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-. :r i " " ,v . v. LANCASTER, KY., FRIDAY, APRIL 7, 1911. TWENTY FIRST YEAR. NUMBER 62. THE CENTRAL RECORD PURE RELIGION, UNTARNISHED DEMOCRACY AND GOOD GOVERNMENT. 7 . Y -v r' PLANTERS Planters sold in IQIfl This is sufficient proof that it is a good one. 15 Something new that no other planters have. -Let us explain it to you. Cast Plow Point Ground Will run as good as NEW. We can save you money if you will let us. CONN BROTHERS Lancaster, Ky. C&&X&3S&C&33 J A BEAZLEY Funeral Director and Embalmer Office Phone 31. Residence Phone LANCASTER. KY. yjjfflfiii Now is the time to have your old -Buggy, Carriage or Phaeton Painted or Repaired. We have first-class workmen and will do your work right and reasonable. Best Rubber Tires $ 1 6.00. i w. J. Romans, f HELLO! IS THAT -Beazley C& Haselden? DoTyou write Fire and Tornado IN SURANCE? YES. Phone or call on us at The National Bank of Lancaster, Ky. The Woman's Club will give an ex hibit of paintings by Kentucky artists early 'in May. It will be held in the large store room of Mr. W. T. West which has been recently painted and papered and is now very attractive. An interesting feature of the exhibit will be a display of fine handwork, china, and fancy cooking done by ladies in our town and community. This event promises to be novel and most ' infroatinor tn nil Republican Convention. In Louisville last week the Republi can State Central Committee fixed the time and place for the holding of their convention for nominating candidates for state offices for July 11th in Louis ville, Ky. Judge Walker In Frankfort. Judge Lewis L. Walker is holding court in Frankfort this week as special judge in the absence of Judge Stout who is ill. The daily papers devoted considerable space to giving the judge complimentary notice, and it appears that he is making good on the outside as well as in his own district. Higginbotham Property Sold. Rev. F. M. Tinder purchased the home place of the late J. M. Higgin botham, consisting of 77 acres, from the administrator Mr. George T. Higg inbotham for $161 per acre. This is one of the most desirable homes near Lancaster. Mrs." Higginbotham will store her furniture and board for the present. Mr. Tinder will take possess ion of his new home in the near future. Herndon Makes Raid. Deputy Collectors Ben D. Herndon and J. L. McCoy and U. S. Marshal John Griffith last week raided a moon shine still on Mud Lick of lower Stink ing Creek in Lee county; they destroy ed a still, kettle, worm and other pare phernalia and about two hundred gal lons of beer. Sam Allen who is said to have run the still made his escape, but warrants are out for him and officers are scouring the mountains in search of him. Good For Harve. Hon. Harvey Helm met with hand some treatment at the hands of the Committee on Committees of the 62d Congress. He was made Chairman of the Committee on Expenditures for the War department, now one of the most important posts at their disposal. He was also made a member of the Com mittee on Insulara Affairs and also on the Census. For a two term man this is crowding rapidly to the front. Miss Virginia Arnold Dead. Miss Virginia Arnold who was ser iously ill of bronchial pneumonia at the time of her father's death, died Satur day and her remains were laid at rest in the Lancaster cemetery Sunday af ternoon. Miss Arnold was a consistent mem ber of the Christian church, and her death was doubly sad, coming so close after that of her father. The sympathy of the entire communi ty goes out to the family in their double bereavement Calvin Elara Accidently Killed. During the terrific wind storm Tues day afternoon, Calvin Elam fell from a telephone pole in Paris and was killed instantly. His remains arrived on the afternoon train Wednesday and were interred in the grave yard at Goshen. The , deceased was the son of Mr. Leyi'lSlam who lives about five miles from Lancaster on the Fall -Lick pike. He has been in the employ of Mr. Bas tin of the local telephone company for about four years and was a model young man. He left Lancaster Mon day for Paris, where he had secured a position with the Home Telephone Co., and he had not been at his new position a day before he was killed. Young Elam was on a pole making some repairs during the storm, when it is supposed that he lost his footing and in making an attempt to save him self he came in contact with a live wire, which had doubtless become crossed with the telephone wires, and which caused him to fall. His neck and one arm were broken. Cupid Busy Again. The marriage of Miss Sue Anna Lear to Dr. B. C. Rose of Bryantsville was solemnized Wednesday April 5,th at 2:30 P. M. at the home of her parents Mr. and Mrs. William Lear. RevF.M. Tinder officiated. The wed ding was a quite home affair, with only immediate relatives of contracting par ties, present the beauty of the home was enhanced by an artistic arrange ment of ferns and carnations. The bride and groom entered the parlors, to the strains of mendleson's wedding march, and during the cere mong "Call me thine own," was softly played by Mrs. Ross Bastin, the bride wore a becoming traveling suit of tan and carried Easter lilies. Immediately after the ceremony the happy couple were motored to Danville where they took the train for Louis ville. The bride is a charming girl and will be greatly missed by the younger set. Dr. Rose is a prominent young phys ician of Bryantsville and has already made good his calling, he and his bride are among the -most popular young people of our'county as was attested by the many gifts received. They" will be at home after April 15 th at the home of- the grooms .father- near Bryants ville. - ' - ".' - - State Fair. The big show, the Kentucky State Fair will be held in Louisville from .September 11th to 16th inclusive, big ger and better than ever before. Card of Thanks. We take this method of thanking our many friends who were so kind to us during the sad hours of our great be reavement. Mrs. Joe Arnold and Family. Governor Fixes Day. Governor Willson has set May 6th. as the day upou which Shay Penman shall be electrocuted. The electrocution will take place within the walls of the pene tentiary at Eddyville, and will be the first death sentence carried out under the new law which provides for electro cution instead of hanging in Kentucky. Penman it will be remembered is the negro who in August 1910 assaulted little 11 year old Mary Rankin near Hubble, and who it was necessary to bring the miltiary to Stanford to pro tect during his trial. Penman is now in jail in Lexington but will be taken at once to Eddyville. Under the new law only the follow ing persons may be present at the exe cution: The electrician, the warden and his deputies and guards, the sheriff of the county in which the condemned was convicted, the Prison Commission ers, the physician and chaplain of the penetentiary, and a clergyman and three other persons designated by the condemned, one representative of every newspaper published in the county in which the execution takes place and one representative of every daily news paper in the state. Judge George Denny Dead. Another of Garrard's illustrious sons has gone to rest. After an illness extending over a period of more than five years, Judge George Denny passed peacefully away at his home in Lexington Tuesday evening at 3:30 o'clock, in the 63d year of his age. The funeral ceremonies were con ducted at the home in Lexington after which his remains were brought to Danville and thence to Lancaster, where they were buried with Masonic honors, he being a member of that order. Judge Denny's condition had been steadily growing worse for more than a week. His attending physician real ized several days ago that his recovery was extremely doubtful and his death Tuesday night was not a surprise to his family and friends who knew his con dition. He is survived by three children Miss Eugenia Denny, and Miss Massie Leavell Denny, who make their home with their parents, and Lieutenant Van Hamilton Denny of the United States Army, who is now on the sick list in the Government Hospital in Washington, D. C. He is also survived by a sister-in-law, Mrs. Eugenia Dunlap Potts, the authoress, who has made her home with Judge Denny for a number of years, and a brother-in-law, Mr. Wood G. Dunlap, superintendent of the Pep per Distillery. Judge George Denny was born at Paint Lick, Garrard county May 11, 1848, and would have been sixty three years old had he lived until May. His father, Alexander Denny, was a pros perous farmer of Garrard county and was of Scotch-Irish decent. His mother, Mrs Massie Barnett Leavell, was decended from the French Hug uenots. In November, 1870 he was married to Miss Mary Dunlap, daughter of Hon. George W. Dunlap, of Lancaster. His wife survives him, but in recent years has become almost an invalid. In 1870 he was elected on the Re publican ticket County Judge of Gar rard. At the expiration of his term as County Judge, he was elected Com monwealth's Attorney of the Eighth Judicial District, winning over the Democratic candidate by 777 votes, while Judge Mike Owsley, the Demo cratic candidate for Circuit Judge, was elected by a majority of 1,700 votes. He was made chairman of the Re publican State Central Committee in 1879, and was prominent as one of the party's strongest leaders. In 1884 be was sent as a delegate from the Eighth Congressional District to the National Convention at Chicago. He was one of Mr. Blaine's counsel in the famous libel suit against the Indianapolis Sen tinel. In that year he moved to Lexington where he had since made his home. In 1888 he went as a delegate-at-large from Kentucky to the Republican National Convention at Chicago, which nominated Benjamin Harrison for President of the United States. He was a member of the notification com mittee, entered actively into the cam paign, and stumped the State in Harri son a behalf. In 1894 Judge Denny was the Repub lican candidate for Congressman from the Seventh Congressional District. His opponent, W. C. Owens, of Scott coun ty, the Democratic candidate, was elec ted by a majority of only 101 votes. Judge Denny contested the election, but lost the contest. Shortly after the election of Gover nor "Wilson and the other Republican State officers in 1907, Auditor Frank P. James appointed Judge Denny Revenue Agent for Fayette county, which posi tion he held until his (ieath. UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT To Burn Garrard County's Court House. The entire community was shocked Wednesday morning by the fact discov ered by Mr. Ed. Morrow when he went up to attend to the town clock that some dastardly miscreant had attempt ed to burn the Court House. At the head of the first flight of stairs that goes into the cupola, and about twenty feet above the second floor, some one had collected paper and trash and saturated it with kerosine and set it afire; a hole was burned in the floor about eighteen by twelve inch es, and but for the fact that a window about . six feet above and three feet to the left had allowed the rain to beat in and keep the spot damp, the edifice would have been destroyed. No clue to the perpetrators of the dastardly attempt has been obtained, and it is a source of great mystery what possible object anyone could have in desiring to destroy the court house. Whoever did it had a grievance against the county, the officials and every cit izen in the county. Had the attempt been successful, a side from the monetary loss, there would have been an incalculable loss to the entire county in the loss of deeds, mortgages, valuable papers of all kinds and the county records. The court house itself is insured for somewhere in the neighborhood of ?30, 000, but no insurance could reimburse for the possible loss resulting from the burning of the structure. The records of the court house should from this time on be more carefully cared for, a steel, fire proof vault should be constructed at once for their preservation so as to avoid any possible chance of their ever being destroyed, should the court house ever by any means be burned. As for the miscreant who made the unsuccessful attempt, he is a menace to the community, the very lowest of criminals, and no effort should be spar ed to apprehend and bring him or them to justice. Section No 1168 of the Kentucky Statutes reads asfollows:"If any per son shall willfully burn any court house county or public prison, or the office of any clerk of a court, of the Capitol of the Commonwealth, or any office there in, or upon the capitol or public grounds or any surveyor's or other public office within the state, or the office or depot of any railroad or canal, gas, electric light, telephone or telegraph company, he shall be confined in the penitentiary not less than seven nor more than twen ty one years." I will break your colts or get your old horses accustomed to automobile for 75c per day, Let me handle them for you. W. B. Burton. 3 10 tf. This space of i a- Haselden Brothers donated this week to the I Union Evangelistic j kd SERVICE. "What shall it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his own soul." Memorial MeMist Chick Tuesday Night, April 11th, 7:30 p. m. Daily until further notice. Pastors assisted by Patrick H Davis,Evangelist M & 9 5 M M W : :: c :: i H : t M 11 t H a 53 c 53 t 53 EfcWrSSKrS6SSiSaSKteMSft SSSSKEKSSSSSSSKSSSSKi: Granville Lyon Song Service. The Best Country Lard We never get depend on our good farmers to keep that for themselves, BUT We are offering ARMOURS' "Simon Pure" Leaf Lard which is made exclusively of the Leaf Fats. The .kind our farmers keep for their own use in 3 pound and 5 pound tins at locts per pound. Davidson & Walker. This space donated this week to EWLTC SERVICE Of Lancaster and Garrard Co.,by H. T. Loan. "Behold how good and pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together 'in Unity." - Beginning at Memorial Metho dist Church, Lancaster, Tuesday Night, April 11, 1911. Church Pastors Assisted by Patrick B. Davis, Evangelist. Granville Lyon, Song Service. - w c v ir'v.-t vife.vataB i-.-'-'Ji" - . --