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5f , '''igTiVX W fV 'Sfi f ' i k k iriffjm&ett !iFl l VOL. 29. MARION, CRITTENDEN COUNTY, KENTUCKY, JUNE 27, 1907. NUMBER 4 AC IE xocas I M A J F OWN YOUR OWN HOME ! U Kr ?'S D STOP PAYING RENT ! Twenty-five Lots Will be Sold at Public Auction Thursday, July 4th, 1907. These lots are situated on the West side of Marion, and are just outside the corporation. They are within one-half mile of the Court House and are beautifully situated, being high and dry, and are ideal building sites. They lie on the North and South side of Wilson Avenue, or West Depot Street. These lots will be sold at Public Auction to the highest bidder. Now is a chance to get a nice building lot at your own price. Terms of sale will be $10.00 cash and remainder to be paid in monthly installments of $2.00 per month. In case any one purchasing one of these lots should die before ail the installments are paid, we will give his legal heirs a deed without further payments. The above lots are in what is known as the Blackburn-Weldon addition to. Marion, and are all high class lots. This is a rare opportunity to buy lots in Marion, where you can get the benefit of the best school in Western Kentucky, and buy the lots absolutely at your own prise. We have only twenty-five J. C. WALLACE, Auctioneer. o; ACCIDENTALLY KILLED. Frank Ackridge Found Dead In His Buggy at Livingston Greek. Fredonia, Ky., June 24. Last Friday morning as two men were crossing tbc creek on the Marion and Fredonia road half mile north of here, they noticed a horse and buggy standing m the water a short distance from the road, upon investigating they found the body of Frank Akridge lying m the bottom of the buggy and across the wheels' Not being able to tell whether or not life was totally extinct, one of them hurried to the nearest house for assistance and then to town for a doctor, while the other watched until help came. In a short time a large crowd had gathered and in taking the body out of the buggy they found his pistol lying in the bottom of the buggy with one cartridge empty. The coroner was notified and the jury after an examination of the body and the witnesses decided that Mr. Akridge met his death by the accidental discharge of his pistol as it fell from his scabbard and the hammer struck the edge of the buggy bed and fired, the ball, a 38 calibre, striking him just below the breast bone ranging upward passed through the body lodging just beneath the skin between-the shoulder blades. Tie 'body was brought here to the "home of his son, John Akridge, and his family and friends were notified. Saturday morning the funeral services were conducted from the residence of John Akridge by W. T. Reid to a large crowd of1 friends and relatives and the body was then taken to the family cemetery at Eddy-ville and laid to rest. Small Blaze. Last Saturday the residence of A. 0. Moore caught fire and was under considerable headway before it was discovered. The fire discovered in the kitchen, and is supposed to have been caused by the igniting of a box of matches. Birthday Party. On Saturday afternoon, Juno 22. in honor of her sixth birthday, Miss Elizabeth Cook was given a party by her grandmother, Mrs. H. M. Cook. SALE BEGINS PROMPTLY AT 1 O'CLOCK. DON'T MISS IT OR YOU'LL REGRET IT. Free conveyance for everybody. Free lemonade. BLACKBURN & WELDON, 91V II lee cream, sherbet and cuke were served to the little guests, who were: Anna Cox, Hazel and Lucile Pollard, Ruth Croft, Louise Clement, Fanny Moore, Bertie and Uulcie Travis, Edwinna Rrankin, Nannie and Leo-na Miller, Mayme and Ruth Hayoes, Joanna Rankin, Helen Sayrc, Linda Jenkins, Ruth Flanary, Virginia Blue, Geneva Daniel, Virginia Zula Cannan, Bertha Chitman, Clara Orme, Roberta Moore, Rebecca Cromwell and Hunter Moore. Marion Boy's Success in West. Kay Kevil last week telegraphed for his brother, Jamie, to go at once to Bishop, California, to take charge of some work assisting him in the conduct of the engineering for the great Nevada-California Power Co., of Tonopah, Nevada, of which he is assistant engineer and resident manager at Bi-hop, California. This company has $5,00),000 capital and is -ending electric current across two ranges of mountains to Tonopah, !I0 miles; to Goldfield 115 miles; to Bullfrog, 140 miles, and to Manhattan, Silver PeaK and other mining camps in those States. The company has one power completed, with 20,000 horse-power and sends the subtle fluid in a primary current of 50,000 volts. They are now having laid six miles of steel pipe, three feet in diameter, and four miles of wood stave pipe, four feet in diameter. The new power house No. 1 has a fall of 1705 feet and is built near the summit of the Serrias, 10000 feet above the sea level. The pressure is 755 lbs to the square inch. A dam is being built to hold back 225,000,000 cubic feet of water and will require two years to build it and an outlay of $250,000. This dam is 1,000 feet in length and will be 75 feet high, all of which goes to show the gigantio enterprises which are being carried on in developing the mines of the West, and much of it at that particular vicinity under the care and. direction of a Marion boy, Kay Kavanaugh Kevil, who not only gave his brother, Jamie, aij education, but now gives him a fine position, assisting him in his work. He also sent for Roy Bishop, of Stnrgis. and gave-him a good place, he being the son of a poor but re spectable widow with whom -Kay boarded while fin'Sturgis, andbeing" an apt b'ojoffine 'characlerT fi JC he is glad" to "note in1 tie of these beautiful lots. Don't forget the date, July 4th NASHVILLE BOARD OF TRADE Visit Our City Wednesday and are Given a Hearty welcome by the Commercial Club and Citizens Wednesday morning a special train bearing seventy-five representatives oi the Nashville board of trade arrived in Marion, accompanied by the First Regiment Band of that city. ,The visitors were met at the depot by several hundred of Marion's best people, who amid the the blasts i whistles and the music of the Marion Silver Cornet Band, gave the visitors a hearty weloome to the ;ity. From the station a line of inarch was formed and the cctire crowd, headed by the two Bands, marched to Court Square where the address of welcome was delivered by Mayor J. W. Blue, who in his happiest way compared the visitors to lovers wooing the favor of the beautiful and prosperous city of Marion. The response was ntade by President Leland Hume, of tkt Cumberland Telephone Company. Short talts were al-so made by J. P. Cohen, Harvey Hogg, H. A. Cragon and P. M. Ezell, of the Nashville party, acd by Congressman James for Crittenden county. The Nashville party mingled wuh our people and distributed many souvenirs. After the speeches greeting and hand shaking was over, the bands headed the procession and the return to the spoeial train in waitiag at the depot was made. The visitors made a good impression here and were loud in their praises of the reception and welcome given them by Marion and her enterprising pcoplf . mining journals the accounts of the stupendous engineering plaas under way near Tonopah, especially as it is aware that a Marion boy is furnishing the brains and energy to do it. Judge Dowell's Plan, Judge and Mrs. R. A. Dowell, accompanied by their daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Woods, departed last Saturday for their summer home in Wellsford, Kansas, by way of Galveston, where they will stop for a few days. Mrs. Dowell, who came here in very poor health last fall, is still quite feeble, but the climate of the Falfurrias country was a benefit to her, and the Judge hopes to bring her back to The Land of Heart's Delight in October or November; and will make Falfurrias the permanent winter home of the family. As many of our readers know, Judge Dowell 3s a prominent wheat grower jq State. He has, about 12$fcres this year, .and despite he losses in most sections of the state. At It will be worth your while to see "Cam." IF Falfurrias he has built several which bring in a comfortable income; and also has cotton on his farm just North of town. He expects to build more houses this fall, and to put more land in cotton. Then he intends to divide his time between Texas and Kansas, looking after his interests here in the fall and winter; and there in the spring and summer. Thus, he has worked out a combination of interests that form almost an endless chain of income; and his example will, doubtless, be followed by other shrewd men in Kansas and elsewhere. Falfurrias, Texas, Facts. New Church Windows. From many expressions of a complimentary nature concerning the new windows "in the Presbyterian church the sees confirmation' of its: views heretofore expressed in 'that they are verv beautiful, For artistic design and color tone wq feel safe in saying ,they are not surpassed in Western Kentucky. Of course"fuch cities as Henderson 311! 9TTE and Paducah have churches with more and larger window.-, but what we said above still stands. The members of the church feel that the installation of the window is largely due to Mr.-. Horace Hendel Sayre. Mr-. Sayre has not been :n our midst but a few years, yet her interest in thing-Presbyterian is a lively as though she had been in the church her whole life. Her energy is something wonderful. The members of .the Pre byterian church made grateful acknowledgements. A Masonic Journey. Quito a number of the members of the Masonic Lodge in Mariou went to Blackford Tuesday night of this week returning Wednesday morning. Of the number we note the following: J. L. Rankin, W. B. Butler, F. B. Heath, T. A. Frazer, C. I). C. W, Lamb, G. B. Taylor, Albert Travis Rev. 11. C Love, J. L. Travis, W. L. Moore, P. H. W. R. Hushes, B. Wilboru, J. B. Kevil, 0. K. Donakcy, Seldon Aim-worth, E. B. Franklin, W. D. Csnnan, Geo. M. Crider. The object of the trip was ' a visit to Ashley Lodge of Blackford and assisted them in some of their work. The trip was quite a success and from the hearty expressions so often heard the visiting brethren were made to feel thrice welcome. Uwy KNOWS THAT j All large salaries are earned in ness. We train young people for profitable employment. Our own "copyrighted" system of bookkeeping meets modern requirements. Over 500 students annually. Fifty typewriters for instruction purposes. Eight teachers. Write for Catalog BUSINESS COLLEGE Evans ville, Indiana D J COMMERCIAL CLUB MEET Committees Were Appointed to Welcome Our Nashville Friends on Their Arrival Wednesday The Commercial Club met Monday evening to arrange lor the entertainment ol the Nashville, Tennessee, visitors. Three committees were i pointed and the Mayor was asked to make the welcome address. It was also decided that the Marion Silver Cornet Band was a necessity and it was asked to play. The Reception committee was as follows. It. F. Haynes, J. W. Blue, W. A. Blackburn, W. J. Dcboc, 0. M. James, Thos. Champion, Carl Henderson, T. II. Cochran, J. N. Boston, H. A. Haynes, C. E. Weldon, T. H. B. Haasc, F. W. Nunn, H. F. Morris, J.(H. Orme, Sam Gugenhcini, E. J. Haywood, S. M. Jenkins, T. J. Vandcll, Geo. M. Crider and all good citizen-. Preparation committee were:1 J. W. Wilson, P. S. Maxwell, GV C. Gray and A. S. Cannan. Comm'ittce on Entertainment were: W. A. 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