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NUMBER 25 JNEW SCHOOL LAW

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r Following a brief synopsis of the3iew school law passed by the last legs ¬

r latureEachcountyin the State shall com-

pose one school district except wherea city or town maintains a separateschool The county Superintendent

judge or county attorney to di¬

1vide district into 4 6 9r8 educationawhich divisions shall be di-

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t into subdivisions One trustee tofce elected each subdistrict on firstSaturday in August They with thej Superintendent will constitute the coun ¬

ty board of education which shall em¬

ploy teachers A high school is to be1 established at each county seat to furn¬

0ish free tuition to rural pupils A firstclass high school to maintain a fouryears course of study The fiscalcourt can levy a tax not to exceed 25cents on the 100 and 1 capitation tax

V for schooLpurposes The county boardof education has power to purchase-

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pair and to Tent school houses purchasemaps globes charts school furnitureect The county board of education

I will employ and fix the salaries of the

t high school teachers and prescribe thecourse of sudy to be pursued and selectthe text books to be used in said schoolThe county superintendent shall keepan exact ac onnt of the receipts anddisbursements and shall report the same

L in detail to the county board as oftenas it may require and to the fiscal courtannually

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1 tflB BEETHOVEN CLUB

IS ENTERTAINED

The Beethoven club with a number>invited guests was delightfully en ¬

tertainedon Friday evening byMestfanes J 0 andC M Russell atthe beautiful home of the formerGuessing contests werethe feature ofthe vening The first contest was aninteresting one GaO Washington

I red by a sketck of his life1 amusement was caused by theated discussion as to whether hiswas in the year 1492 or 1776 Thest resulted jn a tie between Mr

ers andMrQhlenmacher theirahandsomei bunch of Marschal

I roses was divided between thefftMo victorious contestants The second

contest was American and English Poetsand Authors There was also tie in thiscontest among Misses Elizabeth Holladay Margaret Todd and Mr ReedShelton drawing for the prize it wasawarded to Mr Shelton

Most delightful refreshments wereserved to which the company did amplejustice and the evening wasa mostenjoyable one to all present

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IFrom thejfact that the roads are incondition every overseer must

1work his road at least three days justy as soon as the rain quits Any overseer

that has not got tools can get them ata Judge Hancocks office and any overseer

jr who has picks and shovels and needs asledge or crobar or scraper can getthem at the same place Let everyoverseer in the county see how muchbetter he can work his section than hisneighbor works his The rosds were in agood condition last fall and I want thethe overseers to work on the samelines s they did last year using plowsand teams You can do more and do itbetter with a team in one day than allthe hands can do Let every overseersave about too days of his six forfinishing up in the fall We have some

i scrapers now and we want to placethem where they will answer for atleast four sections and hope the over ¬

seers will come for them at and let usJ go to work with unusual energy and get

our roads in good condition at onceDont wait until in the Summer butAnyIpleaspLfiport

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ectator pleasecopy J <

The Colnmbia Steam Laundry underthe management of Mr T G Rasneris an enterprise that the people of Co¬

lumbia and vicinity should feelproud ofand give a liberal patronage Thislaundry has had two beginnings andtwo endings before Mr Rasner took

rcharge but now its future is steadilybrightning Mr Rasner has not been

e doing collars and cuffs but has given en¬

tire satisfaction in everything he hasdone In a short while the laundry willbe in position to do first class work on

L collars and cuffs and when that point

is reached will be of great worth to thepeopleheJeNQman is trying harder

S tto do the tight thing and to buildal business in this town that the people

need than Mr Rasner and we wowd-be glad to see him put the ibusiness on

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FOUND DEAD 1 r

Last Wednesday morning Mr RufusJones who was well known in the GreenRiver section of this county was founddead in his bed The deceasedhad beenin declining health for several monthsand his death was not unexpected butthe suddenness of his passing was ashock to his many friends He wasabout sixty years old and was a victimofheart trouble He was an uncle ofMrs J H Young and Mrs L T Neata kind hearted man who had manyfriends His wife diedsevralyearsago but three or four children and alarge circle of relatives are grieved overhis departure Every body who waswell acxuainted with Rufe Jonesas he was familiarly called will misshim

CENTRAL FIRST

Ewing Stults of this place and RobtCaldwell did themselves proud in thefirst intercollegiate base ball game atDanville The Central University de-

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the Tranylvania to 1A dis ¬

patch from Danville contained the fol ¬

lowing concerning the game StultsCentrals blonde twirler was in greatform allowing the visitors to connectbut twice with his delivery and pulledhis team out af a bad hole in the sixthinning by clever headwork He struckout seven Caldwell gave excellentsupport behind the bat Columbiaclaims Robt Caldwell as his motherwas born and reared at this placeher maideu name being Miss AnnieRead

LINDSEYWILSON DEFEATS

CANE VALLEY

For the second time this season theLindseyWilson base ball teani and theCane Valley High School team crossedbats the last game being called on theCampus of the former Jast Saturdayafternoon

eJlentijandoflthirdwould have smoothsailing to the endThe game progressed uninterruptelyuntil closed the score standing 19 forthe LindseyWilson 4 for Cane ValleyThe Cane Valley boys took their de¬

feat manfully went home to practicefor the third and final game

MAYDAY

May Day will be celebrated FridayMorning at ten oclock The programof three parts will be carried outby the pupils of Miss Reed MrDarnall and Mr Ohlenmacher MissReedwill have songs and recitationsfor the children in her room Thesecond part will consist of Lyrico givenby Misses Rowe Madge RosenfieldMiller and Rowe The third part isfour piano solos byvMisses WilliamsRosa Conover Martha Hancock andMiss Todd a voice solo by Miss Rosenfield The Queen Miss Madge Rpsenfield is to be crowned by the maidofhonor Miss Rowe

COMMENCEMENT WTS

Recital by Mable Atkins pianistKatie Murrell reader Friday 8th 8p

mPrimary entertainment MotherGooses Kingdom Sat 9th 8 p m

Oratorical Contest Fri 15th 8 p mMusic Recital Sat lQth8 pmCommencement sermon byT L

Hulse at Methodist Church Sunday 17th11 a m >

Expression Recital Monday 18th 8p m

Graduating Exercises bySenior ClassTuesday morning May 19930

Literary Address by Rev G A Mor¬

gan Murfreesboro Tenn Tuesdaymorning May 19th 11

BASKET BAll f

The girls basket bIll teams are nowplaying most every afternoon prepar-ing

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for the match gahie field day Thetwo teams this year are known as theDormitory and Town teams Those onthe former are Eva arid Annie HodgesBrownie Leacbmair Johnnie Moormanand Lois Holladay The Town team isDimple Cpnoveiy Jennye JtcFar andKatie Murrell Alum Kratser andlrlaryMoss with Rev Casey as coach

Single Comb Brown Leghorn eggs75 cts for 16 Barred Ply nbuth Rockeggs 1 Q fprie Buff iOrpingtons eggs

2 00 for 16 Callon or addresss

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Next Monday will be county court

Buy a buggy from The Lyon BuggyCo

There will be singing at Zion ChurchSaturday night

Born to the wife of W R Lyon onthe 27th a daughter

Enter your horses in the big sale tobe pulled cS next Friday

Its exactly as represented if you getit from The Lyon Buggy Co

Born to the wife of Willie GooddenApril 23 a daughter

Be sure and attend the Stapp combi-nation sale of horses next Friday

Field Day at Lindsey Wilson nextSaturday Attendance will be large

Come to the big horse sale next Fri¬

day Capt D English auctioneer

There will be public debate at theLindsey Wilson next Friday evening at7 oclock 5

Lights will be out four or five nightsbeginning next Monday Placing a newengine

There will be a number of mulebuyers at the sale Saturday Bring onyour mules

Paint is Paintin the can its onthe honse the test comes Green Sealstands thetestW F Jeffries Sons

Walker Morrison have sold theirgasoline corn mill to G W BroqfenanAmandaville

Many people will be drawn to Co ¬

lumbia next Friday The attractionbig horse sale

The heavy rain last Friday did con-

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damage to gardens abouttown Several will have to be replant ¬

ed

Let The Qther fellow experimentwith common paint Play safe by us ¬

ing Green SealW F JeffriesSons

The Republican Comm tteemen ofAdair coiitlty will meet at the court

oflelectingCover the surface with a good coat of

Green Seal Paint and wout needto worry about the underneatJtW FJeffries Sons

Circuit court will open the third Mon ¬

day in next month We understandSheriff Patteson will be up with hiswork ready when the bell taps

Rev L T Buckner of Taylor countywill preach for the colored people ofRussell Springs the fifth Sunday inMay 1908 Every body is invited

Rev J R Crawford will beat thePresbyterian church next SundayEvangelist Moore will preach in theforenoon and Mr Crawford at night

A large crowd is expected at therink next Friday evening There willbe a number of interesting featuresthe music to be furnished by the band

After your house is spoiled with poorpaintis a bad time to consider qualityBuy Greeen Sealat first and be safeWVF Jeffries Sons

Rev F E Moore assistant SynodicalEvangelsst for Kentucky will preachat the Presbyterian church this placeSunday forenoon

The celebration by the Odd Fellowsat Russell Springs last Sunday was asuccess in every particular The at¬

tendance was large and a number ofexcellent speeches made

Mr Jv U Walker and Mr S DBarbee are moving this week Theformer will occupy the dwelling vacatedby the latter and Mr Barbe goes tothefarm purchased of Mr Walker

Mr J D Walker has sold his farmlying beyond the bridge to Mr S D

Barbee for 5000 In the deal MrWalker takes the business houses onthe square occupied by Young Brosand J W Jackman at 2500

Style sometimes works to an advan-

tage For instance have you noticed ayoung lady with a parasolthis SpringyDo you kaothe reason they are holonger nee lftY1Cas your eye at thenew Sha and you hvOthe

ranswer

Mr Rollen Burt has made a wonder ¬

ful imprjovement in the appearance ofhis office Petitions have been runbook cases made and thepaintingjs nowin progress The appartmentsiow havea new and inviting appearance

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WESLEYRUBERTS

A few days agoMr Pleasant Wesleyand Miss Hattie Rubarts were united inmarriage at Eunice this county TheThe groom is a promising young manWhose home is near Phil Casey countyThe bride is a daughter of Mr G WRubarts and was quite a favorite inthe community where she resided Thecouple have many friends who wishthem long and happy lives

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Last Saturday morning about 1

oclock someone tried to perfect anenterance into Mr P V Grissoms res ¬

idence Mr Grissom was not at homeand his wife hearing a nois at a win-

dow became alarmed called up the ex¬

change and Mr M Cravens who is aneighbor was notified Mr Cravensandhis son Mr Tim Cravens immedi ¬

ately responded but when they reachedMr Grissoms residence the party hadlied Whoever the guilty party is woreab taNo7shoe as his tracks wereleftunder two different windows Theoccurence greatly alarmed Mrs Gris ¬

som a warning that every housekeepershould keep a revolver and teach hiswife how to use it

Our present City Marshal Mr J AWillis deserves the praise of the townfor the interest he is taking in better-ing

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the condition of our streets Hehas not been idle a day since he wentinto office When not at work on somestreet he is going over the towntofind where repairs are needed Nearlyevery night he takes in the town to seethat every light is in proper order Hisjob is not a light one but there isnot a doubt but he will come up to hiscontract

Among the number of assistantSargentatArms for the RepublicanNational Convention to be held atChicago Mr M Rey Yarberry of thisplace will be one Mr Yarberry wasselected by Hon W F Stone who isSargentatArms of the RepublicanNational Commettee The appontment is quite a compliment and MrYarberry and his friends feel justlyproud of it

The Fourth District Convention ofthe Christian CEvujches composed ofthe counties of Adair Cumberland Metcalfe and Russell will convene at Chest ¬

nut Grove this county j on Friday be ¬

fore the fifth Sunday in May 1908 at230 p m Program will appear nextweek

Judge QG Kelley who was a citizenof Lebanon died last week He waswellknown over Kentucky and was avery high gentleman He was twiceelected county Judge of Marion countymaking a splendid official He hadmany friends in Adair county

FOR SALEMy farm containing 272acres lying in Caney Fork Vallley 1mile wesbof Coburg all level fertileand well watered an ideal stock andgrain farm in high state of cultivationAddress Jas T Sublett243m Coburg Ky

Mr P C McCaffee who has been infeeble health for the last year or sowas in town Saturday and stated thatfor the last six weeks he had hardlybeen able to stir His general healthseems to be much worse but for thelast few day he has improved

The Lyon Buggy Company has theLargest neatest and greatest varietyof light vehicles bought for the peopleof any dealers in Southern Ky Theywere bought ata bargain and will besold the same way

BAILED HAY FOR SALE

I have a large quantity of choice tim-

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And timothy and clover mixed at65 cents per 100 pounds at Eqi hOa1l-on R R Moss Columbia or J H San ¬

ders PellytonJ M Campbell

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I will offer thirty town lots for saleto the highest biddes on Monday firstday of Adair circuit court The lotsare located near Lindsey Wilson Train-

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School and are very desirable252t A Hunn

PREACHING NEXT SUNDAY

W H C Sandidge UnionJ< F Roach Red LickiJF J Barger Beeeh GroveZ Ti Williams Cane Valley fyiM Pierce Clear Spring < V

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T J Wade Mflltown r V J

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7CAMPBELLSVILLE

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Editor News Robin Burress col 1

ored Saturday afternoon while crazydrunk stabbed John Henry Williamsalso colored on the left side of the neckjust under the ear from which woundWilliams lived about one hour Chiefof Police Hord who heard the negroeswere in a row was the only witness tothe killing and he claims that he ar¬

rived on the seen just in time to seeBurress make the fatal stab He saysBurress and Williams were in the door¬

way of Williams home and seemed tobe scuffling for possession of the knifewhen the brave officer grabbed Burressby the coat tail and pulled him and Wil-

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out into the yard Williams fellto the ground face downward and Bur¬

ress in a kind of a crouching positionarrose and said he would fix the officerbut officer Hord was too quick for himand pasted him a well deserved blowacross the left eye which laid him outfor several minutes When he regain¬

ed consciousness and Was able to walkHord brought him to town and had hiswound dressed by Dr W T Chandlerand afterward carried him to jail Bur ¬

ress Sunday morning was interviewedby your correspondent in the jail andclaimed he had no knowledge of any dif-

ficulty with Williams He informed usthat the last thing he remembered wasattending the Republican Conventionand going by the depot and getting ajug of whisky Most any one who at¬

tended such a powwow certainly neededsome kind of stimulant to brace him upIbut not of such a quantity to make himcommit such a crime as he did CharlieBurress brother of Robin Burressshot another negro off a lumber pilesome months ago but escaped jail andis still at large with the charge of mur ¬

der against him They are a bad setA young man by the name of Blank

enship was arrested Saturday eveningby officer Hord charged with passingthe guage limit in his drunks and wasplaced in the care of jailer Blakey un¬

til his trial

The republican Convention held inthis city Saturday was largely attendedand very noisy Mr D W Gowdy wasmade temporary chairman and MrClem Hill of Spurlington was madesecretary The Convention instructedits delegates to cast 5i votes for Taftand 5 for Fairbanks The Fairbankscrowd wanted the entire eleven votesbut the Taft men who were largely inthe majority forced them to accept 5votes The precinct committeemenwere selected at the Court House

whichIproved to be very unsatisfactoryhonest voters of the party The Con ¬

vention was aclear cut victory for theTaylor faction of the G O P over WmHobson the formerjpostmaster Dem¬

ocrats are not the only people who knowhow to fight

Mrs Millie Gaines wife of Mr F PGaines died at her home on LebanonAvenue Thursday evening aboutoclock of agina or heart trouble Thefuneral was held at the Presbyterianchurch Saturday morning and the in-

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at Brobkside Cemetery MrsGrines was about seventy years of ageand has lived a useful and profitable lifeTo her bareaved husband who has beenso affectionate for so many years theentire community extends its deepestsympathy as they do to the remainderof the family She has been a faithfulwife and mother and devoted to hermany friends She leaves four daught-ers viz Mesdames J T Gowdy B TBlack W I Meader of this city andMrs Tommie Rogers of near Hatcher

Mr G B Hendrickson proprietor ofthe Campbellsville Hotel has been suf-

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intensely during this week withblood poison and his friencls have beenvery uneasy about him He was visit¬

ing at Uniontown Ky recently andwhile there a young boy playfully kick ¬

ed him OIl the left leg half way betweenthe knee and ankle Nothing wasthought of the injury at the time butin about three or four 5ays the woundbecame red and much swollen when aphysician was summoned and pronounc ¬

ed it blood poison and has been a verysick man during the past week Wehope him a speedy recovery

Mr anaMrs W Sf Hill of BowlingGreen arrived in our city last Fridayevening to attend the funeralof MjjSr

Hills grandmother Mrs F P Gaines

Mrs Walter Wood and Mrs AnnieWood have been visiting in eballnandLouisville for several days this weeks

lMrs G R Fleece who hasbeen quite

ill orseveraIweeks is improving nice-

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rLinnieday Mrs Linnie has been in badhealth for nearly a year

Rev C M Chumley has been calledVto devote his entire time to the Presby-terian church in this city t v

The county races in the Democraticranks wbich will come off next year arebeing discussed a great deal of lateand your correspondent has been iri1formed that there will be several forCounty Judge County Clerk and JailerThis is rather early but we supposethey think the early bird catches theworm

IThe condition of Mr Greed Haskins

is unchanged and his large number offriends have but little hope for his re-covery

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Mr and Mrs C R Hoskins leftEaster Sunday to visit relatives at1Springfield They returned Saturdayevening jt

Mrs H V Shjveley has been quite ill Iduring the week but is improving t

Mr and Mrs JE Gowdy entertained lquite a number of their friends Thurs i rday evening at Lost Heir i

Circuit Court has busted It wasone of the dullest in the history of thecounty We have but little litigation <and the less the better off we are

Mr Frank Jones is erecting a neat 4cottage in the hew Robinson addition

To give a faint idea of how Camp¬ lbellsville is growing we have only toJstate that we have threewhose services have been secured up <

to from the first of July to the last of 1<

August It is simply impossible to rent 1a house and in some buildings two andthree families are residing Our steadygrowth is something phenomenal

Watch us grow Vale

MONTPELIER

L V Turner sold to Eldridge San ¬

ders one horse for 125 to G ABradshaw two extra good 2yearold mulesfor 275 to Hiram Miller one cow andcalf for 25 and bought of A C Collinsoneheifer for 14

Mr and Mrs T F Collins visitedtheir children near here from Fridaytill Monday They had a pleasant visitand especially so as they were present¬

ed another grand son

Born to the wife of L V Turner onthe 26th a sona democrat of whichhe is very proudas this younster istheir first son and since they have fourbeautiful little girls to assist in careingfor him Mother and child doing welLThis blessing came after all that bigtrading

STOCK ITEMS J

000W H Gadbeny sold to 0 H Mej

Glister one mare for117Gadberrycor

L 000SL B Cain of Gradyville bought 4steers of Lee Burris for 93 and oneheifer of T F Gowen for23Weedc-or000lIA T Coomer sold one horse to Hen-ry

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Gadberry for 80Sparksville cor

000Mr Hersche4 > Coffey sold a twoyear

old mare to Olie McKinley for 13750Lucien Moore bought 16 head of youngcattle last week paying good pricesMiss Vie Murrah sold Mr G A Bradshaw a heifer calf for 16 Montpeliercor r

RUSSELL SPRINGS

W F Smith left our towiiHlast Saturday for Robert LeeTexas where he and his familywill make their home

Mrs Ermine Wilson has movedto her property here >

The ball game played Saturdaybetween the second nine hereand the boysat Jamestownended with an even score Ourboys report an excellent timeThey say that the boys aregenerally the finest team theyhave met this season

Leo V Burchett has movedbackto4ourtown

Blevens Lay has moved to hisfarm pUrchasefome time ago >

Mrs Rounds has been ill for afew days but is much better

Ldzier Dunbar the young manthat was wounded by a knifesome days ago died Tuesday

W B Stephens nd son Ayeryhave t returned from a businesstrip to Gincinhati > r 5i

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