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BENEZER CHURCH â€".servicesâ€" . dn Holy Communionâ€"7:3 Church Schoolâ€"9:30 . & ns â€"1t:00 s. m. : â€"*‘ P:%Sundq' in the union}. tes are held in this church, el avenue, every Sundsy at. 10:45. <« Sunday School at nineâ€"thirty o‘clock i o. pupils, up to the age of 20 The Wednesday‘ evening meet hich ipcludes «+testimonies of ah Science healing, is at 8:00 are cordiaily invited to MaMZ the reading room at 387 Cef ue, which is open every Week nine o‘clock in the mof® ,six o‘clock in the emink â€" day afternoon . from. tw to six welock; _ _ _‘ vâ€" _ _ <o foss with songâ€"5:00 :p. m. sday and holy days, the hing, but no one will be PM* ect for next Suriday‘s lesson, Howard T. Kuish, Ph.D. | agn Sunday morning _“,;: m the evening. & oc iwgton. Park. Camp mee 21 rs and Dyers people are opposed to URSDAY, AUGUST 13 he Phone re Tub? I street near Laurel avenue + G. Finkbeiner, pastor _ _ Sunday sehool session. D titsch, superintendent. / {'3 +Morning worship. _ .; _ _ Evening services. . . l idry Co. unday school. Morning worship. ning service. and dry it; W. B. Doble, minister imthis city, P. 178 â€" Sou ou TY CHURCH ommunionâ€"â€"7:30 a. lially invited to Wolcott, n. D-. 9â€":30 a. M« â€"__ [ $ fermers + § tween \_I the e _ $ inois. 43 I ar 8 they‘r ©~ J down i e #.Od $ which ‘ Inilos £¢ â€" Interesting and Unique History of Little Known Corner of Illinois Told by f _ _E‘ town is looking forward to a ‘mew day. â€" You‘ll not find, E‘ town on rmp. The word is Hardin counâ€" ty code for Elizabethtown. It lies on ;; bank of the Ohio river midway beâ€" ' Old ‘Mining | Activities Lead was dug out here seventyâ€"five yeats ago. For a time the fluorspar was thrown aside as no one knew its value.‘ Now men go down 700 feet below the surface of the earth to get the "spar" which sells for -m $20 a ton. Furnaces back in the tell of the day when iron was mined. They Ate ivyâ€"grown now. a u‘:nuy that lack of trln‘&f tation killed the iro industry, t "mountains" of the c ore stand "out Etown and Caveâ€"inâ€"Rock are the "Old : South" transplanted oyer into Mlinois. The settlers were ‘from Virâ€" tinia, Kentucky, and Tennessce. They Sill‘ prefer, mostly, "soft ‘cistern Water to drink. The negroes are of the old days, the tunbonnfd mammy *0d "unele," unspoiled: ? . _ " iF _ They want that nerete road = town. It will cost mr h money to the State because of the cuts and fills id dynamiting. | T‘ asked a native “‘% would be done. .’,,d _ im about a year," he said, then, With a smile, "What‘s a year in E‘â€" hi-._-â€",“, bivarcondedicdlth a yw.ffl rax! 48 So they‘re getting ready, leisurely. They are wondering what the wide foad and the swift road will mean. '"“lly cars will come in? How much new money it will bring. In the â€" dim memory of the older men h.« county was a beehive of inâ€" ‘ _ JAMES M‘FARLAN ; Born March 29th, 1776 x‘ *~. Died Dec. 1st, 1837 m Legend says that his good wife, Elizabeth, for whom the little city was named, sleeps at his side. But if there ever was a marker for her, it is gone. So passes glory. « | > River Traffic E" town stands on a rocky cliff. Beâ€" low in years gone by all the great river traffic that wended its way down the Ohio passed its door, All day and night, skiffs, barges, flatboats, rafts, the hills reverberating with boatmen‘s voices as they;"cried the lead." Toâ€" day all but a morsel of this has bassâ€" ed to the railroadsâ€" and E‘ town and Caveâ€"inâ€"Rock have no railroads,. One line noses its way ufi the valley as far as Rosiclareâ€"to get a fluorspar. Its busy, traffic heavy, said to be Fluorspar? Yes, we are in the Auorspar center of the United States. This nation produced $2,853,910 worth of finorspar last year and $2,277,210 worth of it came !‘r:lxl probably withâ€" in ten miles of this spot. Geologists are searching these hills. Burrows are going in here and there. The #onder" and that some day "she‘ll come back." o â€"JPam writing this in â€"E‘town, someâ€" ti more briefly just E‘t‘n. Yes, a getting ready for a new day down here. Grade is just being comâ€" #d for the first concrete. roadway which the ‘state will build in, thirty “’ long, 'indin't !fil’m. M‘t: ing, up and down like.a velvet coaster, through the "gap" from Harrisburg. To Open Hardin County ‘ This road means that Hardin counâ€" ty, that Rosiclare, E‘ town and Caveâ€" inâ€"Rock will cease to be hermit. In these villages is romance, the past, A part of the hotel I slept in last night was built in 1818 by James M‘â€" Farlan, Outside in the hotel yard, under my window almost stand a lit-' tle group of tombstones. Op one, 2:‘ simple slab, brief tribute: 3 fl . To the memory of 64. ... 1 tween Caveâ€"inâ€"Rock and Rasiclare, in the extreme southeastern part of IIIâ€" SLEEPY OLD ETOWN TO GET HARD ROAD gTORY OF HARDIN COUNTY gHURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 1925 Tiver trade, one time a great ) center, later producing much » all sold down the river. Once t# making fence rails out of Rambler Rainbow‘s e The concrete roadâ€" That‘s E‘town‘s. rainbow‘s end right now. Not far away, less than a year ilikely, and what‘s a year in E‘town? An old hillman, hickory | shirt and | overalls, â€" sagely |obs , â€" "Guess ‘ they‘re building it in so‘s \to get their likker out easier." You wonder how 'much of a humorist he |is for they Ido whisper of moonshine ‘buk in the hills. * 1 Attorneys are of the opinion that with the new law in effect better jurâ€" ies will result. Men so gqualified as to make good jurors will ::.ylu their time for $3 a day, w of the lawyers believe that with the new scale of pay in these men will consent to serve. puirect ts Jury fees have gone up. j From now on, or rather from now until the legislature may see fit to change the law, jurors serving in a court of record will receive $5 a day instead of $3, as has the case in the past.. . ; /// â€" f: This change in ‘the fees was effected at the: past ion of the general assembly and all the courts of this county, e «circuit, eounty and probate.. | en E‘town, Rosiclare, Cave Hardin county will tell the Illinois Products E Chicago next October. here now to travel on, "Ri IHinois." I wish it were scuttle to right and left I wish, too, for those p erte roads. ~ These mountain‘ trails hellâ€". | (This is the eighth of a series of articles entitled " iscovering Illiâ€" nois." â€" Theâ€"next will published soon.) : A,.scond concrete road| is planned across Hardin: county, from the north to Caveâ€"inâ€"Rock. Here it will meet the federalized road on the Kentucky sideâ€"so the Illinois road system and Kentucky‘s will meek, opening up a hitherto almost impen e district. E‘town, Rosiclare, Caveâ€"inâ€"Rock and Hardin county will tell story at the Illinois Products E n â€" in Chicago next October, I‘m, leaving here now to travel on, "Ré{discovering IMinois." I wish it were |fall. Quail scuttle to right and left ag â€"we flivver. I wish, too, for those promised conâ€" RAISE JURORSâ€"PA t# â€" TWO DOLLA%S A DAY "I can see a great pleasure resort here. Thousands: of tor _ cars, music, song, young people dancing. As pretty a spot as any place on earth, cliffs, bluffs, caves, the river, hunting, fishing: E‘town, which has Slept a hundred years, is ng.":> $ :â€" Another Road| d We sit under trees, in light, the Ohio, below, c frogs singing, far from : city, and a traveling mar I‘m writing this in Jim Watson‘s office. He‘s a lawyer. rved many terms in â€" Springfield. the country. â€""Has traveled |everywhere. He says, "E‘town‘s all right, I like it. Was born just. the street from where I live. Seems like, though, that the young folks who go away to the universities have a time comâ€" ing back.. There‘s my Toy, for inâ€" stanceâ€"he‘s studying law," > ; "Jes‘ ben accumulatin‘ it," he exâ€" pl&ined. "Dug it up ln:::zht. Never got around to bring it before." _ <~~. Old Timer f Jake Gaines came into these parts many years ago. His first job was rowing traveling sal n down the river. from Shnwneetoyn to Paducah, stopping enroute. t a seven> tyâ€"mile pull. When| he| started he rented a skiff at 25 cents a day. When he died he had a good river business, now in; the hands of sons and they say that he was worth $35,000. 3;:: day an old hill farmer came in h.a roll of $7,000 and deposited it in the bank. | + He‘s gone, years m{(md,ull »his descendants. But some families perâ€" sist here, We rode in a gasolineâ€" zriven riverboat, deli people nd freight up and down.the Ohio. 3t is called the Mary unell, _ "Gran‘father and father carried on the business before mp," ‘observed Richard McConnell, weatherâ€" lined face beamed from above ghe wheel as he steeréed ‘er safely around the bars. €44 "James McFarlan w mndfat:her and Eliza grandmother," observed whose vaults protect moneys. > s C Government Mijeg . Near here the government is putâ€" ting in "Dam No. 50, from Pittsburg counting down," in its effort to bring back river traffic. ‘The fHam will cost millions and the workmen.say "The job‘ll take eight more years to finish." Three 12\3" similar dams are going in | below) E‘town, x‘ Golconda, Brookport and Cairo. ~"Old Ford," the natives say, "Used to tip off the Caveâ€"inâ€" river piâ€" rates and get a cut on their loot." ern which. legend says whs the lurking‘ place of a bond of . ts who used to. dart out on river â€" and murder and rob the boatimnen, We had gone up the. river to Ford‘s Ferry.® "Fifteen dollars an today. Per. haps thirty or forty orrow," said E. F. Wal!l, the E‘town er, as we rode through the ° hills together. "Where in â€" all Aum'ica'cur you find investment possibilities like thst?" We were coming from Cave! inâ€"Rock. We had gone into the cayâ€" black walnut logs! was worked out. The river traffic all Is Beating j Hardin county is t is turning to da raising, to mnrdtn*x. dustriecs do well, the "thin days" is sti Much of it can be bo dollars an acre. some the curse of on the land. t for fifteen ten. 4 today. Per. orrow," said. ing back now. ig, to: poultry All these inâ€" the moonâ€" breezes, ilroad and observes: sure resort tor . cars, ially the land â€"soil thinned. died. _ ; my ‘greatâ€" h my greatâ€" Mr. Wall, county seat ‘as is" are The chase for the dollar is said to be â€"dangerous, but if we do not chase it to a certain extent, jour creditors will chase us. yhil i Because of its appeal to the public in general, commercially and from the standpoint of the farmer, this exhibit will ooc.u:z'a prominent place at the county fairs. Road building having been Governor Small‘s chief interest since he became chief exâ€" executive, he has permitted the high« way division to stage this. educational exhibit without stint. 2 ® Many women trying to earn pin money, but timid husbands will be glad they are not trying for rolling One cf the outstanding features of the big exhibit which the division of highways of Illinois will show at half a hundred county and district fairs during the present summer will be two huge illuminated maps, showing the $60,000,000 bond issue system‘ and progress to date. Included on the maps also are the routes of the $100,â€" 000,000 bond issue system, approved by the people last November. ti ‘Another interesting feature of the highway exhibit will be a 4â€"reel movâ€" ing picture, which attempts to demâ€" onstrate the construction of a durâ€" able, hardâ€"surfaced highway from the time the material is taken from the ground until the pavement is comâ€" pleted and open to traffic. f "Tis safe to say that each of us, wit?- out one lone exception, # Breaks every day a dozen laws of which he‘s no conception. There‘s scarcely any human deed â€" that‘s natural or pleasant ® But that one day that selfâ€"same act has peeved some paltry peasant Who promptly got his congressman to ‘pass a law about it, 7 That you and I in innocence or; ignorâ€" .ance might flout it. * For broth is not the only thing spoiled by too many caoksâ€" + "I‘would,d’do _our country worlds of â€" good to "thin" ourâ€"statute books! â€"Stricklant? Gilillan in Nation‘s _ .. Business Magazine. MAP TO ILLUS1Ԥ3’1‘E gar STATE ROAD WORK Full many a little citizen grows "all het up" and vocal . §3 } And drives his representative (who yearns for re;election) : To make a nation‘s law about some loâ€" calized‘ affection. â€" > $ We break a law an hour, on an averâ€" age, I|guess, . s eg in For multitudes of laws produce a lawâ€" ignoring mess. } s Our country‘s bulky statuteâ€"books contain a million laws That, if enforced, would phfce us in constabulatory claws. | A‘fellow out in Steamboat Rock fell down and barked his shin. He nursed it and he cursed it with a grim and grisly grin, Then wrote and told his congressman . _about the stump that tripped him, And voiced the indignation that inconâ€" tinently gripped him. $ ce The congressman got busy with + ream of legalâ€"cap f yc (Though few of us had known that _ Steamboat Rock was on the map); He framed a law forbidding leaving stumpsâ€" six inches highâ€" It passed; and noy ‘tis one of those we all are governed by. . "THERE OUGHT TO BE A LAW" I 1 NBBen e Ni ctettpetnndiangty Al Th e o uce rmtac t ce cmaroitâ€". 488 says Curtis D. Wilbur, Secretary of g m.”al:l wfl;’o u:hly number of e Nation published at Washington, D. C. ‘"The first factor will govern the seco and I am conâ€" fident that the use %‘nmpfia‘tiou} could be placed in nd, better hands than in those who labor constantly to . provide â€" firstâ€"line security for. America. The personnel of the navy, both officer and enlisted, is high caliâ€" ber, and to these, our defenders, we must look â€"for expert guidance in methods of national defense for the future. Men, not ships, are those who defend us. . Our history is filled with the noble deeds of our naval personâ€" nel, in peaceâ€"time as well as in war. To <them is entrusted the scientific planning and the training for the proâ€" tection of the rights and peace of the jcitizens of America.,. To those who ;Liur the active mpofilibflity for our national security, due heed must be given. To disregard their expert adâ€" vice is to endanger the American ‘navy of the future; to endanger the Ameri¢an navy of the future is to weaken our power at sea; to weaken our power at sea in the future is to invite a gradual subsidence of Amerâ€" ica from the realm of independence and liberty, for which our forefathers, as well as our own generation, have given their lives. We are trustees of a great inheritance of liberty and equality, and we owe it to the future| to hand down this inheritance not only unimpaired, but also augmented by our efforts to maintain and enlarge that liberty and establish more firmâ€" ly that equality." _ . _ tne American navy of the future will be formed by the appropriations allowed and ‘by the use |\of these funds by the personnel of the navy, under the direction of the secretary," Men, Not Ships. Essential el.lhlemute l:ienee, seq;tq tary Says WILBUR COMMENDS _ NAVY PERSONNEL "The American THE HIGHLAND PARK PRESS, HIGHLAND PARK, ILLINoiS Claimed Americanâ€"students do not respect their elders, but anyway they are willing to take their valuable time to give them instruction. Question asked as to why some young men place their feet on the dashboards of their automobiles? Dunno, unless to push out of :the way anything they run into. . ~‘The total revenue from license fees turned into the state treasury for this period has been $12,110,777.03. \ Statistics compiled from the recâ€" ords of the Automobile Department show that during the year 1925, to date 1,015,190 pleasure cars ~have been licéensed. & ; .. In addition 4,332 dealers, 5449 moâ€" torcycles, and 146,114 truck licenses have been issued making a total regâ€" istration of 4,171,085. ~ . Secretary Emmerson believes this estimate will be insufficient to care for the demand in 1926, and the conâ€" tracts specify that if more plates are needed they will be furnished at the same figure. ' 7 In addition to the plates, contracts have also been let to the:Brady comâ€" pany. of Peoria for 100,000 badges for chauffeurs. . & The plates enclosed in patented nâ€" velopes will be delivered to the Stato House in Springfield free of chu?!J to the state and will be ready for disâ€" tribution on January 1, 1925. ' ‘The contract for these plates, which will number 1,165,000, was awarded to the C. H. Hanson company of Chicaâ€" Contract for‘the manufacture of the plates has b3en let by Secretary of State, Louis L. Emmerson,: at 13.4 cents per pair and this is believed to be among the lowest price for plates in the United States. _ Blue . license plates lettered in white have been selected for automoâ€" biles for the year 1925. s3 BLUE AUTO LICENSE c PLATES NEXT YEAR To Be Lettered in White, and Supply Already Contracted for by Emmerson _ ‘This is the time, to set the house in order for the winter months. .One of the housewife‘s most important considerations is bedding supplies. The quality and durability of these blankets is unsurâ€" passed and they come in attractive colors and patterns. Ask to see the Wearwell Blankets. _ i Large size, 70x80, Wool Blankets in 6 large plaid patterns, pair .........._._.. 36_025 66x80 inch â€"Wool Blanket in black plaids and bound with silk. â€"‘67.50 KiE TNAE . . +) 10e2 10200 ++ nnalin ie ra e recannninantonrnonate & These Blankets are priced for September delivery, thus allowing the mill to make them at its convenience. ‘ They are all wool, size 70x80 inches and can be chosen in six colors in large block patterns. : SAMPLES ON DISPLAY GARNETT‘: WEARWELL BLANKETsS Advance Sale of the New Bremen Allâ€"Wool Blankets At/lvqnce Price $11.95 â€" Regular Price $14.85 Hugo Du Brock & Co. GOWNS, EVENING WRAPS AND TOP § CcoOATS > * C Selling Direct to the Consumer from Factory â€" _ 366 WEST ADAMS STREET. CHICAGO .<7..~7<~ * Pilenhone Main 5693 5 â€" Thursday and Friday August thirteenth and fourteenth j 10:009,\.11.1. to 10:00 p. m. j ~.. at the : . _ MORAINE HOTEL : _ & _ Highland Park _ _ HIGH GRADE DRESSES 66x80 inch large plaid cotton Hlankets. ; The pair ................ T0x80 inch pure Virgin Wool Blankets, large s pon ons ... . nrene 70x80 inch 100 per cent pr Blanket with sateen binding. the pflt'................,..................'.... on x Living Models Will be shown A Display of Manufacturers of per cent pure Virgin Wool snâ€"anver $12.50 PAGE THREE