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A NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE HOME CIRCLE
VOLUME I.
RICHMOND, KENTUCKY, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1913.
NUMBER 45.
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General News
A new post office has been
established in Pike county to be
called McCarr. "
The first District Teachers will
meet at Paducah in annual sess
ion on November 28 and 29th.
Mrs. Susan Batson of Bath
county, died Tuesday at her home
from the effects of a burn which
she received Monday at her home:
The Railroad Camps near Win
chester have been placed under
quarantine on account of small
pox having broken out in the
camp.
Unknown parties broke into
Smith Brothers drug store at Cor
bin, Ky., and robbed the cash
register, and robbed it of $46.50.
They left checks and a diamond
ring valued at $120.
Twenty-nine policemen in Ind
ianapolis rather than to obey the
orders to protect the strike break
ers who are attempting to run
the cars in Indianapolis, turned
in their badges and quit the
service.
Lucy Davis killed Lizzie Hor
ton in Clark county, just below
Hayden Corner. Both are neg
resses and not more than 15 or
16 years of age. Coroner H. C.
Nunnelley went to the scene and
found the shooting to have been
accidental.
Charley Little, aged forty years
employed by the Mineral Fuel
Company in the woods near
Fleming, who was injured by the
falling limb of a tree late Sat
urday, died from his injuries.
His body was - sent to Breathitt
county, his former home, for bur
ial. He leaves a small family.
Drugged, robbed of $21 and
tossed over a fifty-foot embank
ment was the fate of Tom Perry,
of Midway, who wandered into
the police station at midnight
dazed and bleeding. Gashes in
his head and bruises on his body
tell the tale of the fearful battle
with the highwayman.
A Wagon while crossing the
Queen & Crescent Railroad near
Williamstown, was struck by the?
engine and an entire family of
several people were severely in-'
jured. The family was travelling
in a covered wagon and did -not
hear the train. The name of trie
family was Prayne, and claim that
Mt Sterling is their home. "
All of the prisoners in the Lee
, county jail broke out last- week
. by cutting a hole through the wall.
Those who escaped were John
Caudill, who is under a sentence
for life imprisonment and whose
case has just been ' affirmed by
the Court of Appeals; James, Cau
dill, and Jesse James a Negro,
and Price Alexander a negro also
escaped, each of them being char
ged witrj a felony. Bradley Stam
per, one of the prisoners was
apprehended when crawling
through the hole in the wall.
The Appellate Court ; has de
cided that a county official could
be compelled to r vote by a man
Hamnc" nrnrpfeding. but that he
, could not be compelled to vote
for a candidate for an office for
whom he did not desire to cast
his vote5. The court so held in the
case of Andrew Chaney, of Sonier:
set,- appointed county road
engineer" of Pulaski' County by
Judge R. C. Tarter. Five members
of . the Fiscal Court refused to vote
. for Chaney, while only one cast
a vote in favor - of him. The
court held that it required the vote
of a majority of the members of
the' Fiscal Court to confirm the
appointment of county road
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The Old Christian Church,
DEMOCRATS
Sweep the County and
In the Recent
' Election.
City
NO EXCITEMENT.
Election day in Madison
county so far as we have been
able to ascertain was as quiet as
a Sabbath day. The entire vot
ing strength was not polled. The
county Democratic ticket sweeps
the couniy by majorities ranging
from 500 to 700. Van Benton
for Sheriff receives the largest
majority of any, but he was op
posed by two men for sheriff
who divided the Republican and
Prpgreasive .vote. P.- S. Whit
lock received the highest major
ity over his republican opponent,
his majority being 732. The
official vote in totals is given be
low: .
REPRESENTATIVE
John F.White, D2814
German D, Holliday, R2325
COUNTY CLERK
R. B. Terrill, D.1 2834
G. B. Moore, R.. .2196
SHERIFF
Van B. Benton, D. ...2897
A. C. Benge, R. 2153
ASSESSOR
P. S. Whitlock, D..2905
M. M. Broughton, R.2173
iuo.,ujsevenI assistants. It is hoped that
county judge, R. H. Crooke, . r nmKo rc - mon .
county attorney; Morgan Taylor,
jailer; H. H. Brock, county super
intendent; Sid Winkler, coroner;
J. S. Boggs, surveyor, all without
opposition.
Judge John C. Chenault, Mag
istrate, District No. 1; W. F.
Ferrill, Constable District No. 1,
and Weaeh Kennedy was elected
Magistrate in District No. 2.
In the city none but Mayor
Rice had opposition and the
following named- gentlemen
were elected:
Mayor Samuel Rice.
Police Judge J. D. Dykes.
City Attorney D. M, Chenault.
Chief of Police David F. Pow
ers. ' ' ' ..
. Councilmen S. A. Deatherage,
T. S. Todd, No. 1; Robert Gold-,
en, T. T. Covington, No. 2; W. T.
Vaughn, Emil Lorisch, No. 3.
In the race for Mayor, the pres
ent incumbent, Samuel Rice, lead
his opponent by a majority "of 237.
In Lincoln5 county the Demo
cratic ticket, wins by pluralities
between 700 and 750. ' :
In Estill county the Republican
ticket is elected by greatly reduced
majorities, ranging from about 10
up to 25 or 30, but a recount will
probably be ordered.
In ; Clark county v the Demo
cratice ticket is successful.
. In Montgomery county the
Democratic ticket won.
The same is : true in all our
Christian Church, Richmond, Ky.
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Richmond, which has been replaced
neighboring counties except Jack
son and Rockcastle.
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The Layman's Conference
This conference is one of the
most important that has ever been
held in our city. Almost every
phase of church work will be dis
cussed by specialists, and the ad
dresses will be worth many times
the sacrifices, any one would be
called upon to make to hear them.
Rev. D. Clay Lilly, so well and
favorably known here, will speak
Thursday night, and Rev. Grant,
K. Lewis, of Cincinnati,;will have
a rousing message Friday night.
There will be sessions, most of
the day Friday. Dr. Crabbe will
preside at the piano and have
REV. D. LLAy LILLY.
large numbers of men will be
present at the evening sessions,
and attend as many of the ses
sions on Friday as possible. While
the meeting is for both men and
women we want to see a great
many men. The hour will be 7:30,
' in the Lecture Room of the Chris
tian Church.'
Outline program of the Confer
ence of the United '.Missionary
Campaign, Richmond, Ky., Nov
ember 13 and 14:
Thursday evening, Nov. 13, 7-30 o'clock-A
"Progress and Crisis m Missions." ':.
Rev. D. Clay Lilly, D. D., Nashville. ;
Conference "
"Systematic Missionary Education."
Friday Nov. 14 V J ;
11 a. m: Meeting of Pastors for Confer
ence and Prayer. -4
p m. Missionary Address.
Conference--"Richmonds Ministry to the
World." . -
7i30 p m Address on Home - Missions.
': Rev. Frank K. Lewis D. D., Cincinnati.
; Conference -
"Methods of Missionary Finance."
Adoption of Policy. ; ,
Adjournment
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Painful Accident
Irvine Hum? was. thrown from
his horse last Tuesday and , re
ceived a broken collar bone, and
was generally shaken y up.
While the injured member is
giving him much pain he is able
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TRAGEDY
Follows the Death of B. L.
Banks.
On last Wednesday, Mr. B. L.
Banks, one of our leading citizens,
left here for a few days rest at
his old home in Adair County.
While there, he was stricken
with pneumonia and died on Sun
day afternoon at about three
o'clock. Messages bearing the
sad tidings were received by his
family here.
Mrs. Banks, who had been ill
for some months from nervous
troubles, was completely crushed
by the blow. Their, little son,
Ben Jr., -was not informed of his
father's death.
M-v Friends called at the residence
and tendered aid arid all that lov
ing, sympathetic hands and hearts
could do, was done to cheer and
revive Mrs. Banks.
About ten o'clock that night
Mrs. Banks asked to see her hus
bands will, saying, that it may
suggest where he desired to be
; buried. Wjiile her brother Mr.
jCornelison was in the library
reading the will, she called her
little son to her side and shot him
through the temple, then placing
the weapon to her own temple,
fired the second shot, falling pros
trate on his body. Hearing the
shots from above her brother
rushed to her room to find it lock
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spectacle
ed. Breaking it open, the awful
was before him. His
S own son, a lad about twelve years
! old who was in the room, told the
circumstances of the tragedy.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Banks stood
high here in the social and busi
ness world.
Mr. Banks was the Junior
memher of the firm of Covington
and Banks, one of the fashionable
Gents Furnishing Stores of the
City.
Mrs. Banks a few - years ago,
designed the double red cross
tuberculosis insignia which has
been universally adopted.
Mr. Banks was interred at his
old- home , on : Monday. Mrs.
Banks and Ben Jr., will be inter
red at the Corneiison burying
ground near Fort Estill on Wed
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Protracted Meeting
; The dedication of the new
Christian Church will be fol
lowed by a protracted meet
ing led by Rev. W. E. Ellis, ;
of Par s Kentucky. Ever
body is invited -to attend
these. meetings .
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GREAT SPEECH
Delivered by Gov. Jas. B.
McCreary at the
Normal.
Gov. McCreary came over from
Frankfort last Monday and on
last Tuesday inoming he address
ed a large and enthusiastic audi
ence at the auditorium at the
Normal School.
As Gov. McCreary, accompa-
nied by Dr.
Dr. Crabbe
rium, the
D. H. Scanlon and
entered the . audito
audience arose and
sung "America."
Governor McCreary was intro
duced by Dr. Crabbe who said in
part "We are glad that Gov. Mc
Creary has come to speak to us
on this, November 4, 1913, but I
am also especially glad in the
presence of these young men
and women assembled, to know
that Gov. McCreary comes to us
from Frankfort, our Capitol, - and
the first thing he did was to go
to the polls and exercise his right
of suffrage. I believe it is the
duty of every citizen, great or
small, to exercise that right, to
help build up a great citizenship
and great civilization in our coun
try. Gov. McCreary delivered at
Put-In-Bay during the Perry Cen
tennial Celebration , a very re
markable and now famed ad
dress. The topic was, 'Ken
tucky's Part in the War of 1812'."
When Gov. McCreary arose to
speak he was greeted with en
thusiastic and continued ap
plause. During his speech the Govern
or complimented-very highly the
work of the Normal Schools over
the. United States and particu
larly the work of the Kentucky
Normal Schools.
Gov. McCreary referred to the
tact that. Kentucky took an im
portant part in the war of 1812.
Before that war commenced
Kentucky was active in sending
Gen. Clark and his men across
the Ohio, who drove the Indians
and the French from that wilder
ness and out of this territory
came the states of Ohio, Indiana,
Illinois, Wisconsin and Michi
gan. .
Gov. McCreary then com
mented briefly on the causes of
the War, giving Jefferson's posi
tion in the matter and the decla
ration of war under the adminis
tration of Madison.
He said in part: "News came
to Kentucky that war had been
declared by the United States,
then havivig but 18 states in all,
against this greatest country, of
the world. England was then
known td"the world as a world
power. Yet . the;. Kentuckians
did not hesitate, did not delay,
did not complain but raised the
5,500 men that was Kentucky's
quota in thirty days. Jn. every
war that has ever occurred where
Kentucky was called on for
troops, she has always furnished
them promptly." J l . ; ' j . T
Gov. McCreary . then ; related
incidents leading up to the mas
sacre at .Raisin in Which hun
dreds of Kentuckians were mur
dered; by the. Indians ; after -they
had surrendered to Gen.- Proctor
on the promise that they would
be treated as prisoners of war.
He said: "Kentucky. ' was ter
ribly arpused. ; Kentuckians beg
ged , to be allowed to ; enlist that
they might go" and avenge this i
murder, The,.., Legislature ; of
Kentucky- was in; session They
immediately . authorized three
thousand men to be; enlisted.
Kentucky;-called for j Volunteers
and in less than thirty xiays, 3,500
responded ' and the i Legislature
calle4 ,upon Isaac Shelby; that
brave and splendid man, then
Governor, to take command." .
The Governor then gave a bril
liant and glowing description of
me engagement ot laKe trie in
which Commodore Perry cap-,
tured the British fleet. He
praised the work of the Ken
tucky soldiers who took part in
this engagement.
The speaker then told of the
splendid work of the Kentucky
troops in the battle of the
Thames, giving striking examples
of heroism of officers and pri
vates, followed by still further
illustrations of Kentucky heroism
at the battle of New Orleans.
Gov. McCreary then gave a
comparison of our country, then
and now, saying in part: 'Then
there were but 18 states in the
Union; now there are 48. There
were but eight million people
in the United States; now. there
are 95 million. The area of our
country at the close of the revo
lution was only 827,000 square
miles; today we have three mil
lion and twenty-six thousand
square miles in this great repub
lic" He then went into detail
as to the progress the country
has made as to population, etc
He said: "We enjoy four priv
ileges now that we did not have
then. They are "Peace, Educa
tion, Good Morals and Free Gov
ernment." He then gave a review of the
progress that has been made to
ward international peace, saying
in part: "Friends, is there . any
thing more beautiful than for our
country to take the lead in peace,
for our country to be able to pro
claim "peace on earth," to be able
to so conduct diplomatic relations
as to have peace with the ' whole
world? There could be no work
so important as that."
Gov. McCreary then took up
education, saying in part: "I have
been delighted at the great im
provement that has been made
in Kentucky in our educational
movements. Kentucky was slow
in establishing Normal Schools
but in the last ten years Kentucky
has made great progress. There
is a higher standard of education
in Kentucky now than ever be
fore. There are more high schools
in Kentucky than ever before
and Superintendent Hamlett says
that before long the Common
Schools in the Commonwealth
will be seven months instead of
six."
He then gave striking examp
les of the improvement Kentucky
has made along different lines,
closing with a beautiful tribute to
the students and faculty, caution
ing the students, who are to be
teachers, to prepare for the great
battle of life, to make thorough
preparation in order to serve the
the interests of Kentucky to the
best advantage.
Dr. Crabbe, after the speaker
had finished, said to the students:
"You have heard this morning
a man who . has rendered long
and most excellent service both
to his state and to his Nation. 1
thank you, Gov. McCreary; we
are proud of your record. We are
proud of. our twice Governor, Jas.
B. McCreary." '
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Millers Meet .
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A committee composing of J.A.
Zaring, President, B. M. Renick,
Secretary, D. T.J Matlock and , J. -
A. Cain met in Lexington Nov.
6th to consult Dr. Joseph Castle,
of the ' Kentucky Experimental 1
Station, relative to some changes
in the' national pure; f odd laws;'
The object' of this change is to J
make the classification of feedstuff
uniform ' throughout the United
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This committee will also urge
the passage of a law relating to
"cold checks."
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