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XBorn to the wife of Elmer HammonsJan 3 1909 a sont

M L Mitchell sold a fine Jersey cowrast week for45 001t

L Mr P V Cundiff lost a valuable

Ahorse last Saturday

Uiorn to the wife of William Sappe 1909 a son

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Frank Waggener sold Lucien Moorea pair of mules for 325

t H O Mullinix bought of John Webba harness horse for 140

Born to the wife of Walker BryantDecember 30 1908 a daughter

i Irw Mr J W Hurt has our thanks forL< rrome home grown chewning tobacco

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f Statement of four different banksJ are published in this issue of the News

I> AI TA few weeks ago the weather was

i 9 fine for road working but nobody was> ready to work Result take the mudi

jMr JS Breeding will be the auc-

tioneer¬

L r at the sale of the property ofS D Caldwell deceased on the 12thinstiiJ M Nevill who was a well

1known citizenof Metcalfe county died

iLla few days ago He was a magistratefor fifty years

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t> There were three additions to theMethodist Church Sunday night one byletter one from another Church andvone by confession

infant child of Tom Bryant Jr6was buried at Sfiiloh last Supday The

I < religious services were conducted byr 1EidE J Barger

rJohn White bought one cow from

I T young Bros2250 one cow from WG Gabbert for J19 and one yoke ofoxen from Ben Conover for 50

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Altschler Pemberton bought a num ¬

ber of mules and horses here last Thurs ¬

r day They paid from 75 QO to 175

for mules and the horses sold wellio M TurnerGeo BHelm J B

HJ Conover and H AWalker are the supervisors They arenow at work overlooking the Assesors

1 book

Mrs W S Hindman Milltown soldf one turkey a few days ago at 11J

cents per pound It weighed 35 poundsbringing her 402 Does it pay to raiseturkeys

Quite a number of young people metwith Miss Mabel Atkins last Saturdayevening spending several hours inavery enjoyable manner There weremusic and games

J The week of prayer is in progressmeetings to be heldeach night duringthis week Interesting topics havebeen published and the people through

j out the community are cordially invited

Liiiiif to attend

Mr Ed Cox and family former residents of Greensburg have removed toColumbia and are occupying the resi¬

dence near the home of Mr J N Cofknown as the Baptist parsonagefrfey have opened a shoe shop and

general tool repairing shop in our oldplace back of the wholesale groceryYour patronage solicitedIit Moore Franklin

Ii The young people of Columbia storm¬

J ed Miss Vic Hughes and her yisitjorMiss Myrtle Zimmerman last Thurs-day evening The occasion proved tobe a most enjoyable affair Delight ¬

ful music was rendered and there weregamest i

Mr Brack Massie is making prepa¬

residenceLon on same

t lot but nearer the street running fromc Judge W W Jones property

A private letter from Mr W DJones who is in the real estate busi

M JFgss at Knoxville Tenn states thatire did fairly well during the year 1908and that he expects to increase hisbusiness during this year That he mat

t get rich andcome home to Investmoney in the wish of his Adair countyfriends r

1i r Rev A R Kasey pleached two intreating serthonsat the Methpbist churchlast Sunday forenoon and evening Theevening discourse vas a most magnffi

I cerit sermon and evidently the congre ¬

I gation got much good out of it Thespeaker took up the life and character

I t IofDaniel drawing a most beautifulI i ttire His appeal to the young topIivejure liv was touching more

eloquent discourse has nqtbeea delivered here for many moons

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MrJ 0 Russell the senior memberof the firm of Russell Co having decided to erect a handsome and modernbusiness house on the Isenburg cornerof the public square the firm hasagreed to sell its entire stock of gener¬

al merchandige at cost for cash Thestock is estimated at not less thaneighteen thousand dollars The dispo-sition of it commenced the first day ofJanuary andean effort will be made to

clean up by the first of JulyMr Russell is one of the best known

merchants in South Eastern Kentuckyand his many friends will be glad toknow that he is not going out of busi ¬

nessonly making prevarations to bein position to serve his customers in thefuture better than he has in the past

Contractors are now figuring on thenew structure that he till build and ina short time the old Iseuburg buildingwill be removed ana the erection of thenew store house commenced It willbe brick and virtually a threestorebuilding counting the basement whichwill be one of the sale departments-

The stock of goods now being closedout is clean and there are bargains forevery body

A Delightful Gathering

Misses Bettie and Martha Hancockentertained their many friendsin theparlors of the Hancock Hotel last Friday evening in a manner befitting twoof Columbias popular young ladiesThe parlors were handsomely decoratedand by 9 oclock they were graced withbeauty and gallantry of the communityRefreshments were served and beforethe hour of departure arrived all theguests had metHMr Dooley and hisfamily and were exceedingly wellpleased with their fascinations Othergames were played and the music ren¬

dered charming All honor to theMisses Hancock is the universal ex-pression of those who were in attend ¬

ance The following were presentWoodruff Flowers Miss Minnie Kemp

DrR Y Hindman Miss Laura Herriford James Garnett Miss Mary Cartwright Ewing Stults Miss AliceWalker Ray Montgomery Miss MabelAtkins Garland Grissom Miss LillieJudd Ti j Cravens Miss Ida ToddJohn Flowers Miss Elizabeth RoweRay Flowers Miss Jennie McFarlandEres Barger Miss Myrtle Myers ReedShelton Miss Martha Hancock GeorgeLowe Miss Betsey Hancock Rob ReedMiss Frances Jones George Mont ¬

gOn ry Miss Lura Smith Fred HillMiss Nina Marcum Robt Todd MissKatie Murrell John Lee Walker MissDimple Conover Alexandria ChewningMiss Amanda Butler George HancockMiss Vic Hughes Edwin Cranves MissZimmerman

Lilburn Phelps Recommended

Jamestown Ky Jan 4 1909For the News

At a meeting of the Republicancounty Executive Committee of Russellcounty on Saturday Jan 21 1909 thefollowing resolution introduced b yJudge Sharp was unanimously adopt ¬

edResolved That it is the sense of thiscommittee that inasmuch as Russellcounty has never had a Republicancandidate for State Senator we askand urge the Republicans of the othercounties of the district to Consider thequalifications of our theHpn Lilburn Phelps and we therebyask Mr Phelps to submit his claimsand the countys claim to the consider¬

tion of the rest of the districtR E Lloyd Chairman

f N B Falkenburg Secy1

K Public Sale

Tuesday January 12 1909 sale tocommence at 10 oclock We will offerfor sale at the late residence of SD

horses1mules¬

plement1tj Heirs olsDGaia well

We Will M at a Bargain

A thirtyfive horse power mountedboiler good as new tWentyfive horsepowerengine and anew saw rig withtwo good saws Thisis a chance if youwant a firstclassoutfitrafca great re-

duction inpriceWriteijr call oh Wblford Bros Casey Creek Ky

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My house Jand three acreslofvlandxpnBoomer Heights with goodimproymentsi tt i9gt TonfVagginer

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Wolford Brosof Casey Creek re¬

cently bought from a party in Marioncounty oneof the finest Herriford bullsever brought to this county He isonly two years old and tips the scalesat 1200 pounds He is said to be per¬

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The price paid was 7500

Owing to the illness of Rev TylerWright who was appointed to servethe Columbia circuit the work has beenfilled by Rev J H Rood of Campbellsville who will take charge thethe first of January and continue theremainder of the year Rev Rood willmove to Columbia at once and put hischildren in the L W T S

On last Thursday evening Hillcrestthe home of Miss Winnie Dohoney wasthe scene of quite a merry gatheringit being the occasion of a peanut jabgiven to her friends Master LucienHurin was winner of the prize a nicebox of bon bons Other games wereengaged in and the r time passed tooquickly away

News was received here the first oflast week that Mr Jas S Naylor waslying dangerously ill at his new homein Oklahoma and friends and relativeswere very anxious concerning himThey were greatly relieved on Satur-day when a letter came stating thatMr Naylor was better

Mr W H Newby transferred sproperty on Burkesville street justabove the Hancock Hotel last Frida-ytoMrJ S Breeding We under¬

stand theconsideration was 1600 MrRollin Browning wilt continue to oCcu-

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the residence

The suit involving Green countysliability for 250000 worth of bondsissued in 1871 to aid in the building ofthe Cumberland Ohio railroadwasdecided by the Supreme court of theUnited States on the 4th must againstthe county

Sallie a little daughter of Mr andMrs Robt Hudson fell down a flightof steps last Monday and was severelyhurt A large gash was cut in herhead and one of her fingers was cutalmost off A doctor was called anddressed the wounds

There will be a meeting of the County Board of Education at the office ofMrs Georgia Shelton next Monday Allpersons who desire changes in theirschool districts are requested tof bepresent ana nuike their wants known

A gat many new plipils entered theLindseyWilsbn yesterday and theywill coritinu toarrive throughout theweek There is room for all that willcome The hoarding capacity is largerthanever before i

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At the sale of the personal propertyof S D Caldwell deceased billed forTuesday Jan 12th there will be solda fine yearling Peacock Stallion He isa perfect beauty Do not fail to seehim

Marriage Licenses v

Mr ToR Stults County Court Clerkof Adair issued the following marragelicenses during the month of December-

C C Coffey to Ina CoomerThos Duncan to Mary A FlattSamuel Smith to Grace DooleyHerschel Voilsto Rosa E CundiffLonis Janes to Little M Hammons-R R Edwards to Ollie M Brad

shawJohn H Burressto EthaF JesseJames Hammonds to Lou Burdridge-Rollin Janes to VaraMcGuirinisRobt L Sneed to Etta M CoomerVirgil L Bell to Miller C eodmerWirt Walkup to Lola HamiltonOliver McGaha to Mattie BeardNolan Jones to Louisa ChelfJ S Gadberry to Ethel LewisWm V Wilson to Kizzie A BurressLevi Hovious to Mattie D TaylorL F Keltner to Pattie Coffey

AttentionI

All persons owing men notes and ac-

counts¬

are requested to call and settleat once I need the money dueme andI trust that this notice will be heededThe outstanding business of 1908 mustResettled W L Walker

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A Card of Thanks

yie want to thankour neighbors fortheir kindness in the short sickness ofoiirdear daughter and Bisterj Mrs

19081Wef itJof her Lord and Savior JesusChrist A brother W L Simmons

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Atthe salepf the personal propertof SD Galdwell deceased pilled iforTuesdayJf1D12th there will be solda-fine yearling Peacock Stallion He isaerfecteaut Do not fail oseeiim

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A Visit to Adair County SchoolsV

Editor NewsI Have just finished visiting the Adair

county schools and looking after theirsanitary conditions II find the healthconditions good They generally havegood watersome have to go quite adistance to get it but the most qf themhave good neighbors who will not denygood water to the children of theschools

1 found the attendance generally badIt is awful to think how little attention

i is paid to the schools by the trusteesand the parents We have had under

I the old law about 270 men who havebeen elected or appointed trusteeswhose business it is to look after thecondition of the public school We alsohave a superintendent who receivesthe money from the State and pays itout to the teacher and the name of heroffice implies that she too has to seehow the schools are getting along-

I kept a recordof the attendance atthe various schools and wish it pub-lished

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so that the people can see howthe work of the public schools is beingdone The number of pupirchildren inthet county as given to me by teachersis 5095 The number in attendance is1605 the number absent was 3190making the attendance 37J per centThis includes all the schoolstaking thecolored schools separately we havein alU>78 with an attendance of 128 orjust 25 per cent s

1 found one only with no attendanceand that was in a good neighborhoodwith 53 in the district I found twowith only one present in each Thesewere colored districts Among thewhites I found one district with 79 andonly 4 present I found two others withonly 4 and yet I do riot blame theteachers They seemed to bedoing thebest theycould In talkingwith themI found some of them murderers of theKings English One of them whom Ihad met only once before a year agowhen I asked her if she knew me an¬

swered 0 yes I knodeyou as soon asI seed you A verycommon express ¬

ion among them is 1 taken so andso I attributed this fault to the ex-

aminers¬

They should I think givetlem oral examinations on grammerif it is lawful to do so Of course theyknow better but they should be taughtto be more particular and not make somany blunders in the presence of theirschoqls

Now I see no splu ion of this state ofthings tyut in a rigid cpmpulsory schoollaw We have a compulsory law nowbut it wont compuise We once hada law requiring the teacher to be dis¬

missed if he did not keep 25 per cent r inattendance 1 do not know what hasbecome of that Jaw It was a verypoor law and ought nevjer to have beenenacted It made the teachers respon ¬

sible for the non attendance of thepupils and made no provision for the75 per cent not attending

One trouble with our common schoolsystenis the teachers are paid just asmuch for the children who do not at¬

tend school as for those who do Theteachers are paid in our county themagnificent sum 15000 or more andthis sum divided by the number attend ¬

ing would be 8 dollars each-

I do not want to close this communi ¬

cation without saying something re-

specting¬

the school houses Some aregood some are bad and some are in¬

different One house I visited wasmade of logs and the door was off thehinges the stove was nearly burned uphad no shutter to the door and two ofthe windows to the house had not evensash taJhem That young lady teach ¬

er went from Columbia was bright andcheerful and making no complaintShe had eight little children huddledaroupd that thing that had once been astove and not a word of complaintfrom any of them If there had beena case of diptheria> or scarletina inthat neighborhood I would have sus-

pended¬

that school and sent the child¬

ren and teacher home And yet keep ¬

ing those children there under the cir-

cumstances¬

was much more detriment-al to their health than the other wouldhave been for that day the thermom ¬

eter registered below 20 Now let ushear from the people on this subjectespecially the parents the teachers

schoolsuperin7ltl Public Sale < >

NextrSaturday afternoon at 2 oclockthere will be sold to the highest bidderatthe M and F High School a lot ofchairs tables mattresses bedsteadsdkessersstoes etc A chance for haY

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I H Cherry President State NormalI School BowlingGreen Ky

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Masonic Elections

GLENSFORK LODGE

J W MarshallMaster p

W E BlairS WS I < L

J V DudleySicyZ L Samuell TreasC A Walker TylerH K WalkupSW A rnettJ D >

Andrew ilIisStewardsCE W

CASEYS CREEK LODGEIW L Simpson MasterG L WolfordSWH H TuckerJ WEmmit GoodeSecyR J Stayton TreasJM WolfordS DJ A Williams J DJas RichardsonTyler

CANElvALLEY LODGEHorace MassieMasterJohn Littrell S W rO W McAlister J WJ W SublettTreasA H JuddScIJ B RussellS D 4

Junius HancockJ DfE C PageTyler

One lot of collars all sizes and stylesat Russell Co at 5 cent-

sQUARTERLY REPORTCvF THE

BANK OF COLUMBIA

j c THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS ON THE

31ST DAY OF DECEMBER 1908

RESOURCES

Loans and discounts 7911233Overdrafts Unsecured 2 323 99Duo froxnNationa11anks1994 17Due from State Banks and

Bankers 1 371 79 2126596Banking house and lot 200000Mortgages V 5363195Other stosks and bonds 16 18832Specie 469582Currency e 6405 00

111008-2Otheritenis carried as cash 145493Furnitureand fixtures 1000 00

Current Expenses LastQuarter v1075 17

GiVe description location valtie and how long ownedaIlreal estate except banking t

hot1se and r t ifariy owned>

longer than five years DontQWQaD

I 188376 30i Y lf VV v

I LIABILITIESf

Capital stock paid in in cash e 30000 90Surplus fund 30000 00

UndividedProfits v 4 000 00

Deposits subject to check on whichinterest isnotpaidu 12372432

Fund fo Taxes 65198

SUPPLEMENTARY

Highest amount of indebtedness ofany stockholder person companyor firm including in the liability Jp

ot the company or firm the liabilityof the individual members thereofdirectly or indirectly if such indebtedness exceeds 20 per cent of cap 1

tal stock actually paid in and actu ¬

al amount of surplus of that bank None

Highest am2unt ot indebtednessany director or officer if amount ofsuch indebtedness exceeds 10 perC litof paidup capital stock ofbank None >

Does amount indebtedness of anyperson company or firm includingIin the liability of the company orfirm the liability of the Individualmembers thereof exceed 30 per centof paidup capital and actual surp ¬

ins v NoAmount of last dividend 1 SOO 00

Were all expenses losses interestand taxes deducted therefromb forOdeclaringa dividend and was notless than 10 per cent of net profits ofthe bank fortho period covered by the

fqpdbefore YesAre anjthranch institutions being conducted by your bank in No

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Jno W Flowers Cashier of the Bank ofColumbIa a bank organized in 1866located and doing business in the townof Columbia in said county being dulysworn says that the foregoing report is ipallrespects a Jrue statement of the condjtlonof-aIdbankut the close of business on the 31st

day of Dec 1908 to the best of his knowl ¬edge and belief and further says that the busl

thelcrdUoIibanks are being cgnducted by said bank and thatiso above report ismade in compliance Svith ah jofficial notice jrecslYcd frOth the Secretary ofState Q sign ti1g1he31s day qt December19 8aslhedaYjon which such report shall beniUder

JwbiW FTOWERS Cashier <

s WIW JONES Directoryp RF PXuti Director tj t M JAMES NETT Director

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Medical Society

The following is the program of theAdair County Medical Society whichmeets in Columbia the secondThursday in January 1909 atwhich we want every physician in thecounty to be present

Epidemic Cartarrhgribpe SATaylor s

Public Health U L Taylor <

Scarlet Fever Wm BlairLaryngitis C M RussellSome cases I have lost E B Atku

son W F CartwrightR Y HindmanW T Grissom

> ICommltteeBirthday Dinner

Last Saturday was the sixtyseventhanniversary of Mr Z M Staples thisplace His daughters Mrs G FStults and Mrs Gordon Montgomeryprepared magnificent dinner and anumber of friends were called in todo honor to the occasion Mr Stapleswho is one of Columbias best citizensreceived a number of useful and hand ¬

some presents If

Attention

All persons owing me notes and accounts are requested to call and settle tat once I need the money due me andVI trust that this notice will be heeded

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The outstanding business of 1908 must1be settled W L Walker

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QUARTERLY REPORTof th-

eCITIZENS BflNK1

AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS oNf 1

THE 31ST DAY OF DECEMBER t1908 t

jRESOURCES J V

Lansand Discounts 37881i41Overdrafts unsecured 3ii79tD ae from National Banks 7 493 41jDue from State Banks and i

Bankers 411 05 7 901 45Mortgages 5 890 inSpecie 387 00

Currency 3 207 00 359400Exchange for Clearings 146103Other Items arried asCash 64492Funiture and Fixtures 1 6650O bCurrent Expenses last Quarter 589 89 tIGive description location value and

how long owned all real estate ex 1ceptbanking house and lot if any i1owned longer than five years Dontown any i

Lease on Building O i Ji6im5I

LIABILITIESf 9 o

Capital Stock paid in in cash V moo COi

Surplus Fund v 1 17000Undivided Profits 22151 tDeposits subject to check fon which 1 i

interest is not paid 43 452 S9Bills rediscounted 25501X1

4SUPPLEMENTARYyfHighestany stockholderperson company or

firm including in the liability of the>company or firm the liability of theindividual members thereof direct t

ly or indirectly if suc Kindebtednessexceeds 20 per cent of capital stockactually paid in and actualamountof surplus of the bankNone

Highest amount of indebtedness of >any director or officer if amount ofsuch indebtedness exceeds 10 percent of paidup capital stock ofbank None

Does amount of indebtedness of any sfperson company or firm including cin the liability of the company orfirm the liability of the individual vmembers thereof exceed 30 per centofpaidup capital and actual surp1 rlus No

Amount of last dividend 450 00 hWere all expenses losses interest f t

and taxes deducted therefrom be¬

fore declaring divi4end and wasnot less than 10 per cent of netprofits of the bank for the periodcovered by the dividend carried to

< the surplus fund before said dpi >dendvas declared Yes

Are any branch institutions beingconducted by your bank No > tf

Has your institution yet started busit

ness in its trust department No i

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lCOUNTY OF ADAIR P3Jo CofFey Cashier of Citizens Bank i

a bank organized t n 1906 1 o cat ed anddoing business inthetown of Columbia in said county bein duly sworn says theforegoing report is in all respects a true statementof the condition of the saidBankat the close of Jbusiness on the 31st day of December 1908 to thebest of his knowledge and belief and furthersays that the business of said Bank bas boentransacted location named and not elsewhere <that no branch hks arebeing conducted by saidbank and that the above report is made icornpliance with an official notice re eived from theSecretary of State designating the 31st day ofvVDec 1S08 aa the day on which such ieport shalEf fbema e f2

Subscribed and sworn fo before me by Jo Coffcythe 5th day of January 1909 w r t

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2 Iy m miSS ionpir January 15thri9lOi tfv Jo COFFEY Cashier Il H Youa Direct 1

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