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VSES STORY CJL Tf IE TFTKST TiS!Sr r (CONTINUED.) Becomes a Major of Militia. ' Hi3 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 be was but nineteen, a commission as niajor and district adjutant in his rtead; and after his return in 1752 Lieutenant Governor Dinwiddle, :the crown's new representative in Vir ion! V 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 raajor and adjutant-general. His trothers 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 in compacting the 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 Prencn 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 th 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 the hardy, militiamen of Massachusetts' and 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. FYench 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 the coasts more than a million strong. vBut the forces of New France, could be handled like an army, while the English swarmed slowly westward, without discipline or clirection, the headstrong subjects of a distant government they would not : obey,- the wayward constituents of a score of petty and Jealous assem blie tardy at planning, clumsy at ex- pMll far cv.uij.ug pici.ua. AUCjr r.v. 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 the country of the Illinois, past the long, thin line of tiny isolated posts, to the growing village at New Orleans and the . southern Gulf. ' But they were to be feared, none the less. If their tide once flowed in, the French well knew.it could'not be turned back again. t was not- far away from the Ohio now; and if once ; settlers out of Pennsylvania and Vir ginia ealnpd a fof'l In otiv ' niim- on. that river, tliey. seoul.d. cjosr trol one of the greaf 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 hew under takings," said oflicial 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 6take now. The ri valry between the two nations had -rone too far to make It possible to ---oV:. Military .psts 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 Champlain, 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 rest has 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 flood, would carry boats direct to the Alleghany and the great waterway, of the Ohio itself. An English lieutenant at Oswego had described the multltudious 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 for 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 oflicial now a long time. He was one of the twenty stockholders jof 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 t indeed, he could Induce even hereto meet it " 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 jfixing upon points of vantage be yond the Alleghanies. , But the Penn sylvania assembly could by no argu7 ment or device be induced to vote money or measures in the business. The ' placid Quaker traders were as stubborn aa the stolid German farm ers. - They opposed it because they could not for the life of them see the nece ssity of parting with their money to fiend troops upon, so remote an errand.' .:. ' -v' ' - Dinwiddle Do Not Hesitate. Dinwiddle did not wait or parley. He acted first and consultoi his legis lature 'Afterwards. It was in his Scots blood to take the business very strenuously, and in his tracer'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 to; England apprising the govern ment of the danger. ; - Answer r " had come very' promptly, too, liuthorlzlng him .to build .forts upon the Ohio, if he could get the "money from the Bur gesses f-and meantime, -: should - the French trespass furtherr-"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, oft by. force of arms." , (TO BE CONTINUED.) Back numbers of this Story can be obtain ed at this office. ' - -oo- 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. . s- 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 visit ing at the home of Felix Estridge. Mr. Charles Colhensetter, oj Springfield, Ohio, visited E. T. Fish 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 -t 1 a . .... unrisuan cnurcn neid their social last Wednesday at the parsonage. Games were played after . which delightful re freshments were served. VALLEY VIEW t ' 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. . ... Mrs. F. E. Chase spent Sunday in Rich mond, the guest of mends. . Leighton Soper, of Nicholasville, was here Saturday on business. . f , ; A number of people from here attended county court in Richmond last Monday. V 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. -. . .-. . , r. Dr. Robert Dougherty and family were in Richmond last week visiting Mr. and Mrs. John Baldwin. J Mrs. Nannie Northcutt and Lee Dale Howard were in Lexington the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Osborne. : . Mr. Thurman Tudor and wife, oil Silver Creek, spent Saturday and Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Wiibert btapp. ' 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 - 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. ; " V Miss Gould accompanied Miss Beck on the piano and also exe cuted two very difficult numbers which gave evidence of much talent and showed mastery of the instrument -OO- & 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. -00- 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. -00 Gusher Struck .7. 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 count),' 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. . , ' -00- "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. 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 1 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. Is 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." 00 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. 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. Crabbe on the program. -00- 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. -00- We keep on hand always the best gro ceries that money can buy and sell them as cheap as the cheapest Phone , 72 and 144. Covington, Thorpe & Co. 11-tf LADIES AND 1 ' Spring Suits For . J ' : The Famous "Stylecraft" Coats and Suits for Women, Misses and Juniors. You must see them, to realize just what our remarkable ; stock represents. ;As Inexpensive as ;they are Pretty.. FOR MEN--uGriffon" Suits-No mat ter where you! go, you will be well dressed if you arie wearing a Griffon Suit. Suits that stand comparison with all the highest priced grades. They, cannot be excelled as to style, fit and .finish. ' No better assortment, no better clothes in town. Drop in and see them. ; 000 Babies Sold Boston, April 10. An active traf-1 ( fic in babies at prices ranging from $2 up is carried on in Boston, ac- ; WIUII15 VVS A'llJt WW& IWkkV WUUkASf 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 midwives. ' 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." -00- 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 Brassfiefd 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. -00- ADDITIONAL PERSONAL Dr. Smoot went to Maysville Saturday to visit relatives. Mrs. Wm. Williams, of Irvine, was the guest of Mrs. Joe Oldham last week. 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 of her mother, 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. -00- Births A baby girl has come to make her home with Mr. and Mrs. Joe Kanatzar of White HalL -00- DEATHS Kathleen McDonald, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Spears, died Sat urday night and was taken to Danville for burial. -00- Remember when you come to town and want . seed that Covington, Thorpe & Co. 1 1 1 1 1 I L II . ' 1 I- iLt J nanuie me Dest hull u.n w uuugui auu will sell them worth the money. 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