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LAST OF THE REAL COLONELS OF THE BLUE GRASS The Story of the Only Man With the Degree of Master of Hospitality Henry De Questier in The Dearborn Independent. Profound respect is the real natural right of women, believes Colonel Edmund H. Taylor, Jr., of Frankfort, Kentucky. Believing thus, the Colonel makes it as plain as day. But when he particularly wan.:: to do honor to a woman?flapper, matron cf middle age, or an old lady?he sends to her by a young negro boy a solid silver salver that is heaped with rare fruits nestling among flowers and trimmings. The salver is never carried back to Colonel Taylor. It is his gift, along with the iruits ana fic'wers, for once accepted by a woman, the Colonel will not permit the salver to be. profaned by further use. Also, Colonel Taylor is the only man who has had the degree of Master of Hospitality conferred upon him by the registrars of 58 college? The occasion was the 1917 meeting of the American Association of Collegiate Registrars, held in Lexington. For a day the. Colonel entertained the members of the association at hie Hereford farm, in Woodford county, between Lexington and Frankfort. Before the sessions closed a degree like the standard certificate for graduation was embossed and signed by all the registrars, because they "found convincing demonstration of his. proficiency as a lavish host, a genial, leader, and a cordial friend, and thus received a signal experience 011 Southern hospitality." Furthermore, "the man "who excels. as a host in Kentucky must excel as a. host the world over" said United States Senator Stanley, then governor -of Kentucky when he delivered thec principal address at the time the degree was presented to Colonel Tajrlor. And the Colonel is Kentucky's most noted host. He estab lisljed this reputation by living up zo &rvn the little details of cherished traditions of BIue-Grs.ss hospitality, and also because he always is at it. It's a rare occasion when there is no-%"company" in his home. About this entertaining, however, there is nothing so ornate that it is gaudy. Liking for gaudiness is not a BlueGrass trait. The Colonel's Entertaining is democratic?and exten" 1 ooc/-wr? id firms of I Sive. iyiemuera v* aoww^,v..u ? .this sort, and of that sort, meeting ii T misville or Lexington, have been nis guests in \ Frankfort through so many years that the trip is on their program as a matter of course. .Frankfort, by the way, is about half the; distance between the two cities. A. hundred, and even twice that number, at luncheon or dinner is not un-\ usual in the Colonel's heme. . .Colonel Taylor is well over 90 years old. But he is still going strong. His mind is alert. He is as spry, as erect, as many a young blade?he hasn't reached the age of slippers, baggy pants, and an easy " ' - -* " ^ -Li- i chair before tne nre. un we wntrajy, he is known as "the bestdressed man in the South." Tailors in New York and Chicago fit the clothes he wears. A young man was admitted to the Colonel's office. "Well, sir," said the Colonel, "what can I do for you?" "Colonel," was the reply, "I'm just starting in the dry cleaning andi pressing business in Frankfort, and I'd; like to have your work. They tell me you'have a lot of clothes, and I'd Dke to keep them in shape." \ "All right," said the Colonel, "I'll send ovar a few things this afternoon toj9ee-what you can do with them. If they're all right when they come back, I'll send you some more." Later in the day 24 suits and 16 i overcoats were delivered to the! cleaner. 'Gossip credits the colonel with not j having less than 100 suits, and each i is: in style. But the colonel is far. from being a fop. He is the last of; the pattern colonels of the Blue | Grass?sole survivor of the simon- j pure colonels who made that country j femous for romance and chivalry. I The pattern colonel put his best foot; forward in dress as in all other things j and Colonel Taylor never got away from the custom. Col. Taylor practices traditions of J the genuine Blue-Grass philosophy of! life. As a distinct type of American, j the picturesque of Blue Gr^^s ro- j mance emerged from the wind-up of! .the eighteenth century. Kentucky j was in a ticklish situation. British j and Indians were north of the Ohio! River. Spaniards were south of Kerf' tacky and west of Mississippi river.! The main route from the Blue-G'ass to market was by Barge to New Orleans?Barges were loaded at Lex- ' ington on a stream that long ago was ' dried up, its channel covered, and ' even the location of it lost sight of ] when river traffic declined. From Lexington the barges floated to the < Kentucky river, thence to the Ohio,' and to the Mississippi. An interesting chanter in the history of New Orleans describes the "Kaintucks," j who brought what they had to sell there. While these "Kaintucks" were uncouth, they picked up and brought j home bits of colonial French and < /M-ii+mv. par>V> t.imp?nprhans Oj'CiliAOH V C* 1 V ?-* i. v. vv*v?? j- x f an aggregate that was very small,' yet it went into the making of the j real Colonel of the Blue Grass. What Kentucky needed most it got; ?two sets of leaders. One set fought Indians, and the other took care of. the statesman's job. Neither set, slighted the things it did, and they finally solved all the bad situations.' After a while, "an ideal principality of limited extent, meaning a score or, more of counties reaching into the heart of Kentucky, laving its feet in the Ohio river, sharply parting company with the mountains on the east, and refusing in its western margin to go beyond the line uplifted lime-^ stone." took title as the Blue-Grass country?a place where "brother-j hood of pride and prosperity; an an-; cestral look of estate; an aristocratic democracy" soon settled like a ro-, mantic blanket. When the men who had straighten-, ed Kentucky's tangle gained leisure, they got together and followed the Blue-Grass philosophy of life. Here | is how life worked out: 'The old families lived in simple grandeur,' made up mainly of gentility, and plenty to eat. There was an uncom-, mon amount of bradns in the country. Villages were important, and the ruling element was distributed! over the land. Power was rural. The j city was an appendage?a conveni-j ent place to make purchases. In short, it was a life of thrift, plenty, gentility, freedom, enjoyment, intcJl-j lect." There was plenty of time fofr, all-day visiting. driving parties, house parties, and big dinners. In this setting the characteristics of ^oth sets of pioneers ran together. The performance flowered men and: women of an unduplicated stripe, j This is the reason upstarts never can gracefully pose as colonels of the; Blue Grass, unless they pick another; pair of parents, and literally again are born \>f them. The title was a romance-mark of distinction for un- i common men, and when they passed it on it went to progeny of the same j feather?progeny not eo picturesque,! it is true, because there is less op-! portunitv to be picturesque. In his boyhood, Colonel Taylor was: the close friend of the men whose ex-' periences not only reached far back1 of his day, .but whose experiences^ then were being used as the founda-! tion for the Blue-Grass philosophy.: What he was born too late to gain ; by experience the Colonel gained by direct contact. For instance, Henry Clay taught him thrift in a practical manner. When the verbal -lessons ' were out of the way, he autographed; and gave to the Colonel one of the j first books published containing in-' terest tables for the u-se of bankers, j (Colonel Taylor as a boy went to' school in New Orleans. Later, he spent a great deal of his time with the Zachary Taylor branch of the family in Lower Louisiana. His companion was General Richard Taylor, in his day a famous and tvp-: ical gentleman of the old and the far South. New Orleans romance of the "good oP days," as it still is spoken of there, was in full blast, and, Colonel Taylor was <in the thick of it. Virginia chivalry was absorbed 4 % when he lived with the family of his uncle, Edmund H. Taylor. That is where he took on the "Jr." behind his name?it was placed there to distinguish him from his uncle, and the Colonel never dropped it. BlueGrass philosophy of life afterward expanded marvelously and Colonel Taylor helped spread it. He keeps old-fashioned: romance as sprightly as a cricket, because he never has lived any other sort of Life. And that explains what otherwise might be taker as a somewhat pompous boast. The Colonel never argues. He states facts, and backs them up, as an example. by saying: "I am, without arrogance, 'deeply informed' on this subject, as the historian Motley ha> said oi himself on another subject. I have been a student in the matter.". Colonel Taylor, when he was nearins: 84 years, planned a Hereford cattle farm for the Blue-Grass country, and astonished the world by paying more for a bull to lead the herd than ever before had been paid. The farm turned out exactly as the Colonel planned it, for he never slights a de- ' tail?another characteristic of the Colonel of the Blue Grass. When he 1 was 8*. Colonel Taylor held the largest sale of Hereford cattle then known. Attention to detail developed his unmistakable signature. It .is famous ' the world over for the care bestowed I upon it?Colonel Taylor was a Ken- < tucky distiller and his signature was 1 u;~ 4. J- 1. ii [)ai l ui uaut iiiui iv. |' The Colonel lives in "simple gran- < deur*' at "Thistleton." It is a typi-J cal Blue-Grass estate of 1.000 acres, f, out Louisville way from Frankfort,! and on a hill that is 400 feet above j the Kentucky river. The cattle farm ! of 2,000 acres is in an adjoining county, and is known as "Hereford Farms." But "Thistleton" is not L _ T-f i C? o fivm Vl ^ t JUSl/ a SHUW AO lo c4 iunu v..t?w must return a profit. Yet from the house all operations are out of sight. Against this background the flag flies > from sunrise to sunset. The flagstaff is at the head of the walk leading from the house to the Louisville pike. Utility masked by beauty sums up out-of-doors "Thistleton" in a sentence. The kitchen garden, for in-, stance, is located far away from the house, and practically is out of sight, yet to screen it from any possible j peep there i<3 a thickset lilac bush fence more than .00 feet Ions: fringing the side of the garden nearest the house. A Jaice nus a depression , that otherwise would be out of keep-; ing with the surroundings. This lake; is well stocked with fish, and of a; morning the Colonel's guests go; there to catch their own fich for! breakfast. A bit of the sentiment that you find everywhere about "Thistleton" is a grave lying to the'1 right of the house. Along in 1841 , a man named Dana was reporter of j decisions in the court of appeals atj, Frankfort. Dana and the former j owner of "Thistleton" were close! friends. When Dana died he was1 buried on the estate of his friend,] and since the land came into the! handtj of Colonel Taylor he has main-J te.ined the grave as carefully as ever I before. !' Stepping across the threshold of,; Colonel Taylor's home is an experience no one is likely ever to forget. Nothing is complex there. That is the reason "Thistleton" gives you a new experience. Old-fashioned ro mancc of the three types that made! the entire South famous?Virginia,; Blue Grass, and Louisiana?is youth-' ful all around. Yet none of the three' advances too far to leave the otherj two behind. The practice of famous! characters of southern history open; before you with a freshness that is' fascinating. The library, as an instance, is lined with black walnut bookcases that reach from the ceiling to the floor. And they're not mere wall linings, together with the books; that are in them. The latter have | the friendly look of familiars?the i classics especially?for Colonel Tay-i lor reads, writes, speaks and enter-j tains. A n/J Koooiien Vw> Ic f!io Incf n* + V10 i XXlill uv :o iwcw vitv j real Colonels of the Blue Gras?, Col-1 onel Taylor practices his creed wher-j ever he goes.' On that account, es-j peoially on Fifth avenue in New! York, and on La Salle street in Chicago, the coming of Colonel Taylor is an event. There he is known as the "man who has realized DeSoto's dream." mm j LYTtLL A BIG HIT AS COMEDY SLEUTH "Sherlock Brown," the feature j picture at the opera house Monday,' in which Bert Lytell is starred,- is a1 delightful comedy-drama about a.-r nmnfnnr wlinCO TlPm i? +VlP fti-' aiiiflltUi CiVM fn nuvwv v/ - ~ v..v - ? | mous Sherlock Holmets, and whose I clay dreams are filled with visions of j his own accomplishments in running; down crimnals. A correspondence school course in sleuthing brings him a badge and the' appointment as New York represen-j tative of the Illyria Detective agency.! Nothing now remains but to find a case! This he stumbles onto by chance one day when a book crashes through a window and falls at his , feet on the sidewalk. He climbs in-', to the house and finds a young girl ^ +nmntinn' fVio VOCnlrPVV flf KPf'Vpt , il t lilC AVVV f V* J w- J formula for a high explosive which is the property of the United ( States government and which has,. i * been stolen from her brother. Sher I lock Brown is at last in his element! i i1 Through a series of most amusing', adventures he brings to bear his cor- ] respondence school knowledge of sleuthing and in the end, of course,! recovers the formula. ! j Ti- * ^ ^ o r* vnvoolc T V? *j 11/ IS ^UUU iUUUHJ, anu -~.,r J tell as an extraordinarily clever, j comedian. There are no dull mo- < ments in this picture and it can be ] safely recommended to all those ^ who like a plentiful amount of hu- I mor together with considerable ex-! < c-itement. il "Sherlock Brown" is a Bayard t Veiller production for Metro, adapt-: ed for the screen by Lenore Coffee < from a story by Mr. Veiller. j c GROOM ONLY 87 AND Is BLUSHING BRIDE 66 c I ^ Winston-Salem, X. C., Aug. 1.? j W. T. Lopan, a farmer of Yadkin1 county, 87 years of age, and Miss s Sallie Lee Tucker, of Winston-Salem, a 56, were married here today. After, c the ceremony, they climbed intot their automobile and under showers r ^f rice and apparently very happy, s left for the groom's home. |s SIZZLING HEAT ONLY FEA- 1 TURE AT LANCASTER Race For State Offices Growing Warmer as Invasion of Piedmont Section Begins Lancaster, ujr. 1.?Under the rays of a sizzling August sun the candi-_ rJnfr^ for state offices sDnke here to day to an audiencc of about 700 people who gathered in front of thecourt house. A large portion of the spectators left after the candidates for governor spoke but a number remained faithful and heard all the aspirants. The race for several offices continues to grow warmer and the 1: j _ i.? ?i.i: v, ,1 caiuuuaits arc putuii^; iiiuit aim more "pep" into their speeches. This is particularly rue of the race for superintendent uf education and the voters all appear anxious to hear the two women candidates. Senator Geo K Laney's 83-year-old mother'was present, and he, with Mrs. Drake, was the recipient of several bouquets of flowers. The crowd was attentive but undemonstrative, nothing resembling an ovation being accorded any of the candidates, i There was some confusion at the start as several of the speakers were late and others, did not make their appearance. Law Enforcement Chief interest as usual centered in the candidates for governor and each made his usual talk. Thos. G. t McLeod was the first speaker and he again stressed his law enforcement platform, declaring this to be the greatest issue before the people of the state. If elected he pledges that the scales of justice will be equally administered and the laws enforced without fear or favor. Mr. McLeed called attention to the fact that 851 per cent of the taxes paid by Lancaster county Wis for county pur-i poses and only 15 per cent went to, the state. He declared that he is' running in his own responsibility. ; John T. Duncan made his usual at tack on Blease, referred to MoLeod md Laney as being rubber stamps for Edw. W. Robertson, scored the Southern Power company, and the various cotton associations which fcave been or are being formed in the state. No Ring Rule Senator George K. Laney was near, his home county and he asserted that if elected governor he would be ruled by no one and said that during his 20 years of political life no one had ever had a bridle on him. He referred to his long fight in the legislature for education and said he would continue to fight for it. He stands .e? ?c J ? j,-,,,.4., L 1UI UuA IClUilli <WIU ICdUJUM/lUCilt of the tax system and if elected pl'edges himself to enforce all of the laws without fear or favor. He called the farmers' attention to the legislature having cut the state levy 5 mills last year. "New Horse" in Race William Coleman of Union has taken as his text John C. Calhoun's dying words: "The south, the poor south, what will become of her?" He advocates the issuance of state bonds to meet federal appropriations for good roads, a new tax system, new school laws, and a cooperative marketing. He referred to himself a^ being a new horse in the race. Cole L. Blease was the last speaker today and launched his attack at the tax commission and reiterated that the state was bankrupt. He wants to know what Laney and Mc-j Leod mean by a luxurv tax and sav.s " - I that he favors no new sources of | taxation but stands for an economi-j cal administration of the affairs of j state. He stated that he had an-; :iounced at the beginning of the cam-' paign he would engage in no faction-! alism or persnoalities except "when' coming from responsible source**' and so would not reply to the "infamous lies" that were being circu-f V j la ted. He charged these were instigated by some newspapers or tfieir hirelings. Text Book Question The text book -question is being ;>U:3hed to the front by candidates :or superintendent of education and t is held by Cecil H. Seigler that a contract has now been made ana will J 3e in force for five years, no matter j >v"ho is elected. Superintendent Sweanngen defended his course and :tanris on his record for reelection.. VIrs. Wallace and Mrs. Drake made heir usual speeches. Mrs. Wallace, Mrs. Drake, Dunan. P'ease and Laney received most >f the applause. Tomorrow the candidates will peak at the Filbert picnic, York ounty, long- famous in political an:als of the state. Heard at Rock H i' Rock Hill, Aus:. 1?Cuik'.idates fori tate offices addressed a crowd of j .oout i,ouu people nere xomgnt, one ?f the largest gatherings in the enire campaign: It was an impromptu! neeting and the applause for the j peakers was spontaneous and enthu- j iastic. J. J. Cantey was present J and the only absentee tonight was Sam Wolfe, attorney general, who is engaged in important state litigations at Columbia. ROBERT McKIM MEETS A NEW STYLE OF DEATH Probably no actor in moving pictures has met death as many different ways as has Robert McKim, the famous screen villain, who will be seen at the opera house Tuesday, in support of Hobart Bcsworth in the Graf production of C. Gardner Sullivan's story, "White Hands." For the past seven or eight years McRim has been the mean man of the cinema. He has -been hanged, shot, stabbed, strangled, poisoned, died of thirst, starvation and disease. In fact, (scenario writers and directors have lain awake nights trying to devise new and interesting ways to cause McKim's demise, but'it remained fnr C Gardner Sullivan to devise probably the most vivid and spectacular way of carrying him off. In "White Hands" he has McKim devoured by sharks. It is an easy matter for an author to write "McKim leaps from the mast into the ocean, where he is seized and dragged under by a huge maneating shark," but when Lambert Hillyer read the story, his first question was: "Where am I to get a trained shark?" However, the sharks were secured, an'd before the horrified gaze of the theatre audience McXim is seen to be attacked and dragged below the surface by the huge scavengers of tfie deep. Where the trained sharks were secured or how this clever bit of realism was done, no one connected with the P ^ v? tv >1 ^ *r ? > ^ i r\ ? ? Thrill ivn ^ rrn vjiax uigdiii^awuu win uivui^c. au NEGRO SUMMER SCHOOL HAVING SUCCESSFUL TERM At the close of the second week of the summer school for colored teachers, being held in the Hoge school bidding, 105 teacher-pupils have been enrolled. No little interest is being manifested by instructors and teachers. The work is well organized and each day clones with increased interest and enthusiasm in the work. The rule affecting all accredited sumiiitT s>ciiuui& uio-u an peisunt attending with the expectation of securnig sufficient credits to be given a certificate must take at leac-t three academic subjects and attend 20 I i . ( I I I J * Chali Ou In keef Chalmers value in ii reduced, < At the; Six is moi bile invest You wi ities when 7-Fassen 7-Passsn CAR \ days. All teachers coming on Monday, August 7th, will have a clnnce to attend the school the required number of davs and if they pursue i the course as outlined will be entitled to a certificate. We hope that all teachers yet ex-' ; pecting to enroll in the Newberry summer school will do so next Monday, August 7th> Our aim is to make the summer school at Newberry one of the best in the state for negro teachers. I. M. A. Myers, ! Director of the Summer School. WOMEN LOSERS IN KANSAS PRIMARY Topeka, Kansas., Aug. 1.?Early newspaper returns in today's state wide primary from scattered parts : of the state indicate a close race for the Republican nomination for govi crnor. Returns from 40 out of 2,536 precincts show: W. R. Stubbs, 1,170; W. Y. Morgan, 1,058; F.VW. Kn.:pp, '688; P. A. McNeal, 617; W. P. Lami bertson, 281. The early vote for the ; two women gubernatorial candidates, ! Mrs. W. D. Mowrv and Mrs. Helen ! Pettigrew were almost r .gligible. . Kn.'jpp was endorsed by the labor | unions because of his opposition to ; the Kansas industrial court. Returns on the Democratic gub' ernatorial contest are very meagre I but show J. M. Davis leading Hen; derscn Martin, former vice-governor ! of the Philippine Islands, by a narrow margin, i _ ' Family Reunion The children of Mr and Mrs. Heniry Counts near Peak gave a dinner jat his home last Saturday, July 29, in honor of hi>s 77th birthday. The dinner consisted of barbecued pork and a regular picnic dinner, all of it excellcntiy prepared. ' Mr. and Mrs. Counts have been married fifty-five years iand have 9 living children as follows: Mrs. John F. Chapman, Peak; Mrs. Geo. j F. Miller, Pomaria; Joseph A Counts, T"*k _ . IT TIT TT n .l! .1. . romaria; ivirs. w. n. opting, rec-it; H. W. Counts, Gastonia, N. C.; R. A. Counts, CioVcr, S. C.; Mrs. J. K. Ha'> tinwar'^er, Chapln; -Mrs! B. L. Cummalander, Chapin, and J. 0. Counts Peak. These and* their husbands or wives, their children, grandchildren, and a small number cf visitors made the number present sixty-five. The day was very pleasantly passf ? < m_: t ' CJm pO A J > ^s-^JL JLzi 3X-JLs*-^ o tp * ^ f* ?j -a Hers Sin at $ itstandifi.g- V a s-> >ing with the policy of m Six the outstanding rr ts class, prices on all m< effective immediately, new price of $1185 the 1 re than ever the soundesl ;ment in the fine six-cylin !1 instantly recognize its first you. ride m the Lhal New Chalmers Six Prices. ger Touring Car, $1345; Coupe, gen Touring Car, $1345; Coupe, OLINA AUTO COMP/ C7hi r-i u A I > U ed. Mr. and Mrs. Counts have been good people for the community, church -and state, and may their days of usefulness be many more. J. B. Harman. STRIKE INJUNCTION TO BE CONTINUED Judge Smith Makes Order Permanent?Seaboard Also Th? State. Charleston, Aug. 4.?Judge H. A. M. Smith of the federal court todsy issued an order, following the return of federated shopmen, defendants, to show cause,' continuing the temporary "injunction he issued July 24, on petition of the Atlantic Coast Line, and concerning the petitioner's premises and employees at Charleston j and Florence. This afternoon he is- - | sued an order of temporary injunction along similar lines, on petition of the Seaboard Ail Line company, and set,August 11 as the date for {he ! return by the defendants. The Seaj board alleged the same general grounds in their petition for a re- . ! straining order against striking shop! men as those in the petition of the ; Atlantic Coast Line and named An| drews, Charleston, Hartsville and Cayce as points in this state, where i they 2sked that the order apply, i The main effect of both orders is to restrain shopmen from "picketing" j or otherwise interfering with em>-. 1 ployees of the complainants. In his ; order on the Atlantic Coast Line pe- . j tition and the defendants' return, < Judge Smith stressed the fact that in refraining from work, the former ' railroad employees were acting ' within their rights, but that in at| tempting to force arguments upon j ethers who were . willing to hear : them they were invading the rights j of the others. He stated that in is^ j suing an injunction lie was not determining that any man was guilty ' i of an infraction of the' law, but that he was acting upon the general circumstances, and upon representations from the attorneys for the defense he inserted in his res-training order the words, "in any manner forbidden by law," in that portion where the defendants were restriini e i ^ ii i i I ca irom wiiiuiiy ana Knowingly persuading others to quit work. etc. In Europe, good will is conspicuous by its absence. , i 4 n o >iPTje ?iJUAW ? lue / aking the lotor car xlels are Chalmers t automoder field. superiormers Six. si sqs , $1595. v lNY Q a r\ vl?K?> 1