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K1UHMOJNI), KENTUCKY, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1914.-
NUMBER 6.
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General News
Gen. Grant Wilson, soldier, ed
itor and auth6r,"died in New York
at the age of 81.
-Fish are being used to trim
hats over in Paris. Every woman
sucker will adopt the fad.
Senator James will arrive in
Louisville shortly to go with a
delegation from that city to New
Orleans - to pre s s Louisville's
claims . for one of ' the regional
banks. ,
! By the vote of 40 to 39 the bill
. lookig to a constitutional amend
ment whereby convicts may work
the pfblic roads, was defeated in
the Ffbuse,J)ut later reconsidered
and recommitted.
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Four students of Bethel Female
College at Hopkinsville, Ky. were
madecritically ill when they mis
took jjtyood alcohol for flavoring
etrat and mixed it in a Welsh
rarebvt which they ate.
Mrs. Francis Beauchamp, of
the W. C. T. U.. is very much en
couraged with the progress of the
anti-cigarette bill introduced in
the Legislature. It is hoped that
this measure will become a law.
Col. Frank C. Morehead, of
New York, who died there Sun
day, and whose body was brought
to Frankfort for burial, was the
son of Gov. Charles S. Morehead
the last Whig Governor of Ken
tucky'.
The tax collectors went to the
home of John D. Rockefeller in
East Cleveland, last week and
filed a written demand that he
pay $12,000,000 tax upon his per
sonal property estimated at $900;
000,000, into the treasury of his
county.
The Pineville City Council at
its last meeting passed an ordi
nance forbidding the dancing of
the tango and kindred dances by
the people of Pineville. It is
thought that the right -of the
council to pass such an ordinance
will be tested in court
Government monopoly of tele
graph, telephone and wirelesl
communication and such other
means for the, transmission of in
telligence as may hereafter de
velop, was recommended in a
special report submitted to the
Senate by Postmaster General
Burleson.
E. N, Forsythe, of Lexington,
was found dead in his buggy a
short distance from Harrodsburg
urn i - r i . .
inonaay. jvir. rorsythe was a
1'iuiiuu v hi .-vi nr ; w si i
prominent lumberman arid . had
just ciosea a deal tor a lot of wal
nut logs and was returning to
Harrodsburg. Heart failure is
supposed to have caused his
death.
According to statistics present
ed by Dr. Simmons to the Lex
ington Board of Health, there
were fouf cases, of smallpox dis
covered there'iri De'cemb'er.'thifty
one in January, and twenty-three
so far. in the present month. The
Board suggested thkt a house to
house canvass be made by the!
city physicians, and all the people
be vaccinated.
Herbert Anderson, of Paducah,
who has won fame as an apple
grower, has named an apple he
has developed "The Paducah."
Local commission merchants say
that the apple is the peer of all
other apples and-is an advanta
geous product because they can
be marketed in August before
frost falls The apples average
four inches in diameter and have j
a depth of 2 inches Some weigh j
as much as ten ounces.
NEW DEPARTMENT
AtThe Normal, In Charge of
Miss Lelia Ellen
- McKee.
To, meet the demands of many
students, a new department has
been established at the Normal
School. There have been numer
ous requests from students for
private instruction in voice cul
ture, and after . considering the
application of about sixty exper
ienced teachers, President Crabbe
and Professor Koch have selected
Miss Lelia Ellen McKee as the
besfy qualified and most highly
trained musician to undertake
the work. ,
Miss McKee - will riot only
teach voice but also, violin and
piano, and is equally superior in
each. She has studied under the
best masters and has had consid
erable experience as a teacher.
She comes from one of the
best families of Danville. Her,
grandfather, Dr. J.L. McKee,
was for a number of years asso
ciated with Central University.
Many of our older residents will
recollect her uncle, J. Lapsley
McKee, who was at one time pas
tor of the Second Presbyterian
Church here. Her father, S. L.
McKee, was a Presbyterian min
ister in the Eastern part of the
State. Her aunt, Miss Lelia Mc
Kee, was President of Western
College, at Oxford, O., for sixteen
years.
Miss McKee studied violin un
der Henry Froelich, of Cincinnati
and under Fritz Itte, first violinist
of the Theodore Thomas Orches
tra, of Chicago. She studied pia
no under Miss Augusta Porter of
Western College, and under Mrs.
Stillman-Kelley, of Cincinnati
She also had a splendid training
in voice at the Cosmopolitan
School of Music and Dramatic
Art, of Chicago, and took ensem
ble with Henry Eames and Dr.
Wm. Carver Willliams. Her
technic on both piano and violin
is remarkably well developed.
Her voice is a very pure, sweet,
lyric soprano of high compass.
As she is a young lady of great
culture and refinement, and of
charming personality, the school
is to be congratulated on having
secured her services, and Rich
mond is fortunate in having such
an accomplished musician as a
permanent member of the music
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Judge Chenault Resigns
Judge John C, Chen'auit, who
Was elected Magistrate of the
First District at the recent Nn-
tvember. election, has resigned the
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position, as he found his other
duties would occupy most of his
time. : Gov. McCreary has ap
pointed Deputy County Assessor
William Adams in his stead.
Representative Helm at Hos
'.' Ptal
Representative Harvey Helm,
of Stanford, is under the care of
a . physician at the Providence
Hospital in Washington City. He
is suffering from a minor growth,
and it jsljredicted hwill have to
undergo an operation to rid htm
of the trouble. .
Blackburn Gets $5,000 aYear
The House passed a resolution
giving J. C. S. Blackburn $5,000 a
year as a member of the Lincoln
Memorial Commission. The Sen
ate has already passed it
Chicago wornen to the number
of 153,897 registered last week,
preparirig to exercise their newly
granted suffrage at the next city
election. .
FLOATING ISLAND
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Floating island drifting in against
in with each southeast wind.
Marriage and Happiness
Last Sunday night a large and
appreciative audience heard Dr.
Barnes discuss the question of
"Marriage and Happiness." The
Doctor delivered himself freely
along the lines of marriage obli
gations and the duty of husband
and wife towards each other, and
treated the subject from begin
ning to end in a philosophical
and pleasing way. Those who
were not married wanted to get
married, after hearing him. While
his subject "Marriage and Misery"
did not ring out "well, his last ef
fort brought a smile a great big
smile, and swept the heart-strings
in beautiful rhythm.
Report of City Nurse -
February 1, 1914
I hereby submit the following
report of my services during the
month of January, 1914.
Seven families visited and ' in
vestigated. Recommended to
the Mayor that coal ($1.00 worth)
be sent to one - family, and that
provisions be sent to four fami
lies. Made seventeen professional
visits to the sick.' Benevolent
friends made donations of sheets,
pillow cases, gowns, etc., milk
and other suitable food for the
sick. . ' . .
Asked the Health Officer to in
vestigate the uusanitary condi
tion of Bush Alley. Assisted in
finding employment for three
families, and in so doing, helped
them to help themselves.
Very respectfully,
Mrs. T. J. Taylor,
City Nurse
Philanthropic
Public School Children Soud
Fund has been in operation one
year.
; In that time there has been ex
pended $140 and lunches furnish
ed to forty poor children for 14
weeks. . ;
: Voluntary contributions to this
fund will be received by . the
Newspapers of Richmond and
acknowledged weekly in their
columns. . The following is a list
of donations:
Miss Lucia Burnam .
. $3.00
.1.00
. 1.00
1.00
. 3.00
ine Madisonian . .
Cash . . . . . .
Cash ... . . .
R. O. Lackey . . . .
The Uplift Club
Notes from the last meeting of
this interesting Club were receiv
ed too late for publication in this
issue.; . .
I Club and social notes should
reach us not later than Saturday, j
' Sheriff Powell of Estill, and1
deputies Clay Hodgkins and Dee
Bush of Clark, county, . arrested
Robert Puckett at--Red River,
He is wanted at Irvine on U
charge of illegal selling of liquor,
AT GATUN LOCKS
the Gatun Locks. These islands diii't
Photo hy TTndcrwood & Underwood. N. T.
Smallpox In the Legislature
The processes of law-making
were practically suspended Wed
nesday while the Legislature
grappled with a , well developed
smallpox bogey which had thrust
its nose into the State Capitol.
It developed that morning that
Senator J. Forrest Porter, of
Webster county, who had been
absent several days, had been
taken to the Frankfort isolation
hospital, suffering with the dread
ed disease. At the same time it
became known that , a waiter at
the Capitol Hotel, also had been
taken td the'hospital for the same
reason.
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City Council
The City Council met last
Thursday night and disposed of
the usual routine business.
"The question which has been
brought before this board pro
posed by Mr. Phil Moynahan
wherein lie made certain propo
sitions for the cleaning of the
streets, was refused considera
tion and was put in the scrap pile.
It was proposed by Mr. Moynahan
to have erected a small jail cost
ing about $2,000 and that he
would keep the streets clean for
the city with the prisoners, etc,
for $2400.00. The citv council
deemed the ' proposition unwise
and refused it.
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Miss Bennett In Nashville
Miss Bell Bennett of this city
is presiding over the. Executive
Committee of the Women's Mis
sionary Council of the . Southern
Methodist Church at Nashville
l enn., where they are arranging
the programme for the annua
meeting which will be held at
Fort Worth, Tex., April 1.
Oman's Club
Miss Mai-de" Gibson will ad
dress the - Woman s Club at its
next meeting Monday 16,
"Women Painters."
on
There is- much in store for lov
ers of the art beautiful. Miss
Gibson is a very talented woman
in this line.
Fire At Nicholasville
Fire Sunday morning complete
ly destroyed the clothing store of
I Samuel Shapiro at Nicholasville,
land all of its contents. The
stock was vaiuea at 35,uix;, ana
there was $8,500 insurance. The
origin of the fire is unknown.
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The Toe Nail Twister
The Estill Tribune has named
anotlier - dance J the 'Toe : Nail
Twister.'! Then comes the auerv
I "What does Editor White know
about dancing?" i;
. If you do', not get this paper
regularly, please call our attention
to it We want vou to read each
copy. '
D. A R. NOTES
Mrs. J. C. Bailey, Mrs. Sumuel
J. Shackelford, Mrs. S. E. James
and Mrs. J. Howard Murray, who
constitute a committee in Susan
na Hart Shelby Chapter, D. A. R.
to furnish the chapter room in
the old Capitol Building, met yes
terday morning in the room, to
discuss plans for its furnishing.
Although the meetings have been
held in this room, since the use
of it was given to the chanter
members of the Sinking Fund
Commissi6n, it Had never been
furnished, as the repairs made
were not satisfactory, and were
not accepted by the commission.
These recently have been done
over, and the room is now in
readiness for the furniture, which
will be bought by the chapter at
once. Yesterday morning the
committee ordered a rug and
chairs, and these will be augment
ed by several handsome pieces of
old furniture given by Mrs. James
E. Cantrill, of Georgetown, and
other pieces to be given by differ
ent members of the chapter.
Bookcases are already in the room
and the members expect to, col
lect a reference and historical li
brary. With the exception of the
rug, it is expected that the room
will be furnished by Monday, the
time for the February monthly
meeting. Frankfort Journal
The Bryan Station Chapter, D.
A. R. held the regular monthly
meeting on Monday after
noon at the rest. room. Dean
Meyers gave a very 'interesting
talk on the need of a State- Ar
chivist as the records at the Cap
itol are in a deplorable condition.
It was decided to celebrate Wash
ington's birthday with a luncheon
at the Phoenix Hotel. The dele
gates elected to Washington
were: 'Mrs: Young, Regent; Mrs.
Rhodes, Delegate; Mrs. Patrick,
Mrs. Dodge Mrs. Malcolm
Thompson, Miss 'Connelly, Mrs.
Watson, Miss Kain, Miss "Bain
and Miss Headley, Alternates.
Lexington Herald.
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Wednesday. February 11th is
the birthday of Thomas Alva
Edison, the great electrician
whoma,, thc world deHgh.s ,o
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A
Charming,
Rives
Romance
The Valiants
of Virginia
S good a ory
.as you have ever
read. A story with a
universal appeal
wholesome, inspiring,
engrossing. A story for
old and young alike.
A story for the home.
tyBesure ' to:gei
the issue with the
first installment!
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Circuit Court
Only a small amount of busi
ness has been transacted. Those
charged with violation of the elec
tion law plead guilty and a fine
of $50.00 and trimmings was as
sessed against them.
The case of McArthur vs. the
L. & N. R. R. occupied the court
Friday and Saturday. The ver
dict was for $4750.00. It was al
leged that the brick and tile fac
tory of plaintiff was burned by a
spark from a passing engine.
Sidney Winkler, charged with
the murder of Reeves just prior
to the August primary election,
was acquitted.
More About Freight Rates
The regular meeting of the
Business Mens Club was held at
the Court House, Tuesday Feb
ruary 3. Meeting was called to
order by Pres. C. F.Higgins, who
stated that the principal business
to be attended was the discus
sion of the freight rates into and
out of Richmond as compared
with neighboring towns and
towns similarly situated.
We will enter into the details
of the meeting more fuliy in our
next issue.
The Hon. Edward P. Morrow,
of Covington, United States Dis
trict Attorney for the Eastern
District of Kentucky, has con
fided to friends that he will enter
the race for the Republican nomi
nation for Congress from the
Eleventh district, now represent
ed by Caleb Powers, who has an
nounced that he will not stand
for re-election.
While Mr. Morrow has made
no official announcement of his
candidacy, he told his friends it
may be expected in the near fu
ture.
The Attorney General holds
that the extra help bill is constitu
tional and advises the Auditor to
draw warrants for the same. He
claims that the constitution does
not prohibit the Legislature by a
joint resolution from employing
such help as it needs, but that
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the cons titutional nroh i r i t i n n
j the Senate from acting independ
ently on the matter.
But just any old thing to cir
cumvent the constitution goes at
Frankfort
Friends . of Matt Cohen are
mentioning his name as a possi
ble successor to J. W. Newman,
State Commissioner of Agricul
ture, and have already started a
mild boom for the popular horse
man. Mr. Cohen's wide acquaint
ance with farmers and his success
as an exhibitor of prize show
horses in this state and others,
are pointed out as some of his
qualifications.
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The postoffice at Elizabeth Sta
tion in Bourbon county, was dis
continued by order of the Post-
office Department at Washington
January 31, and the supplies have
been turned into the Paris office.
Church Notes
Eld. N. J. Culton, preached af
the Presbyterian church in Irvine
last Sunday. ,
The Rev.Taylor, of thiscity,
has been called to the pastorate
of the Buckeye church, which is
located in northeastern Garrard.
As a result ol the go-to-church
campaign more than 100,000 per
sons Sunday , attended the fore-,
noon services in the . Protestant
church in Boston, twice the aver
agejiumher.