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THE ADAIR COUNTY NEWS
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TIE ADAIR COUNTY HEWS
. NUished Every Wednesday
- BY TIE -
"" Adair County News Company.
incorporated.)
VHAS-S. HARRIS EDITOR.
Dtmocratic newspaper devoted to the ln-
ot the City of Columbia and tbe people
Adair and adjacent counties.
fctwed at tbe Columbia Post-offlce as sec
'fi class mall matter.
Subscription price f LOO per year.
uffecedrsharply just afte? ouk
break of war, now near normal
and expanding at a gratifying
rate. .
Fewer dividend reductibnslast
week and losses nearly offset by
increases and resumptions.
Southern mills are laying in
large supplies of raw cotton.
James B. Duke optimistic over
general outlook for tobacco trade.
SETBACKS FELT.
0 Af- J J! 171
was over we war uugs ui .ouruye
had thrown the whole financial
condition of the world into a
state of turmoil and although the
drouth was broken in time to
save many crops ana to attora
excellent fall pastures money
which is now nearing completion.
The odds are strongly in favor of
increasing prosperity, and a gen
eral betterment of conditions as
regards the market. i
RUNNING -FULL TIME.
Every coal mine in Pike coun-
matters were in such shape that ty is running full time, and all
WED. JAN. 11, 1915
Big
If this county fails to levy for
the building of good roads, it
pays about $1,500 to build good
roads in some other county. If
it makes a little levy, it can only
draw a little money, and only
build a little road, probably not
enough to prove the great worth
of State aid. Levy to the limit
and build tc the limit, and the
battle over chronic grumblers
will be won.
Decrease in Livestock Bus
iness During 1914.
OUTLOOK SEEMS BRIGHTER.
Several car loads of hogs were
Bhipped from this county, last
week, for the Louisville market,
the first for nearly three months.
The movement, of stock from
this section will give consider
able relief in money matters, and
besides will givellencouragemenfc
to those who are feeding, With
in a few days cattle will begin to
move out, and in a short while
we hope business will be lively.
Indications throughout the coun
try point to a revival of business,
and in another column of this pa
per may bejfound unerring ev
idence of activity. This country
has suffered severely from de
pression due'jf rom the European
war, but g unmistakable signs
point to better times in the near
future. Get busyj&land move
with the tide.
The importance ofgood roads
is not disputedlcbyl any man in
this county atithis season of the
year andthe people generally
are very desirous of building
them, but when the sunshine
gets in its work during the warm
part of the year and the roads
get firm, no more do we hear the
urgent cry for building and re
pairing the groads. Under the
State road law this county ought
to build eight or ten miles of ma
cadam road thisiyear. This can
be done if the fiscal court will
make a 25j:cent levy and the
property owners directly inter
ested in the roadito be built will
supplement the fund. A levy to
the limit and a ahealthy rivalry
for the first improvement ought
to raise $12,000, which would en
able us to getc$12,000 from the
State road fund. $24,000 spent
on any one road in this county
will convince the most skeptical.
SIGNS OF GOOD TIMES.
Kentucky Wagon Works lands
contract for 8,000 wagons for
French Government.
L. & N. Railroad places order
for 38,000 tons of steel rails.
Harbison & Gathright 'takes
order for $200,000 worth of har
ness equipment from the English
Government.
Strong upward tendency in
New York stock market with lar
ger number of issues traded in.
Big increase in local live stock
receipts.
Sale of 3,000,000 bushels of
wheat for export.
Twenty factories in Illinois
put 20,000 men back to work.
Exports of cotton cloth, which
WILLIAM A. BURNETT IN COURIER
JOURNAL.
A careful analysis of the live
stock businesses regards the en
tire country for the year 1914
shows the steady decrease of
food animals. A falling off can
be noted in receipts at practical
ly every live stock center. It
has been a year of marked uncer
tainties, frequent and sharp
fluctuation in prices.
From a market point of view
the most salient feature of the
year1914 was the big falling off
in receipts., Chicago, the largest
market in the world, shows a
failing off ofI275,000 cattle, 11,
600 calves, 952,000 hogs and 525,
000 sheep leading the decrease
bv twentv leneths when the to-
tal number of head be consider
ed. Kansas City shows a de
crease in cattle receipts of more
than 300,000 head for the year.
Thess enormous shortages show
there is something radically
wrong. The livestock industry
to the farmer, who is the real
producer, if properly handled, is
a remunerative vocation. It is
one of the'industries of rural life
that does not call for the same
amount of manuel labor, or real
hard work, that many other
lines demand, and with current
prices the raising and fattening
of livestock ought to yield satis
factory returns.
BIG DECREASE HERE.
The receipts in the local mar
ket at the Bourbon Stockyards
for 1914 were 124,815 cattle, 28,
234 calves, 512,016 hogs and 441,
615 sheep and lambs, and com
pared with the receipts for 1913,
show a decrease of 67,686 cattle,
11,664 calves, 198,600 hogs and
25,442 sheep and lambs. The re
ceipts for the year were better
than an average for ten years,
yet the decrease is startling
enough to arouse the livestock
producers in the territory trib
utary to this market to a point of
realizing that their business is,
retrograding, rather than on the
increase.
The lasting drouth of the early
summer was far reaching in this
and adjoining States, all hopes
of early seeding were shattered,
the horroscope showed a repeti
tion of the year before when
most of the Kentucky farmers
were obliged to buy in the mar
kets sufficient grain and other
feeds necessarv to carry their
stock throucrh the w'inter, and
with such an outlook before the
farmers, they rushed to market
all stock ready for market, as
well as all stock for which they
felt a buyer could be found, and
the average number of head of
stock on the average Kentucky
farm by August 15 was far be
low normal. Before the drouth
the average farmer accustomed
to feed one tolfive loads of cattle,
or graze them during the fall,
could not obtain enough ready
cash to pay his railroad fare to
market andfreturn, much less
buy feeding stock. . So the num
ber of cattle to go on feed in
Kentucky this past fall was far
below normal.
THIRD SETBACK.
The third and last of the triple
entente or triple alliance of arch
enemies to the livestock interests
of the country was the outbreak
of the foot and mouth disease.
At a conservative estimate dur
ing the months of November and
December $200,000 to $300,000
worth of livestock finds its way
to market every weehr. Keai
cash is sent back home. This
natural influx of ready cash was
eliminated by reason of the Fed
eral quarantine, which was im
nosed udoh the State November
11, and forjmore than a month
things in livestock circles were
at a standstill. The weather
conditions had been against the
marketingjof tobacco, and there
was little demand at that time
for tobacco even had weather
conditions been propitious, so
practically every source of rev
enue waslshut down just at the
one season of the year when it
hurt worse than it could have
possibly hurt at any other season,
the time when it was necessary
that the farmer have cash. Pa
per in banks was due, taxes were
due, bills were due merchants,
cattle and hogs were sold and
due, and past due, yet the money
could not be obtained, although
the farmer had thousands of dol
lars' worth of tangible assets on
his farm and was willing, yes
anxious, to make the exchange.
The foot and mouth epidemic
has been a rough proposition,
but Kentucky, in that respect,
has fared better than other in
fected States. Prompt action on
the part of the chairman of the
Kentucky Livestock Sanitary
Board in placing an embargo
upon all inbound shipments of
animals or other articles that
might carry infection, which was
taken November 2, several days
before the Federal quarantine
went into effect, undoubtedly
saved the State hundreds of
thousands of dollars. Had this
embargo not been placed many
shipments from infected and ex
posed centers would have bean
rushed into this State, as there
was a fair call for feeding and
stocker animals at that time.
State and Federal authorities
have worked in close conjunction
and their work has been effect
ive. To count the cost in dollars
and cents to the State, up to the
present time, it has been less
than $40,000, far smaller than in
other infected States except two,
where the infection was confined
to one councy in each State.
With the splendid work on the
part of State and Federal au
thorities, Kentucky will soon
"come clean" and livestock con
ditions again will be normal.
Louisville has the geographical
location, the railroad facilities,
the most modern stock yard
plant in the United States, and a
splendid exchange building,
are being hustled to keep up
with their orders. The big mines
at Little that recently changed
from a pick to a machine mine is
adding new men as quickly as
room can be made for them.
TAKING BACK WORKERS.
The officials of the local plant
of the International Harvester
Company to-day'began engaging
again the employes who have
been idle for many months. The
company employs about 2,500
persons here under normal con
ditions. Officials said to-day
they expected to have the plant
running at full capacity within a
few weeks.
f$e$xM M t
Russell Creek Baptist I
Academy f
A real Baptist School. Solicits the
patronage of all students who ap-
ty preciate moral and religious train-
ing. All grades; strong High School
X and Normal Course. Special atten- Jf
tion to backward students. Second
term begins January 4. Boarding $
Hall convenient. Terms very rea-
sonable. Address or call on
W. Q. WELBORN, - Principal
Campbellsville, Ky.
Connecticut Mutual Reports.
Hartford, Conn., Jan., 5, 1914.
To . the Company's General
Agents:
We are closing one of the best
years in our history mciuaing
gain in paid for business over
half million. Gain in insurance
in force ten million, splendid re
sults on all lines. We are thank
ful for them and -the men who
have shared with us in this not
able record. A yery happy New
Year to every man who served
this good Company and rjoices
in the new opportunities in nine
teen fifteen. Make the good
news known to the entire field.
John M. Taylor,
President.
J. E. Murrell is the local agent
for this company.
Gradyville.
FARMERS and shippers of TOBACCO
Ship Your Tobacco to the Old Established
PICKETT TOBACCO WAREHOUSE
INDEPENDENT
We conduct a "Strictly Independent" TobaccoJWarehouse
Commission Business and are not connected directly or indi
rectly with any other warehouse or warehouse company, and
give personal attention to the sale of all tobacco intrusted
to our care.
BRIDGES & COMPANY, Incorporated,
Correspondence Solicited
Proprietors
LOUISVILLE, KY.
REDUCTION SALE! !
From Jan. 15 to Feb. 15, 1915,
Plenty of mud and water this
week.
Ed Moss, of Petersburg, 111.,
is visiting his relatives here this
week.
Miss Jennie McFarland, of Co
lumbia, spent a day or so of last
week with Miss Ora Moss.
Messrs. Coomer & Gowen, of
Sparksville, have begun sawing
their large set of logs near this
place.
Mr. Sam Mitchell, of Columbia
was mixing with our people one
day last week.
W. L. Fletcher spent one day
last week in Columbia on busi
ness. Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Flowers
have moved to their property on
Water street.
Strong Hill spent a day or so
in Green county last week look
ing after his affairs in that sec
tion. Mr. Eubank, of Roachville,
spent a day or so in our town
last week prospecting.
Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Baker and
children spent several days of
last week in the Petis Fork com
munity visiting their relatives.
Mr. G. T. Flowers spent a day
or so in Columbia last week.
Messrs. Rodgers & Kose, 01
Keltner, spent a day or so in this
section last week, looking after
tobacco.
Mr. and Mrs Arvest Hill re
turned from a week or so visit
on Cumberland river last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Curry
spent a day or so with relatives
in the Breeding community last
week.
Men and Boy's Clothing at a heavy discount. Men's Ladies
and Children's Shoes, 10 per cent discount. See my line of Men's
Shirst. Underwear and Outings, 15 per cent, discount. Union
Stock Food, 20 and 40 cent packages. A ticket with each package
of stock food which entitles the holder to a chance for a set of nice
dishes. The one who gets the most tickets will be entitled to the
dishes. I pay 50c. per bushel for shelled corn.
D. M. Moore, Garlan, Ky.
Mr, Frank' Dohoney and son,
of 'Milltown, bought quite a lot
of fat hogs here last week at 6
cents.
Our farmers are not through
gathering corn. We are glad to
note there is quite a lot of corn
in this section. Mr. D. C. Wheel
er made over 300 barrels, also
Mr. Thos. Dowell and several
others we could mention. We
are certainly all right for hoe
cake for the next 12 months.
Mr. Willie Bradshaw, of Wash
ington Co., came down to visit
his father, Mr. Arthur Bradshaw
and family a few days and was
taken sick,, threatened with fev
er. We are glad to note that he
is better and on the road to re
covery. Mr. McAdam, of Bowling
Green, the well-known St. Louis
shoe man made our town last
week and reports his business
fine.
Miss Ora Moss is spending a
few days in Columbia this week
with her many friends.
Mr Chas. Diddle will open a
the pulpit at Union Church last
Sunday with a very adle dis
course. We trust that in the
near future we will have our reg
ular services, as we we have had
for the past half century at old
Union with a good preacher.
fteatsburg.
rankonftnh'nn coVinnl hprp. next
Monday. He has .!. jg ft fog puj,ljfe
scnooi maae uy. n guca niiu-
The farmers of this community
are just finishing gathering corn
and they report more corn being
gathered than has been for a
number of years.
Mr. G. W. Bailey and family,
of Taylor Co., visited relatives
at this place last week.
Mr. Clint Greer and wife vis
ited Mr. Will Rigney and family,
of Garlin, last Saturday night
and Sunday.
Mr. Owen Beard and wife and
Miss Florence Rubarts, of Eu
nice, visited Mr. and Mrs. I. C.
Breeding last week,
Mr. I. C. Breeding has the fin
est bunch of fat cattle in this
part of r e countv.
IE any body wishes to read a
good paper subscribe for the
A.dair County News.
out saying he is one of
the best teachers of the County.
Mr. J. M. Durham the well
known stock man of Campbells
ville, spent several days of last
week in this community, con
tracting hogs for future delivery,
and buying cattle. He bought 8
from Wm. Wilmore for $431.
Dr. Cheek of Danville, filled
Genera Biacksmithing
Buggy, Carriage and Wagon Repairing neatly
done. All kinds of Rubber Tires put on. Specia.
attention to Horse Shoeing. Prices right and
satisfaction Guaranteed.
Shop on Depot St. near L. & Jf. Depot
PHONE NO.: 73
JEFF PARSON,
Campbellsville, Ky.
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