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fl VOLUME 10 COLUMBIA ADAIR COUNTY KENTUCKY WEDNESDAY AUGUST 7 1907 NUMBER 39

t DEATH OF JOHN WILLISI

The subject of this notice died at hishome in Russell Springs last Thurs ¬

day night He was born and reared inAdair county and was a son of thelate Pascal Willis He was about fortysix years old and was a victim ofconsumption The remains were inter ¬

red at the old home place on Glensfork this county The deceased was abrother of Mr J A Willis and aneph ¬

ew of Mrs Jennie Mollie McClain ofthis place He leaves a wife and sev ¬

eral children

DEAD AT EIGHTY FOUR YEARS

Mrs Ellen Patteson one of the mostbeloved old ladies in Taylor county diedin Campbellsville last Friday nightShe was eightyfour years old and wasthe mother of the late Circuit JulgeCharles Patteson anda grandmotherof Mrs Jo Coffey Jr of this placeFuneral services were held Saturdayand the interment was in BrooksideCemetery Mr and Mrs Coffey thisplace attended the last sad rites

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tLast Friday morning Herschel Jeffries aged 13 years died at the homeof his mother Mrs Omeria Jeffriesnear Joppa He was a victim of ty¬

phoid fever and was sick but a fewdays He was a dutiful son the prideof a loving mother anda favorite ofhis brothers and sisters He was a sonof the late Cook Jeffries and a nephewof W F Jeffries this place The in¬

terment was in the family buryingJ ground many friends being present

JUDGE GARNETT AT PINEVILLE

Several weeks ago Governor Beckham commisioned Hon James Garnettof this place to hold a special term of

q Circuit Court lasting four weeks ifnecessary at Pineville Bell countyMonday August 5 was fixedo beginthe term and it is now in session MrGarnett is a lawyer of recognized abil ¬

ity and there is not a doubt but he willbe just to all parties who may havebusiness before him

Companions J D Lowe Horace Jef¬GiP Smith Sam Lewis and R H Dur-ham went to Campbellsville last Fri

i day and in the afternoon and eveningconferred the Chapter degrees on twoteams After the work was concludedan elaborate banquet was spread in

1 honor of the visiting CompanionsThose who are on the inside understand

t I that the degrees were imprassively con¬

ferred and we predict that Pitman0 7 LI Chapter and those who went over the

road were well pleased with the work

Mr and Mrs J A Young entertainedthe Columbia band and a few specialfriends last Thursday evening Re ¬

freshments were served and severalhours delightfully spent Besides tiband there were present Mr and MrsW F Hancock Misses Laura and Mary Stephens Ola Wilson and AnnieFaulkner Messrs Volina SullivanCameron Dunbar and Oscar Steele thelatter being from New Albany

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It looks very much like Miss LorenaPile of this place will bea winner fromthe Twentyfifth District in the Louis-ville Heralds popularity contest Upto Sunday morning there were recordedin her favor over 28000 votes Hernext compeditor has a few votes overS000

Mr Robert Gabriel Frazer the youngest son of Mrs Flora Frazer and a

o brother of Mrs W B Patteson thisplace was married to Miss ElizabethGrace Bowmen Windsor Mo July17th The couple will make their home

Jat Tallulah La-o

The Ladies Aid Society of the Christ ¬

ian Church will give a social during theweek of the Institute with refresh ¬

ments Time and place mentioned nexty 6

1If weekj

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The residence on Burksville street0

known as the J N Page property was

9ldby the Master Commissioner lastMonday to W T McFard for 1090

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McSCOTTASSASSINATED

He Receives Fatal Wounds SaturdayNight at Helena Ark Dying

Sunday Afternoon

PARTICULARS CAN NOT BE LEARNED

Last Sunday morning about 8 oclocka dispatch from Helena Ark reachedColumbia directed to Mr James Gar ¬

nett and signed J P Burks which

readJM Scott fatally shot come at

onceMr Garnett was not at home beingen route for Pineville and during theday nothing else was discussed Aboutfive oclock in the afternoon the sec ¬

ond message came stating that MrScott died at 230 oclock

Monday Judge W W Jones for thefamily of the deceased wired MrBurks to have the body shipped to thisplace and it will probably reach Camp ¬

bellsville this Tuesday nightMr Scott was a wellknown news ¬

paper man and at the time of his assasination was City Editor of the HelenaArk > World He was also wellknownin this section of Kentucky having beena writer on the Columbia Spectator andthe Mountainer which was publishedat Somerset Like all the flesh he hadhis faults but he was a kindhearted I

man ever ready to lend his assistanceto those in distress He was honest inall his transactions meeting his obliga ¬

tions promptly His untimely and man ¬

ner of death was generally regrettedhere where he had a large number offriends He leaves a wife and onechild a sonabout five years old

All the information we have is con¬

tained in the following dispatchLittle Rock Ark Aug 4A spe ¬

cial to the Gazette from Helena Arksays J M Scott city editor of the

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Helena World was found on the side ¬

walk this morning at 2 oclock Twobullets had entered his head and al ¬

though he lived a few hours after beingfound he was unable to make a state-ment

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So far no clue to the assassin

existsAago an attempt was made to

kill Mr Scott He was attracted tothe rear of his office by a noise and onapproaching to ascertain the cause twoshots were fired at him He beganfiring in return and his assailants fledHe was not able to identify them

Jt is generally believed that the killng was due to a personal quarrel andthat it had no connection with the cru-

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of the World on the police depart-ment

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some months ago which forcedthe resignation of the chief of policewho afterward attempted to commitsuicide

BURNING TRUTHS

The large congregation at the Christ ¬

ian church last Sunday forenoon cer¬

tainly heard a sermon worth listeningto The Rev A R Kasey of theMethodist church was the speakerand tor almost three quarters of anhour he held the attention of his au ¬

dience in a way that was almost mar¬

velous It may be an astounding factto a great many persons but accordingto the Bible there are a large per centof liars in the world to day who havenot the truth in them and these liarsare not all outside the church eitherJohn puts in this meaning Any manwho saith he knows God and keepethnotJiis commandments is a liar andthe truth is not in him It is indeeda strange thing to see some meh live alie and act a lie every day on the out ¬

side among their fellowmen when with¬

in their very souls they know that Godsword tells them very plainly that suchis the case v

Rev Kaseys comparison of a worth-less

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hound dog to a great many menwas very appropriate and a better ill-

ustration of the subject could not havebeen portrayed The old lazy houndthat would not run or let any of therest of the pack get ahead of himbe ¬

cause he would jump on them and fightthem back can be applied to men everywhere and a great many xight hereinColumbia as for that matter Theresure lots jpf two legged hoimotyin the

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world in the form of men who whethey see their fellowmen attain untolittle success or portion in life theywill jump on him and fight him downand do every thing in their power t-

his hurt Such men know not theiChrist they are hypocrites and liarsand the truth is not in them

Such able expositions of the burningtruths contained in the Bible as the onedelivered by Rev Kasey upon this oc ¬

casion should cause men to examinetheir own hearts and see whether ornot they are living in accordance withJohns view of the matter The dis-

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was powerful logical and con ¬

wincing and the depths of its meaninis unfathomable It is not my purposeto make meritorious mention of anyperson unless I believe he or she to bedeserving of such but when a man haspower and force of character sufficientto say what he believes is true andright then I think he deserves creditand praise F McL

A UNIQUE SOCIALtThe Ladies Aid =Society of the Pres-byterian Church conceived a novel waof raising church funds and Tuesdanight of last week at the home of MisMinnie Triptett a large number of theresidents of Columbia were made ac¬

quainted with the ideaAt 8 oclock the home and yard wer

brilliantly illuminated and one houlater there had j assembled fully onhundred young people and many olderpersons of the community

As the guests arrived they enteredthe parlor where hey were met bLcommittee of itftdiesllrs GeoThomas Mrs W E Bradshaw anMiss Minnie Triplett who inspecte-their wearing apparel taxing each ac ¬

cording to the value of their garmentsThe fines varied from one cent to fivecents and the average to a person wabout twenty cents In that way anthe amount the fortune teller wholooked hideous and who was located ina tent a few yards from the residencereceived the ladies raised over thirtydollars After every body had beentaxed and had been made acquainte-with their future prospects Mrs Geor-

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Shelton being endowed at that timewith the faculty of knowing whatcoming in the lives of eachMiss Margaret Todd rendered a pianosolo faultlessly Misses Martha Han-cock

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and Lina Rosenfield sang beauti¬

fully and Misses Katie Murrell and Ni ¬

na Marcum recited admirablyMisses Nellie Follis Elizabeth Coy

Mollie Flowers and Mary Triplett didthemselves proud at the lemonade andpunch bowl stand

Taking it altogether it was the mostenjoyable entertainment given in Co-lumbia for years

The members of the Columbia BrassBand volunteered their services and atintervals rendered some of their verybest selections To them the ladies ofthe society desire to express theirgrateful thanks

N M Tutt Plff against RachelHughes etc Deft

Persons having claims against the es ¬

tate of John C Hughes deceased arehereby notified to present them beforeme properly proven as required by lawon or before the 15th day September1907 Failure to complywiththis orderwill forever bar your claim againstsaid estate HERSCHEL T BAKER

Master Commissioner A CC393t

Mr J 0 Russell will add anothe Iconvenience to his residence Lastweek he decided to put in water worksHe purchased an engine and all thenecessary fixtures which will be in¬

stalled in the next few days

In last weeks issue we stated thaMrs Bettie Bennetts motHer was aTupman We were mistaken Shewas a Holladay a sister of Za handWaller Holladay

ReV J C Cook on his return fromhis appointment at Hartsville Tennstopped over in Hart county and preach ¬

ed the annual opening sermon of theLiberty Baptist Association at ZioChurch

In this issue of the News Mr H BGarIeU f>publishes an address to thfanneiSftand suggests a meeting fornext Saturday afternoon The hour ofmeeting will rbej oclock

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Ednr aWren Married in Louisville

Wednesday July 31

QUITE A NUMBER OF FRIENDS PRESENT

The CourierJournal of last Thursdaycontains the following announcement ofwelgI here

The parlor of the Willard Hotel wathe scene of a unique wedding atoclock last night The principals wereElzie Feese a wellknown young maof Columbia Adair county and MissEdna May Wren a ward of the Ken-

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Childrens Home Society Themarriage was a culmination of court ¬

ship begun when both the bride andgroom were mere children

Miss Wren who was taken in charg-by the society when she was an infant ILYNewbsY

occurred a few months ago At thatime the family was broken up anMiss Wren was again taken in chargeherrte wife she becamefollowed her to Louisville and afterproving to the society his worthinessgained the institutions consent to theunionprovindsocietdand especially her high regard forGeorge L Sehon State superintendentof the society occurred just at the closethd e

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nouncing the couple husband and wifehad been brought to a close the youngwoman hurriedly left the side of herhusband and impressed a fervent kissmard ¬

was a ofriends of the bride and groom amongwhom were a score of guests of the

ishotel Mr and Mrs Feese will maketheir home in Louisville

I RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT

At the meeting of the Gradyvillejuvenille missionary society the fol ¬

lowing resolutions were adoptedWhereas that Pearl Carrie Irene

and Dewey Moss and Paul Wilsonwere all devoted members of our societythe former being treasurer also Alfre-Lee Moss Henry Raymond Hilt andMary Beauchamp were members of theBuds and Blossoms lost their lives inthe recent flood that visited our littletown on the night of the 7th of Junebringing sorrow to the whole commu ¬

nity be it1st Resolved That in the deathof

these members of said socities that whave sustained an irreparable loss anthe cause some zealous Christian work ¬

ers2nd That we admonish our members

to emulate their true Christian charac-ters

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and prepare to meet them whereparting will will be no more

3rd That these resolutions be placedin the record books of the societies anda cepy sent to the Little WorkerColumbia Spectator and Adair CountyNews for publication

4th That we as a society extend ourheartfelt sympathy to the bereaved par ¬

ents and friends of said children andpray Gods blessings upon them in thistheir hour of deep sorrow and trouble

i ANNIE HUNTER

MARY WILMOREFLOWERt S

Committee4Alls indebted to me by note or

account are requested to call and settleat once as I leave Gradyville the lastof August Dr S A TAYLOR

392t Gradyville Ky

Judge Junius Hancock is having aofnhis hotel which will addgreatly to theappearance of the building

shoulderemember that the Institute will com¬

mence next Monday Iff is desirousthat they report promptly

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FARMERS MEETING

As the season of the year hascome when the farmers can takea days lay off occasionally Ithink it would be well to have ameeting of the Farmers Insti ¬

tute and reorganize and take anew start The State is spend ¬

ing a good sum of money in send ¬

ing out practical farmers to ev-

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county in the State to holdInstitutes to instruct the farm-ers

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I along agricultural lines As-s some of these men will be in Co-b

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lumbia October 3rd and 4th towenought to try to get our farmersinterested so as to give them agood hearing and thus help toadvance the agricultural inter ¬

ests of Adair countyofethe Adair County Institute tomeet at the Court House Satur¬

day August 10 1907H B Garnett

RESOLUTIONSa

rWhereas we the teachers of Russe I

county having spent a pleasant weekin the capacity of an Institute Assem ¬

bled at Jamestown do resolve1st That we render our heartfelt

thanks to the citizens of JamestowntheyYhave entertained us in their homes2nd That we render our thanks to

the organist and others who assisted inthe devotional exercises

3rd That we thank the many visitorsfor their presence and many instruct ¬

ive suggestions4th That we compliment Superin ¬

tendent Smith for his prudence in theexecution of the duties of his office andthe very energetic way in which be hastried to raise the standard of educationin this county and for his foresight insecuring the services of Prof Phelpsas instructor of our Institute

5th That we considering Prof Phelpsas a member of our teaching fraternitydo compliment him for his high educa ¬

tional attainments and thank him forthe many new progressive measuresthat he has introduced in our Institute

6th That we realizing that childrendo not receive the full value of thecommon schools on account of non at¬

tendance do petition the next Generalcornd7th That Higher Educational andMoral Standard shall be our watch¬

word8thThat the above resolutions be

printed in one or two of our local pa-

pers also in the Southern School Jour-nal

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U G HATFIELD

M H BERNARD

ANTLEdNOTICE TO TAX PAYERS

I have made and filled appointmentsin each magisterial district of Adaircounty as required by law for thepurpose of receiving taxes for the year1907 and from this time I am supposedto have it paid to me at my office in Co ¬

lumbia Ky and I do not intend tokeep up this thing of visiting and beg ¬

ging people to pay me These taxesare due the county and State and allthat I get out of it is a small commis¬

sion for collecting out of which 1 haveto live and pay the expenses of the of-

fice and I do not purpose to spend ittraveling over this county If you oweit come and pay up and save the costof a forcible collection This is intend ¬

edfor every tax payer in Adair counterw

who has not already settled yI

W B PATTESON S A C

July 30 1907

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One heavy workmule one top bUggynewly painted W L WALKER

vMessrs J F Triplett and J CStrange caught last Wednesday morn ¬

ing thirtyfive pounds of catfish andthree large turtles

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