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STRONGER MARKET
Considerable Animation Dis-
played on Local Breaks j-
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Heavy Sales of the Weed Which
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thsweekmore animation being displayedand therewere also more buys i ifthe breaks than for some weeks
Sales were considerably in gvcess of those of last week and pri<S
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were considered good EThe weed is Sweating ad
is in much better order than itIIxMas e
It develops that the crop of 101is the most useful one raised iPt k
district for years and a still bettytdemand may be looked for
Receipts are not quite so heavyas they were a few weeks agpowing to the fact that a large l1ilcent of the crop has been deliver-ed
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Common to good lugs ranged inpricfcjfrom S4504to 5600 Commonleaf brought from 575 to 5675Medium leaf went off at from 600to 700 good leaf ranged from 57to 9 and the price on selectionwas from 10 to 12
The loose market is still activewith a good stock on hand
pBLACKBERRY
Came This Year Without theUsual Berry Bloom
Blackberry winter aithoug-about aweek later than usual wasushered in Monday afternoon andthe temperature dropped about 40degrees in twentyfour hours Th-is and of the few years in which tbfcool season prevailed without thusual blackberry bloom Whilthere are a few blooms scattere-over the bushes in some placesblossoms are scarcer than for severalyears and the prospects are thatthe crop of berries will be veryshort Many of the bushes werebroken off by the heavy steel andthe cold weather in December lastalse injured them t hile the mer ¬
cury went down in tbe forties Tues ¬
day night vegetation vas not dam ¬
aged In some place rost was re¬
ported but it was toqt to nivegetables
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HIS CHILD
Shot Through the Heart During aFamily Quarrelr
CadizKy May 27Lee Williamscolored living four miles out ofhere shot his twoyearold childthrough the heart yesterday kill-ing
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it instantly Williams claimsto have shot the child accidentallyHe was brought here last night byDeputy Sheriff Mitchell and lodgedin jail
CLASS ENTERTAINED
Miss Edmundsons Reception toK C Graduates
Miss Mattie Edmundsdhone of thegraduating class of South KentuckyCollege gave areception last even-ing
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complimentary to the membersof her class and it was greatly en ¬
joyed by all who a dnded De ¬
lightful refreshmenta there a pleas ¬
ant feature of the affairS
HIT WITH HATCHET
Young flan Charges he Was Victrm of Assqult
Atlas Mayers aged 19 livinga few miles east of Crofton charg-es
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that he was struck in the facewith a hatchet by a man namedBond and badly hurt A warranthas been aworn out for the arrestof
BondS
BETHEL COLLEGE
Closes a Very Successful and
> Prosperous Session
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Eight Young Lady Graduates fte
ceive There Diplomas Wed
t ncsday Night
Beginning Monday night with
SpanishLadyBethel Female College were con ¬
cluded Wednesday night at thecollegeIThe Spanish Lady was com ¬
posed by Miss lone Newman Theleading character of Ximena cvataken by Miss Elizabeth Drake othe college faculty
Other characters were sustainedby Misses Louise Carr Ida Schaefer Mary Wright Polly GravesJessie Garrott Ethyl Frost andGeorgia Rushing and a largechorus of goocUspints and Spanish
The youngtadies all acquittedthemselves m handsomely andthe large audlnce gave them un ¬
stinted applauseTuesday night at the Baptist
chnrch Dr John O Rust deliveredthe baccalaureate address to theyoung ladies
His theme was The New Heath-enism
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which he divided into fourparts commercialism aestheticism occultism and socialism
Heathens were defined as godlesspersOns and the tenor of his ad ¬
dress was to show that the recklesspersuit of wealth the devotion taesthetics the encouragementgiven to fortune telling hypnotismthl etendency to a socialistic contemptfor law and property rights wereall matters essentially antagonistichiss ¬bye It
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youngdwas rendered especially entertain ¬
ing occasional anecdotes an-humorous
dillustrations-
At the College on Wednesdaynight the commencement exercisesproper were held and the chapelwould not hold they large crowdspresentthe parlors and halls beinfilled with the overflow crowd
Eight young ladies were givendiplomas as followsGeorgip
Bachelor ofArtsPatty BartleyDell Gaines Mable Hille and DaisyWilliamsMaster
of Arts Miriam EadesFrances Huddleston
The following musical programwas the diplomas wereawarded by Pres Edmund HarrisonThe Bee and the Clover
Miss Mary TandySlavonic Dance
Misses Gaines and LamIn Line of March
I Miss Frances SummersTheme and Variations in B fla-
tMajorMissGeorgia RushingWaltz in a Minor Miss Annie GreenInvitation to the DanceWrighS tBallads in A flat Major
rMiss Ida May SchaeferHark Hark the Lark
Miss MiriamEadesThe Distinctions in the various
classes were read by Prof W HHarrison who acted as Master ofCeremonies
The entertainment closed withthe very scholarly and appropriate e
address of the President to thegraduating class
At ten oclock the audience wasdismissed and the parlors turnedover to the ypung people who for anhour or more participated in are ¬
ception to the graduates and otheryoung lady pupils This delightful affair closed the exercises
Gen Leonard Wood late governor of Cuba who was an army surgeon four years ago is now beingboomed by the Republican organsas the successor to Gen Miles
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IWhen You Come to the
ELKS CARNIVALM-ake Our Store Your
ladies UnderwearDimities Batistes Dotted Swisses
and LawnsrOFf i
Nice Line of Ladies Childrens andGentlemens Hosieryf
New Floor CoveringsiasfTMMJONES KYEMAIN STREET HOPKINSVILLE
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SPEAKING MONDAY
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Congressional Candidates Will
Open Local Campaign
Stanley Authorizes Announce-
ment That he Will Speak
Taylor And Brasher Ex ¬
pected
oTThe somewhat listless congress ¬
ional campaign will be opened act¬
ively in this county next MondayHendersontcandidateduthorizes the announce ¬
ment that he will speak and he ex ¬
tends an invitation to his competit ¬
ors to accept a division of time Itismore than likely that Judge Taylorand Mr Brasher will be on handThe latter is just recovering from asevere illness andif his health per
bejpresentAs ecrowd is certain to be on hand tohear the speaking
Brasher Will Speak
authorizeg san ¬
ment for him to speak at the court-house Monday afternoon at oneresuma ehis with a speech atSebree tomorrow J
OUT ON BOND
One of Mjller Brothers FurnishedBail for Appearance
C J Miller one ot the men arerested here last Friday morningn
a charge of counterfeiting furnished bond yesterday and was released from jail He gave bond for
1000 to answer any indictmentthat might be found by the grandhqre and a 5500 bond for his appearance before the Federal courtat Owensboro
An Agent of the Secret Servicewas here and secured photographsof the Millers J P Millers is stillin jail
ONLY EIGHT FAILED
Out of 31 Applicants For Certifi-
cates
The county of examiners I
has finished grading the papers of I
the 31 white applicants for teach¬
ers certificates who were examinedabout two weeks ago Out of thetotal number five secured first classcertificates 13 second claw 5 thirdclass and eiflbt failed The pti2er sof the 34 cored alii tirnts avenot yet been graded
The Ax Handle plant of J WIHarned Bro to vhjch tr ABNTUCKIAU called the attention of theCommercial Club a month ago hasbeen induced to locate here Workwill begin soon
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EXCELLENT SEASON
A Big Per Cent of Tobacco CropSet
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About 75 per cent of the tobccu-has been set in this county it is in ¬
timated and with another seasonthe work of transplanting will to h
finishedInsections where the rains
were heavy the farmers have jinished putting out their crop Tiaraare a few neighborhoods where DO
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rain of consequence fell but in suchYlbeenThe acreage will be larger thanlast year X
RECEPTION LAST EVENING
Complimentary to Misses Huddleston and Frost
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Mr andMrs Chas M Meachan SBreceived last evening in honor of f
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their guests Misses Frances Hud ¬ atdleston of Atlanta Ga and EthylFrost of Dallas Texas recentlypupils of Bethel Female CollegeaThe younger set of society was wellrepresented a number of the schoolgirls of the college delaying theirdeparture a day to attend Fie
I freshments were served-
DECORATION DAY
Graves of Union Soldiers Will beDecorated
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Today being Decoration Day is aNational holiday The decorationof the graves of Union soldiersburied 10 Hopewell cemetery willtake place at 3 oclock Visitorsare requested to bring floral offer ¬
ings and be there at that hour MrJohn Feland will be master of cere-monies and Messrs Stanley Longand Chas O Prowse will deliveraddresses
VICTIM OF CONSUMPTION
Reed I enshaw Jr Died After r
Long Illness
W R Renshaw Jr died last r 4Monday morning at the home of hisparent in this city of consumption MlHe was 17 years old and had beaussick for several months Rev H C
Beckett preached the funeral atConsolation church Monday after z
noon and the interment took placein the Adams burying gronadthree miles north of the church
YOUNG FARMER tfif
Succumbs to Attack of TyphoidPneumonia
James H fclark soninlaw of Mr y
Sam Dillard formerly thiscounty died near Outline daysof typhoid pneumonia
He was 37 years old aoa i Burvived by a widow who Wia Termerly Miss Pearl Dillard and fore rsmall children I
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