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CHURCH DIRECTORY

PRESBYTERIAN

BOBMVitM STMMReY T F Walton

pastor Services second and fourth Sundays

n each month Sund yschool t9ftjn OTeiy

Sabbath Prayer meeting every Wednesday

night

METHODIST

B0MSVIILH SraBBTReT W P Gordon

poator Senrlcea flrstSuudyin eachmonthSundsy5chOOl every Sabbath at 9 am Prayer

A mectfne Thursday night

BAPTIST JGkariMBOBO STR BTBer WB CAVE

vvstor Services third Sunday In each month-

S indayschol every Sabbath at 9 110 m PrayerSfSSpttng Tuesday night

flfOJL j CHRISTIAN

CAS PBBLL8VnrB PlltBEdZ T W1I1Iai

Pastor Serylcea First Sunday W each

month Snnda chool every Sabbath aUMrayerJeeUriWtoilieldaynlght jgt

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MASONIC

OLUlofBIA LoDGE No 96 P and A Lltcgunr meeting In their hall over bank on Frl

lay night on or before the full moon In each

month1 JaB Oarnett Jr WMA KEMP Secy

COLUMBIA CHAFTEJI B A M No7 meets

i1dayDbt 1ftc lJ1100D7JAS GAnNETT Ja II P

WWBaADSI1AW Secretary

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shop and will givef

affiae Wagon Voikspecial attention Work done

bby me will be firstclass Pro

lJ duetakn In return for workP SFEUBA-

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t f tr We charge no commission on Butter Poul-

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and Egg Also guarantee highest marketprices

471 Brook StreetILOtTISVILbE KENT KY

Farmers Farmers

I am prepared totake your orders fo-

rHydi u1IcRamitothrov water from your springs to

your housesor barns Can also furnish

pumps ofjany kind cheaper thanxsver

Write to me at Columbia for estimates

or call and se me at the Marcum Ho

tel Yours truly

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Opt MaslcIIsU j fLOtJISyEJSENTUQIcY

Democratic Dutyn-i

CongressH

While it is evident that the fift-yseveihdongresswith heavy BepupIfcdtfrnajdrityVis prepared and abletOdo thejbiddIptthP1selfish interest

c natIoialorgaijizatfpn and dictate thepsrty pol

Ides the duty of DcuiocraticmeipbenIsplaln and imperative

The twoparties stand face to face In

congress nor other political oiganiza

tion being represented in the memberhlp bfthe Senate or House of Repre

sentatives On every measure offered

for consideration and action the align

ment of Republicanism and Demoracy must of necessity be cleancutand definite The voting will voice-

declslonof the Republican and Demo

cratic parties alone on the questions to

esettled during the present session

Democratic Senators and Represen ¬

tatlves cannot hope to encompass a

winning vote in either house of Con ¬

gress This fact docs not howeverlessen their responsibility to the peo

pIe Rather is their duty more imper¬

ative to vigorously combat all evil

meaSures and to compel an enlighten ¬

ing debate on every important ques

tion comlnp up for action By thismeans alone may the people be keptfnlly cognizant of the significance of

Republican policies and bi brought toa competent appreciation of the mc¬

nace contained in Republicanisms sur-

render

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to influences hostile ti the gen

eral good iySkillful andaggrcsiive leaikrshipof

the Democratic minnrity in Con ¬

gress wilt be of tremendous value tothe party and to the country Thepresent Cocgress may be madean educatlonaLsession to an exceptiontional degree A firm and faithful de ¬

fense of thepeoples cause in every in ¬

stance of the evil legislation now con ¬

templated by the Republicans will

mean ultimate bcnett hJq the Om-

grjEssipnaL campaign oftheyear now

about to open as in the Presidentialcampaign of 1904 the teaching of theacts of the present Congressional ses

sion should mean deserved profit to theDemocratic party and a regained se ¬

curity for the American peopleStLouis Republic

Resolutions of CondolenceBy Washington Council F A A

IDell PlaLne Kansts in memory of

Sister Georgia Price deceased

Whereas Sickness and death has in¬

vaded our council chamber and thefamily circle and claimed for its own

our sister wife and motber Mrs Geor ¬

PriceWhereasWe fully realize that her

place can never be filled her presencenor kindness never again bexenjpycd

salthp we rejoScein the knowledge of

her memory and proud of her acqualn ¬

tanceand wemu5t all submit to thedestroyer of life which is death

Whereas We as acouncll shall weep

with those that weep and mourn withthose that mourn and while we extendthe hand of charity to the grief strick ¬

en family and friends let us hope thatthe Angel of darkness and grief andsorrow wiil forever cause a halo of lightto enter their hearts and establishthere happiness mid contentment We

shall dedicate her life work her noble

traits of character tathose left behindAnd styall only add

The saddest words for the young or old

Is wljeh death is growing nighWhen we grasp the hand that growing

cold

And 16 raotherSa y Goodbye> v

ThatvoiceIs silentetis for the best

J boes joined that happy ndJGrieve not for one whose gone to ret

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But meet her itti promised laudTtfererore be it resolved

That council No ISO of EeHosPWiJot

J Rb r by eitend to the family

ndiensoriTracceasedsIstcr cuisincere and blfartfelt sympalhyTandcomrnend them to Blm4wbo tempersthe wind to the shorn lamb

Resolved That as a rnembflalandtoken of remembrance of oiirslsttrthat the president councIl aslMnbt d

instruct the guide to 3Faj ourcTiaYlaf

Jn the emblem of sorrojResolved That sc t the cdf

tors of the Belly PJiInQj1ers to putlish t e oresolutloJward copf tbttie family u

is That tbiecy 6 hbtiedtnfltJ a co f t same wIth the reds

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The Day of Conveniences

Theday is almost at hand wheneverything is done by simply pressinga button Pretty soon we wlljnohave to work any more Weare belpgoverwhelmed by conveniences Dq we

wnt alight Press a button Do wewant breakfast ° Turn on the electricity Do we want more warmth Turnon the steam heat Do we want amessenger Press a lever Are we

coming to business Theres the auto-

mobile Do we want to see a man1Theres the telephone yes theres the

visual telephone Wifey can call ujhubby at tile bank and ask if her batson straight

The telephone through which thefollow at the other end can be seen is

the iuvenUonofu frenchman Dr tSyl

vestrc It consists of a small circularmirror with a bole in the center towhich is screwed a tiny electric lightof a little more than one candlepowerThe mirror is fixed to the microphonicplate of the telephone and a pair orlittle brass pencils connects the cur¬

rent and the apparatus In a word

two acids mix drop by drop and oulofaspout comes a phosphorescentvaporfalling on the mirror It when tele-

phoning

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a sheet of white paper isplaced in front of the mirror the room

from which a person telephoningand also the person himself may beplainly seen

The world may wellsk what nextWith the klneloscope or some such in¬

ventlon and the visual telephone why

will we not be able to sit in Atlantaand sec the races at Gravesend theJellriesSharkty miil if it ever takesplace orIt he would put It off a while

the coronation of King Edward

A Bloody ChristmasLouisville Dec 26Thc usual num-

ber¬

uf Christmas tragedies are repur t-

ed in Kentucky

A Pinevilio dispatch reports thekilling of six men on Red Bird creekabout thirty miles froth there A la¬

ter dispatch says only three were kill ¬

ed while a still later one places thenumber at four The locality is re-

mote¬

from telephoneor telegraph linesand details are not obtainable

At Williamstown Grant countythree men were shot one probably fa ¬

tally Arthur Goughe was shotthrough the intestines and is not ex-

pected¬

to live Det Goughe his father was shot through the back andCarl Gough his brother shot in theface The wounds are not seriousTom Hackett and James Redenorwere arrested and are being guardedto prevent threatened trouble Thetrouble dates back about a year TheGoughes came to town drunk and metHacket and Redecour at Reeds saloonOld man Goughe drew a knife andstarted to carve his enemies He wasrestrained by his sons but the row

once started could not be stopped andshooting began with the results stated

Despatches from Jit Vernon Llncoin Ctnmty give reports of threebloody affairs near Crab OrchardCharles Likens aged thirty was shottbrSe times by Hiram Grant and Islecritical condition Ibp affair was

tne outgrowth of an old grudge Gran-tIsinailat Stanford John Pjyne cutLogan3ompsoo Jr in the shoulderHezekiah Mounce and Miss Brooks1

wefe shot add slightly wounded it is

supposed si jealous lover of the girlfired through the window at them

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toxins NIck neBdrickson was cutfour tlm s6l1 il HbndrIckson and isfatally onWeflr SH

IBrain Leaks

Vr fa iST4 rljfvHappiness iutbeheartjilways show-

soi4bface it A4 t5TIhJ i r lt inps rdi g to

what yougaic

Nothingpopagatcthore rapidlytmttiibe fuicY6b mw rrj

1S ii 5 IY fA man nInfa4itaa1when he ca-

nf3twlicr haTslniseabTe

lW ghhct ltt1 childis the best re man nbilvctordoing good jU T

The troub1eLacbumembers is that they tire preparingfpr e1J13 i q

04 couyejrtplu-mlerbut

Iiit is diilicult to convince

some men of the factj < 4 f 1tTheres something wrong about tbe

wan whO puts olIi Hktbigotid ic3 itlous until New Years dayJ

Some men try to tyby denying the existenceof a power to

Jr nslble

The New Yoars DividendsThe gieat outpouring of divIdends

aud intcrcston January 1 will surpassanything of the kind ever known In

tblscoiinVry The CourierJournal ol

Commerce which is Tory goodauthorItyYputs thf distrlbutlon of profitsand earnings from capital at aver

82P000 Jnthe three cities of New

York Boston and Philadelphia which

is far ahead of last January recordThese are the great financial ntelsbut the whole country has been grow-

Ing wealthy and every city in the west

and south will get a part of the golden

shower and a larger part than received

last yearWhat makes this evidence of pros

perity BO notable Is that it ccmes atatime when England Germany Austria Russia the Netherlands and even

rich France are suffering from Industrial and financial depression Franceis affected least of all but her foreigninvestments are so great that herneighbors cannot suffer without herparticipation to some degree TheUnited State on the other hand offer

a dazzling picture or a ptospcrity unaffected by the hardships of the Old

WorldThe

future is in doubt but it is

noteworthy that the members of Ame ¬

rican haute finance see nc reason foralarm The Pennsylvania railroadwould not be preparing to spend 100

000000 in terminal and other Improve-

ment

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within the next two tor threeyears and it would nut be adding to itshildlngs of other railroad securities if

it looKed for an early recurrence of

hard times Last week it declared adividend on the shares of the Pennsyl-

vania Company which manages itsrailroad interests westof Pittsburgthe first dividend since 1891 It also

added one one half of 1 percent tothe semiannual dividend on the com-

mon

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stock of the Panhandle which

it owns and has lifted out of Insolven-

cy

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The Vapderbilts hive raised thedividend on Canada Southern and theother great lines have assumed extraresponsibilities in the face of thecroakers who insist that we are now on theeve of a great industrial and financialdecline What Is better than all

though is the fact that this prosperi

trhasstarted from the bottom Capitalcannot thrive unless labor does too

find the unsurpassed distribution of

dividends on the New Year means thatthe great common people are also

thriving That is the most essentialfeature Courier Journal

Broker QuitsThe philosophy of of John Dupee

head of the firm of Swartz DupeeCo the heaviest dealers in grain andstocks west or New York astonishedChicago afew days agp Mr Dupeesays he abandons a profit of 200000 a-

tcyear to get at res Chicago cannotunderstand a vacation on these terms

I should have stopped ten years

agoEald Mr Dupee 11 would ratherhave a year in the1 woods than 200000

that is all I have to say The time tostop is when philosophy tells a man hebas enough It depends upon how amap lives 11iad enough years ago

bulimy frIend kept me In Irecognize Jhere is something in tire besidesmouey waking I love nature and tpnature I go fur stimulation and rest

Judge Dupee has been famous hereandtn Wall street for iuany ycirs as acommission man an adept in formingipQgentialcpnnections in getting atthe facts as to great financial dealsand in making his people money Hisowngreat wealha d the magnificence

of his entertaining have beenold

Tbefirtnba rncrutierhipintieN-evYVrk Stockand CttqnExcban-ges as well as the Chicago Board of

Trade and Chicago Stock Exchange

It hasdone atTexceedlnW largebusinessfinsJocks and grains probablyleading all Western competitors Itstrtfbsaclions on busy days haveaggre

gatedasbl ias 16000000 busheteofgrain and ISOOOOsharea of stock on theNtiwYvrkiock Etcb3nge

The commissions attull ratlawotildanuBtVo lVii knrj rsflrni and 18750

on stocks guch daysof ours werelS6jptttl lfut wellposted tradersOg neoprAtot theJlrR11n re

tn dootntjuayD-

upeet Mf has required a fortune Of

several million dollars and a taste forsplEIibihWsunVnfers at his beautifulhjyne at Qcoqoni tC Wit ratherthan in business His relations witht1ifM orMadw1th high railroad of

Hctals have given his house high presS iy vi j Iiprestige e 1 r f

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Playing a Stong HandPresident Roosevelts choice of Gov-

ernor Shaw or Iowa for the Cabinetoffice of Secretary of the Treasurymade vacant by the retlremeut or

Ly man J Gage strafd help to convincthe Presidents antagonists In his own

party that lids capable otplaying very

good politics in the line strengthenlug his p rsJnalpositlon-

Govcrnor Shaw himself in view of

the swiftly increasing importance or

the Middle West and the generalrecognition of his own abilities prom

ised to be a strong candidate for theRepublican nomination to the Presi-dency in the next National Conventionof that party HOcan now the beliefIs prevalent be counted on toby asidethat ambition and throw his strengthto Mr Roosevelt waiting until 1008 tolaunch his own boom for the PresidencyIn

to this valuable supportMr Roosevelt Las also made warmfriends and supprters ot SenatorAllison and Djllivcr of Iowa whomost vigorously urged the name ofGovernor Shaw for the Secretaryhhijof the Treasury He may indeed

have removed from his path anotherrival fur the 1901 nomination S natoiDolliver aspiring very strenuously toreach the highest office in the gift or

the people As matters now standboth Senators from Iowa are expectedto loyally support Mr Roosevelt in thenext Republican Rational ConventionAll nf which goes to show that thePresident is an txirctncy capable poll

helen along practical lines Shrewdplotters such as Senators Hanna andPlatt eneraiesof Roosevelt within theRepublican organization will find thatthey are arrayed against a man whocan give them all the fighting theywant and probably a great deal morethan they will relish The impendingdevelopemcnts expected from furtherchanges in the Roosevelt Cabinet willbe possessed of a peculiar interestThe Presidents opening plays havebeen strong and characteristicSt-Louis Republic

The Nell Cropsey MysteryThe disappearance of Miss Nell Crop ¬

sey from her home at Elizabeth CityN Con the night of November 20

gave rise to a multiplicity of rumorsand to the futile activity of a greatnumber of amateur dececiivc Whilethe dominant opinion where the younglady was known seems to have beenthat It was a case either or murder orsuicide there was a disposition else-

where¬

to insist that she had run away

With some mm From all over thecountry came reports of mysteriouswomen each accompanied by a manand it was Insisted thaYthe woman ineach case corresponded exactly fn ap¬

pearance iwitb the description givenoftbc missing young lady The outcomeof all this was the bodyof the missinggirl was found in the rive ashort diEtance from her fathers iloor But themystery of her disappearance Is stillunsolved

As James Wilcox whoba bee n thegirls lover was the last person whoisknown to have seenh alive suspicionhas naturally fallen upop him Thefeeling against hjm js SQJ strong thatthe services of naval reserves have beenthoughtnecessary for his prbtecliohYefroa the Slgofalr that isfcobwnthe s case against him s insbf no

means strnnaPosabiythero ara factsthat have not been made public butsofar asIstneaiJyuir1erstod thecircumstances simply afford cnmndifor sup Tbn Clearly it Is up cqe fpf

tne intervention of a mob even ontbetheory that mob violence Is sometimesUc athritfi rfIAt IW1O3it ret surfngthaTTtfie

finding of the body has completely setat rest the ojurious4rrnnors affedtln gthe young ladys Character Therofistoprpnch disposition to assumejuthatthedlsappearancepf a young jwogjannecessarily means at 6he h snelDped

with a man All such theories havebeen O7mltelyTglsthetThtbflndIng df the body ihdugh in Vlewbf ifiei

acts developed the reason ddb1r i-

staneesot thordeatfr are ag much amysteryseforeourlerpu i1i

Hr t 1rSCi1re etterKind SirIetthlrmh to thank

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Cor the benefit derived from yourceldjiated Saymans Salve andrSoapHli

me Oftettero wy 1 tids andirms rwhicb 1 have been afflicted with

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D c i1 i1ItQ tiLe a lively lime iiiur toali

Christmas i

Ambrose Suiuli anil J F Tar ¬

tar of this placo will leave forLexinqton iii a few days to Attendschool i

R D Luttrell who has beenquite sick for ome time j iareported better

Misses Lnla and Sarah B Wilkerson of near this placej and MrEveret Stroud and sistor of Philspent Christmas with the youngpeople of Decatur

spentChristmustives at Watson

Ben Russell of Dunuville washero Monday joking his friends

John R Luttrell is building aa large barn on his farm whichwill improve its looks wonderful

Our nmrchauls are doing a goodbusiness s

Dr R M Simcock and Consta-ble

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J W Murray had an argu-ment

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in a cafe in Burnet Texaswhen their hands went to theirhip pockets und the proprietor or ¬

dered them to leave the placeWithout hesitating they turnedinto the street and standing vepaces apart shot tIienielvea dead

Bob Hatfield who claimed tu-

be the last survivor of the Ken ¬

tucky family of that name waskilledat Troy mining camp Ari-zona

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while resisting arrest on uwarrant issued on complaint ofhis wife

William Boles Sr was fatallyshot in a drunken ror at Irvineby his son The younger Bolesbadly wounded his brother CharsBoles

For Sale or RentA good conven ¬

lent dwelling on Burkesville street ad ¬

joining the Hancock lJotSALLEE Buos-

ColumbIa Ky

Bring us that load of wujd you promisedisoms time ago Remember onrtoves take 18 inch wood

lilfflore HotelS

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Gradyville Kentucky

JlIERE Isno better place to stopat the aboved named hotel

Good sample rooms and a flrstGutable Rates very reasonable Teestable attached 1

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