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VOLUME XVIII
COLUMBIA, ADAIR COUNTY, KENTUCKY, WEDNESDAY, JUNE, 16, 1915.
NUMBER 33
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A GREAT ROAD
MEETING.
Columbia Was Alive Last
Friday With Dixie
Short , Route
Enthusiasts
COUNTIES ALONG LINE REPRESENTED.
One of the most enthusiastic road
meetings ever held in Adair county
was the gathering of the people at the
court house, in Columbia, last Friday
afternoon. The purpose of the meet
ing was to effect a permanent organ
ization, looking to the building of
the Dixie Short Route from Chatta
nooga Tenn., to Louisville, Ky. All
the counties along the line were rep
resented by business and professional
men.
Judge H. C. Baker, of Columbia, in
a well worded speech, stated the ob
ject of the meeting and at the close of
his remarks Mr. Henry S. McElroy, of
Lebanon, was elected Chairman, and
Mr. J. R. Thomas, of the Lebanon
Falcon, and J. E Murrell were chosen
secretaries.
In taking the chair Mr. McElroy
made a strong speech, favoring the
short route, telling the people of the
great benefits to be derived by them
whenthe road is located and com
pleted. The speaker was enthusiastic
and when he closed the following gen
tlemen were appointed a committee
to draft resolutions:
H. C. Baker, Adair county.
Rev. A. M. Zoeller, Marion county.
H. D. Fitzer, Chattanooga, Tenn.
Wallace Brown, Kelson county.
H. H. Gocke, Jefferson county.
T. G. Dillon, Clinton county.
J. E. Gowdy, Taylor county.
Joseph Polin, Washington Cotmty-
While the committee was out Eld.
W. K. Azbill, of Cleveland, Ohio, ad
dressed the meeting, stating that he
had come from his home in Ohio for
no other purpose but to raise his
voice in favor of the great enterprise.
Mr. Azbill was followed by a number
of other gentlemen from the various
counties along the line, and also by
Prof. H. D. Fitzer, of Chattanooga, a
personal friend of Mr. C. E. James,
the prime mover of the project, who
declared that he knew that Mr.
James' heart was in the work and that
the Short Route would be built.
Capt. E. M. Shelley and Mr. W. A.
Garrett, of Jamestown, Tenn., spoke
for their end of the route. Both gen
tlemen stated that the counties in
Tennessee through which this road
woud pass, had voted bonds and that
their people were alive to the prop
osition. Mr. S. L. Jarvis spoke for- Clinton
county, Ky., saying that his people
would vote to bond the county, and
the day for the voting had been
named
Mr. Charles C. Wheeler and Mr. J.
R. Gains spoke for Jefferson county,
and Judge Wallace Brown represented
Kelson county. Other short talks
were made, all the speakers favoring
the Dixie Short Route via Columbia
to Louisville, taking in Taylor, Mari
on. Washington, Kelson and Bullitt
counties.
At this juncture the committee on
resolutions entered the court room
.and reported the following:
Resolved, That we heartily favor
the construction of the short route
.highway from Louisville to Chatta
nooga through the counties q Jeffer
son, Bullitt, Spencer, Kelson, Wash
ington, Marion, Taylor, Adair, Russell
and Clinton to connect with the Ten
nessee road on the same line and that
it be named the Dixie. Central High
way Short Route.
Resolved, That said road shall be
located as follows: Beginning at
Louisville, thence along the old State
pike to .Bardstown, known as the
Bardstown road via Mt. Washington
to Bardstown thence by the State
pike to Springfield, thence by the
pike via Lebanon, Campbellsville to
Columbia, thence through the coun
ties of Adair, Russell and Clinton as
shall be agreed upon by them and1 the
. association known as the Dixie Snort
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Resolved, That we hereby exRrW.Wniinf
our appreciation of the efforts of Mr.
C. E. James in the promotion of this
great enterprise, and we pledge him
our hearty support in the effort to
make it a success.
Resolved, That a copy of these res
olutions be sent to Mr. James
The resolutions were unanimously
adopted.
On motion the temporary organiza
tion was made permanent, and Mr. C.
E. James, by a unanimous vote be
came an honorary president of the or
ganization. During the meeting a telegram was
received from Mr. W. S. Knight,
Jamestown, stating that business en
gagements prevented' him from being
present, and inviting Adair to join
Russell on the route to Cincinnati.
All present were highly pleased with
the meeting, and those who are close
to Mr. James, one of the delegates be
ing here at his request, say that there
is not a doubt but the road will be
built if Adair, Russell and Clinton
do their part.
rne roiiowing representatives were
present, nearly all taking part in the
proceedings.
Taylor county:J. E. Gowdy, T. W.
Buchanan, W. R. Lyon, J. E. Dur
ham, Jo Hurt, R. D. Fitzer.
Marion county: J. A. Burton, Rev.
A. M. Zoeller, H. S. McElroy, T. M.
Estes, J. K. Kelley, W. P. Myers, A.
S. O'Daniel, J. R. Thomas.
Washington county: L. A. Burnes,
H. M. Moss, W. K. Marks, K. G.
Marks, L. W. Campbell.
Kelson county: Judge Wallace
Brown.
Jefferson, county: Jo Russell
Gaines, Charles C. Wheeler Frank
Docher, Judge H. H. Gocke, Fred
Hancock.
Clinton county: Mr. T. G. Dillon
Mr. S. L. Jarvis.
Russell county : F. M. Flatt, Tom
Higgenbottom.
Jamestown, Tenn: W. A. Garrett,
E, M. Shelley
Henry McElroy Chairman,
J. R. Thomas )
Secretaries.
JEr-Mwrrell J
A Home Wedding.
Monday morning, June 14 at eight
o'clock, Miss Helen Upton and Mr. G.
W. Turner were united in marriage at
the bride's home, near Columbia. The
attendants being Miss May Upton,
sister of the bride, and Mr. Olen Ros
enbaum, a close friend of the groom.
The parlor were beautifully decorat
ed in pink and white. The, bride was
looking her loveliest in a dainty gown'
of white crepe de chine, the brides
maid wore a beautiful blue messaline.
The groom and best man were at
their best in conventional black.
The music was gracefully rendered
by Mrs. Ernest Flowers and as she
struck the first strains of Mendel
sshon wedding march, the bridal par
ty entered-the parlors where Eld. Z.
T. Williams very impressively pro
nounced them husband and wife.
Miss Mattie Young, life long friend
of the bride, and Miss Ruth Upton,
the brides younger sister, attired in
blue and cream, received the guests in
a very charming manner.
Many handsome and useful presents
were received, consisting of linens,
china and silverware.
Immediately after the ceremony the
happy couple left for Louisville, Cin
cinnati and other points of interest,
carrying with them the best wishes
of their hosts of friends.
For Sale.
An 8 room dwelling, on two acre lot.
All necessary out buildings. All the
buildings are new and on the prem
ises are two good wells. A new busi
ness house fitted for a grocery store.
It is the best location in Gradyville,
Ky. Terms right. Come at once.
J. A. Parson, Gradyville, Ky.
33-4t
Bob Johnson, in attempting to cross
Glensfork Tuesday morning, made a
narrow escape. The horse and buggy
which he was driving belonged to Mr.
W. H. Wilson. The horse was rescued,
but the buggy went down the stream.
Rev. G W. Ferryman at Liberty
Church, 4th of July. At Russell
Springs July5, for a temperance 'rally.
''TrU Parlor
Circle.has.
closed' :for
The Bible School of Methods.
The Bible School of Methods, which
began last Monday morning at Chris
tian church and closed on Thursday
evening was a splendid success. It
was one of the first schools of the kind
that had ever been held in this part
of the country. So was entered upon
with some misgivings, but It was not
long until those who had entered were
satisfied of the good it would accom
plish. Twenty-six names were regis
tered in the school and 11 were award
ed certificates or diplomas.
The following are the names of those
who were granted diplomas: Misses
Mary Lucy Lowe, Kate Gill, Sallie
Williams, Aileene Richerson, Mrs.
Maggie Ruberts, Mrs. Robt. Rowe, Dr.
U. L. Taylor, Z. T. Williams and wife
Robert Reed and Mrs. Annie S. San
ders. RoyK. Roadruck, of Louisville,
Ky., who is one of our State Bible
School workers, and.Mrs, J. A. Asbury,
of Louisville, who is the Elementary
H-Superintenderft of Bible Schools in
the State and F. M. Tinder, of Lan
caster, who has been pastor of that
church for nine years, were the teach
ers and conductors of the schod. The
subjects discussed were The Bible,
Bible School Origination, Religious
Pedagogy, Missions, The Rural Church,
Elementary Bible Work and Special
addresses. We were sorry and very
much disappointed that Mr. Tinder
was called home the second day of the
school. He gave four splendid ad
dresses: "The Bible Every Bodies
Book." "God's Idea of. Community
Life," "The Bible Wisely Used by
Teachers and Leaders," "The Co-operation
and Unity of Rural Life
Forces." W. G. Montgomery gave us
three fine addresses on Wednesday.
Mrs. Asbury was considered by all who
heard her one of the best teachers in
her department that we have ever
heard. She commands the attention
of all her hearers at once and holds it
through the entire time. Mr. .Road-,
ruck's lectures on "Bible School Or
ganization and Missions in Bible
Schools were good and brought new
methods and enthusiasm to the class.
It was the universal expression of
those who attended the school of
praise to the whole program. ,
It was a busy time with the coun
try people and but few of them at
tended. Then that character of school
is new here and the people did not
learn what it really meant until to
ward the close. We are indeed much
gratified with its success.
Z. T. Williams.
A lard of Thanks.
We desire to thank our friends and
neighbors who .assisted us so faithful
ly through the sickness and death of
our husband and father.
Susie Hadley
Oliyer Hadley.
Invitations have been received at
this place to attend the marriage of
Miss Rebecca Mitchell Read to Mr.
John Merrick Moore which is to take
place in the First Presbyterian church,
FortSmith, Ark., at"8 o'clock p. m.,
June 24. The bride is a daughter of
Judge and Mrs. J. F. Read, her father
having been born and reared in Co
lumbia. The Adair County Kews should be
a popular paper with some newspaper
correspondents. Weekly, after The
Kews is printed, correspondents make
up letters to other papers from it.
This is certainly a compliment to this
publication and the management ap
preciates it.
Wejiave received a long obituary on
the death of Mr. Leslie Wilson which
we can not publish for lack of .space.
He was twenty-eight years old, a man
who stood high in the Sparksville
country, and he has been greatly
missed.
Mr. Kat Walker has sold his one
half interest in the grocery store
which has been conducted over the
firm name, Flowers & Walker, to Mr.
Tom Patteson, the latter now being I
in charge.
Mr. L. T. Keat has.filed his petition
with the Assistant Secretary of State,
as a Republican candidate to xepre
sent Adair, and Cumberland lathe
Legislature.
A Talk to the School Teachers of
1915.
The time is approaching when you
will begin your schools, and when I
will begin to see by my annual visits,
how the schools are getting along.
As'more will be required of you this
year as respects sanitation, than has
ever been required before, I thought
it not amiss to have a little confiden
tial talk with you before the schools
open. If I could have kept my class
of teachers at what it was 12 years
ago, the task would be very much eas
ier on me, and more profitable to you.
But many who taught at that time
are out of the business now. A few,
very few have died. A considerable
number have married, many have gone
to seek greener -pastures, and are
teaching in other places, and all these
places have had to be filled by new be
ginners, and will have to learn sanita
tion from the beginning. More things
will have to be done this year than
formerly. And I am giving you this
talk to indicate to you what these
things will be. In the first place I
shall want the school grounds to be
kept in better condition than ever be
fore. The play ground is just as im
portant as anything pertaining to the
school. The yard around the school
house if permitted to grow up in
briars and bushes.to the very door of
the house alwajfs indicates a careless
teacher on theinside. The develop
ment of the bodies of the children, is
just as important as the development
of their minds. Let the play ground
then, be looked after at the very be
ginning of the school. If the house
has been built in the woods, and old
rotten logs and stumps and brush are
still there, put the larger boys and the
larger girls to work to have them piled
and burned. If you will manage to
make the children think it is play in
stead of work, the task will be very
much easier. In the school house a
broom should never be used. A mop
costs very little more than a broom,
and mopping off the floor is more in
accordance with modern sanitation,
than sweeping. Mop the floor and
dust off the furniture with a wet rag
and you keep the dust o.:t of the
lungs, and if there are auy disease
germs in the dust of the school, ou
avoid scattering the disease by using
the mop instead of the broom. The
law in Kentucky does not require this,
but it does in many of the States, and
it is only a question of a .very little
time when it will be required in Ken
tuckyrand theteacher who will make
I this change at the beginning of the
coming term, will stand out prom
inently as one of the progressives of
the county. The law does not compel
me to make this change, and if I
should do it, it wilf be purely as a
matter of modern sanitation. When
I visit your schools as I shall do be
ginning early in July, I shall be
pleased to find that many of the teach
ers are in the front progressive rank.
And then in the house one of the first
things to be done is to look after the
ventilation- Ventilation is just as
important, or more so in summer as it
is in winter. The new houses that
have lately been built, are nearly all
deficient in ventilation. The upper
sash in nearly all the new houses, and
in many of the old, cannot be lowered
at all. You must remedy this evil, if
you have to carry with you from home
a chisel and mallet for this purpose.
When I come to see you I don't want
to find your house in 'this unsanitary
condition. I shall prepare myself
with these tools, and when I find that
this has not been done, I shall with
your assistance do it myself, and then
I will know that it has been done.
Then there is a question of lights
from the windows. Kentucky has
never kept up with the general pro
cession in the matter of school sanita
tion. It is not best for the light to
come from both sides of the house, and
yet all our houses are built that way.
The light should be so arranged that
it will strike the pupil over the left
shoulder, but the teachers can over
come this difficulty by shading with
some cheap material the windows on
the right side. Then the teachers
should always Be watchful of their
children's eyes. They should never
permit them to hold their books too
near their ' eyes. By carelessness or
J ognorance with respect to these
little
things, many a child from a simple
habit has become permanently near
sighted. Teachers should see that
WILL HEtP STATE
IN A VITAL WAY.
Supporter of V. j). Gilbert Tells
What He Can Do for Ken-
tuckv's Good.
"What Kentucky needs sorely," de
clared a pastor of Louisville, who is
vitally interested in the subject, "is
good schools. We have had the taunt
of our illiteracy flung in our faces too
long, and the man who seems to be
the most likely to wipe out the blot is
Prof. V. O. Gilbert, who is a candi
date for the office of Superintendent
of Public Instruction.
"Prof. Gilbert is qualified to fill the
highest position, he is a true Ken
tuckian, he has made himself what he
is, and a better scholar, more clever
gentleman or sounder business man
does not exist in our borders.
"I feel," continued the speaker,
"that with Prof. Gilbert at the helm
our educational system will become
well-nigh perfect. He understands
our needs, our defects, he has the
work close to his heart, he is a fine
speaker, a tireless worker and one of
the best Democrats in Kentucky,
whose labors speak for him and at
test his lojalty to the party.
"The man who aims to make good
citizens of our children and arm them
for the struggle of maturer years is a
citizen of citizens, and you may say
for me that I am for him every time
and will be delighted when the covet
ed nomination is given him."
the children should have the proper
position on their desks. They should
not be permitted to grow up with
crooked backs. The desks should be
of proper height. The children's feet
should rest firmly on the floor, and the
desks should-be adjusted with a view
to this end. Ko common drinking
cup should be allowed in any school.
Every child, or at least every family
should have an individual drinking
cup, and the teachers should see that
this rule be observed by all the school.
I will give further direction as to
heating before time to begin to use
the stoves. Then I want every teach
er to keep a close watch for every one
of the common contagious diseases
among children. If any one of these
should make its appearance in the
neighborhood of any school, I want to
be notified of it at once. I do not in
tend for any of these diseases to
spread, nor do I propose to suspend
any school on account of them. I will
hold myself in readiness to obey any
call in any part of the county, to look
after these things, and the teachers
have only to command me. This may
be an innovation, if so it will soon be
the real thing. I shall make a de
termined effort to keep these pests out
of the county. And I want the peo
ple, the great common people to help
me at least by their encouragement.
There is more sense in allowing meas
les, mumps, scarlet fever and whoop
ing cough ti destroy our children,
than to alloy smallpox to do the same
thing. If you are not teaching on a
telephone line, a notice to me by pos
tal card will cost you oulo one cent,
and any teacher can afford that little
expense, for the good that is likely to
spring from it.
Death of Rev. Tom Hadley.
Our readers will be sorry to learn of
the death of "Uncle" Tom- Hadley,
who passed from the busy walks of
life last Tuesday morning, aged 70
years. The end came at his late home,
near Esto, in Russell county.
For many years he had been a cor
respondent to The ,Kews, writing
from Rowe's X Roads He wrote
like he talked and his blunt way of
expressing himself, made his letters
quite enjoyable. In fact, his letters
were greatly missed during the three
month3 he was ill. The question was
often asked, "What has become of
your Rowe's X Roads correspondent?"
He was a minister in the United
BrethrenlChurch, was a gallant Un
ion soldier in the war between., the
States; was a kind hearted man, one
who will1 not only be1 falseeo;, by ,$.
surviving members of TbJs :famil'yl:b'u&
by all hfe neighbors and friends.
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