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VOL 1 NO 95t > d WINCHESTER KY TUESDAY FEBRUARY 2 1SK9 2 CENTS A COPY 10 GENTS A WEEK I
iH KINGS DAUGHTERS ARE TO RECEIVE
PROCEEDS OF RINK TUESDAY < NIUHT
r Hot Basket Ball Game Promised Between Girl TeamsSkating From
iii b i Vf3Q to fyttend find Help The Winchester Poor i 1 > I
Do not fail to Jo to the Auditorium
Tuesday night to seethe game of bas
ketball between the girls teams The
game is being put on under the aus
pices of the Kings Daughters who
will have charge of the rink arid the
entire proceeds will be given for the
benefit of the poor and suffering of
thefr
Skating will beginat 730 oclock
and will last until eleven for all those
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wlio care to indulge evenU1g
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FASTEST AND ROUGHEST
I GAME OF m SEASON
Richmond and a Winchester Play a Tie
lBroom BaH Game I
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broom ball that has been played here
this season was put on at the Audi
torium Monday night between the
team of thin city and the Richmond
team which resulted in a tie neither
side being able to score l
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by the home boys but by their strict
observance of the rules governing the
playing of the game and the other
side ignoring the rules and repeatedly
fouling they were unable to score
The next attraction at the Audito
rium will be the basket ball game be
tween the girls teams known as the
Blue and the Reds Tuesday night
under the auspices of the Kings
Daughters the entire proceeds of
which will be given for the benefit of
Jt1i poor of Winchester
WHO HAS LOST THIS
SET OF FALSE TEETH
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Hanging on a nail in County Judge
Evils office isa black overcoat
left there by some one about three
weeks ago who has evidently forgot
ten what they have done with it
A search through the pockets
Tuesday morning revealed the fact
that it contained a set of false teeth
and how any one could go the length
of time that the coat has been in his
office without missing anything as es
sential and not getting out a search
wararnt for them before now is
something that is puzzling the Judge
and he has prepared the following
found ad to see if it wont reach
the owners eyes so that he maybe
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office for three weeks a set of
false teeth practically new The
owner can have same by properly
proving his ownership of the above
T > y displaying the vacancy in his
anatomy caused by the loss or
misplacing of the above mentioned
teeth and paying for thisad
Judge Evans says he has no use
for the false teeth
URGES INDICTMENT OF
MURDERERS OF HEDGES
Circuit Judge Fryer Asks Grand Jury
Again to Consider Case
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CARLISLE Ky Feb 2Circuit
° Judge L P Fryer convened the regu
lar February term of the Nicholas
Circuit Court here yesterday and em
paneled the grand jury In speaking
of the killing of Hiram Hedges by
night lifters Judge Fryer told the
grand jury that the people of the
Bounty owe it to themselves to see
that the guilty are brought to justice
if possible He told them to inves
ti ate the crime and if they are able
J to get any evidence as to the identity
of the parties who were in that band
to return indictments
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The rink has been donated abso
lutely free of charge by the Messrs
Scobee There will be no free list
even the proprietprs and the employ
es will pay their way in
The Kings Daughters are contin
ually aiding the suffering and the
poor of the city Here you have aii
evenings enjoyment and can at the
same time give to those who need
CARPENTERS ORGANIZE <
LOCAL UNION NO 132
Membership to Start is 27Elect OrI
facers For Ensuing
Year H t i >
The carpenters of this city have
received 7a charter from thenational
union and the local organization will
be henceforth known as Winchester
Local Union No 732 The union
starts with a membership of rTlie
following officers were elected for
the ensuing term
President tGeo D Andes
Vice PresidentJ W Branden
burg
Rec Secretary P J Stevenson
Financial Secretary W F Tapp
Treasurer John A Jones
Conductor T B Bush
ardenGeo M Rice
Auditors G N Blak more A G
Gill B S Shaw
Tr usteesS T Owen J R Rag
land J W Brandenburg
JAPAN FRIENDLY TO
w THE UNITED STATES
Foreign Minister Says They Are Not
Troubled Over CaliforniaI
Legislature
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s TOKYIO Feb 2 Foreign Minis
ter Komura addressing the lower
house of the diet declared that Japan
was confident the antiJapanese
measures pending in the California
legislature will not lead to interna
tional complications He said Japan
was relying on the justice of the
American people and the friendship
of the United States government
OsbornMaloney
Special to The News
PHILADELPHIA Feb 21r1iss
Helen Maloney and Arthur Osborn
of New York were married at the
Maloney summer home Spring Lick
N J today a Catholic priest officiat
ing
BLUE GRASS LEAGUE
TO MEET IN LEXINGTON
Will Round Up In That City Febru
ary 10 to Frame Games
For Season
LEXINGTON Ky Feb IAll
the teams in the Blue Grass League
will have representatives atthe meet I
ing to be held beginning February 10
and the final agreements between the
teams will be gone over
It is said that 100 games will be
played during the season by the dif
ferent teams
If Lawreuceburg drops out of the
league she will be substituted by
either Nichblasville jParisor Mt
SterlingHAS
HAS RENTED STABLE
Younger Jones has rented the Mill
er stable on Fairfax street and in
conjunction with his brother Ben
who has the stable on Court street
rented will run both stables
Lindsay Pogue Johns of this city
who is attending college at Millers
burg has been elected President > of
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proTWO HEROES OF THE REPUBLIC DISASTER i I
Captain Inman Sealby and John R Binns a wireless operator were among
amongthose
off Nantucket Binns stuck to his key sending messages and signals until
ordered from the ship Sealby stayed aboard the vessel literally
sank under his feet Then he climbed a mast and leaped into the sea to be
rescued with his first officer Mr Williams
CLARK BOARD MAY CONSIDER
COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL QUESTION
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Board Of Education To Meet Next Saturday May Also Take up Fiscal
Court Appropriation For Coming Year
The regular monthly meeting of the
Clark County Board of Education will
be held in County School Superin
tendent Tanners office next Satur
day morning Several important
matters will come before the board I
Among them will probably be the
matter of how much money the board
will ask the Fiscal Court to appropri
ate for the use of the county schools
the coming year
Another thing that will be probably
CHARGE CASTRO
WITH DARK PLOT
Venezuela To Prosecute Former Pres
identAttempts Life of
Gomez
Caracas Fej 2In accordance
with instructions from Senor Alcan
tara minister of the interior the at
torney general will bring suit in the
high federal court against Cipriano
Castro the former president of Ven
ezuela on the charge of having insti
gated the assassination of President
Jose Vincente Gomez
Minister Alcantaras communication
to the attorney general was accompa
nied by a large quantity of documen
tary proof which it was stated was
collected at the investigation into an
abortive plot against the life of Vice
President Gomez the constitutional
charge of the presidency
Continuing the minister says in his
communication The documents
show that the black conspiracy
which happily was frustrated by the
presence ctf mind of the supreme
magistrate was the result of sugges
tions advice and orders of General
Castro According to article 95 of
the constitution which gives the fed
eral court jurisdiction in thisaccusa
tion this ministry requests the insti
tution of necessary proceedings
The court already has decided that
adequate proof has been furnished
for the beginning of action against
Cipriano Castro
IGOMU ENDS INCIDENT
Yields to Vice Presidents Wishes In
Matter of Appointment
Havana Feb 2 President Gomez
has signed a decree appointing Jose
Ugarte chief of the secret police
This closes the sensational incident
arising out of the proposal to appoint
Ricardo Arnauto to that office which
was frustrated by VIce President
Zayas threat to resign
The president has sent a message
to congress in which he says that not
much advance in legislation was
made under the recent government of
intervention although it is true that
organiclaws were promulgated which
merit approval
President Gomez suggests the ap
pointment of a commission on re
vision of the tariff and advocates
that negotiations be entered into for
the purpose of securing tne greatest
concessions possible from the United
States without endangering Cubas re
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be done will bef the formulating at
some plan to b Highb
School for Ute children of the county
as provided by the new school law
It is not definitely known that eith
er of these propositions will come
before the board but as they are the
1 most important masters that are to
be dealt with in the near future it is
thought that theywillc6m6 a up at this
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TAfT PLAYING
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is Acting as Pacificator on Isthmus
Rivals invited to
Dinner
Panama Feb 2That Mr Taft is
acting as pacificator in tae strong
postelection factional feeling which
at times has been very marked is
shown by the fact that the invita
tions were sent to both President
Obaldia and Senor Arias at one time
opposition candidates for the presi
dency to the dinner and reception to
be given today by HerbertG Squiers
the American minister in honor of
the American Presidett elect
Mr Tuft called upon exPresident
Amador who is ill ExJPresident
Amador and President Obaldia have
not been on friendly terms for a long
time because bf political differences
Mr Taft wishes to make it plain that
his cordiality is toward Panama as a
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whole and not toward one or another
political faction and he has endeav
ored during his = stay here to treat all
men and all parties in the same cor
dial manner i
Both sides of the controversy which
has arisen through the commissary
system will be given a hearing but
he will make no recommendation
with regard to the treaty which re
fers the question jto arbitration With
out doubt the commissary will con
tinue although socalled luxuries will
be eliminated Mr Taft has express S
ed full confidence in the judgment of
Secretary Root in this matter
Prior to the visit of Mr Taft and
the board of engineers to the Culebra
cut all dynamite was removed from
the workings so that possibility of
accident to the presidentelect might
be avoided Although not speaking
for publication the engineers do not
conceal their satisfaction at the feas
ibility of the Gatun dam Chief Engi
neer Lieutenant Colonel Goethals and
the army engineers engaged in the
construction work are much gratified
at the results of the investigation of
the special engineers Colonel Goe
thals said that naval vessels would
sail through the lock canal by Jaa
1915
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lauons vita opier Rations He also
r o1U1leJds an extensive scheme of
amnesty excluding only the Perpetra
tots of crime ql rave atrocity but
eztenSlms it as tar as possible to the
soldiers of the WU of liberation and
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GROUND HOG SEES HIS SHADOW j
AND DISAPPEARS FOR SIX WEEKS
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Little Animal Appears At Noon Tuesday But The Bright Sunshine Wasi
I Too Much For Him And He Goes Back To His Winter Quarters i
Its a shame After suffering as we
lmYe for the last few days to have
the weather clerk turn against us
and make Tuesday a pleasant sun
shiny day Tuesday is groundhog
day The little animal appeared at
noon saw his shadow and immediate
ly ducked back into his hole Now
for six weeks more the leather is go
ing to be mean and the spring time is
postponed
Candlemas Day
Tuesday is Candlemas day or
groundhog day as it is more genera
ally known It is the day that is sup
posed to mark the turning point be
tWeen winter and spring but whether
spring comes or winter stays longer
depends 6n sunshine and shadow and
the little groundhog At least so say
the oldtime prophets and while the
experts of the weather bureau and
the agricultureal department sniff at
such prophecies as being groundless
superstitions the groudnhog does not
lack millions of devotees For is it
not written in the old jingle
As far as the sun shines but on Can
dlemas day
So far will the snow blow in before
May
As far as the sudw blows in on Can
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dlemas day
So far will the sun shine out before
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All Depends on Weather
ItaU depends upon the weather
and the little ground hog as to what
the weather for the next six weeks
will be The ground hog if when he
emerges from his winter hibernating
place chances to see his shadow he
will beat a hasty retreat to his little
hole and wait for fairer weather
knowing that a meteorological change
is due But if it is dark and gloomy
when he emerges and lie sees no
DR HAMBLY TO SPEAK
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Famous Lecturer to Be Heard Tues
day and I Wednesday
Evenings
There willbe two interesting lec
tures at Kentucky Wesleyan College
Tuesday and Wednesday evenings
beginning at 8 oclock The Rev Dr
Thomas Hambly will lecture on lt700
Miles by Snow Shoe and Dog Train
on Tuesday and Wednesday on The
Beast That Carries the Prophet
Dr Hambly will also lecture at the
college chapel Wednesday morning at
845 to the students and all friends i
of the college who care to attend
Dr Hambly is a finished lecturer
as will be seen by some of the com
f
ments below I
A famous lecture and noted for 1
simplicity of language and striking
illustration Nashville Record
dA perilous journey thrilling ex
periences and amusing instances rap
idly describedWabasha Herald
Alive to his finger tips abounds
in illustrations drawn from human
experience and from start to finish
holds the closest attention of his
audienceLime Springs Iowa Sun
STATE INSPECTOR IS
LOOKING OVER OFFICES
W C Terhune Examining Local Of
ficials Has Found Nothing
to Complain of
W C Terhune State Inspector of
County Officials Offices is in the city
inspecting the local offices He ar
rived Tuesday morning and so far
says he has found nothing to com
plain of
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GETS BIG CONTRACT
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H H Hall has received the > coh =
tract for furnishing from sixteen to
eighteen hundredyards of velvet car
pet for the new First Christian
church building of this cit An
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shadow the little animal will figure
that winter is almost gone and that
above ground is the place for him t
It is the habit of the groundhog that
gave this feature of a custom other
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Custom of 15th CenturyI v
IThe custom was instituted by Geld
sins iii the latter part of the fifteenth
century In many respects it resem
bled some of the pagan celebrations
and particularly that of the pagan
Februalia which was held at about
this same period
In fact the Candlemas day eels >
I bration is a substitution of the Febru
alia which furnishes the only logical
reason for the use of the candles in
the festivities attendant
I February has been dedicated to the
I infernal gods by the Gentiles because
i at its beginning Pluto stole Prosper
line and her mother j Ceres sought and
rescued her at night and carried
lighted candles The Februalia cele
bration was in honor of Ceres and
the celebrants carried lighted can
dIes too
Old Countries Observe itI
It is from England Germany and
Scotland though that the groundhog
gToundhogday
day custom comes There the dayis
observed as one of celebration in
weather prognostications Many of
the rhymes that one hears about thtt
day are from the English and the
Scotch In Scotland on this day it is
a custom for the children to bring
presents to the teachers Each tries
to rival the other in the amount of
the gift and the boy and girl that give
the most costly ones are hailed as
king and queen School is then dis
missed and the children march
through the village streets carrying n
the king and queen upon their
s o lders
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT i
TO BE CANED FEB IZl
State League of Kentucky Postmas
ters to Remember Chief V
Executive
At the conclusion of the ceremon 1
ies at the Lincoln Farm on February
12 1909 the Dean of Kentucky Post
masters Robt E Wood P M at
Louisville KYs will on behalf of the
members of The State League of
Kentucky Postmasters present to
President Roosevelt a cane made of
wood grown on the historic farm
The material for this cane has been
in the shop of the Geo Cross Co of
Louisville Ky for some time for
finishing and polishing and dill be
gold mounted and suitably ingcribed
President Me H WebbJias called a
meeting of Postmasters of the Fourth
class of Kentucky on February n
at 230 p m at Louisville Custom I
House to transact business of im J
portance and to make arrangements
to attend ina body the ceremonies
at Hodgenville T his will bea gala
day for Kentucky postmasters and all
postmasters are cordially invited t
attend and take part
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PRISONfRS GO TO 1
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Sheriff to Take to Penitentiary Those
Who Got Prison Sentences r
In Circuit Court j
The prisoners who were given peni
tentiary sentences tat the last term
of circuit court will b e taken
Frankfort by Sheriff A H Hampton
Thursday morning There are nino
of them altogether who will get the
free ride goingtim to serve terms
ranging from 1 to 15 years Theo
dore Johnosn the West India negro
who broke into the store at Pine
Grove this county goes up for theY
longest term of the buach
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