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e o o o o aso ossosso o o o o ose olsoteo o ovwvvREMEMBER THE DATE
Winter Term of Berea CollegeAll Departments
Opens Jan 6
Farmers boys and young far niorsshould take special notice of thecourse in farm crops to bo taughtthis winter by Mr Francis O Clarkan Instructor In Berea College
Ho will teach how to Judge of soils
and seasons show the proper way of
alternating or rotating crops so as to
maintain the fertility of the toll andinstructions re-
garding
¬give many valuableseeds stock and other mat¬
ters which help people make more
money out of the land
JACKSON COUNTY
ANNOUNCEMENT FOR COUNTY
JUDGE
We are authorized to announce
J W Mullins of Egypt Ky a can ¬
didate for County Judge of Jackson
County subject to the action of theJ Republican party
ANNOUNCEMENT
We are authorized to announce SSo VoICe of Maulden Ky a candidate
for Assessor of Jackson County sub ¬
ject to the action of the Republican
party
We are authorized to announce W-
It Creech ot Egypt Jackson County
Ky a candidate for Assessor of Jack¬
son County subject to the action of
the Republican partyt 3UKKE
McKee Dec HMr George W
Rader has moved into bin new dwell ¬
ing near J n Llewollyns ofUceT-J Davis has moved into the widow
Gabbarda property across the creek
oMrs J J Davis has been very sick
nine last Friday Mr Jas Reynolds
is quite milG M Treadway one of
Bereas merchants passed through henenroute to Owsley Coa few days ago
Enoch Holcomb of Conkllpg visited
H F Minter recently Mrs FannliCollier Is visiting at WelchburgMrsRMargaret Gabbard i
several daynThe Sunday school here
la preparing for an entertainmentChristmas evening Since the Judges
I and Commonwealth Attorneys race-
is over people have begun talklugI about the County races In the prim ¬
ary to be held on the 10th of next
April to nominate Republican candl ¬
dates to be voted for at the nexti November election At present therei are several candidates for each of
the County offices
SAND OArII Sand Gap Dec 10The Judicial
race is now over and everybody
J satisfied with the result teeOliiI
has at loot awakened to aduty in stimulating an educational
interest in her citizens We hope toSave a rally in Jackson County soon
William Smith of this place is re-
moving
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to his old home At GrayHawkStephen Standafer Is convalescentDan the little son of A P
IGabbard has partial paralysis in one
f side of his faceD II Gabbard Ma-
gI
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gle Durham and others are planning
t to attend bchool at Berea the winteri and spring terms James Williams
and son Valentine expect to leavethe 14th inst for Colorado where
I they will bo about two monthsIThe school here Is progressing niceV the attendance being better thisyear than ever beforeJQ Durham
> Ras at Sand Gap the 9th on business
11 Miss Annie Powell1t S a welcome
n visitor at JpJ Davis school MondayMiss Powell U planning to have anentertainment at her school Deo 23
INAACSII> Isaacs Dec 12We are having lotsJ of rainMss Kencr of London isvisiting Mrs J W Davis this week
> Mrs Lucy House died recentlyGC Purkey has cold his farm to Levij
> JPurkey J L Davis lad a seriousiiemorriiagc of the Sunga last Saturdnyv Clarl Cpicet Is moving to hisnew home near TUvfir Bondour
i school at this place will close lCr2iL
° V WIll Gill of Laurel County was a> Thursdayt
urday and Sundayiil uzsrr>
0 Iiurfoy pee 13 There wad churchw at this place yeterday and today =
1 w J Our school will close next Friday0 The children have several pieces to
Z sayMr and Mrs John Roberts ofJ iliddefork visited Mr and Mrs B
H Cole Saturday night There was a> candy party at the home ot Mr andMrs Jake Gabbard Jr SaturdaynightThere will bo a box supperattlje Indian Creek school housenext Saturday night It will be for
IIho beneflt of the church Every ¬
body invited
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rORAYDec1IAVTK
11The boyshave all gone to work since tho elec ¬
tion They are satisfied with Lewisand Cloyd Born Dec 9 to Mrs WillParrett a fine gtrlWe arc having afine meeting at Devils Den schoolhouse this week Tho Opossum TrottLumber Co is doing a hustling busl ¬
ness on Laurel Fork Creek Tlnchcfand Hays are busy rafting tics andhoping for a UdeTho Judd Brothersare having good luck running theirsaw mlllMr Irvin Akins is build ¬
ing a new dwelling on Dry Ridgenear his old place Mror Jane Parrett made two business trips to GrayHawk this week Jas L Tincherand little son Thomas are visitingfriends and relatives in Gray Hawkthis week Hiram Turner Is plan-ning to build a new dwelling nearDevils Den branch on Laurel ForkCreek Mr Stephen Rice has mov¬
ed to the Jones property near TynerMrs Louisa Tincher Is visiting her
son Henry Tincher near LondonJohn Simpson Frank Stldham WmMedlock and Hiram Turner are log¬
Colthisemployed by E D Turner cuttingwood this weekMr Neal Adklnshas moved into his new dwelling
IH1DIIIKUCKDoublellck Dec l3Mr Shlrdan It
Ballard of Valley Viewsister Rena Witt yesterdayourrschool gave a box supper last Thurs ¬ I
day night for the purpose of makingI
a Christmas tree Fifteen boxesbrought 1000 Miss Anna Powellsschool will close Wednesday beforeChristmas Mr and Mrs Jeff Par¬
ker of Haztl Patch visited Mr CazLunsford the past week-
A1COltNAlcorn Dec 14Tho schools in this
part will soon close Miss TallthaLogsdon visited Miss Nettle BlantonSaturday and SundayG C Johnson j
visited Miss Hattie Johnson Sundayat Locust Branch W H Clark was I
at Alcorn Tuesday on legal businessN J Coyle candidate for County I
Court Clerk was here SaturdayJ TLainhart was called to McKee Mon-
day¬
on legal business Miss AimerIsaacs visited Miss Martha Hughs Bun
dayA protracted meeting Is beingheld at this place by the Rev Wellsand others The Sunday School atthis place of which Mrs Annie Blan ¬
ton is superintendent is progressingnicely The school has been a most
successful one and Mr O C John ¬
son the teacher is to be congratu ¬
lated
90CKCASTIE COURT
KOCKHmlRockford Dec HVe are having
fine weather Miss Klzzie Ponder
who Is touching school at WalnutGrove visited home folks near Dudley
Saturday and Sunday accompanied by
Miss Beulah Vlars Kr and Mrs JE Dalton and daughter Lola visitedMr T C Vlara Thursday and Frl¬
dayMIs lUecIe Todd entertainedn number of young filks Sunday nigh
Miiw Ella Lake is punnlng for anentertainment the ust day of school
Mr and Mrs W H Stephens vis ¬
ited friends on Clear Creek Satur-
day and Sunday Mr G F Paynecalled at Mr W A Hammonds Sun ¬
dayMr and Mrs J W Todd visi ¬
ted H E Bullen SundaySundayschool at Scaffold Cane Is progressIng nicely There was a box supperat Disputants school house last Fri¬
day night Mr Troy Garrett visitedrelatives in Jackson County Saturdayand SundayMr W W Anglin ofDlsputanta is visiting in TennesseeMrs Nora McGulres baby is Very
I slckMrs Sarah A Martin who hasbeen sick for some time Is some bet¬
ter
IIIOONII Boone Dec 14 regular meetIng was Held at Falrview church lastSaturday and Sunday conducted bythe Rev C C Wilson Mr and MrsWesley Lambert attended church atFalrvlew SaturdaysMrs John Martinof WUdlo was hero Sunday Mr DaveMi rtt>n wu In Berea lastMr J Jt 7guabjErt made a businesstrip to Mt VciTjojl fiumlay MissNellie Oid flirt visited relatives licire
J
8unda rTho QvC C Wilson willbe pastor al Falrvlow church nextyear and A D Knuckles clerkMr Geo Bracker Ida Jjore on bust ¬
ness one day last w1Mr lotLevitt was In Jackson County oneday last
weekKOIUNKT
Roblnet Dee 12Several of theRoblnet boys are going to HamiltonOhio to get workNeal Roberts efDango Is a candidate for constable otthis district I D Martin made a busi¬
ness trip to Livingston and WithersDee4lhMr Wm Carpenter finish ¬
ed his new barn last Saturday DJ Carpenter returned homo the 4thfrom Hlatt whore he has been logging Allen ft Sona will take chargeof Green Carpenters saw mill DecISThoa Bowles and Harrison lofthere Saturday with a nice bunch ofcattle for Richmond Miss Battle Ledbettor was In town Tuesday shopping
Wyatt Decco and family have mov¬
ed into the house vacated by TaltonJones Jones moved to one of Alienshouses Mr James Lake of Loamwas here ThursdayWade Ballardleft a few days ago for Covingtonwhere he will spend the winter
MADISON COUNTYKINGSTON
Kingston Dec 140 P Jacksonof Richmond spent a few days withhis parents Mr and Mrs J H Jack ¬
son of MoteMrs William Bulner85 years old is not expected to live
Mrs O W MoodyIs visiting herparents Mr and Mrs Mike Noo ofPaint LlekMr Laurence Garrettsurprised his parents by returninghome from Texas last Wednesdaynight Miss Gusslo Rucker ot Motespent Sunday with Martha PowellMr Reed Hazolwood went to Lexing ¬
ton Monday on business
OWSLEY COUNTISLAND CITY
Island City Dec llThe RevHugh Crank of London arrived hereyesterday and began a protractedmeeting There will bo a moving pic-
ture¬
show at Oak Grove school houseDee 19thDec 24th there will bo
a box supper and turkey match andon Christmas day a flno Christmastree Everybody invited This willbe at Oak Grove Deputy SheriffAllen was on Island Creek todayBorn to the wife of Arthur Bryant aboy Ambrose Carmack is wearing asmile over the arrival of a ten poundboyRoscoe Roberts was a welcomevisitor at the home of Clayton Gentrys home Thursday night EmryPeters and W J Gentry filled theirregular appointment at Blake Su-ndayD B Peters has purchased afine saddle mare David Bowman isbuilding a fine barn Circuit Courtbegins at Boonevllle Dee HtbP-M Frye is a candidate for Countyupcrintendent J F Brewer Is aCAndidate for County Judge
IILAKH
Blake Dec 11Iorank McGregorwho was indicted for shooting atBrandy Burns was arrested Mondayand taken to JaiL W L Peters wifeof Island City Is seriously 111 Withheuroatlsm Since Taft has been
elected the E Ncely Mill Co IS re-
ceiving 75 cents per hundred fortheir lumber Bill Town Is also im-
proving fast Neely Mayse and II DBlake have recently mado new additions to their dwellings David Deaton of Conkllng our machine manpassed thru hero with a load oC geeseand ducks on hio way to market WB Roberts will leave in the morningfor Madison Estill and Morgan coun-ties on business G J Gentry of Island City has recently moved to Blake
D B Moore and D B Roberts pass-
ed thru here with a load of turkeysand geese enroute to the Gentry stockrards Curtis Burch Is dealing la
furniture at present Marshall W MMays is at homo on business W WWilson of Travelers Rest passed thruhere with a load of fur hides and waspaying top prices for fur
ESTILL COUNTY
FoxFox Dec HThe Republican pri-
mary of this County held on the Cthresulted In the nomination of the following persons P A Wolflnbergerfor County Judge Clarence Grinstead
I
RoblnslSherifforiHamiltonCounty Attornny MlEsefl Belle Lethaand Nannle Wood spoilt Sunday withMisses May Della and Bessie Curtis
F C and C II Click and familiesand Willie Jones were the guests ofG W Powell SundayMrsCurtis and Mrs Sally Moberlylost Wednesday with Mrs Mat spentIsnburg r0 W Powell bought
161WIlliefrom J Vaughn for flOOTOOt Hackworth of Witt Springs Is going 1o
make whiskey eoonv Wo hope it willnot be long till Eotlll County will notallow any one to make whiskey inthe County Prices In all kind ofitosk lias advanced Elnce the electionflood inulea sold in Richmond lostMonday from 300 to j4G0 pairWill 10 Fielder was in ouftc alitllast week trying to buy timber Cat-tll arc still selling from 3 to Co per-
IL t1tu our locality und hogs abouti the inpticult court commencesrat Irvine t<rfyrJos8 Wilson and
Mat Brandenbufft bought lifted head
of cattle in Madison Codntr test wcktnUjneCampHarlan5d from Valley View There were I-
or 8 thousand pounds ot tobacco ralsod In our neighborhood for the sar
ket which sold from 16 to 20 centper pound Fur buyers aro plentifulthru here nowTho Rev Wm Hallot our town la still visiting In ClarkCounty John Moberly Is doing quitea lot of sawing Jhla fall with hismill
NEWS OF THE WEEKContinued from lint rare
that the part o the soldiers did theshooting and that the others all knowabout It and helped conceal it butthat tho good senator himself hubeen trying to keep the truth fromcoming put One of tho men confessed to a detective and then wroteForoker about It and Foraker wroteback a letter which resulted In themans again denying the wholematter Ohio is certainly gettingmany good reasons for not beingproud of her Senator lately
FARMS PRODUCED 7778000000Just think what those figures meanThat is thfi Value of the crops pro-
duced¬
in tho United States In thelast year by the farmers It is morethan the wealth of all the richest i
men together and Is half the totalvalue of all the railroads ot the coun ¬
try Corn was the most importantcrop valued at 1615000000I
CRAZY FROM RELIGION A bandof people who because ot their pecul ¬
tar religious views and tho way they i
act when what they call the spiritmoves them have got the name of
Holy Rollers got into troubleIn Kansas City last week and asa result four people are dead TheIwere holding street meetings In sucha way that a policeman thought theywere unfit to have charge of the chil ¬
dren who were with them and hewent up to ask about It A fightstarted at once other policemen cameup and over a hundred shots were I
fired Of the dead two are policemenone Is a leader In the sect whomils himself AdamGod and theother is his daughter who was shotaccIdentally I
ADD RUEF GUILTY San Franclscos political boss Abraham Brief theleading grafter in the world Just nowhas been convicted of bribery at last-
lie may get a sentence of fourteen I
years Ills conviction comes after athree months trial during which afriend of Ruefs shot the prosecutinglawyer Francis J Honey In the court-room The verdict is really the resultof a long crusade in which the city j
has been trying to get rid of IU cor-
rupt politlcans and bribe givers bothat once It seems to be succeedingSimilar progress toward decency JsIbeing made In runny other places andthe old style of corrupt pollUeaniwhich still curse a part of this counItry will In a few years be eithertint of business or In Jail The people
ire waking up-
KIDNAPPERj
AN EVANGELISTPat Crowe who made himself famousseveral years ago by kidnapping Eddie Cudahy the little son of a mil-
lionaire meat packer from a busyOmaha street and made hurt fatherWy 26000 to get hum back Las
turned evangelist and Is now load-
ing a series of meetings at EvanstonIlls Crowe managed to avoid arresttill long after all the evidence againsthim had disappeared then gave him-
self
¬
up and had his record clearedlie has never denied the crime
VT IN THE AJRfrs Mary SRoper of Brooklyn N Y baa brought-
a suit against the fair Association ofUlster County of that state becauseshe went up in tho air at the fairgrounds without wanting to She waswitching a balloon which was gettingready to go up and whn It startedher ankle got caught In a drag ropeand she was carried four hundred feetup In the air before the aeronautcould stop She wants 25000 damages
RIDE COSTS 100 AN IiOURJ-P Morgan one of the richest menIn the country ribs In a hurry to getfrom Chicago to New York the otherlay and had a special train take himnil the way It Is nearly n thousandmllec tho trip waa made in seven-teen
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hours and one minute at a rateof 58 to CO ratios nn hour and it costhim 100 nn hour
PANAMA AC9IDENTAn explo-sion
¬
In the when 22f tons of dynamite were tint oft accldently caused the death of ton mnnand Jnjurtoa to fifty All were workIng near a big steam shovel whichwas burled
JAP EMIGRATION STOPPED Asa further guarantee of good relationsbetween this country and Japan thelatter nation Iran made arrangot cntato stop the emigration of JajiaiisoheljRndIVenezuela and captured a govern-
ment¬
boat The crew wan put fn sureand the boat was darned off to ibe
old as a prize Thal Veh uolan fortsJM not try to fire on the Dutch wjirghiiptbo It was In range The lusttime they fired on a foreign boatiyI
t
IN OUR 01 STATE
Lynching Prevented by Sheriff InRussell County Night Riders Bus1
AgainWarrants for Clllhan25thPrimary Stands
Moll FOILEDA sheriffs brayery and wisdom saved from lynchingearly this week In Russel CountyJames lull a white man chargedwith the brutal murder of 13 yearold Mamie Womack Hill wascaught in Adair County after a longchase with bloodhounds being givenup by his uncle Ho was taken toUUSEC County on tho rumors oC amob and while in the JamestownJail another mob of about a hundredformed Tho sheriff took the prison ¬
er out into tho woods and kept himthere under guard The mob brokeopen tho jail but finally went awayThe next day lull was taken awayfor sato keeping
MORE NIGHT RIDERS A now
outbreak of night riders has occurredIn Muhlenberg County This time itwas tho association tobacco which wasburned Seems like a llttlo bird wascoming home to roost on the associ ¬
ationAFTERI
CALLIHANS Warrantshave been issued for Ed Callihan ofBreathitt County and ten of his fol ¬
lowers on the charge that they con ¬
spired and shot Rant Sebastian wvoral days ago
SffTH PRIMARY DATE Theprimary to chose a Democratic candidate
for Circuit Judge in the 26th Dintrict has been definitely set at Dec 31
In spite of the request of J SmithHays one of the candidates to have
It put oft till next summer i
GIGANAT1C TOBACCO SOCIETY
A tobacco society to control the crop
of the principle tobacco raising stateshas been formed In Louisville It wiltbo managed on the same lines Mthe ones which have been operatingIn this stAte but will Include muchmoro territory All tobacco possible
will be pooled under It and sold by
ItERNST WINS PIOIIT At tire
hearing before the Republican State
Central Committee last week on con¬
tests from several counties In the l
western end of tho state the contests j
were all decided In favor of the ErnstTaft men the BradleyFairbanks menlosing out Only two members of theCentral Committee one of them be¬
ing Bradley voted against tho Taftmen
KARGIS ON TRIALTko trial of I
ttecoh Hargls for the killing of hisfather will havo been called In Irvine i
by the time this taper roaches Itsreaders It Is set for Wtdnebdayl
de¬ j
thAtIheball been brutal to him for tome timeand was assultlng him at the timeof tho tragedy
itdr BETTER TAX LAWSAmovement to change tho antiquated
I
and expensive tax system of thestate was started at a meeting cfthe Lexington Commercial Club lastFriday night Tho abuses of the css I
tots under which only a comparatively small part of the taxes ever getto tho government for tho use of thepeople are so well known that there j
Is uo need of recounting them Themovement favors an amendment of i
tho ConstitutionNO SPECIAL SESSION Tho gov ¬
ernor has announciil that he will notcall a special session of the legislat ¬
ure to consider the County Unit bmlor any other subject which ought tobe attended to at the regular session
SCORES GOV WlLLSON JudgoEd ORear In a speech before membare of the tobacco society Saturdaynight mado a violent attack on thegovernor for the way ho has actedla the tobacco troubles Ho did notuse the governors name but there wasno doubt about whom ho referred toORuar has already defended tho nightridcra In a public speech-
IAYS BOOBS DEBTS AuditorJames has paid tho ntato 201704 tosettlo for the defalcation of Judge
1 Uooos during the eleven months thatJames has had the Auditors offjcaHo was not protected by a bond andthe loss will come out of his ownpocket
TO OEVEEOPMO1INJAINS-
JaeksonY Ky Dec 12 A greatconvention bl the people of the moun ¬
tain counties of Kentucky has beencalled to meet at Jackson on the firstWednesday In May next to considerandjit will find welcome and nEastern Kentucky
t Tbo advancsmont ot agriculturaleducational and religions interests tbImprovement si Jilg ways and theutilization of teal power will alsobo coualdortd The following resolu ¬
tions offered at tho Law end Ordermeeting by JudseiVS Beckner PtWinchester wore a 1mously adopted
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a
aGREAT NATURAL RESOURCES
Whereas the groat natural re-
sources¬
of Eastern Kentucky malts itono of tho most promising fields forInvestment in Ute South and whereasthe people beyond its borders havevery erroneous views concerning con ¬
ditions In that section of the stateand whereas wo are In sympathywith the dominant forces ot that re-gion In favor of clylo betterment andwhereas wo appreciate the importanceot united action on the part of all thocounties In Eastern Kentucky to as-
sure the outside world that law andorder now prevail and will bo main ¬
tamed and that all who may come toEastern Kentucky or who may Investtheir money there will be protectedand find hearty welcome now there¬
tore with a view to establish con¬
fidence and taking counsel togetherconcerning the common weal be itresolvedCONVENTION
CALLED FOR MAY1 That u convention of the coun ¬
ties ot Eastern Kentucky being thecounties lying east of Mnnon Flemingand Bath In tho Ninth CongressionalDistrict nil the counties In the TenthCongressional District all the coupties lying on tho Fast of Madison Goraid and Lincoln In the Eighth Congre atonal Dlttrict and all the coun-ties
¬
lying east of tho Knoxvllle branchof the Louisville and Nashville rail-road
¬
bo called and Laid In Coctrton onthe first Wednesday In May 1009 attwelve oclock M to consider the bestmeans of preserving law and order ofsatisfying capital that It will find wetcome and protection of advancing thoInterests of religion and education ofImproving tho public highways ctutilizing the water powers of improv ¬
lag agricultural conditions and ofmaking it known to tho world thatthis section ic Inhabited by descendantsot tho best AngloSaxon and Huguenotblood that came to America and Wilttho only drawbACks to their development and progress have been the lackof transportation facilities of educa ¬
tional advantages and of capital withwhich to mafco available the vast nat¬
ural resources with which God hasblessed them-
NAMING OF TilE DELEGATES2 That the County Judges of said
counties be and are hereby requestedto appoint at least five delegates frommnous their ooMtltutonU without re>
spent to politics who will bo mostlikely to tao an Interest in tliejmrposes of said convention3 TImt tho chairman of this meet ¬
ing appoint an executive committeeof seven suitable persons whose dutyIt shall be to promote said conventionand to look after and arrange nil thodetails ot same with plenary powersIn the premises
FROM ANGBLLS LESSONS ONKINDNESS TO ANIMALS
There ate certain things which allboys and girls should remember
1 Never to stick pins Into butter¬
flies and other insects unless youwould like to have somebody stick-pins Into you
2 Never carry poultry with theirheads hanging down unless you wouldlike to be carried in the same way
3 Never to throw stones at thoseharmless creatures tho frog unlessyou would like to have stones thrownat you In the jtamit way
4 That nearly all snakes aro harm-less and useful
6 The earth worms are harmlessand that when you use them in nahIng they ought to be killed Instantlybefore you start by plunging them in
wllteri l te keep fishlnKlass globes slowly dying
7 That It Is kind to feed the birdIn winter
8 That bits shout never ba putIn horses mouths in cold weatherwithout being first warmed
I 9 That it is cruel to keep twitchingr the reins while driving1 10 That whoa your horse la put laa strange ntablo you should ftlwnjbo sure that ho is properly fed and
i watered and In cold weather that hisonI rldo af¬
ter a poorlooking horse when youi inn help it Alwaya look at the horseand refuse to ride after a poor lookingone or a horse whoso head Is tied up
a tight checkreinThat you should ahvaya talk
jlJY to every dumb creatureThat you should always treatdumb creature as you would
into to i Ureat d yourself It you werein the creatures iisce
IYlcltan Sponoessponges from Yucatan
mny fae looked for ere long Thorn isa largo growth of line sponges loft un ¬
touched so far as the native diversdo not usually take sponges at a Ijrcater depth than 16 feet The better clniitgrow In ilia greater depths and these
i era now to be gathered
The PhilosopherI
of Folly 1
A Jot of people are crazy td getInto society ears the Philosophy ofFolly for the imp reason that u lotof other cwiplo aro Crazy to keep t
thorn out =because a lotuj people arearmy
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