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THE ADAIR COUNTY NEW

Whit Whiskey Will Do

Written for the Newsf Every user to any extent ofintoxicating liquors as a Bever-age and everyuser of noxiousthue

nJiC Dangerous effect of the use yet

this experience nor advice norJ warning apparently is not heed1ed every drinker and every

user of drugs exposes his healthV and life knowingly to an extent

j c and it is only when death threatens that some men seek proper

f1 r medical treatment Every drinkn

cer is suicide on the installmentJ plan and some drink the last

installmentEverywas once a

moderate drinker and as gravi ¬

tation is the process of gravityI so is drunkenness a process of in

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cesses differing in that gravita-

tion¬

sustains but drunkennessdis troys life Every drunkard

R of today was once a sober manandmoderate drinking was thebeginning of his drunkennessand drunkenness is a synonymfor deathsee the graveyards

Some systems seem to endurer

the strain stress and stimulationthat intoxicants produce or cause

but this endurance has a limitand this limit is terrific and cyc ¬

lonic when it comesit is des-

peration disease and death andIwhile some systems seem to en¬

I dure and withstand and recoverthe great majority of systemscant and wont endure alcoholcic

attacks and this shows the dan-

gerous¬

effect of alcohol on thehuman system

The drinker whose systemf seemingly stand up under intox ¬

icants unharmed is the drinker I

who is in the dark amid demonicj environment he is over the vol-

canic

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certainties and eruptions ofapproaching alcoholism but the

J Drinker whose system revoltsquickly whose stomach refuses

k whose nervous system goes downi after or during ac spree suchinAo 1

>being so warned and he shouldthen flee from the wrath to

i comei Vvi Every Stomachkeeps itlown

i record of every intoxicatingdrink and a postmortem tellsI

< ithe storythe awful story of-tt self distruction every accoholizrl ed mindpoisoned to insensibilii1 tygoes down into and throughtJ the Valley of the Shadow of

Death and this shadow is thejawful warning but Oh some

n nnever survive the warning fordeath comes and supplants theshadow and thus another soul is>

transported into eternity by thealcoholic route

i Every heart of every drinkerTeaches an altitude in pulsation

I and drops below the normal pul ¬

sation as the alcohol dies out andin either case the drinker isnearer deaths door than heknows and many drinkers passthrough this door on to deathanother drinker another drunkand gone beyond recall and so isman unwise unthinking unto hisown death

No drinker would be a drunk3ird every drunkard would be asober man there are only twoclasses of drinkersone is represented by the drinker whoquits before it kills him and the

t < V other by the man who it kills beT fore he quits No man is less

J thoughtful than the drinker ofr < f f the certainty and the likelihood

feand the possibilities that attendlSandthati are the natural ¬

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quence of intoxicants excessive-ly used as a beverage no indul¬

gence is more insidious than theuse of intoxicants nothing cap ¬

tivates to distroy like the stimu ¬

lating influence of such beve¬

rages no deception is more hid¬

den from the drinkers sensesthan the magic of intoxicationno cause of sorrow however cruelor heinous compares to the satanically born and demonical bredalcoholic microbe the brood ofevils spread and inoculate withpoisonous infection irrespectiveof person or consquences likeunto the viperous death evil

alcoholtaken into the humansystem as a beverage

What is that hurtful hideous

heinous thing whose Venal Vip ¬

erous Vamperous sting dis ¬

eases degenerates and distroyslife Whiskybooz-

What is that foaming froth ¬

ing fleeting thing whose cheer-

ing¬

catchy cooling fling falslyflatteringly fools the drinker

BeerbootWhat is that exhilerating ex¬

citing enticing thing whosesparkle spirituous sprayingtinge flatters fleeces and flound ¬

ers men WineboozEvery part of the drinkers

anatomy and his mental and mor-

al

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capabilities are exposed to thedangerous degarding and degen-

erating¬

effect of the excessiveor even the moderate use ofalcoholic stimulants and obser¬

vation and experience teach andscience demonstrates the particu ¬

lar and general health impairingand death causing certainty ofalcoholism and no tongue norpen could tell the story butboth agree to a verdict andjudgment of condemnationagainst this hydra

The stimulating effect of in¬

toxicants and the lulling influ ¬

ence of noxious drugs are decep

tive and this deception is the be¬

ginning or initial of the dangerto the drinker or user who isreally unconscious of the extentof alcoholic power or stimulationtheIfalsly soothing charm of thedrug and thus the victim iscarried into the vortex of mentaldethronement and physical im ¬

pairment the sad climax of whichisdeath

The moral sense is the first oneto become impaired and deaden-

ed

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the next is the mental andthen the physical organisn andthe real better self of the man isinsulted ignored and imprisoned-as alcoholism gradually ascendsthe throne and banishes reasonpenetrating polluting andsystemItion burning and consuming thered corpusels until the entire orwhole health foundation is distroyed and the mentalsuper ¬

structure falls under the excru ¬

ciating and violent work of de-

lirium¬

tremens and in the graspand grip of this boaconstrictorthat coils its power of deatharound human life by which

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countless thousands of humanbeings have been and now aretorn from life and loved ones

In the battle of alcoholism

carried on between the deliriumand the patients constitutio thedistorted vision of the victim hisdethroned faculties his depletedsystem reeking withalcoholicpoison subject him to sights andscenes sounds and fear that ton¬

gue nor pen cannot describe orportray demons from ithe red

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planes of hell with forked ton¬

gues of fire and glaring eyeballleap to devour reptiles creep andhiss and lacerate shreeks andwailing echoing from the cham¬

ber of horrors located withinthe delirious mentality consti¬

tute part of the delirious enter ¬

tainment and thus dementeddemoralized and destroyed thedrinker dies

This pen picture is but a faintportrayal of the reality of thecondition and experience of thedrinker whose will power andlife are swollowed up in alcohol ¬

ismlost to self to family tofriends and to usefulness andhis character perverted from thatof good to badgood aspirationsdeflected bad aspirations creat-ed evil associations courtedhome influence ignored domes ¬

tic ties violated and contaminat ¬

ed and on down the open de ¬

clivity into a bottomless pit ofalcoholic death homes invadedby the feindish enemy aredarkened disgraced and demo ¬

lished a mothers heart a wifesheartwords cant tell the storyof their suffering but these availnot against the insideous in¬

sinuating invading vampire t1 atblights and blasts home and

hopeTongueand pen pictures star¬

tle listeners and readers butOh to see and hear the pooralcoholiz ed and demonized sub ¬

ject when in the grasp and gripof drunkenness is to see andhear the very extreme of humansufferingexcruciating tortureand tormentDrunkenness is a tide of deathThat draws within its fold

So many thousand souls a yearFrom ranks both young and old

Drunkenness like a felons blow

Cares not for life nor painFor if at first it dont succeed

It will try try againDrunkenness is a burning pitOf molton human lives

A pit of human flesh and boresAs boundles as the skyes

Alcatsaz Island

San Francisco Cal Mar 13 09Editor News

As you were kind enough toprint the few lines I penned yousome time ago I will try andwrite you a few more notes of asoldiers life their habits etc

The weather here is certainlyfine it is just like May in Ken¬

tucky J3ut California has itsdrawbacks just the same as any

other stateand earth quakes isone of them Now I dont wantto knock for a knock is always aboast Now I dont see it in theFrisco papers but take it fromme for I certainly know LastThursday eve the 10th inst be¬

tween 1030 and 11 p m therewas felt here 3 distinct shocks

about 3 minutes apart and ofabout 4 to 7 seconds duration soyou see California has its drawbacks also but Im not knockingTake it all in all this is a finestate to soldiers on account of

climateWebeen having vegeta-

bles

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here all winter thanks toCalifornia and Uncle Sam Weare having a good many prison¬

ers coming in now at the rate ofabout five a day Our old stock¬

ade is very nearly full but thelarge new one will be ready in ashort time and then it will bebetter for soldiers as well asprisoners as they will have morellJillinside the enclosure

The prisoners gave quite agood entertainment Washing¬

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tons birthday and the prisonguards were invited to attendThey had quite a good comedianplay and also gave a couple ofboxing bouts There is somegood talent among the prisonersThe night of the 10th I went toFt McDowell to a boxing con ¬

test We pull off somethingevery week among ourselves

Thursday the 17th we aregiving a dance and supper hereat Alcatsaz expect quite a fewpeople here from the differentcities in the near vicinity as weare surrounded by cities It isno trouble to get as many peoplehere as we can take care of andI assure you it is a treat to themto visit our Island and partake ofthe hospitality of the soldier boysWe have quite a good band herealso two pianos and several ofthe boys play the violin So wedont have to look outside forour music-

I am sending you an invita ¬

tion to our little blow out Wishyou could be here but I dontmuch look for you

Time passes fast here forguard duty is getting a little bitharder as we have quite a few f

sick in the hospital are only get¬

ting four nights in at presentand Mr Carter my chum saysthats pretty tough but we allthink that so I guess that isabout right I am on guard to¬

morrow Monday come off Tues ¬

day do my old guard Wednes ¬

day and go on again FridayThats the way we count theguards We call it four nightscounting Tuesday the first nightin There is a good deal of ex¬

citement here among the soldiersabout the big fight that is to bepulled off here July 4th I ex¬

pect to see that boiler makerwhip that blackman until he isyellow

I saw the gamest man whippedthat ever put the gloves on whenWalgast whipped battling NelsonWashingtons birthday All sold

iers are lovers of good sports andlike to see good men box but Inever want to see another manget a beating like Nelson gotWe were going to pull off a boxing bout here between the navyboxers and the army sports butowing to the fleet leaving fortarget practice at Magdelanybay it is postponed until furthernoticeIWe are losing one of our bestofficers Lieut Delaplain he isgoing to join his regiment thellthInfintry and Lieut Russellof the 8th Infintry takes hisplace here at Alcatsaz This isgoing to be quite a city itself inthe near future as I understandUncle Sam is going to install afactory here for convicts to makeGovernment clothes for soldiers

I see from the papers thatthere are quite a lot of buildingsgoing up in and around AdairI just heard from father and hetells me that he is going to build

a house and barn I dont sup-

Pose

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I will know the place whenI get home but lam glad thatold Kentucky is so prosperousHope the street cars are runningby our door when I get homeSept 30th 1911 My friend MrCarter has 9 months to do be¬

fore he gets his discharge andhe says he is going to beat meto Kentucky I tell him thatthere is always room for one

more in Kentucky especially ifhe is a native born for you cantkeep them away

Well asit is getting abouttime for the trumpeter to blow

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I Rex Peacock I

This Famous horse will serve mares at 700n to Insure a living coltQREX PEACOCK saddle and harness horse sired by Jordan Q

Peacock No 1148 dam by 2nd Jewel he by Artist Jewel2nddam by Cromwell Denmark he by old Denmark

Never before has there a horse made a season at that price that abreeds as well as this horse

GOV itfOODpacedy a2 years old in

May that he refused 440 00 for A number of others have sold forhigh prices We know of 45 mares served last spring by thisthat is with foal and 11 good ones that we have not heard fromthe failures JackIWill serve to insure a living colt 600 for horse colt and 7

0a mare coltThe above named stock will make the present season at

Youngs barn one mile north of JoppaMoney due when colt is foaled mare traded bred to other

W or moved from neighborhood Not responsible for accidents stockiPhone 57 tIe

il YOUNG BROS Joppa Ky I

aFOR TIlE LANDS SAKE USE BOWKER

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I have been selling the Old Bowker Brands for thepast sue years and my trade has increased from year to yeartheI I

farmers allover the County who have thoroughlytested them and will tell you Bowker Fertilizers areling money can buy You may buy goods for less moneytriedI

that cheap Fertilizers are very dear indeedyou come to harvest your crop Remember thatKy Special and Toabcco Grower have an extra

I centage of Potash-I

BowkersIwill be at my old stand in due time for

a with a full supply of Bowker goods Call and see me get Cwill also sell Homeste-

adMcKINLEYIISOL MOColumbia

KyI t1uotops I will bring my letter to aI

close as I will be up all night to-

morrow

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night on guard Hopin-

that the friends who read thiare enjoying the best of healtand prosperity I am

I Yours TrulyFred Acree

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COLUMBIA DISTRICT T H I RD

ROUNDI

Thefollowing make up Presid ¬

ing Elder Hulses appointmentsfor the Columbia District goingover the territory for the thirdtime It is requested that themembership keep these appoint¬

ments before it and attend themeetings

Jamestown Jamestown April

910Russell Springs Mt Pleasant

April 1011Monticello Tuttles Chapel

April 1617West Monticello Bethesda

April 1718 v

Clinton Davis Chapel April

192cr v

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Albanyt Albany 23Tji it Ptti WTJs

Peytonsburg Chestnut GroveApril 30 May 1

SharonshRenox White Hill May 3

4Burksville Wesley Chapel

May7J8Thurlow Beech Grove May

1011C-ampbeIIsville Circuit Souls

Chapel May 1516Spurlington and Early Poplar

Grove May 1718Greensburg Quisenberry May

2122Mannsville M t Zion May

2829Campbellsville Station May

2930 CCane Valley Clear Spring June

45Columbia and Tabor Columbia

June 56G-

radyviIle= June 1112Tompkinsville June 1819West bmpkinsyille June i 2P

22Temple Hill June 2526The District Conference will

beheld at Glensfork Ky June729 1910 >

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