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VOLUlE XIX
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MT VERNON ROCKCASTLE COUNTY KY FRIDAY MARCH 30 1906
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KWAUTY K KJ KOUNTS
Realizing that Rockcastle County
people like to be cs well dressed
as any people on earth we have
just put in stock a very large stock
of the famous IK Mens
SuitsKKSmfsSeffandExcef
J KSuits Sell and Exee tWhy
Because expert designers con
ceive them expert manufacturers
make them and expert clothing
theinefherefore
men handle them
its expert testimony that tells
you they sell and excel
LET US SHOW YOU how
good and highclass the work
manship in our clothing is that
we have the dressiest and best
fiitting garments to be had and
why our prices are so much low
f I er than all others for STRICTLY
KIQHCLASS Clothing
WE have every thing you could
desire in quality pattern and style
from the plain business suits to the
highclass dress suits
Pc K SUITS at 675
850 10 1250 f 15
Everything Everybody
FROM TOP TO TOE The Suit the Shoes the JHat
the Neckwear Suspenders and and Underwear If you want
the swellest things come and see us
It is a teat to fit the feet but
W L D 0 U G LAS
S HOES Certainly Fit
I Am Going to Keep on Talking Douglas Shoes
Until I have every Man and Boy in Rookcastle County
wealing them twill talk to you afterward
Better buy the next pair of Shoes here You will have
to sometime anyway as I wont give you peace until you do
There are others but none like
DOUGLAS tit
V Will tell you about our fine line of Women and Childrens
Chi1drensWoes
The motto of Douglas Shoes is MAKE YOUR FEET
LAUGH
I lust Arrived
EVERYTHING NEW AND UPTO
ArrivedEVERYTHING GOODS and LA
DIES HATS
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R S MARTIN I
The Rockcastle tobacco manu
facturer who was awarded a diplo
ma and the Medal on tobacco at
the Worlds Fair St Louis in 1904
Below are descriptions of the diplo
ma and medal which he is soon to
receiveDescription
Description of The Design For The
Diploma of Award of The Lou
isiana Purchase Exposition
to R S Martin on
Tobacco
The central figure of the com
position a robust clear eyed maid
en in her first youth Columbia
looks forward with unclouded
brow intent upon a future beyond
the act which she represents plac
ing one hand in sign of possession
upon the globe typifying the ter
ritorial acquisition which is of
fered by her sister France seated at
her right Simultaneously from
the other hand she passes on the
torch of progress to her messenger
the youth of her country who with
winged feet stands ready to depart
on his mission of civilization to
ward the Western sun which irrad
iates the sky Columbia is draped
with the flag chosen as a symbol
above all others which is recogniz
ed to the farthest limits of the
world and denotes the country
where was the Exposition that is 1
sued the diploma France wearing
the costume of the periqd of the
cession of the Louisiana Territory
is by a voluntary anachronism de
picted with the Imperial Crown for
while the act of cession was laccom
plished in the intenraoi the Consu
late it was a step in the progress of
Napoleon and Imperial Erance re
mains in our memories to day as re
linquishing the territory whjch our 1
younger na tion has notably devel
oped The border of a Classic
Empire design encloses the names
of the States of the Union promi
nence being given to those com
prising the territorial acquisition
while the fourteen stars in the tab
let below still furlhtr emphasize
their importance
The diploma is 16 x 18 inches in
size it was designed by Will H Low
and reproduced by Gilbo Com
pauy in a sepia tint upon Imperial
Japanese paper 21 x 24 inches in
sizeDecription
Decription of the Design for the
Medal of award of the Louisiana
Pur ch a s e Exposition
Award to R S Martin
the Rockcastle To
S bacco M ami fact
Manufacturer
ohverseI
In thejcomposiuon of the obverse j
of the medal are shown two figures
one of which Columbia tall and
sately is about to envelop the
youthful maiden by her side typ + r
fyi ng the Louisiana Territory in
the flag of the stars and stripes
I
thus receiving her into the sister
hood of States The other figure
is depicted in the act of divesting
herself of the cloak of France sym
bolized in the emblem of Napoleon
the busy bee embroidered thereon
In the back ground is shown the
rising surf the dawn of a new era
of progress to the nation
The reverse of the medal shows
an architectural tablet bearing an
inscription giving the grace of the
medal Below the tablet ate two I
dolphins symbolizing our Eastern
I and Western boundaries the whole
surmounted by an American Eagle
spreading its wings from ocean to
ocean
On the gold medal there are
three distinct corners each con
taining a wreath encircling a mon
ogram or emblem and each of
these wreaths is surrounded by
fourteen stars representing the
Louisiana Purchase States and Ter
ritories On the Grand Pr ize de
sign thtre is the same number of
stars in the uPPer field of theshield
and there are thirteen bars its
the lower field representing tfr
original States On the design of
the silver nuflal The artist hats used
the lmslT the Order of Saint
Louis
LouisThe
The metal was designed h3 g
Ad > lph A Wcinmau Tiedesign
was approved by a committee com
posed of J Q A Ward Darnel C
French and Augustus St Gaudens
The dies were engraved and the
medal struck by the United States
Government Mint at Philadelphia
The weight of the medal is about
three and onehalf ounces The al
loy for the medal was made espe
daily for the Exposition after sam
ples were submitted and passed up
Pon
on by expert medalistsr
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MARETBURG
0
Miss Grace McCall returned to
Hazel Patch Monday S H Mar
tin and family moved to Mt Ver
non Wednesday We regret to see
them leaveMiss Alice McCall
returned to school at Mt Vernon
Tuesday Mrs Lucy McCall vis
ited her mother Mrs Martha Lew
is the first of the weekMaster
Jack Lewis who has been visiting
relatives here returned to hisliome
at Stanford TuesdayRev C C
Metcalf will preach at the Maret
burg church Sunday Mrs Robe
da Owens has been ill for several
daysMaster Arthur Taylor of
Livingston has been visiting his
grandparents at this placeThe
infant child of Josh Boreing was
buried here Wednesday
A HINT TO TRAVELERS
While in Suffolk Vaj Henry
Crol Jr proprietor of the Heav
erton Mich Hardware Co was
taken very sick with bowel trouble
A traveling salesman from Saginaw
Mich advised him to take a bottle
of Chamberlains Chronic Cheolera
and Dirrrhoea Remedy which he
did It soon cured me and I
take pleasure in recommending
it he says No one should leave
home ou a journey without a bottle j
of this remedy It is almost sure
to be needed and is not obtainable
while on steamship or cars Sold
by Chas C Davis leading druggist
After much ill feeling the extra
session of the General Assembly
Monday afternoon reached a com
promise on the Rectifiers Tax Bill
fixing a tax of one and onefonrth
cents a gallon The House at first
refused to accept any thing but a
tax of one and onehalf cents at d
the Senate was barely prevented I
from adjourning sine die without
giving the House an opportunity to
reconsider
reconsiderTORTURE
TORTURE BY SAVAGES
Speaking of the torture to which
sonie of the savage tribes in the
Philippines subject their captives
reminds me of the intense suffering
I endured for three months from
inflamation of the kidneys says
W M Sherman Crushing Me
Nothing helped me until I tried
Electric Bitters three bottles of
which completely cured me Cures
Liver Complaint Dvspepsia Blood
disordeJS and malaria and restores
the weak and nervous to robust
health Guaranteed by all druggist
Price Soc
LAND STOCK AN D CROP
Gus Stavrson and J J Hysing
er came in Saturday with 27 head
of cattle bought in Kuox county
at about sets
STRAYED A black boar hog
with a few gray spots weight about
Ito pounds left my place a week
ago No mark except a large wart
on belly Liberal reward for re
turn J Fish
inch 3o3t Mt Vernon Ky
J A Ramsey reports 500 cattle
on the market with but few good
ones One lot 650 Lib steers
brought 390 which was probably
the highest price obtained Light
yearling steers brought 2000 per
head Quite a number of heifers
brought from 3 to 3 cts Many
cattle left over unsoldRichmond
Climax of
Mt Sterling Court the Gazette
says About 1500 cattle on the
market The quality was com
mon with no heavy cattle all the
offerings being light weight Trade
was dull for the reason that we
had one of the worst day of the
winter The best 800 pound steers i
brought 4 to 4 cents according
to quality selling by the head
common steers at 6y cents heifers
at 3 to s4 cents cows at 24 to 3
3I
I tie were left over unsold It was a
hard on our cattle traders to bring
stock for three or four days in the
rain and then have such a day of
sates Not more thau a third as
many mules for sale as last court
Trade was a little slow Some 16
hand mules sold at 190 15fhand
mules at 165 to 175 isnand
mules at 140 to 150 small mules
at 90 to 110 Demand tor horses
was good Green Wade Co
sold some road horses at 200 to
255 Good horses brought 150
1255
to 160 medium horses at 125
pHigs 50 to 80
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Mens Youths and Boys Suits
jhe most economical buy because they are better
made and fit more perfectly than other suits sold at Pop
ular Prices
PricesNone
7 None Genuine without the Label on the Collar
For sale < 1 C I O II
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ADJ01INNG COUTNIES
Theo the 14year old son of
lese Polly who lives on Rockcas I
tie river between the mouth ofI
I
Sinking and Pine Creek was
drowned last Thursday by the
overturning of a dug out loaded
loadedI
with wood A twelve year old
brother who was with him swam I
to the shore Both boys could
swim and it is supposed that the j
one thai was drowned took the
cramps j
The Oman dog law prvokes a
good dealof discussion among the
farmers over the State The sleep
raisers say the people of Kentucky
should provide the author of the i
law with woolen clothing the rest
of his life while the friends of tl e
dog declare that they or any of i
their decendants will ever vote for
a man who is neas or remotely kin
to Croan If the law results as it
should in the raising of omore
sheep but for the depredation of
dogs the most profitable thing cn
a farm the law will soon be acknowledged
f
knowledged as a blessing Sorrer
set Journal
JournalA
A letter from Emmet M Dick
son District Deputy Grand Exalt
ed Ruler Paris Ky says that
the Somerset Elk Lodge No 1021
will be instituted Wednesday
April 4 Grand Exalted Ruler R
W Brown of Louisville has ex
pressed himself as desirous of par
ticipating in the installation
There will be about thirty taken
through on the night of installa
tion which with something like
eight resident Elks will give Som
erset a lodge of thirty eight to be
gin with Preparation will he
made to appropriately entertain
the visiting Elks who will be prin
cipally from Danville as the Dan
ville Lodge will furnish the iniat
fug team Among other visitors
will be Exalted Ruler R G Wil
Hams of the Covington Lodge
CNtEL BRA kh
EAAS
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LEGISLATIVE
The friends of Lieut Governor 1
Thorne in the Senate presented
him with a handsome silver tea ser
vice as a token of esteem In ac
cepting the gift Gov Thorne said
it was his first realization of the
long struggle he has been making
for free silver During his re
marks he appologized for using
cuss words in the Senate sev
eral days ago He said he was ex
tremely sorry for having used such
language but there vas compen < I
sation in knowing from the new
paper that playedup the story
that some of the editors never heard
of helld
hellGov
Gov Beckham approved 140
bills and affixed his signature A
number of miner bills became laws
ot the State with his signature
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Only three bills and one resoluti > n v Ma
y
was vetoed One of these contain ili
ed a clause which in the Governors i w
judgment virtually repealed the
local optior legislation of the pres
ent session
sessionThe
The Taking
Cold Habit
ColdHabiiThe
The old cold goes a new one
quickly comes Its the story
of a weak throat weak lungs
a tendency to consumption
Ayers Cherry Pectoral
breaks up the takingcold habit
It strengthens soothes heals
Ask your doctor about it
The best kind of a testimonial
Sold for over sixty years v
Made byoT C Ayer Co Lowell Man
AMade Also manufacturers of
1L1lersSARSAPARILLA
rjersSARSAPARILLA I
We have no secrets We publish
1 tho formulas of oil our medicines
I Keep the bowels regular publishI
Pills Just one pill each night