They can't pose as saviors when no one is asking to be saved. They can't agitate for reforms when nobody can name anything needing refor mation. So the professional patriots reached the verdict that the truck service was too aggres sively useful. It was, in fact, n utility. And utilities are things which must always be taken from the people who manage them properly and be run by professional elocution ists who don't know how to run anything, from a lathe to a cigar stand. Accordingly they demanded legislation to regulate the ser vice, and tell it what it could and couldn't do particularly what it couldn't. And the truck system which once sat isfied everybody seems in a fnir way to die from overdoses of legislation just like the rail roads. Anything that everybody finds useful Is a utility, and as such is pie for politicians. It you ever invent a new way of using mineral producing, or preserving foodstuffs, or con serving energy, or developing motive power from the tides or solar heat or anything else, don't do it too well. At least, don't do it well enough to make it useful to everybody. Life was less complex in the day when it challenged each man to do the best he could. We must learn a greater pre cision, now that the art of liv ing consists in doing one's work just badly enough to escape be ing forbidden to do it all all. MEDICAL SERVICE IN THE SCHOOLS. The greatest asset we have far beyond crops and cattle and stocks and bonds is the children of our land. They will be the citizens of the next generation. And if they grow up to health and strength it will mean that they grow up to efficiency and power. It is our manifest duty to take whatever means we can to bring about the most favorable conditions for the health of growing children. That as a nation we have failed lament- nblv in this respect is shown by the number of men in the se lective draft who were rejected for physical imperfection. Thirty-three per cent of our young men one out of every three were below the normal physical condition which mak es a man fit for army service. Many of these young men were subject to physical dis abilities which could readily have been prevented or reme died if they had been recogniz ed and properly dealt with in the subject's childhood. A thorough physical exami nation of each child of school age should be made twice a vear. This would lead to the detection of many incipient troubles and their cure. The time will come when we shall see the services of a doctor and nurse available at every school in the land, as part of the school system. The result will be a health ier, happier and more efficient manhood and womanhood. We should all advocate such a pro- ision for the health of children and should do all in our power to bring it about. THE DETAILS AT LAST. A Iiolshevist was recently pEll HDL: D LUG You'll Pick a Winner When you choose our immense stock HI of HARDWARE, KITCHEN WARE, FARMERS' SUPPLIES, ETC. Make your bill all in one and save by it. Concentrate on bargain shelves and counters. Let us promise you quick service and satisfaction and then Give us a chance to keep our Promise. Conn Brothers. "LIVE AND LET LIVE FOLKS." Ssj' irirnii LJI IE S prevailed upon to elucidate the doctrines of bolshevism. He replied with the usual generali ties about the abolition of wenlth, etc., nnd being asked to give details of the program he explained that money must be abolished. There would be a substitute, of course. We were not to re turn to the system of exchange and barter. There would be a certnin kind of currency, but it could not be accumulated. A man who did any work would get a ticket at the end of each working day, representing his remuneration. It would have a date stamped upon it, and its validity would end in -18 hours. He could either spend it in that time or lose it, and in this way the saving of money would be impossible. There would, therefore, be no capital. Every sturdy community is largely a community of home owners not rent payers. Hut try to imagine a man buying a house with a bunch of stamped and dated tickets which will all expire in 48 hours. Multi ply this condition by the num ber of the population anil you can visualize one of the funny features which we shall see when bolshevism achieves or der out of chaos when, in a word, it becomes systemized. It is equally easy to imagine any kind of systematization under bolshevist government. IN CASE. I'efore the end of the war the English had built and oper ated submarines that carried twelve-inch guns. All the tests applied to them proved them capable of everything that sub marines had ever accomplished and then some. The submarine is the weapon which England fears more than any other. It is the greatest menace to the integrity of the British Empire. England want ed submarines tabooed at the peace conference which is jut what happened. To insure a verdict that a certain type of warfare it too horrible for civilized nations a certain nation equips itself to prosecute this horrible type of warfare more horribly than it has ever been prosecuted. To prevent dirty tricks a nation shows itself ready to be the dirtiest in the crowd. It seems slightly illogical yet eminently practical. No nation is more anxious for peace than ourselves, but we shall insure it none the more securely by proving ourselves incapable of handling out rough stuff. We are a little over-anxious about our role of panoplied crusader in the white surplice. The surplice will be none the less white because of the pan oply, and if our record as a na tion is not good enough to guarantee us against any char ges of lust of conquest, Amer ica has lived in -ain. The grocer has received many complaints about the holding up of thu most part of his prices after the war is over. The public that gives itself up to this idle talk is not well in formed and should strivu to be before smirching the neighbor hood grocer as a hold-upist and purse-puller. As a matter of fact the war is over, but not so the goods laid in for the supposed con tinuance of the war by the en terprising merchant. The buy ing was made by this person when ho thought the prices were perhaps the lowest he would be likely to find them in some while. When negotia ting his purchases he had the wclfaru of the people, his cus tomers, at heart and was striv ing to secure for them the low est retail prices that he could while the securing was good. The fact that the war ended cost WOMAN'S DUTY -TO- DRESS CORRECTLY Woman's desire for attractive dress is not vanity; it is one of the highest instincts of her sex. Her mission is to please, and she owes it to her nature to make herself as attractive as possible. OUR SPRING DRESS GOODS Combine the two cardinal virtues of ATTRACTIVENESS and UTILITY. In fabric they are all that can be desired for utility, while the color schemes and tonal effects are a delight to the eye. CAPES, DRESSES, SLIPPERS, VOILES, SILKS, WAISTS. Every woman in this community who wishes to look her BEST should see this superb line, at once, before the stock is broken. J. E. Dickerson and left him so much so-bought stock on his hands was his mis fortune as well as the consum ers who immediately started out to adjudge him everything that could find its way into print and conversation. Let us rather thank him lor the good intent with which he served us and refrain from more abusive criticism in the future. Why not start purifying the water in your own community and stem the germs remaining after the plague of an epidem ic. A country well is assured ly the means of much contagion in its own vicinity if the water is polluted. There is a remedy on the market, used by all the large cities notable among which is Chicago, that will kill every germ or infection in fresh water. Use it in your well and be safe with yourself and neighbors. You can get it by applying at any drug store. A friend soon finds out the religion of his "friend" who is continually borrowing money. The money also seems to have a religion of its own, as it near ly always keeps Lent in the most astonishing fashion. rr-TiiriMifiTH "i mr How Many Teeth Have You GARRARD CIRCUIT COURT. T. W. Dalley's Aclm'r, et nl, IUalntlir. VS NOTICE T. W. Dailey's widow, it nl, Dcfts, Notice is kIvi'h that tho undersign ed a Master Commissioner will sit ill Ills office on SATURDAY, MARCH 22, 1919, bepinninc at 10 o'clock, A. M., to hear proof on nnd report whether tho land untold in the above styled casu enn te divided so us to allot to tho widow, Josephine Dniley, one third of tho sume for life ns her dower, quantity, quality nnd value beini; con sidered, without materially impairing the valuo of the remainder of thu land W. II. I1KOWN, M. C. C. C C, Its not "how many teeth you have", but it is the care you take of the teeth you have. As one "bad" tooth causes much pain, so does one decayed tooth cause the decay ing of another. Prevent the loss of your "good" teeth by having your "bad" ones filled or treated. A visit to this office twice yearly will save your teetli and your dental bills. M. K. DENNY Dentist. Office in Central Record Building. Office hours 8 to 12 - -1 to 4. i t. -