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i 'w'i' -." vTT "," .vv .1 J.W 1 rifttvfattx ttmMt t 7 s i - 1 1 VOL. 31 Gfe tW PROPOSED CRFAMRY FO'H MARM Be J. E. Crlder creamry Company Propose to Stan One II Proper Inducements Are Ollered. The J K. Crider Crearnry fto puny, of Fredonia, Ky , havo ex prosscd a willingness to start a cream ry horo if the farmers will omtrast to thpm milk from five hundred cows. Tlioy bave made a decided tuicess of the projcot at Fredonia in ho much that they urn 1111 ible to keep pace with their ordern. If they should bo onoouraged by the people of Marion by the gift of a lot for their plant and exempt from taxation for a reasonable period, it will prove of untold valuo to Marion and the farmers of Orittooden county. This company proposoe to pay the farmers for their milk in one cent of the prioe paid by Kvansvillo, which after the exprcssago ia paid, would mean a groat deal more thau Evans-a ville prices. This is not mora idle talk, but a business proposition ooming straight from busines men; They mean every word they have authorised us to say and if you desjre to be further1 instructed ealj at tho Record-Press office or see Eskew Bros. Mrs. Charles T. Baker, who has been with friends in tho ottv, left Monday for ber home in Wabash, ArkaatM. HEA For Santa Christmas is t tic otic tiinr of all tlic eor when the pirit of givmi comet into every heart And then comes the question, whtre to jo to find the lagest touL from which to niaki tiiu best so Icutinn. Tin i is quickly answered 'OKMKS He has ono ol the finest Drug 8torc to he Found in any Second. Class Postolfice town hi Kentucky, and Ins beautiful stock is in ueenrd with the surroundings. Kvcry article has hem caret tilly selected and is calculated to plcae 3011 and. that his bcHutilul store is full of buiy, bujers every day, is evidence of its attractiveness And in every inntaooe everybody is well pleaded with what, (hoy buy. JAS. H. CRME. FIND SANTA CLAUS. MiMHHMMHanMaMaHiHMHaaaHHMMHnManMMMMBaMi vmmmtmmmmmmmmmmrkmmmmmmmmmmmimmmmmmmammmmmmmmmmmmmHmm MasMiMNaiiwnwJ ABSOLUTELY WITIII l)T WARNING CAME 1 The Explosion Which Wrecked the Mine and Converted It Into a Living Tomb CLAY. Iy. Deo 13 After thirty hours' desperate struggle, the rescuing party searching the Baker mine at Clay for the bodies of the soven entombed minor, returned with them last night. Tho bodies were not disfigured and hud not been reached by the fiie. Indications are that tho men were overcome by gas. They wore found pretty far baok in the Morkings. as if, after hearing the first explosion, the men had run j in search of a place of safety. The rescue party was headed by T. J. Norwood, state mine inspector, and Thos. Long, a doputy. Tho in-quest will be "held to-day. Tho oiffins wore already at the mino and preparation had already beon made for the funeral. Just before the explosion eighty of the men had como out, it being Saturday and pay day, else tho loss of life would have been terrible. These mines, including several others at Wheatcrof and Sturgis, with offices at Sturgis and headquarters at New York, who have prided themselves on having tho safest mines with fewest aocidouts. i N, CRITTENDEN COUNTY, KENTUCKY, Dec. 16, 1909. In fact this is the first accident they have ''ad, and M from cause no- huarJ of in the history of the oldest exporenoed miner. The explosion is the harder to account for from the tact that it occurred in No. !), which is more than one hundred feet below the No. 11 vein, whero the seven men met death, and having beon abandoned, was full nt water. It was in this flooded mine that this strango but fearful explosion took place. The first thing wrong noticed at the top of the mine was in the boiier house when engineer Williams no. ticed that the engine was ''creeping.' He called to bis fireman to shut tho engine down. Tho fireman was unable to do anything with it and the engineer started over to help him, when the column of water shot out of tho shaft and toppled over against their building. There was a tremor of the earth, a quivering of all the timbers af the shaft, tho sound of rushing waters, and suddenly thero appeared above the surface a mighty jolumn of water, carrying its burden of timbers, coal'aad ordinary debris of a ail 00. Straight towards tho sky shot 4he great column of water up, up untill more than a hundred feet it towered towered for only the fraction of a second whon t divided into two parts; ono part falling over to the southwest, striking tho boiler house, full sixty feet away, moving it from its foundation. Tho other UARTERS Claus!! The whole ocnter of his big store is filled with Books, of every description, from the cheapest to the most costly, from the pen of every known author in the world. You should see them. His show cases, well filled with beautifully decorated Japanese wares, of every description and desiirn and the uuraberleps other articles of wt th a d beauty, makes it plaiu indeed why Sutitit Ciaus has made it his headquarters. The largest and handsomest assortment oi Teddy Hears ever brought to Marion. Kvcry thing in Toilet articles, Perfumes. Fine Soups Ornamensts etc. If UKMK has'ni got what you want for a beautiful Cristmaf. gift, j 11 simply can't be suited, JAS. H. ORME. column spent its force in the nppo site direction with les destructible property in its path. The water in its mad rush made a eomplet wreck of the mine. The news of the teajlul disaster wis phoned Superintendent W. H, Cunningham's office at Sturgis and forth with he loaded op many things ho knew would bo needed and with a fearless crew boarded one of their big engines a:id in a very short time was at the scene or the disaster and foremost in tho bravo effort to save tho men entombed. But they were doomed. Corset Training School. Mrs. W. N. Rochester attended the Corset Training School at 'Henderson last week and is now better than ever, prepared to please her many customer?. On her return homo sho was the guest of Mrs. A. L. Berry at Sturgis. Brown-ford. On Tuesday, Deo. 7. 1909. about the hour of 2 p. m., Mr. .Jams M, Ford and Miss Mary O. Brown accompanied by a few friends, drove to the residence of K B. Blackburn of this oity, and were united in marriage by Rev. U. G. Hughes. ' The groom is a' prosperous young farmer of the Oak Hull violmtv. The bride is uue of Crooked Creek's most charming young ladle.. May this union bo one of happitwsas and propority. , U. G, II. I - NOTICE TO THE STEMMlm DISTRICT ASSOCIATION. From w. R. Ra kin, Meirbnr ot The District Board For the County Of Ciittenden. The Distiict Board f the Stem tiling District Tolunco Association has sold all of the Association's to banco in Crittenden Comity 10 W. 0. Head & Son. of Madisouvillo Ky., to be delivered at the Jam fajtoiy in Marion, Kentucky. In order to make this sale u Mas agreed that the purchasers ot this tobacco should receive all tobacco already stripped 111 larsre handr, as stripped, but in regard to that part of the crop uoo already stripped, it was agreed that tho same should bo tied in medium sized hauds, aud it is necessary for good members to faithfully aud cheerfully aid the District Board iu carrying out thu terms uf the contract, and we think ill good members will obecrfully abide by this provision of the terms if the sale, Messrs. Head & Sou will opeu their factory for thu reception of tobacco on Tuesday, Dccomber 14th. and receive up to and including the 23rd, when the faotory will be closed till January 4th, 1910, when it will again be opened to reccttvo tobaooo, and it is hoped that it will not again be necessary to close down till all the crop has hoen delivered. Let us again urge good mombers to do all 1 hoy can to doliver this orop in good condition and according to contract. Respectfully, W. B.' RANKIN, Member District Board Crittenden County. ' y bba?&4i.iZ&i2b. t ' C'jc , ... .' - v .h. ' , y NUMBER 34 yiOTim ITHE WOtIL GKOWFRS OF I'ACi: COUNTY Are Requested To Meet In their Respective County Seals On Saturday. December 18ih. The time for the annual wool clip is not over fourmonlhsi n. Hereto, lore, with the exception ol a few local pooN. we hav sold our wnl separately and have permitted three or four middle men to make each from one to three cents per pound from itr sale, thereby, )ninr 11 not e than five cents per pound. There arc from ten to fifteen million pounds of wool clipped annually in this State and if it were pooled and sold direct to tho manufacturer it would cn.t him uo mora and savo our fartiii'ts not less than a half million rfollais annually. To effect this saving we must havo a well organised pool and to handle the 1910 wool orop mo have 110 time to lose in perfeotinn this organization. It is p'oposed to organize the Kcntuoky Wool Growers Association under the laws of Kcntuoky which permit farmers tt pool their orops and to bo ready for business by the first day of January, 1910. All wool growers are urgently invited to meet at tbe court house is (Continued ob page four) x 13 1 1