The Hartford republican., March 03, 1916, Image 4

About The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926

Image provided by: University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY

                
u
i
In
1 t
!
i
. N
:1
fa
K.
'
Hartford Republican.
KntoMxl according to law at t Poitofllc
0f tford. Ky.. an mill matter of the cond
ALLISON J. HARNETT Editor
ESTILL HARNETT, Assoclnto Editor
Address nil communications to
The Hartford llepubllcan.
NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS
BatMCiitxrn dtotrlnft th pstr aent to ft new
ddru mmt Rtye th old mlilrwi In making the
(qMt.
BtulnMK Local and Notice 10c per Una and 5c
pr llae tor each additional Insertion.
ObltnartM, Hcolntlon ami Card of Thnk,Bc
Pr lln, money In ndrance.
Cbarih Xotlcen for nerrlcea free, tint other
ndTertlement, 6c per line.
Anonymous comrannlcntlona will recelre no
ttentlon -
CviiasklsorlaaadL .... .. 123
3Tjtzxxiaia I-Cvi.tvi.al CO
FRIDAY, MARCH 3.
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
Wo nre authorized to announco
TOM SPURRIER, of Grayson county,
as a candidate for Congress, from the
fourth District, Subject to the action
Of the Republican primary, Saturday,
August 5, 1916.
By a little twist of the wrist, or
something, Stanley seems to have
pulled things his own way In Frank
fort. We don't know who put the Germ
In Germany, but England boasts that
when she Is through there won't even
bo any.
Preparedness to the school boy
jueans putting a book Inside the seat
of his Jeans to absorb the shock of,
teacher's forty-two centimeter.
Our Idea of a sure enough Repub
lican is the one who gets up at 3:00
,a. m., drives flvo miles with the mer
cury around the bottom, and catches
a train for the Bcene of tho District
Convention.
r
The Kentucky Legislature recently
passed an act which allows the State
Superintendent TEN assistants at. a
fotfll cost of near $12,000 to the dear
taxpayers, thus doth the much her
alded, Stanleylzed retrenchment and
.reform bud and blossom, as a rose.
President Wilson was entirely too
proud to fight a few short months
back, but he shows feeblo signs of
reversal of form. He has been smoked
out a bit. On or about Nov. 7th,
1016 he won't be as proud as he
once was and we "kinder" feel that
some of the fight will be knocked
'out of him.
That huge and dazllng search light
-which Gov. Augustus Owsley Stanley
was going to cast into every shady
jiook and corner of fraud, extrava
gance and mis-management 'peared
to i have fizled and burned out just
about election date. We haven't
.noticed so much as tho flare of an un
snuffed tallow dip.
We suggested last week that tho
editors of the Herald and Repub
lican announce their willingness to
Join and co-operate with a commer
cial club to "boost" Hartford and
Ohio county. We took the liberty to
declare "two in" at that time with
out awaiting a reply, and asked,
'whos" next?" The two Hartford pa
pers are united upon tho question of
this organization as they have both
signified, but tho "who's next?" has
never been answered. Our contem
porary is right. It is not a two-mau
game, but who knows what good
wight result from our little discus
sion. THE CONVENTION.
The Republican State convention
at Louisville Wednesday was certain
ly a "whopper", boys. We wish you
all could have been there for a better
stimulant for that old cabin ' blood
would Indeed be hard to find. The con
vention ball was filled to capacity
and with its galy decorations pre
heated a scene worth going miles to
see. Some of them must have 'pro
dieted that, too, for they were there
irom all over the State, big, little,
old and young. A good brass band
played lively aires and when It struck
up the stratns of "Star Spangled Dan
ger" every heart was thrilled and tho
mass roso as ono and stood at atten
tion until tho echo of tho last uoto
had ceased to bo audlblo.
They wero all thero, tho stolid
O'Rear, tho popular Morrow, tho or
ator Franks, Dr. Hunter, Coinbs and
the rest. Differences wero forgot
ten nnd tho solo aim seemed to bo to
get a man at tho head of tho nation
al government who knows how and
can do things.
Chairman Franks surrendered tho
gavel with ono of his famous speech
es In which ho scored Wilson and
bis policies. Temporary Chairman
. Thurman B. Dixon sounded tho koy
note and his address was ono of tho
best over delivered In Loujsvillo. Ho
said when the administration first
went In they wore seeking a means
to reduco the cost of living, but now
they aro seeking a means to produce
tho cost of living.
Tho delegates at largo wcro In
structed to vote for Fairbanks for tho
Republican nomination for President
at tho Chlcn.Ro convention In Juno.
Tho cross between tho Bull Mooso
and Elephant is a big healthy animal
and seems to take more after tho
mother elephant. Howover It has
tho flectness of foot of tho mooso and
bids fair to bo an excellent runner.
Tho Ivory of tho elephant Is miss
ing In tho now animal, also tho bull
of tho moose. Tho keeper has not
been selected yet, but anyone, desir
ing to sco tho new animal can do so
after tho fall of 1916 by calling at
Washington, D. C.
m
U. S. TORT PLANS FOUND
ON GERMAN OFFICERS
New York, March 1. Plans of
United States fortifications have been
found in the possession of Richard
von Arend and Rudolph von Kracht,
two young Germans arrested hero on
a charge- of operating the mails to
swindle, according to a statement
mado to-day by Assistant United
States District Attorney MacDonald.
Von Arend and Von Kracht, who
claim, according to' the Federal au
thorities, to be German army Lieu
tenants, were arraigned before a
United States commissioner here to
day. According to post ofllco inspectors
the two men had conducted a syste
matic begging campaign through the
malls, asking for help on the ground
that they were destitute German ar
my officers. They aro said to have
refused the aid of representatives of
charity" organizations, because they
did not wish to make public their
antecedents, as required by such or
ganizations. Von Arend and Von Kracht were
held in $5,000 ball each for a hear
ing Saturday. They denied ever hav
ing had any plans of American forts
and said the only things answering
such a description t.hat they owned
were pictures sent them trom Ger
many by relatives.
GEN. VILLA FORCES KILL
AMERICAN CITIZEN
Washington, March 1. The mur
der of Grover C. Varn, an Ameri
can, by Villa forces at his home last
night, 25 miles north of Durango.was
reported officially today to the state
department. No other details were
given.
Reports today to the department of
justice, said Gen. Felix Diaz who
hopes to start a new revolution in
Mexico, left the United States on Feb
ruary 18, on a ship bound from
Tampa, Fla., to Tlerra in the state
of Vera Cruz, Mex.
This advice came from an agent of
the bureau of investigation and of
ficials wero inclined to give it cred
ence.
Agents of the bureau were busy
today watching the reported Diaz plot
In various sections with a view to
checking any effort to send him arms
or ammunition. All centers of Mex
ican activity were watched and par
ticular attention was directed to El
Paso, where ono of Diaz's friends Is
believed to bo working In hl3 inter
est and to New York where, it is un
derstood, an effort may bo made to
obtain financial aid for the new rev
olution. -
200 CHILDREN OUT OF
SCHOOLS IN OWENSBORO
On account of tho epidemic of
measles now prevalent In- tho city,
according to Prof. J. H. Rlsley, su
perintendent of city schools, over 200
children aro out of school, Mr. Rls
ley states that tho severity of the
epidemic has fallen heaviest upon
the Third street and Seventh street
schools.
The fact that 200 and more pupils
are out of school, said Prof. Rlsley,
doesn't mean that there are that
many pupils stricken with the mala
dy. Tho total number given Includes
those who are, ill with tho disease,
other children of the samo families
and children who are either exposed
to infection or kept out by parents
to prevent contracting the disease.
Tho typo of measles Is very mild
and the physicians of the city stato
they have the epidemic well in hand.
At tho same time parents are urged
to take precautions against their
children needlessly contracting, tho
malady.
'
FIVE-LEGGED COLT
IN RUSSELL COUNTY
Columbia, Ky., March 1. A pecu
liar frealc of nature In tho, animal
lino belongs to Jo Dunbar, of Lula,
Russoll county. It. Is a colt now
noarly a year old, born with flvo legs,
tho fifth, as well developed as either
of tho other four. A veterinary sur
geon of this place amputated the ex
tra limb a few days ago and brought
it to this place whore it is being exhibited.
HOUSE VOTES 15,000
TO END ILLITERACY
HOUSE VOTES ANNUAL PITTANCE
TO CAUSE FOR NEXT
TWO YEARS.
Frankfort, Ky., Feb. ' 29. Tho
campaign for tho eradication of illi
teracy in Kentucky suffered a serious
reverse lato today when the House of
Representatives, after ""great argu
ment about it nnd about" as Omar
says, doled out to the Kentucky Illi
teracy Commission a niggardly plt
tanco of $5,000 annually for two
years, Instead of $20,000 annually
fop five years, as had been urged by
tho commission.
The amended bill, which passed by
a vote of 55 to 29, now goes to tho
Senate, whero it is expected to pass.
Tho approval of Gov. Stanley even
for this small appropriation is con
siderably doubtful, however, since he
recently granted an Interview In
which ho said that the State's finan
ces do not warrant nn expenditure In
this great cause.
The debate on the bill was marked
by grievious descriptions of tho de
pleted condition of the State treasury
and the disparity between Kentucky's
receipts and disbursements . Oppon
ents for the bill, however, mado no
allusion to tho fact that tho bills havp
already passed tho House providing
for the employment of "extra help"
In several Stato departments. In ad
dition to tho reduction of tho approp
riation, the bill, before Its passage,
was otherwiso amended to ifs detri
ment, according to its friends.
Tho illiteracy commission bill, of
which Representative Frank Greene
is tho author, was brought before the
House this evening when Represen
tative Hobs, of Lexington, moved
that it be taken out of the "regular
order and placed upon its passage.
Tho motion prevailed, 57 to 11.
An amendment by Representative
Howard providing that appropria
tions should be authorized for only
two years, instead of flvo, was adopt
ed. An amendment by Representa
tive Spahn to strike out a section of
the bill which authorized the Illite
racy Commission to have Its printing
done by the State, the satM ns other
State departments, also waj adopted.
Some debate ensued when Repre
sentative Bailee offered an amend
ment to reduce the appropriation for
Hit two years to $5,000 auuunlly In
Head of $20,000. Representnii-'e
Hnfcbs, who vaa guiding th. ilost'nles
o: tho measurj, declared the amend
irtnt was offered to kill the "hill
Niverless, tho aateuument wns'alopt
eo by a vote of I " tc 3!. 5
An amendment by Iiupresciilall'-c
Coleman to str'do out the scetiMi 1 ro
vldlng for a census of Illiterates, was
defeated.
At this juncture Representative
Radcliffe moved to table the bill.
Tho motion was defeated, the voto be
ing 29 to 56. Thereafter an amend
ment was adopted striking out the
provisions providing for compensa
tion for the school trustees who take
the census of Illiterates.
When tho bill, as amended, was
placed upon Its passage. Represen
tative Roach made a ringing speech
in Us favor. Ho urged tho Legisla
ture "to extend the democracy of, -education
to every citizen In tho Com
monwealth." He said that legisla
tors have passed many laws affqctlng
tho welfare of; crops and hogs, and
that It Is High time more measures
were being passed for the welfaro of
human beings. Ho begged the Legis
lature to make Kentucky a pioneer
In this direction.
, .
OPPOSED TO THE OLD
ROAD WORKING SYSTEM
To tho Fiscal Court of Ohio Co. '
Gentlemen: We, the undersign
ed voters and road hands of Beaver
Dam Magisterial District No. 2,- of
Ohio county, Kentucky, do earnestly
request said court to meet us and the
road hands of the other respective
Magisterial Districts of the ""county,
at Hartford, Ky., March 11, 1916, at
the County Union of the A. sofE.,
at 1 o'clock p., m., for the purpose' of
advising together whether or not
tho plan adopted by the Fiscal
Court at its last session in regard to
working the roads, and tho people,
In justice to all concerned and- in
fairness too, we, who have tho bur
don to bear, that is the farmers of
this county, and moro especially,
thoso between tho ages of 18 and 50
years, wo feel It would bo putting
moro than their share on them.
Therefore we, tho commltteo appoint
ed to get this matter -before tho hoit
orablo court and tho people of this
county, trust and bellevo that tho"
Fiscal Court will glvo this matter
duo consideration.
Tim fllnirltirr npn n fnw nf ftin
,, lUU iuiiuni0 .w " " -
roasons wo havo against working tho
road under tho old system:
1. Tho law is not just that com
pels tho overseer to take tho placo,
(it Is a fine of from $5.00 to $25.00
if ho refuses), without compensation
except his road ppll tax, Said over-'
seer to warn In hands, keep up his
section of road and nil culverts and
bridges under 20 feet. Said over
seer to bo liable to Indictment and
line If ho falls to keep roads nnd
bridges freo-from obstruction and In
good ropalr,
2. Vo don't think it right for tho
boj-3 to work on tho roads boforo they
aro of legal age, nor would wo think
much of any ono who would holler
"back to the farm," and encourage
such a system. We think it unfair
to tho road hands to ask them to
furnish their own tools nnd without
any compensation whatever to keep
up tho roads' and bridges. The old
system would bo less than halt of the
wealth of tho county keeping tho
roads. '
4. The roads of this county aro
public proporty samo. as court house
and jail and It would be as fair to ask
tho road hands to keep samo In re
pair. As wo understand it, tho Fis
cal Court went back to tho old sys
tem for two reasons, viz.: Lack of
funds and public sentiment. Without
censuring any one, wo fear It was not
mado public enough. We feel like
thero should bo an expression from
tho "boys In tho trenches." And If
a majority of them are against keep
ing up tho roads by tho old system,
we don't think tho fiscal court Bhould
ask It, nor do wo believe they will.
Herald please copy.
JOE BARRETT,
C. N. TAYLOR,
Commlttco.
ANOTHER GERMAN RAIDER
AT LARGE ON ATLANTIC
New York, Feb. 29. Wireless
warnings that a German commerce
raider, possibly accompanied by con
sorts, was attacking shipping in the
Ulanttc, were received by tho St?:i
:l:rd Oil tanker Communlpaw, which
arrived here to-day from Alglcr-;.
The first message was rj.'.,!''e
February I" rnd Has partly, In it-'f.
It read: "Abinb n Ding Caaw ami ro
ported being chased by a suspicious
ship which she believes to be a,Ger
man raider. Position Wch and Wmx
Course west."
Tho Communlpaw was some miles
south of the Azores when this mes
sage, apparently from the same ship,
said: "Altered course to Wpn and
Nnn."
The third and most significant mes
sage was received about S o'clock
that evening. Its text was: "Ger
man steamer is attacking shipping in
the Atlantic and may be assisted by
captured vessajs which sho armed.
Description 6,000 tons, speed fifteen
knots, combination freight and pass
enger steamer. Carries two guns and
Is posing as neutral."
The Communlpaw was the center
'of sensational rumors last December,
when It was reported that she had
been attacked and sunk by a subma
rine in tho Mediterranean. After
some days, during which Washington
tried in vain to ascertain her whcrc--4
abouts sho put into Algiers and her
captain denied that any attack had
bepn made.
-V-
dV
A. S. KIRK.
The above will readily be recogniz
ed by a great majority of the people
of Ohio county and by almost all
Ohio county Republicans as a toler
ably good likeness of A, D. Kirk, of
Hartford, Ky.
Mr. Kirk is, while a young man, a
lawyer of recognized ability, a force
ful and entertaining speaker not only
In arguments pertaining to matters
of law but politics as well. The
Hartford bar has not produced a
moro able or successful attorney in
years perhaps than tho subject of
this sketch.
Mr. Kirk has always taken an ac
tive Interest in politics, having serv
ed as chairman of. the Ohio County
Campaign Commltteo during tho'IaBt
campaign and ho has been for somo
time past, chairman of the Ohio
County Executive Committee which
position ho fills, as Is his custom, to
the entire satisfaction of all. Mr.
"Kirk's term as chairman of the Ex
ecutive Committee will expire wlth
tho ro-organlzatton of the commltteo
somo time n'fter March tho 11th,
1916, in case Mr. Kirk declines to
succeed himself it is to bo hoped that
tho position may bo filled by ono dis
playing tho samo zeal and fairness
which it has been Mr. Kirk's appar
ent pleasure to show.
; i - ff?fc '$& '
1 AliHE
EttZfiS
mmmmmmimmmmKhii'm
jj
mmmm
FOR
I fBHBllfMEiit?
BRINd IN THE WHOLE FAMILY AND FIT
THEM OUT WITH NEW -5TOCKINC-5 FROM
BAbY'J TINY TOE-5 To A NEW CAP FOR
GRANDMA' S DEAR OLD HEAD.
BRING THEM ALL IN AT 'ONCE. -5AVE
TROUBLE"
YOU WILL ALJo -5AVE. MONEY WHEN, YOU
BUY YOUR FURNISHING S FROM VS.
IF YOU HAVErNEVER DEALTWITH VS.JVST
ASK YOUR NEIGHBORS HOW WE TREAT
THEM.
CARSON CO.
INCORPORATED.
Hartford,
STRAY STREAKS.
(By Fluke McFluke.)
Old father Adam was a peace at
any price guy, ho didn't give prepnr
edness any place upon his programmo
result, when the enemy attacked, he
was routed and fell In the battle and
from that good day to this tho devil
has been to pay.
Two good looking, young sisters,
recently wcro Insisting that a 7-year
old friend of ours tell them which ho
thought the prettiest, ho respectfully
declined,-but after, being hard press
ed, with a dejected downcast air ho
looked at tho younger and said, I
don't want to mako you mad.
Uricle Noah was long on prepared
ness, In fact it was a h6bby with him,
result, when tho destroyer of man
kind came, said Noah and his family
got by. Tho old gent didn't just
drink grape juice and talk, ho fixed
for trouble and won.
Tho boss says that not moro than
40 or 50 subscribers were lost during
past week on account of our failure
to come across with somo stray
streaks in last number.
Old Adam had the twentieth
century inhabitant skinned a block,
ho dlden't havo tq star as a witness
or do jury service in alienation suits,
noither was there a boobyhanglng
around to scream, I told you so.
Wo can't see exactly how a Demo
cratic city council can consistently
ordinate against tho old rooster.
The most dejected, forlorn looking
specimen of humanity which it has
been our portion to behold for many,
many days, Is a Lawyer friend who
had a barrel of fine beer and a case
or two of whiskey, who had a bad
attack pf Grlppo which completely
killed his taste for all drinks.
A gallant young friend of ours, who
has been paying attention to ono of
Hartford's fairest damsels occasional
ly, met an in-bound train on which
said fair damsel was returning from
a visit to friends and of course being
a gentleman, carried tho young
lady's suit caso homo for her, for
which he was handsomoly rowarded
by tho mother of tho young lady by
tho proffer of a dlmo for his services.
I Col. R. E LcoSImmerman, a
JURNISHING GOODS ,
ALL THE FAMILY
V
Kentucky,
I
prominent attorney of Hartford has
Just recovered from a sevcro attack
of grlppo. No other man in town
has slnco had tho grippe
In tho gamo of life it is better to
mako a sacrifice hit than to strike
out in wildly attempting to park tho
ball.
If that ordinance which tho city
council hatched and laid on tho rec
ord Is against the chicken only, wd
know about six guineas who havo
been doing goose business.
Becauso -wo hear so much about
tho Administration speaking by noto
aro wo to infer that tho president is
a musical person, or, does Lan-slng.?
TAX NOTICE.
jtfotlco Is hereby given that Taxes
for tho year 1916, aro now duo to
tho City of Hartford. Thoso desiring
to escapo payment of pennltics shoultl
pay at once, as tho penalty goes o
all unpaid taxes on April 1st, 1916.
HOOKER WILLIAMS,
M. T. of H.
ONLY 15 SMALLPOX
CASES IN LWERMORE
To porslstent rumors that havo
been afloat during tho past few days
to the effect that the town of Liver
more has boen quarantined on ac
count of the largo number pf cases of
smallpox, was again denied this aft
ernoon, this time by J. W. Quigg, a
well known merchant of that place.
Mr. Qulgg says that it is true thero.
aro about 15 cases of smallpox in
town, in houses that havo been under
quarantine slnco the maludy'was dis
covered. A .boarding house in which
two children are"? afflicted with tho
disease is one of tho places quaran
tined. All of tho patients aro children, ac
cording to Mr. Qulgg.and tho dlseaso
Is of a very mild form. But on this ac
count tho school trustees deemed it
best to cloao tho city high Bchool for
a period of two weeks, which was
done a few days ago. Mr. Qulgg does
not antlcipato any further spread of
tho dlseaso, and tho people living in
Llvermoro aro not alarmed in tho
least. Mr. Qulgg said that thero was
somo alarm felt out In the county.as
tho-country people wero afraid to
come to town for fearof contracting
tho disease. Owensboro Inquirer
Rod Ton,
Tho best grado of Red Top Seed
on the market.
W., Ei ELLIS & BROl
'v
LV-u$
'""""" ' ...I.,.,,
ilfi n.i tk m , . Jttm .
rt !. .