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IT 4 THE ADAIR COUNTY NEWS COLUMBIA Yv SEPTEMBER 25 1907 1 n cIf i Jj 4it ><

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Democratic newspaper devoted to the Interestssf the city of Columbia and the people of Adairand adjacent counties

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lD 7 SEP 1 25 i 1901I 6 DEMOCRATIC TICKET

For United States SenatorJC W BECkHAM

For GovernarSAMUEL W HAGER

aFor Lieutenant GovernorSOUTH TRIMBLE

er t Eor Secretary of State J

nUBERTVREELAND

For Attorney General aJOHN K HENDRICK

iA For AuditorHENRY M BOSWORTH

For Treasurer 1

IRUBY LAFFOON<

For Commissioner of AgnculturetJ W

For Supt of Public Instruction1M 0 WINFREYFor Clerk Court of AppealsJOHN B CHENAULT 1r

It is evidently an honor to Co¬lumbia to have the LouisvilleConference to meet here twicein five years fNo other town orcity in the State can say as muchIt has met often in Louisville butthe shortest time intervening be-tween

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meetings was seven yearsFive years ago when the minis ¬

ters left this place for their respective appointments they wereloud in their praises of Columbiaand the hospitable manner inwhich they had been entertainedThis year nothing will be leftundone to make all preachers andlaymen feeljperfectly at homeColumbia does riot boast of °avery large population but herhospitality and culture are knownissbone thing about Columbians andAdair county people which hasbeen a mark of distinction forfifty yearswhen a cause is un¬dertaken it is finished and fin-s

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i h e d completely This weekthere are over one hundred andseventyfive ministers withusThe doors of our homes are openPraise God from whom all blessings flow

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During Bradley administra ¬tion of four years the averageschool per capita was only 235In 1899 in a desperate effort toImake campaign material theper capita was padded andit was placed at 270 leaving a

> deficifcin tRe school fund of277000 which had to be paid byDemocratic officials Unde-Democratic< rule the average percapita for four years has beenraised to 322 cents with arecord per capita for this year of

340 which is not paddedfor a sin le cent x All debts on

tt they Schoo1Fund have been paid 7and tate Normal Schools haveYt

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been esYablisliei The attentionof the common school teacher-of the State is called tcr these two

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the reported attendance was athatuccesstwentyfive thousand peoplepassed through the gates open-ing

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day The weather was de¬lightful during the session andall sections the state were rep-resented

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The display of stocksaid to have been the best the

people of Kentucky ever had thepleasure of seeing

James Holt a native of Rus ¬sell inJLouisville the other day chargedwith the murder of Mrs EtlyIt will be remembered that whenthe crime was committed Holtwas arrested asa suspect butturned loose The attorneys ofJohn B Etly who is in jailcharged with the murder of hiswife caused Holts arrest Itlooks like a play for sympathy

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The Third District Leader aRepublican paper has made itsappearance at Bowling GreenIt is edited and published by Mr

E Cully formerly of theBurkesvill News Mr Cully is

newspaper man of long experi-ence

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and the initial number ofthe Leader presents a fine ap-pearance

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Wilson says that he does notit good business to close-

down the large distilleries i theybring in so much revenue Thatis Republican doctrine Thatparty is in favor of perpetuatingtrusts and combines to the detri-ment

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of the common pe eiThe Kentucky Conference

which closed its work at Frank ¬fort last week indorsed theState administration on the temperence question and demandedof all candidates for office an un-qualified

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opposition to thelicensed saloon

Dick Tate has been dug upHe died in Japan just after theclose of the Civil War in theStates This Stateme t is madefor the benefit of the rising gen-eration

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A story about Noah andhis boat would be quite refresh-ing

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Judge Hager is meeting en-thusiastic

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crowds at every ap

r io i Jpoiritfneht VTer dsdloa Jitabout his election but the Dem ¬ocratic party is making aneffortto give him the largest majoritysince the war

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The new Masonic Temple atLebanon was dedicated last Tues ¬day the dedicatory address be¬ing delivered by Past GrandMaster J W Hopper of Louis =ville

ELECTION OFFICERS

Horace Jeffries Democrat Geo FStults Republican have selected thefollowing officers for the JSovemberelection 1907 <

WEST COLUMBIA Judges M LMitchelf W H Flowers Sheriff MC Winfrey Clerk N M Tutt

EASTCOLUMBIAJudges H BGarnett L B Hurt Sheriff L C IWinfrey Clerk J C Strange

1lILLTOWNJudges SV

T HughesR W Shirley Sheriff V LeftwitchClerk J MMercerK-

ELTNER Judges W T BladesGeo T Kemp HowardrClerk C C Coomer-

GRADYVILLEJudges CharlieSparks J T Hamilton Sheriff Eu¬gene Nell Clerk J F Pendleton

ELROY Judges T J Rosson GeoR Akin Sheriff Noah Loy Clerk CE

KingreyHARMONY

Judges W L StrangeFinis Harvey Sheriff Henry BottomClerk James Frankum

GLENVILLE Judges Geo EJrow¬ell J M Petty Sheriff J WBlair

r Clerk L C Blair<

WIiiiE OAK Judges Valentine Bry ¬ant P T Powell Sheriff J B Womack Clerk J N Murrell

LITTLE CAKEJudges T J Hardwick W Erv Williams Sheriff t WIWheat Clerk Silas Tarter

PELLYTONJudges Jake Rice JH Sanders Sheriff Jo Coffey CierkW G Ellis-

ROLEYJudges P W Chelf JohnWolford Sheriff W H KnifleyClerkLR Chelfi

CANE VALLEY Judges W H Rus ¬sell W S Griffin Sheriff Ed EubankClerk A H Judd

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EGYPTJudges W A HumphreysW P Dillingham Sheriff HoraceMassie Clerk G C Russell

AW B PATTESON Chairman

Com G F StultsVVHorace Jeffries

J F GilpIn bought one mule coltfrom Mr Ellison for 50 J F Gilpinsold one calf to Tom Lasley for 750D C Wheeler bought one mule colt

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Mr Grider for 76Sparksville

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Globe Tailoring CoI

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MONDAY SEPTEMBER 3othI v

You can see his samples on display at REED MIL-LERS

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any time you wish Mr Johnston is an expert andsuitrwill come not only a fit but made urn the proper fashionalso not to look like a cheap handmedown which wasmade by anothers measure and so are another mansclothes you see Why look as though you had your fgthers Sunday clothes on when you can dress up j<cheaply p v

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