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KENTUCK1AN. Watt The DKlt TMF WEATHtW. Aftei roar mm, rekww promptly, and not nriaa a Mai ber. Th Potitat iethUo, require a abccriptloM h paid in adTance. FOR KENTUCKY Pro ably imow aad colder Thafwli Vol. xxxv Hopkinsvjllb, Kentucky, Thursday, February 27, 1913. No 25 HOPKINSVILLE ditorial ' Comment The skeleton of an extinct lizird 84 feet long: is being transported from Utah to the Carnegie Museum At Pittsburg, in fifteen dars. The &pae9 are imbedded, in solid stones. Emilio Madero, Another brother of the late President, has been shot and killed near Monterey, by trobps under Gen. Trevino. Ho was ac cused of being a "rebel leader." The London papers are urging tho British Government to press the American government for immediate action in Mexico. Judge T. J. Nunn, of the Court of Appeals, is ill in Florida, where he went to spend the winter on account fij failing health. A French aviator named Moulinais .on Tuesday flew from Paris to Lon- on in 185 minutes, 94 mile3anhour. Gov. Wilson has resigned to take effect Saturday. Next Tuesday it will be President Wilson. Cabinet guessers are again tipping as "sure things" Bryan, McAdoo, Daniels and Burleson. Marjorie Moreland t is expected soon to become, the' sixth wife of Nat Goodwin. Gov. Colquitt of Texas, almost de clared war on Mexico but checked himself in time. Twelve couples were granted di vorces in Louisville Saturday. Turkey and the allies are agian holding secret negotiations. GEORGE M. STEELE Died Tuesday Night, After Five Months Illness. Mr. George M. Steele died last Tuesday night about 8 o'clock at his home on East Ninth street, after an illness of five months, aged 70 years ..His death occurred one day before sf&his birthday anniversary. He is survived by his wife and oneson, Martin, and one daughter, Elizabeth. He was a brother 'of Robert M. Steele, express messenger on the Nashville accommadation. Though .Mr. Steele had been ill since last October and at one time his life was despaired of, he- had re covered sufficiently to be able to walk on the streets las't Friday. His physician attributes his death to heart failure, superinduced by drop sical affection. Mr. Steele was a mechanic and'en joyed the reputation of being the most skillful horse shoer in the city for several years. He had anyiriends and served one term a member of the City Council many years ago. He was for many years a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian church. Funeral ser vices were held at the residence yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock, conducted by Rev. J. B. Eshman, The burial was in Riverside Ceme-. tery. t geo. w. Mcknight $ Democratic Candidate For As sor of Christian County. Mr. Geo. W. McKnight, the well known farmer and stock breeder of Howell, is announced as a candidate for the Democratic nomination for the Aseeesor of Christian county sub ject to thajon of the party in tho official prflRtry in August., Mr. Mc JCnight is a staunch Democrat,, a ojograsive and wlde-a-wako citizen andonVpf the leading .farmers of j4the coj?ty. He is widely known as :flP'a breeder of registered hogs and oner live gioctc. tie is especially well qualified for the duties of the ofilca to which he aspires. At pres ent he is the only announced candi date butvhether he has opposition or not ho will prove to h& a most popular candidate not only with his own party but in. 4he general election. WOMEN ARE SPARED Madero's Wife and Mother Not Required to Run . Gauntlet; ARE COMING TO CIVILIZATION. They Are Allowed to Leave Mexico Alive Headed For Cuba. Vera Cruz, Mexico, Feb. 26. The wife and tho mother of the late President of Mexico arrived here yesterday on a special car from Mexico City. Escorted by the Cu ban minister they went immediately on board the Cuban gunboat, where they met Francisco I. Madero, Sr., and Ernesto Madero, .who arrived yesterday. The Cuba, sailed for Havana at once. The departure of the Maderos was with the consent of the Mexican government. They in tend to remain in Havana for some days and will then go to New Or leans. Their ultimate destination is Europe. HENDERSON FANS Eager to Hold Their Place in the Kitty League. The Gleaner said Tuesday that the fans areeanxipus to hold their piace in the K. I. T. League and that a mass meeting would be held in the near future to take the necessary steps to prevent the franchise pass ing into the hands of the baseball en thusiasts of Owehsboro. At a meeting of the directors last Monday night E. A. Wilson tender ed his resignation as president of the club. C. C. Wathan, a member of the board, was elected to serve the unexpired term of Mr. Wilson. At this meeting $200 was subscrib ed toward raising the $2,500 neces sary to remain in the League. The required amount will doubtless be. made up, and if so new blood will be put into the team. , OWENSBORO Gets A Berth In The Kitty League. According to President Frank Bassett'Owensboro has accepted a berth in the Kitty League. This completes the league membership and President Bassett will immedi ately appoint the schedule com mittee so it can report at the next meeting. The Owensboro fans and business men raised over $800 after President Bassett made a short talk, and posted the first installment of the forfeit. The circuit is the best the league has ever had. Second Helen Keller. Danville. Ky., Feb. 26: Qoq of the most remakable children in Ken tucky is attending the Kentucky School for tho Deaf in this city, and at the celebration of Washington's birthday she gave a remarkable de monstration of her abilities. Her name is Oma Simpson and her par ents reside in Ohio county. She came to the institution two years ago. She is totally blind and deaf. She has learned to speak, and al though she did not know a single word when she entered she now has g vocabulary of 600 words, and at the demonstration she read from ber Hps, answered questions and wrote sentences on her typewriter, She reads from her lips by the sense of touch. Of her vocabulary she can speak 800 words. She closed by reciting orally "Now I lay mo down to sleep." It is claimed that she will prove to be a second Helen Kel ler. She is the only child in Ken tuck so aflllcted, ' ANOTHER BUSY WEEK FOR ALL CONTESTANTS T 2500 Extra Votes This Week A Big In centive For Energetic Worfcv ALL 'ARE DETERMINED TO WIN Friends of the Various Contestants Are Watching With Inter ests The Progress They Make, and Everybody . -" Busy. The contestants in the Kentuckian Piano and Diamond contest are a busy lot of workers this week. They realize that the offer of 2500 extra vote3 with each dollar turned in on subscriptions this week is a more liberal than will be made during the remainder of the contest and will leave nothing undone that will se cure subscriptions this week. All of them are working for big votes wftile this offer is in force. Hun dreds of subscriptions await to be secured and all the workers need to do i to see the people and they will secure .the subscriptions. The costly prizes will be distributed three weeks from next Saturday. Con testants are so closely bunched that any one can win by a little extra ef fort this week If you expect to be one of the winners you should en deavor to secure every possible sub scription now. Don't wait till the last week and have to secure extra STANDING OF THE CONTESTANTS DISTRICT NO. 1. District No. 1. All of the terri tory in the city of Hopkinsville North of Seventh street. r Evelyn Perkins ,. .94.600 Mary Belle Pag? : 89,600 Ames Perry 84.200 Annie Pierce 81,900 Suzan Moss ...... 81.900 Olivia Hisgen 66,300 Mrs. Chas. F. Shelton 65,800 Eula Mullins . 48.600 DISrRICT NO. 2. District No. 2 All territory in the city of Hopkinsville South of Seventh street. Bessie Carter 940 Mrs. Laura Foard :88,250; Dena Wright.....: .....75,800 Louise Fox... 73,700- Belle Williams 65 650 Myrtie Faulkner : 63,400 Emma Leigh Cowherd 26. UO DISTRICT NO.3. District No. 3 All of the terri tory in the county outside of the city, north of the Cadiz Road and Fairview Pike. Mrs. J. H. Fuller R. 8 102.900 100-FREE -FOR- MRS. or MISS, ii-u. , ADDRESS.. This coupon when properly filled out and sent to the Kentuckian , will entitle the lady whose name appears thereon to 100 free votes. Have your friends save them for you. inm neatly, do not tolu. (VOID AFTER MARCH 6.) TO BE TRIED For Threatening the life of President-Elect Wilson. Seeley Davenport and Jason Dunn are to be tried on the charge of threatening the life of Gctv , Wood row Wilson next week. They have entered a plea of not guilty in the United State court. They are now in jail to await their trial. Cheap Bananas. Car near L. & N. depot, punches 50c to $1.00 16c per dozen, 25 for 25c Advertisement. sub3ciptions when you now have the opportunity to secure extra votes. Ask ynur friends for lohg time sub scriptions. Many will not hesitate to give you a five or ten years' sub scription if you will let them know yournoed them. Remember k is bet ter'to have a million too many votes than to be short one hundred when the final count is made. Work ev ery minute this week and you will reap the benefit of your efforts on March 22, when the prizes will be awarded to the six successful candi dates. There is honor in winning and the time to prepare for the hon or is now. TO-DAY. Get your sub scriptions before some other candi date secure those you ought to have. Djn't wait till tomorrow. Today is the time. Don't procra3tinate, but get busy and keep busy and your success will be more certain. Get every possible subscription by Satnrday night, March 1. Bessie Myers, Crofton 94 3C0 Ethel Layne, Falrview 86,900 Sammie Hill, Gracey 42,300 Goldle Armstrong, S R 3 28.400 Vernie Gates, Fruit Hill 26.600 Hortense Boyd. R. R. 6 25,400 DISTRICT NO. 4. District No. 4 All the territory in the county outside of the city, south of the Cadiz Road and Fair view Pike. My ra Word, R. 3 121 300 Ora Summerhill, Oak Gove,. .99 650 Iflyrtie Gray, Pembroke, R. 2. 99.110 Mary D. Nichols, Oak G. R. 1.97,400 Mrs. Josie Daniel 96.100 Mary Qaarles. Howell 92.400 R"bye Stroube, Oak G., R. 2.87,950 1 .. n t k or? can UIU13 uiccu, u uu,uuu Beatrice Taylor, LaFayette. . .83.400 Mary Jones, R. 3 82.300 Mabel Wolfe, Herndon 80,900 Sarah Davie, Oak G. R. 2 . ,78,300 Kathleen Hall. R. 4 71,900 FrancPsPace, R 3 ..62.300 Richie Williams........ 60,100 Mabel Maddux, Gracey, R. 3. 58.700 Katherine Jones, R, 4 35 875 Florence Knight, R. 3 29,600 ! Cordelia Cross, Oak Grove . . .26.700 VOTES - 100 ISM HON. P. R. F0LLANSBY Prominent Democrat and In fluential Citizen Dead. Hon. Putney R, Follansby, father of Miss Katherine Follansby, teacher of music at McLean College, died a few days ago at Guildhall, Vermont, aged 87 years. He was a prominent citizen and a democrat. His daugh ter hero has been ill of the grip and was still too ill to attend the Durial. FOR SALE-2. nice building lots on Bryan Ave, Cheap, terms easy. Address. H. care Kentuckian. Adv. DENTIS ADAMS BEST PROFIT In Boys Corn Contest With 83 Bushels and 30 Pounds , Per Acre. IN RED HOT COMPETITION. Other Prize Winners Who Were Given Awards, Including Girls. Owing to the delay in securing the Prize Fund and several Corn Re ports having been lost in the mail, I have been unable to m .ke a full report publicly until now. Ninteen boys showed corn at the School Fair Nov. 15, 1912, viz. D.R. Mason Yield 68 bu. 14 lbs. E'zie Conway " 63 " 18 " Kit Summerhill " 72 " 20 " Robert Garrott " 76 " 38 " Cyrus White " 84 " 12 " W. B. Croley " 44 " 56 Everett Rogers "25 " Owen West ' " 37 " 36 " Urey Powell "15 " - Dentis Adams " 83 " 30 " .Albert Mayfield " 33 " 66 " Frank King. " 49 " Jamts McKnight " 74 " 57 " J. W. Riley.Jr. " 70 " 10 " Marvin Powell "14 " 41 " Hershel Fears ' 20 " onlA. 2 washed away. Clyde Harrison " 49. " Jack White " 67 " 36 " Ernest West " 34 69. " No. 18 won 1st Prz for best 10 ears " 12 " 2nd 4 " " " 4 " 3rd " " " '" " These numbers represented the following boys, No. Is Jack White, No. 12 James McKnight, No. 4 Rob ert Garrott. Two boys withdrew from the con test before the prizes for Best Prof it. Two Best Written Descriptions were awarded viz: Cyrus and Jack White. Only eight boys could content for best yield, since only those boys had Bworn statements from the men who measured the land and weighed the corn, viz: Robert Garrott 76 bu. 38 lbs. 1st. Prize. Jame3 McKnight 74 bu. 57 lbs. 2nd Prize. Kit Summerhill 72 bu. 20 lb?. 3rd. Prize. J. -W. Riley Jr. 70 bu. 10 lbs. no Prizs. W. B. Crowley 44 bu. 56 lbs. no Prize. Owen West 37 bu. 36 lbs. no Prize. Alberf Mayfield 33 bu. 66 lbs no Prize. Everett Rogers 25 bu. 56 no Prize. Prizes were awarded to the follow ing boys for Best Profit, Viz: Dentis Adams 1st. Prize $39.45. Elzie Conway 2nd. " $27.37. James McKnight 3rd. " $26 15 For Best Written Description, viz: D. R. Mason 1st. Prize. J. W. Riley Jr. 2nd. " Hershel Fears 3rd. " TOMATO CONTEST Only three girls showed tomatoes at the School Fair Nov, 15, 1912. Prizes were awarded as follows Viz: BEST QUALITY Ruth Mayfield 1st. Prize. RenaHill 2nd. Cordie Henderson 3rd. " MOST CANS Rena Hill 1st. Prize. Ruth Mayfield 2nd. " Cordie Henderson 3rd. " BEST .PROFIT. Cordie Henderson 1st. Prize. RenaHill 2nd. " Ruth Mayfield 3rd. " BEST REPORT Rena Hill 1st. Prize. Cordie Henderson 2nd. " Ruth Mayfield 3rd. " JENNIE WEST, Superintendent. Ham sacking season is here. Sacks for sale at this office. Purely Personal , t Geo. W. Wharton, of New YorkV is in the city, the guest of Mr. and' Mrs. J. T. Wall, where &frs Whartdr has been visiting for several weeks. W. B. Kennedy, of Paducah, came over yesterday to attend the funeral of Mr. Geo. M. Steete, Mja Steele is a sister of Mr. Kennedy. J. D. McGowan has returned from New York, where he spent some time buying spring goods for .Wall & McGowan. Ross Davis and daughter, of Louisville, visited the family of I.. H. Davis this week. Mrs. Eitis, Secretary of the Ken tucky Equal Rights Association, was in the city this week. Miss Ida Blumensteil is in Chi6agO for a few days. Honest and Clean. If a wholesome, honest, cleanly play 'that alternates pathos and laughter with gatling-gun rapidity is what theatre goers want, they will go and see "A We3tern Girl" at Holland's Opera House Friday night. Feb. 28 Miss Millie Beland Stanley 'plays the leading role, and it is said to be entirely different from any other play and advantageously so. It gives an honest story of whole some people brightly told with great human interest. These are some of the qualities that are pleasing to the immense audiences everywhere Each of the four acts is lavishly mounted with special scenery. The company is a large and competent one. A superb Concert Band and Orchestra is alsn carried with this, attraction. Advet tisement. JUST A HINT At What The Fair Will Do For Children. Some idea of what benefit the Pennyroyal Fair will be to the young boys and girls of the county can be? formed by reading the final report, of Miss Jennie West, which appears, in a"nother column of this paper.. It will be noticed that 19 boys- en tered the corn contest at the school fair November 15 of last year, 18 of them winning first prize. Ic is to be regretted that only three girls entered the contest for tomatoes, but when it remembered that there is no market for tomatoes there was not much of an incentive for the girls to get in the race. It is easily seen that if the Pen nyroyal Fair had been in existence last year there would have been a large number of contestants, not only for corn and tomato premiums, but tobacco and many other things, produced on the farm. Of course the boys and girls of ther county will be "in the ring" far many premiums at the fair next October. Miss Jennie West has al ready made application for space for the display of what children will raise this year. BIG ADDITION To Century Hotel at Dawson Ready By May. On October 15th last, the Forbes Mfg. . Co., broke ground for the erection of a large addition to the New Century Hotel at Dawson. As an evidence of how the contractors push things, we are told by Mr. W. A. Long, the general outside mana ger of construction that he will be ready to turn over the job to the ho tel men by the first of May. The addition is fonr stories high built of brick and has 64 rooms and 32 baths. The building is now un der roof, about all the plumbing and wiring Is completed and plastering will be under way in a few days. Operation Successful. James West, Jr., who was taken to Rochester, Minn., and operated on Tuesday is doing nicely. The diagnosis of his physician. Dr. Jas, H. Donnelly, that his trouble was a tuberculous kidney, was confirmed and the left, kidney waj removed the operation being a successful one,