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COLUMBIA,. ADAIR COUNTY, KENTUCKY, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8, 1916.
NUMBER 19
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BISHOP T. C. CARTER.
He Dies From a Blow MrucK by a
Highwayman in Cincinnati.
Buried at Chattanooga.
Bishop T. C. Carter, of the United
Brethren Church, well-known in
Adair county, was recently struck on
the head in Cincinnati, robbed of five
dollars In money, dying a few days
thereafter from the blow. Bishop
Carter arrived in Cincinnati from Co
lumbus, Ohio, and stopped at a small
hotel. He did not register when he
arrived, February 19th, but went cut
for a walk. He returned late in the
evening with a. cut place over his
right eye. He told the clerk that he
bad been attacked by footpads and
robbed of five dollars. Erysipelas set
up and a few days after the attack
he died.
His remains were conveyed to Chat
tanooga for interment, Bishop Math
ews preaching the funeral discourse.
Detectives are at work on the case.
The deceased was formerly a Bishop
in the United Brethren Church and
made frequent trips to Adair and
Russell counties, holding conferences.
He was a talented map and for sev
eral years put in his time delivering
lectures.
f Ded at Russell Springs.
Mrs. Mary B. Dunbar, who was fifty
four years old, died at Russell Springs
last Tuesday night at 10 o'clock. She
was a sister of Mrs. W. H. Wilson,
this place, and Mr. J. D. Irvin, of
Creelsboro.The deceased had been af
flicted for six or seven years, but was
devotedly watched by her son. Came
ron, the only child, during her long
illness.
She was a daughter of Mr. Wm. Ir
vin, who, for several years made his
home in Columbja, and who died at
Green River Bridge, Jast summer,
while en route to Louisville. Her hus
band, W. S. Dunbar died at Creels
boro, many years gor-- r
"When sixteen years of age, Mrs. Dun
bar confessed her Savior, united, with
the Christian Church, Creelsboro, and
lived a consistent member until her
death. The burial was in Jamestown
cemetery, a great many relatives and
friends attending, Mr. and Mrs. W
H. Wilson being among the number.
The passing of this good woman
leaves her son, Cameron, alone, and he
will make his home In Colombia!
Successful Operation.
Mr. J. P. Dohoney, Sr., underwent
a very serious operation at St. Anr
thony Hospital, Louisville, last Tues
day lorenoon, and we are glad to re
port that it was successful. Dr. W.
J. Flowers, who was present, has re
turned home, and he reports that Mr.
Dohoney stood the ordeal heroicly and
Is now doing nicely. Every Indica
tion points to his recovery, and to his
return home in a few weeks. This
news will be gladly received by Mr.
Dohoney's many friends in Adair coun
ty. Eggs for Sale.
S. C. Buff and White Leghorn Eggs
fer hatching. $1 for 17v
Mrs Nannie Biggs,
Coburg, Ky.
George McLean has 80 white leghorn
hens, and about 14 of them layed
throughout the month of February,
producing 401 eggs, an average of an
egg a day for each of the hens. On
the four Sundays in the month Mr.
McLean gathered 55 eggs; an the four
,tiUsiys 68 j n the .five Tuesdays 64;
tattlM 'iour "'Wednesdays 51;-on the
foor Thursdays 53; vn the four Fri
Aays 60; asd on. the 4 Saturdays 50.
Express packages will not be al
lowed takealfrom the office until the
charges are paid This applies to every
body.
19-36. Barger Bros , Agts
Monday was. county court. Mule
buyers were here from Bowling Green,
but only a few were purchased. Mer
obaatsaad other business men had a
.fair iw of trade.
Attention is called to Barger Bros!
advertisement, into day's paper.
REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS OF
ADAIR.
(by h. d. bakek)
Aaron Redmon, who made a declara
tion under the acts of' 1818 and 1820,
was 76 years old. He enlisted from
Loudon county, Virginia, in the 12th
Regiment, Riflemen uKler Gapt. West,
Col. Morgan's command, and served
in this corpse twelve or thirteen
months, after which, he enlisted for
the war. He was at the battle of
Fort Washington, Monmouth, Bran-
dywlne, Germantown, Stony Point
and Trenton, besidesother smaller en
gagements.. He received a bayonet
flesh wound at Stony Point.
John Smith who made proof of serv
ices, was in the battle of Guilford, and
at Ramsey's Mill, on Deep river.
Moses Smith was also in said battels
Phillip Winfrey was at the Siege of
York. John Self who proves the serv
ices of Winfrey, was also present at
said time. The following: named sol
diers made proof of service but made
no detailed declaration, viz: William
Rogers, aged 74 years, Thomas Branon,
aged 83 years, William Janes aged 74
years, Charles Butterworth, aged 70
years, Matthew McGlasson, aged 77
years, Thomas White, aged 69 years,
Joseph Miller, aged 79 years, John
Shirley, aged 72 yearsjohu Polly, Josh
ua Atkinson, Robert Bushly, Solomon
Royse, Wm. H. Price, Thomas Coch
ran, Archibald Skaggs, John Tupman,
ages not given.
As has been observed in reading the
above sketclies, these soldiers of the
Revolution were all old. men when
they made their declarations and
proof of services their ages running
from sixty nine to ninety-eight years.
Many who served wjth thgra, and
came out to Kentucky as pioneers, had
died before the passage of the act of
1832, and hence, no record Js preserved
of their services. We have only given
those who made applications1 for pen
sions. If the sources of information
were available, it would be a pleasant
duty to furnish a record of all of them.
I will say in this connection, that I
am indebted to this old record book
for some facts of family history per
sonal to myself which it was the
means of revealing facts which
were unknown to any person then liv
ing. '- -
Some two or three years ago, I was
seated in the county -court clerk's
office, and something was said about
the information contained in this old
"record book. The clerk . arose- and
.took.lt fram-the case, and1 placlngvit
before me, remarked: "res., it
Vtoc In
1U lt(M 1U
lt some Very interesting
reading.' I
opened it at random, andaslt happen
ed it was at the page contafafngj tpe
narrative of Col. David Trabue. As I
read down the page I -cme to this
statement; "He states that he is able
to prove substantially much of. the
services performed by him, by John
Baker and William Baker, of the
county of Cumberland," and that he
had procured their affidavits, which
would be filed with his application for
pension. Although these old men had
died before I was born, I knew that
William Raker was my grandfather,
and John was his brother. I also
knew from family tradition that four
brothers, James, John, Thomes and
William came from Chesterfield coun
ty, Virginia, about 1805, and settled
in .Cumberland county. It occurred to
me, that if John and William Baker
could prove the services of Daniel Tra
bue, they too, were perhaps In the
service.
I wrote to the Department at Wash
ington and In a few days received a
communication stating that they
were both soldiers in the war and in
forming meTthat William .t Baker was
borji December 17th, 1764 Chester
field county, Virginia, where he enlist
ed as a private in the Virginia mili
tiafirst enlistment in Jai'aary 1779,
under Oapt. Barnet Maicham, Col.
Thos Bowlin; afterwards under the
sameCaptaln, and Col. Robt. Good.and
again, in 1781 under Capt Edward
Mosely, Col. Faulkner, Gen. Muhlen
burg; was in the battle of Peters
burg, and attack on Sudberry; that he
removed to Cumberland county, Ky.,
from Chesterfield county, Virginia, in
1805, and that he was granted a pen
sion, Certificate No., 6868, Issued
March B, 1833, under the act of June
7th, 1832.
They were a fine type of men, the
old pioneers, and early settlers, who
came into, and opened up the Green
and Cumberland river country, and it
is not a matter of wonder, that even
after the lapse of more than, a hun
dred years, the impress of tl eir lives
is seen and felt in their des endents,
not only here, but elsewhere n other
great commonwealth's of tt a Union,
whither they have gone in s larch of
home and fortunes. The N( rth, the
South and the great West have been
made rich by their contributions to
them of noble men and women, who
have assisted in building up new
states as their fathers andmothers as
sisted in making of Kentucky what it
Is.
Coming as our fathers' dld, largely
from the Mother State, Virginia,
many of them, (I might say, most of
them) soldiers of the Revolution, or
children of those who took part in
that great struggle, they brought
with them the spirit of independ
ence, the love of liberty personal and
political, which animated and sustain
ed them during that trying period,
and the sufferings, trials and priva
tions through which they passed in
subduing the wilderness to civiliza
tion,only served to Intensify that
spirit.
As we sit to-day in the- shade of our
home trees, surrounded by all that is
needed to make us comfortable and
happy, we should not fail to keep in
grateful remembrance the heroic vir
tues of the fathers and mothers, who
in times of danger, and with priva
tions that we can not now fully appre
ciate, with more than Spartan cour
age rescued from savage beasts and
more savage men, "Thedarkand Bloody
Ground," and made of it a habitation
for the generations which followed,
and will follow in the years .to come.
They fcund the country ar wilderness,
and they made of It a happy dwelling
place for their children; the forests
gave place to orchards; the cane fields
to fields of corn, wheat and verdant
meadow lands.
These old men, many of them, were
but little educated in books: they
would have been out; ofrplace in what
is called a polished circle of -Society,
yet they were educated and trained
for the work which they had to do.
They were alumni from another
school a school whose lessons are
never forgotten that of severe expe
rience and discipline. In it they
learned the lejssons which they needed
to know of courage, of endurance
and. self reliance, which enabled them
to meet hardships and overcome diffi
culties before which we perhaps would
stand, appalled.,
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If.youare ruptured use only a Smith
sonian Truss. Sold by
19-tf Page & Hamilton.
Mr. Fred Faulkner, who is a son of
Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Faulkner, of this
place, went to LaGrange last week
where he stood an examination for
law license He readily passed, and
will open an office at Campbellsviile.
At present he Is the road engineer of
Taylor county. He has a wife and
three children and has resided in
Campbellsviile for several years.
A man named Haden, charged with
bigamy, was tried in the Russell cir
cuit court last week and given four
years in the penitentiary. It will be
remembered that this man left his
lawful wife in Russell county, went to
another State and was again married.
The last wife came to Russell county
and was the prosecuting witness.
The presbyterian prayermeeting will
be held at the home of JudgeLH. C.
Baker on Wednesday night jrtf at 7
o'clock. A cordial Invitation is :given
to all in the neighborhood to meet
with us. R. V. Chariih, Pastor.
The following marriage licenses
were issued from the Adair County
Clerk's office the latter part of Feb
ruary; John McDanlel to .Lizzie
White; Jas. N. Spares to Birdie B.
Rosson; Gifford Reece to Bertha M.
Reach.
After the first day of March the
weather has been very disagreeable
here, raining and snowing nearly ev
ery day up to the present.
Hogs in this part of the country are
getting scarce. Haadreds have been
shipped to market in the last two
weeks.
A Surprise Birthday Dinner.
Since time immemoral made it pos
sible for man to live, the human race
has always cherished a desirous "hope
for a long life, but so many are cut
down in their youth and even in mid
dle age by tho Grim Reaper. So few
ever reach and enjoy the age of 80
years and remain strong and erect. But
the suject of this sketch, Mr. W. F.
Neat, was 80 years old March 5th and
was joyously surprised. Sunday morn
ing at about 10 o'clock the neighbors
and friends began to gather at his
home with well-filled baskets and
boxes of the finest provision possible
and was served in the old fashioned
way.
Uncle Frank is one of the most
prominent men in Central Kentucky,
having served the people with high
esteem for over 60 years, principally in
both branches of the Kentucky Legis
lature and county court clerk for a
number of years and also worked in
the revenue service with confidence,
taught school, sold goods and various
other things, and always has a warm
heart and a broad smile on his face,
and the writer hopes and cherishes
the thought that he may enjoy many
more birthdays
Those present were: J. R. Beard,
G A. Cundiff, F W. Miller, W. H.
Evans, Owen Beard, Virtees Grant,
L. A. Neat, W. R KDifley, G. W. Ru
barts, B. G. Knifley, Ray Knifley,
Arvis Wesley; Mrs. Sarah E. Miller,
Mrs. Lizzie White, Mrs. Lona Ru
barts, Mrs Montra Beard, Mrs. Sarah
B. Wheat, Mrs. Lena Knifley. Mrs.
Hattie Wesley, Mrs. Myrtie Neat,
Misses Fannie Evans, Florence Ru
barts, Mabel Combest, Mrs. Nona Mill
er, Misses Annie Rubarts and Marie
White.
Limestone Phosphates at
19-lt. Page & Hamilton's.
Mail Routes Let.
The following mail routes have been
awarded for the next four years: N.
M. Tutt, from Columbia to Creelsboro;
J. W. Walker the Giadyvilie, Knifley
and Tarter routes; C. C. Baker the
Columbia and Burkes ville route.
The Campbellsviile route has not been
let, the Government considering the
bids too high. It will be re-let the
4th of April next,, . ..
Death at ftiiif ley t
Mr. Jame3- Humphrey; pwticr. .isvas
about eighty years old, diectfatFKtilfley,'
Adair, county, last Thursday night.'
He was a good citizen, one who had,
many friends He had berriir Ifeebla
health for several years'' - .Many of 'his
-former neighbors attended the funeral
and burial.
The pastor has installed an electric
doorbell at the Presbyterian manse.
Some have had difficulty in making
any one hear when they knocked at
the front door. There will be no dif
ficulty in the future. Go and try the
new bell. R. V. Chapin.
Misses Ellen and Josie Walker have
purchased the J. E. Flowers residence,
on Greensburg street, consideration
one thousand dollars. It is now being
occupied by Mr. Frank Garrison and
as soon as he vacates the Misses "Walk
er will remove to it. For the present
they will occupy a residence in the
Tutt addition.
for Sale.
Set of harness, steel hames, leather
tugs.- Gpod as new. Bargain.
".."-' Ji B. Higginbottom,
19-lt. Creelsbora, Ky.
'Mr. 13. L. TTeese, wlio is a compositor
In this office, had a rare occurrence to
happen in his hen-house one day last
week. He goes to the henery late tn
the afternoons to gather eggs. One of
his hens has been a very prolific layer,
and when he went to her nest he found
five eggs and six fine kittens, all doing
well.
' Mr. Curt Coleman, of Edmonton,
spent last-Tuesday night In Columbia,
on his return home from Lexington.
He brought with him a very fine stable
horse whieh he purchased in the Blue
Grass. A number of Columbians got
a look at the animal and they report
him a beauty.
A Test of Youth.
You often see a woman at the mar
ket pinching the end of a chicken's
breastbone to find out how tender in
other words, how young the fowl Is.
Oddly enough, the same test with
human beings is one of the most re
liable known. If in advanced life the
lower end of your breastbone feels
elastic when pushed inward, you may
assume that no important changes
have yet taken place in your arteries,
or otherwise in your anatomical make
up. The human breastbone is shaped
like an ancient Roman sword, and the
upper part of it is like the sword
handle. Its point is a piece of car
tilage, which anatomists call the
"xiphoid" cartilage. The early harden
ing and stiffening of it indicates that
the changes that accompany old age
have prematurely begun. Rupert
Blue in Tiie Youth's Companion. .
Good Stock.
I have a registered Short Horn bull
on my farm. One dollar at the gate
with return privilege. I also have a
Duroc Jersey boar which will serve
upon the same terms.
19-3t W. T. Dohoney.
Silas Sullivan, who was charged
with being implicated in removing in
dictments from the Russell County
Circuit Clerk's office, was given a trial
at the term of circuit court which
closed last week. He was found guilty
and given an indeterminate sentence,
from two to ten years in the peniten
tiary. A motion for a new trial wa3
overruled, and an appeal will likely
btfaken.
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X 7 To Close.
The Greensburg Tobacco Market will
close down for this season on March
24th. Any farmer wishing to sell his
tobacco on this market will have to get
in pretty soon. We will only have two
sales each week from now till closing
date, but if we haven't sufficient to
bacco will sell only on Friday of each
week.
Greensburg Loose Leaf Tobacco Co. ,
c-Phelps & Bennett will have . three,
car-loads of hogs on the Louis'vTlle.
market this week. , ,!$
For Sale.
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I have about 40 head of cattle. lor
sale. L. W. Collins,
19-3t. Mbntpelier,. Ky.
. Mr. Edgar Reed has purchased a one -half
Interest in W. E. McCandless
bottling plant, this place, and the firm
Is now McCandless & Reed. The firm
will also put in a plant at Lebanon,
and the two gentlemen are fn that
city this week to perfect arrange
ments. The bottling business has be
come, in a sense, like moving picture
shows. As long as people can see
they will attend, and as long as men
and women can swallow, soft drinks
will be in demand. It is an immense
business, all over the country.
White Rock Eggs.
16 for 60cts; 32 for 31.00. Received
first premium at Columbia fair,
'ilre. L. y. Turner,
Montpelier, Ky.
'"' " "'. 19-26
Mr. Bird Keltner, who was 77 years
.olddiedinthe Keltner neighborhood ;
IStatftKiay.-
took place at Pickett's Chapel Sunday,
the Masonic Fraternity being in
charge.
Harry Lazarus Co., bought 5 mules
here Monday, paying from 8120 to $180
per head.
For Sale, talking machine needles.
19-2t T. G. Rasner & Son..
Born, to the wife of Lewis Raymond
Oudly, the 6th inat , a 12 pound son.
D. E. Phelps bought a 16i mule Moa
day, from E. Dodly, for 12750
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