The Madisonian., December 23, 1913, Image 7

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WHY I ATTEND CHURCH
It is sweet on a summer's morning when the air is aquiver with the love
songs of the birds and fragrant with the odor of roses blown, to hear the
music of the churchgoing bells, an invitation to the world-wearied to enter
God's temple and find peace, because the Instinct of worship is In the heart
of man and the church is the temple of the living God.
I go to church because I find there, that peace which De Quincy described
as a resting from human labors, a Sabbath of repose, a respite granted from
the secret burdens of the heart; as if I stood at a distance and aloof from
the uproar of life; as if the tumult and fever of strife were suspended; as if
there brooded over me a dovelike and halcyon calm.
I go to church because I love the music that'I hear there, the mighty roll
of the great organ, mingled with the marvelous symphonies of that divine
stringed instrument, the human voice, untwisting all the chains that tie the
hidden soul of harmony. . -
I go to church because I delight to hear the teachings of the preacher,
whose soul is dedicated to God, whose field is as wide as God's universe,
whose theme is the destiny, of man, and whose words are the oracles of
Fate. Marvelous is the spell of the preacher to whom God has given gen
ius and consecration and the power of illustration drawn from the old, sa
cred, immortal Book, and from the miracles of nature, no less revealed in
the crimson-tipped flower turned up by the plowshare of Robert Burns upon
the soul of Ayr than in the long reaches of the Stat-girt skies.
I go to church because "the vyay is dark and I am far from home," and
because the church is the polar star to light my pathway in the rayless night
I go to church because the church ministers not only to the spiritual but
also to the material needs of life, and because it is there that the charities
that soothe and heal and bless are scattered at the feet of man like flowers.
I go to church because in that atmosphere vice and crime wither and die.
I go to church because I hear the teachings of the philosophy of Jesus,
the incomparable man; and if you say his teaching is philosophy and not
religion and that he was a man and not a god, then the philosophy of that
man has redeemed the world from savagery and blessed mankind with
Christian civilization, and to my mind, it is a thing worth while to hear.
I go to church because there I find consolation and hope; because I see
there the dawn and not the sunset; and it is better for man, if the hope is
baseless arid the vision but an elusive phantom, to cherish a dream so glo
rious and beautiful than to be weighted down and crushed with the quar
ried mountains of the world without hope and without Gad. Hon. Claude
Weaver, Oklahoma. '
ADDITIONAL PERSONALS
$10,000 Fire
The Wholesale fruit and vege
table house of W. T. Sistrunk &
Co., located at the corner of Mill
and Vine Streets, ' Lexington,
suffered a $10,000 . fire, which
broke out at an early hour last
Monday morning and badly dam
aged the plant and contents be
fore it was subdued. The loss is
lartially covered by insurance.
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Red Cedar Shingles.
Co. Phone 425.
Blanton
Lumber
16-tf
Big Failures.
Branch Bank of London and
j Mexico situated at Vera Cruz
Mexico closed their doors on the
22inst.
General Huerta issued a proc
lamation giving a ten days holi
day extending to January 2nd,
during which banks were not- re
quired to meet their obligations.
This brought about a run on the
banks causing them to close their
doors.
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We make a specialty of selling nothing
but the best grades of Clover, Timothy,
Clean ESlue Grass, Orchard Grass, Red
Feed and Seed Oats. Give us a call.
Phone 72 and 144. Covington, Thorpe &
Co. 11-tf
Miss Annie Bogie has finished her school
at Rockcastle and is at home for the Hol
idays, i '
Messrs Harry and Arnold Hanger reach
ed Richmond Saturday for the Xmas vaca
tion. - '"''''. . v
Mr. and Mrs. Jas. C. Wilson arrived
yesterday to be the guests of Mr and Mrs.
T. S. Burnam.
Mr. Rufus Oldham, a former Estillite,
has been visiting his -.cousin Jeff D. Stone,
of this city, and was a pleasant caller ' at
our office. He lives near Bloomington 111.
and has prospered in the home of his adop
tion. . . '
Mr. W. B. Mckinney, of Stanford, was'
in our city last Friday on business.
Mrs. W. N. Ledford is reported quite ill
with pneumonia.
Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Dejarnett and little
son, Joe Willis arrived Sunday to visit lo
cal friends. '
Mr. Joel . Arbuckle who is attending
school at Lewisburg W. Va. is at home
for Xmas. . . . ; !
Miss Norma Guinchigliani who is teach
ing music in Cincinnati is ! at home to
spend Xmas with her parents.
Messrs. Everett and Claude Sandlin are
at home from State University and MiL
lersburg Military Institute for the Holidays.
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Burgin are visit
ing in Missouri, and there they will attend
the wedding ,of Mr. Battleton, who is a
nephew of Mr. Burgin.
Mrs. Lewis Robins left last Tuesday to
spend the winter in Florida.!
. Mr. Robert Minter and family will move
to the Baz Hackett farm for the next year.
Mrs. E. Witt and son Neville left Thurs
day for Florida to spend the winter. .
Hon. N. B. Deatherage was in Nicholas
ville Monday.
Mr. J. R. Mckinney spent Monday in
Lexington.
Miss Jane Rice is in the city for the
Holidays.
Popular Mt. Sterling . Pastor
Dies At Age Of 74
Mt. Sterling was in mourning
last Tuesday afternoon over the
death of one of its best beloved
citizens, Rev. H. D. Clarke, pastor
of the Christian Church of that
city. Last Tuesday he became
suddenly ill f with an attack of
acute indigestion, which affected
his heart Physicians were has
tily summoned, but his condition
was critical, and despite the ef
forts of the physicians and fami
ly he grew worse until death re
lieved him. "
Mr. Clarke was in his seventy
fifth year, having : celebrated his
seventy-fourth birthday several
weeks ago. The funeral was
held Thursday afternoon at the
Christian Church, and he was-,
laid to rest in the' cemetery of
that city.
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Law Offices Moved
I will move my law office this
week to the . rooms above the
Madisonian on Second Street.
Grant E. Lilly.
Weekly Paper to be Made
Monthly
The Weekly Courier Journal
I which; during the nearly - fifty
years of-its existence, has achiev
ed a circulation of 175,000 copies
with its issue of December 1913,
will be merged into "a monthly
paper to be known as the "Farm
and Family.". The first issue of
the monthly will appear about
the middle of January.
This announcement was
by the publishers, of the Courier
Journal last week.
Promotion for Mr. Alverson
; Mr. John Alverson was notified
this week that he would be - ap
pointed Chief Clerk to the Gov
ernment Printer, Corncilius Ford,
within the next ten days. This
is the third highest officer in rank
iri the Government's immense
print shop,: and it comes to a
most deserving young man. He
was strongly endorsed for the po
sition by Senator pllie M. James,
of Kentucky. Mr. Alverson is a
native of Madison .county and is
a natural born politician, as all
who live in that 'county are. He
has a wife and two children and
has a pretty little home at Mt
Pleasant, one of the attractive
suburbs of Washington. He is a
brother to Editor Jesse Alverson,
of the Anderson County; News.
His. many friends in Kentucky
will read with much pleasure of
his deserved promotion. Wash
ton Cor. Danville Advocate.
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The Job Work and
Advertising
done by
. lie
Misoiikii
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llf'll Hill
Mill
D. B. SVlcKINNEY
Groceries, Queensware,
Feed, Salt, Poultry Feed,
AND
Suppli
lies of All Kinds
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Two Phones, 35 & 42. Prompt Delivery. Grocery, W. Main St.
George Haden Dead
George Haden expired sudden
ly at his home near Million last
Wednesday. He was not consider
ed dangerously ill and in fact was
not bedfast and was feeling bet
ter that day. While lying on his
couch the end came peacefully
and without notice to any one;
but before the last; his wife went
to his bedside and found that he
was dying.
He was a well known citizen
about 60 years of age and a mem
ber of the christian church.
. Rev. O. J. young conducted the
funeral services; thence his bur
ial in the family burying grounds.
Chinese Eggs-Whew
' 3000 dozen eggs were received
in San Francisco from China.
The object is to break the high
price now prevailing on the Pa
cific Coast where eggs are selling
at 75 cents a dozen.
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TOPICS IN BRIEF
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Who Married Whom!
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Church Notes
Hill
lilt .'
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Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Daniels
united with the First Presbyter
ian Church by letter and their
daughter, Miss Lucile, by confes
sion last Sunday.
Made a : jQisIcli Sale
THE Investment Department af a Bal
timore stock exchange house had a
caller who wished to buy fifty shares
- of a certain investment stock. While the
customer waited, the manager called up the
firm's Philadelphia agent on the Bell Long
Distance Telephone and secured the stock,
;. with the promise of delivery next day.
v Quick trades are often made by the
Bell Telephone service. ;
GTO1BERLAND TELEPHONE
V 8z TELEGRAPH GOMPAN1T '
We guarantee quick delivery of every
thing you buy and will appreciate your
orders. If you have not tried us give us
a call, 232 West Main street, Richmond,
Ky. Covington. Thorpe & Co. 11-tf
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A. D. Estes buys and sells produce. 49-tf
Dr. F. J. Cheek, Superinten
dent of Synodical Missionsof the
Presbyterian Church, preached
at the First Church Sunday.
Judge A . R. Burnam united
with the. Christian Church last
Sunday night by confession.
Oil in Mexico is not reducing the amount
made! ot friction. Philadelphia Record.
From your knowledge of eggs, would
you think there could be a corner in them?
Wall Street Journal. .
We have now the interlocking directorate.
Shall we ever institute the lockstept dhrec-
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a 4 i n u-iA l loraie. xncw ioik lnuune.
rL VVdLCIUUl', vuim., live uiiu-'
al parties stood within the altar!, T.-VOT.?ftuS"
. . . , . , t , ! less Christmas Giving might also list ulti
rail 111 the Church of Our Lady matums to Huerta.-Detroit Free Press.
of Lourdes Saturday morning i Those who insist so strongly that we
and one ceremony Was performed, j must maintain the Monroe doctrine would
the grooms responding in unison ! do well to find out what it is. jkekson-
"Wf Hn". tha nctnr acVcH-! ville Florida Times Union.
"Do you take these women
your lawful wives?"
for
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Heart Throbs
the
last
Charitable gifts in
States', during the
months amount to
or at the rate of $2.91 for
tick of the clock, according
compilation - published in
York this week.
has an individual
ity all its own. In
a business letter
from the Cincin
n nati Enquirer, for
whom we set an ;
: advertisement it )
has these kind
words for us:
"Thanks for the FINE
DISPLAY advertisement."
This coming from
one of the largest
papers in the
United States
makes u s f e el
mighty good. .
Your Money Is First-Class
Our Work Is First-Class
LET'S EXCHANGE
Mr. Greening Dead
United
twelve i
Ixoks like an even pull between grape
juice and pulque. Memphis Commercial
Appeal. 1 .
President Wilson is going to have a hard
month, with both the Currency Bill and the
dressmaker's bill. Chicago News.
A Kansas City man declares that mar- j funeral
finil inAm sr -- iL-a Vt lftnnovtf .All
$&U,idD,40, ; married men knovv it.-i-Philadelphia Pub-
every He Ledger. . s
to a "Made in Germany" signs are more dis-
New i comforting to the other nations of the
world than the fleets of German dread
noughts. Wall Street Journal.
Mr. John T. Greening died at
his home near Lancaster aged
77. He wasa half brother of the
late Galen J. White, so well re
membered here.
Mr Roy .C White attended the
They Quit
The publishers of the Com
mercial Tribune, one of tha ; larg
est papers in Cincinnati will sur
render their lease of the plant
and turn the sama back to the
owners January 1st Tii2 paper
will be continued as usual. '
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Fine O ranges
V Don't Spit
j Lexington will enforce its anti
spitting ordinances. The side
walks must be keDt clean.
Having handled nothing but Silver
Laced Wyandotte chickens for the" past
t fifteen years, we feel (we are) entirely
within bounds when we claim for them
first place for all purpose fowls. Stock
and eggs foi sale at reasonable prices.
J. L. GRIGGS
50-3mo . Doylesville Ky.
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20th Century Stove for sale by, Mrs.
J. T. Mann Phone 516 50-lt
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- A plan is on foot to have the
bodies of Rev. Geo. O. Barnes
and wife exhumed and brought
to Danville, the old home, for
burial, this being one of ,the
last expressed wishes of the not
ed evangelist
Both bodies were laid to rest
at Sanibel Island some years ago.
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When you want first-class groceries call
up Covington, Thorpe & Co, 72 and 144.
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00 ,
Flooring, Ceiling, Siding," Lath. Blan
ton Lnmber Co. "Phone 425. 16-tf
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Some .of. the finest oranges
which we have seen were brought
to our office today by t)r. Scud
der who had just received a box
from his brother at Phoenix. 'Ari
zona. They are from ' the cele-
Draiea cart Kiver vauey and
are exceedingly fine specimens of
fruit. T N
This section puts oranges on
the market earlier than California
or Florida. V. ' ;
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' HOUSE FOR RENT.
St or phone 586. .
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Apply 319 Third
The Long Island man who
cleaned his trousers with gasoline
then scratched a match on them,
"lit" out the very , next moment
for the peaceful shores of the pale
blue hereafter in a manner so
abrupt that it was down right
insulting to "the bystanders.
Drops Dead
' Jas. J. Smith, a prominent citi
zen of Lexington, Ky., died- sud
denly. -
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Montgomery Ward, head of
the big mail order "house -in Chi-i
cago, is dead and leaves millions
to his heirs. This man by thrift
and energy built up one of the
biggest mail order businesses in
the world and although the coun
try merchants fought his business
he "delivered the goods", satisfied
the people and took in the money.
His life is worthy of emulation.
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We want your logs, or will saw them for
you while you wait. Blanton Lumber Co,
Phone 425. 16-tf
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Dress Making and . Alterations a Spec
ialty. Mrs. W. Jones, at Singer Office.
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? The largest novel in the world
has, just been completed by it Jap
2inese writer, Kiong To Bakm. It
was begun in 1852, aud the aiithor
f ound a publisher willing to pub
lish it in volumes
Our aim is to please everybody and we
will be delighted if you will call on us when
in need of anything in our line. Coving
ton, Thorpe & Co. . v!T li-ti
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There were 114 deaths report
ed from the state from pellagra,
of which 97 were white and 17
colored. The counties of Chris
tian, Fayette and Jefferson show
the largest number of deaths from
this disease because the state'
hospitals for the insane, where a!
large number of these cases are
confined, are located there.
Have You Seen Any of Our Sals?
They Have Been Mighty Good Ones!
We are getting a little bit more for to
bacco on our floor than any house in town.
You
are invited to call and see us.
The Big House
The HOlVlt T0B4GG0 WAREHOUSE
v Near Old L. & A. Depot
Maeterlinck, the great Belgian
writer is an advocate of out-door I if
sports, balj games and wrestling IF
as the writer i matches. He advocates the idea
finished them, the last volume be-!; that experience in pugilism pre-!
ing turned over to the publisher j pares and trains the mind against
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M. M. fiAMILTON
Successor to Vaugh St VanDeveer
Staple and Fancy Groceries
Firesll and Cured Meats
WE PAY CASH FOR COUNTRY PRODUCE
this year.'
warfare.
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Phone 614
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Cor. ftlain and Collins Sts.
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