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"-- K ' TWO FOR ONE DEATH CAME SUDDENLY. mm I r$N li.-v ?Vr . . - "Y L-JAi ."S - .1?:.' Ik $ -" ; f&J I 'J Red Letter Day and Double Stamp day Saturday, 30th. In order to give the several hundred people that could not be waited on last Red Letter day a chance to secure double stamps we will give on Saturday with $1 worth of goods $3 in stamps, $2 worth of goods $5 worth of stamps, $3 worth of goods $7 in stamps, $5 worth of goods $U in stamps, $10 worth of goods $2 J worth of stamps, and so on. Remember it's a good day for Mattings, Carpets, Curtains, etc. SPECIAL. On Saturday we will place on sale all our Royal Waists from $J.50 to $5. Your choice for Saturday only $1.49. Re member Saturday only. ! MERZ BROS. SPECIAISALES ....ON WALL To close out room lotsi Ask to see our green, gold and white strip, 25c. grade now J5c. fn gralns 10 and 1 5c, sixty square feet to the roll. IIS J. T. KACKLEY SCO. SS8 MRS. MARY LEE-MARTIN. Widow of a Pioneer Tanner Passed Away Wednesday at Her Home in (Jin cinnati. Mrs. Mary Ann Lee-Martin, eighty tiree, widow of Henry Martin, the pio neer tanner of Cincinnati, died Wednes day at the reaiden'ce of her eon, Mr. Pe ter H, Martin, 809 Dayton street, that city. Mrs. Martin waa a descendant of the Lee family of Virginia, and was a first cousin to General Robert E. Lee, and niece of General Henry Lee, "Lightfoot "Harry," of Revolutionary fame. She was a member of the Lee family of Rec torville, and leavea many relatives in this county. The iuneral will take place Sunday, May 1st, at 2 p. m. Interment in the family lot at Spring Grove Cemetery. PERSONAL. Rev. Henry Forman leavee for Texas Monday. Miss Annie Thompson is visiting near Lexington. Rev. W. T. Spears is attending the Presbytery at Crittenden. ' Mrs. 0. W. GaJbraith is visiting her sister, Mrs. Owens, of Manchester. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Crawford of Lowell were in the city Wednesday. Mr. Frank Wormald is spending a few days in Maysvillo with relatives. Mrs. George Dixon, whose illness has been mentioned, is growing worse all the time. Miss Ida Wall of Flemingsburg is the guest of her 'sister, Mrs. W. H. Means. The venerable Mr. John .Chandler is visiting his son, Mr. Ed. Chandler, near Washington. Mrs. William Pickrell of Augusta spent Wednesday the guest of Mrs.. Si mon Crowell. Prof, Lafayette Ryan and wife of Mt. Carmel visited Mr. and Mrs. Harry Ellis of Manchester the past week. .1 W. S. Dudley, Jr., of Carlisle, has pur . chased a large plantation in Virginia, be tween Richmond and Norfolk) on the JameB river. It "Has on it one of the handsomest old Virginia homes in the State. Mr. Dudley recently disposed of his purchase of tobacco at a handsome profit. Ho is a relative of Mrs. Alex. Calhoun and has many friends in Maya- ville. 1 1 The latest confection Mackintosh's Cream Toffee at Traxel'a. ilCf fpM () ills PAPER! mm TO kmam Best piano polish on earth at Gerbrich's. i 1 1 Rev. Henry Forman will preach at Washington Sunday, morning and even ing. 1 1 Covington's school census shows 18, 770 children, 17,702 white and 1.0G3 col ored. i i Ashby Peed of Millertburg made a profit of $15,000 on his tobacco purchase this season. . i All music in John I. Winter & Co.'s windows at 17 to 5 cents to close out this stock. No worn-out music. An intelligent boy of fifteen or sixteen who would like to learn the printing bus iness can find employment at this office. i Rev, R. J. Graetz of Augusta will preach at the German Church on West Second street next Sunday morning at fO:30 o'clock. 9 There will probably be the largest acreage of tobacco planted"this 8eason that has been put out for Borne "years, provided there are sufficient plants. . i Jacob Miller, living near Dover, is looking for a mare valued at $150 that was stolen the first of the week. The, thief was tracked as far as Washington. What is said to be the last crop of to bacco in the hands of the planters in thia county waB sold Wednesday by Wood Bros., of Washington, to Mr. Thee Kirk at 14 cents. Mrs. Martha J. Thomas is critically ill at the home of her son, Mr. W. H. Thomas, of Dover. No hope is enter tained for recovery. She has reached the advanced ago of seventy-eight years". 1 1 ' Mr. Charlea J. Hunter has in his pos session a paper relating to the dismisssal of aomo of his ancestors by the name of McKinloy "in good and regular stand ing" from the Presbyterian Church in Ireland to the church in America, whenco they were emigrating. This was given them 152 years ago and is so dated. The paper is in a good state of preservation and entirely legible. Mr. Lee B. Gray, formerly of this city, baa purchased a handsome homo at 528 West Ninth street, Cincinnati, and will move into it at once. He has been granted an increase of $500 a year in his salary by the Standard Publishing Com pany, in whoso-large printing establish ment ho has charge of the machinery, He had an offer from Alms & Doepke and the Standard people gave him the increase in order to retain bis services. Mr. Same el Easton, an Old and Highly Re spected Citizen, Fatally Stricken at 9 O'clock Last Night. Mr. Samuel EaBton, one of Moysville's old and highly resptcted citizens, died very suddenly at 9 o'clock last night at his home on West Third street. Mr. Easton's Bight had been failing sev eral years but otherwise he was ap parently in the enjoyment of his usual good health. As has been hercustom for some time h's wife was reading to him. At the hour named, he remarked to her that she had probably read enough for the evening. She replied that she had only half a page to finish the chapter, and she would complete it. Sho resumed her reading, but had hardly finished a sentence when Mr. Eiston was' suddenly stricken, and with a gasp expired almoBt instantly. His death is attributed to heart disease. Henry Samuel Easton was born in Maysville in 1829 and was a resident of this city all his life. An upright and in dustrious citizen he enjoyed the love and confidence of hia friends and the respect of the community. He was married twice, his last wife surviving him. He leaves three children, all by his first mar riage, Mr. J. D. Ejston and Miss Bettio Easton of this city, and Mr. W. B. Easton of Covington. He also leavea two brothers and one siater, Mr. George Easton of this city, and Mrs. N. I. Hellin and Mr. James Easton of Rowan County. Mr. Easton was one of the oldest mem bers of Dekalb Lodge No. 12 and Piegah Encampment No. 9, 1. O. O. F., and will be buried with the honors of the order. The funeral arrangements have not been announced but the services will probably be held Sunday afternoon. A FORMER RESIDENT. Col. Samuel Donelson, Who Died Reecntly in Kansas, Lived in Early Life at Jlayslick. Col. Samuel Donelson, of whose death at Sedan, Kansas, mention was made in the Bi'lletik of 25th of April, waa at one time a resident of this county, and made a race for the Legislature. His success ful opponent, according to the writer's best recollection, waB Frank Chambers, father of Mr. John Chambers, of Wash ington. Col. Donelson was a ahoemaker and lived at Mayslick. He married the widow of -Henry Vanoy, a daughter cf "King Billy" McCordcf Fleming County. She died in Kansas about twenty years ago, and the Colonel afterwards married another Kentucky widow. A few of the older people about Mays lick remember the sprightly and ambi tious young shoemaker. He has been a prominent figure in Kansas politics for a number of years. i HARVEST FOR DRIFTERS. Thousands of Saw Logs Passed Down the Ohio This Morning. More fine saw longs passed down the Ohio early this morning than ever be fore probably in the same time, and the driftera enjoyed a harvest. Every fellow with a skiff proceeded to get busy, and made a snug sum catching logs. It is reported a boom broke in the Big Sandy and let out S0.000 logs. They be long to Crane, the Cincinnati lumber man. One man in the Sixth ward had cap tured 125 logs at 7 a. m. Rev. W. L. McMullen, who preached at Aberdeen in the '60s, died at Goshen, O., laBt Saturday. 1 1 Hicks, the weather prophet, says that "the coming month, May, promises the heaviest rains and the moat violent stormB of the present season." , Limestone Lodge No. 30, K. of P , will confer the Page rank on a large claes to night at 7:30 o'clock. All who have been elected to take this degree are re quested to be present. 1 1 Rev. It. E. Mobs and party who have been touring Palestine were expected to reach Naples, Italy, Wednesday on their return trip. Some of the party will sail for home from that point, but Mr. Moss and tho rest of them will tour Germany, Switzerland, France and England before returning. . i The funeral of the late Wm. O. Brad ford took place Thursday afternoon at the home of his son, Mr, W. D. Bradford, Superintendent of the MayBville Ceme tery, Elder Lawwill officiating. Inter ment ntSlickaway. Deceased had reached the age of eighty years. Eleven children survive, Jacob, Harrison and Moses of Aberdeen, W. D., Frank and Lewis of thia place, Mrs. Clara Dunbar and Mrs. Lucinda ReeBe of Indianapolis, Mrs. Belle Triplett of near Manchester, Mrs. Charlotte Boeder of Levanna, O., and Mrs. Dola Cobb of Kennedy's Creek. As a matter of course many who deal with us once and a while buy goods awayfrom "home." Now "honor bright," do you derive the satisfaction from your purchases elsewhere you do from us. Do you find elsewhere the little details so carefully looked after, such as coat sleeves and pants being ex actlyv the proper length, and not bothered with returning goods to exchange on account of fit objections? No suit of clothes leaves our house unless we are completely satisfied with the fit. When we are, "you will be too." This Week We Put Our Crash Coat and Pants On Our Counters. We have so large and elegant a variety in this line that we can not enumerate them in our ad. Come and see them. They will be more popular this summer than ever. We venture to say that last Saturday there were more good shoes sold in our store at retail than any other shoe house in Maysville ever sold in one day. are found in our store. iywyjBwitMBfywtw;j!Jyi E spa t o issBSDsaca s e e oco s X-L-N-T And other combinations of letter do not fully oxprp ihc superior inidlitUs of the MoLumtnial uorK manu factured by ESSt iseooi leo! Are You Going to Have Your House Painted? Call and see us and we will save you mouev, or If you are only going to use a half pint wo will appreciate selling you that. I'se Varnish Stain to cover up scratches and make your furniture look like uew. J. JAS. WOOD & SON. There is no improvement in the con dition of Mr. L. W. Galbraith. At 1 o'clock Eastern time on Saturday, April 30, President Roosevelt will touch an electric button that will mark the opening of the St. Louis Exposition. Hon Harry Gordon, ex-Lieutenant Gov ernor of Ohio and Acting-Mayor of Cin cinnati, was in Maysville Thursday and purchased a fine high-class hackney horEe from Mr. L. T. Anderson, Jr., of Point-Au-View stock Farm. Povntz Bnoa. are the only Maysville distillers selling pure liquors by the quart, gallon or barrel, direct from dis tillery to consumer. Seven-year-old whisky $2 per gallon. Age and quality guaranteed. Get the best. Office 126 Market street Watson's old stand. An Opportunity That May Never Occur Again! ..oa0s.. Our Mr. Hays purchased last Saturday from one of the leading millinery importers at New York seventy-four French Pattern Hats They are the real thing, Of course we are not asking what they are worth, as that would scare you to death ; we are in position to sell them about half what milliners pay for them ; see some of them in our window Saturday. Nice $12 Hat for $5. Nice $10 Hat for $4 50. Nice $8 Hat for $3 50. Of course plenty of cheaper goods on hand. P. S. In Dry Goods, Notions, Shoes, etc., our prices cannot be matched in thia city. Bigger Btocks than ever, Come in and look. HAYS & CO. P. S. See our $1 Ladiea' Shoea and Oxfords ; they are beauties. "We are guilty," the "goods it 0080 '"H THE GARNETT MARBLE CO., f HI Sutton Street. (90801 100! EE3B Breakfast food and strawberries, houn's. -Cal- Mr. Will Curran has a position in Misa Dow'a new pharmacy in the Mercantile Library Building 410 Walnut afreet, Cin cinnati, , i Mre. Eleanor Kirk, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Kirk, -was married this week at St. Louis to Mr. Roy Black of Lebanon, Mo. i i Hon. June W. Gayle of Owenton lira recently purchased about 3,000,000 pounds of tobacco which he is holding for 25 cents a pound. State Auditor's Agent John J. O'Don nell has filed an agreed settlement with John JohnBon for back taxes on unas 8essed real estate for the year 1903. The total amount of tax collected was $114.07. II 4