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PERSONAL MENTIONL I

Mr W B Harris is in townt1 Mrs Mary Patteson was quite sick

last week

Mr M 0 Willis was in Marioncounty last week

i Mr J Q Alexander reached Colum ¬

bia Monday night

Judge Jones left for his Edmontoncourt last Sunday

E F Rowe Amandaville was intown Mondayin

Messrs Sam Wheat Jo Willlams of Montpelier were here Sun

dayMessrs W A Coffey and T Cvidson were in Campbellsville lasThursday

Commonwealths Attorney HenrAaron was in Columbia Sunday enroute for the Metcalfe court

Judge James Garnett Messrs EollinHurt and James Garnett Jr are att-ending the Metcalfe circuit court

Mrs Emma T Strange Is in Louis-ville this week purchasing springmillinery

Mrs Anderson Holladay has beenseriously ill for some days She Is af¬

flitted with pneumonia

Messrs J R Wade W II Williamsand B F Ttpman prominent Greenriver farmers were in town Monday

Dr N M Hancock Messrs EugeneRice and T I Smith of Cane Valleywere here Monday

Mr W S Griffin a prominentstockman of the Cane Valley country fa¬

vored us Monday

Messrs HK Walkup J A WillisJo Frank Strange Glensfork were upon our streets the first of the week

Messrs Richard Shirley John WThompson and G B Cheatham Milltown were here Monday

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Miss Rey and Master Earl McGarveygrandchildren of Dr U L Taylorreached Columbia last Thursday night

Mr J O Russell and Mrs KizzieMurrell are in Louisville and Cincin¬

nati this week buying their springgoods

Eld ZT Williams started on histrip to the Holy Land last Monday is

morning He will be absent threemonths but will keep his friends ad-

vised as to his travels through theNews

Mrs T H Curd who has been visit ¬

ing relatives in Columbia and vicinityleft for Louisville yesterday morningAfter visiting in that city she will goto Somerset and thence to her home iMiddlesborough

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LOCAL JOTTINGS in

It will soon be gardening time

Read W F Jeffries advertisement

If you need horse and jack bills sendus your order

An inrant child of Mr T P Dunbaris very sick

Circuit court opened at Edmontonlast Monday

Rubel Brothers Louisville have anad in todays News of

If you want a sure enouh saddlehorse breed to Kentucky Squirrel

Dr O S Dunbar has moved his of¬

fice over Eeced C Miller

The young folks charade club me-

at Mrs Eosenfields last Friday nightdiJockey street had the usual nnmbe-

of burtoils on exhibtion last Mondayof

Several head of horses were sold atpublic outcry last Monday at fair 58

prices

For Sale a cow and calf good milk¬

er calf ten days old W L Walk-er

rColumbia Ky

I Miss Lorena Pile entertained a-pra r of

ty of young people last Friday nightIt was a candy pulling

The attention of the smokers arecalled toBairdsLittle Havana published in this issue-

SA valuable jersey cow which wathe property of Mr T R Stults diedlast Saturday

For Sale 30 head of hogs will weighabout 125 Ibs per head TK PowellColumblaly

Born to the wife of C T Beardonthe 22nd of February a daughterVirgle Goebel

If you need life insurance and wantto get in a company that Is a company onsee JE Murrell

Mrs Zarllda Winfrey the widow ofEllsha Winfrey died on Green river Flast Sunday morning

Miss Fannie Garnett opened schoolat C C College last Monday morningShe will teach girls only

Mr J F Neat of Vester has jucompleted a new storehouse and isLouisville this week purchasing goods

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MrsBcttie Strange the widow ofthe late Levi Strange Is lying dangefously ill at her home at Harrodsfork

The Knoxville Nursery Co can furM nlsh with any kind of fruit ornamcn

r tat trees and vines that may needf Mr SUrnS who fepresents this com

pony will Fall upon you at an earlyday 2t

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I loaned my Masons trowel to a gen-

tleman about two mouths ago If heis still a gentleman he will return it

John EubankhFored all necessary buildings lying onCumberland river Russell countyIJ M Smith

A good crowd attended Mr RentFulks sale last Wednesday Stockprovender and farming implementssold at fair prices

Salesman wanted to look after ourofterests in Adair or adjacent c

Salary or commissionThe Harvey Oil Co Cleveland O

notliaccoun are se

moneyY JackmanI

Mr M II Marcum we are glad toreport is still on the mend He thinkshe will be able to leave his room iufew days

Dock McClure a colored man wholives near Columbia has been d

by the Government with an lucreof pension

Mr E n Wilson Cane Valley leftfor Cleveland Ohio Saturday withthe largest carload of poultry that everleft this country

The Blue Front Meat Market willkeep constantly on hand all kinds offresh meats They will pay cash f-

allor

kinds of poultry

Mrs Nona Cabell opened a privateschool at her residence last Mondaymorning She can accomodate thirtyor thirtyfive pupils

Mr Ben Burton who lived neaVester died last Thursday He wasaboutSO years old and leaving a wife

several children

There is some kind of disease anionthe cows in this county Many othem are sick They seem to eatplenty bnt can not get about

Prof F M Scheldler an expericn-ed piana tuner is at the Hancock Ho-tel for a few days If your instrument

out of repair call and see himjoThefair weather in order that an oppor-

tunity¬

may be given them to preparetheir grounds for the coming cropth

LOST On the public square or onthe streets of Columbia last Mondafiftyfive dollars in bills I will rewarnwFou SALEI0 head of mules from

to 7 years old 141 to 1C hands highgood llesh Also a few young mules

Smith C Nell Gradyville Ky

A Blair C Son have an ad in todays News They are handling fer-

tilizers and ask the farmers to givethem a call They have splendidbrands

A little fouryearold daughter ofMr Tyler Bryant was burned to deathlast Thursday She was standing by astove when her clothing caught burn-ing her to a crisp

Coffey Bros exhibited their stringhorses all by Red Squirrel luStand

Monday They are all beauties andgood actors and were very much adfmired by the crowdI

Corn and hay in Adair county is gting scarce The former product Isitt is

per ¬

ed in a very short time

rOur Gradyvillecorrespondentppeaksthe serious illness of Mr G W Tar-

ter He died Monday night He w asrugyears old and one of the best citi-

zens in the Keltncr country

Coffey Bros invite the public to call aand see their noted saddle horse Ken-

tucky Squirrel He has notonly prov-

en himself to be a show horse but onethe best breeders in he State

Tom Taylor of color who lives nearWhite Oak was before Judge ButlerAlast Saturday morning charged withseducing his cousin He was held overand went to jail in default of a ffi 250

bond

Monday was county court A verygood crowd in town and business fairSome stock changed hands and severaltracts of land were knocked Off to thehighest bidder by Commissioner BHurt

While other people of Columbia werewere doing a lively business last Monday the News oflice came in for itsshare We received a number of jobsand put quite a number of new names

cur subscription list

Hon WF Neat has removed to tfarm he recently purchased of Mr

Fulks three miles from Columb-There Is a small dwelling on tbepremises but we understand Mr Neat willerect a convenient residence this su °mgr

George SklpperSmlth who has done

rockpllelnCofuIn e

den at Lebanon last week The woonot dangerous George is a b

coon and It Is only a matter of tlwhen he will get a fatal dose

Deputy United States MarshalThompson came into Adafr last Sat-urday Near Gradyville he arrestedTbQSCoomcr charged with sellingliquor unlawfully and carried him toLouisville he being held over by Com ¬

missioner Winfrey of this place

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I received a letter from Texas notlong since stating that Mr W P Nalleer better known as Parker died at

is home in itaska Texas a few daysI with a cancor on tongue lie w

wellknown to the citizens ol Adcounty horror been born and rearherefup llymovod to Texas Mr Galley had maoin Adair friends who will be sorry

I hear of his death lie was a membthe Christain Church He leaves a

Stitle one son and one daughter IImother died Jan 3 1900 Mr Nallwas buried at Itaska by the Woodman

HorFWe will leave in a few days for twholesale market where we expectto select the nicest and prettiest stockof millinery goods that has ever herbrought to Columbia We invitebnyLing

lilts TlM BltADSIIAWMiss EKFIE BUADSHAW

looktase ragan °

ing Monday the 10th of this mootColumbia Chapter No 7 R A Mto be reorganized and the degrees willbe conferred upon fifteen or twentyMaster Masons The work will bedoneby the Grand nigh Priest of Kentuckyassisted by a number of companionsmembers of the Lebanon ChapterMaster Masons who are in good standing and desire to take the degrees willnever have a better opportunityrecieve them Mr James Garnett Jrhas the paper and those who have notsigned and desire to so do are request ¬bylettersons at Jamestown Gradyville andother points will come into the neworganization

The Christian church was crowdedbelnf gI

before starting to Palestine He spokefrom the47 chapter and 9th verse oftche

IeternMr Williams was in a sad mooding family and friendsstarting on a-

long journey his sermon was interestg and close attention was given

the discourse At the closeof the sermon many persons went for

and bade him goodbye We tr-at ustMrhe may have calm sailing

safe return home

3The friends of Mr W II Hudsonwho has been confined to his mecite

ith rheumatism for several weeks fwas glad to see him out last MondayHe has been active in trading circl esthefor many years and can tell the weightof a steer at a glance and the value ofnAa Uurse He informed a News mJfhopeddays He indorses the course olDemocrats at Frankfort and will bedeiceready and entirely willing to vote forthe partys candidate for Governor itmatters not who he may be

Rev W H Poley who lives inMonbdayFoley is a native of Russell countand for some weeks he visited relatives

friends in tilertlvitylofondnessaetscenes of his earlier days a visit Inolingsfor theNews to be sent to his address

We understand that C Mwill remove to Texas as soon as hesettle his business affairs Mr Bree

was born and reared in Adair atwith the of onu 1soservedhas been spent upon the farm He is

good citizen and a splendid business-man and will be very muchwhen he leaves Adair countyBreeding is in poor health and con-cludes that anther climate will Imbeneficial to him

representative of the News w

in LousHle1ast week and was agrably surprised to find our intend a°dnextcountyman Mr S C Neatbusiness in The Big Store Mr h-is a tine salesman straight in businessaffairs and is proving his worth to his Cemployers We doubt If a better sales-man incan be found In the immensetablishment If you go to Loulsvicall and sec Mr Neat salesman No 17thefirst floor

There is some talk of building pifrom Gradyville to Columbiamove has been started by the Grnville people and from the way a gen-tleman

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expressed himself in this titfew days ago they arc certainlytiU is

ndlelahands

1Mr J W Stances who Is representing the Knoxville Nursery Co inthis county is having a fine trade andwe can cheerfully recommend both Mrory¬

morelereLSnohetternurserad toLimeyou can get you from

Starnes and that any business dc

with him will be satisfactory

The subject of Rev T F Waite ns ly

mornJntrwIIIbeTrueGrcatricss It will be dirgeto the young people and itIs hopedthat all will attend

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Horses and mules are not allowedrun louse upon the streets The toIMarshal has orders to take up allanimals and charge the cost to the i

owners

asEnclose 25 eta to T I Smith Camfetelikeinterestingrscenes in

IFop 8ArETwo cows one a stripaboutcrshoats that will average about 100 lbsKyiy1Mr J E Burton S Bro are build ¬

anew storehouse on Sulphurork about one mile from VesterInheThere was no truth in the reportinIIDr Taylor returned from the locality

last Friday stating that the diseasewas chickenpox

The following Adair county peoplewiilleavefor Oklahoma about theOof this month Matthew Wooten andliltish

dfamily They are all citizens of theSparksville country

Mr J W Coffey purchased of Morrison Bros last Saturday their blacksmith shop tools etc and took possession at once The shop is locatedjust this side of the roller mill Mrgistoseveral years rand was a very popularsmith

Mr Eugene Triplett has rented allthe frame part of the old Pagebuilding and has removed his familyit Mr Triplett has a store in oneroom of the building and his familywas removed for convenience TheBaptist parsonage vacated by MrTriplett is occupied by Mr HenryFulks and family

The officers of the Commercial Bankof Liberty are now in their new quar

A handsome brick bankingvhouse has just been completed withal I

the modern fixtures Mr George APrewett is the cashier of this institu-tion He is a fine business man andone of the most popular gentleman inin Casey county

J R Milby of Green countywho was acquitted in the United JStates Court at Louisville last week Aupon the charge of using the mail ser

for a fraudulent purpose wasreindicted Upon the first charge hewas released upon a technicality At

time Mr Miiby got into this trou-ble he was postmaster at Milby Ky

new cottage is to be built by thMill Company containing

rooms with porches Mr GordonMontgomery will also build a rei

twostory front and an ell nearof Mr Z M Staples

contracts for both of these buildingswere awarded to Messrs Feesc Patteson and McFarlaud of

There is no let up in the stavin this county There hasaY t

iscount of the bad condition of the

but hands are in the woods get ¬

out timber Classifying and edgg still goes on in the yard here andbusy time this spring and summer Isa

anticipated5Revthe Presbyterian Parsonage has reach-ed

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03050 He will turn over the sub¬

scriptionSundaytoabuildingcomuritw ¬itdPerre ¬ i

moneyare requested to have their donationsready when the collector callsIwMr swas assigned to duty the first of this

onth Mr Biggs appointmentcomesunder the modified order of the PreslaIIasripCefew days To this last list a sal

attachedeatIt was our pleasure to meet DrsS Grady and C M Murrcll

Louisville last week BuUI ut theclassesIlestudy of their chosen professionsDr Murrell said he could now from 5jjBelldy <

Judgein IiMarch at 2 oclock of all the ladies In gthe East and West Columbia votingprecincts who are interested in theGoebel Monumental Fund to considerways and means of raising money to ijjj

erect a suitable monument to the Jjjl

memory of our martyred GovernorWm Goebel The assistance of theyoung ladles is especially desired

Mrs J W ButlerChm Goebel Monumental

Fund Adair countyX

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neWill often cause a horrible Burn XScald Cut or Bruise Bucklcns Arni ¬

ca Salve will kill the pain and prompt ¬

heal it Cures Fever Sores UlcersBoils Corns alLSkln Eruptions Bestboxfeddrutgtst

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ward for any case of Catarrh tat cannot be cured by Halts Catarrh cure j

F J CHENEY S CO Props Tole

OhioWeundersigned have known

J Cheney for the last 15 years and herlieye him perfectly honorable in allbusiness transactions and financiallyable to carry out any obligations madeby their firm

WEST t THAUX Wholesale Drug ¬

ts Toledo O WALDL O KINNAN

t MARVIN Wholesale Druggists Tledo O-

Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internandWmucous the system Price75c per bottle Sold by all DruggistsTestimonials tree

Halls Family Pills are the best

Besides the following paid listsince our last issue a numberother names worn entered who coil

pay later Esther Moore G AMcKInley J C Browning G BMurphey G W Todd G WWelch J YoReeee B TVaughan W H Foley N TJones J P Beard G M Wilson

W Knifley W J Tucker BAIBailey Jo Hood J N Petty AlxChapman W S Griffin W HSallee Silas CaIn Wm MooreChas Hutchinson J B CaveMeda Sidebottom L M GoodeHeEllis W Bloyd W R WheelerMrs P H Browning R W Shir ¬

toy J C Dunbar

RobbersJE Garrison Cashier of the bankThornville Ohio had been robbedune ¬

New Discoveryfor Consumption Then he wrote It I

the best medicine I ever used for asevere cold or a bad case of lung troub ¬ i

y Chest or Lung troublewhen you can be cured so easily Only7rDrug Store

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A letter from Nell came in too

= very sick with dropsy MrsVan Franklin died last week Mr

ranklin is iu very bad health t

r W L Walker was given abirthday surprise dinner u foidays ago Nearly all his childrenpresentswus a very enjoyable oc-

casion¬

Mr Goo Compton is onjthe sick list Mrs C S Bell hasIsold 35 worth of turkeys nndichickens thisyearI<aX Xz X HX

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Markets in a shorttime to buy my Spring stock of V-

X Millinery My customers and V-

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may get Just what youpropose this Spring toII a Stock

That Willanything ever shownbia and ask the ladiand and adjoining c ito call and sac me In

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Quite a number of our people attended county court at Columbia Monday

Jas Garnett Jr passedour town last week en route for Ecimonton courtSatuF r

Yvisiting relatives

Gee H Nell wants 5 bushels of sixweeks seed corn to plant for his own

convenienceWhas for sale a few thor ¬

oughbred berkshire pigsAn infant child of Mr Thos MossnightoWe understand that there is a new

case or two of smallpox in the commuChapeldH C Sandidge delivered

good sermon on last Sunday night athe Methodistchurch

dmoutonSaturday and Sunday

Landingf1He informed us he would in a short

move to Springfield IllinoisMr Chas S Harris editor of The

Adair County News stopped at theWilmore Hotel Sunday night while enroute for Edmonton where he willspend a few days of thisweck in theinterest of his paper

1eI1C Smith have a nice bunch ofyoung cattle and a few good mules forsale

Gco H Nell spent a day or so of last

countrybuyingW L Grady bought last week of

Mrs James Browning 25 bushels ofwheat at 70c per bushel Mr Gradysays he expects to teed it to his Tea¬

cock horses

Mr J J Hunter an enterprisingmerchant of our town left lest week

thmooedD J Schooling who has been withus for the past two months in the inWNewdid a good business while with us

Prof Wm Francis lI ill town wawith us one day last week

isltillgIteresting school at Sparksville willenter college here next Monday

1Tho Marshals made a raid in thisone day last week and ar¬

rested Tom Coomer charged with vio-lating the internal revenue law

iRev P II Davis Corydon is by thebedside Jof his sick fatherinlaw MrPA Moss

Messrs J W Smith P A Moss andMrs C C Yates who have been conHued to their rooms for quite a timeare iu a very critical condition

Tandy S Creel Campbellsville spunseveral days In our midst last weelooking after cattle They bought onecow from C II Yates paying 2850

Hirdesty 31 Bridgewaters Lebanonbought last week of Smith C Nell twoaged mules for 17000 and 21 sheep for4ij

IMr George W Tuner one of thebest citizens lu our community is verylow with a complication of diseases-

i Quite a number of the people of otown attended the GOth anniversaryof Mr Julia W Townsend of Mill

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day will long be remembered by everyone present

tMisses Claudic Bessie and KateWalker Sallie Diddle and Zula Kinnaird accompanied by Messrs BurtonYates J L and Root Walker visitedthe Misses Caldwell at Portland onlast Saturday night Tbeevenlngvery pleasantly spent and the musicwas specially enjoyable

Mr Charles Yates one of our bestfarmers has the first mule colt thathas been dropped this season Likethe rest of Uncle Charlies stock It Isstrictly a good one

Eollln Browning sod Fredson of Columbia spent last FridaymenIgathered to hear their experience ID

regard to the Western country

Messrs IVoodson Lewis and H AMoss of Greensburg pea ed throughour town one day last NCken trio to

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Will Maupin of Marion county wasthefirstorIllislastIridayDuddJones

Pret Giles bought mule from A1Taylor for 15

sickforLuther Perryman has the grippeJoe Pelly left last week for Indiana

futurehomecalftTuesdayMrs Nancy Pally was dangerously

sick several days of this week

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There was a social at Mrs FannieMortons last Thursday evening Anumber of young people were presentand the time was pieasantJy spent

Mrs Susan Thomas an old lady80years old died at her home near Nestsville last Wednesday night

YSPARYSVILLCRev Crouch filled his regular ap-

pointment at Antioch SundayJohn Coomer who lull baonsick for

the past seven week is some betterProf J H Nell clued his schooLo

this place Wednesday

Mrs J H Wilsou is on time sick lisis week

Misses Edith Curry Annie RobertsMessrs Finis Strange and Finis Eoscnboom were the gut sis of Miss Alt

ilson Saturday and SundayMiss Mattie Morrison who has beenthesTuesday acco yrufed by her uncle

Mr Ollie Morrison

Messrs Matthew Woolen Luther

McKinneyJim ¬

lies Jim and Rich tine and familiesand Mose Sparks and family will startfor Texas and Oklahoma the 20th ofMarchMrs

Z A Hays is very low withpneumonia fever

Mr Jack Fletcher entered school atBreeding Monday

The axehandle factory has ceasedoperations until the roads get better

JAnES OWN

weatherkself to all sorts of tastes one day downto zero and then ulrnut ui to summermark with rain andacov sandwichedbetween

Mrs Texas Reeve hog rented a housebelonging to Mr Slnico Dockery andhas moved and will remain during thespring months

beenurreturned to Louisville to resume hisstudies lu the legal profession

Miss Maggie Jones who has beenteaching a class of music In Lincolncounty for the pzstfhe months has re¬

turned home

Mrs Mary Miller who lives near thisplace is very low at this time witconsumption

agMr Caskey Junction City was herdthis week looking after lumber Jj

Mr W A Eastham is In Monticellothis week

AVe Want Wood

If you promised to bring us a load of twood now is the time Bring ittwoodtWe have due us 8 or 10 loads with thefull understanding that we accept itasa cash payment for the News Thisnotice is simply to remind those whopromised wood thut we needltaBdtetrot In tended for any one exceptMu

whyhave such an Understandtanot vvaf t for other person v t

wood us but Ming Ita big loadr

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kUie Merchants of Coiunbia ril8JFsptoaclid busjaese last Mofcda