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The Madison National Bank
has added to its equipment an
pu-to-date Electric Adding Ma
chine. Its the only one in the city.
The new annex to the girls'
dormitory is almost completed
and will be a great boon to stu
dents and teachers. Moving into
the first floor was begun on Mon
day. Prof. Ireland, who is head of
the Stanford Graded School, was
in this city Friday, the guest of
Prof. Bridges, and acted as one of
the judges in the Oratorical Con
test Judge Jno. C. Chenault, Hon.
Roy C. White and Hon. VV. B.
Smith, of this city, have been
chosen as a delegate to the Edu
cational Association, which will
meet in Richmond, Va., in April.
A Gala Week For Richmond
The public should feel itself
indebted to the E. K. S. N. for a
series of delightful entertainments
which ended Saturday evening.
In addition o the Turner Art
Exhibit, the plays given by the
little children, the High School
boys, the lovely Martha Wash
ington tea and Mr. Bob, makes
last week a memorable one in
the social life of Richmond.
"The Junior," given on Friday
night was a glorious success, the
play in it's self was full of life
and action and the cast of , char
acters not to be surpassed.
To assign credit for the success
of the play to any one person,
would be impossible when so
many were good, but special
mention might be 'made of Ed
win Cobb The Junior," Kie Doty
a captain of Finance, Charles
Vaught as Janet Hale, and Verner
Million as Silk Rickets, while
Edwin Fowell, William Burnam,
Earl McDougle, Curtis Parks,
Jeptha Jett, Robt Simmons, Curt
Bennett and Mark Phelps all ac
quitted themselves with honor.
An attractive feature of the even
ing wT'S the beautiful vocal music
by Miss Mary Traynor and Mr.
Keller.
"Lady of the Lake."
The play by the Freshman class
of Caldwell High School, 'The
Lady of the Lake," which was
presented on Thursday evening;
is being spoken of in terms of the
highest praise. The dramatiza
tion of the play was by Miss Eliz
abeth Terrill, the pretty and gifted
daughter of Mr. R. B. Terrill, of
this city. The cast of characters
was fine and the costumes well
gotten up.
Mr. Byron Marshall as Fitz
James was especially good, while
Miss Margaret Azbill as "Ellen"
was worthy of mention. The en
tire troupe was good, and we con
gratulate these young performers.
A very attractive feature of the
evening was the pretty chorus by
the little girls.
Estill Tribune Sold
Mr. Crant E. Lilly, owner of
the Estill Tribune, has sold that
paper to Messrs. J. R. & Carl
White, of Irvine, who will con
duct the same along the general
policies advocated by Mr. Lilly.
These young gentlemen are sons
of Hon. J. B. White and are prac
tical printers and all-round news
paper men.
"Sergeant Klomjue" In "Creatures of
Impulse" says:
"A soldier of the King's huuars,
Although a gallant son of Mars;
To no one may he be gallant
Except his mother and his aunt!"
But he Is gallant and his "red coat"
drives the ladles mad with admiration. It
Caldwell Oratoral Contest
Oh Friday evening, February
21st, at Caldwell High School,
the Oratorical Contest was held
and seldom have we been con
fronted with a harder task than
to pass judgment -on such able
contestants; indeed among the
young gentlemen there were so
many points of excellence, that
we felt each one should be
awarded a medal, but as this
could not be we will pass on to
the competitors who ran neck to
neck In the race: Mr. Gordon H.
Barnes and Mr. Wilko Scanlon,
the latter receiving the medal.
'The Execution of Montrose'
by Mr. Gordon Barnes, reflected
great credit on the speaker, the
piece was one of dificult elocution
and yet it was presented with
feeling and literary appreciation
and its beauty brought out by a
fine delivery unusual in so young
an orator.
Of Mr. Wilko Scanlor's decla
mation, "Her Little Brown Boy,"
the piece seemed written for him,
and he entered into the spirit of
his theme with an understanding
and vim that surprised the aud
ience and gave promise of greater
things here after.
Mr. G. C. Bradley's speech
'The Rag," is deserving of spe
cial mention; his voice was good,
his manner and f delivery easy
and he is to be congratulated on
his effort.
-The youngest member of the
class, Mr. Frank Powell, acquit
ted himself with honor; his sub
ject, "The American Revolution,"
was given in a manner highly
creditable in one of his years.
The young lady contestants
were more evenly matched both
as regards age and elocutionary
ability, and while Miss Margaret
Covington's rendition of "A
Sweet Girl Graduate" was almost
perfect and won the honors of
the day, the other three, 'Miss
Elizabeth Blanton whose recita
tion, "Cupid and -Dicky," Miss
Nancy Shearer who gave "Gunga
Din" and Miss Francis Wagers,
in "An Old Sweetheart of Mine"
were all, par excellence, and., we
felt ourselves with Lord Byron
exclaiming:
"Had the daughters of Eve but one rosy
mouth, ,
That we might kiss them all from North
to South!"
The Callahan Confessions
Govan, Elisha and Dock Smith
jointly indicted with others for
the murder of the noted feudist
Ed Callahan, have made a con
fession of their part in the assas
sination of Callahan. On their
trial which was recently held in
Winchester and in which there
was a hung jury, they attempted
to prove an alibi and did intro
duce some evidence to sustain
their contention that they had
nothing to do with the crime.
Their confession places the alibi
witnesses in the middle of a bad
fix but the noted murderers do
some of them the justice to say
that they were honestly mistaken
in their testimony.
These three men will be taken
to Breathitt county to testify be
fore the grand jury and it is said
that this testimony will Implicate
some prominent men.
The confession says that An
drew Johnson, a boy of nineteen
years, fired the shots that killed
Callahan.
Deaton who was jointly indict
ed and tried with the other pris
oners, says the confession is a
frame up and that Lish Smith
has been bribed to make the con
fession. Developments are being await
ed in this noted case.
Burglars
Burglars have been working
systematically In Lexington to
enter houses and to break safes
and strong boxes. Look f or t hem
over here and five them a warm
welcome. They are worse than
the ordinary rogue for they will
kill you it you try to capture
them or prevent them from tak
ing your property. Give them a
dose of hot lead.
Church Notes
Attendance at the First Christ
ian Sunday School was 261, of
fering $21.16.
T
Father O'Dwyer was in the
city Tuesday and preached at the
Catholic church that night
Messrs. Sewell and Higgins at
tended the Layman's Convention
of the Presbyterian church at
Memphis, Tenn.
At the Court House Sunday
evening Dr. E. B. Barnes preached
a beautiful and helpful sermon to
young men on "Friendship."
The following table is of inter
est to Sunday Schools. We give
a partial list of the 35 schools
with an attendance of over 150
and their standing in this list as
indicated by the figures :
Atten. Offer
1 Lex. Broadway 473 13 61
5- Frankfort 572 18 l
6 Winchester 366 29 11
9 Paris 316 9 35
10 Cynthiana 289 8 59
11- Richmond First . 286 10 56
OTHER SCHOOLS
Atten. Offer
Lancaster 149 4 72
Crab Orchard 72 1 41
Irvine 47 84
MADISON QPUNTY SCHOOLS
Atten. ' Offer
Flatwoods 11 1 21
Glades ' 30 45
Kirksville 64T 1 85
Mt. Pleasant, E 17 19
Richmond, First 286 10 56
Richmond, Second 101 2 51
Speedwell 37 46
ADULT BIBLE CLASS
Men Atten.
Winchester, Pendfeton's B. C.' 66
Winchester, Prewitt's Men 53
Women
Winchester
TWO GOOD REPORTS
Mt Pleasant, Madison:
45
We
nave giacuy given an ottering ot
ito.uu to tne Moninger Memorial.
C. K. Marshall will preach for us
this year. Our school is growing
every Sunday. We are planning
to do great worK. I n.s is tte s Senljmpit alone hs
first tune w,e have had-a Jrt it for the last few years. (
u villi 15 ail lll TV 11 ! It. I IIIIHIIUO
Rosalie Clark, Sec. v .
Mt Pleasant Sunday school
and church is the only one in
Madison enlisted in the effort to
gain 10,000 new church members
for this year.
Those marked with had an
average of over 507 of students
with bibles.
Those marked with E have en
listed in the effort to gain 10,000
new church members this year.
NOTE: We will gladly publish
these statistics if furnished them
by the schools and churches. .
Christian Science Lecture
On Tuesday evening at the
Court House, Mr. Virgil Strickler,
of New York, addressed a large
and attentive audience. His sub
ject "Christian Science," was
handled in a most interesting
manner, and Mr. Strickler proved
himself to be a lecturer of no
mean ability. He was introduced
by Mr. Robards, of Louisville, in
a highly complimentary way.
The platform was tastefully
decorated with blooming plants
and ferns, as a fitting tribute to
the distinguished stranger within
our gates.
Sale of Land
On Saturday, a forty acre tract
of land belonging to Mr. S. N.
Moberley, and lying across from
the L & A. depot, was sold;
Long, Tom Chenault being the
auctioneer. Messrs. Waller Ben
nett, Hanson Thomas and Elmer
Deatherage bought seven tracts
of five acres each for a total of
$8,750. Also twenty-seven town
lots were sold to different parties.
$25 to $369. The entire piece of
land sold for $11,690.
Alone in the wide, wide world!
He was not an original Wilson
man.
If you love the quaint, romantic days of
the strolling troubadour see the play "King
Rene's Daughter." It
Mexico
The expected has happened.
Madero has resigned and Gen.
Huerta is now the provisional
President of Mexico. Zapata
refuses to be reconciled and Gen
eral Gomez of Northern Mexico
is still on the war path directing
his operations from Texas. He
is the greatest fizzle of all the
rebels and his rebellion is chiefly
on paper. He is a splendid fight
er on paper.
Nothing is settled in Mexico
and nothing can be settled until
some outside 'power steps in and
gives to the government strength
and dignity. Everything is in a
chaotic state. The rebels are
hopelessly divided among them
selves and have no policy other
than that meaningless policy of
"Against the Government" A
great struggle will now come on
Jbetween the forces of Huerta and
Diaz in the coming
the coming elections.
Gomez and Zapata will cut but
little figure in this election. That
Diaz will triumph is to be ex
pected because the fierce struggles
between the contending political
forces of the now provisional
President, will so divide his
strength that the united forces of
Diaz will easily triumph. Then
another out break will occur. The
rule of force is on in Mexico and
not a rule of law.
GENERAL NEWS
Boiled Down For Busy People
The deficit in the state treasury
will .$2,225,000.00, according to
the report of Attorney Genera
Garnett.
The City of Louisville and the
County of Jefferson pay taxes to
the amount of $1,500,000.00, and
Sheriff Emler settled and received
, his quietus last week.
The old court house in Shelby
ville which was built in 1844, wil
soon be replaced by a modern
Last Monday, Mr$. Ruth Galla
han, wife of the eldest son of Ed.
Callahan was shot and perhaps
fatally wounded, at her home
near Jackson, during a genera!
fight
The Court of Appeals has de
cided that personal property of
dead person must be listed for
taxation where the deceased
lived and not where his executor
lives. Chas? Alexander lived in
Woodford county where his prop
erty was held but his executor
lived in the City of Versailles
and kept the money in a bank in
that city. The city of Versailles
undertook to tax it but the court
holds that it is not subject to the
tax and holds that the home of
the real owner and not the exec
utor determines the matter.
The following is a list of prizes
drawn by Kentucky in the annual
appropriation bill for public edi
fices. The bill as reported gives Hop
kinsville, Ky.. an additional $20,
000 additional for the postoffice
building there, $25,000 additional
for the Middlesboro,. Ky., Post-
office and $30,000 addition for
the Georgetown, Ky., PostofficeJ
An appropriation of $30,000 is
made to pay for the construction
of a second story on the present
Winchester, Ky., Federal Build
ing. Ashland. Ky., is given $80,
000 and Shelbyville $50,000 for
new buildings to stand on sites
already purchased or authorized
to be bought. To pay for both
sites and buildings Glasgow, Ky.,
gets $60,000 and Marion, Ky.,
S7U0UU.
The following appropriations
to buy postomce sites in Ken
tucky towns are reported in the
bill: Madisonville. $10,000: Cen
tral City, $7,500; Harrodsburg,
$10,000; Eminence, $8,000; Paint
ville, $5,000; Pikeville, $5,000;
Prestonsburg, $5,000; Murray, $5,
000; Hadgenville. $5,000, and
Elizabethtown, $7,500.
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PERRY'S
THE" "REXALL" STORE
Marshall Pettit
Murdered
By Band of Drunken Negroes
Last Thursday Night Two
Arrests Made so Far.
. This city was startled Friday
morning to learn that Marshal
A. T. Pettit had been murdered
the night past by a "bunch of
drunken negroes across the river.
It seems that some of the men
had been to one of our sister sa
loon licensed, rum-soaked cities,
tanked up, and brought home a
lot of liquor. They fired several
shots in this city on their way
home. Dick' Smothers and (three
of his boys are charged with the
murder. The authorities, having
a knowledge of their disorderly
conduct, dispatched Marshal Pet
tit aided by Jesse Eaton and Otis
Mackey to go over the river and
make the arrest Upon their
coming upon the crowd a pitched
battle ensued, resulting in Pettit
being killed and Dick Smothers
being wounded in the shoulder.
Eaton and Mackey returned to
the city for re-enforcements, went
back and arrested Dick Smothers
and one of the boys and placed
them in Jail. The other negroes
made their escape. Pettit was
found with his head mashed to
an unrecognizable degree and
three shots fired into his head.
The remains were brought to this
COMING VERY SOON!
Two Beautiful Plays,
King Rene's Daughter
OF 15th CENTURY TIMES, AND
"Creatures
A MUSICAL FAIRY TALE, WILL BE
PRESENTED AT
OPERA HOUSE
These are Madison Insti
tute Senior plays. An
artistic as well as amusing
program is guaranteed.
Don't Fail To See Them!
city and prepared for burial.
Bloodhounds have been brought
from Lexington to trail up the
fugitives and it is likely that all
that had a hand in the murder
will be behind the barf by night
fall. It is said Pettit did not do any
of the shooting, but endeavored
to make a peaceful arrest The
men, however, were on the war
path and made quick work of
their murderous intentions. The
community was never so wrought
up as at present, and it is proba
ble that justice will be meted out
before the law will get an oppor
tunity to do so. Great precau
tions are being taken by the offi
cers, however, to protect the
prisoners. Clay City Times.
' LATER: The jail iriwhWrfhe
negro assassin was corifined was
broken and the prisoner was
either taken out by "a mob and
disposed of, or else he has been
spirited away by his friends. It
appears more in keeping with cir
cumstances to believe that the
latter is the true state of the case.
; ; ;
' We want good correspondents
from all parts of the county. A
prize of FIVE DOLLARS at the
end of six months, will be given
that correspondent who writes the
best series of letters. Make them
short but don't overlook a news
or social item. Sign your name
to all communications.
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