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F FOURTEENTH YEAR EARLINGTON HOPKINS COUNTY KY THURSDAY FEB 19 1903 No8 ICOAL OUTPUT BREAKS

rb RECORD ONCE MOREi

Kentucky Produced 6421266 Tons in 1902 a-nt Increase of 1096554 Tons

f HOPKINS COUNTY

J ALWAYS FIRST

IState Inspector Norwoody Interesting Statement of Out

ti rf put by Counties i-

JtvtHWestern Dbtrlct Produced Over Half of

ft the Total Output

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1 The following is in part thef given out by Chief InfI

7JFspedor of Mines 0 J Norwood 1

l ton Fob 12 Thati j part relative to the WesternI District is printed in detail and

the general statistics are pubi lisped in full Mr Norwood

> say-

sKTho output of the commercial1 of Kentucky for the

y calendar year 1D02 amounted toi 0421200 short tons which wastonP g

V over the production of IDOLThis is tho greatest output andthe largest increase within a sin

tithnState Although wo may bo dis

v posed to congratulate ourselves

Iq i this showing it does not infact indicate such progress in th

I Iproduction of coal in KentuckyL as should bo the case Notwith-

standingJ the abundance thgreat excellence and the unique-ly

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favorable location of our coalr beds itbrctfC r aco toTiw rinIi dustrial tabl shmun s r and liot

withstanding our wealth of min-erali things upon which to foundand sustain such establishmentswe have been 18 years in in ¬

creasing our coal output from1560000 tons 1884 to some-

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less than 0600000 in 1002-

I Course of Production

The course of production sinethe creation of the office of In

actor of Mines has been as fol ¬

a lowsBeginning with 1550000 in

1884 wo woro four years in at-

taining¬

an output of 2884898

iT an average gain of 208728

yearA 027207 tons requirsf ed four years 1888 to 1892 an

average gain of100001 tons per

yearToreach 4605489 tons requir-

ed seven yeOls f 18D2 to ISDD r anaverage gain of 211108 tons pe-

rJyear roach 6020 <>75 tons requiryear 1899 to900 a gain

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To reach 0421200 tons required two years 1900 to 1002 an

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ittIyearaverage gautQf 700295 tons perrnltf Industrial hi tory of the con try

J8ince 1887 it seems wejl to prei 1

sent the rate of progress of Kenf fucky coal mining during the

lust 16 years according to peri ¬

dds of five years eacht1887 t D2A gain of 1094112o9ti tons per year8DD7A gain of 2707506a tons An average gain of 55851

tons per year1 18702A gain of 3117213

pns Au average gain of 028422riQns per year

Production for 1902

I The output for 1902 accordingto districts was as follows

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Western district 8640148Southeastern districtf E 2030214Nbrthenstern district w 744J904

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The net increased productionin each district was as follows

Tons6a84fS 88

Northeastern district 172718

I Total 1000554Gains and Losses

The gains and losses by coun ¬

ties compared with the outputfor IDOl were as follows

WESTERN IM8TBIOT

Gain LoreButler 7607Christian 18288DavlGBB 7027Hancock 4821Hendereonr 10444Hopkins 107158-McLean 85014MuhlenberglOG740Ohio 10055Union 80072Webster 04024

Totals 504620 20028Not gain 508408

SOUTHEASTERN DISTRICT

Gain LossBoll 00842-

j Knox 174700Laurel 52434Pulaskl 28504Bockcastle 0271Whltloy 38120

eTotnls860aU0 5271Net gain 855888

NORTHEASTERN DISTRICToQainBoyd 00765COatT tter 0835

Cftrter LuXit Stii fl62a8Johnsop >

r1 00878LawrenceV h tti 1205Leo 16105Morgan 87052

Total gain 172718

Western District

OUTPUT BY COMPANIES

Tho output for the year re-

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by the respective coal

followseB Baker lossqo Aberdeen 2025West Aberdeen O Co ilor=

pjan town 7180

Total 10105Christian county

Empire C dr fii Co Emplre80453Davless county

New Holland C Co Owensboro 8541

Owensboro O M Co Owenboro 806

Total 0437Hancock county =

M H Enrlght Adair > 0805Auburn Ash 0 Co Oloverport 5001

Total 11450Henderson county

Henderson M M Co Hen ¬

derson 12161Arnole C Co Spottsville 50085Peoples 31 Co Henderson 8451Plttsburg O Co Baskett 01007Corydon 0 Co Corydon 0049

Total 140158Hopklns county

Carbondale C C Co Hamby Sta 88066

Crabtree C11i Co Ilsley 07476Nortonvlllo C Co Norton

ville 76IOak Hill C Co Nortonvllle 07117Boinecke O M Co Madls

onvllle 272000St Bernard M Co Earllng

ton 000045Victoria O Co Madison

ville 103676

Total 1645850-McLean county

Memphis O Co Island 40800Green River C Co Island 17037

Total 04838Muhlenberg county

Black Diamond C d M CoDrakesboro 72770

Bovler C Co Cleaton 07020Control 0 I Co Central

City 178748Crescent C Co Bovler 151408Dovey C Co Greenville 42018Hillside O Ca t3roenville 48080

I1 Wj Q DuncaifQ Liizerne 94849 1

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Oakland C Co Greenyille 42540

Total 728Ohio county

1aylor C Co Louisville 144011Williams C Co Louisville 72122Deanefleld 0 Co Aetnayille 50710Fordsville B C Co Fords

villo 007500I 12042MoHenry C Co MoHenry125885Central C do I Co Central

Oltv f 100508

Total G21 OG 0

Union countyDavidson Sons Union

town 0853American C I Co Union

town 18035Ohio Valley C MOo De

Koven 0440-3Tradowater C Co Sturgis 102274Paducah C MOo Sturgis 00037

Total 802203Webster county-ProvldenceO Co Provi ¬

dence 04014-Sebreo C Co Sobree 7503-0Wheatcroft C M Co

Whoatcroft 41 54Shamrock C Co Prvidence 800

Total 218403

Other Districts

The output of other districtsis here condensed to tho figuresof totals by countiesS-

OUTHEASTERNI

DISTRICTTons

Bell county 370020Knox county 465C30Laurel county 884234Pulaskl county 102843Whitley county 048222

NORTHEASTERN DISTRICT

TonsBoyd county 240781Breathitt county 25865Carter county 285070Johnson county 6040-Lawronco county 6420-

Lao county 30840Morgan uounty40ai 0

In issuing thisstatement MrNorwood says r

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Onco >ant ofJinjitsitibnsaffect ng newspaper publicationstatistical matter statistics re ¬

lacing to the production of cokeand in regard to number of em ¬

ployes accidents etc will ap-pear

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in another statement0 J NOKWOODj

Ohief Inspector inos

STATE HISTORY

Of Y M C A Outlined in Paper B

Mr John L Wheat

THE YEARS BUDGET IS 11000

Lexington Ky Feb 14MrJ-no L Wheat of Louisville t

read a paper this morning beforethe Y11 0 A Convention o1-

t Half Century of AssociationWork in Kentucky 18581003He divided the fifty into periods

First 1853 to 1878 when theState Executive Committee wasfirst organized

The second period was from1878 to 1880

Third PeriodIn 18DD aGeprgetown the associations inthe State then numbering ten r

at the recommendation of the Ex ¬

eoutive Commute decided toemploy a man to give his entiretime to the committe The worksince has been very gratifyingProgressproportionate to that inother States has been more sat-

isfactory¬

than in any other fieluThe business session followed

Mr Fred B Smith made an ad-

dress¬

onc ° The State Work of theKentucky Associations and ask¬

ed subscriptions Over 2000was secured from thd individualsand the various associations intho State Tlie budget of thecommitte this year is 11000The State committee could welluse 15000 to meet the demandsof the unorganized communitiesupon their cooperation for theinauguration of the work

The representatives of Russianliterature axe struggling for themantle of Tolstol and it IB bigenough to cover all them

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SPELLING BEE

7Made a Decided Hit Large Audience

sentEverybody Delightedj

Those who attended the spellingmatch at Tempts Theatre Fridaynight wore treated to several goodthings that woro not town on theprogram The little girls oiroyedIn the garb of our grandmothers offifty years ago busily engaged invarious whys and singing AuldLangSyne was splendid and theywere pro o ted with round after roundof applause The Zobo band ten ¬vlgbrouslyJproducing music seemed to catchthe fancy of the audience ThetheJperson160ri

callodjfor the spelling class J BRash and Jrio X Taylor were thenselected as captains and they laturn chose their men The scholarwore a little backward 1J1 cominbut with a little coaxing a ola qf21 stood arrayed against each other j

After the first two or three roundsthe contestants melted away likemists before the morning sun untilfour were left on Captain Taylorsths e

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whlcllwas a handsome pitcherAfter jn hard fought battle in whichS W and Toe Mothershoad MissesMarylMothershead and Nell Carlintook part S W Mothershead car¬

ried off the honors and prize MissMinnie Boatload who planned andtarried on this successful entertain ¬

mont as well as those who assistedher deserve a great deal of creditfor it

POSITIVELY THE LAST APPEARANCE

EarlSp aTemple Theatre Saturday Night

February 21 f

> H l JIYPU o tIa tiles8t underZ lie

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cities and will on Saturday ni htFeb 2lglyoa final entertainmentin this pity at Temple Theatre afterwhich the company will go to pieceshaving fully served the purpose fowhich It was created The secondentertainment is given at the ear¬

nest request of many who were unable to attend the former one awell as many who desire to go againand see the best show and hear themost unique band in existence rhliberayP g upon ¬

Ient will bo given them whichwill enable them to at onco presentthe public sohool with a good tele ¬

scope Several now and funny featares have been added and the tiesguarantees an ovenincr of fun nnmystery Modern Hypnotism willbe full exemplified by a full pro

1gramiiie of the funniest acts everwitnessed in the oity Tho lovers ofold Limy music will be entertainedby suoli masterpieces of the lasgeneration asliThe Arkansaw TravelerWQet Mash Whisky UnMore DollarNatchez Under thoHillt The Mississippi SawyerRemember the place and date Ad-mission

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25o i children under 12 15cstoretgand Jnoi X Taylors drug stareDoors open at 780 The trouble be-gins at 8ojclock

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TAProgressive Flinch

Mr Charlie Webb entertains anumber of his friends at progressivelunch last Friday night After aseries of inost enjoyable games otwhich Miss Gallic Drake was de ¬

clared tho winner receiving a beautifulpbound copy of Evangeline as-a prlzo dainty refreshments wereserved All departed with manypleasant remembrances of the oc ¬

casion Tho following ladles andgentlemen composed the crowd

Misses MessrsICallie Drake Charlie WebbAnnie Cojjgon Elliott DrakeNanie Summers W N MartinGrace H DinloneyiHattie pBrendaKouiier Harry CoenenLaura Stoaghill Cecil WebbNanni Browning LeonardQoodloeBessie CbmiJes Jewell WebbAda SbnverK Roy BrowningOld Shaver i

The newtfad of chiseling portraitson tombaToHes will at least have atenlen ylto tQrrify grave robbers

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NONUNION MEN

Demand the Rights to Work as TheyPlease

At Philadelphia recently the United Mine Workers of America as nnorganization was severely scored today by counsel before theanthracit ocoal commission The non unioi-mutt through their attorney Joh nr Lenahan presented tacit side o

the controversy and demanded conslderatlon at the hands of the commission claiming the legal right toearn a living as they might electwithout consent or dictation of theunion During his presentation ofthe case Mr Lenahan denouncedthe union as a fomentor of crimeand anarchy

James H Torrey counsel for theDelaware Hudson company claim-ed that the question of recognitionof the union was not an issue beforethe commission but ho devoted considerable time to a consideration othqRcies selected for the promotion opurposes of the mine workers Regardihg the demand for an eighthour working day Mr Torrey saidthe evidence showed that for vatpus reasons breakers did not averagemore than eight hours a day so thattho physical effects of the long hourswere not felt

Major Everett Warren counsel forthe Hillside Coal k Iron companyand the Pennsylvania Coal companyanswered the demand of the minersand declared the socialistic theoriesof the union or some of its leaders tobe responsible for the unreasonableclaims

JIM MAYWEATHER KILLED

Shot in the Back While Going to Work

at the Arnold Mine by Charlie

Smith Both Colored

Jim Mayweather colored wasshot and killed by Charles Smithcolored near Arnold mine lastPTiday morvning >as thB ml tltlrli

Iwere going to work Mayweatherand Smith were both riding bankwatY eseverer 1

smule alone Smith asked him ifhe did not like it MayweatherSmiths r

who was riding slightly behindthen sold Get down off Of thatupIistol and shooting him in the backMayweathor fell or jumped fromthe mule ran about twentyyards and fell face downwardbrothsdmtes au ran apt erailroad a short distance andwent through the fields in thedirection of the Brown meadowauthorit ¬

were a possetoo goin pursuit Tho hounds track Q

ed the fugitive to the swamp s

near Fletcher McOords farmand lost thescent on account of

IRQ much waterDock Griffin Makes toe Arrest

What the posse failed to doDock Griffin accomplished un ¬

aided and alone He was standing near the Hecla schoolhousein the vicinity of the negroshome when he saw some onecomingacross a small hollow Thenegro did not see Griffin until hewas almost upon him and it wasthen too late to run Dock ask-

ed him if he was Charlie Smithand he re PliedttNo I am hisbrother On being asked toshow his hands he held up onlyone and Griffin knowing Char-lie

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Smith had only three fingers-on one hand demanded to see theother when it was exhibited thetell tale finger was missing and i

Griffin arrested him and broughthim to Earlington where howas turned over to Marshal Lindie who carried him tp Madisonville for safe keeping lheIgrand jury which is in session at-

Madisonville indicted him formanslaughter

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LABOR UNIONS r WAR ON LABOR

Common Sense Birmingham AlaThe greatest mistake that lies

ever been made by labor unionsrhas been the war they have madeon labortheir unwarranted andtheir unceasing efforts to deprive

workingmen of their rights >iaalli Y z

organized for the purpose of pro >

tecting the rights of workingpeople and that is often the excuse made for their existence tow °

day But such claim is wide of rthe facts as their history proves

It was not the capitalists ofthe country that dynamited thohomes of workingmen in the stateof Pennsylvanin because ttieYRdared to earn an honestfor their wives and children Itthettook anon union man

rand cut his head off and left hisbody on a railroad track a fewdays ago because he had commit

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ted the unpardonable crime ofearning his bread by tow eatofhis face It was not the millionaires of the republic who fired

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deadly Winchesters into the virtuousaud humble homes of wo ¬

men and children in the miningtowns of Kentucky during thesocalled strike a couple of yearsago It is not the bloated capi-talists of tho country who havedosed the doors of honest laborto the rislnrah ¬

fuses to allow young men to lie=

come apprentices even in the 1

shops that belong to their fath ¬

ers It is not the Sages theGoulds and tho Vanderbilts whoplace dynamite on the railroadtracks to blow innocent people i ap

to kingdom coals without =d i

rw 4owarn Ss i+ M-Rr holders of the country who drove

innocent children from the pubIlit schools because their parentsdared to do an honest days workfor an honest days pay It wasnot the money kings of whichthe flannel mouths prate so much r

who denied to men the right toworship God according to thedictates of conscience t in their k

own church in a little min ¬f

ing town of Pennsylvania be ¬

cause those men preferred towork instead of joining the armyof lawless idlers It wrfs not theofficers of the grinding corpora ¬ 1

tions who outraged all decency J-

r in the hour of death by stoppinga funeral procession in Oulifor ¬

nix because one of the driverswas a nonunion man lr wasnot the rnonied aristocrats whodescended to the low ¬

est depths of depravity nUll truui 4

pled on the tenderest feelings ofhumanity by spitting on tlw ref¬

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fin of the dead because it con ¬

tained the remains of a malt whohad the sterling manhood to live r

up to hit Godgiven and KiN con ¬ yi

stitutional rights It is nut theheartless rich who waylay menwho are on their road to workand beat them into insensibilityIt was eat the rich operators ofrAlabama who hid in aoibutu withlong range rifles and murderedmen when they were on theirroad to their daily toil It wasnot the rich merchants or Chi ¬ofbthat city last summer and b n ghtruin to the homes of manIwnwho had straggled hard foi orsto get a start in life It w i > faitDeacon Baer and his assc mswho shut up the coal mi t uftho country and brought ni ryruin and death to so many liocent people It was not tl ichamen who have offices in ul

ward building in Birmir inwho were going to throw a ii tieboy out of the third story indpi last October because he was tassisting his father without first

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