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VOL xxx HOPKINSVILLE KENTUCKY TUESDAY MAY 26 1908No 63

Wio BIG MilLS

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New Company Takes Qver

Roth Crescent and Cli V

Millss > wiu<

CAITAL STOCK 200000

Incorporators of Hopkitisville-

Milling Co Chief OwnersI

of Both Plants1

Articles incorporationg the Hopkinsyjlle Milling Company were filedSaturday the capital stock being200000 divided into 100 sharesThe incorporators are James West

W T Cooper R A Rogers Dr SH Williams M V Dulin C L Daniel and Frank K Yost

The new company absorbs two ofjthe principal milling plants of thedeity the Crescent and the Climax

which will be run as heretofore butunder one management from theoffice of the Crescent mill on Sev ¬

enth StreetThe officers will be elected later

The two mills have a combined caacity of one thousand barrels of

4 bur a day besides other mill pro ¬

ductsTheconsolidation is a business

move of great importance The op ¬

erating expenses will be lessenedand the capacity increased Onemill is located on the L N andthe other has tracks connecting withboth the L N and 1 C roads

Theincorporators are among Hopkinsv best and most successfulbusiness men and both mills havebeen financial successes from the

istart

The cheapest paint is not the kindthat looks a lot for the money Itsthe kind that spreads farthest wearslongest Green Seal Lander BrosNewstead Ky

THE DEMAND

WAS LIVELY

Common Grades of Tobacco

Sold and Good Prices

Realized

RECEIPTS 5819<

BIDS

One Thousand Hogsheads

Will be Sold by Local

Salesman in May

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The salesman for the associationdisposed of 154 hogsheads df tobaccolast week nearly all of the weedsold being lugs and common to med¬

ium leaf Lugs ranged in pricefrom 7 to 10 and leaf from 10 to

18 While there was a falling offin sales over the week b fore the de ¬

mand was lively and this weekssales will probably be much heavierAbout 800 hogsheads of associationtobacco have been sold here in thismonth and it is quite likely that thefigures will reach the thousandmark before the end of the month

No very fine leaf has been offeredas

yetReceiptsfor last week were 238

hogsheads making a total of 5819hogsheads for the season Althoughthere were no very large purchases

the last week all the buyerswereonihefloorrand carefully in¬

the various types-TheSdcietyoffeqmty business of

las eek4waynoJrBV heavy as thatof the eek bef9 but receipts andsales this week ar expected to bemt h ter Neatly all of the 1907cropofjtobacco has been deliveredand the most of the prizers have firished their work

It is better to be sure before paint-ing than sorry afterwards There ¬

fore use Green Seal Lander BrosNewstead Ky

List your real estate for sale withJ F ELLIS

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wear that fits + < Just fourtell itIworlf For The-

MoneyeJ Balbriggan Lisle Gauze

and Nainsook Made inl short and long sleeves

j Regular or Coat Shirfs

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PRINCELY GIFT

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Donates Church Site To tfie

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AN UNEXPECTED OFFERt

Part of the Warehouse Lot1

Made Vacant By NightRiders t

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Mr John C Latham who has-

been Hopkinsvilles greatest bene¬

factor in many ways has put theMethodist church the largest inpoint of membership in the city un¬

der obligations to him for the ten¬

der of building site for the erec ¬

tion of a house of worship RevGeo H Means recently applied toMr Latham for an option on his va¬

cant lot corner Ninth and Campbellstreets as the Methodist church hasoutgrown its present quarters onNinth and Clay and is on the look ¬

out for another lot Mr Lathamwheri apprised of the purpose forwhich the lot was wanted told DrMeans that he would donate to thechurch as much of the lot as is need ¬

ed for the new building Thechurch committee was to meet lastnight to formulate plans and decidehow much ground would be neededThe lot covers nearly a whole squareand is the one formerly occupied bythe Latham warehouse dynamiteddand burned by raiders Dec 7th be ¬weeas k

I property previous to the raid wasworth 25000 and the vacant lot isprobably worth half as much Itfronts on three streets and is onlyseparated from the L N railroadby one vacant lot also in the burneddistrictMr

numerous donationsand great generosity to the churcheand public enterprises of the cityhave been so frequent that the pub ¬

lic has become accustomed to themThis one to a church with which heis in no way connected is one of themost valuable of all Only a yearor two ago he donated a parishhouse to the Episcopal church ofwhich his mother and sister weremembers

Ditch Caved InThe ditch for the sanitary sewer

line down the river bank from thecity workhouse caved in Saturdaywhile workmen were laying the pipeand Jim Pinner cob had a veryclose call A white plumber furtheralong in the ditch also had to jumpto escape The ditch was cleanedout and the pipe laid the same dayThe cavein was in the soft fill nearthe I C depot

B F C CommencementThe final exercises of commences

ment week at Bethel College will beheld tonight and five young ladieswill receive diplomas and certificatesThe pupils recital was held last nghtand was a most enjoyable eventlargely attended

Miners Get BusyIn the Elkhorn and Pocahontas

W Va coalfields more than 2000miners who have been idleowing toslack business will resume workOne thousand will be put to work inthe Thacker and Matewan field afteran idleness of five months r

TwlRibs Were BrokenPoliqehah Abner Withersppon

Vhoflgufeof in a country runawayaccident on the 18th instant discov-

ered¬

Saturday that he had sustainedtwo broKen ribs as a result of thecollision His injureffwilJforce himto remain off duty for several daysmore

Green Seal paint pure prettypopular priced pleasing particularpeople Lander Bros Newstead Ky

EXAMINATION FOR-

CERTIFICATES

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ThirtykSuccessfully Stood Ex¬

aminationI

01tt 1tUR TAILED

Miss McKee 14a highestAverage of Anyb

Applicants

entysix outof1i ants

ekAinAtionfChristian county schools and were

with certificates The ex-amination which was the first of a

theWestcCrDudleyCountyST n first class certificates werea follows3ean S Hord EthelBrown Lillian Brasher Cassie Dillman Susie Goode Mabel Hille andMessrs J E Brown W H Corne ¬

lius and Thomas EMiss McKee madeEarleI90 4 10 the highest

one in the examinationThere were six secondclass cer¬

tificates awarded as follows MrsMinnie B Renshaw Martha SmithEllen R Davison Lillian StamperRuby Lackey and Marian R Bowles

Tten third class were awarded asfollows Sadie LiTcile Redd 0ie BHenton Roscoe Pool Wallace LacyLula Boyd Eu a Cranpr May tieBarker Lucille Globdwih Thomas 0Wood and Katherine Major

At the examination of colored ap¬

plicants held at the colored publicschool building last Friday and Sat ¬

urday there were 37 applicants Thepapers will be graded this week

The next examination of white ap ¬

plicants for certificates will be heldthe third Friday and Saturday inJune and the next colored examina ¬

tion the fourth Friday and Satur¬

day

Ky Educational AssociationFor the above occasion to be held

at Frankfort Ky June 16th to 18thinclusive the Illinois Central =wiltmake a rate of one fare plus 25cfor the round trip on sale June16th and limited to June 20thfotireturtf G < R Newman Agt

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With the largest combined capital find surplus of any bank in Christian county supplied wit 1o mur f1r proof safe and vault weSNprepared to offer our depgsilorsery rotection for their money

3 per cent Interest on Time Certificates ofDeposita0

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In Surplus there is StrengthWe invite your account as a safe depository for

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HAS A REGULAR SAVINGS DEPARTMENT

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