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Becomes a Major of Militia.
His brother's death, in truth,
changed everything for him. He
seemed of a sudden to stand as Law
rence's representative. Before they
set out for the Bahamas Lawrence
had transferred to him his place in
the militia, obtaining for him, though
he was but nineteen, a commission as
major and district adjutant in his
ftead; and after his return in 1752
Lieutenant Governor Dinwiddle, r the
crown's new representative in Vir
ginia, added still further to his re
sponsibilities as a soldier by reducing
the military district of the colony to
four, and assigning him one of the
four, under a renewed commission as
major and adjutant-general. His
brother's will not only named him an
executor, but also made him residuary
legatee of the estate of Mount Ver
non in case his child should die. He
had to look to the discipline and ac
coutrement of the militia of eleven
counties, aid his mother in her busi
ness, administer his brother's estate,
and assume on all hands the duties
and responsibilities of a man of af
fairs when he was but Just turned of
twenty.
The action of the colonial govern
ment. iu cuimjaciuis me organization
and discipline of the militia by reduc
ing the number of military dis
tricts was significant of a sinis
ter change in the posture of af
fairs beyond the borders. The
movements of the French in the west
had of late become more ominous
than ever; twas possible the Virgin
ia militia might any day see an end
of that "everlasting peace" which
good Mr. Beverley had smiled to see
them complacently enjoy, and that
the young major,' who was now adjutant-general
of the northern division,
might find duties abroad even more
serious and responsible than his du
ties at home.
War Was Inevitable.
Whoever should be commissioned
to meet and deal with the Frencu up
on the western rivers would have to
handle truly critical affairs, decisive
of the fate of the continent, and it
looked as if Virginia must undertake
the fateful business. The northern
borders, indeed, were sadly harried
by the savage allies of the French;
the brunt of the fighting hitherto had
fallen upon tbfe hardy militiamen of
Massachusettsland Connecticut in the
slow contest for English mastery up
on the continent. But there was real
ly nothing to be decided in that quar
ter. The French, were not likely to at
tempt the mad task of driving out
the thickly set English population, al
ready established, hundreds of thou
sands strong, upon the eastern coasts.
Their true lines of conquest ran with
in. Their strength lay in their com
mand of the great watercourses which
flanked the English colonies both
north, and west. 'Twas a long fron
tier, to hold, that mazy line of lake
and river that ran all the waay from
the Gulf of St Lawrencce to the wide
mouths of the sluggish Mississippi.
French Well Armed and Ready.
Throughout all the posts and set
. tlements that lay upon it from end
to end there were scarcely eighty
The French Move.
thousand Frenchmen, while the Eng
lish teemed upon tbe coasts more
than a million strong. .But the forces
of New France could be handled like
an army, while the English swarmed
slowly westward, without discipline
or direction, the headstrong subjects
of a distant government they would
not obey, the wayward constituents
of a score of petty and Jealous assem
blies tardy at planning, clumsy at ex
ecuting plans. They were still far
away, too, from the mid-waters of the
lakes and from the royal stream of
the Mississippi itself, where ' lonely
boats floated slowly down, with their
cargoes of grain, meat, tallow, tobac
co,, oil, hides, and lead, out of tne
country of the Illinois, past, the long,
thin line of tiny isolated posts, to the
growing village at New Orleans and
the southern finlf.
' But they were to be feared,1 none
the less. If their tide once flowed in,
the French well knew it could'not be
turned back 1 again. It was not far
. away from the Ohio now; and if once
settlers out of Pennsylvania and Vir
, "..ginia gained a foothold in any -num-
bera on. that riv er, they . would con
trol one of the great highways that
led to the main basins of the conti
nent. It was imperative they should
be effectually forestalled, and that at
once.
Duquesne Decides to Fight.'
The Marquis Duquesne, with his
quick soldier blood, at last took the
decisive step for France. He had
hardly come to his colony, to serve
his royal master as governor upon the
St. Lawrence, when he determined to
occupy the upper waters of the Ohio,
and block the western passes against
the English with a line of military
posts. : '
The matter did not seem urgent to
the doubting ministers at Versailles.
"Be on your guard against new under
takings," said official letters out of
France; "private interests are gener
ally at the bottom of them.""" But Du
quesne knew that it was no mere pri
vate interest of fur trader or specu
lator that was at stake now. The ri
valry between the two nations had
?one too far to make it possible to
... iov. Military. -.r-nsts had al
ready been established by the bold
energy of the French at Niagara, the
key to the western lakes, and at
Crown Point upon Champlaln, where
lake and river struck straight to
wards the heart of the English trad
ing settlements upon the Hudson.
Accept the Challenge.
The English, accepting the chal
lenge, had planted themselves at Os
wego, upon the very lake route itself,
and had made a port there to take
the furs that came out of the west,
and, though very sluggish in the. busi
ness, showed purpose of aggressive
movement everywhere that advantage
offered. English settlers by the hun
dred were pressing towards the west
ern mountains in Pennsylvania, and
down into that "Virginian Arcady,"
the sweet valley of the Shenandoah;
thrifty Germans, a few; hardy Scots
Irish, a great many the blood most
to be feared and checked. It was
said that quite three hundred Eng
lish traders passed the mountains ev
ery year into the region of the Ohio.
Enterprising gentlemen in Virginia
Lawrence and Augustine Washing
ton among the resthas joined influ
ential partners in London in the for
mation of an Ohio company for the
settlement of the western country and
the absorption of the western trade;
had sent out men who knew the re
gion to make interest with the In
dians and fix upon points of vantage
for trading-posts and settlements; had
already set out upon the business by
erecting storehouses at Will's Creek,
in the heart of the Alleghanies, and,
farther westward still, upon Bedstone
Creek, a branch of the Monongahela
iteslf.
The French Build a Fort.
It was high time to act; and Du
quesne, having no colonial asembly
to hamper him, acted very promptly.
When spring came, 1753, he sent fif
teen hundred men into Lake Erie, to
Presque Isle, where a fort of squared
logs was built, and a road cut through
the forests to a little river whose wa
ters, when at the flcod, would carry
boats direct to the Alleghany and the
great waterway, of the Ohio itself.
An English lieutenant at Oswego
had described the multitudious fleet
of canoes upon Ontario carrying this
levy to its place of landing in the
lake beyond, and a vagrant French
man had told him plainly what it was.
It was an army of six hundred men,
he boasted, going to the Ohio, "to
cause all the English to quit those
parts." It was plain to every Eng
lish governor in the colonies who had
his eyes open that the French would
not stop with planting a fort upon an
obscure branch of the Alleghany, but
that they would indeed press forward
to take possession of the Ohio, drive
every English trader forth, draw all
the native tribes' to their interest by
force or favor, 'and close alike the
western lands and the western trade
in very earnest against all the king's
subjects. .
Governors See the Danger.
Governor Dinwiddle was among the
first to. see the danger and the need
fo.r action, as, in truth, was very nat
ural. In office and out, his study had
been the colonial trade, ' and he had
been merchant and official now a long
time. He was one of the twenty
stockholders of the Ohio company,
and had come to his governorship in
Virginia with his eye upon the west
ern country. He had but to look
about him to perceive that Virginia
would very likely be obliged to meet
the crisis unaided, if, , indeed, he could
induce even her to meet it v
Governor Hamilton, of Pennsylva
nia, also saw how critically affairs
stood, it is true, and what ought to be
done. . His agents had met and acted
with the agents of the Ohio company
already in seeking Indian alliances
and fixing upon points of vantage be
yond the Alleghanies. But the Penn
sylvania assembly could by no argu?
ment or device be induced to vote
money of measures in the business.
The placid Quaker traders were as
stubborn as the stolid German farm
ers. They opposed It because they
could not for the life of them see the
necessity of parting with their money
to send troops upon v so remote an
errand. -.-
Dinwiddle Dots Not Hesitate.
Dinwiddle did not wait or parley.
He acted first and consulted his legis
lature 'Afterwards. It was In his
Scots blood to take the business very
strenuously, and In his trader's blood
to take it very anxiously. He had
kept himself advised from the : first
of the movements, of the French:
Their vanguard hail scarcely, reached
Presque Isle ere he dispatched let
ters to1 England apprising the govern
ment of the danger. -Answer' had
come very promptly, too, authorizing
him . to build .forts upon the Ohio, if
he could get the "money from the Bur
gesses i and meantime, -7 should the
French trespass further, -"to require
of them peaceably to depart'' "If
they would not desist for a warning,"
said his majesty, "we do hereby strict
ly charge and command you to drive
them. off. by. force of arms."
(TO BE CONTINUED.) .
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CORRESPONDENCE
News That You Can't Get Elsewhere
PANOLA
Mr. Carl Bracher is on the sick list
Miss Lillie Chrisman who has been
se-
riously sick is improving. .
Sunday School at this place is progress
ing nicely and every one is interested.
Mrs. M. A. Logsdon has as her guest
Miss Mollie Pearson, of Estill county.
Miss Mary Karr is visiting her sister
Mrs. David Kindred on Locust Branch.
The Cumberland Telephone Co. has put
a new phone in the residence of Mr. J. B.
Broaddus.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Baker, of Lexing
ton, are visiting the formers sister, Mrs.
James Chasteen.
Messrs. J. B. Broaddus and E. A." Wa
gers passed through this place Tuesday en
route to Irvine to ship a car-load of hogs.
Mr. Ebb Cox and daughter, Mrs. Ernest
Covington, returned from Lexington
Tuesday where they went to see Mr. Cox's
son wh'o is in a Sanitarium seriously ill.
UNION CITY
Mr. Silas Keene, who has been very ill
with pneumonia, is rapidly convalescing.
The farmers throughout this section are
progressing fine in preparations for a crop.
The ravages of the flood have been re
paired, and all phases of farm work are
forging ahead. "
Elder W. I. Peel, of Nicholasville, will
fill his pulpit the second Sunday at the
Christian church. .
Mr. J. M. Risk, who has been combating
a stubborn attack of Inflammatory rheuma
tism, we are glad to say is out again.
An interesting lecture on his travels in
Palistine by Bro. Moore, at the Baptist
church at this place on the third Sunday
is to be given.
The prospects for a graded school are
beginning to wear a rosy hue just now, and
it is confidently expected that before many
months have passed the lads and lassies
of this community, will be called from re
freshment to labor, by the tolling of a
bell mounted in the Belfry of Union City's
modern and up-to-date Institute of learn
ing. That will give us quite a metropoli
tan air.
BEREA
Mr. and Mrs. Z. O. Logan are rejoicing
over the arrival of a girl.
Miss Sally Botkins, of London, is
ing at the home of Felix Estridge.
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Mr. Charles Colhensetter, oj Springfield,
Ohio, visited L. 1. rish last week,
Mrs. F. M. Morgan, of Hyden,
is visit-
ing sisters and mother, Mrs. O. I,
Azbill.
' Mrs. W. H. Moore "and little son, Rus
sell, are visiting M. D. Settle, of Big Hill,
Miss Nannie McWhorter has returned
from Paint Lick, where she has been for
the past week.
J. H. Baker and Albert F. Scruggs have
opened a real estate office over Berea
National Bank.
Miss Mary Abney and Mr. Crocket Ely
were married last Wednesday evening at
the Methodist church.
Miss Dooley Welch and Dr Dan R,
Botkins were married Thursday the 10th,
at 12 o'clock, at the home of the bride,
The couple left on the 1:07 train for
Louisville.'
The Young Ladies' Bible Class of the
Christian church held their social last
Wednesday at the parsonage. Games
were played after which delightful re-
freshmen ts were served.
VALLEY VIEW
' Mrs. Lila Chaney was in Lexington this
week. . , :- . -
M. F. Wharton was in Lexington Mon
day on business. - .
"Mrs. N. A. Bailey was shopping in Lex
ington last week.
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- Mrs. F. E. Chase spent Sunday in Rich
mond, the guest of mends.
Leighton aoper, or JNicholasville, was
here Saturday on business. , ( . ."
A number of people from here attended
county court m Richmond last Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Land were shopping
in .Nicholasville and Lexington last week.
Nat Turner attended the funeral of his
grandfather, Mr. Nat Cotton, who lived
at Cottonburg. .
Dr. Robert Dougherty and family were
in Richmond last week visiting Mr. and
Mrs. John Baldwin. s
Mrs. Nannie North cutt and Lee Dale
Howard were in Lexington the guests . of
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Osborne. . -
Mr. Thurman Tudor and wife, of Silver
Creek, spent Saturday and Sunday with
Mr. and Mrs. Wilbert Stapp.
Mrs. Lelia Hill and daughters, Lee
James and Pansy, have returned from
Richmond where the children have been
in school. - . . . .-, . ..
Alma Beck Concert
Richmond is indebted to the
Federated Music Clubs for a con
cert of the highest order which
was given on last evening at the
Normal Chapel. The program
was a brilliant one and faultlessly
rendered. Miss Beck has a con
tralto voice of wonderful range
and beauty, while a fine concep
tion of her selections makes her
singing most effective. :v - v
Two numbers especially on the
program were enthusiastically re
ceived "The Cry of Rachel,"
which gave scope for her dra
matic' style and 'The Life of a
Rose" which proclaimed her rare
musical power.
Miss Gould accompanied Miss
Beck on the piano and also exe
cuted two very difficult numbers
which gave evidence of much
alent and showed mastery of
the instrument.
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N. B. Jones Announces
Mr. N. B. Jones, our present
Jailer, announces in this issue
for the office of Sheriff of Madi
son county.
Mr. Jones was raised in this
county on a farm near Red
House and is a farmer by avoca
tion. He knows the needs of
the farming class and is in full
sympathy with them. He be
lieves that labor deserves reward
ing. He speaks in kindly words
of his opponents and says that
he is glad to know that all of them
are gentlemen in every sense of
the word and that if they succeed
in beating him, he will have the
satisfaction of knowing that he
was defeated by a gentleman.
Mr. Jones has many friends
who will stick to him through
thick and thin till the battle is
over.
He promises to discharge the
duties of the office fearlessly and
to do everything in his power to
make the best Sheriff that Madi
son has ever had.
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Bride Only Twenty and the
Alleged Consent of Par
ents Not Witnessed
A marriage license was refused
to Sam Fields and Miss Mrytle
Bailey, of Winchester, last week,
the' bride-to-be being only 20
years of age. A written state
ment purporting to be signed "by
the girl's parents was presented,
but as the signatures appeared
to be in the same handwriting
and were not witnessed, as' re
quired by law, the license was
refused.
The young man said his home
was in Chilesburg and Miss .Bai
ley, said . she lived in Fayette
county. It was learned over the
telephone, however, that the
young lady lives in Wolfe county.
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Gusher Struck
Thomas Stuart, of Winchester,
received a telegram shortly be
fore noon Saturday from Jackson,
telling of a 500-barrel gusher that
came in this morning in the
Wolfe county field, near Cannel
City. Great excitement prevails,
as this is the biggest oil well
drilled in the new field, which is
hardly six months old. :
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"Courtesy"
If we were to take a vote to
determine what one thing con
tributes most toward a feeling of
satisfaction on. the part of the
public, I am of the belief that the
verdict would be almost; unani
mous in favor of courtesy. I
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The Weeks Sporting News
By Hans
The P. P. I. base ball club de
feated Ballards aggregation Sat
urday afternoon in one of the
most interesting games of the
season, the score being eleven to
nine. '
Notwithstanding the . large
score, the game was exciting,
and was undecided until the last
man was down in the ninth.
Both teams were about evenly
matched in the field, the P. P. I.
having a shade the best pitching,
and out hit their opponets.
Batteries P. P. I., McCowan
and Bennett; Ballard, McKinney,
Vaughn and Deatherage.
NOTES OF THE GAME
Powell's homer in the opening
frame was the batting feature of
the game. It was a beauty.
McCowan's pitching for the
P. P. I.'s was high-class. He was
master of the situation in the
pinches.
Hans Wagner ( Wilco) Scanlon
played a brilliant game for P. P.
I. at start. His fielding was very
clean, and he got the ball away
like the "old timer."
Bennett and Deatherage put
up a good game behind the bat
for their respective teams.
Hanger played a good steady
game for the P. P. I.'s. Frank
Corzelius also took an active
part in the game.
Ty Cobb (Curtis) Corzelius has
greatly improved with the "stick."
It is hoped that Curtis has found
his "batting eye."
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Mrs. J. A. Sharon Dead
Mrs. Sharon, wife of Prof. J. A.
Sharon, recently with the Nor
mal School but now of Newport,
Ky., died Saturday night at their
home in Newport
She left surviving her, her hus
band, a son and two daughters.
Mrs. Sharon was a most ex
cellent woman and her many
friends here will be pained to
learn of her death.
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At the meeting of the Sunday
School Convention of the Dan
ville District which was held at
Corbin last week, Richmond was
finely represented. Rev. G. W.
Crutchfield, Prof. R. G. Stott,
Mr. C. S. Jessup, Mrs. T. S. Todd
and Mrs. R. K. Stone, all being
present. Prof. Stott made one of
his best speeches on this occasion
taking the place of Dr.
on the program.
Crabbe
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-Miss Belle Bennett is in Bir
mingham, Ala., attending the
Council meeting of the Woman's
Missionary Society of the M. E.
Church, South. Miss Bennett is
the President of the Council.
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Babies Sold
Boston, April 10. An active traf- .
fie in babies at prices ranging from
$2 up is carried on in Boston, ac
cording to Mrs. Charlotte Smith, a
social worker of this city, who ap
peared before the Legislative Com
mittee on Public Health today in
support of a bill requiring the regis
tration of mldwives. -
Mrs. Smith declared that she had
bought infants, and knew where
more could be purchased at any time.
"The idol of the home in the Back
Bay," she said, "is a poodle dog.
They run from $100 to $1,000, while
babies are being sold at from $2 to
$10, depending upon whether they
are blondes or brunettes."
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BEREA ITEMS
Mr. J. A. Collins, the marshal of Berea,
was in Richmond Monday Miss Grace
Blanton spent last Monday with her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Blanton Dr.
Bodkin was called to London, Saturday.
Judge T. J. Coyle was in Winchester
and Lexington, Monday and Tuesday
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Logsdon and daughter,
Geneva, were in Berea, Saturday, on their
way to Brassfield and Speedwell where
they will spend a few days with relatives.
Misses Grace Adams and Lucy Ogg
spent Friday night in the country with
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Cornelius Mr. and
Mrs. Jones and children are visiting Mr.
and Mrs. J. W. Fowler this week Mrs.
Kinney and family, former residents of
Berea are moving back from Corbin,
where they have been living for some
time Miss Maxie Ponder was in town
Tuesday Mr. H. E. Binghom is at
home for a few days Mrs. Felix Es
tridge spent last week at Paint Lick.
Berea Citizen.
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ADDITIONAL PERSONAL
Dr. Smoot went to Maysville Saturday
to visit relatives.
Mrs. Wm. Williams, of Irvine, was the
guest of Mrs. Joe Oldham last waek.
Judge Commack, of Owen county, was
the guest of Prof. McDougle on Friday.
Mrs. Q. Deatherage has returned from
a visit to Mrs. R. C. Logan, of Des Moines,
Iowa.
Mrs. Joe Chenault is spending the week
in Lexington the guest oi ner motner,
Mrs. Spears.
Miss Mary Earle Oldham aud Miss
Elizabeth Searcy are the guests of Mrs.
Will Boggs at Red house.
Miss Tommie Cole Covington spent the
week end in Lexington the guest of her
sister, and while there was given a hand
some dinner by Miss Eunice Catherine
Shouse.
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Births
A baby girl has come to make her home
with Mr. and Mrs. Joe Kanatzar of White
Hall.
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DEATHS
Kathleen McDonald, infant daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. William Spears, died Sat
urday night and was taken to Danville
for burial.
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