THE CENTRAL RECORD
PURE RELIGION, UN1ARNISHED DEMOCRACY AND GOOD GOVERNMENT
LANCASTER. KY., FRIDAY, MAY 23, 1913.
NUMBER 7.
TWFNTY fOURTH YEAR.
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Lancaster, Ky.
Live and Let Live Folks
The "Fair season" is close at hand.
; cS Tobacco plants are greatly in demand.
Sidewalk building is in progress all
over the city.
A deal in Lancaster residence projerty
is almost a daily occurrence.
Poor old Park, guess it will not come
in for any share in the city improve
ments.
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A number of local Masons went to
Bryantsville to a strawberry supper
last Saturday night.
Mr. Robert E. Henry is making a
handsome addition to his surburban res
idence on the Richmond turnpike.
Measles continue to rage in the town.
Mrs. David Sanders, has just recovered
from a severe siege with it.
There' is strong talk of making im
provements to the Public Square. We
hope it will not prove to be all talk.
Read the woman's column on the
third page, as it deals with facts of a
! local nature that is interesting to all.
Strawberries at $2.50 per crate for
this week and next after which the
supply will run short W. E. Moss.
The summer resorts are beginning to
make alluring announcements to the
tired public who are accustomed to
spend their vacations at such places.
Work is being pushed rapidly on the
addition to the Christian church and it
is hoped to be completed before the
coming of the extreme heated season.
Up-To-Date Optical Service.
Get acquainted with the Byrne Sys
tem of eye-glass fitting. Office over
Stormes Drug Store. This week only.
Notice.
1 1 uet your Horses, iviuies ana jbcks
insured with Ed C Gaines the Insurance
man. Agt for the oldest Co in America.
Do it today!
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Declamatory Contest
' A gold watch will be given to the
j successful contestant, in a declama
tory contest, to be held at the new
school building on Thursday evening
June 12. This late will enable con
testants to have the assistance of their
teachers. The watch can be seen at
Morrow and McRoberts. The contest is
open to any school or community de
siring to take part. The subject and
name of contestant should be given to
one of the undersigned at once.
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M. D. Hughes.
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Complete line of Underwear, Gloves,
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Etc. See our mens' pure silk Socks for 25c
Complete line of Ladies' Suits, Dresses
and costumes.
Our line of Selby Shoes Oxfords are the
best to be had.
As to prices on above articles, a look
will convince you that we can save you
money.
H. T. LOGAN,
Lancasteis-Kentucky.
Teachers Elected.
The trustees of the local school met
on last Friday evening for the purpose
of electing the teachers for the school
for the 1913-1914 school year. The
same corps of teacher now employed
were reelected with the exception of
Prof. Riley and Miss Knapp West. Mr.
Riley's application to succeed himself
as principal did not meet with favorable
consideration at the hands of the school
board, and Miss West did not apply for
a position in the school.
Cincinnati Excursion No. 3.
The third Sunday excursion of the
season was run to Cincinnati on last
Sunday and about forty five local people
took advantage of it. We fear they
will have a rather tiresome trip of it, as
because of the street car strike in Cin
cinnati, they will not be able to visit
the "Zoo" "Chester Park" and the
ball game, and will have to be satisfied
with Fountain Square, which is in walk
ing distance of the depot, and where
they may-witness the crowds and sights
of "the city."
Dr. Pontius Buys Machine.
Or. R. L. Pontius has purchased of
Bristow Conn what is known as his
"skeeter machine". It is one of Bris'
own building, taking as a basi3 the
running gear of an old Ford runabout
and adding parts taken from numerous
other machines, which when assembled
made, if not a thing of beauty, most
assuredly one of the "runningest"
cars in this part of the country. The
vehicle takes a hill as easily as down
grade, and we verily believe that should
an emergency necessitate it, would
climb a telegraph pole.
Garrard County Land Nets $300. Per Acre.
Mr. Webb R. Kelly, one of the most
progressive farmers and tobacco raisers
of the county, and who owns a farm on
the Kirksville pike, raised a crop of to
bacco on five acres of land last year
from which he realized $1700. He
estimates that the crop cost him about
$200. which leaves him a net profit of
$1500. , or $300. per acre. And yet there
are those who will say that $100 per
acre is too high for Garrard county
farming land. Mr. Kelly will raise an
experimental crop of one acre of tobac
co this year, keeping accurate account
of the exact cost and will then be able
to exactly state just how much he re
alizes there from.
The Tobacco Situation.
mere is a great cry going up over
the county because of the scarcity of
tobacco plants and it looks very much
like the immense crop which looked
probable this year will be in some
measure curtailek because of the
scarcity of plants. Tee shortage is due
to the cool spring and the recent dry
weather which we have experienced.
Veiy few of the plants are yet ready
for setting, backward, and it will be
somejtime yet before tobacco setting
will be in full swing. However, in
some instances, farmers who are more
fortunate took advantage to the recent
showers and set several acres of their
crops.
Colored Boy Dangerously Wounded By
Companion.
Letcher Ambrose, locally known as
"Bad eye" and Morgan Mullins, two
colored youths about fifteen years of
age, took a days outing at Dix river on
a fishing expedition last week; they
took with them a double barrel shot
gun, and on their return trip Ambrose
pointed the gun at Mullins and pulled
the trigger, not thinking the gun was
loaded. It is the same old story of the
gun that was not loaded. Mullins had
his left shoulder torn away, his chin
badly lacerated and the load lodged in
his cheek, and he lies in a critical
condition at the home of his mother on
"the chute".
He Will Put Water Into Watermelons.
Did you ever hear a man assert that
he "was the man who put the water
into watermelons"? Well a Lincoln
county man proposes to do this very
thing. A Lincoln man named Blackerby
proposes by means of surgery to assist
nature in maturing the luscious "rattle
snake" and Georgia Sweet". His plan
is to make an incision in the vine alter
the small melons have made their
appearence; the incision is to be made
just above the small melon, and into
this incision will be inserted a yarn
string, the other end to rest in a can of
water, and it is intended that the young
melon will take its nourishment by this
means. If this operation proves a
success, Mr. Blackerby will have put
Luther Burbank to shame.
Rev Morgan Seeks New Field.
Rev D. W. Morgan who was recently
called by the congregation of the local
Baptist church to the pastorate of the
church, has sought new fields for his
labors. Rev. Morgan let it be known
recently that he had since accepting
the call at this place received a call to
a church in Texas at a much smaller
salary than he was receiving here, and
at the time expressed his intention of
refusing the latter call. He gave as
the reason for abandoning the local
charge that one of his children had
been pronounced by physicians to be
in a tubercular condition, and that his
wife was not in the best of heath and
he deemed it advisable because of the
health of his family to seek a milder
climate. He will locate in Texas.
Yum, Yum, Yum.
The Paint Lick High School will serve
strawberries and ice craam at the school
building next Wednesday evening May
28th. and from the fact that it is given
for a worthy cause should be well
patronized.
A Bargain.
We offer 15 acres of land in 2J miles
of Lancaster, on a good pike, with new
house, bath, cheating plant and otner
improvements, at $3,200 less than
cost. This is done in order to make
another deal. Hughes & Swinebroad.
Ice Factory In Operation.
The new ice plant is turning out a
splendid quality of ice made from dis
tilled water and in a quantity sufficient
to supply the demand of the country
hereabouts. They have purchased a
late model delivery wagon for the use
of the city trade and are delivering
their product over town every morning
Blue Crass Seed Crop A Failue.
The crop of blue grass seed, which
last year was an unprecedented one, is
almost a complete failure this year.
The few weeks drought coming at a
critical period for the seed is the cause.
Some farmers are estimating that
there will not be a one tenth crop, and
while this may be a little overdrawn,
still it is known that the crop is
extremely short Stripping will begin
in a few weeks and local dealers who
are accustomed to gathering several
thousand bnshels are anticipating not
over one third the usual yield.
Mid-Summer Meeting Press Association.
Messrs Desha Breckinridge, Lewis
Landram and James Allen, three of the
most versatile newspaper men in the
state, and who compose the programme
committee for the mid-summer meet
ing of the Kentucky Press Association,
which is to be held at Olympia Springs
June 9th to 13th, have completed their
labors, and they have formulated one
of the most interesting programmes
ever offered at a meeting of the as
sociation, and includes many addresses
which will prove of great interest not
only to newspaper men but to the laity.
The editor of the Record has been
honored with a place on the programme
and the subject assigned him is "A
fair and fearless stand in editorials",
and we shall take pleasure in lending
our feeble efforts toward the success
of the meeting.
Opera House Being Projected.
There is strong talk of building a
play house in Lancaster, and the plan
is being considered by several parties
who are amply able to put their ideas
into execution. We have a splendid
"movie" theater, but there is a strong
demand for a play house here which
will accommodate something a little
stronger occasionally than the picture
show affords, and that at no distant
date the plans will become a certainty
is assured. Under present conditions,
if we wish to see a production of any
thing like less than 25 years old we
must go to either Lexington, Louisville
or Cincinnati, which involves an expense
which" not every one can or desires
to stand, while if we had a play house
at home which could accommodate
them, we could get a circuit of attract
ions which would insure us seeing at
least one good show each month during
the season.
A Truly food Man.
Rev. John R. Peebles, one time pas
tor of the local Mthodist church, and
incidentally one of the best and most
unselfish men we ever knew, was in
Lancaster last week. Bro. Peebles is
still following his same old calling,
seeking to do some good for his fellow
men. He is seeking funds to assist
prisoners who are paroled, pardoned or
discharged from the penal institutions
of the state, to re-establish themselves,
secure employment and live better lives
a verv laudable purpose, andone for
which no better man could have been
secured than John R. Peebles. He met
with much encouragement in his under
taking in Lancaster. Mr. Peebles was
mainly instrumental in the building
and establishing the old "Garrard re
male College", one of the first really
good educational institutions Lancas
ter ever had. He was also mainly re
sponsible for the erection of the new
Methodist church at Una place, tie
now makes his home in Winchester.
Probable iMpweBeit Te Pdbfe Spare.
The placing of handsome concrete
walks about the Public Square bids
fair to prove similar to the case of the
good lady who put down handsome new
carpets in an old house and then found
she must have a new house to corres
pond with the carpets; we will very
much need a new square to correspond
with the sidewalks. The improvement
of the square is being seriously discuss
ed, and something along this line will
undoubtedly be done when the side
walks are completed, just what will
depend entirely upon the means avail
able. Two plans are under discussion,
one is to treat the square in the same
manner that the public roads of the coun
ty are being treated, the use of macadam
put down with the county machinery;
the other is to pave it with vitrified
brick, or some equally as substantial
substance.
A movement is also on foot to estab
lish ornamental lights about the square
the installation of which will probably
be borne by the merchants and busi
ness men about town.
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You are
Invited
to a demonstration to be
given by the
NATIONAL SISCUIT
COPANV
at our store
Saturday, Way 31st,
Be sure and come, as we will have something
new in cakes and crackers for you to try.
Davidson &, Doty
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