J
rs i Tw o =1z nMn ttyrPERSONAL MENTION
Mr B E Rowe was in lames tow n°
last week
Dr 0 A Cox Stanford was Inlumbla Thursday
Mr S A Hardesty Lebanon spenlast Sunday in Columbia
Mr W H Wilson and wife are visit-Ingf at the Russell Springs
t Mr B K Young of Cumberlandcounty is visiting in this city
Mr G W Brockman Araandavillewas here Saturdayfromi a
Miss Emma ITunn is attending tHustonviile Fair
Mr Roy Baker Dixon Ky is visitlog friends in Columbia
Eld J W McGarvey Jr arrivedfrom Lexington last Friday afternoon
ofsttownCol Morrison of Jamestown whas been qulteslck is much Improv-ed
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laReva snn of Mt Washington are visitingrelatives In this county
Mr and Mrs J A Parson were vis¬
friends and relatives in GreenSacountyMiss Marietta Rowe who has been
visiting in Jamestown returned homelast week
Mrs C A Cox of Stanford sister ofMrs J H Grady is visiting in Colum ¬
bia
Mrs A B Gowdy and little MaryTriplett returned to CampbellsvilleMonday
Mrs Lucy Jackman mother of MrJ W Jackman was quite sick lastweek
Mr Carl Strange and his aunt M
Hall visited Burksville last Frida yinand Saturday
Mr Alcorn and wife of Greensburgwere visiting the family of Mr AHunn last week
Mr J L McLean returned to Glagow last Friday accompaned by htbrother George
Miss Lillie Tingling who has beenvisiting relatives in Baltimore MeLreturned home last week
Mr T A Baker who hats a portionat Washington in the Census departmeat left for his post of duty last week
The many friends of Miss EffieBradshaw will be glad to learn thatshe has recovered from a recent attackof serious illness
Mrs Cozette of Boyle county is vis ¬
sting her daughter Mrs E H Pricewho has been quite sick for the pastten days
Miss Jennie Van Pelt of Parklandis visiting Miss Sallie Rey MarcumSome years ago Miss Van Pelt was ateacher of music in this city makingmany friends
Mr Jas Garnett Jr wife and lit leHedaughter Francis and Mr W A Cof-
fey and wife returned from a visit toMrs Ellen Wheat Montpelier Sun-
day¬
afternoonJudge J G Winfrey wife son an
daughter of Evansville Ind are vis¬
¬cofreywas spent in Columbia and his manyfriends were glad to see him
LOCAL JOTTINGS
Next Monday wilt be county court
Circuit court will begin at Libertynext Monday
Be sure and attend the RuSpringsFairtrSaSlFcbuntv Institute the 20th ofthismonthhMr Gorden Montgomery will reImove into his new residence this week 1
NoticeWe have a lot of good iron hoop bar-
rels¬
for sale Willis Bros vleThebe cut short in this county on accountof wet weather
John Smith who shot Abf jab Huphrey last Thursday was lodgedjail Friday nights
The school in West Columbia will betaught by Prof A H Ballard andfvlll begin next Monday
My accounts are due so come asettle I need the money
Mre Sallie BradshawI
Died on the 22d uitIr DavidConover He was 82 years old Helived In the White Oak country
Born to the wife of RobtChewnlngTa pJco Wednesday the 25th ulttwins both boys weighing 7i poundseach
ItU thought by some people thatIcorn will not be worth more than 8125per barrel when the present crop hasbeen gathered
When you visit Louisville stop atthe New Phoenix HoteL Fin clastare and wclUocatedv corner of 7th
c andyMarket Streets
par Sparksvllle reporter informs ustkftt Charley KIngrey who was shotby Jo Akin Is getting along nicelylad bat every Democrat in that see
ti M for the State and National
IItt>
j
Persons who want a few days of rec-
reation¬
should begin on the 14th dayof August and select the RussellSprings Fair as the placele
0Letters recleved here by partshandling staves indicate that the busearlyItwork
Russell Spring Fair privileges willbe sold to the highest and best bidderat Kimble Saturday July 28th
S A SIMPSON Secty 2t
Quite a number of Adair county fa ¬
men state that the recent rains haseriously damaged wheat a nd oatsMany stacks are in bad conditiorf
ea large per cent of the oats arc yetthe field
Mantel Company 224
roWTheJefferson St Louisville sell thebest and cheapest mantels in the cityThey represent three of the best far ¬
htarles and manufacturer much of theock 523m
hoCharley Blevins who was Brown-ev the Bunk hole Green river twomiles belowthe bridge on Monday of
st week was found Wednesdorning one mile below the place he
went down
Mr G W Brockman who lives atAmandavllle while in Columbia
turday reported so we are Imformthat corn at gatherIng time in his
section would not bring more than 75
cents per barrel
Spocial Notice
My accounts are all due July 1stPlease crll and pay your accountnote without further notice I needthe money D H BUTLEK
Mr T A Botttms who lives at Faiplay is a successful cabbage growerHe has many that measure four feetten inches from tip to tip and isFirsto them
Miss Rey and Master Earl McGarveentertained their young friends 1 asttheFriday evening The littleexpress themselves as being perfectwes re
excellents selestlons of music
Coffey Brothers bought last weeka very line 5 year old guiding for whichthey paid 8WO 1 hey claim ttiis to liethe JiIlCt hurts they have ever han ¬
died and when he is properly educatedthey expect a handsome price whichthey will doubtless get
Aunt Sally Bryant who livenear the Russell Springs and Coleus-
bin
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road six miles from this pidied last Friday She was 84 years oldand had been in poor health for Saves-
al¬
mouths She was a lady much rspected by her neighbors
Mat Swanson whose death is men-
tioned¬
elsewhere served two terms inthe penitentiary He was sent oncefrom Russell county for maliciousshooting and from Barren for bigam
was acquitted for killing a man inClinton county
One day last week a mare belongln-to Mr Frank Wooldridge who livescoltd ethltule Is living
Eld J W McGarvey Jr will deli t ¬
er a lecture this Wednesday evensat the Russell Springs on his tracein the Holy Land Mr McGarvey hasjust returned and his lecture will provevery intereting He will also lecturesat Breeding next Monday night
The people of Jamestown and viciu
opportunitysseh toIavels in the Holy Land next Fri-
day¬
night He will be at Creelsbo-aturday
ronight following II o will
ave views of all the most interestingsights
Miss Sallie Montgomery haS suchrangements with Prof Ballad ¬
cipal of the Columbia Male C FemHigh School that all persoas attendingthe school and desiring to take mu sicchssons with her can do so She will beplylocatedconvcnient to the college forthat purpose
sesslma1a Icolis
aid is up on all the common schoolbranches Ills work gave entire sat is¬
faction many of the teachers expring themselves as having been greatbenefitted
ndMiss Lena Hurt who lives a fewmiles in the country entertained hand ¬
somely last Friday evening Theyoung people in the neighborhoodturned out inlarge numbers and sev ¬
oral couples of Columbia put in theirappearance There were music and allkinds of social games and a generalgood tithe prevailed
Last Thursday Mr Sam Hale andMiss Ortclla Darnell a popular couof Kimble Kentucky drove to JamesJtows and while seated In their buggyin front of the ceurthouse Bid A IIBaugli in his usual and impressivemanner made them husband and vlfeIThe couple returned to Kimble and recqlved the blessings of their parents
Under the present arrangraents thecarrying of the mall between Colum ¬
bia and Cain pbellsville is costing thecon dollarsper day Weunderstand that they agreed to carrytke plaid for a little Ipss than WOO peryear At the pfeeeat rates It footsup 1676 per year
They Are Very PleasantSmokers attention He has come
last The Never Down Log Runeystone cigar Its made of cabba-aves and rotten stock bad flavor If
you dont believe it try one and youwill like it Askyour merchant for ItManufactured by S L Howicn Som-erset Ky
Lee R Fulks have surd Boreing CPearl for 2500 damages The suitwas brought iu the Marion CircuitCourt and grows outof the latter company refusing to take the Columbiaand Campbcilsville stage line whichtreStullin s
Springs last week The water Isbiasulpher and invalids clam thatare being beneiitted by using It Tspring is located in the southerntion of the county and only recenthealthr
dPaid subscribers since lastW Stevenson Ben V Smith Q
Jones Gordon E Pike Miss StarlightBlocaymMitchell H A Mitchell BF Flo-ors E W Burton W B Brown SaWolford Leslie Bennett U T SeibasretwItElevenslieRiverwith foul play It has been told tothis office by a gentleman who conve-sod with a person from Taylor tauntthat when the body was taken fro
orthe river the nose and skull werecrushed
Insuranrstrong Insures all kinds of propertyexcept steam mills hemp and tobaccoRates reasonable Insures against
re Lightning and WindZ JI STAPLES County DirectorAgentY years withContinental General Manager
We understand that the cola rodthewoman preacher who has been con ¬
ducting meeting on the Burksailpllce for the past two months was clos-ed
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out of the bulhJln the Presid ¬
luadgshaini that a theologian of her r<lututirnfailed in trying to lead sinners to re-
p n Lance
The catalogues for the Russellkedlecone we re-
ceived¬
the manuscript the job was inNearc lyyas one 0
sides other jobwork and the work onthethe paper was carried on at the sametime
Prof A H Ballard has made satis-factory
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arrangements with the trus-tees
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of the M F High School andthe institution will open next MondayProf Ballard has also been emp loyedWgest
thesos¬
er male teacher will be given work bye first of January
NoticeTax for 1000 is now due You
earnsis at
must pay at ante or a levy willmade Indulgence ceases to bo avirtue I mean business so youmay expect a levy unless you p-
onceay
rhis T HURT Sheriff
Quite a number of parties arc com ¬plaining about having their gardenscorn patches and watermelon patchesraided of late in this vicinity and itofgareeGa
¬fraleof it apd the only way to break updetestable potty larceny Is to ap¬
the law to the fullest extentThis community is now worked to thatIpoint and unless such stealing comesciteoft rtwe
The White Teachers Institute ofAdair county will be held thebeginning Monday August 20thStately or
°ltpheay
revokes their certificates Prof JohnC Willis who was so popular with theteachers last year will bo with usagain and we are expecting to have anexcellent institute
W D JONES S C8
nGreenthe following interest log fatally histo-ry > His father who lives with hisBfyears old and basreard ten 1frBKentucky The others are locateddifferent States of the union Phiare onehundred and sixty one chiren grandchildren and great grand ¬
children livIng anp twentyfive deadmaking a total of one hundred andeightysix He Is a Democrat and aMethodist and travels In the interestof s pateat medieifte jBtbelsatteayears jie hassoW avfcr 4000 boxes of rndlan Root Pills TOtcee of fife Qeyootr
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reaatLastprgety met at the courthouse for the purpose of providing ways and meansperpetuate a High School at the DIthbuPettedChairman and J E Murrell Secretary
Hon J R Hindman stated theject of the meeting after whichMcDonald representing the II o mBoard of New York addressed thedlencc telling In a conclvewhat his people were willing tothat the Board would give tin hun-dred
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dollars ayear to the school andmake it perpetual but in order ra seuplek¬
giviugs0roethihe ng
i ¬mat1Y owould be benifitted that the efforts ofthe Board were appreciated
When Dr McDonald closed a num ¬madB ea or
the schoolhaHwwcar¬rhop us ¬
toconsider and a proposition to raiseentylive hundred dollars was sub-
mitted¬
and passed The motion cars with it that none of the money
is to be paid in until the whole of thegor adJm FRidraw up a blank to besigned by those who desired to give
ceand C S Harris J R Hindman DrW R Grissom Rev T F WaltonRev E W Barnett and T R Stultswere appointed to solicit aid
lY1Y JONES Chairman-J E MUItJ ELL Secy
The school meeting as announced inatthe last Issue of the News was held inthe courthouse last Wednesday evenIng A good sized crowd was out and
interest manifested clearly incated that the people of this commu ¬
lenity realize the importance of immdiate action to secure the outside abinidthat is tendered Dr McDonald stat¬
that the educational board of Newwiu11ofg to appmpriato 550000 annually to
the school here and to make it perpet-ual provided the people of this sectionwould appreciate it to the extent ofingoodeping them in a comfortable and att-ractive form The estimated cost ofthe money now needed and the fundskeeptheis 250000 This was agreed upon as
amount that this town would offDr McDonald as proof of its shill tyofand appreciation for this generous andniagnificient proposition to us andorder to secure this amount a Commtee of live was appointed to solicitsubscription to this fund Dr McDonald proposition is one that evecitizen in this section should appreate for it will beyond doubt piacelastour school on such footing as will guar-antee
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a high grade and permanent in¬
ThbproposltlonIsloose the school In order to getthis amount it will he necessaryevery body to give and give liberalYou will be asked to give so makeyour mind to do your duty let othersdo as they may It would be a great
generationbe forr¬
den to the present one to make it as ccessWe must lave the schoolsodont let an opportunity slip
How true is the seattmentcontiaiin the old song Twenty Years Aand how often are we reminded of thewords in that old ballad It Is a litmore than twenty years since MrJ G Winfrey who is now City Judge
the Evansville Indiana court wascitizen of Columbia He is here at
this time visiting relatives andiends of his early manhood
him last Sunday afternoon heWell I have been walking around
went over to my old home down tothe spring and up to the collegeThere have been many changes sinceI was here A few more words and
separated When he remarkedthere had been many changes it oc-
curred to us that if he lied stoopeddown at the spring and took a drinkwaAll ter
too looked very different from twoyears ago Jordan your locks are get ¬
ting thinhave a silvery cost in factthe boys of twenty years ago are grow-Ing
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old You have a spmpath etlcheart and we doubt not when you supon the college hill you was remindedthat here you had watched for hours
barefooted boys at plaYtl some en-
gaged¬
in tossing the ball others juting and just over in the south con
sat a group playing mumbJ thepegAgain if yon had gone into the build ¬
l ug you would have doubtless foundour own name written upon the wall
un ¬stveetbertAdvJordonbringupbethpleasantondi sad
001 ¬theldfighting lifes battle trying to do allthe Rood In the world theycaQI
Mr AbJjah Humphrey al eacaa
partloPGttbbjJobriTJUtJHIIl
dy to start when the old man ap ¬
upon the scene and entered hisotest Hot words followed resultingSmith shooting the father of his In-
tended¬
bride MrAtUree years ago his wife died and wasried upon his farm After she haden in her grave several months
concluded to remove the body to whhe could view it at will AccordinglytDr ook
iteThe vault is made so he can enter it
aUand dally he goes in and views the race
looksd0lOn the 24th of July the relaU °
su I friend of Mr and Mrs SuJ tee whose home II nearGreen riverth t county gave a surprise dineUK occasion being Mrs Jones Gistfielofive were present besides the childrenand the dinner was one of the finestever served on a similar occasion Mrand Mrs Jones are very fleshyrarely ever get out from home betthe visit of their friends Mr Jotweighs 287 pounds while his wife punsthe scales to the 310pound mark They
ve two children and the combinedof the family is 810 pounds
Jones is a brother to Mr J WJones of Knifiey who is a larger man
Mat Swanson a wellknown char oter was found dead on tIle Columbiaand Russes Springs road last Friday He had a bullet hole in his headhut there is no clue to the guilty par-ty He was evidently shot from a ¬
bush If we remember correcSwanson has been charged with usinghis pistol pretty freely shooting sever¬
al persons and his conduct generallyhas been that of a very bad man Stillthe person who assassinated him deserves hanging
ORADYVILLE
Misses Kate Walker and Claramore were visiting the Misses Walker
Nell last weekMrs II C Walker and daughter
spent a few days of last week visitingat Bliss
diMm J J Hunter spent a day or solast week visiting relatives in Colum ¬
JD Walker S Sons threshed lastweek on their farm about 600 bushels
wheatMiss Claud Walker of Nell was vis¬
sting relatives in our city last week
Quite a number of our people att-ended church at Rocky Hill nearBreeding last Sunday
W L Grady was in Columbia lastweek looking after the proposed fat that place
la5tweererGarfield Flowers is buying a nice lot
young hogs preparatory for thespring market paying cts per poutMitturn from EdmontonGraysry on
ourweek and reported fine crops
s section
Uncle Henry Keltner who is inBOth year of age is in a critical condi-tion
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He is one of our oldest citizenssevforpMessrs Lewis S Baker Burksvlllepassed through here with a car load offat cattle cnroute for Greensbuwhere they will ship to the Luusrmarket
Our Irish potato crop was never bet ¬
ter Mr C O Moss has produced onethat measured 8 inches in length andMrweighed in proportiondaysnedweek in Metcalfe county buyiogsh
cattleileZ H Grissom representing a Knox
vllle clothing house was in iur ml dstSlast week and informed us thattrade fuss very satisfactory
Mr Jas Gilpin one of our prosper¬tosaid Dickone cow
for875vMessrs Robert Yates and BeeCoffey two of our farmers are sell n gallot their prrperty preparatory forleaving for Texas They have ren teda farm in the Lone Star State andwill locate there permanently in thenear future Success to them
Smith Nell returned from CumIhmybought In that county They at alltimes have a lot of stock on handsready for the marketsofood me
witch was left in the fieldover n1causingcerMarried on this 24at the residence
of the brides toother Mr W P Mont ¬
gomery to Miss Lottie Burris Thegroom is only 50 years old whilebride is at the mature ageof 10Wilson officiated
QLENSFORK
Mr Hopper Scheldler of Evansvillefad is visiting relatives and frlenear this place
Mr Pack Willis Is still very lowshot Boeee who was In then
jar army and on duty in the Philipbedsplde
Texas a few days age
Kr Flak A Strange gave a birthdytfartyoBe right tafc weak teHhtits <ttbkiirlral aU tlwtbtr ifst
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milestone Finis reached six feetthree inches first and is an originalBeckham man and IsccsplJln forNovemberdutyboutSimmons Nelson Ridge Miss ElmerTaylor on Pettis Fork Miss DlcleLauraereDudley at Zion
Chapman Walkup Co who havebeen operating their saw mill onCreek have finished their contract-
as and will more the machinery at onceto timber they have purchased attarherebere ¬nueropenIng ¬
Wheat Is said to be averaging about12 bushels per acre
VALLEYcecsBorn to the wife of Sam Shreve
July 2G a 10 pound daughterMiss Nonie Powell Columbia was
DohoneySaturdayRev E B Forriar of Louisville
holding a two weeks meeting at theBaptist church
Miss Matra Beams a pretty littlelady of Bardstown is visiting thefamily of Mr A R Feese
W E Eubanks house and all itslafly st
Capt Jim Cantrill of Greensburgwas visiting the family of J E RiceSunday
Frank Hutchison bought CharlesKeeneys farm last Saturday Consid-eration 200
precasWfl eof them will vote for Beckham at thecoming election
On last Wednesday evening atBaptist church Mr Charlie Durhawas married to Miss Ollie Farrie Regroois °and is quite popular in society Tbride is the only daughter of Mr WmIValleysmost
JAMESTOWN
The heavy rains have put a sutllcietide In the river for the boats to
RWooldridgeMfa ss
visitingMissekMr O B Vaughan Kimble was
town Monday
Marcus Harmon who shot hIs fatherambush last week had an exadintog trial before Judge Sharp last
onday He was held over for forthwithout bail His father is sa-
to be improving
Mr C H Murrell traveling solilainDahisplace Thursday Rev Baugh officiat ¬
ingapec t
PELLYTON
erefile ekcc
Ruberts last weekBorn to the wife of Milton Wo
man the 20th a girl
Leo Bledsoe Esto was visitl °
weeklae stock traderpassed through here last week enroutehome from Somerset
A Polly bought of different par¬hishre wet
Miss Mary Ann Earls was visitingrelatives at Roley this week
Mrs Robt Young of Watson wrelatives hero this week
chcLuther Maupln was in C ville lastweek
ABSHER
ClOpS arc very good in this localsMatthew Robertson who has be enG
quite sick is better at this writing
Sundapschhey ood
assuperintendent
Robert and Henry Cooley were visit-Ing their home folks Saturday andSunday
Campbeg isplace T
Fruit isno scarce article in this vi¬
cinity
Miss Eva Dillingham was the guestSundayRevg was
iting P T Cooley Saturday night0thisSunday butadswerogreatlydisappointed by the heavyrain that tclK
vIsitingUsSEtlielPooreyl8St
visitlfrlentlsHill Saturday and Sunday
Miss Cora Breeding wolf the guest f-
of Ethel Brock man SundaysuThe ttbbaiilal this pit De 1s- ixi Yie
oSenrolled
spentSundayatthisEld W G Montgomery will fill his
thirdSundayGoV Beckham
This celebrated and thorougbredshorthorn bull will make the presentseason on my farm and will be per-mitted
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to serve cows for 8100 cash or8150 on time Gov Beckham is twoyears old and weight 1100 pounds Ithink he is the Best Bull of his age IGRADYGrady
I-
sTRAINING STABLE
0AM NOW PREPARED TO HANeitheryounghorse thatyou want trained dont puthorsetheandtrainedwork of this kind done I am preparedto give satisfaction My charges orevery Reasonable ROBT HUDSON
ctColumbia Ky
S L POWELLATTORNEYATLAWmKYm0adjoininghecollections a specialty
Office Pages Block second floorwith C S Harris News office
ntLLOYD PLACE
REDBOILINGSPRINGS
THEPopular Health and Pleasure Re ¬
insort of Macon county Tenn
RED BOILING
INGmCHALYBEARE
erFREESTONE WATERSNatures Great Remedy for Disease
ctof Stomach Liver Kid ¬
asps Dropsy Rheumatism etc
ManagerhT T CfcOYO
edboiling Spfings r
TennesseeA SavedHer
I am the mother of eight children
exderiencerkLast summer my litt-le daughter had the dysentery in itsgworst form We thought she woulddie I tried everything I could thinkof but nothing seemed to do her anygood I saw by an advertisement inour paper that Chamberlains Colic
and Diarrhoea Remedy wasighly recommended and sent and got
a bottle at once It proved to be oneof the very best medicines we ever hadin the house It saved my little daugh ¬
astos life lam anxious for everymother to know what an excellentmedicine it is Had I known it atfirst It would have saved me a greatdeal of anxiety and my little daughtermuch sufferIngYours truly Muss
>roF BURDICK Liberty R I Forsale by M Cravens
At Corbin Sunday night Will HUPton was shot by Red Wyatt Hiltondied of his wounds Monday morning
Thoroughbred Berkshire pigs for
KentuckyRegisteredR Stalls Columbia Ky
socIetyWUlmcetFriday In August 1900ProsvieDuring the civil war as well as in
late war with Spain diarrhocq wasone of the most troublesome diseasesthe army had to contend with Inmany instances It became chronic andthe old soldiers still suffer from ItMr
GreenecChand Di <arrlwea TRepedy and sbeMver L
und aaythiBg that would glTthia c
oh qwtek relief it fe tot tab ty M 1tCtat- < 0X
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