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Terms i Per Year In4 Advance BARBOURVILLE KENTUCKY FRIDAY DECEMBER 2 1904 First Year Vol i No 42
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OUR COUNTY
COUNTYROADS
ROADS
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lill Soon be Beyond Re
3 demption if Some Steps
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i ore not Taken
One of our most thrifty and
successful farmers was a caller
at this office this week and in
commenting upon the condition
of our county roads said that
they would soon be in such a con
dition that it would be next to
impossible for tie public to trav
el them and that if the proper
efforts were put forth they could
be placed in a condition that
would permit of travel at any
nil < all seasons of the year
He further said that he had
offered to furnish plenty of stone
to macadamize the road in this
neighborhood but that he could
not even get the overseer to
work the road at all
Surely there should be some
relief for such a condition and
the proper officials should see
toit that the roads are worked
We have a road law upon our
Statutes that if properly en
forced would put our roads in a
much better condition than at
present but this is nt doneand
as a consequence the fall rains
pnt the roads past traveling and
they remain in that condition
throughout the entire winter
Now that the election is over
and no one will have any excuse
along that line for neglecting
heir official duty we hope to
see this question of road build
ing taken up and good roads
built where we now have noth
ing but continuous mud holes
What Knox county needs and
what she should have is a Road
Commissioner whose duty it
should be to see that the over
seers 011 the various roads in the i
county did their duty and if I
they failed to report them to
the authorities and let them be
punished accordingly
It has been the custom in this
county we are told for the
Magistrates to act as Road Com
missioners in their respective
distsicts This is contrary to
law and has been so decided by
the Court of Appeals in a recent
decision but the law provides
for the establishing or creating
of the office of Superintendent
of Public Roads and the Fiscal
Court has the power to elect or
appoint a man to that office
whose duty it shall be to super
vise the work on the public roads
and see that they are properly
worked and kept in order
Now will our honorable Fiscal
Court take action in this matter
and give to the people of Knox
county the improvements they
i so badly need in the way of bet
ter roads
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Business Changes
The firm of Hays Bowman
have sold put their entire stock
of clothing to T H Mitchell of
Corbin who has moved the goods
and placed it in his stock at Cor
Bin Thefirm of Hays Bow
man have retired from business
F
Reason Parker of the firni of
Parker Bros has sold his r
est in the grocery and general
store of Parker Bros to his
cousin DE Parker who with
John Parker will continue the S
v business and Mr Reason Parker
f will retire
A little ad in the ADVOCATE
1 way brine you big rMulti Try
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OFfflClftL VOTE
Of Knox County in the Pres
idential Election 1904
The official returns of the last
November election have been
delayed until the present on ac
count of the failure of some of
the precincts to make the proper
returns and not uutil last Mon
day did the Commissioners final
ly succeed in getting a complete
return from all the various pre
cincts of the county
Below we give the tabulated
returns of the vote for the va
rious tickets voted for at the
National election and also the
vote in the Congressional race
between Geo E Stone and D
C Edwards
EdwardsIt
It will be noticedthat Jolm D
White received one vote in this
county i although he had failed
to register in the race
The table is as follows
PREOINOT
STOCKHOLDERS
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Of the Knox Pair Asssocia
tion to Elect Directors
for Ensuing Year
At the annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Knox County
Fair Association held in this
i city last Monday afternoon the
following named gentlemen were
elected as the Board of Direct
ors for the cnsusing year JF R
Earner WR Balliriger John
G Matthews W W Tinsley
J S Miller G W Cooper and
Dr G H Albright
The directors will meet next
Monday and elect a president
and secretary
Both the president and secretary
tary of the old board have de
clined to serve next year and
new ones will be elected at the
next regular meeting of the di
rectors
I FOB COXOKDSS
Court House 42 243 1 4 1 41 244
Stable 217 226 2 37 225
Tammany 83 155 1 85 152 1
Artemus 18 08 1 18 08
W Flat Lick 33 168 2 33 168
E Flat Lick 87 105 H7 105
Upr Stinking 10 131 10 131
Road Fork 15 128 13 126
Girdler 62 208 2 62 203
Blacks 64 182 1 64 182
Grays 48 185 14 48 186
North Jellico 83 187 3
Corbin 09 100 1 69 100
Wilton 70 145 4 2 09 148
Indian Creek 68 84 2 87 84
Poplar Creek 78 127 78 127
Brush Creek 271 183 3 I I 26 185
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TOTAL 7111 2240 80 21 41 2 I 738 2408 1
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MAT RHODES
Shot and Killed by His Wife
at His Home on Poplar
Saturday Night
Last Saturday night about 11
oclock Mat Rhodes who had
been away from home during the
day returned that night and
thinking to frighten his wife be
gan scratching on the door She
demanded to know who was
there He stepped back and
would not speak
Again he approached and be
gan an attempt to open it with
out making himself known His
wife being alone and alarmed
picked up a shotgun and fired
oh him through the door the
full load striking him in the
breastHe
He fell prostrate and said
u you have killed me and it was
all my fault He died imme
diately
The funeral took place at the
Steve Tinsley burying ground on
Brush creek Monday afternoon
under the management of A W
Hopper of this city
Mrs Rhodes is prostrated over
the affair and fears are enter
tained for her recovery
This should be a warning to
those who think of pranking and
frightening women who are alone
not to attempt such a thing as
it is dangerous in more ways
than one
I HE OTHER MAN
Copyright 1903 by C B ZewU
One dark night while Grants lines
were Investing Petersburg n Federal
force captured a Confederate outpost
and no sooner were the prisoners
brought in than one of them proved to
be the double of a private in a New
York regiment
The name of the Confederate was
Wakefield while that of the Federal
was Thomas The former belonged to
a Louisiana regiment When placed
Ride by side they seemed to be twin
brothers Each was about twentytwo
years old each was about Gn feet five
Inches high each weighed 140 pounds
Their eyes and hulr were of the same
color and even their voices were the
same except that the southerner had a
little more drawl The pair were as
much astonished as the officers and
surgeons who were called to look them
overYou
You will not be surprised that advan
toga was taken of this curious coinci
dent to send Thomas Into the Confeder
ate lines As a preparatory step he
was given a week in which to pump
Wakefield The prisoner did not know
the object and being of a garrulous
disposition he wus ready to talk on
any subject Thomas gpt from him his
family history complete then the name
of the town from which the man hail
ed with Incidents of people and street
then the naves of his officers nnd com
rades with incidents of campaigning
The Federal had been an actor before
enlisting and had cultivated a wonder
ful memory When he had stored up a
thousand different things in his mind
he bought the uniform worn by the
Confederate and was ready to set out
on his mission
One night Thomas was taken down
to the front and made a bolt for it
In other words it was made to appear
that one of the Confederate prisoners
was making a dash for liberty and the
picket opened a sharp fire but took
care not to aim at the running man
On reaching the Confederate lines
Thomas was sent to the headquarters
of General Mohone The general seem
ed a bit suspicious rod Thomas play
Ing ths part of Wakefield asked that
his captain be sent for It was a cou
ple of hours before the officer arrived
and the general at once said to him
Captain this man who has dome
Into our lines tonight claims to be a
member jof your company Is he or Is
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He certainly Is sir WM the Pl pt
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Attet three Q r lour gsys aft iB9e r
pretense of vlalting A cHitin Ina1Sir
ginia regiment Thomas fovtre the
front nd hadr < look at gust and tern
flcajlona Wjiea be returned to camp
ceHJatlRg to take the Unit opportunity
te escape be was at once put under
arrest It appeared that Wukeilcld
lad tome of his comrades had raided
a store of d lot of eatables and the
proprietor had aicertala 4 their ftawes
aa4 sew dtaweded their gHuttofeaest
u4Wkea
Wfcc the sercBRBt aM Tbaeiaa
were let fate tc lees tie latter
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declared that Thomas was not the man
he represented himself to be Why he
should hove made such a declaration
is a puzzle but he seemed to be guided
by Intuition lie was ridiculed and
laughed at but he stuck to his assertion
and even denounced Thomas to Gener
ul Mnhoiic As stated after the war
the general had felt doubts of Thomas
from the first which may again be set
duwn to the sense of intuition
The name of the merchant who bad
boon despoiled was Saunders and he
tins of an Implacable nature Being
put on dirt mettle by the sneers and
ridicule ne determined to prove his
case at nil costs As the accuser he
had the general ask hundreds of ques
tions HP knew the town and the peo
pie from which Thomas as Wakefleld
claimed to hall and in the course of the
day had trapped him a dozen times
over As an offset all the officers and
privates of the company asserted that
Thomas was Wakefield and that there
was no room to doubt He went at it
and related every incident of camp life
for a year past and told of things which
It seemed impossible for a stranger to
knowGeneral
General Mahone was clearly puzzled
over the case and took two days to
think It over At the end of that time
Thomas was escorted back to find n
soldier In Federal uniform In the gener
als tent and there were also two civil
nns in waiting It was a little surprise
for the spy The man In Federal uni
form claimed to have knoun Thomas
us a Federal soldier under the name of
Brown and the two civilians claimed
that he had never been a resident of
their town
Thomas realized that the pinch had
come and he braced himself to make a
fight for his life General Mahone
treated him In the fairest manner and
acting as his own counsel he went at It
and soon had the supposed Federal sol
dier all twisted up and out of the run
ning Then he tackled the civilians and
they proved to be as easy game In
stead of being cornered up he cornered
his accusers and it was so well done
that he was complimented by tin gen
eral When the case had been conclud
ed Mnhone leaned back and looked at
the prisoner for a long minute and then
saidWakefield
Wakefield everything Is In your fa
vor and I am going to dismiss the
chargesThere
There is no doubt that In time the im
position would have been exposed and
that he would have ended his life on
the gallows but one night during a ter
rible thunderstorm with n row going
on between the pickets at the same
time be made a bolt and fortunately
reached the Federal lines In safety
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More Improvements
There have been some much needed
improvements going on at the Court
house this week which will be of
great benefit when Circuit Court
convens next Monday The floor
has been covered with a heavy hemp
carpet which will be of untold bene
fit in killing the sound heavy foot
steps besides it adds materially to
the appearance but this is not all
The old smoky flues have been closed
nnd new ones built and the pipes
from the stoves will now go straight
up and thus dispense with thc elbow
and avoid the soot and smoke New
stoves have also been provided to
take the place of the old broken
ones and when you enter the old
courtroom you will hardly realize
that it is the old Knox CountyCourt
HouseJailer
Jailer Dozier says that he has been
for seven years trying to get these
improvements and has just now suc
ceeded At that rate how long will
it take for us to succeed in getting a
new Court House
Echo answers how long
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take IiAXATIVK BlIOMO QUININE
Tablets All druggists refund the
money If it fails to cure 13 W
Groves signature is on each box 25
cents
How To MAKE MONEY
Agents should at once write for
terms to Marsh Mfg Co 535 W
Lake St Chicago and order sample
box cot taming
1 Cake tihavlnir Soup W
1 Cake Uenuty Complexion Soup 5
tleXlo
1 Cake Carbolic Soap J
1 Cako IMno Tnr Soap > e 00
1 Cake Witch hazel toap 10
1 Cake Almond Heal strop 25
1 Cake Spanish Custllo Neap Al
4100
Nine out of ten families called on
order Here is n snap 65 to 10 per
centss
WHS Nan this paper when YOU write
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REPORT i
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Of the Condition of the First Nationr
al Bank at Barbourville In the State ii
of entuckV at the close of IJusl v
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ness Nov 1 0 1 904
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No 6202 nTisI
RESOURCES l
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Loans and Discounts 7938276
Overdrafts secured and C
unsecured 89363
U S Bonds to secure cir
culation 650000
Premiums on U S Bonds 63375 f
Banking house furniture
and fixtures 603800 JI1
Due from National Banks > t l
not reserve agents 504423 i >
Due from approved re <
served agents 1013805
Checks and other cashG
itemsrrr 66743 > J c
Notes of other National J
Banks 104000
curr
Fractional paper cur j
rency nickles and
cents 9449
LAWFUL MONEY RESEVED v
IN DANK viz
Specie 8 74115 <
Legaltender
notes 58000 932115
Redemption fund with >
S Treasurer 5 per cent
ofcirculation 32500
Total 12007549 i
LIABILITIES
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Capital stock paid in 2500000
Surplus fund 300000
Undivided profits less <
expenses and taxes paid 139846
National banknotes out
standing 650000
Due to other National >
Banks 35847
Individual deposits sub 35847ii
ject to check 8381856 >
Total 12007549J > s
STATE OF KENTUCKYp
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COUNTY OF KNOX J 1
I Wm Lock Cashier of the 5
abovenamed bank do solemnlyI
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swear that the above statement is
true to the best of my knowledge <
and belief t t n
WM LOCK Cashier j
CoRRECTAttest > S
F R BARNBR w
JOHN G MATTHEWS Directors
1M LOCK J i
Subscribed and sworn to before me V
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this 22nd day of Nov 1904
0J F STANFILL Notary Public ofl r
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Dont Forget This I J
Next Monday night will be the
regular meeting of the City the1i
and as it was suggested last week
lets have a number of our citizensh
who are interested in the proposed = 4
new waterworks to appear before J
the Council and petition that body I
if necessary to take reasonable t
number of fireplugs for the city and v
thus both encourage the proposition
to put in the piant and also give fire V
protection to property jr
Dont forget to attend to this mat = pi
ter Monday nighta
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Ladles Aid Society i1 j
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The Ladies Aid Society of the 11ftip
E church will open a bazaar in thes
property formerly occupied by NWt
Plank on Thursday Dec 15th a dJ
continuing three days or until all5p
the articles are sold
A doll contest will be one of the it
principle features Refreshmentswill V iil
be served each evening Every bcdy <
is cordially invited to attend
A Guaranteed Cure for Piles > iY
Itching Blind Bleedingor Protrud
ing Piles Druggists refund money Iti
PASO OTNTMKNT falls to cure anj >
cease no matter of how long standing
in 6 to 14 days First upplksktlon
givBenso and rent GO cents If yqurt
druggist hasnt it Bend BO ct nt8his
stamps and it will bo owartlad p
paid by Paris Medicine CoStiJ
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